Release that Witch

250. Chapter 250, the end of midsummer

聽聽聽聽Seeing that the summer is coming to an end, Border Town is about to usher in the last and hottest month of the summer, and Roland doesn’t want to leave the castle.

聽聽聽聽The saltpeter purchased from Margery, except for the gunpowder, was used to reduce the room temperature – now in almost every room, there is a bucket with a saltpeter, and a kettle in the bucket. . 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 sitting in the office every day, it is already full of sweat.

聽聽聽聽In addition to Anna, the rest of the witch was also stopped by his work. In addition to the daily practice and study, they basically gathered in the lobby on the first floor, either chatting, or fighting against each other, Gwent cards, a happy look. And Anna…It’s not that Roland doesn’t want her to rest, but she is not afraid of heat at all. The red iron ingots can be held directly in the hands, and the hot summer heat is nothing to her. Even if she was busy at the steelmaking furnace for an afternoon, she would not have a lot of sweat.

聽聽聽聽In order to reward the hardworking Anna, Roland recently made some ice snacks to treat her, such as the classic ice cream of the later generations – mixed with egg yolk, cream, milk and sugar water, and then cooled by saltpeter. Anna is very fond of this cold, soft and sweet snack. Every time I bite the ice cream and the blue eyes are bent into a seam, it will make him feel good.

聽聽聽聽In addition, looking at the monthly summary of the City Hall is also a pleasure.

聽聽聽聽Border Town So far, the population has doubled again, reaching nearly 18,000 people. Plus Longsong Stronghold will “turn over” a group of serfs every month, and it will not be a problem to break through the 20,000 mark in the coming year. Without counting the number of villages and towns in the Territory, this size is comparable to big cities like Scarlet Water City, Golden Harvest City and Kingdom Capital.

聽聽聽聽Slightly regrettable, the population has grown a lot and the quality has not improved much. The current education is still more than a thousand Aboriginal people in small town, and it may take a year or so to graduate. The private school opened by Karl has created a group of first-time graduates, but less than 100 people. The number is still negligible relative to the total population.

聽聽聽聽Perhaps the education of the eastern region refugees should be started first, instead of waiting for enough dormitory communities to do this. Roland thought, after all, education is only good and there is no harm.

聽聽聽聽The factory development of small town is also very good.

聽聽聽聽After half a year of construction, the industrial park now has three plants in operation: two Steam engine production plants and one bullet processing plant. The number of workers in No. 1 factory has been expanded from the ten blacksmiths who were just founded to more than one hundred people. The follow-up joining is basically the aborigines – this is what he hopes to see, and a group of apprentices gradually grow into craftsmen. And then drive the next batch of apprentices.

聽聽聽聽The workers at Plant No. 2 belonged to Crescent Moon Bay Caravan. In just one month, they had mastered the use of each machine tool. Although the yield rate was poor, compared with the blacksmiths of No. 1 factory, the first month of these craftsmen. The performance is obviously better. It was only before the contract expired that the Steam engine they produced was owned by Roland. Now the two factories can produce about eight to ten Steam engines per month, which is also the main income of Border Town.

聽聽聽聽As for the bullet factory, it was directly handed over to the First Army after completion. Not only the entrance has a guard post, but also patrols are arranged around it. Even the production work is carried out by the soldiers. After a one-week trial run, mass production of a new generation of fixed bullets has begun.

聽聽聽聽The Roland-designed assembly line does not allow for full mechanical production. Whether it is a primer, a gunpowder or a warhead, it requires manual loading and compaction. The main processing tools are two mechanical presses, one for pressing the Anna cut copper sheet into an ammunition case shape and one for stamping the bottom fire cup.

聽聽聽聽Soldiers simply placed the mercury sulphate powder between two sheets of thin paper, glued the paper, sandwiched the bottom cup, and finally inserted the bottom cup into the annular groove at the end of the ammunition case, and you’re done. As for the process of filling the black gunpowder and compacting the warhead, it is exactly the same as the previous dressing exercise.

聽聽聽聽The number of factories is small, only forty people, and more than 500 bullets can be produced almost every day. Roland intends to turn these forty people into full-time processors to maintain the normal operation of the bullet factory.

聽聽聽聽Next, Roland intends to make up the soap factory and the perfume factory 鈥?the former is an extremely important part of the military industry, and the latter may open up a new trading channel for the small town. As for the Bicycle Factory, you can drag it back and forth, as long as it is put into production before the kingdom avenue is repaired.

聽聽聽聽“His Royal Highness,” Nightingale pushed the door open. “Macy and Lightning are coming.”

聽聽聽聽The two men drilled from the side of Nightingale and ran to the table to find their head. “Are you looking for us?”

聽聽聽聽“Tomorrow is the summer season,” Roland pulled out the already written reply from the drawer and handed it to Macy. “When you return to the fjord, remember to hand it over to Tilly.”

聽聽聽聽“Ahhhh鈥?#8221;She took a moment, took a few eyes and took the envelope, carefully stuffed into the close-fitting bag, “No problem!”

聽聽聽聽Seeing the other person’s appearance, I am afraid I don’t remember that I have to go back to the letter every month. Roland resisted the smile of the bottom of heart. It seems that the charm of small town is really big.

聽聽聽聽“I have forgotten that tomorrow is another new month,” Lightning pressed his forehead. “Isn’t that a long time to meet?”

聽聽聽聽“The last time that Lady Tilly’s cleaning plan delayed the time, I will return as soon as possible,” Macy shook his long white hair on the floor. “The eagle’s nest will wait for me to come back to explore…Hey! 鈥?/p>

聽聽聽聽“I know it,” the little girl whispered. “That’s it.”

聽聽聽聽鈥淵ou also have a mission,鈥?Roland spreads a drawing of the southern area of 鈥嬧€媡he small town. 鈥淭his is a map you personally sketched. Remember the location of the mountain ridge in the direction of the sea?鈥?/p>

聽聽聽聽鈥淩emember,鈥?Lightning scored on the map. 鈥淧robably in this place.鈥?/p>

聽聽聽聽“Very good, you will take Macy once in the future, then put two flags at the intersection of the shoal and the mountain ridge and mark them on the map,” he said after looking at Macy. “If Tilly agrees to send a witch.” If you bring the sailboat to this shoal position, I will welcome you at the top of the mountain.”

聽聽聽聽“Send a witch?”Lightning curiously, “Do you have new sisters coming to Border Town?”

聽聽聽聽“I don’t know yet,” Roland smiled. “It depends on Tilly’s answer…But I think she will promise. 鈥?/p>