Lady of the Lord From the East

The Count Felix Williams, who already has the potential to be a wife and slave, finally got Wei Wei's promise to weave a hat for him by relying on shamelessness.

Claude, who was invited as a guest, found that although Sardinson County is a border county, there are so many things that can be turned into money here.

After having a more hearty dinner with the earl's family in the evening, he sincerely invited the earl to open a restaurant in the capital, which would surely make all nobles willing to dine in his restaurant.

"They are so delicious, and if I don't get to eat something like this in the future, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat anything else."

For his compliment, Felix was very useful, because although the other party was unclear, he was complimenting his sweetheart.

In this regard, what else can Wei Wei do except smile and pretend that they are not boasting about herself?

Then when he was resting at night, Claude saw the hot water and toothbrush and tooth powder brought by the servant. After trying it, he found another business opportunity.

The toothbrush can be made just by looking at it, but this tooth powder is different. It is a new variety created by Wei Wei. When you brush your teeth, you can feel the coolness unique to mint. It was time to fall asleep, and Claude wanted to talk to Felix about the sale of this tooth powder now.

The next day, under Wei Wei's instruction, the servant showed Claude the sweater she had left to dry. The natural, very warm sweater attracted his attention.

Even Amy, the doll Dolores always cuddles around, makes his eyes light up.

And these discoveries made Claude make up his mind to have a good relationship with Felix.

Of course, it wasn't that he didn't notice that those things seemed to come from the foreign lady who had a close relationship with Count Williams, but since the Count didn't intend to let him know about it, he just assumed that he didn't know.

However, in order to please Felix, he specially prepared expensive gifts for the three ladies of the Earl's family, of which Wei Wei had the most weight.

After that, Felix looked at him with more gentle eyes, and even his attitude improved a lot.

They quickly negotiated the pasta business. Claude was very courageous and asked Felix to sell him all the pasta currently produced. The price was one-half higher than the market price of flour. As for gram What price Lauder can sell the pasta for is his skill.

At the same time, because the meat sauce has not yet been made, Felix asked Chef Bob to teach Claude's subordinates two simple pasta combinations to use as publicity.

Claude gave Felix all the money he earned from selling salt this way. The money for the pasta was a lot worse. Seeing that the other party was a famous businessman in Wangdu, Felix agreed with him. After returning to the capital, I will send the money, but the IOU will be called.

So the caravan stayed in Sardinson for a few days, spent most of the money, and returned to the capital with a few carts of pasta.

When the caravan left, it happened to pass another team.

This is the team that Felix sent out to find an alchemist. This time, they finally found an alchemist who was a little genuine and willing to come to Sardinson County. In order to help him move, they delayed returning for so long.

As soon as the leading knight came back, he went to Felix and reported the situation of the alchemist.

Roger Raymond, 54 years old this year, was born into a noble family in the Principality of Lops. He graduated from Prady Royal University and stayed at the school to teach physics and mathematics after graduation. He was kicked out of school after experimenting in his dormitory and blowing up the dormitory.

Alchemists are not very popular at this time, plus he has a black history of bombing the dormitory, other universities do not accept such people, because they can't find a job, and they spend their savings on alchemy. The alchemist is currently in a state of poverty, which is why he was invited to Sardinsonshire.

Although Roger Raymond blew up the dormitory, his level of alchemy was still good, and most of his alchemy equipment was preserved because he was stored in his home, including the still that Wei Wei wanted.

In order to remove the items, which also contained a large amount of glass, it took them a whole month to return to Sardinson with people and belongings.

The price of bringing the man back is that Felix promised to build a complete alchemy laboratory for him, and was willing to fund his experiments, and in return, Roger Raymond must first research something according to the requirements of his employer.

Felix didn't tell Wei Wei about this, Roger Raymond was a surprise he prepared for Wei Wei. In order to make this surprise complete, Felix just never told Wei Wei, and when Roger Raymond came to Sa Before Dinson County, a laboratory was built for Roger Raymond in a remote tower far away from other buildings in the castle. He only waited for someone to come to send the equipment in, and the missing things had already been escorted by the **** team of knights. I bought it in Wangdu and sent it back together.

Felix took Wei Wei to see the laboratory after the people and equipment were installed.

The tower where the laboratory is located used to be the prison of the castle. The surrounding environment is a bit gloomy, not suitable for walking, and it is far away, so Wei Wei hardly comes here.

Felix brought her here with a mysterious look. Wei Wei was guessing what he was going to do all the way. She didn't know what the surprise was until she entered the tower and saw the laboratory on the top floor.

"This is..." Wei Wei looked at the well-lit laboratory because it was on the top floor, and the things inside made her a bit like watching the potions classroom in "Harry Potter".

In particular, there was an old man with scattered white hair, a long beard and a robe, who looked more like a wizard and his magic laboratory.

"This is Roger Raymond, an alchemist from the capital. You can tell him what you think in the future."

"Hello, Miss Weiwei."

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Raymond."

After getting to know each other for a while, Wei Wei couldn't wait to ask Roger to explain to her what the equipment here was used for.

Seeing that she was interested, Roger was naturally very happy to introduce her. When it came to the distiller, Wei Wei remembered the perfume and alcohol that she had always wanted to make.

Roger knew from Felix before that he invited him to Sardinson mainly for the distiller, so he introduced the distiller carefully, and said that if she was interested, she could try it now.

Wei Wei agreed immediately.

Nowadays, the flowers in the castle can be used as essential oils, but there are fruits that agree to be used as essential oils.

Fruit essential oils can be divided into two categories: citrus and "other fruits". The materials used in citrus essential oils are common oranges, grapefruits, tangerines, lemons, limes, bergamot, grapefruit, etc. Others are hard to say. There are reserves in the castle of lemons and oranges. The former is a commonly used fruit, and the latter is just entering the fruiting period. The fruits bought in the kitchen at this time are basically oranges.

Of course, it is easier to obtain essential oils from peel-type essential oils by pressing, but the distilled essential oils have no phototoxicity, and will not cause allergic or even carcinogenic side effects to the skin under the chemical action of ultraviolet rays. Like the essential oil made by pressing, it is okay to do aromatherapy, but it is dangerous to use on the face and skin care.

This is also the reason why Wei Wei has never been able to use fruit peels to make essential oils - although people at this time will not know about these hidden dangers, she can't deceive people with her conscience.

Wei Wei went to the kitchen and saw that there were quite a few lemons and newly bought oranges in the kitchen. She asked the servants to help peel the oranges, leaving the pulp for them, but took away a lot of orange peels and a few bottles of beer.

The orange peel also needs to be washed, chopped and added with some chemical ingredients before distillation, and these are all available in the laboratory.

One old and one young cooperated well in the laboratory for an afternoon. In addition to establishing a preliminary friendship, they also got the first high-concentration orange peel essential oil and a small bottle of alcohol distilled from beer.

In addition to the peculiar smell of citrus peel, the high concentration of tangerine essential oil also has a faint floral fragrance, which blends together to form an elegant and fresh sweetness, and this fresh and sweet smell has a refreshing effect.

The alcohol distilled from beer naturally cannot reach the purity of medical alcohol, but it can still be used for perfume.

With both materials, will perfume and other skin care products be far behind?

Of course it's still far away.

The perfume formula Wei Wei found in the encyclopedia library is very simple, the main materials can be found, and the production steps are also very simple, but it will take at least two months for the perfume to be fully prepared.

"So you have to wait until November at the earliest to get the first perfume." Although it will take a long time, Wei Wei is still very happy, "Although the finished perfume still has a long time, but with distillation We can start making more essential oils!”

Felix remembered: "For oranges, Melk Town should have some."

Melk Town is one of three towns in Sardinson County. It is located south of Fort Sardinson, close to the border. It is the warmest place in the whole of Sardinson County. Because of this, the people in Melk Town Good at planting fruit trees, almost every household has an orchard, lemons and oranges are the main products.

Wei Wei was a little surprised. She always felt that the climate of Sardinson County was somewhat similar to that of the northern part of China, and the temperature changes were similar to those of the capital. Lemons and oranges were both warm-loving plants, so it stands to reason that they would not grow well in Sardinson County. .

Unexpectedly, there is a town rich in lemons and oranges.

Seeing her curious, Felix found the map and showed her.

This is a national map of the Prady Empire. Although the flowers are very simple, the overall outline of Sardinson County on it can still be seen clearly.

On this map, Sardinson County is like an irregular long ribbon. The northernmost is Sardinson Castle, and the southernmost is Melk Town. The distance between the two can be said to be very far.

And Sardinsonburg is actually not as cold as she thought. The minimum temperature in winter is above zero, and there will be no cold weather of several degrees below zero.

But what surprised Wei Wei the most was that, going further south from Melk Town, it turned out to be the Mediterranean Sea.

At first, Wei Wei had seen the world map in the system, but at that time she only remembered the biggest change on it—the Eurasian continent was divided into two, and she casually glanced at other places.

Trying to recall now, where the Prady Empire is on that world map, seems to be between Turkey and Italy? (Though neither country is now the name of the future.)

However, if it is this geographical location, it is not impossible that the temperature in the southernmost part of Sardinson is suitable for planting fruit trees.

So, can't some plants in her "experimental field" that can only be grown in areas with higher temperature try to be placed near Melk Town?

It is a pity that although part of the beach is close to the sea, it is said that the beach area is small and there are many reefs, which is not suitable for building a port. Therefore, there has been no maritime trade route in Sardinson County, and it has nothing to do with other countries in the Mediterranean Sea. intersection.

Therefore, the fruit from Melk Town has always been sold to the next county. The fruit is easy to spoil after a long journey. Even if it is delivered, the price is not very good, and it is barely a hard money.

"Then should we go to Melk to buy fruit, or is it more appropriate to open a factory there?"

"Let's go buy it." Felix said: "Besides Melk Town is Baron Hunt's territory."

Although it stopped, Wei Wei understood what he meant.

From the last ball, Baron Hunt is the most greedy of the five barons in Sardinson, and he is a standard villain. He really built a perfume factory in Melk Town, who knows what he will do. what.

"So is it still making perfume in the castle for the time being? But Mr. Roger's still is a bit small, and the output is not very good."

This is what Wei Wei thought after seeing the still in the laboratory. Because it is a still for private research, the size of the equipment is really small, and the distillation efficiency is low, otherwise they would not be fiddling around for an afternoon. Get a small bottle of essential oils and alcohol.

"Don't worry about that, I'm ready."

Then Felix took her to see another surprise.

The location is still the tower where the alchemy laboratory is located, but not in the tower, but in a stone house built next to the city wall some distance from the tower.

This empty house was originally a place for the soldiers guarding the castle prison to rest and change shifts, but now it has been cleaned up. A still is ten times larger than that in the alchemy laboratory, and it is two meters high. placed in the middle of the room.

"Where did this come from?" Wei Wei was very surprised.

"It was made by a blacksmith."

The blacksmiths in Sardinson are naturally not so good at making this big guy. This is when he asked for one of the alchemists when he sent someone to find Ken to come to the alchemists in Sardinson to no avail. I went to the surrounding noble territory and had a blacksmith who could make stills to order it. Because the requested model was too large, the other party worked overtime for a few months, and only made it recently, only before Roger Raymond. Delivered in two days.

Originally, he wanted Wei Wei to see the alchemist's laboratory first, and then see this big guy to give her a double surprise, but Wei Wei didn't want to leave after entering the laboratory, and the surprise could only be delayed.

But the effect is still very good.

Wei Wei circled around the large distiller, annoyed that she was not thinking enough, and completely forgot that she could actually draw a picture herself and ask someone to make it. It is completely feasible to study and draw a drawing for the distillation equipment.

It's a pity that she was distracted by many things at that time. She was busy with that every day, and she had plans, but many seasons were missed.

In the final analysis, it is because of her inexperience in doing things that she often thinks about one thing and one thing, and is not careful enough.

Remember this, it must be changed!

Now that the distillation equipment for production is available, what are you waiting for.

Felix sent people to Melk Town and posted a lord notice telling the townspeople that he needed fruits like oranges and lemons, and the more the better.

September is the fruiting season for lemons, and oranges also start to come on the market in October. These fruits are grown in orchards near the town of Melk, among which there are more lemons.

In the past, they had to find a way to send the fruit they planted to the main city of the next county to sell, and the price was kept very low. Now, although the price offered by the Count is lower than the market price, it is also higher than if they sold it themselves. more, and it was a day's carriage ride from Melk to Sardinson's Castle, much less than a week's round-trip in the next county.

When the townspeople of Melk Town heard this kind of good news, they hurriedly went home and asked someone to pick lemons in the orchard, so as to try to send it to the Count as soon as possible to bring back some income for the family.

No one thought that the content of the announcement posted by Lord Earl would be fake. Their mayor also opened a grain store to collect grain and make noodles, and recruited a group of townspeople to work. The wages given are all genuine and not short of money.

The only regret is that because the main crops around their town are all kinds of fruit trees, the amount of wheat is relatively small, and the harvest is not as high as in other places. Naturally, there are fewer workers needed than in the other two towns.

So this time, they also believed in the credibility of Lord Count.

So the announcement was only posted for a day, and some anxious fruit farmers drove a carriage to deliver lemons overnight. The owner of Chengcheng Castle did not fool them. As long as the quality of the lemons passed the test, the person in charge of the purchase would be relieved to pay.

Seeing that the people who went there first got the agreed price and came back happily, the other fruit farmers naturally couldn’t sit still, so there was an endless stream of carriages from Melk Town to Sardinson Castle, alarming along the way. With the barons and knights in the surrounding area, everyone wondered why the Count suddenly collected so many lemons.

It wasn't until later that lemon essential oil hit the market that they figured out what was going on.

But now, they can only guess secretly.

Only the skin of the purchased lemon can be used to purify the essential oil, but the pulp and seeds are also useful. The pulp can be used to make lemon jam, and the lemon seeds can be used as medicine and eye cream. It can be said that the whole body is a treasure.

However, these treasures are also troublesome to handle. At this time, there is no machine, only manual peeling, extraction of pulp and seeds, which requires a lot of people.

Felix thought about it, and simply recruited women among his serfs to do these jobs.

The stewards rode their horses to the various serf-gathering areas to inform them of this.

"Women over the age of fourteen and under the age of fifty, as long as they work diligently, can go to the castle to serve the Count. They will pack a meal a day, and a day of work will be tax deducted as a man's half-day service."

This news made the serfs stunned for a moment. In the past, men were all allowed to go to the service. It was impossible for women to go there even if they wanted to. Although it is only half the time now, it can also reduce the burden on the family. .

There was a woman in her fifties who couldn't help but said, "Are you really giving tax credits back to food?"

"Of course, will the Count still lie to you?" The steward raised his chin and snorted, "If it weren't for the lack of people right now, it wouldn't be your turn. I've made it clear to you that if you go to work, If anyone is lazy, not only will they be kicked back, but they will also have to pay a fine!"

As soon as they heard that there was punishment, people who didn't believe it at first believed it, and said that there was no such thing as such a good thing. The count must have changed his way and wanted to increase the tax.

However, after this, everyone began to worry that the Count would really increase the tax.

But no matter how worried, the lord's orders still have to be listened to. Fortunately, the number of people requested by the earl this time is not large. There are more than ten villages where the serfs live in the manor, and each village only needs to send ten people to the castle every day.

However, due to the long working hours, it is inconvenient to return to many far-away villages. The far-away villages have made arrangements for changing people every ten days, so they need to bring some daily necessities when they go, or even do Well, prepare to disturb other relatives who live nearby.

A group of people walked to the castle tremblingly.

When the serfs arrived at the castle full of worry, they found that the situation was much better than they expected.

Their job was to peel and deseed the lemons. The castle also provided us with a useful fruit knife. They managed a meal at noon and ate stewed beans, but the beans were stewed with bones! , after so many bones were chopped up and boiled together with the beans in the soup, the stewed beans were very fragrant and meaty, and the soup had a layer of oil, which was delicious!

Then when it gets dark, their work will be completed, and then all the serfs will be sent back by ox carts. Although these ox carts are all delivery vehicles, they don't need to walk by themselves, nor do they need to go to the cart. To disturb the relatives to look at their faces, it is completely possible to return home before it is completely dark.

When they got to the village where they lived, the coachman who brought them back also told them that they would come to pick them up to the castle every morning in the future. Everyone remember not to miss the departure time.

After a series of never-before-seen treatments, all the women who returned home looked confused. The shocked family members thought that something bad happened to them in the castle, and they were frightened and dumbfounded.

When the women came back to their senses, they told their family members about what happened to them that day with a dreamy look.

In fact, they didn't believe it themselves, but thinking about the smell of meat that seemed to be wafting in their mouths, they all had confidence again.

"If you don't believe me, just wait and see. Tomorrow the coachman will come to pick us up to go to the castle."

So in the village of these serfs, every family slept very late that night. Even if they couldn't buy candles or light oil lamps, they could discuss for a long time in the darkness, and then they got up early in the morning to see if it was true. someone will come to pick them up.