The bathhouse needed to boil hot water, a lot of hot water.
Humans of this era used firewood to boil water. Commoners used firewood, nobles used charcoal, and there was no record of coal being used. Coal should not be a product of dragons because it was neither metal nor gem. Probably, no humans understood the mineral coal. At least, the Sapphire Grand Duchy had not heard of the combustible mineral coal.
There were no records of other fossil fuels such as oil, natural gas, or anything similar.
According to Liszt's speculation, since there were saltpeter mines and volcanoes could spew basalt, there was no reason that coal, oil, and natural gas did not exist.
But it was not certain.
After all, metal mines all originated from dragons. There were no naturally formed metal mines, so it was not surprising that there were no naturally formed coal and oil.
In short, firewood and charcoal were the main fuels.
Firewood was dry branches, straw, and the like, while charcoal was the solid fuel left after wood was not sufficiently burned to remove water and impurities. When firewood burned, it would smoke and could not be fully burned; charcoal had no smoke, burned fully, and was light.
But firewood was cheap and charcoal was expensive.
After cutting down the trees in the Thorns Ridge, Flower Town hoarded a lot of wood. In addition to the wood used for construction, many of the defective wood was used to make charcoal for the castle. Commoners picked up a lot of dry firewood and piled it home to cook. The bathhouse was for commoners and certainly could not afford to use charcoal.
So before there was no other choice, only firewood was used. But to boil a large pool of hot water and maintain the water temperature, the amount of firewood consumed was definitely not small.
It was labor-intensive and wasteful, and it also damaged the environment.
After Liszt had the magic dragon, he decided to build a "magic bathhouse" in one go. Naturally pollution-free, did not consume energy, saved human resources, and had a 24-hour super endurance.
The bathhouse he designed was mainly in the shape of a hot pot – separated by a fence in the middle, leaving the magic dragon to boil water, and surrounded by pools for people to take a bath.
With Dosen's rock pillars, the construction of the bathhouse was not difficult.
The bathhouse was soon dug, paved with stones, and waterproofed with wooden boards. The next step was to fill it with water. Liszt himself released the magic dragon and constantly adjusted the total amount of magic. Finally, it was determined that a bathhouse needed a bucket-sized magic dragon to heat the water to 40 degrees.
At this point.
Wooden houses were built outside the bathtub, and the two bathhouses were completed.
The whole process took no more than five days. On December 16th, they officially opened for business. It was free of charge from 6: 00 pm to 12: 00 pm every day, and the bath time could not exceed five minutes. From eight in the morning to six in the evening, the restaurant was open for a fee. One copper coin per person, no time limit.
Liszt had his own hot spring bathtub, so he naturally didn't need to visit the bathhouse.
However, Gort and the others had been eyeing the bathhouse for a long time. This kind of bathhouse could only be found in big cities. Coral City could barely be regarded as a big city, but it was still a long way from the level of a metropolis. Therefore, there was no bathhouse. Ordinary bathhouses burned firewood, which was very expensive.
"Oh, comfortable, comfortable to the bones." Gort sat in the hot pot bath and was soaked in warm water. He was so comfortable that he wanted to cry out.
Taking a bath on a cold day was indeed a top-notch enjoyment.
The men's bathhouse was located in the commercial district, with a conspicuous sign – Flower Town Public Men's Bathhouse.
The women's bathhouse was located in the civilian residential area connecting the administrative office, with the same conspicuous sign – Flower Town Public Women's Bathhouse. Carl was specially asked to recruit several female patrols to be responsible for the security of the bathhouse, to prevent peeping maniacs and female civilians from peeping at bathing female civilians.
At this time, Paris was lying in the bathhouse with her sister Maggie, enjoying the warm water soaking.
"It's so comfortable, sister."
"It's really comfortable. I didn't expect to take such a comfortable hot bath in a small rural town." She rubbed the dirt on her body happily. During the long journey, she did not take a bath seriously. "Every day I can eat delicious food, work is easy, and I can take a hot bath. The house I live in is also clean and tidy. Maggie, I have fallen in love with this place."
"Well, Maggie also likes Flower Town." Maggie learned to swim in the bathhouse and ran over to help her sister rub her back. She kept saying, "Praise the Lord, praise the noble Lord of Flower Town!"
Enjoy the pleasure of rubbing back.
Paris narrowed her eyes, feeling so comfortable that she wanted to sleep, and could not help but echo, "Baron, Sir Baron is really extraordinary."
Under Liszt's deliberate concealment, no one asked how he heated the water in this large pool.
On the first day of the trial operation, there were not many people who came to take a bath.
Because civilians were used to not taking a bath, some people would not even take a bath all winter. What's more, taking a bath cost a copper coin. They were not stupid. With this money, it would be better to boil hot water at home and wipe their bodies, and then save it to buy four large pieces of black bread to eat for several days.
However, after six o'clock in the evening, people came to take a bath in groups.
Civilians who came back from construction sites and wastelands lined up, and no one wanted to let go of the free bath. Fortunately, the pool was big enough, and the prescribed time was only five minutes, barely enough to take a bath. The water in the pool, after only one round, turned black, and a thick layer of mud floated.
The serfs did not mind, and enjoyed the hot water soak with laughter.
The workers of the bathhouse shouted, "This is the great Lord's welfare for the civilians. You can enjoy such a happy moment, it is the Lord who brought it!"
As a result, the serfs responded one after another, "Praise Sir Lord!"
After the bath, there were workers shouting, "Great Lord, give you hot water!"
"Praise the Lord!"
"Sir Lord is so great."
"Great Lord, great Flower Town."
All kinds of slogans were constantly uttered from the mouths of the serfs, including the new serfs, who also stammered, "Praise the Lord."
This was an idea that Gort came up with, a very crude brainwashing propaganda.
Liszt did not object – he thought that the civilians should naturally thank him. In the entire Coral Island, only Flower Town had a bathhouse, which was open to free people and serfs.
Although his original intention of building the bathhouse was to complete the smoke mission, he should be praised for doing good deeds.
Isn't that right?
… …
At the banquet, after taking a bath, Paris, who was in a good mood, couldn't help but praise, "Flower Town's public bathhouse is a great achievement, Sir Baron."
Liszt cut the steak and responded flatly: "I give my subjects food, cotton-padded clothes, copper coins, and jobs. I also give them hot water to bathe. No one is more suitable to be a lord than me."
Gort immediately stood up, raised his glass, and shouted, "For hot baths, for Flower Town, a toast to the great Lord Baron Liszt!"
"To the great Lord Baron Liszt!"
Seeing that everyone had raised their glasses, Paris could not eat and drink peacefully, and also raised her glass, "To the great Lord Baron Liszt."
Liszt raised his glass and smiled at his followers and subordinates, "I am with you."
Every time this situation occurred at a banquet, it made him feel good. This was why he wanted Gort to be the town's consultant. At least in the boot-licking segment, Gort's performance was worth extra points.
However, it was not good to be too arrogant.
After all, he was a rational adult. He took a sip of red wine, but in his heart, he thought, "I need a loyal minister."
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