Chapter 325：

?After nearly half a month of trekking, Wells finally arrived at the Northwest Gulf with the convoy. To his surprise, this place was not as desolate and dilapidated as he had imagined at first. Although the population density was not as high as that in the south, it was also It doesn't give people the feeling of being deserted.

After entering a land called Emden, the number of towns along the way gradually increased, and the pedestrians I met on the road were not as pale as the pedestrians I met before.

"This is one of the richest territories in the Northwest Gulf. It used to belong to the Kent family. Not long ago, the Kent family failed because of their plan to seize the Northwest Duke position, so this land is now under the management of our Earl Paul Greyman. The people here Life in the past was not as good as what you see now, the former lord Malzkent was a cruel and heartless guy, and now my earl has exempted them from a large number of exorbitant taxes, so they can fill their stomachs."

While resting along the way, Wells heard the leader proudly brag about his lord, the earl he was going to serve for five years. So this lord is a pretty good guy, definitely better than the one who will be put down for a little thing. The guy who imprisoned himself at the gate of the city to show the public is much better.

The further north you go, the better the road condition is, it is wide and flat, the carriage is not as bumpy as before, and there are more and more business travelers on the road.

Finally, the convoy arrived at Huxin Town, the destination of the journey. It was said to be a town, but its size could already be called a small city. It can be seen that the development time is not long, because many buildings are very new.

This small town completely subverted Wells' inherent impression of the Northwest Bay as a place of alienation.

The streets are clean and tidy, paved with bluestone slabs, there is very little **** on the road, and there is no peculiar smell. This is better than King Capital Jingyao, which makes Wells very incredible.

Pedestrians were bustling with each other, and their behavior and expressions were not like those in the countryside. Here he heard all kinds of accents, even foreign languages. Oh, there is even the Jiaowan language. Even the Jiaowan merchants in the "end of the world" in Wells' eyes have come here to do business.

Carriages loaded with goods kept coming in and out. It seemed that the business here was developing well. What surprised Wells even more was that pedestrians and carriages consciously drove on the right side of the road. Going to one side greatly reduces the chance of road congestion.

"Maybe it's a good choice to stay here for five years." With this in mind, Wells followed the team to the city hall to report. 35xs' team was filled with all kinds of people, including blacksmiths, artificers, teachers, etc., but he was the only alchemist, and Wiesel was in a very bad mood on the way, and he didn't have much interaction with others.

The city hall of Huxin Town is located in the center of the new urban area on the south bank of Lake Weiss. The former Huxin Town was directly managed by the Government Council, but since it took over the control of Emden, the Government Council has separated a special city hall. To manage Huxin Town, the office location has also been transferred from Huxin Island to the new urban area on the south bank.

The administrative officer of the city hall arranged temporary accommodation for them, and also gave them a sum of money to cover their expenses for the past few days. After wandering around the city for a few days, Wells made a lot of new discoveries. It turns out that many new things that have been popular in the capital for the past six months, such as the exquisite porcelain that the nobles flock to, the new paper that scholars love, and various printed books , they all came from here.

"I didn't expect there to be such a place in the Northwest Gulf." Wells sighed again, and it seemed that the rumors were not credible.

One day after he returned to his residence, the dormitory management staff handed him a letter from the city hall, which said that he had been assigned a job and asked him to go to the city hall the next day. After he went there the next day, a political officer led him to a nitrate workshop or workshop, and announced that he was appointed as the chemical technology instructor of the workshop. Wells didn't have any objections, and he came from a family of alchemists. He is no stranger to boiled salt, so he started his new job just like that.

His daily job is to monitor the work of the workers, to ensure that there will be no wrong operations, to check the quality of the products, and to train apprentices, but he also enjoys himself.

Wells is still very dedicated to his work. He is proud of his identity as an alchemist and has his own professional ethics. He used his knowledge to optimize the process of boiling nitrate, which won unanimous praise from the whole factory.

There are several other instructors in the factory, all of whom are alchemists recruited by Earl Greiman from all over the place. When Wells exchanged experience with his colleagues, he was actually a bit contemptuous of the level of these colleagues, and he also inquired about every aspect of this factory. According to others, this nitrate factory is the industry of the earl family. .

"Why does Earl Greiman want so much nitrate?"

"It is said that it is to supply Earl's ice rink Oh, by the way, when it comes to ice making, Earl also invented a delicacy called ice cream, which is made of ice chips, cream and honey. You can Buy it and taste it. Selling such things in the summer will make the count a lot of money."

Wells was a little puzzled. Can the money from selling snacks cover the cost of boiling nitrate? If a lot of ice is needed, can it be collected and stored in the ice cellar in winter? Is it worth using expensive saltpeter to make it now?

But Wells didn't want to delve into it. After all, the earl is the boss, and it's up to him how he wants to use it, as long as he can pay himself a salary on time.

When it comes to salary, the earl treats him well. Considering that he is a "high-level talent" from the capital, he is given three silver coins a month, and board and lodging are also included in the nitrate factory. The employees in the industry are treated very well, and whenever a job is recruited, a large number of people try to get in.

If it was Wells who opened a shop in Jingyaoli before, three silver coins would really not catch him. But that ancestral shop has been smashed to nothing, because of that humiliating public display, and his reputation in the capital circle has also disappeared.

And here is the Northwest Gulf, three silver coins per month are enough for him, a single person, to live a decent life.

Wells is not dissatisfied with his current life. His long-term plan is to slowly save a sum of money. After the contract with the earl expires, he will open an alchemy shop in Huxin Town. The prospects of this small town are very promising.

Going back to the present, the reason why Wissel drank in the store angrily was related to another insult he just received in the lord's mansion.