Chapter 42 I Miss the Days of Picking up Soap

"Ten gold coins!? Are you sure!?"

During dinner, Fiona learned the news from Dunn, and was stunned to no surprise.

You must know that they are thirteen little girls who don't understand anything. After Tang En's simple training, they can create the value of ten gold coins in one day. What if more people received training?

This work is basically without any difficulties!

If the mint planting industry is developed in Ellington in the future, and after the scale is expanded, it is equivalent to that everyone can create the same value, then what will the output value of the entire Ellington be in a day? A thousand gold coins? Ten thousand gold coins! ?

This is simply an unimaginable topic!

"Of course, my friend, I don't have to lie to you."

Dunn showed a very reserved smile, as if waiting for Fiona to praise him.

Fiona ignored Dunn again and said eagerly, "Then can we expand the scale!?"

The people at Ellington are desperately in need of a distraction, and this one is a good choice.

"Dear Fiona," Dunn squeezed his eyebrows, "you have given me a problem."

"What's wrong?"

"Although there is no problem with production now, have you considered the market?"

Dunn asked Fiona: "The mints produced are not good in the local market in Ellington. As long as this kind of thing is shipped out, it will be sold in Yalinks and even other towns, and the goods can only be sold. Only when it goes out can it generate value, and when it is piled up in the warehouse, it will only slowly grow moldy!"

"I'm already trying to figure out a way to fix this."

Fiona said seriously: "The letter has been written and sent out in the afternoon, and the results will be available within a week at the earliest."

"I hope someone you trust can come, otherwise I can only think of another way."

Dunn sighed and the conversation ended.

That night, Dunn didn't sleep well either, because he was going to start building the waterwheel tomorrow. He had to figure out the structure of the waterwheel before tomorrow, and even the key bearings and balls had to be made by him. .

At the level of Edgar and Brian, it would be very difficult to make usable bearings and balls, and it is well known that the slightest failure of such parts can double the wear and tear, and if the waterwheel does not work It collapsed in a few days, and that was hitting him in the face.

If you want to solve the drought problem as soon as possible, it is actually very simple. Tang En can rain rain as long as he casts a spell. And Ellington's territory is so large, and other small towns are far away, he can't run one by one, right?

Therefore, the promotion of waterwheels is the easiest way.

"The structure of the waterwheel... um..."

Tang En was sitting on the bed thinking hard, with a few iron ingots floating in front of him that kept changing shapes. For many people on earth, the waterwheel is a very distant thing, and many people have never seen it at all, so is Tang En This is so, but Dunn knows the principle. With the help of the thrust of the water itself, the movable bucket is filled with water and lifted to a high place. After passing the critical point, it rolls over, pours the water out, and fixes it in the place where the water flows out. Just a stand and pipe to direct the water elsewhere.

The principle is very simple. After simulating a few times in his mind, Tang En roughly understood the structure of the waterwheel, and then he started to get busy...

the next day.

"Hahaha, let me just say, in two days, I can easily complete the task."

Brian greeted Dunn with a big smile: "Come and see, these things have been done, and the quality is acceptable. I have to say, the punching machine, cutting machine and grinding machine you made are really easy to use!"

Brian had obviously been conquered by those three machines. With the help of these three machines, the forging work became extremely easy.

Dunn randomly checked and nodded with satisfaction: "Let Edgar get ready, Fiona has already sent someone to distribute the subsidy coupons, and it is estimated that someone will come to pick up the tools soon."

"Subsidy vouchers? What are those?"

"In lieu of physical gold coins, you can get a set of metal farming tools with a subsidy coupon, and then Edgar will use the subsidy coupon to settle the payment for the Lord's Mansion and Fiona."

This is the subsidy policy that Dunn has been thinking about for a long time. He originally planned to issue gold coins directly, but was later rejected by Fiona.

The reason is that it is easy to cause unbalanced psychology in some people, and it is easy to breed malignant events.

It’s different when you replace them with subsidy coupons. The subsidy coupons are not gold coins and can only be exchanged for agricultural tools. Even if they are robbed, it will be useless, and those farmers will be much safer.

As Tang En expected, before noon, some farmers had already received the metal farm tools with subsidy coupons.

The first farmer to arrive was obviously still a little unsure that such a good thing would happen. He was a little shivering with the subsidy coupons, probably because he was worried that Edgar would regard him as a liar.

"This is a set of farm tools for you. Take it. Go back and find a piece of wood and cut it into a handle and insert it. It's ready to use."

Edgar swiftly handed a set of iron farm tools to the farmers, and then put away the subsidy coupons.

The farmer was immediately stunned.

It's actually true! ?

With those subsidy coupons, you can really exchange for a set of metal farming tools! ?

"Long live Lord Lord! Thank you Lord Lord for your gift!"

At this moment, the farmer was grateful to Dunn from the bottom of his heart, and was deeply grateful for his gift.

The farmers who followed them had similar reactions. They were grateful for the metal farming tools they received, and they all thanked the Lord for the gift, which shows how excited they were.

Brian, who was hiding behind the house, bumped into Dunn's thigh: "Brother, how does it feel to be grateful?"

"well enough."

Dunn didn't know if it was possible, but there was a faint smile on his face.

"Human beings are so hypocritical, the corners of their mouths are almost tugging at their ears," Brian rubbed his hands together, "Brother, do you still have Aojin ingots?"

"Yes, yes, but what do you want?"

"Hey, I want to get a few more Arcanite ingots and make an Arcanite Axe."

Brian laughed: "Think about it, you have encountered an enemy, and before the battle begins, with a flash of a weapon, the golden Aojin Axe can blind the enemy's dog's eyes, how can the enemy still have the will to fight? Ah, that's called winning without a fight."

"Save it, you are more likely to be snatched than to win without a fight."

Tang En was speechless, want to show off his wealth? Isn't holding your treasured two-handed warhammer better than the Orkin Axe?

But speaking of it, that treasure-level two-handed warhammer really seems to be a little worse in terms of sales...

"Hey, big brother, you can't say that! Don't you underestimate my combat power! Let me tell you, with your small body, I can fight five!"

Dunn looked at Brian up and down: "Are you sure?"

Brian smiled proudly: "Of course! If you don't believe me, let's wrestle your wrists! I'll give you four fingers!"

Dunn glanced at Brian's big black hand and shook his head: "I'm not interested."

"Why are you so spoiled! I said you—"

"Stop talking nonsense, Edgar is selling farm tools, don't be idle."

Tang En threw the structural diagram of the waterwheel to Brian: "This is the structural diagram of the waterwheel, you can take a look first, ask if you have any doubts, and start working if you have no doubts. I have already made the important parts, only I need you to figure out the skeleton, some of which are used wood, you can find a carpenter to solve the carpenter's work, can you do it before night?"

Brian looked at it, patted his chest and said, "No problem! It's all right!"

"Very well, then this part will be handed over to you. I will take a step first. If possible, I hope that the assembly can be completed tomorrow."

After Tang En finished speaking, he patted his butt and went back to the lord's mansion.

Stamping machines, cutting machines, grinding machines, and metal farming tools have all been completed. The mint candy workshop has also taken shape. If you want to develop further, you need to rebuild and plan to build a factory building. Most importantly, you need to To open up the trade route, this requires a caravan to solve it.

According to Fiona's news, the formation of the caravan will take at least a week. During this period, Dunn can't do much.

Tang En was very eager to get the toothpaste, but he didn't know the specific ingredients of the toothpaste. Even if he knew, there was no chemical factory that could help him extract it, so he could only temporarily replace it with salt.

Compared with toothpaste, soap is easier to get out. After the soap is refined and filtered, mint essential oil is added to make mint soap, and it will be much more comfortable to take a bath.

Just do it when he thinks of it, Dunn is refreshed and summons Tina to come over.

After listening to Dunn's request, Tina was a little dumbfounded, but according to his request, she prepared a lot of fat for refining and a large bag of salt for him.

The smell of making soap is very strong. Dunn didn't want to continue to study in the bedroom. He picked up the fat and slipped into an empty warehouse.

The original form of soap is that fat and plant ash react when heated in water, and the essence of this reaction is actually the saponification reaction of oil and alkali, and plant ash plays the role of alkali.

But Dunn doesn't plan to use grass and wood ash now, because the soap made in that way is too ugly. He plans to go directly to the advanced method - electrolyzed saturated salt water.

A very simple chemical reaction, electrolyzing saturated brine to get hydrogen, ammonia, and most importantly, sodium hydroxide melt!

With sodium hydroxide melt, who would use low-grade goods like plant ash? [e1]

If it is someone else, even if they know this equation, they can't use it. After all, there is no civil electricity in this world, but who is Dunn?

A very powerful mage...

Playing with lightning, is it still in the applause?

"Zizi..."

After getting out a large pot of saturated salt water, clusters of electric light appeared in Tang En's hand, and the extremely stable high-voltage arc drilled directly into the pot. Soon, the salt water began to bubbling, and it appeared in the air. An unpleasant CL2 smell...

In fact, Tang En really wanted to collect CL2. This thing is quite useful and can be used for bleaching, but now there is no special container, so I can only give up. First, drain the hydrogen and CL2 gas into the container next to it and fuse with water. Plan later.

===PS: The title is pure, really (serious like