Wolf King

After nearly three years of expansion, Balk Flour Mill has become the largest factory in the Ministry of Fire.

Covering an area of ​​more than [-] mu, with several large and ten workshops, various production lines are operating maturely, and it has truly achieved scale and intensification. Sweet potatoes and vermicelli come out...

Building No. [-] in the cleaning area, built at the southernmost point and close to the swamp, has two huge cylindrical cleaning machines that look like old-fashioned popcorn machines and are erected at both ends by steel frames.

The sweet potatoes just delivered from Maozu Farm are dumped into the washing machine one by one, and after filling to [-]% of the standard line, close the lifted upper part, fasten it, and tighten the screws; four wolves turn into The snow wolves walked to the small windmill-like winch installed next to the cleaning pool, put the traction belt on their chest, and pulled it in a circle in the same direction with a "hey yo".

The sound of "Kaka" steel cable rotation sounded, and this huge "giant popcorn machine", or in other words, the giant drum washing sweet potato machine started to rotate...

A few minutes later, the four snow wolves pulling the winch stopped. The wolf paws hooked the drain on the side of the washing machine to discharge the sewage, refilled it with clean water, and pulled the washing machine to rotate again.

If it is washed three times, the four snow wolves will turn into human bodies, unscrew the screws connecting the two-piece washing machine, pour the [-]% to [-]% clean sweet potatoes into the cleaning pool below, and then take a high-pressure water gun and wash them. Remove the floating mud left on the sweet potato...

Before the pneumatic motor technology matured, the high-pressure machine could not be produced. In the past, the snow wolves had to toss for a long time for a pool of sweet potatoes, but now it is convenient, and it can be done in a few minutes.

The cleaned sweet potatoes were loaded onto the trolley and pulled to the starch processing area, and the four snow werewolves continued to clean the next round...

Aldoni's master and apprentice sat resting on the steps of the warehouse on the east side of the cleaning area, and the six of them looked numbly at the few snowwolves who were busy around two huge roller machines with a length of more than ten meters and a diameter of nearly four meters. .

"A cart of sweet potatoes weighs about [-] catties, and it can clean three carts at a time. The whole process only takes half an hour..." The first disciple said numbly and desperately, "These weird machines and these orcs are all monsters... Even if we are spellcasters, the firepower Fully open is the efficiency..."

Today is fine, Balk watched them exhaust their mental energy one after another, and didn't let them wash sweet potatoes... In the past, they would also be busy in the cleaning area.

Aldoni moved his lips and wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything.

When the green dragon lord held his head down and came to help the flour mill, Aldoni still had the idea of ​​"learning the advanced experience of making flour from the snow wolf tribe and bringing it back to the human world", but now... Aldoni This question is no longer considered.

It is really meaningless.

The ratio of vermicelli from sweet potatoes is about five catties of sweet potatoes can produce one catty of vermicelli. This is when the sweet potatoes on the grassland are well grown and large in size and have sufficient starch content; Not bad for a pound.

Then there is the issue of efficiency—everyone in this group of prairie aliens likes to talk about efficiency, and Aldoni is also affected—the same number of human races as these snow wolves, not to mention other steps, just cleaning, every time How many catties of sweet potatoes can a human race wash every day?

These machines for cleaning sweet potatoes are tailor-made for the Snowwolves, other races... I guess only the Tigers and Bears can play, and nothing else~!

And if you want to talk about self-made small machines that can be used by humans, really, the cost is so high—at least the current "J" absolutely does not have this condition.

"Are you still here? Start working!"

A snow wolf cub ran over from the starch processing area and waved at the six masters and apprentices from a distance.

The six of them didn't say anything, they got up silently...

The starch processing area, as the name suggests, is the processing area where the starch in the sweet potato is produced.

Only relying on the original sweet potato starch processing method is absolutely impossible to increase the output. In order to shorten the processing cycle, a corresponding machine was naturally developed.

The sweet potatoes cleaned of dirt and impurities have to be beaten and filtered twice to ensure that the starch in the potato dregs is completely extracted; the sweet potatoes transported to the processing area, the first step is to put them into a giant crushing steel that is one meter high and five meters thick. In the tank, the crushing process is carried out first.

The six masters and apprentices put on sanitary shoes, gloves, scarves and hats at the entrance of the factory area. After entering the factory building, they saw several strong men of the snow wolf clan working together to push the winch for crushing steel tanks, driving the spiral blades inside the steel tanks to rotate, The sweet potatoes in it are smashed into pieces...

The snow wolves are absolutely serious about cooking and eating. In the factory buildings in the starch processing area that have hygiene requirements, they would rather spend a little more manpower to slowly push them, so as not to turn into a wolf shape that is prone to hair loss.

After this step is completed, the sweet potato pieces that have been broken into large particles are discharged from the discharge port of the crushing steel tank, and flow into a semi-closed grinder to make a slurry.

The grinder is a stone mill... What is different from ordinary stone mills is that there are two layers of grinding surfaces inside. The sweet potato pulp ground on the upper layer flows to the lower layer and then grinds again to ensure the grinding power.

The frothy sweet potato pulp that has been ground twice passes through a pottery pipe as thick as one person, and the water is flushed into the starch pool. During this process, the filter screen installed in the pottery pot completes the process of filtering potato dregs...

The filtered potato dregs are poured into the semi-closed grinder again, and beaten again to squeeze out the remaining starch slurry.

The starch water in the starch pool needs to be settled and then rinsed again. This is the step that Aldoni's master and apprentice helped.

Under the arrangement of the Snow Werewolf, they went to the starch pool. The six masters and apprentices were each in charge of a pool. After standing still, they performed spell-casting gestures and summoned a large translucent hand as tall as a person out of thin air, poked into the starch pool, and stirred it back and forth...

The process of stirring, settling, and changing clean water is time-consuming without a spellcaster, because it takes at least two hours for one settling.It's much easier with spellcasters. They don't need to wait for time to settle after helping to stir, and can directly extract the sewage in the pool with water elemental magic - so the green dragon is very suitable for making powder. In the past, these All the work is done by Balk alone~!There are so many spellcasters like a dragon!

Anyway, it’s making vermicelli, so there’s no need to clean the slurry water. After changing the water twice, the quality of the starch slurry can be used to make flour~

Pick up the starch slurry in the pool with a wooden bucket, bring it to the flour making area behind the processing area, shake it into uniform vermicelli with a nozzle device similar to a shower head, drop it into hot water and cook it, then pick it up, it is perfect. Sweet Potato Flour~

If there is no spell caster, the cooked sweet potato flour needs to be dried before it can be put away. With a spell caster, this process is greatly shortened - extracting water, air drying and shaping it in one go, all work together!

Then bag it, pull it into the warehouse, and send it out for sale!

The sweet potato flour that is popular in the continent of Bloomfield is made by the prairie people in this way!

In the past, the workload of Balke alone could not keep up with all the workers of the Snow Wolf Clan. About [-]% of the starch could only be slowly precipitated, and the noodles needed to be dried naturally. Now that there are six masters and apprentices, there will be no more work Balk, who is accumulating more and more such bad things, is not to mention how happy...

When the sky darkened, none of the six masters and apprentices refused to accept the help of the snow werewolves because of good face, and honestly rode (lie) on the backs of the workers of the snow wolf clan to go back to the tribe to rest...

The Snow Werewolf who had already regarded the six masters and apprentices as workers took good care of them. The Snow Werewolf carrying four men not only sent Aldoni, the first disciple, Aisha and another male apprentice to the public bathroom, but also took care of them. Give them a bath with enthusiasm.

"Don't worry, I've rubbed it for Thrall before, and Thrall couldn't bear it when other people's hands are heavy. Thrall was very happy when I came."

This snow werewolf who was still a cub (not yet thirty) held a towel in both hands, motioned for Aldoni to sit in a row on the bath stool with his back facing him, and then... his hands were as fast as lightning, and it was true Scrub the backs of four people at the same time.

"Aww!!" Aisha screamed fiercely.

The other three also wanted to scream, but they really couldn't afford to lose face, so they gritted their teeth and held back.

The whole back was rubbed red, but I have to say, it's really cool to bear it...

When the dormitory was being built, each dormitory had a bathroom and toilet, but after all, it was relatively cramped. After the public bathroom with hot water was built, it quickly became popular among everyone.

Aisha, whose back was red and in pain so bad that he couldn't breathe, leaned against the wall to breathe, when a goblin waddled over.

"Hi, hello, can you rub it for me? I don't dare to ask the snow werewolf to help." The ugly goblin raised his head and looked at Aisha expectantly.

Aisha: "..."

Adult goblins are still more than one meter tall, but this goblin is only as high as his thigh, which means that this is a cub goblin.

As a halfling cub, the gray dwarf still has a cute style of painting, but the goblin is as ugly as ever...

Aisha squatted down silently, reaching for the towel in the hand of the ground goblin cub; the goblin cub was very happy, and turned its back while clenching its small fists.

Aisha, the disciple who often cries his master stupidly...has an advantage, he is willing to sympathize with and take care of the weak.

Although he rubbed the goblin's back and turned his face away in disgust...but he was still willing to help.

After washing up and meeting the two disciples who were going to the women's bathroom, the six master and apprentice went to the cafeteria familiarly...

The agricultural production team, which accounts for the majority of the tribe, is still squatting in the fields busy with the autumn harvest, so the cafeteria is not too crowded, and you can still sit inside and eat.

In the tribe, as long as you work, you get paid. Six mentors and apprentices helped five days in the milling factory. Because Balk thought they performed well, he gave them advance wages, which were double—except for milling. Outside the factory, there is also the salary of assistants in the chemical laboratory.

As for whether the six Aldoni masters and apprentices are happy to receive this double salary, it is hard to say...

Of course, no matter whether they are happy or not, Aldoni's master and apprentice are financially better than other "J" companions anyway, so eating in the cafeteria will not save money.

Adrian from Sean's group led his disciples to dinner, and when he passed by Aldoni's table, his eyes lit up and he sat down immediately.

"Aldoni, let's make a table together?" Adrian smiled, "Let's eat together, eat together!"

Aldoni: "..."

"Wait, how can there be any reason to come to our luxurious dinner with a basic meal?" Aisha, this stinky boy, is very useful at this time.

The basic meal is the cheapest set meal: steamed cake/pancake/pancake three-cake combination for any general, plus a portion of boiled meat in red oil (mainly fish/rabbit meat, with sweet potato leaves, bean sprouts, radish slices, Chinese cabbage, etc. side dishes), a large bowl of vegetable stew cooked in bone broth + dipping sauce, and a plate of cold dishes (sour cabbage and radish, etc.).

If this set meal is placed elsewhere in Bloomfield Continent, it would be a proper luxurious treat... But in the cafeteria of the Fire Department, it is really a basic meal-there is no such thing as braised elbow!There is no such thing as braised pork!There is no such thing as twice-cooked pork slices!There is no such thing as a dry stir fry!Spicy chicken, spicy fish, shredded pork and potatoes with green pepper, hot and sour Chinese cabbage, fish-flavored eggplant, spicy garlic shrimp...etc.

"Don't be so stingy~~~" Adrian said while holding a fork (you can't use chopsticks proficiently yet) and yelled at the most expensive and delicious braised elbow on the table.

"Stop——!!" Aisha yelled fiercely, causing people at other tables to look over curiously.

At the critical moment... the big disciple and the female walker both shot, and quickly pulled the elbow meat off with the nimble shadowless chopsticks, and put it into the bowl of the master and himself.

Adrian struggled to use a fork to fork a piece of elbow meat back, and there were only side dishes left on the elbow plate...

"It's too cruel!!" This time, Adrian screamed.

"Teacher, there is also this spicy garlic shrimp." Adrian's disciple quickly reminded.

So the chopsticks of the eldest disciple and the female traveler wiped out the whole plate of spicy shrimp.

Adrian master and apprentice: "..."

These two stopped talking nonsense, and hurriedly buried their heads in grabbing food...

Eight human spellcasters competed with each other to grab food, and a table of food was wiped out, and everyone was so stretched that they could hardly stand up...

The two teachers asked their disciples to wash the dishes, and walked comfortably to the square in front of the cafeteria to sit down to enjoy the shade and chat.The Huoyan Department has major classes every five days and small classes every other day. There is no class today, so everyone has more time in the evening.

Before chatting for a few words, Aldoni saw that the snow wolf worker friends of the flour mill had also finished eating, and a large group of people came out of the cafeteria in a row and walked in the same direction.

"What are you doing?" Aldoni greeted.

"The harvester of Dashui's production team broke down, and we couldn't finish harvesting the rice in time, so we went to help." The snow wolf worker turned around and explained.

"Uh...do we need to go?" Aldoni hesitated.

"No, it's only a few hundred acres away. Besides, there are many mosquitoes in the fields at night." The snow wolf workers waved their hands and said goodbye to them.

Watching the group of snow werewolves go away, the two casters sighed at the same time.

"If our human race can be united like these orcs... Sigh." Aldoni shook his head lightly.

His feelings are deeper than others, because he has been closer to ordinary snow werewolves this week.Hard work, mutual help, and open-mindedness are his deepest understanding of the snow wolf tribe. This kind of character does not mean that the human race does not have it, but... For the entire human race, this kind of people The number is far from enough.

"That's why Mr. Sean is more willing to live here than to go back to his hometown of Cronin." Adrian also sighed, "If it's me... the last years of my life, I would like to live in such a peaceful place. Spend in a harmonious place."

These two human spellcasters who have lived for a hundred years have traveled a lot, and they have experienced a lot of things.They have seen the noble and despicable people of the same race, they will not use simple and crude, black and white to judge whether all the same race is noble or all despicable, they have a deep understanding of the complexity of human nature .

"Al, these days, I have thought many times about the difference between the grassland tribe and our human race. Maybe I am ignorant... or I don't have enough vision. I think... we can't live in the human race. Such a place was created in the world." Adrian said in a low tone.

Aldoni looked at him in surprise. This old friend has always been a cheerful and enthusiastic person. He never thought that Adrian would be so pessimistic.

"Why do you think so, Yade? Yes, we can't deny that our human race is much more complicated than the orc race. Most ordinary people only have a lifespan of a few decades. Regarding life, they can't compare it with life span." Long orcs are so calm and unhurried, so they will be more eager and aggressively pursue something beyond their ability, which makes some human races seem greedy and insatiable."

"But it's not the fault of the human race, Yade, this does not prove that we humans are incorrigible or inherently mean. You and I have seen enough of our kind. Even if there are many mean people, it does not represent all of them. "

"The country of our human race is sick, the cruel and incompetent enjoy the glory and wealth, and the kind and hardworking people mourn, so we want to change this unreasonable world and get rid of those harmful but inherited rules of power. Isn't that what we'J' idea?"

Adrian smiled wryly and shook his head. After Aldoni finished speaking, he said softly: "Of course I know this, Al. Isn't that what I have always believed in? When King Cronin reformed, you and I They are also the first to rush to the capital of King Cronin..."

Sighing, Adrian said faintly: "The enthusiasm and enthusiasm at that time, thinking about it now... It's just what the grassland tribe said, the ignorant is fearless."

"Yad—"

"Listen to me, old friend." Adrian interrupted Aldoni, and continued, "The grassland tribe is a tribe that is transparent inside and out, and they will disclose the total income of the tribe every year for everyone to count The income and expenditure accounts of the tribe. They can earn more than [-] gold coins every year. In addition to keeping savings, they use most of them to buy the supplies needed by the tribe, build the tribe, and improve everyone's life... so they can do it in a short period of time. In a few years, the wasteland with nothing will be built into a brand new town, and an entire inland sea fleet can be purchased.”

Adrian turned his head and looked at Aldoni: "Let me make a rude assumption, Al, if you and I, if we'J' are the masters of this grassland tribe, we can have the power to deal with this every year More than [-] gold coins—how much of this money do you think can be used for tribe building and development?"

Aldoni froze for a moment.

The few disciples who were listening quietly also showed shocked expressions.

Adrian laughed at himself: "Please believe that I am not so disgusted with our companions. I trust everyone. If all the members of 'J' are not full of confidence and enthusiasm for our common philosophy, then they will not be able to communicate with everyone. Let’s walk together to today.”

"But I can't blindly think that all people are saints without external desires."

"When a large sum of gold coins appears in front of our eyes, can we really not be tempted? None of us will suddenly think of the top mage tower, the most luxurious mansion, the most luxurious robe, and the most beautiful woman ...Can all of us 'J' be so pure?"

Adrian looked disappointed: "We can't do it, Aldoni."

Aldoni's lips moved, but he couldn't make a sound.

Emotionally, he was extremely opposed to Adrian's unreasonable speculation. This kind of questioning of his companion's character made him angry, and he wanted to point at Adrian's nose and scold him.

But intellectually, Aldoni knew Adrian was right.

In all the legendary storybooks of the human race, all the protagonists who make a fortune, rise to the top, and gain both fame and fortune must end up with luxurious mansions and must embrace beautiful lovers.

These legends can be widely circulated, which in itself shows the human race's desire for material desires and indulgence in lust.

Aldoni, who took one big class and two small classes, has personally seen the people who belong to this grassland tribe and have the right to control those gold coins—the sage Ayun needless to say, his residence is the oldest old man in the tribe. The house only occupies half of the room, and this half is still shared with Mr. Xiao En.

There are more than 30 patriarchs, such as Huoyan, Grassroots, Li, Arthur, etc., all of whom are dedicated to their work. A small half of them are single, and those who have a partner are only one partner.

The management of Hongye, Languo, Snowflake, Yu, Ayue, Qingcao, Dashui, etc., is in the same situation as the patriarchs.

Even among the patriarchs and management, those who can have a separate house must be a person with a partner... Single dogs sleep in dormitories obediently.

People with partners, estrus and cubs, even ordinary people can have family houses like patriarchs and management.

All the power holders of the orc race calmly face the huge sum of money added every year exceeding one hundred thousand gold coins, and live a life that meets their needs in a stable way!

For the human race... it's too much!

Aldoni felt that something in his body was losing rapidly, as if it was heat, or spirit, or soul; the unexplained exhaustion and the sudden cold darkness covered his head, and his body seemed to lose its support in an instant strength.

"Teacher!" The eldest disciple whispered, and quickly stepped forward to support Aldoni who almost fell from the stone pier.

Adrian also stretched out his hand to grab Aldoni's arm. Seeing that his old friend was so lost, he smiled bitterly and said, "Al, you... should I persuade you to look away?"

"Mr. Adrian..." The eldest disciple supported the teacher with all his strength, and shouted with extremely complicated emotions... He was a bit complaining about the other party, but Adrian was indeed right, he was right, and what the eldest disciple complained was true Can't say it.

"As expected of Mr. Adrian and Mr. Aldoni, everyone in 'J' is really wise, wise and far-sighted. Mr. Yarman, your friends are as good as you. I think this is the so-called flocking of birds of a feather Divide."

"Hahaha... If others say so, I will believe it. Ayun, you should save us some face."

Xiao Yun and Arman walked out of the No. [-] cafeteria. The two guys were proud of their spring breeze and smiled happily.

Aldoni & Adrian: "??"