Section 273, a busy construction site

After the site of the glass factory was selected, Bruce immediately began to mobilize the manpower and material resources in the territory, and in order to solve the manpower problem, the soldiers of the Greenton Regiment were not disbanded, and all of them were transferred to the valley for construction work, and the wood in the warehouse was also moved to the valley for accumulation.

"The foundation is being dug here." Bruce holds a piece of parchment on which he draws a plan of the glass factory.

The soldiers of Glinton's legion were holding not spears and swords, but hoes and other digging tools, and Grinton's blacksmith shop was also stepping up to forge new tools, and the whole valley was in full swing, but no one questioned Bruce's decision, not only for his title of baron, but also for the awe of this miraculous young nobleman.

"Lord Baron, everything is going well, but the large consumption of pig iron makes it impossible for the tools in the blacksmith to satisfy everyone." Marcus grimaced and reported bad news to Bruce.

"Then make improvised tools out of wood." Bruce frowned and said, the current situation is that there are conditions to go up, and there are no conditions to go up, as long as the glass factory is built, the source of iron ore will not be a problem.

With Bruce's full thrust, the glass factory gradually began to take shape in the valley, a factory made of wood, on the north side is a blast furnace made of stones, and an iron slide extends diagonally from the blast furnace to the bottom, where after sifting out impurities, the liquid glass is out of the furnace, and various casting molds are placed underneath, and when the high-temperature liquid glass is cooled, it will become a beautiful finished product.

"Hurry up, it's almost noon, and we need to deliver food to the Baron." The construction site in the valley was noisy and busy, and Bruce's lord's kitchen was like a battlefield, and Anne rolled up her sleeves and kneaded the dough as she commanded loudly.

"Yes." In addition to Bruce's maids, the women of Glinton's village came to help, and they were paid to take home enough food for their family after a busy day.

"Whew, what the hell is Bruce trying to do?" Mavis leaned against the door, nibbling on an apple and saying nonchalantly.

"Mavis, are you lazy again?" Anne saw the lazy Mavis, and she said angrily, with flour on her face.

"I'm not lazy, didn't you tell me to get the apples from the warehouse?" Unconvinced, Mavis placed the basket in front of Anne, as if she had accomplished something remarkable, and puffed out Anne's cheeks.

"Alright, alright, let's speed up, or everyone on the construction site will go hungry." At this time, Lilith came over with her sleeves rolled, and she smiled and pulled Anne aside, and glanced at Mavis, who ignored her and turned away.

"Oops, I forgot to take out the bread in the stove." Anne suddenly remembered that there was still bread in the baking oven, and she was anxiously about to run over, but was stopped by Lilith.

"Don't worry, I've already taken out the bread, look." Lilith pointed and Anne breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the smell of the brown bread baked on the board.

"Thanks to you, if only Mavis could be half as capable as you, then I would be much easier." Anne said angrily.

"Alright, it's time for us to deliver food!" Lilith smiled as she placed the bread in the basket.

When Anne and the others brought the food to the construction site, it was noon, and people saw the appearance of the dressed women and knew that it was time to rest. On a small hillside in the valley, Anne and the others distributed food to the people, each with a piece of bread, fruit, and a small piece of cured meat.

"Lord Baron, it's time to rest." Anne saw that Bruce was still standing in the middle of the construction site, inspecting the foundation and stakes, and she quickly picked up the basket and ran to Bruce.

"Oh, Annie!" Bruce's heart was all about the construction site, and the construction of the glass factory would bring Grington immense wealth, and he was eager to make the glass factory rise from the ground.

"Lord Baron, it's quieter over there." Anne pointed to a grove in the valley, a good place to go in the shade of the lush trees, and Bruce nodded, he did feel his stomach growl.

There was a large stake left behind in the grove, and Bruce and Anne sat side by side on the wooden post, and Anne happily placed the basket beside her, and when she opened it, in addition to bread, bacon, and fruit, there was also a piece of pie roasted with berries, and the tempting aroma made Bruce drool.

"You did this?" Bruce asked in surprise, he didn't expect Anne to have such cooking skills, to be honest, in this world who only knows how to eat barbecue and hard bread, Bruce has long expected his taste buds from the future to be able to taste any food here, even the nobles are just for food.

"Uh, yes." Anne secretly lowered her head, and peeked cautiously, her hands pressed on her knees, a little anxious.

Bruce reached out and tore off a small piece of berry pie and put it in his mouth, instead of the dry and hard taste of ordinary bread, it quickly melted in his mouth, this fluffy feeling, as if he had not bought bread in the bakery before he crossed over, because there were berries in it, the taste was moderately sweet and sour.

"Nice, delicious." Bruce nodded slightly, being able to reach this level shows that Annie's baking skills are at least at the level of mastery in this era.

"Really?" Anne's face flushed with joy when she heard Bruce's admiration, and her eyes seemed to sparkle with light.

While Bruce and Anne were having a good meal, Lilith was smiling as she distributed food to the men gathered around her, but she was shocked because the construction site she saw in the valley reminded her of the glass workshops she had seen in the southern city-states.

"You seem surprised, huh?" At this time, Mavis's voice came from Lilith's side, Lilith's brow furrowed slightly, she pushed the food to the other maids, and she turned to the side, Mavis also crossed her arms, smiling and following.

"Where did this little baron know the secret recipe for glass, you couldn't have told him, did you?" When Lilith was alone with her daughter, her face suddenly turned serious, and she asked in a low voice.

"Isn't the secret recipe of glass known to those ancient families in the south? How could I possibly understand. Mavis stared at her mother, the corners of her mouth slightly upturned, and said to her.

"Strange, then why would he know?" Lilith was even more surprised, this secret recipe was passed on to the ancient families in the south by the Witch Elders a long time ago, and this secret they had kept for hundreds of years and had never been leaked, in exchange for the protection of the witches, and the last refuge.

"Then you go and ask the baron himself, after all, everyone here calls him a saint, maybe it is really a miracle from the Lord God." Mavis gloated that she loved to see her mother's shocked and confused look.