Struggle in the Steam Age

The captain of the Enterprise quickly arranged for the left-behind personnel on board. Fortunately, this pier is a top-level pier with a high level of security, and at the same time, it has the guarantee of the Church of the Passion. Therefore, as long as the minimum number of manpower is guaranteed on the ship, it is enough. And according to the young priest, the hotel should be very close to the pier, so it just happened to be convenient for the sailors to work 24 hours a day.

"Thank you very much for allowing us to disembark, my lord." Watching the sailors, guards and the tauren walk down the gangplank. Thank you Lawrence, the first mate on the Enterprise. In his impression, those ships belonging to the nobles had a lot of rules. For example, in today's situation, most nobles will only bring their servants and personal guards to disembark, because they think that the sailors are too vulgar, and their image will be damaged if they disembark for activities.

"It's nothing." Lawrence waved his hand lightly and said, "After all, everyone has worked hard these past few days, so we really should take a good rest. Especially you sailors, the boat can only get here at the fastest speed these days. Relying on your dedication. Therefore, you should also be rewarded accordingly."

"Of course, staying here for a few days to recuperate for a while is just a basic reward." Lawrence said seriously, "After I go back, I will individually commend those who have made outstanding contributions, such as when the ship was in danger. The sailors in the power cabin who managed to help everyone escape in the end. Another example is you and the captain, the first mate who commanded in a sudden crisis—”

While Lawrence was chatting with the first mate, the crew had already arrived at the pier and lined up. After seeing that everyone was getting ready, Lawrence and the others finished the discussion and said hello to those left behind, and then led the disembarking personnel who lined up in two columns along the pier under the leadership of the young priest of the Church of Suffering. The path above went in the direction of the buildings outside the port area.

It has to be said that as the capital of Elysium, the three major powers in the New World, Ilyia. The infrastructure of this city is very good. Lawrence can feel that the pier built with huge stone strips under his feet is strong and spacious. On some important stones, there are traces of reinforcement with melted metal during construction.

And with the passage of time, the construction inside the city has not stopped. For example, rails for steam cranes are erected on these ancient boulder piers that seem to be built like cities, and at the end of the rails, a huge crane stands there.

In addition, there are gas lamps or oil lamps everywhere on the pier along the coastline to illuminate the pier as bright as day. You can see some sailboats or more advanced steam sailboats on the docks in the distance. At this time, they are leaning on the shore to load or unload cargo. Several steam cranes are busy coming and going on the docks. It looks no quieter than during the day. where to go.

Because the pirates were eliminated and two steam sailing ships were captured, the skilled sailors originally brought from the old continent had to be scattered on several ships to move the ships. But in this way, even the Enterprise has many locally recruited sailors, and some local sailors basically wandered around on those small islands before, and have never seen what a modern big city looks like. .

As a result, when everyone left the dock area and walked to the street, there was a chattering sound in the queue. There is quite a feeling of country people entering the city. Fortunately, the first mate and several senior sailors maintained order, so no uncivilized behavior occurred, nor did it affect other people.

After successfully entering the hotel, everyone had a hearty dinner and went to bed early. After enjoying a buffet breakfast early the next morning, the crew of the Enterprise were divided into teams according to cabins and occupations to go shopping around the city, while Lawrence took Nora straight to several churches in the city. and go.

For example, churches like the Church of Knowledge and the Church of Agriculture are all they need to visit one by one. After all, the two sides have had a lot of cooperation before, and the cooperation has been very pleasant. So this courtesy visit is a must.

Among them, when visiting the Agricultural Church, Lawrence specially took out the newly developed black tea and tea tree seeds as gifts, and the staff of the Agricultural Church were very interested in this new tea variety. For them, whether it is breeding new crop varieties or developing new uses for old crops, it is a cause for celebration.

In addition, the two sides now have a certain cooperation, so when Lawrence and the others visited, a high priest came out to accompany them and asked about the selection of black tea and fermentation. Lawrence just briefly talked about how to choose and ferment black tea.

Unlike the White Eagle Federation, the Elysion Empire uses Radnim language. Fortunately, this language was included in the gift package of the God of Knowledge last time, allowing him to communicate directly without the need for translation or use magic.

All the content that has been said is the most basic theoretical content, and there is not much practical knowledge. Because black tea will definitely be a luxury in the future, it is also very important to keep it secret in some places to avoid being copied by others. As for the disclosure of the basic part, it will not bring danger to the black tea industry on New Sauer Island, but can help the promotion of this new type of beverage.

After all, fermentation is a very precise work, even if it is a little bit close, the taste of the final product will be very different. Not to mention that the fermentation of different varieties of tea needs to be fine-tuned to achieve perfection, and it is difficult for other regions to replicate the special environment produced by nature and man-made on Nova Sauer Island, cutting off the possibility of others imitating from the source.

"This is a very good new type of beverage, at least it is quite competitive with all beverages on the market. If it develops well, maybe one day we will be able to sell these teas back to Aurora." After listening to Lawrence's introduction and drinking a few cups of tea, the high priest spoke highly of black tea.

Especially after tasting the black tea variety with condensed milk and sugar, the priest was very fond of this method of drinking. It clearly stated that most of the people here should like this kind of tea.

"Yes, but unfortunately the only bad thing is that the planting of tea trees requires high water and heat conditions. There are not many places where they can be planted." Lawrence said helplessly. At least on the New World side, there are not many places that satisfy subtropical hills. Although large areas of flat land are a good thing for most crops, tea is an exception.

"If I remember correctly, there are hills on the windward side of the eastern slope of the mountainous area in the central part of the empire, which should be very suitable for growing tea." As expected of the senior priest of the Agricultural Church, the middle-aged woman in front of her quickly came up with her own plan. A place suitable for growing tea in the jurisdiction. "And that's the place that was chosen when the empire tried to grow tea in the first place."

"But the tea leaves in that place are more bitter than the ones in your hands, so the empire finally had to give up the planting plan." The priest shook his head, suddenly thinking of something and asked. "By the way, what is the effect of your method of fermentation on the more bitter taste of local tea?"

Thinking of visiting the Church of Agriculture, Lawrence and the others sent some fresh tea leaves that Nora had packed on the mountain for processing in addition to the prepared black tea. After chewing some fresh tea leaves, the priest clearly discovered the difference between the native tea and the tea brought by Lawrence and the others.

"If the taste is more bitter, then you need to intensify the fermentation." Nora shrugged her shoulders and reminded, "But if you do this, the floral or fruity aroma of the tea itself will be damaged, and the tea may not taste as good. The batch we're making now tastes good."

"If it only causes some damage to the original flavor, then it's not a big problem." After recalling the taste of the tea he tasted just now and comparing it with the taste of domestic tea he tasted before, the priest said with a smile. "After all, the tea of ​​the empire is going to be sold in large quantities as daily drinks, so the slightly inferior quality does not affect this positioning."