As the Lord of the Western Realm, Roland naturally didn't have to do it himself, he only needed to draw a rough outline on the paper and explain it to the hired tailor. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Although he has never touched the bra himself, he has seen too many in various commercials, TV shows and movies, and there are only a few kinds of shapes - he chose the most common strap back button, the buckle is three sets of copper hooks, and the degree of looseness can be selected within a certain range.

This kind of thing needs to be worn close to the body to meet the requirements of the corset, so Roland also called the maid in the castle to let the tailor measure the size, and the other party has been engaged in cutting clothes for many years, and the experience is also very rich, when listening to the explanation of His Royal Highness the Prince, she immediately understood the role of the bra, and according to the actual measurement results, the size of the bra is divided into several grades, and the adjustment range is subdivided under different grades.

In fact, the prototype of the bra has long since appeared in this era - that is, the corset. But it's not to make women more comfortable, but to tighten the waist as much as possible and prop up the chest* to give the figure an hourglass shape. Those gorgeous aristocratic dresses are also designed according to the thin waist, without the aid of a corset, I am afraid that it is difficult for ordinary women to wear such a dress with a very thin waistline. Excessive pressure on the waist can be extremely uncomfortable, and in severe cases, it may even affect blood circulation and cause fainting.

In addition to supporting the chest*, the bra can also play a role in fixing and reducing tremors, which will only make it easier for women to wear it daily.

In just two days, the old tailor cut out twenty bras, made of silk and fine cotton provided by Roland, which were both beautiful and breathable, and the workmanship was extremely fine.

However, before Roland could deliver the gift to the witch, a caravan from the royal capital arrived in the border town.

Compared to the previous month's arrival, the fleet was not only late, but also far less large, and the sailboats even felt sparse when docked at the town's expanded dock.

"Your Highness, we meet again," Margaery smiled.

"Welcome, you've worked hard to transport the fugitives before," Roland looked at the fleet by the river, "There seem to be a lot fewer sailboats this time?"

"Because some ...... "If you don't mind, let's go to the parlor and talk, it's too hot in here." ”

"I think so," Muttered Hogg, "I'm a true Grey Castleman, and this weather can kill me." If it weren't for the first steam engine, I wouldn't want to leave the house. ”

Roland nodded, and led the group back to the castle. Walking into the hall, a chill suddenly rushed over him, and Hogg let out a sigh, "Thank you to the gods for allowing us to discover such a beautiful thing...... If I hadn't seen the production process of Bingmang with my own eyes, I couldn't believe it came out of fecal water. Oh, and ice water!, Your Highness, can I—"

"Of course," Roland asked, with a gesture of please, and then sat back on his throne and turned to the businesswoman, "then, what accident caused the sharp decline in the goods, mainly saltpeter, this month?"

According to the contract, she was supposed to provide the border town with at least three ships of saltpeter every month, but this time, there was one sailboat carrying saltpeter.

"Because of the Royal Capital Alchemy Association, they have been buying saltpeter recently, and the price is not high, but they have the support of the former Prime Minister Marquis Wick, so this is not a pure transaction, and the merchants can't sell it if they want to. "I guess this may be what Tifeko meant, after all, the prime minister is almost breathing through one nostril." ”

"Tifeco?" Roland asked, confused, "didn't he go to the South?"

"That's true," she nodded, "it seems that Tasa has already told you the news." I heard that he brought a lot of men and horses and baggage with him before leaving the royal capital, and nine times out of ten he went to find trouble with Garcia, and the Alchemy Society bought saltpeter on a large scale not long after he left. ”

Roland knew more about this matter, and it was indeed fruitful to arrange Tasa to work in the royal capital, at first he only received the news that Tifeco had summoned the underground rats, and in order to prevent the other party from suddenly attacking, he also specially asked Pero to strengthen the realm work of the fortress. However, Roland breathed a sigh of relief to Roland with the guard's next secret letter—Tifeco headed straight south for him, apparently not for him.

As for the use of these rats, Roland basically agrees with the guards, that is, they are not suitable for frontal combat at all, and their discipline is even inferior to that of civilians and serfs. Therefore, Tifeko must have used this group in the same way as last time, first using drugs to make them addicted, and then forcing them to come forward and kill the enemy. This tactic of relying on cannon fodder to repeatedly consume the opponent's strength is a safe strategy for the new king, who owns two-thirds of the territory of the Gray Castle.

But why did the Alchemy Guild suddenly buy a large amount of saltpeter? Snow powder was originally one of their fist products, but the wrong ratio meant that it could only be used for ringing barrels. Are they now on the way to finding the right recipe for gunpowder and planning to make it in series, or are they on their way to trying to determine the best mix through extensive experimentation?

Roland shook his head, put aside the doubts that appeared in his mind, and it was pointless to guess that it was the right way to complete the industrial production of three acids and two bases as soon as possible and switch to more advanced chemical gunpowder.

"So next month's saltpeter can't guarantee the supply of Mibune?"

"This ...... I don't know," Margaery said bluntly, though she looked a little embarrassed, "I bought this ship from Silverlight City with a lot of effort. It's the hottest time of summer, and saltpeter is in great demand, so I'm not sure how much I can buy. If it were another season, I would have been able to guarantee the supply of Mifune. ”

"I see," Roland took a sip of ice water, "then try your best for the next month, no, no need to force it, I have new goods to purchase from you." ”

"Oh?" said Margaery, as if relieved, "what? is it still ore?"

"Washing stones for washing clothes," he replied, "look like white cloudy wafers or stone pillars, which have a slippery and greasy feel when soaked in water, which is not uncommon in the Royal Capital Hotel." ”

"Sure enough...... It's ore again," the businesswoman smiled helplessly, "it's incomprehensible that there is a big mine in your territory, but the goods you buy are all minerals. Well, there's a lot of it, and it's not expensive, what are you going to do with it?"

"Naturally, it's more convenient to do laundry," Roland smiled.

Washing stone is still a thing he turned out from the memory of the fourth prince, it is essentially a kind of trona, the main ingredient is sodium bicarbonate, with a strong decontamination effect, and plant ash, pancreas and called the three major cleaning tools in ancient times. In the absence of an ion exchange membrane, the efficiency of electrolyzed salt water to collect sodium hydroxide is extremely low, and table salt is not a cabbage price. So he planned to buy trona directly to make caustic soda. With a sufficient amount of caustic soda, soap can be manufactured on a large scale...... and a by-product of soap, glycerin.

. (To be continued.) )