Mage? Spell Engineer!.

Chapter 492: Bringing Goods to the Fields
The grain harvest was nearing its end, but Master Humboldt did not come during this period. He just said that he was busy with other trivial matters.

The team that replaced him was the Forest Tower field investigation team. Every year, each team would collect information about grain harvests and guide planting in the empire. I don't know if it was intentional or coincidental, but Rorschach knew two of the members of Byrne's team.

Ella and a tall and strong wizard seemed to be the leaders. When they were apprentices, they had explored the Black Forest with Rorschach. Rorschach was most impressed by the big man, who was very good at cooking wild game.

In the past, Master Humboldt had done more to get an overview than to conduct field investigations, and then to learn about some of the properties of artificial fertilizers. Now that the new farmland developed by Kempson is the focus of observation, this internship team needs to conduct detailed field research.

When Rorschach heard about it and rushed over, they had already started taking water samples from the ditch, collecting soil samples and observing the last bit of wheat that had not yet been harvested. Most people were working hard under the scorching sun, but Ella noticed the newcomer and looked him up and down.

"Miss Ella, what are you looking at?" Rorschach felt uncomfortable being stared at. He thought his appearance should be fine. Clothes in this world did not have zippers.
"I would be happier if you could call me Master Ella. I'm just surprised that you didn't come out wearing a red robe, Master Rorschach." She seemed to want to see Rorschach wearing a red robe, but unfortunately he was only dressed simply, not even in a wizard's robe.

"This is a farmland, only a scarecrow would be covered in an extravagant red cloth." Rorschach also wanted to complain. The mages and apprentices of the Forest Tower use green as the main color all year round. Why not make a polyester camouflage and ask them if they want to buy it?
"What a pity! I've been telling my apprentice all the way that I know the archmage, but your appearance now has no impact at all." Ella couldn't bring herself to say some words. Rorschach looked no different from the first time they met, and his demeanor was far from that of the archmage.

What, do you need me to make a [Shock Badge] to simulate the Overlord Haki? Luo Xia laughed indifferently: "Compared to the impact force, I think the comfort items are more popular."

The apprentices of the Forest Tower and the tall wizard had already noticed Rorschach and stopped after finishing what they were doing. Rorschach then took out boxes and barrels of iced drinks from his ring and slowly floated around the crowd: "The boxes contain Fonda soda, and the barrels contain low-alcohol sparkling wine. They are all chilled."

There was a cheer at the edge of the field. The apprentices picked out various sodas from the crates. The tall wizard and Ella each took a drink. One apprentice also wanted to drink something alcoholic, but the team leader glanced at him and he took a bottle of soda in disappointment.

Rorschach waved his hand again, and the caps of the glass bottles were pried open one by one and stored in the crates. When they were opened, the gas was released with a crisp "pop" sound, like a band unit under conduct.

"Thank you for your hard work, everyone!" Rorschach also held a tall glass.

"Cheers to Master Rorschach!" This was definitely a sincere cheer.

The strong wizard, who loves eating and cooking, drank the sparkling wine and his eyes lit up.

The bubbles in this wine are not exaggerated, but very dense and restrained, giving just the right stimulation to the mouth. The blend of carbonic acid and the slight acidity of the fruit forms a refreshing tone at the beginning of the mouth, with a rich and full berry aroma in the middle. Finally, when it enters the throat, the residue from the tip to the root of the tongue is not the sourness of common low-alcohol wines, but the sweetness brought by the alcohol and sugar.

If he wasn't in front of his apprentice, he would have shouted that the wine was good.

"Hmm--ha! It tastes good, good wine!" Master Ella said it directly without any scruples.

"Yeah, I'm satisfied too."

Master Zhuang also spoke up: "Is this the new wine from Byrne this year? I want to purchase some."

"No need to buy. I will give you some wine and soda before you leave. I will also give you some gifts for Master Kober and Master Humboldt. You can also order from us after you finish drinking. There are discounts." In addition to thanking the Forest Tower for its help, Rorschach also had a real purpose in asking them to bring goods. Now Byrne urgently needs to rebuild trade relations with the Empire. The logistics guild has been fully mobilized to try to repair the broken lines in the past six months, and Rorschach also hopes to develop new categories. After all, most of the original Byrne export items have been replaced by other places in the Empire.

The Forest Tower has extensive exchanges with the outside world. As one of the thirteen magic towers, if Byrne's wine can become popular among the wizard apprentices of the Forest Tower, the upper-class consumer groups who deal with them more often will naturally be affected, and it will only be a matter of time before it is sought after.

"The Archmage is also a part-time businessman?"

"Haha, if that's all, I'm just a wine seller. But what if I tell you that this barrel of wine was just grapes this morning? This is a unique technology."

Spellcasters naturally wouldn't say anything impossible when communicating with each other. Master Zhuang asked, "Is there a spell that can speed up the fermentation process?"

"Not exactly. To be precise, it is done with the alchemical 'fast fermentation tank'." Rorschach took out the product manual and handed it to Master Zhuang.

The winning works of the design competition were widely praised and strongly supported by wine lovers, and were quickly upgraded to version V4.1.2. It has preset multiple fermentation modes, which can produce low-alcohol sparkling wine and spirits base wine with different raw material styles with one click. There is also a one-stop pro version that includes functions such as distillation and secondary fermentation, as well as derivative models for fermenting vinegar and cultivating humus.

"The most likely factor that will affect the quality right now is that the strain is still unstable, but this shouldn't be a problem for Forest Tower."

"Of course." Master Zhuang answered as he quickly flipped through the introduction until he got to the price list. The price of the machine was equivalent to three barrels of the most expensive wine on the market, but thinking about how he could quickly finish brewing his own wine, Master Zhuang gritted his teeth and said, "I want to order a latest model, the deluxe version."

"No problem, you can waive the deposit by mentioning my name."

After the field work was completed, the Mori Tower team continued to do their own work. A few days later, Kempson's harvesting work was completed almost at the same time as Mori Tower's investigation.

"It's pretty much what you expected. The water is found to be highly oxidized, and the soil is too acidic. The soil in other places in Bain is obviously alkaline. Also, since there is no crop rotation, even without considering the soil fertility, the risk of disease outbreaks has increased significantly. It is recommended that the seeds be screened and detoxified more strictly before planting winter wheat this year."

Ella summarized the achievements of the past few days and reported to the host.

"Thank you!" The report was detailed and did not surprise Rorschach. The impact of fertilizers and pesticides had been studied in depth in previous lives, and the research basically agreed with the views of the Forest Tower team.

Ella took a deep breath: "But the most important thing is the yield! This year's output is almost three times what we recorded last year! Although the cultivated land area has been increased by reclamation, the yield per mu has still increased significantly by 73%.

"If this is adopted around the world, hunger will end in our generation!"

Not only her, but other mages and apprentices in the expedition team were excited about the miraculous future.

(End of this chapter)