Jiayi took the opportunity to ask how the blast furnace of the Chamber of Commerce was doing.

When Jia Yi first arrived in Memphelbeau, he happened to encounter the material restrictions of the Chamber of Commerce, and several chambers of commerce were jealous of the profits of the Valorca Chamber of Commerce, and joined forces to suppress the Chamber of Commerce, not only raising prices, but also reducing the supply of raw materials.

Although this matter was solved by Eunice's long-sleeved dancing and paying a little price, it made Jiayi feel that he was controlled by others, which was not conducive to the development of the Chamber of Commerce, and finally bought a problematic iron mine and built a small blast furnace for iron smelting.

Now, it has been 4 or 5 months since the small blast furnace was successfully built, and I don't know how effective it will be.

Selena saw Jiayi asking about the blast furnace, and said excitedly: "The blast furnace is really easy to use." The quality of the iron is very good, not brittle at all, it is comparable to the good iron that the rest of the chambers of commerce slowly forge, it is a little worse than the steel forged by thousands of hammers, and the output is also large, the iron material from a blast furnace is almost comparable to the output of the entire chamber of commerce, we can't use it now, and we are thinking about whether to sell some and get involved in the steel business. ”

The output of the small blast furnace is very good, after the purchase of iron ore at that time, plus the construction of a small blast furnace, almost drained the cash flow of the Chamber of Commerce, but after the blast furnace was built, the procurement of raw materials was greatly reduced, and now, the funds of the Chamber of Commerce are gradually abundant, although it has not yet recovered, but it is estimated that there will be another half a year, it will exceed the original.

Jia Yi thought for a while and said: "I don't recommend you to enter the steel business, the water here is relatively deep, and it is not a good choice to intervene rashly." ”

The steel industry is different from the rest of the industry, and the relationship with the country is closer, so it can be said that the steel industry involves national security, which is not an exaggeration. Although the mage is the top in this world, the mage will not intervene in the war of the human world, for the human kingdom, knights, armies and armaments are the most important forces, and this is inseparable from the support of steel.

Behind every chamber of commerce involved in the steel industry is inextricably linked to the upper echelons of this empire. Although the Valorca Chamber of Commerce has Orlando's support, there is not much relationship between Orlando and the upper echelons of the empire, even if it is forced by Orlando, it will ensure temporary stability at most.

Civilized society is not the animal world, and pure force is not omnipotent, and this force is not its own. Although mages do not interfere in the internal affairs of human countries, it does not mean that the human kingdom has nothing to do with mages. At some cost, it is not impossible to invite one or two purple-robed mages to the platform, but it is not easy to get the other party to do more.

Jiayi even suggested that the Valoka Chamber of Commerce keep the blast furnace secret, and if there is any problem, it will all be pushed to magic, in fact, blast furnace ironmaking is no different from magic for humans in this era. With Orlando in the background, it may not be enough to break into the steel industry, but there is no problem at all in protecting what is already gained.

As long as he is reasonable, the identity of the teacher of Orlando Academy is a natural deterrent, and ordinary purple-robed mages dare not underestimate it.

After Jia Yi told Selena about his analysis, Selena suddenly realized: "No wonder, after I proposed this to my mother, my mother didn't agree, and then I was assigned to the academy." ”

Selena was a little unhappy, a little ashamed of her innocence, and a little complained that her mother didn't make it clear to her. In fact, she was sent to the academy not because this proposal was not safe enough, but more so that she could come to the academy and often appear by Jiayi's side and have a good relationship with Jiayi.

Selena and Jia Yi have known each other for a long time, when Jia Yi was still a little radish head, Selena never realized that Jia Yi was already an official mage, especially recognized Orlando as a teacher, and his identity was not the same as before.

Eunice has more experience in dealing with the world, although she realizes that Jiayi is unusual, but she doesn't remind her daughter that they get along like this will make everyone's relationship more harmonious, and deliberately pleasing will fall behind. She just asked Selena to appear by Kaichi's side, so as not to calm down emotionally.

Jiayi smiled and said, "Didn't you say that you came here for me, and the feeling was that you said the wrong thing and was disgusted by Eunice." ”

Selena gave Jia Yi a roll of her eyes and asked, "Then we have smelted so much iron, is it a waste like this?"

Although she felt that it was a bit wasteful, she did not say anything about getting involved in the steel industry.

Jia Yi shook his head: "Although that blast furnace is powerful, the output of the Chamber of Commerce will increase, and the demand for iron will only increase. ”

Jiayi even wanted to lay a railroad track, but at this time, the productivity was not developed enough, and laying the rails would not be of any other use except to pull hatred, and it was estimated that the next day after the rails were laid, they were dug up and sold.

"If you think that there is too much iron to make, you can make some kitchen utensils, iron pots or something, most of the clay pots on the market now, even if they are iron pots, they are too thick, if you want to learn to cook with me, you must first choose a good iron pot. Is the hydraulic forging hammer next to the blast furnace any better?" asked Kaichi.

Selena said: "It's really good, the iron ingots we have refined have been forged by the hammer in the water, and the sword made is very tough, not much worse than the hundred forged blades of the blacksmith shop in the imperial capital." ”

"Then you'll have to help me forge a batch of iron pots for the new restaurant. ”

Jiayi's own iron pot was still smelted using a magic furnace before, and he brought it with him when he went out, and it was not forged enough, and its performance was not good. But Jia Yi's small body, pick up the hammer and use all his strength, after all, he is young, although he has been exercising, but he is still short of forging iron for a long time.

"That's fine, but it just takes a while. Selena immediately agreed.

On the side of the hydraulic hammer, the Chamber of Commerce hired a blacksmith there, and this blacksmith signed a death contract with Eunice, and he would work in the Chamber of Commerce for the rest of his life, and he could not switch to others. At this blacksmith's level, swords are fine, let alone a few iron pots.

Next, they talked about the location selection, and in the end, they decided to open the sauce garden to Beishui City. The sauce garden in Memphelbo is too far away, if you want to transport the sauce over, the waterway needs to turn to a big bay, the land route has basically been abandoned, and the cost of the airship is too high, so it is more reliable to build a sauce garden.

It's not that Jia Yi doesn't want to open the sauce garden to the academy town, but the land here is too expensive, and there is a lack of large enough open space, so he can only drive to Beishui City, fortunately, it is not far on both sides.

Although the sauce garden in Memphelbo is made for Jiayi, in fact, there is no need for Jiayi now, and the highest level of the sauce garden is now Ellison, a middle-aged man, when Jiayi was still in Linden Pine Valley, Ellison was in charge of the production of sauce. If Jia Yi has any ideas, he will tell Ellison and let Ellison come and make them happen.

So speaking of it now, Ellison is the master of sauce making, although some recipes are backed up here, but the craftsmanship is still not as good as Ellison's. Ellison has also signed a strict contract with the Chamber of Commerce, which is basically tied to the Chamber of Commerce, although Jia Yi doesn't think that the sauce garden is nothing, but after all, it is the fruit of his own labor, and of course he doesn't want others to sit back and enjoy the results easily.

This time, in order to open this sauce garden, Selena decided to transfer Ellison over, and waited until the sauce garden in North Water City was on the right track before letting Ellison go back to Memphelbo.

As for the address of the restaurant, Jia Yi suggested to Selena: "The restaurant should be built on the side of the academy first, it is closer to me, I can also train them a little, for the chefs, you need to recruit more people, and after the training, you can transfer a group to the restaurant in Memphelbo and upgrade there." ”

Selena shook her head gently: "I also obeyed you, in order to eat, I actually built a restaurant, I guess the emperor is not as extravagant as you, if you travel to the mainland, you don't want to open restaurants all over the continent." ”

Jia Yi thought about it like this, and laughed a little embarrassedly, that would be a chain catering enterprise in the pan-continent, if it weren't for the lack of productivity in this world and the underdeveloped logistics, it would be really interesting to open a chain store.