On the second day of Ariel's holiday, the family sold more than eighty Disi pies, theoretically earning about a little over a hundred copper plates, equivalent to more than eight silver coins.

That night, there were more than thirty pies left that were not sold. There were also more than thirty pies that the whole family ate as food.

However, the family always needs to eat, and even the father's income from working at the dock alone is not enough to feed the family. This is why every family will find some work.

Ariel's mother used to sew clothes at home, and her meager income could only earn a day's food expenses for herself and some of her children.

In the evening, Ariel used the knight's night vision to make a calculation. Taking into account the more than thirty Disi pies eaten by her family in one day, the cost of food for this day was more than fifty and close to sixty copper coins.

.As for the remaining Disi pie, it will be no problem to heat it up tomorrow and eat it yourself or sell it.

Calculated in this way, the profit is about forty copper coins a day and a little more than three silver coins, so that there is an income of a little more than one gold coin a week. That is more than fifty gold coins a year. In this way, by selling Disi pies, the family can earn money.

You can also become middle class.

Well, this is still the first day of business, and everyone is not skilled enough. If it were tomorrow, the sales might be better.

After settling the accounts, Ariel slept on the floor - yes, there are three rooms in the house, one for parents and one for the younger children. Older children like Ariel had to stay in the living room and kitchen at night

I slept on the floor of the restaurant that also served as a restaurant.

The only advantage of such a house is that the rent is low, only one silver coin a week. When Ariel's parents first got married, the house they rented was only half the size of what it is now, but the rent was even cheaper, only six copper coins a week.

It was a very tiring day. Everyone went to bed early and got up early. They got up before dawn and started working quickly. On this day, Ariel took the initiative less and gave more guidance to her younger brothers and sisters.

My vacation is coming tomorrow, so I can't always point at myself.

Since there were a lot of leftovers from yesterday, more than a hundred Disi pies were sold in the morning and noon that day. Half of them were sold by my father carrying a rattan basket to the pier. If it weren't for the lack of production capacity at home, only the pier would still be able to sell it.

You can sell more. But the pies have to be cooked one by one.

Ariel knew that for a manual dock worker like her father, the two most important meals were breakfast and lunch. Dinner was just a matter of time. It was mainly brown bread soaked in water or vegetable soup. Dinner was mainly about sleeping without waking up hungry.

That's fine. But you have to work in the morning and afternoon. If you don't eat these two meals, you won't have the energy to work.

Apart from the dockworkers, the most customers are greedy children. There are no long children who don't like eating meat. In the past two days, Dixie Pie has also gained a certain reputation among the children nearby.

After eating Disy pies for three days in a row, the family's temptation for Disy pies was greatly reduced. On this day, Ariel and her family only ate more than 20 Disy pies.

Ariel thought it was normal, because she had also experienced this period, and she couldn't stop eating when she first encountered good food. Fortunately, Mr. Panyao's family has a meal-sharing system, and the amount of food to eat for each meal every day is set. Otherwise, it would just be

I'm afraid that the newcomers who just arrived will eat themselves to death with butter bread and sausages.

Later, I felt that I was almost starving myself of food, and that was it. I got used to it by eating every day. At the same time, there was a certain amount of oil and water in my stomach, and my hunger was greatly reduced. Naturally, I ate less.

There were still not many Disi pies sold throughout the afternoon and evening, about twenty. However, one hundred and twenty Disi pies were sold in one day. Not to mention supporting the family, even if you buy your own house in the future, you can

Under consideration.

This is a net income of eight silver coins a day, more than fifty silver coins a week, and almost one hundred and fifty gold coins a year.

There are also differences between middle-class families. One hundred and fifty gold coins a year is almost a watershed. An annual income of fifty to one hundred and fifty gold coins can only be considered an ordinary middle-class active family, just eating oatmeal bread.

For middle-class families with an annual income of more than 150 gold coins, their staple food will be white bread.

Before leaving in the evening, Ariel told her family about the day's earnings and advised them to buy some white bread occasionally to avoid eating the same food.

My parents found it incredible. In the past, almost all the money the family earned in a day was used for food expenses, and the remaining bit had to be kept to pay rent. Now, there is an income of eight silver coins every day, but looking at the box of copper plates, it seems that

It's almost real, not a dream.

Before Ariel left, she kept half of the one hundred gold coin bounty she had received at home, and she kept half of it. Although she didn't know what she was going to spend the money on, she didn't feel anxious because she had money.

Compared to Ariel, Miranda and Elsa both rented their houses near Dixi Street, and opened two Dixi pie shops in places far away from each other, one in the south and one in the north.

If the main customers of Ariel's house are dock workers and children, then the main customers of these two stores are businessmen in the city and people going in and out of the city. Because this is a house in the West District, the house is larger than before, and the rent is higher.

It reached a week-high price of two silver coins.

In these two Dixi pie shops, you can only buy three pies for one silver coin and one pie for four copper coins.

Because of the appropriate positioning, there is no shortage of small vendors and people coming into the city every day in the West District. Even nearby merchants and residents are willing to try the new Disi pies. These two companies can sell almost as many Disi pies as they make every day.

Go, at most there are three or five left at night, and you can heat them up for breakfast the next day and eat them.

The secret to Dixie Pie's success lies in its positioning as a fast food and specialty snack.

As for future competition, I’m not afraid. Would a person who has never taken a baker’s exam in his life suddenly think of opening a bakery to make money? Of course not, even if he knows the complete baking process.

In this world, there are no vocational colleges like New Oriental Lanxiang, so there will be no master chefs who use computers to control excavators for cooking.

The crafts of this era, even bricklayers, are passed down from master to apprentice between father and son.

The three knights, after their vacation, still worked as personal maids to serve their master day and night.

Now that my family has opened a jewelry store, a big knight goes to the store every day to take turns watching the men's clothing during the day, in order to deter the unscrupulous people who come and go.

In the store, finished jewelry worth tens of thousands of gold coins will be displayed during the day, so you must be careful. For ordinary thieves, even stealing a piece of jewelry worth a few hundred gold coins is enough to spend on food, drink, and entertainment for a year.

Other shops rely on the protection money they used to give to the Swordsman Guild and now pay to the Potion Guild to avoid harassment. Master Panyao here directly uses the big knight to guard the door.

A few days after the three knights came back, news came from Manager Hack. Although the Army Arsenal began to produce field artillery by poaching people, the problem of the accuracy of the muzzle and the shells was still there.

Not resolved.

The gaps between the shells and muzzles produced in Zhang Cheng's artillery workshop are not exactly matched, but the gaps are also very small. This is a matter of workmanship and tolerances, and cannot be achieved in a short time. Unless the factory of the Ministry of War introduces

A complete set of iso9001 system.

This resulted in that although the arsenal of the Ministry of War was able to mass-produce field artillery, front-line artillerymen still preferred to use original artillery and shells.

This does not mean that the artillery in the Army Arsenal is useless. In fact, frontline soldiers like artillery the most. If they can't shoot suitable shells, it doesn't matter. After loading the propellant, they fill the barrel with stones and use them as shotgun shells.

If the cannon is used to attack enemies within a hundred meters, it will be a pleasure to sweep away a bloody alley.

Not to mention ordinary soldiers, even great knights have to avoid the dark muzzle.

Moreover, the soldiers here in Xiniu Hezhou only serve as soldiers for food. The knights are all from knights or noble families - the knights' horses are more than ordinary soldiers can afford in their lifetime, not to mention that a full set of armor is more expensive than a horse.

Since even the great knight had to hide from the muzzle of the cannon, there was no reason for the soldiers to charge towards the muzzle and die.

In addition, four 18-pound siege guns have recently been transported to the east and west fronts. The 18-pound cannonballs flying out at high speed have a devastating effect on the city wall.

Often, a section of the city wall was destroyed by siege artillery, and a slope appeared, and the soldiers of the Chicken Kingdom could rush up, screaming.

Use shotguns to attack the enemies in the alley. When encountering enemies who resist in the courtyard, use field artillery to break through the walls and then use shotguns to attack them.

Although the soldiers of the Chicken Kingdom still have swords and the like in their hands, their current fighting style is completely like a hot-weapon army. The swords are not useless. They can be used for last-ditch attacks to relieve those who were half killed by artillery.

The pain of the enemy.

As field artillery, siege artillery and other firearms ushered in the age of firearms, the shape of war has changed beyond recognition. The Great Knight is no longer the master of the battlefield.

This made the noble knights who saw this secretly feel frightened. But if they just purely returned to the past, the Chicken Country would simply be beaten again.

However, although good news came from the battlefield, there was not so much good news off the battlefield. As the two countries were attacked by artillery for half a year, they had long realized the importance of firearms.

Fortunately, the artillery looks like a copper pipe. With the strength of the two countries, they can make any copper pipe.

As for the propellant, you have to rely on spies to get the formula.

Spies from the Lion Kingdom kidnapped four gunpowder factory craftsmen and their families at one time.

This is also the reason why the Chicken Country did not pay too much attention to the confidentiality of gunpowder production. Originally, the gunpowder formula was easy to obtain. The military factory under the army just found some craftsmen to make it and put these craftsmen under residential surveillance. I thought this was enough.

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However, as the army's artillery continues to increase, the demand for gunpowder is also increasing, and gunpowder factories are constantly expanding. Naturally, there are more and more craftsmen who know the gunpowder formula.

The gunpowder arsenal and the home were supervised by military personnel, but the church of the God of Craftsmen was not supervised by military personnel. The Lion Kingdom spies hooked up with several gunpowder factory craftsmen during Sunday church services and prayed.

With their high official status and generous salary, on the way out of the church, four craftsmen from the gunpowder factory and their families boarded the carriage of the Lion Kingdom spy.

Then after the carriage left Maple City, it headed north, all the way to the seaside, got on the boat that had been arranged here, crossed the strait overnight, and successfully established a gunpowder factory in the Lion Kingdom.

It was only after the Chicken Country discovered that four craftsmen from the gunpowder factory were missing and the whole family was missing that they learned about the leak of the gunpowder formula.

If Zhang Cheng had built a gunpowder factory, he would have chosen to build a gunpowder factory on an island. The craftsmen and their families would not be allowed to leave the island for life. The gunpowder produced would be sent out regularly by military ships every week, and the raw materials and supplies would be sent out by military ships.

Send it in, and just like that, warships will patrol around the island every day.

In the previous life, the mirror in Venice was kept secret like this, and it was kept a secret for a long time, but in the end the technology was stolen by spies disguised as shipwreck personnel.

Because there was someone at Prime Minister Franco's residence, Manager Huck learned the news on the third day after the gunpowder factory worker disappeared.

The reason for knowing the news was that Marquis Franco lost his temper at the person in charge of the arsenal. He even slapped the table. Even the maid outside heard: "Trash, they are all trash. How can the enemy be killed so easily?"

You have kidnapped our important craftsmen and formulas. Look at the salary you paid these craftsmen. It seems to be no different from when they were carpenters or stonemasons. Not to mention these people, any craftsman would be kidnapped with several times the salary.

of.

Also, since they are all under residential surveillance, is it difficult to build a chapel and a wall in the area where they live? Do you have to wait for me to tell you everything like this, or tell me when something goes wrong! You guys

Just wait for the two of you to go to court-martial!"

After Zhang Cheng received the news unexpectedly, he felt that although the diffusion of technology was a matter of time, but how can I put it, it is indeed a chicken country. In just half a year, the most important gunpowder formula was leaked. This is comparable to hundreds of thousands of dollars.

It is much more difficult for the chicken country soldiers to raise their hands and surrender together!

Needless to say, in a few months, enemies of Chicken Country soldiers will also be able to possess artillery or other firearms. Now that Chicken Country’s war bonds are at a high level, do you want to take action?

However, Miranda, who later went out to inquire for information, came back and informed Mr. Panyao that Chicken Country's war bonds had fallen.

Well, that's good, there's no need to think about speculating in national bonds.

It seems that there are still many well-informed people. Think about it, if you dare to speculate in national debt, who is not well-informed?

In fact, there are still many uncertainties. First of all, the gunpowder technology of the Lion Kingdom may not spread. At most, it will provide finished gunpowder to the Ox and Eagle countries. Secondly, the Chicken Kingdom now has 18-pound siege cannons, and the enemy on the opposite side is fighting in the field.

They don’t even have artillery skills. After a few months, the situation on the battlefield will be different.
Chapter completed!