56 Episode 55 Sugar and Atmospheric Pressure (2/2)

I'll go directly to the mayor and see if he's okay with it. Assuming the application goes through, go ahead and get the people and other things you need.

What if it doesn't?

What if it doesn't?” ”Well, we'll probably lose some money, but there's a lot of money in logging. 　I'll give you about 100 million through the commercial guild, so keep it within that amount.

”Understood. 　The workers will be slaves?

That's the best way. Regular workers are a pain in the ass.

Sugar cane is a slave.

I don't want to turn it into a black company, but I don't want them to want to go home after I brought them to the island.

I feel that the permit has already been approved, but I can't help it because I feel it will be approved.

”Now for the last task of the day, making sugar from sugar cane.

He pulls out a piece of sugar cane.

”That's important, because it's not good to prepare sugar when you don't know if it can be produced.

You're right. 　Do you have any tools for sugar production?

I don't know. 　I don't know. I'm not an expert in that area, and it's probably been about a hundred years since most sugar production stopped. ......

”If there was, does it still exist? 　...... Hmm?　Almost?

Yes. 　It's a very small amount, and it's in a distant country, but in Mecklenburg, sugar is produced for the nobility.

A faraway country. ......

You can't go to a distant country at this time when you are preparing to attack Brokens.

Considering the construction of the outer wall, it will be necessary to stay close to here for a while.

It's enough that we know that we can make sugar. 　Let's try some other things. 　Got a big pot?

There's one in the warehouse that we use to boil the dried meat.

Let's go back to the warehouse.

Back to the warehouse to start the sugar production.

The first step is to crush the sugar cane and extract the juice.

Under Mercia's watchful eye, we covered a 60cm-diameter skillet with a cloth she had brought from somewhere, and put about five cane stalks into it.

Then, water is magically added to the pot so that the cane is properly soaked, and the pot is heated.

The cloth will be used later to remove the cane.

Will it work? ......

”Well, if it doesn't, we'll try something else.

”Well, if it doesn't work, we'll try another method.” While talking like this, we wait for the temperature to rise.

The heat was not low, but it took a long time to heat up because of the large amount of water.

After about 20 minutes, the water was finally hot.

The next step is to squeeze the juice by magic.

Okay, here we go.

”Yes.

Two pressure spells are generated inside the pot, facing each other, and the cane is sandwiched between them.

The pot is fixed rather firmly, so it won't fall over if the water inside moves due to the pressure magic.

When I looked inside, I found that the cane had been crushed perfectly.

I looked inside and found that the cane had been crushed perfectly, ”Okay, now we can probably get the juice out, including the sugar. 　Let's pull it out.

Yes!

Hold the edge of the cloth and squeeze it to remove the sugar cane.

I held it with my bare hands, but I didn't get burned, so I went on.

The squeezed cane was placed on the lid of the pot, and all that was left was to boil it down.

But.

It's a long story: ......

Yes, it is.

It's too long to evaporate all the water in a pot that is 60cm in diameter and taller than that.

Should I just use magic to heat it all at once?

But that might burn the sugar, and if you're not careful, you might break the pot.

No, there's another way to make water evaporate faster.

Okay, let's lower the pressure.

We can lower the boiling point.

Kiatsu......, what's that?

It's the pressure of the atmosphere. 　You'll see.

Then I cast a warding spell on the inside of the pot, and use the spell as if I were pulling the air out of the pot.

Then, the water will decrease in no time.

It's amazing!　This is the power of Kiatsu?

Well, that's about it. Let's finish up. Turn off the fire.

Yes!

After confirming that the fire had stopped and reducing the pressure further, the liquid finally disappeared from the pot, leaving behind a black lump.

I took it out, crushed it into small pieces, and put it in my mouth.

Oh!　It's sweet, try it.

”...... Yes!　It's so sweet!

The sugar seems to have been successfully refined.

The amount of sugar we had boiled down was less than 300 grams, and it was not white, but it was a success.

Now that we've got the sugar out of the way, let's go finish blowing up the rest of the decibatore.