When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

Chapter 693 Double Roller Sugar Press
There was still at least an hour left before the evening banquet, but the entrance to the Tiannv Palace was already filled with all kinds of carriages and riding horses.

Different from the soothing music at traditional imperial banquets, the music at Black Snake Bay feels a bit like a rural banquet.

The drum beats, bagpipes and sitar with its own vibrato even seemed a bit harsh. The dance floor that was deliberately left empty was surrounded by colorful flowers and a green pond.

The young male and female wizards changed into their newly bought Thousand Valley slim-fitting jackets and off-shoulder dresses, and danced tap dance around the accompanying musicians, arm in arm, amidst laughter.

Unlike the imperial nobles, the witches of Black Snake Bay do not like to apply too much white powder on their faces to cover up their wheat-colored skin. They prefer to use bright red rouge and lipstick to set it off.

Under the fence and grape trellis beside the garden, there are stone tables and stone benches, where middle-aged wizards of higher status sit.

In the smoke of burning spices, they rubbed their feet with their thick fingers and then used the same hands to tear off the dried skin of lizards.

The crispy lizard jerky, accompanied by cloudy fruit wine, a few dirty jokes and church jokes from the Thousand River Valley, made this banquet simply perfect.

The only drawback is probably that it is forbidden to carry poison frogs, otherwise throwing poison frogs into the wine is the most enjoyable way to drink it.

The poison frog itself is not addictive and does not even cause hallucinations, but its paralyzing effect can relieve the nerve pain that is common among wizards.

Many wizards who have climbed up from obscurity have become mentally dependent on this thing. It’s fine if they don’t remember it, but if they remember it, they have to take a bite.

In a room on the second floor of the inner palace of the Tiannv Palace, Horn, dressed in black military uniform, was rubbing his temple and pacing back and forth.

What kind of bullshit custom is this in Black Snake Bay? The Empire directly lets the women of the head family or the women with the highest status play similar roles, and it’s all agreed upon in advance. How can they let people choose on the spot?

And they chose the most beautiful one. Doesn't that mean that in the eyes of the organizer Horn, other women are not as beautiful as the queen of the banquet?

Most importantly, according to imperial custom, all previous banquets hosted by Horn had been hosted by his only female relative, Jeanne, who played a similar role.

If we follow convention, Na should be the so-called "Queen of the Banquet".

But the problem is, this is Black Snake Bay, and Lulos and other secret party bosses are watching.

If the An Party had supported Horn's actions so much before, was it because they would bow down to him at the slightest sign of his power?

The essence is that in Lulos' eyes, Horn and Ruo'an Party are one family.

As a result, even though the Ruan Party helped so much, and in Black Snake Bay, their own territory, Horn finally chose Jeanna. It would be strange if Lulos looked happy.

The same goes for choosing Meliati.

After thinking it over again and again, Horn made up his mind.

If it doesn't work, just choose Novia, this pure child, she won't cause misunderstanding. That's how it is, neither side will be satisfied, but if neither is satisfied, then so be it. At least it's fair.

In short, we can't delay the important work. If it really doesn't work, we will just have to improvise when the time comes.

Prince Kongdai has already been defeated, so why are you afraid of this?
Holding down his trembling hands, Horn grabbed the fruit wine on the table and drank it all, then walked down the stairs and came to the small garden on the side of the inner palace.

Under the white walls covered with lush vines, high-ranking wizards and secret party leaders from the three counties in the south, central and north gathered together.

They wore traditional black linen wizard robes, each carrying rare treasures and rare animals and plants, and whispered to each other to get news and information.

They were once the "nobles" of Black Snake Bay, but now they had to take off their robes and wait here anxiously.

In this anti-mopping-up war that lasted for half a year, the forces in Black Snake Bay had undergone a major reshuffle without anyone noticing.

The Northern County formed the Northern County Council under the control of the John Party, demonstrating for the first time the extraordinary voice gained when all the secret parties in a county united together.

The Southern County currently relies entirely on Horn's protection and basically follows his lead.

The central county councils are also undergoing reform and organization in full swing, and under pressure from the north and the south, efficiency and progress have been pushed to the doorstep of these traditional secret parties.

If you ask who is the most powerful person in Black Snake Bay right now, no one would doubt that it is Saint Sun Horn.

Looking at these wizards with ingratiating smiles, Horn, who had just walked out of the house, smiled.

He didn't invite these people randomly.

Most of them have one identity, that is, the criminal secret party with less serious crimes and less intense opposition, that is, the moderates among the old guard. In politics, the best thing is to try to turn enemies into friends, and if they cannot be turned into friends, then completely eliminate them.

Although Horn was prepared to eliminate these criminal secret parties, he was not prepared to give them no chance at all.

"I know that it is difficult for you to accept the cancellation of the tax card, and I have to tell you that even if there is a tariff, it will be used to build dams and road transportation." Horn said to the many old people mercilessly, "You'd better think of a new way out."

These old men looked at each other, their lips moving, but they didn't know what to say.

Finally, a wizard who was on good terms with Ruoan’s party stood up and said, “Your Highness Horn, this transformation cannot be done overnight. Otherwise, we should slow down the withdrawal process a little bit and give me some buffer time.”

They have never operated a plantation before, and it takes two or three years from the establishment of a sweet branch plantation to the harvest, which is not that fast.

This is even more true when it comes to spices. Most spices require careful care, and slaves who know how to take care of spice crops, such as the snake people, can be sold at a high price.

From collecting money to working hard, the lifestyle of many secret parties is also a huge test.

"The implementation of tariffs is urgent. I cannot agree to it." Before they could get angry, Horn shouted, "But I am not a bishop (a metaphor for the devil in Black Snake Bay's language). I will not let you transform with nothing."

Under the curious gazes of the wizards, Horn came to a corner of the yard, where there was a huge object covered with black cloth.

"I know that it is very difficult for you to build a plantation or set up a workshop to get orders, so I specially found a job for you to start with."

As he spoke, Horn personally lifted the black cloth covering the huge object, revealing a half-man-high machine underneath.

"What is this?" Looking at the machine that looked like a millstone, some knowledgeable old wizards were a little confused.

"It's simple. Aren't you too late to run the plantation or have no livelihood? I'll give you a livelihood." Horn pointed at the machine in front of him, "This is the masterpiece of the Royal Engineering Academy of the Holy Court - the double-roller sugar press."

This double-roller sugar press looks like two parallel stone mills with two thick iron and wooden shafts passing through the middle. There is a huge wooden gear covered with iron sheet on the top of the two stone mill cylinders.

The principle is to use animal power or water power to rotate one of the gears, driving one millstone to rotate clockwise, while the other millstone will rotate counterclockwise.

"So what does this thing do?"

"It's simple. The way you used to squeeze sugar was too low-level. This is a more advanced version." Horn snapped his fingers. "Facts speak louder than words. Come on, show it to me and you will understand."

At the sound of Horn's snapping fingers, two servants from the Tiannv Palace each picked up a sweet tree branch and stood in front of the new sugar press and the original wooden bar sugar press.

The first servant took out a guillotine and began to cut the sweet tree branches, while the second servant directly inserted the sweet tree branches between the two millstones.

With two whip sounds and the neighing of two horses, one of the millstones began to turn, and the gear drove the other gear to turn as well. The sweet branch was slowly squeezed forward by the two millstones.

Under everyone's focused gaze, the turbid sugar water dripped into the tray at the bottom of the stone mill, and then slowly flowed out from the outlet along the groove.

Several small black snake bay bees surrounded it instantly, flying up and down around the outlet like dancing.

However, this is not the end. The flattened sweet tree branch is folded in half and stuffed into the double-roller sugar press again. Another stream of turbid sugar water flows out from the outlet.

The sugar press here has already squeezed twice, while the wooden-bar sugar press on the other side has just started squeezing the first piece of sweet branches.

The so-called wooden lever sugar press is actually to put the sweet tree branches between two wooden boards and clamp them hard.

The sweet tree branch was pressed into the groove of the lower wooden board, and the upper wooden board was pressed down accordingly. The pale white turbid sugar water flowed drop by drop from the gap into the wooden basin below.

Look at the wooden-bar sugar press on the left and the double-roller sugar press on the right. Not to mention the efficiency, just in terms of the sugar output rate, the double-roller sugar press is far superior to the wooden-bar sugar press.

These wizards were all smart people and they understood it immediately.

They make their living by the river and have extensive experience in building dams and utilizing water power. If used here, the water power can be used to drive the sugar press.

"I have a demand for importing no less than 10,000 tons of brown sugar every year. Although there are many plantations, the efficiency is too low and there is too much waste." Horn cleared his throat, "Under the United Spice Company, you can use this double-roller sugar press to build a sugar press workshop and make profits through pressing and boiling sugar.

In the next three years, I will try my best to ensure that each sugar mill gets enough orders, but after three years, you will have to rely on your own abilities to get orders. "

(End of this chapter)