Chapter 301 (1/2)

Chapter 301 Bomb and Wine

The day after the witches fro Island moved into their new home, Roland called City Hall Premier Minister Barov to his office

“I want you to issue another recruitment notice,” Roland said, while he pushed the first draft of details in front of Barov, “A week long temporary job for about ten people, preferably women”

Barov picked up the paper, read it again before asking “Your Highness, excuse me… what is starch?”

“Do you know about wheat flour?”

The Pre to coarse powder or fine powder? Wheat grains, after grinding, can be baked into bread or wheat cake And if instead of using it you go a step further and filter out the bran, you get a fine powder The output of the latter is only 6 / 10 of the former, and bread baked with it is softer, but its price is also very high, so only powerful aristocratic families are able to afford it”

The thing Roland liked the most about Barov, was that he had a coories Food shortage as a result of the lagging agriculture couldon the consumer’s social class For example, with the frequently seen wheat, civilians would often put the wheat grains directly into their pot and cook congee, this waythe most out of their limited food However, someti pot which results in crackling sounds and cause tooth pains whenever they ate

Small aristocrats paid particular attention to this and would order people to sieve the sand and stones out of the wheat grain Then they would grind it into a coarse powder, and bake it into bread or pancake before eating

And at the top of the hierarchy, the wealthy families and powerful aristocrats, who didn't look at food as ato be enjoyed The wheat would be further sieved in the kitchen, re baked bread was of yellowish cream color and when eaten not only tasted exquisite but also had a much sweeter flavor

“The basis of starch is a fine pohich then goes through another purifying process,” Roland explained “After you hire the people, I’ll send someone ill instruct them on what exactly we need them to do”

“Then, continue to process?” Barov couldn't stop hi out loud in shock, “Howfor this?”

“I do not need too raain, “Fill up a basket that is about the size of my table”

Barov nodded and asked further, “Why do they need to be woman?”

“Because they will do thingsthe path of a worker, instead of being idle at home,” Roland, suddenly had an idea, so he asked, “At present, it seems that the education of Border Tooht?

“Although the head of the Ministry of Education is Lady Scroll, the situation is indeed like this They can't docare of the children and do housework, so they spendskills”

“That being the case, I request that after the next round of examination, you will take the lead for the City Hall and recruit a batch of fe the proportion of women posts,” Roland commanded

“Your Highness, this… there is no precedent for it,” Barov complained “If they only have to be careful, my apprentice aren't worse than any woman”

“If there is no precedent we have to create one,” Roland bluntly said “This is also the easiest and quickest way to increase the labor force without expanding the total population If all wo Border Town,you to do is to lead people to change their view As long as the pay is attractive, I think they should come over on their own one by one”

After Barov retired, Roland heard Nightingale's laughter next to his ear, followed by her asking a question, “What kind of delicious thing are you planning to make this time?”

“Starch? It's not so a ood food fro”

First soak fine wheat flour in water, then rub and scrub it until the water had entirely blanched, then move on to another water basin and continue In the end, it will becoluten can be used for deep-fry or stir-fry and has a texture which is both pliable and tough When s the pot, all in all, it made for a very delicious meal