Chapter 41: The Workshop Begins
Although it was said that only ten people were recruited at the beginning, but in the end, thirteen people were recruited, and Don felt that it was just a small thing, but Fiona didn't feel that way.
"Your Excellency, you can't do this again."
Fiona was helpless: "As a nobleman, even if you say it yourself, you can't change it casually, if other nobles know about it, you will be ridiculed." At the beginning, it was said that it was ten people, but it could only be ten people, and life was so cruel. β
"Cut, who's in charge? The first thing nobles have to learn is to be shameless. β
Tang En pouted: "Besides, don't you think their smiles are beautiful?" β
Fiona looked at the thirteen people, obviously very thin, obviously standing up as if they had exhausted their strength, obviously the clothes on their bodies were so shabby, but their smiles with tears were really touching.
It was a smile of hope in a desperate situation.
She nodded involuntarily.
"yes, so I can't make up my mind to lay off three more people."
Don sighed with emotion, skimming Fiona, his face full of "I'm so benevolent, come and praise me".
Fiona just didn't see it, snorted, and asked suspiciously, "You really didn't stay because they were all girls?" β
Tang En's face was calm: "Of course." β
Fiona looked at Don suspiciously, and after a moment, she waved her hand and said, "Whatever you want, get out of the way if it's okay, I'm going to give gold coins to the guards." β
Don looked up and saw that Elsa had arrived with someone from the guards.
As soon as these guys heard that the gold coins promised by Don were finally going to be fulfilled, their faces were red with excitement, and they all looked impatient.
But......
"Danny, can you please throw the bag aside first?"
"Nope! After receiving the gold coins, I have to go mint grass picking! β
After Danny finished speaking, he looked around nervously: "Yesterday's silver coins were taken away by my mother, and today the lord will give out a bonus, but it's gold coins!" If my mom takes me away again, I'm going to cry. β
There was a burst of laughter.
"Alright, stop laughing!"
Elsa screamed, and the guards immediately fell silent, and she continued: "One by one, Miss Fiona called the name to come forward and get it!" β
Gold coins, gold coins...... It's going to be spent again......
Fiona sighed, glanced at her notebook, and called, "Uncle Depp." β
"It's coming!"
Depp's face was happy.
"Uncle Depp, you killed three bandits in the anti-bandit operation, and the monthly salary, plus the action bonus, is a total of thirteen gold coins."
When Fiona handed over the thirteen golden coins to Uncle Depp, Uncle Depp and the rest of the guard were stunned.
Looking at the gold coins in Uncle Depp's hands, they all swallowed saliva one by one, and their eyes widened.
The gods are above! They've never seen such a large sum of money!
They didn't take it seriously, they thought it was just to boost their morale - this was not the first time that a treacherous nobleman had done this.
However, what he didn't expect was that Don En actually fulfilled his promise!
"Long live your lord!"
Uncle Depp's hands trembled with excitement, put away the gold coins, and he solemnly saluted: "I, Depp, hereby swear to the gods that I will shed every drop of blood to guard Ellington and Lord Lord!" β
"Nonsense!"
Don glared at Depp and said very dissatisfied: "Your mouth was blessed by Lady Calamity?" What if Ellington was in flames? β
Depp's face stiffened, and he sneered: "That...... I'm just so excited......"
That's right, in fact, everyone doesn't want war, they would rather never have to take up arms for the rest of their lives.
But who can say for sure what the future holds?
As one by one, the members of the guard became more respectful of Donn, and they all willingly became his followers.
With this kind of generous and talkative lord, this life is worth it!
Half an hour later, after everyone had their winnings, it was Elsa's turn.
"Elsa, five bandits, plus bonuses and salaries, a total of twenty gold coins."
"Huh?"
Elsa was very surprised: "Isn't it fifteen?" β
Fiona glanced at Don and said, "Because you are the captain of the guard, your salary is five gold coins higher than the others. β
"Wow!"
Danny looked at Elsa with envy: "It's good to be the captain!" β
"Envy what," someone next to him quipped Danny, "if you can beat Elsa, you can be the captain too." β
"Defeat Elsa?"
Danny shuddered, shrunk his head, and sneered, "Forget it......"
Elsa let him play with one hand to kill him!
"That's it!"
Elsa glared at them, as a captain, she should have the majesty of a captain, she coughed lightly, and said with a serious face: "I have received my salary, so let's continue training!" β
"Wait a minute."
Don said with a smile: "Let's take a holiday today, every month in the future, I will pay my salary today, and then I will take a day off today, everyone can buy whatever they want, drink if they want to drink, relax, and continue training tomorrow, of course, if it is a special period, there will be no more holidays." β
"Yay! Long live your lord! β
A large crowd cheered loudly.
"Your lord, you're going to spoil them like this."
Elsa frowned, she thought that a warrior should never slack off, and should stick to training every day.
"It's good for them to relax now......"
Don En looked sinister: "Go back and tell me about your training methods, and I'll refer to it." β
"Okay."
After Elsa and the others left, the thirteen girls had also eaten breakfast, and after they had eaten their stomachs, their complexions were obviously much better, but they stood there one by one and were uneasy, which made Don want to scratch his head.
In fact, what they thought was very simple, they hadn't worked for the lord yet, so they had a breakfast for the lord first, and if they couldn't satisfy the lord by waiting, how should they face the lord in the future......
"You don't have to be nervous, in fact what you have to do is very simple."
Don said very kindly, "Come with me first." β
Don led them to the cleared warehouse, which was now empty, with only a dozen tables on which there were stills that Don had already adjusted, and a vat under the table.
"I'll demonstrate it from beginning to end, and I'll explain it to you, if anyone doesn't understand anything, you can ask me."
After Tang En finished speaking, he began to start from scratch, adding water, mint grass, and opening the magic array, until the distillation was over, and explained each step to them in detail.
ββ¦β¦ Since it is an alchemy product used, the temperature can be controlled with a magic array, and the switch is here, so you can use it without magic, which is very simple. β
After Don finished his demonstration, he asked, "Now, who else doesn't understand?" β
Not a single person raised their hand.
"Don't be shy, just ask if you don't understand, I won't say anything...... Uh, do you really get it? β
Everyone nodded.
In fact, this set of processes is very simple, as long as anyone with normal learning ability can master it, the reason why Donn repeatedly confirmed it is because he underestimated the learning ability of Purandal humans too much.
"Very well, since that's the case, let's move on."
Don brought the collected semi-finished products to the table: "The upper layer is peppermint hydrosol, and the lower layer is peppermint essential oil, you need to separate them in two containers, which is also very simple." β
ββ¦β¦ Add jaggery sugar and water to this pot to dissolve, then use this to filter several times, then pour the melt into this blender, and then use this container to measure the peppermint essential oil and add it to it, and after stirring evenly, pour the melt into this mold to cool, and then collect the sugar balls and put them in this box. β
Tang En didn't just make a distiller when he worked overtime last night, in order to make ordinary people have the ability to complete this series of work, he integrated several steps that were completed with magic into instruments, such as the simple blender used the wind magic array, and the mold and the box containing the sugar balls used the ice magic array to control the temperature.
With the help of magic, these machines are not only convenient, fast, and pollution-free, but also more efficient than their counterparts on Earth, which is what Donn is most satisfied with about Brandal.
"Now that you've mastered it, let's try to do it first, five people extract mint, five people boil filtered sugar water next to it, and the other three people assist next to it, and strive to improve the efficiency to the maximum, let's start now."
Don clapped his hands, and Purlandal's first simple assembly line work team was started.
At first, the girls were still a little nervous, and their movements were very stiff, but after a while, they got used to it, and they added water and mint grass very quickly, and their work efficiency also skyrocketed.
After observing for a while, Don adjusted the staffing, because the extraction speed was much faster than expected, and the consumption of peppermint essential oil was not so fast, the boiling and stirring of sugar water was relatively slow, and the final shaping work was very easy, so in the end, it became three people extracting peppermint essential oil, seven people were boiling and stirring there, and the other three people were specialized in making sugar balls.
3:7:3, this is the most efficient configuration at present, Tang Enmo rubbed his chin, it seems that the personnel ratio in the future can also be in this ratio.
At noon, to the excitement of these girls, Don took care of their lunch again.
As a result, they worked more diligently in the afternoon, and in the morning they were already very proficient in the skills, and in the afternoon they were more efficient, and by the evening they had easily made tens of thousands of mints.
A sugar ball is now counted as ten copper plates, and the output value of this rough and unsightly workshop has reached ten gold coins in a day.
Don't think it's too little, think of how much value these thirteen girls could have created a day beforeβthey would have been stunned if they knew that their men had made at least ten gold coins worth of merchandise in a single day.