Chapter 252 New Round of Procurement

As the lord of the western region, Roland naturally didn't need to do it himself, he only needed to draw a rough shape on paper, and then explain it clearly to the recruited tailor. ? Hunter???????????????

Although he has never touched a bra with his own hands, he has seen too many bras in various advertisements, TV programs and movies, and there are only a few styles - he chose the most common shoulder strap back buckle style, and the buckle is three sets of copper hooks. Choose a degree of relaxation within a certain range.

Since this kind of thing needs to be worn close to the body to meet the chest corset requirements, Roland also called the maid in the castle to ask the tailor to measure the size. The other party has been tailoring clothes for many years and has a lot of experience. After listening to His Royal Highness's explanation, She immediately understood the function of the bra, and divided the bra size into several grades according to the actual measurement results, and subdivided the adjustment range under different grades.

In fact, the prototype of the bra has already appeared in this era-that is, the corset. But instead of making women more comfortable, it tightens the waist as much as possible and lifts the bust to give the figure an hourglass shape. Those gorgeous aristocratic dresses are also designed according to the thin waist, without the help of corsets, it may be difficult for ordinary women to wear such extremely thin waist dresses. Excessive pressure on the waist will bring an extremely uncomfortable experience, and in severe cases, it will even affect blood circulation and cause fainting.

In addition to supporting the breasts, bras can also fix and reduce tremors, which will only make women more relaxed when worn daily.

In just two days, the old tailor cut out twenty bras. The materials were satin and high-quality cotton provided by Roland. They were both beautiful and breathable, and the workmanship was also exceptionally fine.

But before Roland delivered the gift to the witch, the caravan from the capital arrived in Border Town.

Compared with the arrival of the previous month as scheduled, the fleet was not only late this time, but also far smaller in scale than last time. When the sailboats docked at the pier after the expansion of the town, there was even a feeling of sparseness.

"Your Highness, we meet again," Margaret said with a smile.

"Welcome, thank you for transporting the fugitives before." Roland looked at the fleet by the river, "There seems to be a lot less sailing boats this time?"

"Because of some...accidents," she wiped the sweat from her forehead, "if you don't mind, let's talk in the living room, it's too hot here."

"I think so too," Hogg muttered, "I'm a real Greycastle, and this damn weather would kill me. If it wasn't for the first steam engine, I wouldn't even want to leave the house."

Roland nodded and led the group back to the castle. Walking into the hall, a gust of coolness suddenly rushed towards us, Hogg let out a long breath, "Thank God for allowing us to discover such a beautiful thing... If I hadn't seen the production process of Bingmang with my own eyes, I couldn't believe it It came out of dung water. Oh, and ice water! My lord, can I-"

"Of course." Roland made a gesture of please, then sat back on the main seat, and asked the businesswoman, "So, what accident caused this month's goods—mainly the sharp drop in saltpeter?"

According to the contract, she should provide at least three ships of saltpeter to Border Town every month, but this time, there was one sailboat carrying the saltpeter.

"Because of the King's Alchemy Association, they have been buying saltpeter recently. The price is not high, but they have the support of the imperial minister Marquis Wick, so this is not a pure transaction. Merchants can't sell it if they want to." Margaery spread her hands and said, "I guess Timothy might be behind this, after all, he almost uses one nostril to vent his breath."

"Tifeco?" Roland asked suspiciously, "Didn't he go to the southern border?"

"That's true," she nodded, "It seems that Tasa has already told you the news. I heard that he brought a lot of troops and luggage with him before he left the capital, and it is very likely that he is going to trouble Garcia again. And the Alchemy Association bought saltpeter not long after he left."

Roland knew more about this matter, and it was really effective to arrange Tasa to work in the capital. At the beginning, he only received the news that Timothy summoned the underground rats. border work. However, the next secret letter from the personal guard made Roland feel a little relieved - Timothy headed straight to the south, obviously this recruitment was not aimed at him.

Regarding the purpose of these rats, Roland basically agrees with the personal guards, that is, they are not suitable for frontal combat at all, and their discipline is not even as good as that of civilians and serfs. So Timothy must use this group of people in the same way as last time, first using drugs to make them addicted, and then forcing them to come forward to kill the enemy. This tactic of using cannon fodder to repeatedly consume the opponent's strength is a safe strategy for the new king who owns two-thirds of the territory of Graycastle.

But why did the Alchemy Association suddenly buy a large amount of saltpeter? Snow powder was originally one of their top products, but due to the wrong ratio, it can only be used for ringing gift barrels. Now, have they discovered the correct formula for gunpowder and are planning to mass-produce it, or are they on the way to determine the best mixing ratio through extensive experiments?

Roland shook his head, and put aside the doubts that came to his mind. There is no point in guessing these. It is the right way to complete the industrial production of three acids and two bases as soon as possible, and switch to more advanced chemical gunpowder.

"Then next month's saltpeter can't guarantee the supply of three ships?"

"This... I don't know," Margaret said bluntly, although she looked a little embarrassed, "I spent a lot of effort to buy the ship from Silver Light City. It's the most summer season now. In hot weather, the demand for saltpeter is very high, so I am not sure how much I can buy. If it is in other seasons, I can guarantee the supply of three ships."

"I understand." Roland took a sip of ice water, "Then try your best in the next month, there is no need to force it, I have new goods to purchase from you."

"Oh?" Margaery seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, "What? Is it ore?"

"The washing stone for washing clothes," he replied, "looks like a white turbid wafer or stone pillar. It will feel greasy when soaked in water. This thing is not uncommon in Wangdu Hotel."

"Sure enough... it's ore again," the businesswoman said with a helpless smile. "Evidently there is a big mine in your territory, but the commodities you buy are all minerals. It's really incomprehensible. Well, there are quite a lot of them." Yes, the price is not expensive, what are you going to use it for?"

"Of course it's more convenient for washing clothes," Roland smiled.

The washing stone is something he dug out from the memory of the fourth prince. It is essentially a kind of trona, the main component is sodium bicarbonate, which has a strong decontamination effect. It is also known as the three ancient cleaning tools along with plant ash and pancreas. . In the absence of an ion exchange membrane, the efficiency of electrolyzing salt water to collect sodium hydroxide is extremely low, not to mention that table salt is not a cabbage price. So he planned to buy trona directly to make caustic soda. With enough caustic soda, soap can be manufactured on a large scale...and its by-product, glycerin.

.(To be continued.)