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As for why the machine is made, it is entirely to enable more efficient mass production and improve the quality of iodized salt. It is impossible for workers to do every step, and they may not be able to do it well.

The salt-making machine that Claire researched is also semi-automatic, and many steps still require workers. It’s not that he doesn’t want to be fully automated. The main reason is that he alone and other world’s technology cannot do it. The tree is completely on the magic, and the industrialization does not involve much, which is almost equivalent to Claire starting from scratch.

In addition, hiring workers can also increase jobs and directly increase the income level of Nafu City. Since Claire came back to now, the basic salary in Nafu City has increased by nearly 50%. It is expected that the salt factory will be directly doubled after it is built .

The employment opportunities brought by an industry pillar are not only workers working in factories, for example: carpenters are needed to produce wooden boxes for iodized salt, and the wood needed by carpenters requires people to cut down trees. One part, including the raw materials needed to produce iodized salt, seawater, seaweed, kelp, etc., all need to be collected by someone.

As long as the salt factory has this demand, corresponding upstream job opportunities will be derived, which will directly or indirectly bring hundreds of jobs. With this development, the economy of Nafu City can develop rapidly.

This also shows how important an industrial pillar is to the development of a city.

If it weren't for so many benefits, Claire wouldn't be so eager to open a factory and sell iodized salt.

But now Claire has to solve the salt making machine. Salt making from sea water is not as simple as imagined. It is not simply to boil the sea water. There are many impurities in the sea water. Sift it out to get clean sea salt.

However, even if you get clean sea salt, it is still inedible. There are still many heavy metals that are harmful to the human body. You have to use their different solubility at different temperatures to add water many times to dissolve the heavy metals in the water and then remove them. This is the best way to get edible salt, and in the last step, you have to add an appropriate amount of iodine to it, which is considered a successful production of iodized salt.

The first thing to solve is thermal energy. Claire first carved a modified fire magic circle on the machine furnace that needs to be heated, which can emit enough heat to cook seawater into coarse salt, and he does not need to be in the factory. , only need to connect a first-level Warcraft crystal core or magic mine with magic power as energy, and the energy in it can be enough to run the machine for a month.

This also eliminates the trouble of burning firewood, and can better control the temperature to avoid accidents.

And the kinetic energy on the conveyor belt is provided by the energy of these magic mines and Warcraft crystal cores.

Not only that, Claire, the machine that extracts iodine, also came up with the machine. The process of adding iodine also uses machines.

As for the precipitation of heavy metals at different temperatures in the back, pouring in water, and taking out the waste water containing heavy metals, etc., you have to use workers. If you use magic, not to mention that Claire's current level is difficult to manufacture, and it is not enough. There must be workers coming. The factory that developed in the previous life still needs to hire workers. Claire dare not say that her machine is more developed than the previous life.

At least these machines are operated separately, and the iodized salt has to be extracted by workers who move the raw materials they make.

After working for several days, Claire finally got all these machines out. They are not the same as the machines in the previous life. The appearance of using magic seems to give people a different feeling.

However, Claire is still very satisfied, this is the result of her labor these days.

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In the capital city, a luxuriously decorated shop was built in the bustling streets of the capital city, and passersby passed by and cast curious glances inside. This new store has just opened and I haven't heard of what it sells in it, but the decoration alone is enough. It gives people a feeling that the goods inside are not cheap, but just looking at the luxurious storefront, many people do not even have the courage to walk in.

However, there were people coming and going in Wangdu, and there was someone who came in curiously.

"What are you selling?" A middle-aged man with a pot belly wearing a monocle walked in with a scepter.

"Your shop is newly opened, I haven't seen it before."

"Welcome!" A service staff won with a smile on his face, "Please come with me, here are the products we sell."

The man with the single-piece mirror walked over to the goods display table and looked at it, "Isn't this salt?"

"Yes, but this salt has a miraculous effect, it can prevent big neck disease!" The salesperson was still introducing.

The man with the single-piece mirror listened to the salesperson's introduction, and then glanced at the package containing the salt, thinking that it would be good if he bought another one.

He asked: "It's pretty good to hear what you said, how much did I buy it for!"

The sales clerk, who was still eloquent just now, suddenly got stuck, and he hesitated for a long time before saying: "One hundred..."

"One gold coin is just one gold coin. Why do you say a hundred silver coins, doesn't it seem too much? I gave it!"

"No sir, it's a box of one hundred gold coins." The salesperson still said it.

"What!" The pot-bellied man jumped up immediately, "You guys are robbery! You dare to sell a hundred gold coins for this box of broken salt!"

"Greed you to death! I think this shop will close down within a few days!"

The man scolded and left the store. He ran a restaurant in the capital. Although he was not a rich man, he was rich, but he was only rich and not sick. He spent a hundred gold coins to buy a box. He still can't do the behavior of salt, even if the salt has any effect on preventing big neck disease.

It only costs four or five gold coins to go to the priest for treatment. As for buying such expensive salt!

After the guests left, the salesman sighed and walked back to the rest area. Xia En is also lying in the rest area and eating snacks. The business here is very important. He has to sit here to feel at ease. Leave it to the person below to do it.

As soon as he saw Xia En, the salesman complained with a bitter face: "Boss, this is already the fifth customer. They all feel that the items are too expensive, and the goods can't be sold at all, otherwise we will sell the goods. Order the price, I promise to sell you three gold coins!"

But Xia En still had a calm look on his face, and waved his hand, "Just keep busy, go to receive guests when they come, don't worry about these things, those people can't afford it, it means that these products are not for them. prepare."

Xia En is not worried at all about whether the items can be sold. He has already contacted all the doctors. It cost him 8,000 gold coins. He started planning this evening. After the newspaper is released tomorrow, everyone in the capital will be able to do it. Know that there is a kind of iodized salt for sale here.

As for what happened just now, he didn't take it to heart at all. This batch of iodized salt was not prepared for these ordinary businessmen, but for fame.

Yes, this batch of iodized salt is not sold as a condiment or a drug commodity, but as a luxury product, and the target customers are also those aristocratic nobles.

First, spend money to buy those doctors to let them publish reports to prove the effectiveness of iodized salt. After the report is published, many people will be interested in the iodized salt sold in their shops, but they are not their final target customers, because these people are large Most of them will definitely turn their heads and leave when they see the price of iodized salt, but they can't hold it back.

Because 100 gold coins is still too expensive, it is better to spend a few gold coins to go to church for baptism.

But these people are not the last customers. The price of the customers is different. You think a pair of shoes is a few hundred dollars more, but others dare to sell tens of thousands of dollars for luxury goods. You think a canvas bag can hold things. Okay, but there are still people who are willing to buy tens of thousands of Hermès bags that can't hold much. Do you think diamonds are just stones, but there are still people who are willing to pay tens of millions to buy them.

Sometimes you think an item is expensive, it means they are not targeting you.

The latter is the key, and it is what Shane admires Claire the most.

Spread panic, link iodized salt with IQ, life, and physical health, and give people a psychological hint that if your child doesn’t eat this iodized salt, it may have a lower IQ than other people’s children. If your wife does not eat this iodized salt, it may lead to miscarriage. If you do not eat this iodized salt, it may cause your body to be weaker than others.

The panic spread, and those customers who originally thought that iodized salt was not worth it suddenly changed their minds and felt that it would not be a big loss if they bought it for a hundred gold coins.

Don't think it's useless to spread panic. In Claire's previous life, during the epidemic, any rumor can increase the rice he usually eats several times, and when the news of the shortage of masks spreads, the number of masks has increased dozens of times.

It is even said that this kind of panic is directly linked to IQ. Those nobles are definitely willing to spend money at this moment. They spend more than a hundred gold coins a day, and they can't let their children lose at the starting line.

And the last resort, scarcity! There are only 500 boxes. You think it is a bit expensive. Others who are richer than you do not think it is expensive. If you hesitate, they will all buy them, and you will not even be able to grab the box.

In the end, all the great nobles in the capital have them, but if you don't have this in your home, you don't even have the face to go out and say hello to others.

So this is the reason why Shane is not worried about whether the price of 100 gold coins can be sold.

Originally the second half of this chapter was connected to the next plot, but after reading the comments, I found that some readers were a little confused about why iodized salt could sell 100 gold coins, so the second half was changed to this, I hope this chapter Then you can understand.

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