The Lord is Addicted in Infrastructure

Xia Zuoyi deliberately gave the Trak people a few days to adapt and rest.

They were first captured by the defeat of the Anas Empire. After destroying the country and losing their family and friends, they were all taken to the empire to be humiliated and forced to be branded as shameful slaves...

The minds and bodies of most people must have been devastated and numb.

After this, the Telaks were sent to Ghadayat.

Everything on their bodies was looted, except for the clothes they were wearing and the shackles on their hands and feet.

Therefore, during the adaptation period, Xia Zuoyi sent soldiers to send some good clothes, food that can fill their stomachs, daily necessities, etc. to the Trak people for free.

Fernandi reported to Xia Zuoyi in detail - the journey he had taken along the way after bringing back the Trak people.

It mentioned that the wounds formed on the shoulders of some people in the Trak Kingdom have not healed yet, which may cause them to be weak, lethargic and feverish.

After hearing this, Xia Zuoyi ordered the soldiers to pay attention to this aspect.

He prepared some of the existing botanical medicines in the Thorn Chamber of Commerce, and soldiers could bring seriously ill Trak people to the Chamber of Commerce to exchange for medicines for treatment.

Fernandi told about the use of a plant ointment, and said: "The little boy who had a fever due to the branding wound and almost passed out should be a girl."

"It was probably a disguise and cover-up for safety reasons, but it is also very possible that her identity is in doubt."

"I have asked people to pay more attention. If any abnormalities are found, they will be reported immediately."

Xia Zuoyi nodded, expressing understanding.

Plant medicine and ointment are two completely different usages, one is taken internally and the other is applied externally.

People can drink medicine when they are injured, but the effect of directly applying the ointment to the wound may be more obvious.

However, botanical medicines can be packed in bottles or containers that are usually used.

Herbal ointments are more troublesome.

This comes down to the paper wrapped around the ointment.

In the Western Continent, there are two types of paper that people can use so far.

One was parchment, which was expensive, slow and complicated to make.

This kind is also called skin paper, which is made of animal skin into paper.

In the process from material selection to completion, not only the handicraft steps are cumbersome, but also time-consuming.

Therefore, the price of a well-made and exquisite parchment was so high that even the owner of the manor without savings could not afford it.

However, parchment is water-resistant, wear-resistant, soft and delicate, easy to fold or roll up for storage, and is extremely popular among nobles.

Naturally, commoners and slaves could not afford or touch parchment.

The second type of paper is papyrus.

The cost is low, and it is also suitable for ordinary writing.

But in Xia Zuoyi's view, the manufacturing process of papyrus is not easy, but compared with parchment, the preparation steps of papyrus are easier.

Moreover, the disadvantages of papyrus are obvious. The paper is fragile, and the paper surface can be easily broken when turned over, and the toughness is insufficient.

Xia Zuoyi has made a plant medicine that can treat cough and fever.

shortly after.

He slowly made herbal ointments with the same curative effect.

Xia Zuoyi once tried to sandwich the ointment between two pieces of papyrus, but the result obviously didn't work.

So he put the ointment in the parchment and gave it to Judit, Gibran, Fernandi and Valck as gifts.

Such ointment can be given as a gift, but it cannot be sold as a commodity in the Thorn Chamber of Commerce.

Otherwise, the loss is definitely greater than the profit.

He will lose a small amount of money.

In this regard, Xia Zuoyi felt that it was time to show our oriental miraculous papermaking technique.

Wait until the paper is made.

The Thorn Chamber of Commerce will be able to add another item of money, and the plant ointment can also be sold.

Xia Zuoyi clicked on the system interface to check her reputation.

He is no longer poor and white now, and his reputation is growing very fast. In order to avoid disturbing the "people", he muted the reminder sound very early.

Now, the plot deviation value is three percent.

Xia Zuoyi looked away without paying too much attention, and then, he exchanged his reputation for books related to papermaking.

At this time, 098 exposed a matchhead from the upper left of the system interface, and then crawled down, and accidentally dropped a buttock when it landed on the bottom edge of the system interface.

098 stood up and patted without hesitation: [Host, do you want to learn papermaking? 】

Xia Zuoyi: "Yeah, since I want to carry out all-round infrastructure construction, why should I become an all-around talent..."

The result of not working hard is death.

098's two small matchstick hands clenched into fists: 【Host, come on. 】

Xia Zuoyi: "You were not on the system interface just now, where did you go?"

[098 enters the channel and is playing games online with the Sand Sculpture System and Krypton Gold System. 】

"…………Who's winning?"

The stickman's voice was calm: [The krypton gold system has never lost, and the 098 and sand sculpture systems have never won. 】

Xia Zuoyi glanced at the match figure in a rather complicated mood: "Next time, don't play games with the krypton gold system."

[Ok, host. 】

Xia Zuoyi paused, and added: "Stay less with the Sand Sculpture System, um...you will be infected."

Remember, you are a Buddhist system.

The stick man tilted his head, as if he was a little puzzled.

But still obediently nodded and agreed: 【Okay, host. 】

Xia Zuoyi added another item to read and study.

In the afternoon, when he was studying how to successfully make paper in his study, Toby's panicked voice sounded outside the door, which was also mixed with the maid's shout.

"Snow balls, you can't run around anymore, stop quickly..."

"Aww, aww."

Obviously, the two little tigers would not listen to Toby's words at all, and cleverly dodged left and right among the maids who were trying to stop them, jumping fast.

Xia Zuoyi was a little puzzled.

Snowballs and briquettes cling to him too much.

So after lunch, he asked Judit and Toby to take the two cubs out for a walk.

Why are you back now?

Xia Zuoyi got up from the chair and walked to the door. As soon as he opened the door, two big black balls suddenly rushed towards him.

Toby exclaimed: "Master Earl!"

Xia Zuoyi rarely sat down on the ground in a daze.

The clean white clothes he was wearing were instantly dirtied by two cubs that had turned into mud balls, and even his face was not spared, with two dusty marks on both sides of his mouth .

The snow ball and the briquette were very excited, the chubby little tail behind them couldn't help shaking, and the mud spots that hadn't been completely dried on Maomao were thrown all over the ground.

Of course he also dumped him.

"You must not suppress the Earl."

Toby and the maid tried to pull away the snow balls and briquettes, but were frightened by bared teeth.

Xia Zuoyi sighed helplessly after regaining consciousness, pulled a tiger ear away with one hand, then stood up on the ground and asked, "What happened? Where's Judit?"

Toby scratched his head: "Butler Judit left for a while when he had something to do, and then the snow ball and coal ball knocked over the bucket next to the vegetable field... It's all my fault for not being optimistic about them."

Xia Zuoyi: "The vegetables in the field haven't been crushed, have they?"

Toby shook his head: "No, my lord, the dishes are very good."

Xia Zuoyi heaved a sigh of relief.

In the vegetable field are beets that he specially ordered people to plant.

On the western continent, there are areas where sugar cane is grown, but in the farthest south-west direction.

Sugarcane juice is rich and sweet, and it is the raw material for making white sugar.

However, because it is not suitable for planting in some other areas, the quantity is not large, and the production process and steps are also cumbersome, including pressing, stirring and other steps.

Before the emergence of effective sugar-making machinery, a large number of workers were needed, the productivity was extremely low, and the amount of white sugar that could be produced was even rarer.

——"Sugar is more expensive than gold coins."

- "Sugar is white gold".

These two sentences are not groundless in the Western Continent.

for example.

There is no white sugar made from sugar cane in Xia Zuoyi's territory.

Even in the entire Gadayat, it is estimated that only the old king can enjoy white sugar.

Xia Zuoyi had done some research before.

White sugar is the most expensive commodity in the Nagabi Chamber of Commerce, and the country with the most inflow of white sugar is the San Airo Empire.

People in the Western Continent use very few seasonings, not to mention spices, not to mention dark cuisine.

Sugar here is not something that exists as a seasoning, but an expensive and scarce commodity.

Sweetness is essential.

But when white sugar is not available or cannot be used, as a substitute to cook meals, honey and grape water are mainly used to make desserts.

Honey, in particular, was hugely popular in places where white sugar was rare or even unavailable.

Some nobles even pass on honey as inheritance.

As for commoners and slaves, even tasting a little sweetness is a delusion.

Beet is a kind of vegetable that can be eaten usually. It has a hint of sweetness. It is mainly used to make sweet soup, or put it in porridge for cooking.

The nobles considered vegetables grown from the land to be inferior ingredients.

And most vegetables are eaten raw or boiled.

Therefore, the nobles are very repulsed by this.

In order not to affect their appetite, they will order the chef to chop the vegetables in advance, and the vegetables that are served after that are basically beyond recognition and cannot be distinguished.

Sugar beet can be made into sugar, and it is also the main source of sugar besides sugar cane.

But the people on the Western Continent have not discovered it yet.

The beet refining process is relatively simple. When there is no way to consider sugar cane, beet sugar is the best and only choice.

After thinking about it, Xia Zuoyi lowered her head and grabbed the ears of Snow Ball and Coal Ball twice, and said in a low voice, "The bigger you are, the more mischievous you are. If you get into trouble again, you won't be given meat."

The two little tigers seemed to understand, and squatted on the ground humming aggrievedly.

When Judit came back, they hugged each of them into the big wooden barrel that had already boiled water to take a bath.

It is inevitable that the people of Amtrak will feel uncomfortable and even uneasy when they want to live in a brand new place.

After all, everything around is very strange, strange environment, strange people...

They are outsiders, captives, and slaves.

Reynolds and Yadai are worried about whether they will be discriminated against, excluded and bullied here.

But it is indeed like what the soldier who sent them to the city said - they will naturally understand after they live here.

There are soldiers patrolling at any time near the place where the Trak people live, responsible for monitoring and preventing them from escaping.

In the lead was a knight named Dyna Prince.

On the first night of their stay at Fort Comoi, it was this knight who brought some soldiers with him clothes, food, and necessities.

Reynolds remembered him saying that this was the Earl's arrangement.

Nothing happened the next day.

Day three.

Reynolds found that the three of them seemed to be being targeted.

There will always be someone sneaking around the house where they live, stalking them without a trace.

Reynolds recognized the identities of those people.

The person who was eyeing them turned out to be the son of a duke in Trak.

The duke secretly supported the second prince who wanted to compete for the position of the crown prince, but in the end it was the second prince who brought people from the Anas Empire into the Trak Kingdom.

The second prince was killed on the spot, and the Duke immediately took refuge in the enemy.

Although the Duke was not killed by a sword, he died of a painful illness when he was taken to the Anas Empire.

Reynolds didn't expect his son to be alive, and it seemed that there were quite a few followers around him.

As I said before, the Trak people are not completely united.

There is still a clear distinction between class and class.

It was originally the civilians and slaves of Trak who gathered together.

Those who were originally manor nobles spontaneously divided into two camps.

Most of those who were hostile to the second prince and regarded him and his vassals as sinners gathered together, and the remaining small group of people could only cooperate with each other to save their lives.

Reynolds had been prescient.

He took Yadai and Sara to pretend to be civilians. Anyway, the old nobles who could recognize his illegitimate children were almost dead.

In the past, Reynolds rarely went to the palace unless necessary.

He is very happy to be a viscount, and spends his days thinking about and researching his favorite utensils.

Yadai doesn't need to pretend, he is a commoner.

Reynolds met him through Yadai's teacher alchemist, and it can be regarded as friendship since childhood.

As long as Sara's identity is not discovered...

But now, it seems that someone has noticed.

Day three.

When the patrolling soldiers left this area, the duke's son suddenly broke into their residence with several people.

Reynolds and Yadai quickly subdued them before they reacted in time, and then carefully looked at Sarah.

The Duke's son suddenly laughed, with a smug face: "So it's really Princess Sara, no wonder I think it looks so familiar, you are willing to cut off your long hair and dress up as a dirty kid. I was in the forest before. Some dare not admit it.”

At that time, the action of Fernandi undoing the shackles and throwing them the ointment attracted a lot of attention.

But Reynolds thought that with so many people and trees, the possibility of them being discovered would be very small, but he didn't expect to be spotted by the Duke's son.

Someone next to him said: "Cory, hand over the princess!"

"Since this place is so generous in giving things, we might as well take the opportunity to exchange them with the princess and get rid of our status as slaves."

"Yes, Corey, what Lauder said is right, I don't want to be a slave anymore, let's go to see the little earl and ask him to restore us to the status of nobles."

Reynolds roared, "How dare you!"

He struggled hard, but was kicked violently, and his knee hit the ground with a "bang".

Yadai looked at them with resentment: "Cory Moya, your father is a sinner of Trak! Do you still want to hurt the blood left by the royal family?!"

"The God of Creation will definitely punish you! And you!"

When Corey Moya heard this, his expression turned cold instantly, and he walked to Yadai's side and slapped him: "Being a slave is already the greatest insult and punishment for me."

"You are just a lowly commoner, what right do you have to shout!"

Sarah was gagged and tied aside, looking out of the house anxiously and asking for help.

Because they live very close to each other, even a little sound can attract people.

Now there are quite a few Trak people standing around the house, but they are temporarily blocked by Corey Moya's followers.