Release that Witch Chapter 250: The end of midsummer

Seeing that the midsummer day is coming to an end, Border Town is about to usher in the last and hottest month of summer, and Roland is more and more unwilling to leave the castle.

The saltpeter purchased from Margery, except for making gunpowder, is used by him to reduce the room temperature. In almost every room, a bucket containing saltpeter is placed in the bucket. kettle. This can not only play the role of heat absorption and cooling, but also drink ice to hydrolyze thirst. Only in this way, he would not be so sweaty just sitting in the office every day.

Except for Anna, the rest of the witch was also stopped by him. Except for the daily practice and study, they basically gathered in the lobby on the first floor, either chatting or comparing each other with Gwent cards. appearance. And Anna ... It's not that Roland doesn't want her to rest, but that she is not afraid of heat at all. The hot red iron ingots can be held directly in her hands, and the hot summer temperatures are nothing to her. Even if she was standing by the steelmaking furnace for an afternoon, she would not sweat a little more.

In order to reward the hard-working and serious Anna, Roland recently made some ice-cream desserts to treat her. For example, the classic delicious ice cream of later generations was mixed with egg yolk, cream, milk and sugar water, and then cooled by saltpeter. Anna is very fond of this kind of cold and soft, sweet and unusual snacks. Every time he sips ice cream with small mouths, and the blue eyes bend into a seam, it will make him feel pleasing to the eye.

In addition, it is also a joy to look at the month-end summary tables sent by City Hall.

Border Town So far, the population has doubled again and is close to 18,000. In addition, Longsong Stronghold will “turn in” a group of serfs every month, and it will not be a problem to break the 20,000 mark in the coming year. Excluding the number of villages and townships in the territory, this size is almost comparable to large cities like Scarlet Water City, Golden Harvest City and Kingdom Capital.

Slightly regrettable, the population has grown a lot, but the quality has not improved much. At present, more than a thousand indigenous people of small town are still receiving education, and it may take about a year to graduate successfully. Although the private school started before Karl, although it has created a group of advanced graduates, the number is less than 100 The overall population still seems insignificant.

Maybe we should start education for the eastern region refugees, instead of waiting until enough dormitory communities have been built, Roland secretly thought that after all, early education will only have advantages and no harm.

small town's factory development momentum is also very good.

After more than half a year of construction, the industrial park now has three factories in operation: two steam engine production plants and a bullet processing plant. The number of workers in the No. 1 factory has expanded from a dozen blacksmiths at the time of its establishment to more than a hundred now. The follow-up joining are basically indigenous people. This is what he hopes to see. A group of apprentices gradually grow into craftsmen. Drive the next batch of apprentices.

The workers in the No. 2 factory belong to Crescent Moon Bay Caravan. In just one month, they have roughly mastered the use of each machine tool. Although the yield is relatively poor, compared to the blacksmiths in the No. 1 factory, the performance of these craftsmen in the first month Obviously better. Just before the contract expires, the steam engine they produce is owned by Roland. Now the two factories can produce almost eight to ten steam engines per month, which is also the main revenue of Border Town.

As for the bullet factory, it was directly handed over to First Army after it was completed. Not only are there sentry posts at the entrance, but patrols are arranged around it. Even the production work is carried out by soldiers. After a week of trial operation, mass production of a new generation of fixed bullets has begun.

The assembly line designed by Roland cannot realize full mechanical production. Whether it is the bottom fire, gunpowder or warhead, it needs manual loading and compaction. The main processing tools are two mechanical punching machines, one can press the Anna cut copper sheet into ammunition case shape, and one is used to punch the bottom cup.

The soldiers only need to place the mercury fulvic acid powder evenly between the two thin papers, stick the paper tightly, clamp it into the bottom fire cup, and finally insert the bottom fire cup into the annular groove at the end of ammunition case. As for the process of filling the black gunpowder and compacting the warhead, it is exactly the same as the previous reassembly exercise.

There are not many people in the factory, there are only forty people, and more than 500 rounds can be produced almost every day. Roland intends to turn these forty people into full-time processing personnel to maintain the normal operation of the bullet factory.

The next thing Roland intends to add is the soap factory and perfume factory. The former is part of the military industry and important, while the latter may open up a new business channel for small town. As for Bicycle Factory, you can drag it back as long as it can be put into production before Kingdom Highway is repaired.

"His Highness," Nightingale pushed open the door, "Macy and Lightning are here."

The two drilled past Nightingale's side, ran to the table and poked their heads, "Are you going to find us something?"

"Tomorrow is the summer," Roland pulled out the long-written reply from the drawer and handed it to Macy. "When you return to the fjord, remember to help me transfer it to Tilly."

"Ah ...! "She froze for a moment, and blinked a few times before taking the envelope, carefully tucked into the next bag," No problem, go! " "

Seeing the other person ’s sudden realization, I ’m afraid I do n’t remember the fact that I have to go back to report each month. Roland resisted the smile of bottom of heart. It seems that the charm of small town is really big.

"I have forgotten that it will be a new month tomorrow," Lightning held his forehead, "Is it not possible to meet again for a long time?"

"The cleaning plan for Lady Tilly was delayed last time, and I will return as soon as possible this time," Macy shook with white long hair that was about to be dragged to the ground, "that Eagle's Nest waited for me to return before being allowed to explore ... goo! "

"I see," the little girl pouted, "Just say so."

"You also have a mission," Roland unrolled a drawing of the southern area of ​​small town, "This is a map drawn by yourself. Remember the location of a shoal in mountain ridge by the sea?"

"Remember," Lightning gestured on the picture, "probably this place."

"Fine, you will take Macy to fly once, and then insert two flags at the junction of Ford and mountain ridge, and mark them on the map." After he explained, he looked to Macy, "If Tilly agrees If you send witch, you will lead the sailboat to this shoal, and I will welcome you at the top of the mountain. "

"Send witch?" Lightning wondered, "Are there any new sisters coming to Border Town?"

"I don't know yet," Roland smiled slightly, "It depends on Tilly's answer ... but I think she will agree." (To be continued., Your support is my greatest motivation .)