When Tang En first arrived in Ellington, he discovered peppermint grass and began to produce peppermints. At that time, he made a bet with Fiona (see chapters 26 and 27), and Elijah was a witness.
The bet was whether he could make a net profit of 10,000 gold coins from peppermints before the end of the year. If Fiona lost, she would have to work for Tang En for the rest of her life.
"Wait!"
Fiona suddenly remembered something. "The bet only said what would happen if I lost, but it didn't say what would happen if you lost!"
Tang En spread his hands. "Did I lose?"
"… No."
"So that's not important, is it?"
"It's really an unfair bet."
Fiona pouted, but there was no anger in her eyes.
She did lose.
Although the peppermint processing industry was now a relatively low priority industry in Ellington, thanks to the huge role of the teleportation portal, the peppermints could be transported to Alinx in a very short time, and then wholesale to other merchants and through them to other countries.
In just half a year, the peppermints had brought in more than 100,000 gold coins for Ellington.
When Fiona saw the bill given to her by Hilton, even she couldn't believe that the humble peppermints could bring in such an amazing profit.
She lost miserably, but she was very happy, because this proved that the Lord's vision was completely right.
In Prandal, there was no such thing as celebrating a new year. Once the last day of the Month of Bitter Cold passed, it would be the first day of the Month of Frozen Ice. There were no lively celebrations, no exaggerated blessings, only simple happy smiles on people's faces.
After the Month of Cold, it meant that the most difficult and dangerous time of the year was over. Although the Month of Frozen Ice was still cold, it wasn't so uncomfortable that people didn't want to go out.
The construction of the greenhouses was very smooth. The greenhouses not only met the needs of Ellington's residents for vegetables, but also had the spare capacity to export fresh vegetables to other cities. The first to taste the benefits were Victor's family, Aubry's family, and Aradeline's family.
They were naturally very surprised to eat such fresh vegetables in the cold winter, but when they heard that every family in Ellington could enjoy such treatment, they were even more surprised.
What did it mean to let every family enjoy such fresh vegetables in winter?
This must be a new cultivation technique!
"Greenhouse off-season planting technology?"
Seeing the document that Aradeline brought back from the Copyright Bureau, Victor's eyes lit up. from the name alone knew that this was a new field of patented technology!
"It's said that Ellington just applied for it a few days, and has already been authorized. What surprised me is that Tang En announced that anyone can use this patent for free …"
Princess Alleria was shocked. "So generous? It's not like him! "
"This is a good technique, but we don't have to interfere."
Victor shook his head and pointed to a chair. "Sit down and eat something first. The pot just started."
Aradeline looked at the steaming hot pot in front of Viktor, and couldn't help but sigh. In the cold winter, eating such a steaming hot pot was indeed much better than chewing on bacon and bread. It was no wonder that Viktor was completely conquered by it.
In fact, it wasn't just Victor. The hot pot chain that they and Victor opened together had already blossomed all over Irus. The novel cooking method, the satisfying taste, the variety of ingredients, the fresh texture, and the ability to go well with wine — this cooking method had become a new trend and was being sought after all over the country.
Especially now that it was winter, after a busy day in the cold weather, sitting in groups of three to five in front of the hot pot, looking at the boiling red oil, smelling the aroma inside, and picking up a piece of smooth and tender meat with a sip of wine. It was so comfortable that all the fatigue in their bodies disappeared.
These hot pot chains also brought them considerable profits. The empty treasury was filling up day by day, and Victor finally had the confidence to do something that he had wanted to do for a long time. Of course, he was in a good mood.
"Although the greenhouse technology is a good technique, it's useless to us. As long as those big farmers use this patent to produce a large number of vegetables to sell, we just have to spend money to buy vegetables."
Victor picked up a piece of meat, took a deep breath of the aroma, and then said with a smile, "Compared to the hot pot chain, the actual benefits of the greenhouse are much smaller. It brings more symbolic and strategic significance."
Princess Aurelia was stunned. "Symbolic significance?"
"Yes, it symbolizes that humans finally have the ability to harvest food in the winter when everything is withering."
Victor paused and said, "If this greenhouse technology can be completely popularized, it will have great strategic significance. So what we need to do is not to figure out how to use this technology, but to find a way to popularize this technology as soon as possible."
"Did that guy provide free authorization so that we can popularize it as soon as possible?"
Aurelia's face was full of disbelief. "He's that kind?"
"Aurelia, don't look at people with prejudice."
Victor sighed. "In fact, Earl Tang En has already helped us a lot in many ways."
Aurelia did not think so. That guy had already revealed his true nature. He was simply a black-bellied hooligan!
Whoever believed that he was pure and kind would be at a disadvantage!
And what about the black-bellied hooligan Tang En that she spoke of? At this moment, he was actively promoting Ellington's spiritual life.
"You're the demon king. You have to fight against two heroes, so you have to pay attention to your opponent's cards. You can't be forced into a corner …"
"This card is the biggest, so it should be used at the most critical moment … Marlene, don't cheat!"
Marlene immediately retracted her head and stuck out her tongue. Her face immediately turned red.
"Oh! She almost saw it! "
Tina exclaimed and tightly covered the card in her hand.
"But, isn't this very unfair?"
Vanilla still felt very awkward. Two against one? The rules of this game were a little strange.
"The demon king can take three more cards, and he still has to make the first move, so it's considered balanced. And this is the rule of this game."
Tang En spread his hands and said, "If you don't like it, you can change the rules of the game. After all, the poker cards are fixed. The only difference is the way to play."
That's right. In this cold winter, seeing that Tina and the others were staring blankly outside the window after finishing their work, they were too lazy to even play Gomoku. They also felt that the popular Gwent was too complicated, so Tang En simply made poker cards and was teaching them how to play Dou Dizhu.
However, this name obviously could not be used in this world. Landlord was equivalent to a noble. Even in the game, it was a felony for a commoner to fight against a noble. Even if Tang En dared to teach them, they did not dare to play. Losing their heads because of a game was obviously not worth it.
If the characters were changed to the demon king and hero, there would be no problem at all.
Although they did not understand the rules at first, they soon got the hang of it and were immediately addicted to it.
"I'm so busy, but you're here playing games with them …"
Fiona's resentful voice suddenly came from behind. Tang En laughed dryly and turned around. He said, "I don't have anything else to do, and it's too boring to watch them."
"If you don't have anything else to do, then I'm here to inspect the construction work of the school."
Fiona handed Tang En a document. "The main plan of the school is completely according to your requirements. It's placed in the reserved area of the new city. Other than the structure of the school, there are still some details that you need to confirm."
"Isn't it already in the document from before?"
"Yes, it is."
Fiona nodded and then said righteously, "I just don't want to see you so free, so I found something for you to do."
"…"
It was reasonable and could not be refuted!
"Alright, leave the initial training of the elven teachers to me. I need some time to compile the elementary teaching materials. At least, I have to start teaching from literacy and then advance bit by bit."
At this point, Tang En felt a slight headache. He had not recalled the contents of the books for many years. After graduation, the knowledge was basically returned to the teachers. There was not much that he could remember.
Fortunately, this world did not need too advanced knowledge now. The elves would teach language, history, the cultivation of magical talent, and combat training (sports). Meanwhile, mathematics could be handed over to the gnome engineers. In the later stages, basic physics, chemistry, and other knowledge could be added.
As for the knowledge of the periodic table of the elements, chemical reactions, electrons, magnetic fields, and so on, Tang En would only mention a little. As for the specifics … Hehe, after the basic education of this world was popularized, those geniuses would discover it. At least, he did not have the ability to do so now.
In fact, he had forgotten all of it.
Of course, the most important thing was that those knowledge were not of much use at the moment. The popularization of basic education was just something that Tang En conveniently did. If this world could not survive the invasion of Chaos, then no matter how good the education was, it would be useless. What he really needed to care about now was to improve the basic quality of the people and their basic combat ability.
Tang En was just about to get up and look for the elven girls to discuss the training when a hasty broom rushed into his sight.
"My friend!"
Cloto greeted him with a big smile. "I'm here to report the good news to you!"
"Oh? The modification of the flintlock has been completed? "
Tang En smiled. More than half a month had passed. According to the work efficiency of the gnomes, this was considered slow.
However, considering that this was a complete modification of the weapon from head to toe, this speed was already quite impressive.
"That's right!"
Cloto said with a fanatical expression. "This time, I'm here to let you witness the crystallization of the wisdom of the two of us geniuses!"
What kind of crystallization was this …
The corner of Tang En's mouth twitched. He rolled his eyes at Fiona and the others who were secretly laughing, and brought Cloto to the Magic Engineering Research Institute.
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