The Rise of Iceland

After Olaf personally sent away Solrak and Thom and others at the dock, he returned to the Olaf factory and inspected the production conditions of the winery, sugar factory, porcelain factory and other workshops one by one.

The number of factory workers has now tripled compared to the original number. The original apprentices have become skilled workers, and many young indentured white slaves and indigenous slaves have also been selected into the factory to become apprentices.

Although the daily expenses of the Olaf factory have also tripled, the corresponding returns have also increased substantially.

Olaf saw mountains of wood, stone, bronze, and pottery in the warehouse, as well as hundreds of bone china vessels, most of which were white porcelain vases, plates, bowls, basins, etc. with simple patterns, and a few others. Fine porcelain, these are the most valuable things. Originally, these porcelains were several times larger, but they were taken away by Heine who returned to Iceland some time ago.

Accompanied by artisans, after playing with porcelain for a long time, Olaf reluctantly went to the warehouse where spirits and caramel were stored.

Because Wenlan owns a huge amount of potatoes and sweet potatoes, the winery and sugar factory can start work every day, and even expanded a certain scale this year. Therefore, Heine took away dozens of tons of wine and caramel when he left. It is said that it is enough for tens of thousands of people in Iceland whether it is for personal use or for sale in Iceland.

Although Heine emptied the warehouse when he left, many finished products were produced in more than a month. When Olaf entered the warehouse, he saw the distilled spirits in hundreds of clay pots and hundreds of sealed clay pots. The clay pot will be able to distill the wine in just two months.

Opposite the earthenware jars are dozens of small one-size jars. The mouths of the jars are covered with linen cloth, and they are all filled with starch, mixed and chopped with caramel.

"Not bad, wait until next spring the warehouse will be full again!"

Olaf smiled, thinking of the piles of potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, pumpkins, turnips and other grains during the autumn harvest this year. He felt that the scale of the winery and sugar factory would be expanded next year.

"With the current population of Vinland and Iceland, the grain produced in Vinland, Huron and Iroquois can be eaten for three years this year. This is due to the reduction in production this year, otherwise I am afraid it will be 30% higher..."

Olaf said to himself: "This year the Viking families are busy expanding their cellars to store their own grains. Together, our family's grain weighs 30 million pounds, which is more than 10,000 tons in terms of calculation units for later generations. Now, this is enough food for tens of thousands of people for a year! Leave 20% to make caramel and wine, and 20% to support slaves and others, and the rest will be shipped to Iceland next spring!"

This year, in addition to the great food harvest and the many good things about the huge increase in the territory, Olaf's thoughts about the cotton planted in the Iroquois plains were like a drunk, which gave him a blow.

In the spring of this year, Olaf personally led reliable white slaves and private slaves to plant nearly an acre of cotton, but only 80% of the cotton seeds sprouted.

In the summer, large tracts of cotton grow well, but before long the flower buds fall off in a large area. In the end, less than half of the cotton blooms and sets fruit. Olaf estimates that 80% of the cotton is in North America’s climate and China’s climate. The Americas and South America are differently caused, but they are all insoluble at present.

Although the output was not high, there was still some harvest after all. After harvesting, there was only less than one hundred pounds of cotton, which disappointed Olaf.

After the cotton was in hand, Olaf ordered the people to take out the cotton seeds hidden inside, and finally found that the number of cotton seeds was about the same as the ones planted in spring, and the quality was worse.

Based on this year's experience, Olaf estimates that after planting these cotton seeds next spring, the next harvest will be even more bleak next time.

It’s just a matter of harvest that Olaf can barely accept it, because next year he can still buy cotton seeds from Europe, but a problem he ignored before left him empty and unusable.

Cotton becomes cotton cloth through several processes, such as cotton processing, it needs to be ginned to become fluffy and soft, then spun into threads, and then spun with cotton threads.

Any process requires the use of corresponding tools and techniques. Olaf has not been engaged in the textile industry in his previous life and does not understand all the processes, so he has no way of dealing with the masses of cotton.

After looking for many Viking women and Indian female slaves to study, these women who can make woolen wool also researched out the simplest way to deal with cotton, using a stone hammer and a wooden stick to smash a cotton ball, and then pull the cotton to change it. Supple and fluffy.

Then a woman proficient in weaving spins the cotton kneaded into a rope into a thread in front of the weaving machine bought by Olaf, and then weaves the cloth.

After working hard for half a month, I also wove more than ten feet of cotton cloth, but after Olaf pulled it with a hand, he felt that the cotton cloth was not strong enough. Maybe it was not well woven, or the quality of cotton was not good. The use is different, but the soft touch still makes him very happy.

In the end, under Olaf's guidance, the Viking women gave him two quilts and made two sets of underwear for him with cotton cloth, and there was nothing left after that.

Olaf was not affected by the frustration of cotton planting. He made a planting plan for next year and planned to go to Europe in person next spring. In addition to sending food resources to Iceland, he should also focus on purchasing cotton seeds and putting away himself and even cotton cloth. Textile technology and so on. At the same time, Tuo Kuiyi's search for Chinese medicine in the East last year should also be followed up.

Olaf returned to his home after the inspection. After drinking a glass of wine, he sat at the desk in his room, took out his own notebook, and opened the pages of the book with burrs~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The quill pen was dipped in ink on it to supplement my new thoughts and plans.

Olaf raised his head half a day later, then stretched out, revealing the paper filled with simplified Chinese characters and Arabic numerals on the book under him.

"Cotton planting and building the Wenlan textile industry were the top priority in 1632... The first thing is to buy the latest textile machines... It is best to buy Huang Daopo textile machines from Daming, which is said to be much more advanced than the current European textile machines. Equipment... The second is to go to the UK, not only to deepen friendship with the future protector of the country, but also to inquire about the attitudes and views of the UK and even other European countries towards Iceland through his relationship... The third is to find a way from Daming got a serious doctor. I have caught a cold these few days. Although I drank some Radix isatidis and also drink more hot water, what should I do if I get other diseases in the future? I will try my best to find out for myself and my family. Medical skills and reliable doctors..."

Olaf is actually only 14 years old this year, but there is not the slightest immature and childishness on his face. Instead, his eyes are calm and lightly worried, just like he is not a teenager but a middle-aged man who is bent over by life.

Olaf himself feels that since his father and the others went to Iceland, they have served as the head of the Vinland region this year, and all sorts of things have been weighed on him. Olaf is actually very stressed, and has even increased recently. A problem with insomnia.

But Olaf does not hate this feeling. He understands that the difficulties now are all about his own tempering and training. When Iceland stabilizes, his father will definitely send someone to Vinland to assist him in the future. Even his elder brother Ulav is very likely. Will come back, after all, "King Wenlan" is not a seat that can be let out casually...