"This? Isn't it too … simple? "Sui Xiong looked at the gray box and frowned.
Arcaian sighed and said, "In the past month, among all the ideas submitted, this is the most reliable one."
Sui Xiong pressed the box with his tentacles, and it opened. There was no cold air inside, and it was at room temperature. Sui Xiong was surprised and asked, "Isn't it cold storage?"
"It is difficult to make large food with low temperature storage, and the storage time and cost are much higher," Arcaian replied. At the same time, he took out a delicate silver box. "This is a common storage box used to store high-end food. It costs about 500 gold coins, and even people with high incomes are usually willing to rent it. It can store food for about two days, but after one day, the taste of the food will obviously deteriorate. "
Sui Xiong nodded. Although the silver box was delicate, it was obvious that it was just an outer shell, a thermal insulation layer, and an ice lattice inside. When food was put in the box, it was like being stored in an icehouse, so it could be stored for a long time.
"There are advanced storage boxes, which use magic to lower the temperature inside the box. At the very least, the ice can not melt for a long time," Arcaian said. "But the cost is even higher. The cheapest one costs thousands of gold coins, and the magic crystal used to power it needs to be replaced frequently. It is a real luxury. Anyway, in my life, I have only seen one recently because I needed to investigate."
Sui Xiong nodded slightly. He finally understood the actual situation of the "cold storage" technology in this world.
As far as the technology was concerned, the level was quite high.
As far as the popularity was concerned, it was nothing.
"In contrast, the idea of this new" fresh storage box "is completely different. It uses magic sterilization to kill all the bacteria and fungi that might cause food to go bad. Also, it does not need to lower the temperature to keep the food fresh for a long time, "Arcaian said with a smile. Arcaian smiled and said, "I never thought that my research could be used in such a way!"
The person who invented this kind of fresh storage box was one of Arcaian's assistants before he became a god. That middle-level mage was very curious about Arcaian's research and had been learning from him. However, different from Arcaian, the main direction of his research was "how to kill bacteria and fungi," and "what would happen if they were killed."
Over the years, he had been quietly studying these things and enjoying himself in his research. If Sui Xiong had not issued the oracle this time, he might have continued to study without considering the practical application.
"Is this person a theoretical scholar?" Sui Xiong looked at the information of the inventor and couldn't help but laugh. "Mau Lei, this name sounds quite familiar …"
"What's wrong with the name? It was quite common. Have you ever heard of any great man with that name? "Arcaian asked curiously.
Sui Xiong shook his head. He couldn't say that the author of a series of science fiction novels that he had read when he was a child had this name.
But at this moment, he couldn't help but have a thought.
(That's right, this world only has fantasy works. There have never been any science fiction novels. Why don't I write a few science fiction novels?)
There was no doubt that there was going to be a new work by the famous but unseen bard, Time Traveler.
As a friend of Arcaian, Mau Lei naturally changed his faith after Arcaian's apotheosis and became his follower. As one of the few highly skilled followers of the God of Medicine, Arcaian contacted him and talked to him about collecting magic ideas that could improve people's living standards. Then Mau Lei pondered for a while and made this Ziploc box.
"Is it that easy?" Sui Xiong asked in confusion after listening to the introduction.
"Almost," Arcaian said happily. "Once he had accumulated enough knowledge, it was only natural for him to produce results. It was just that he had never thought of turning his research into something practical before."
Sui Xiong nodded and carefully studied the Ziploc box.
Since it did not require a powerful heat preservation effect, its production cost was not high. Although it required a low-level Magician to charge the magic circle before storing the item, after the charge, the item could be placed in and the magic circle would be activated, and that was it. After that, as long as the box wasn't opened, it could be stored for 10 days to half a month.
Although it wasn't cheap to hire a low-level mage to charge the box, at least it was much cheaper than the previous Ziploc box.
However, there was a problem with the Ziploc box. Most of the food could be stored well, but there were a few foods that, after being put in the box, would have a slightly different taste when taken out. At first, it tasted the same, but when chewing carefully, it would feel less delicate and changeable.
Mau Lei didn't know why, and Arcaian certainly didn't know either.
There were too few samples for him to study, and there were only a few kinds of food. Why did the same magic and the same environment change the taste of these foods, while the other foods didn't change?
Mau Lei had already considered this as one of his research topics. After finishing his current research, he would study this topic carefully.
Sui Xiong also pondered for a long time, but he also didn't know what the problem was. But he was sure that even with this small flaw, this invention could still be regarded as an important achievement.
Moreover, Mau Lei also proposed a special magic model, which could be used to indiscriminately destroy all kinds of bacteria, fungi, and other living things in food.
This magic sounded very cruel, but in fact, its application was very limited. Basically, it could only be used to help preserve food. According to Mau Lei's experiments, after using this magic, as long as the food was sealed and the air was isolated, the food could be preserved for a long time.
Mau Lei's "Ziploc box" was actually designed based on this magic. The main difficulty was not in casting the magic, but in sealing it.
The real reason that troubled him for a long time, and it took him more than half a month to make the actual product, was that he had never properly sealed it. Finally, after discussing with several food merchants, he found a better idea and completed the design and manufacture of the Ziploc box.
The next day, Sui Xiong personally met Mau Lei and learned about the cause and effect of the whole invention in detail. Sui Xiong praised Mau Lei and said that he would specially calculate the road to the legendary realm for Mau Lei and protect him when he tried to reach the legendary realm.
Mau Lei, of course, was very happy. At the same time, he did not forget to emphasize the help of those merchants and their contributions to the whole invention. Therefore, those merchants were also fortunate enough to meet the great designer and builder of Void City, His Majesty, the Void Mask, who dominated the world and shocked the heavens.
"I have given Mau Lei what he wanted. What do you want?" Sui Xiong asked with interest.
The merchants looked at each other. After a while, one of the bolder ones replied, "What we want, Your Majesty, you have given us."
"Ah?" Sui Xiong was stunned. After carefully thinking for a long time, he was sure that he had definitely not met these people before, let alone given them anything.
"In the Republic of Northwest, we merchants can do business with peace of mind. We don't have to worry about evil forces plotting to seize our property, and we don't have to worry about the jealousy and oppression of the nobles … This is what we have always been pursuing. You have given us a place to settle down, and we have always wanted to do something to repay you. We are very happy to be able to make a small contribution to you, "the merchant said and laughed." Really, this is enough. "
Sui Xiong was stunned. He pondered for a long time and finally laughed.
"I never thought that what I did would receive such high praise," he said. "In fact, I only did what I wanted to do and established a satisfactory social order that I like. I am also very happy that you can recognize it. "
Thus, the atmosphere became very harmonious and friendly. In the end, Sui Xiong invited the merchants to eat in his God Kingdom and gave each of them a bottle of special wine. Naturally, there was no need to talk about the taste. Most importantly, this wine had the effect of prolonging one's life.
In fact, it was developed based on the research of the life-prolonging potion. It was something that Sui Xiong designed for Kalisa Riley.
The "first beauty of the East Coast" was now over 50 years old, but still young and beautiful, no different from a young girl in her twenties. Her own strength was not strong, and the key reason why she could maintain her youthful beauty was because of this strange divine wine.
As for her own hard work … Haha, it could not be said that it was completely useless …
The merchants liked this gift very much, and when they left, they all thanked him profusely. Sui Xiong was also very happy. In the past few years, he had never been in such a good mood.
A few days later, Mahu was called out of the laboratory and together with the merchants, they built a workshop that specialized in producing this kind of fresh-keeping box. The spell model that he had researched had also been widely spread. Any interested mage could learn this model as long as they paid a low learning fee through the Sorcerer Association or other organizations.
As for whether they could successfully master this spell, and whether they could use it well after mastering it, it was up to them.
Seventy percent of the learning fee would go to the organization that preserved and taught the spell model, and the remaining thirty percent would go to Mahu. This was also a convention. Every practical spell inventor, as long as they were willing to spread their spells, would receive a large amount of wealth. From this, they could continue to research and obtain new results … It was a virtuous cycle.
"The author can only take thirty percent, so stingy!" After learning about this, Sui Xiong muttered with some dissatisfaction. "When I drew comics for people, I could even get half of the subscription income …"
So he went to negotiate with the God of Spellcasters, Ymir Lamperus, and finally changed the sharing ratio.
Because Mahu was the first mage to benefit from the new sharing ratio, the new sharing ratio was called "Mahu's Share."
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