In fact, Tang En had underestimated the impact of the mint on Fiona.
He felt that it was just a small change, but for the locals of Prandal, it was an unprecedented innovation.
The combination of the sweetness of the sugar and the coolness of the mint instantly conquered the girl.
Tang En asked, "Do you have any plans for the mint?"
"Can it be mass-produced?"
"It's not difficult to make it. It depends on the supply of raw materials. The sugar is fine, but there is no demand for mint plants here. The ones by the river can only produce one batch."
Fiona thought for a moment and said, "If possible, we can open a workshop and recruit workers to produce mint. In terms of sales, I can contact the peripheral members of the Rosa d 'Oro family and reorganize a chamber of commerce to operate."
Tang En raised his eyebrows. "The Rosa d 'Oro family has been disbanded. Are they willing to come?"
Fiona was very confident. "As long as there are profits and prospects, I believe they will be willing to come."
"Well, I'll leave this to you. You can write a letter and contact those people, and then release an announcement in my name to encourage the residents of Ellington to collect and plant mint plants. We can buy them at a silver coin per kilogram, but they must protect the river and not dig."
Fiona looked confused. "A kilogram?"
Tang En slapped his forehead. "I forgot to tell you that this is the unit of weight I made … Well, forget it. I'll get a set of standard tools and a new measurement standard for you. You can release it together with the announcement. In the future, all the statistical standards in Ellington will be based on this set of standards."
"I understand. Is there anything else?"
"Not at the moment."
"Okay … I still want more! Give me more! "
Before Fiona got up and left, she stretched out her white hand like a greedy little girl. She only ate one and she fell in love with the taste.
She felt that after eating the mint candy, the taste in her mouth had become much more refreshing.
Tang En laughed. "Be careful of tooth decay after eating so much sugar."
"Tooth decay? What is tooth decay? "
"It's just … uh, forget it, I'll make you a toothbrush."
As Tang En spoke, he used the remaining ponytail hair to make a toothbrush for Fiona. As for the toothbrush handle, it was just a poor branch of the World Tree …
"This is?"
"A toothbrush. It's used to clean your teeth."
Tang En took out his toothbrush and demonstrated it. Fiona immediately understood the use of this thing. Her eyes lit up. "Good stuff!"
Even if she didn't know the benefits of brushing her teeth, she knew how uncomfortable it was to have something stuffed in her teeth. With this toothbrush, her mouth would feel much better after brushing her teeth.
"It's yours."
Tang En threw the toothbrush to Fiona.
After Fiona went out, Tang En immediately made her a set of standard tools using iron ingots, including a ruler, a set of weights, a simple balance, a name for weights and measures, and a few simple calculation formulas.
With these things, Tang En didn't have to worry about units in Ellington for the time being.
After doing all this, Tang En looked at the many mints left. He thought of Elijah and joked that he would treat her to lollipops. Now, he didn't have any lollipops, but he did have some mints.
Since he had nothing to do, Tang En kept some of the mints and put the rest in a small bag. He planned to send it to Elijah.
As soon as he went downstairs, he saw Tina cleaning there. Tang En greeted her. "Hey, Tina, you're still busy."
"Sir Lord."
Tina turned and bowed to Tang En. Although the girl still had some resentment in her heart, she had thought it through now.
The matter was actually very simple. Sir Lord was a good person. Seeing that she was exhausted, he just wanted to let her rest for a while. However, she thought too much …
All these misunderstandings were actually her overthinking.
Sir Lord didn't even know that he had misunderstood until now …
Tina sneaked a glance at Tang En and found that Tang En was digging for something in a bag.
"Give me your hand."
"Ah?"
Tina was stunned. There were already more than a dozen round sugar balls in her hand.
"This is the mint candy I made. You can have it."
Tang En waved his hand. When Tina came back to her senses, he had already left.
Sugar balls?
Tina was confused. After hesitating for a while, she picked one up and put it in her mouth.
Then …
Lightning flashed through her mind! The stimulating and cold taste spread in her mouth. In an instant, the maid was actually tearing up because of this strange taste.
Is this poison? It must be poison!
What did I do wrong? Why did Sir Lord poison me?
Tina's imagination ran wild. She stood there in a daze and didn't move.
After a while, she came back to her senses.
"Eh … I'm not dead?"
Tina blinked her eyes and was stunned again.
The taste in his mouth had long since changed from the initial stimulation to a very strange but captivating taste.
"Mints …?"
Tina realized that she actually fell in love with this thing in the blink of an eye. She carefully held the mints and found her good friends to share with them.
"Oh my god!" Marlene exclaimed and covered her head, "I feel like lightning flashed through my brain!"
"I feel like I'm frozen! It's so cold! "
"Magic, this must be some kind of magic!"
"So magical, so charming! Tina, this thing, is it really made by Sir Lord?! "
"Yes," Tina nodded vigorously, "Sir Lord said this is called mints."
"Anyone else? I want to bring one back for my brother. "
"My sister wants one too!"
"Me too!"
Tina didn't expect everyone to be so enthusiastic. Caught off guard, the bunch of mints that Tang En gave her were all divided up in the blink of an eye.
"This, this is given to me by Sir Lord … I, I also want to keep it and eat it slowly …"
Tina wanted to cry but no tears came out. Seeing everyone's happy faces, she sighed and quickly put it down. She happily discussed it with everyone.
Everyone discussed the mints, the Sir Lord, the Sir Lord's kindness, the Sir Lord's wisdom, the Sir Lord's gossip …
Of course, Tang En didn't know that he was being discussed by the maids. He walked all the way out of the Sir Lord's Mansion and was dumbfounded.
He still didn't know where Elijah lived.
"Right, I'll ask Edgar."
Tang En clapped his hands and ran to Edgar's blacksmith shop.
As soon as he entered, he heard Brian roaring, "You're too slow! Put in more effort! Otherwise, you won't be able to finish before the day after tomorrow! Humans are too troublesome! "
"You're making the molds and leaving all this work to me. Of course I'm slow!"
Edgar was full of complaints, but he didn't dare to complain to Brian. He suddenly saw Tang En and was stunned for a moment, "Sir Lord, why are you here again? Don't worry, the task will be completed. "
Tang En looked at the half-finished products on the ground. In just one hour, more than a hundred were made. He estimated that there was still plenty of time, so he smiled and said, "I know, there's still plenty of time. Don't be too tired."
Edgar flexed his muscles and laughed, "Thank you for your concern, Sir Lord. I'll be fine."
"Well, do you know where Elijah lives?"
"Elijah? That little orphan girl with a bit of a loner? "
"Orphan?"
"Yes, I don't know who her parents are. When the people in town saw her, she was in the woods to the west of town."
Edgar scratched his head and said, "After she was brought back to town, strange things always happened around her, so people gradually alienated her over time. Her character also became very loner."
"Strange things?"
"Yes, strange lights and strange whispers. Some people even got hurt because of it, so some people thought that she was the embodiment of bad luck and wanted to expel her." Edgar's heart skipped a beat and he hurriedly added, "But that's all in the past. Since Abedon and his wife adopted her, she has been much more lively with Elsa's company."
"I see …"
Tang En pondered for a moment and asked, "Where's Elsa's house?"
Edgar stretched out his hand and said, "Go out and walk along this road for about two hundred steps. It's on the right."
Tang En nodded and then turned to go out.
Elijah was an orphan and had been treated unfairly when she was young. It was normal for her to be a loner. It was not normal for her to be trained into a lively little girl by Elsa.
However, the strange things that Edgar said were probably caused by Elijah's magic affinity. If the elements around her were too strong and she did not know how to control them, strange things would happen. If a mage saw it, he would have taken her back as his last disciple. Unfortunately, there were not many adventurers in Ellington, not to mention mages. Naturally, Elijah was treated as a monster.
What a pitiful little guy …
Tang En shook his head and came to Elsa's house.
"Eh? Big brother!? "
Before he knocked on the door, he heard Elijah's surprised voice. Tang En turned his head and saw the cute little girl holding a basin of water and washing clothes in the yard.
The residents of Prandal were generally precocious. However, wasn't it too cruel to let a little girl like Elijah wash clothes?
Tang En frowned slightly.
"Cough … Elijah, who's here?"
A woman's voice came from the house.
Elijah said crisply, "It's big brother — Big Brother Lord."
"My Lord?"
The woman was a little surprised and then said, "I'm very sorry, my Lord. I'm Elsa's mother, Clairat. I'm not in good health, so I can't welcome you …"
I see! Because she was not feeling well, Elijah took the initiative to help.
Tang En suddenly understood and touched Elijah's head. This little girl was so sensible!
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