As for why the machine is manufactured, it is entirely for the sake of more efficient mass production and improving the quality of iodized salt, and it is impossible to need workers to do every step, and they may not be able to do it well.

The salt-making machine that Claire studied is also semi-automated, and workers are still needed in many steps, not that he doesn't want to be fully automated, mainly because he can't do it alone and the technology of the other world, and the technology tree here is completely focused on magic, and industrialization doesn't involve much, which is almost equivalent to Claire starting from scratch.

In addition, hiring workers can also increase jobs and directly increase the income level of Nafu City, since Claire's return, the basic salary in Nafu City has increased by nearly 50%, and it is expected to be directly doubled when the salt factory is completed.

For example, carpenters are needed to produce wooden boxes for iodized salt, and carpenters need to cut down trees for wood, and raw materials for iodized salt, such as seawater, seaweed, kelp, etc., all need to be collected.

As long as the salt factory has this demand, it will generate corresponding upstream job opportunities, directly or indirectly bring hundreds of jobs, and in this way, the economy of Nafu City can develop rapidly.

This also illustrates how much an industrial pillar plays a role in the development of a city.

If it weren't for these benefits, Claire wouldn't have been so anxious to open a factory and sell iodized salt.

But now Claire has to solve the salt machine, seawater salt is not as simple as imagined, not simply boil the seawater dry, there are a lot of impurities in the seawater, you have to repeatedly refine and crystallize the impurities in it to screen out, and get clean sea salt.

However, even if you get clean sea salt, it is still inedible, there are many heavy metals harmful to the human body, you have to use their solubility at different temperatures to add water many times, dissolve the heavy metals in it into the water and then remove it, so that it is best to get edible salt, and the last step is to add an appropriate amount of iodine to it, which is considered to be a successful production of iodized salt.

The first thing to solve is the heat energy, Claire first carved a modified fire magic array on the furnace of the machine that needs to be heated, which can emit enough heat to cook seawater into coarse salt, and there is no need for him to be in the factory, only need to connect a first-level Warcraft crystal nucleus or magic mine with magic power as energy, and the energy in it can be enough for the machine to run for a month.

This also eliminates the hassle of burning firewood and allows for better temperature control to avoid accidents.

As well as the kinetic energy on the conveyor belt, it is provided by the energy of these magic mines and the Monster crystal nucleus.

Not only that, Claire also got the machine to refine iodine, and the iodization process also uses a machine.

As for the precipitation of heavy metals at different temperatures in the back, pouring water, and taking out the waste water containing heavy metals, etc., you have to use workers, if you want to use magic, not to mention that Claire's current level is difficult to manufacture, and it is not necessarily good to have workers to come, the factory that was so developed in the previous life still needs to hire workers, Claire does not dare to say that her machine is more developed than in the previous life.

At the very least, the machines run separately, and workers have to move the raw materials they make around to extract the iodized salt.

After several days of hard work, Claire managed to get these machines out, which were different from the machines in her previous life, and the appearance of using magic gave people a different feeling.

But Claire is still satisfied, this is the fruit of her own labor these days.

……

In the royal capital, a luxuriously decorated shop was built in the bustling street of the royal capital, and the pedestrians passing by have invested curious eyes inside, this new store has just opened and has not heard of what is sold inside, but this decoration alone gives people a feeling that the goods inside are not cheap, just looking at the luxurious storefront, many people do not even have the courage to walk in.

However, the royal capital was full of people, and there were still a few people who walked in curiously.

"What are you selling?" A middle-aged man with a big belly and a monocle walked in with a scepter.

"You're new, I've never seen it before."

"Welcome!" A waiter won with a smile on his face, "Please come with me, here is what we sell." ”

The monocle man walked over to the goods table and looked, "Isn't this salt?" ”

"That's right, but this salt has a miraculous effect, it can prevent big neck disease!" The salesperson is still working hard to introduce.

The monocle man listened to the salesperson's introduction, looked at the package with salt, and thought to himself that it would be good if he bought one of them.

Then he asked: "It's pretty good to hear what you said, how much did I buy it!" ”

The salesman's mouth was suddenly stuck, and he hesitated for a long time before he said, "One hundred ......."

"A gold coin is a gold coin, why say a hundred silver coins, it seems too much, isn't it? I gave! ”

"No, sir, it's a box of 100 gold coins." The salesman said it anyway.

"What!" The pot-bellied man immediately jumped up, "You guys are robbing!" This box of broken salt dares to sell for a hundred gold coins! ”

"Corrupt you! I don't think this store will last a few days before it closes! ”

The man scolded and left the shop, he ran a restaurant in the royal capital, although he was not a rich man, but he was rich, but he was only rich and not sick, and he still couldn't do the act of buying a box of salt for a hundred gold coins, even if the salt had any effect on preventing the big neck disease.

It only costs four or five gold coins to go to the priest's treatment by himself, and as for buying such expensive salt!

After the guests left, the salesman sighed and walked back to the rest area, and Shane is now lying in the rest area eating snacks, the business here is very important, he has to sit here to feel at ease, and the business of the caravan merchant is temporarily handed over to the people below to do.

As soon as he saw Xia En, the salesman complained with a bitter face: "Boss, this is already the fifth customer, they all think that the things are too expensive, and the goods can't be sold at all, or let's lower the price, I promise to sell you three gold coins!" ”

But Xia En still had a breezy look on his face, and waved his hand, "You just need to continue to be busy, if there are guests coming, you can go to receive them, don't worry about these things, those people can't afford it, it means that these goods are not prepared for them." ”

Shane didn't worry at all about whether the things could be sold, the doctor had already contacted them all, and it cost him a full eight thousand gold coins, and he started planning tonight, and after the newspaper went on sale tomorrow, everyone in the royal capital would know that there was an iodized salt for sale here.

As for what happened just now, he didn't pay attention to it at all, this batch of iodized salt was not originally intended for these ordinary businessmen, but used to make a name for himself.

Yes, this batch of iodized salt was not sold as a spice or a medicinal commodity, but as a luxury product, and the customers were also those high-ranking nobles.

First of all, pay those doctors to get them to send out reports to prove the effectiveness of iodized salt, and after the report comes out, many people will be interested in the iodized salt sold in their stores, but they are not their ultimate target customers, because most of these people will definitely turn around and leave when they see the price of iodized salt.

Because a hundred gold coins is still too expensive, it is better to spend a few gold coins to go to the church for baptism.

But these people are not the last customers, the different prices of customers are naturally different, you think a pair of shoes is a few hundred dollars more, but people dare to sell tens of thousands of luxury goods, you think a canvas bag can hold things well, but there are still people who are willing to buy tens of thousands of Hermes bags that can't hold many things, do you think a diamond is just a stone, but there are still people who are willing to pay tens of millions of dollars to buy.

Sometimes if you think an item is expensive, it means that they are not targeting you.

The latter is the key, and it is also what Shane admires most about Claire.

Spread panic, link iodized salt with IQ, life, and physical health, and give people a psychological hint that if your child does not eat this iodized salt, it may be lower and stupider than other people's children, and if your wife does not eat this iodized salt, it may lead to miscarriage, and if you do not eat this iodized salt, it may cause the body to be weaker than others.

The panic spread, and the customers who had thought iodized salt was not worth it suddenly reversed their minds, thinking that it would not be a loss if they bought it for a hundred gold coins.

Don't think it's useless to spread panic, when Claire was in the epidemic in her previous life, any rumor could increase the rice she usually eats several times, and the news of the shortage of masks spread, and the number of masks has risen dozens of times.

It is said that it is this kind of panic that is directly linked to IQ, those nobles must be willing to spend money at the moment, they spend more than a hundred gold coins a day, and they can't let their children lose at the starting line.

And one last resort, scarcity! Originally, there were only 500 boxes, you think it's a little expensive, others don't think it's expensive if you are richer than you, if you hesitate, everyone will buy it, and you can't even grab the box.

In the end, the big nobles in the entire royal capital have it at home, but you don't have this thing at home, and you don't even have the face to go out and greet people.

So this is also the reason why Shane is not worried about whether the price of a hundred gold coins can be sold at all, and the rest is left to time.