The Witch's Wandering Alchemist's Diary

Lou Le leaned against Limeira's chest, feeling her softness and pleasant fragrance.

Although the posture was a bit awkward, the little witch had no choice.

After all, he wasn't as tall as Limera.

That's the only way.

The bony horse pulled the cart along the stone-paved road, clattering along as Lou Le prepared to go to the commercial district for a big shopping spree.

Most of the houses in the commercial area are two or three stories high, and they don't have a yard at the back; they only have the house itself.

The second floor is basically used as a warehouse, while the first floor is the storefront.

There were wooden signs hanging at the entrances, with various things drawn on them.

Although most business owners are literate, most of their customers are illiterate, so they have no choice but to use pictorial signs.

Now, I bought a large jar of ink for three gold coins, and the shopkeeper also gave me a dozen or so quill pens as a bonus.

The ink was placed in the cart, and a bundle of goose feathers was thrown into the space of the magic book.

"What do you think about us raising a few geese?"

Lou Le looked up at Limera behind him. Only from this angle could he truly appreciate the exquisite beauty of Limera's face.

Like a pure white flower blooming in an icicle, Lou Le liked it quite a bit.

Limela glanced down at Lou Le and said, "After raising geese, we can produce a stable supply of quill pens, and the down and other feathers can also be used to make clothes."

"It's a common farming industry among nobles."

She spoke softly.

"Then let's do it this way." Lou Le smiled.

Looking at Lou Le like this, Limela felt a little puzzled.

At the very beginning, Lou Le was a tyrannical and cruel mage in her mind. If she hadn't yielded then, Lou Le would definitely have killed her.

However, after arriving there, he came to believe that she was an extremely wise great mage.

However, she now acts like a child, always doing strange things.

She was somewhat puzzled, not understanding what kind of personality Lou Le had that made him so unconventional.

However, all I need to do is follow her instructions. Perhaps in the future, I really will be able to become a mage.

Limela thought to herself.

Lou Le took Limela shopping in the commercial district, especially for the most important item—glass.

The glass workshop is located in the Mage district, but it is simply a place where glass is shaped.

Glass must have been an extremely expensive commodity in the Middle Ages. But the world was different; it had a developed church and priests.

The high demand from the church and alchemists, along with spells that could raise the temperature of flames, made the glass industry extremely prosperous.

In particular, churches and alchemists would essentially promote how to make glass artifacts for free in order to lower their prices.

As a result, glass artisans are the only handicraft industry that has developed on a large scale, and almost every city has glass crafts.

This has led to a continuous decrease in the price of glass handicrafts, making them very inexpensive. Even farmers can afford them if they grit their teeth.

However, not every city has a large-scale glass craft industry.

Because of the inconvenience of transporting glass handicrafts, coupled with road litter and long distances between towns.

The carriages also had very poor shock absorption, resulting in nine out of ten items being damaged during transport.

The merchants were fully aware that transporting glass artifacts was a business only a fool would do.

However, there is still a demand for glass handicrafts. And many cities lack the raw materials for large-scale glass production.

Therefore, glass bricks came into being.

In places near the sea or rivers where sand is plentiful, there are many furnaces. The sand is mixed with other materials, heated into a liquid, and then poured into molds to create a large glass block.

Because it contains many impurities, it is mostly green.

These glass bricks are not easily broken, and even if they do break, there is no problem.

It inherently needs to be melted and then reshaped.

Lou Le came to the glass raw material supplier to buy glass bricks.

To prevent myself from arriving in the next city without any medicine bottles to use.

A glass brick is approximately 10 centimeters thick, 20 centimeters long, and 5 centimeters wide.

The price is one gold coin, and one glass brick can make about a dozen glass bottles.

Of course, it should be a slightly sturdy bottle with a uniform thickness.

Lou Le bought two hundred items, spending two hundred gold coins. He put them all in the truck bed, almost taking up all the space inside.

Fortunately, the bone horse was very strong and could still pull it.

After that, there were bedding and other similar items.

The price of the bedding was truly beyond Lou Le's imagination.

A single mattress costs more than a dozen gold coins!

The seller explained, "This mattress is made of cotton and filled with soft, white cotton."

"Cotton is a rare crop. It can only be grown in remote areas. Moreover, spinning it is extremely troublesome, requiring the cotton to be twisted into thread by hand, bit by bit. A skilled female worker can only twist one spool of cotton thread with her fingers in a day. After that, it needs to be made into cloth, which also requires skilled female workers."

"Especially cotton itself is very troublesome, you may not know that. There are seeds inside cotton, and the seeds need to be torn out by hand. The remaining cotton cannot be used directly. It takes many people to tear the cotton into the smallest pieces, as soft as tobacco shreds, before it can be used."

"This is a top-tier luxury item; I only have two sets of bedding in my shop."

The shopkeeper said, "Actually, I also have other types of bedding in my shop. For example, straw bedding. The straw in our shop is washed and dried to ensure it's soft, dry, and has a wheat aroma."

"A set only costs a few copper coins."

"There are also animal hide types, the cheapest being dog hide rugs, which only cost a few silver coins."

Limera listened, then said to Loule, "Miss Loule, all I need is a straw quilt."

Lou Le frowned: "How can that be? Only good sleep can restore full energy. Do you think I don't have money?"

"Besides, you're an elf. You probably don't want to sleep on an animal skin rug, so if you're going to buy one, buy the best."

She said to the shopkeeper, "Two sets of bedding, please."

The shopkeeper immediately grinned and said, "A cotton quilt costs about thirteen gold coins. A cotton blanket costs about seventeen gold coins. Two sets will cost about sixty gold coins."

After Lou Le paid, the shopkeeper gave him a large piece of linen for free. He carefully wrapped the bedding in it and placed it on the cart.

The shopkeepers nearby noticed how wealthy Lou Le was.

He hurriedly said, "Master, do you need any fabric? Our newly arrived cotton fabrics are all of the highest quality."

Lou Le thought for a moment, then said to Limeira, "Then I'll buy you some fabric to make clothes."