"You're right. Compared with the original corned beef, beef jerky or beef smoked sausage. These stewed canned beef are obviously much better than those things."
After hearing what Lawrence said, Saphire cracked her mouth and showed an expression as if she had a toothache. She had eaten this kind of travel food on the ship when she went to the Old World to study. I have to say that the taste of the corned beef was really too good.
Too bad.
At least according to Saffir, even if the beef is cooked, it has the texture of a cork that has been put in a lot of salt.
"Yes, at least before these cans were invented twelve or thirteen years ago. Most ordinary people could only eat various cured meats or pickles when traveling long distances, or they could only eat food bought at a high price through some kind of supernatural being.
means of preserving food.”
Lawrence shrugged and said, "And now I have to solve another aspect of the problem."
It is not only adults who face food problems during long-distance travel, but also some babies. Especially during long-distance travel, lactating women may temporarily lose the ability to raise their babies due to the fatigue of traveling and traveling.
Considering the high price of anything related to the supernatural, Lawrence planned to create some baby food that would be accessible to everyone.
Fortunately, this world has very good industrial processing capabilities due to the development of the steam industry, and there are also races such as dwarves or gnomes who are good at making various machines.
So they quickly built a machine for making milk powder in Lawrence by recalling a few simple diagrams they had seen in their previous lives.
Although this machine is the oldest pressure box type machine among spray drying machines and requires a lot of power. However, after considering various issues such as cost performance and difficulty in mechanical production, Lawrence finally made the decision to choose this machine.
After all, compared with the milk powder made by some handicraft workshops by boiling milk in iron pots, the machine that Lawrence is now trying to find someone to manufacture in the factory can be said to be extremely advanced.
"The first factory we will visit tomorrow is the dairy factory." Lawrence said to Saifei who was listening to him. "In addition to these machines for making milk powder, I also ordered a batch of machines for manufacturing milk powder."
Other dairy products machines. We can go and take a look at them then."
During this whole day, Lawrence and the others spent most of their time checking this information. Even the food was served directly after being prepared by the monster phantoms.
This also resulted in each of them having to drink a sobering potion for themselves when they went out to ensure that they would have enough energy to deal with various things when they went to the factory later.
When they walked out of the door, Bach was already waiting for them at the door. Then they drove together in a carriage to the industrial area on the other southeast side of the city.
After the carriage drove along the smooth stone road for five or six minutes, they soon left the residential area and entered a two-way six-lane road.
Different from the beautiful stone roads in the previous residential areas, the road surface of the main road is paved with coal asphalt and gravel. According to the flashing road signs on the roadside, this road connects to the old city, which is mainly based on tourism.
Seven or eight kilometers away is a large mixed passenger and cargo lake port called Sword Bay Port, and the other side is connected to the industrial zone.
There was a railway running parallel to the road next to it. Through the window, Lawrence could see a steam locomotive hauling flat cars and tank cars filled with various goods, heading toward the port with billowing white smoke.
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"This is the railway from Sword Bay Industrial Zone to Sword Bay Port, with a total length of 17 kilometers. It is now just a single-track freight railway." Bach said from the front after the train drove far away.
"However, as the industrial area becomes more and more prosperous, this most advanced railway 20 years ago now seems to be somewhat inadequate. Therefore, newspapers in the past few days have been discussing whether to build another railway to connect this railway.
Railways become double-tracked.”
"Where is the Great Harbor of Sword Cove that the sign says?" Lawrence asked.
"I remember that we also took a boat from Huguang City. Although the port we landed at was very exquisite and had many flower beds and statues, it didn't look very big and we didn't see any trains.
stand."
"The place you landed at is the tourist port, also called the Old Port in the local name. It is a small port open only to tourists heading to the tourist area of Sword Bay City." After hearing Lawrence's inquiry, Bach quickly
The difference between the two ports was explained to Lawrence.
"And Xingang was built seventy or eighty years ago when we decided to develop this area. It can be said that it is completely a supporting facility for the city's industrial zone."
"Unlike the Old Port, the New Port is a purely modern port. I heard that the loading and unloading work there has entered the mechanized era, and the facilities are no worse than those of large ports like Eagle Ridge."
While inquiring about the local situation, Lawrence and Saphire entered the industrial area in a carriage.
I have to say that the chimneys with billowing white smoke in the distance and the obvious smell of coal smoke in the air, although not choking, gave Lawrence an inexplicable sense of familiarity, as if he had suddenly returned to his college days.
After all, Lawrence didn't have much money when he was in college, so he had to live in the attic of a tavern in a working-class area.
In this area, whether it was the dense residential buildings on both sides of the road, or the pipes and chains crossing the buildings and above the road, he felt a strange sense of intimacy.
"This is the smell of hope." Bach sighed as he passed by the gate of a factory and took a deep breath of the slightly rich smell of coal smoke.
In this world, due to the power of the natural gods and druids, the environmental performance of regular factories is no worse than those of the large factories in Lawrence's previous life, or even better.
Therefore, in this world, the smell of soot from burning fossil fuels is even considered a symbol of modern society. For example, when he was in New Sauerport, Lawrence heard many people think that this city is an important symbol of backwardness.
There is only the smell of sea and forest in the air, not even a little bit of soot.
But then again, thanks to the research of the priests and druids of the nature gods, they have developed technologies that can control various pollutions. Therefore, the waste gas and wastewater discharged from these factories are only ugly in color and have a choking smell.
It will be harmlessly decomposed by nature soon.
So for workers in this world, the environment in the factory is not very harmful to their bodies. What really affects their lifespan is high-intensity labor, certain noise, and the densely populated and basic buildings in the neighborhoods where they live.
The epidemic of infectious diseases caused by the harsh environment caused by unmanned management.
Fortunately, in this era, industrial profits are quite high, and various commodities have become cheaper due to modern logistics. In addition, various Orthodox churches have severely cracked down on the excessive exploitation of workers for various reasons. So for workers to go to the city
Working in a factory is far better than farming for others in the countryside.
Just when Lawrence's carriage arrived at the entrance of the dairy factory, he was surprised to see a long queue of people waiting at the entrance.
So after entering the door and exchanging pleasantries with the factory director who came to greet him, Lawrence asked what those people in line at the door were waiting for.
"Under your order, this dairy factory is preparing to expand, so it naturally needs more workers." The factory director introduced to Lawrence. "Although we have prepared some technical personnel for the new factory before,
Most of the workers needed will have to be rehired."
"The people queuing up at the door now came to apply after hearing that we were recruiting." The factory director puffed up his chest and said with pride. "After all, we are the best factory in this area.