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Chapter 506: Chapter 504: Pure Maiden’s Handmade Rolls Chapter 506: Chapter 504: Pure Maiden’s Handmade Rolls The Industrial Age, a combination of magic and technology, whether it’s just grand talk remains to be seen with time, but the booming development of the Black Oil Mine Industrial Zone is there for all to see.

“It is too wasteful to use the extracted primitive black oil just for burning, yet with this distillation tower oil refinery, the utilization of black oil has risen to a new level,” said the refinery’s tour guide, a beautiful and elegant lady.

The lady is none other than Baron Marcus’s daughter, Malena.

Malena, now a married woman, was not content to merely stay at home and tend to her husband and children. Especially since her husband Mikel had not yet been ennobled, and they didn’t even have a manor. The management knowledge she gained from Gale City Girls’ Academy had no place to be applied.

So she simply heeded the call of the lords and sought employment to demonstrate her capabilities.

The oil refinery was equipped with a showroom, and at that moment, Malena was there, introducing Russell and Mel to the developmental history of the refinery.

“This is Black Jade Paste. In its early days, Black Jade Paste was made from black oil mixed with woodchip impurities and could replace coal for use. Today our refinery has collaborated with the Blackfire Tower of Scholars to develop a new generation of Black Jade Paste.”

The new generation of Black Jade Paste has discarded woodchip impurities, opting instead to use asphalt mixtures for added stabilization, greatly enhancing the effectiveness of the paste.

Malena then went on to introduce several other products of the refinery.

Kerosene is mainly used for household lighting, illuminating the thousands of homes in the Blackflame Plains; liquefied gas suitable for household use in gas cylinders has yet to be researched, so it’s currently used as kiln fuel; lubricating oil is used for equipment and utensil maintenance; and asphalt is primarily used for paving roads.

“The most important product is gasoline. It’s mainly used as fuel for kilns at present, but in the not-too-distant future, it will become fuel for internal combustion engines and steam engines, ushering in a grand Industrial Age…”

Malena introduced with a smile, as if she could truly see the prospect of the Industrial Age.

But in fact, these were just well-prepared lines.

She didn’t even know what steam engines or internal combustion engines were, let alone foresee the coming of the Industrial Age.

“Who would have thought that simple black oil could develop into so many products?” Mel listened with great interest.

“The current output from the Black Oil Mine is still insufficient. After I find the second black oil vein, Tributary River Mouth will be able to use the fuel I produce, and it will definitely be cheaper and better than the coal from Volcanic Oasis,” Russell said with a smile.

After visiting the oil refinery,

Russell then took Mel to a glass kiln factory nearby, “I’ll show you a few interesting things, don’t be too surprised.”

“What kinds of interesting things?”

“This,” Russell asked the person in charge of the glass kiln factory to bring over a few unproduced prototype samples, “telescopes. You put them up to your eyes and then look at something far away. Try it and see if you feel anything different.”

“Wow!” Mel exclaimed immediately, “It’s incredible, how did the distant things suddenly come so close to my eyes!”

“That’s the magic of telescopes,” said Russell with a smile, “I thought someone would soon devise telescopes based on the principle of the reading glasses I invented that earned me the title of a scholar. But… it turns out I had to do it myself.”

With enthusiasm, Mel fiddled with it for a while and then expressed in admiration, “Truly incredible. With this, couldn’t the Knight Regiment spot Snow Demons and Snow Ghosts from a distance out on the snowfield?”

After a pause,

he suddenly had a whimsical idea: “What if we equipped a Bipedal Flying Dragon with a telescope, would it be able to see even farther?”

“On a clear day, yes, the telescope can see very far, allowing us to avoid danger in advance. But not on snowy days,” Russell explained, “I invented it for another purpose… I want to use it to look at the stars above.”

“Look at the stars?” Mel was puzzled.

“Cousin, what do you think the stars in the sky are?”

“Stars? They must be stones that glow, of course,” Mel said matter-of-factly, “The sun is just a big fireball in the sky, the moon is also a fireball, but it often goes out, so those stars must be gems!”

“Is that so.” Russell neither agreed nor disagreed, “Once I have made the astronomical telescope, cousin, you can see the stars for yourself.”

“Okay, I want to see just how beautiful these stars are!”

Russell had already been preparing the observatory, with one goal of studying the location of Dragon Sleep Continent to determine if it was still within the Milky Way; another was to locate the world of the Frost Giants, in preparation for a future counterattack.

After the trip to the glass kiln factory ended, Russell also planned to continue taking Mel to visit several more factories.

But Mel began to yawn, “That’s enough, Russell, I already know what the Industrial Age is. There’s no need to keep touring… Let’s go to the Cigar Factory instead, I want to see the female workers there roll cigarettes.”

“Sigh, alright then.”

Russell felt a bit of regret because his cousin, though close to him, couldn’t understand his thoughts and truly grasp what the Industrial Age meant.

This was also a reason why Russell often felt detached from this world.

Fortunately, he could adjust his attitude quickly, casting aside his slight regret, and took Mel to the Cigar Factory.

The Cigar Factory had moved from Yuanguang Town and was now situated next to Cigar Castle.

Soon, under the guidance of Manager Hans, they arrived at the workshop, where rows of young female workers skillfully rolled tobacco leaves. Upon closer observation, one could even notice that these women had light makeup on.

“Tsk tsk!”

Mel stroked his chin, “Indeed, it’s cigars rolled one by one by the delicate, jade-like hands of young girls!”

“Of course,” Russell said, eyes narrowed and a slight smile on his face.

After a quick tour, he took Mel away, who was unaware that this workshop with the girls rolling cigarettes was actually a “showroom.” There were several other closed workshops in the factory, where mature women were rolling cigarettes.

The labor of just the young girls alone could not meet market demand.

So Russell had recruited almost all the women from his domain into the Cigar Factory, and of course, they primarily produced the ordinary Dew series cigars.

The Frost Snow Cigars, which were produced in smaller quantities, were all hand-rolled by the young girls. The somewhat larger produced Frost Snow Cigars were also rolled by young women— only when demand was so high that they couldn’t keep up, did they have the older women come in to help.

Mel was unaware of these details.

So, lighting up a Frost Snow Cigar, he puffed contentedly, “After touring the factory, I feel like the taste of the cigar has become richer and more robust.”

“Haha, as long as you enjoy smoking it, that’s fine,” Russell laughed, “It’s almost noon, we should head back to Cigar Castle. Today I’ve got the kitchen preparing some special ingredients, so you can experience the charm of Blackflame Plains’ culinary delights.”

In the dining room.

Russell pointed to a plate of roast suckling pig and said, “This is a Dark Gold Pig, a new breed of primordial beast I’ve cultivated at Wuyao Snake Manor. It’s still in limited production, not available on the market, and even I don’t get to eat it often.”

“The taste is truly good!” Mel enjoyed eating it with relish.

Russell hadn’t asked the kitchen to prepare the dish in the style of Chinese cuisine, as he no longer insisted on others acknowledging the food of his home planet Earth.

So when hosting guests, the food was always prepared in the local Shadowflame Duchy style.

Only when he dined alone did he request Mrs. Moore to prepare Chinese cuisine.

“Try this as well, another unique delicacy, the royal jelly from the Bear Honeybee, another primordial beast that is being bred!” Russell said, pointing to the small cups on the table, each person having one portion, “Since we’re still expanding the breeding scale of the Bear Honeybees, these two cups of royal jelly are all that we can spare for this year.”

“Hmm, I shall savor this cup of royal jelly!” Mel was very satisfied, “Just the scent is refreshing!”

Russell gently scooped up a spoonful and said, “The taste is actually a bit tart, but the aftertaste is truly extraordinary… I’ve been studying Bear Honeybees for years and only had a small cup last year!”