High Elf Plantation

The process of making a fire, digging out grease, melting, cooling, and holding candles is very simple. The technology content of this thing is really not high. x

But after all, it is still a scientific experiment. Just like Edison looking for a filament, there is no shortcut, just try the same thing. The same goes for candles. Currently, Winfried is still experimenting solely with oils. Once the experiment is successful, he can try to add some other materials.

At least add some fragrance. The simple smell of burning oil is not pleasant. If you don't need to neutralize it with fragrance, the sales of candles will not be too great.

Under the watchful eye of Winfried, Crazy Spik completed the No. 125 candle recipe in a somewhat awkward manner. This process was not very satisfactory to him. However, in the subsequent experiments on the No. 126 Candle Formula, Crazy Spike became more and more skillful in operating it, and was not even much worse than his own operation.

"It is indeed a race with the talent of scientists. No wonder the Sun Chaser family will search for dwarves everywhere to become their dependent race."

I watched the operation of the Crazy Spike experiment three times.

Winfried finally decided, "Crazy Spic, I will leave the rest of the candle recipe to you to complete the experiment. After the candle solidifies, you will compare the height and intensity of the flame produced by the candle, and then record the details in this In the notebook.”

Experiment records and labels are in a fixed format, so you can just copy them. Even if you don’t know how to write, you can complete them.

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He took out a candle from the solidified wooden tube and lit the plush thread used as a wick. The plush thread was very similar to the cotton thread of the earth candle and was very flammable.

A cluster of flames rose quickly and melted the contact area of ​​the candle. Then, with the supply of grease, the flame gradually stabilized.

Winfried took a scale and measured the height of the flame. "The height is 121 centimeters. This formula No. is not qualified. My pursuit of qualification is a flame height of at least centimeters. The light that blooms when burning is, Only then can the tree house be completely illuminated.”

"Master, Crazy Spike understands that a candle is qualified only if the flame height reaches two centimeters and the flame is stable and does not fluctuate."

"The answer is correct." Winfried extinguished the candle, "The candle experiment is my assessment for you. If you pass it, you will be my experimental assistant."

"Crazy Spike must work hard and become his master's most effective assistant."

After arranging the test of Crazy Spike, Winfried left the laboratory directly with candle sample No. 121 and walked to the Elf Tree Building next door.

He visits Scholar Eric in his treehouse.

Compared with the wandering scholar Jacob and the two ordinary scholars, he prefers to deal with the gentle scholar Eric. "Scholar Eric, I have recently researched an interesting thing. Do you have time?" Would you like to know something and give me some advice?”

"Oh, what is it?" Scholar Eric put down the magic book in his hand.

Winfried took out candle No. 121 and lit it again. "This is the lighting thing I studied. I call it a candle. It can replace the cumbersome and inconvenient oil lamp."

A trace of surprise flashed across Scholar Eric's eyebrows, and he stared at the candle for a while. "Interesting research. With its burning speed, it can burn for several hours. It is indeed much more convenient than an oil lamp. However, the flame is a bit small and the smell is not good." It doesn’t smell very good, is there any way to improve it?”

"Yes, I'm working on improving it."

"If it can reach the flame size of an oil lamp, this kind of candle will definitely replace the oil lamp. As long as the price is right, high elves who have just started a business and are not wealthy should be willing to buy candles." Oil lamps consume oil, and oil is also Made from fat.

Unlike candles, which can be mixed with turbid oils, oil lamps come from a single source of oil.

It must be the fattest part of the animal fat, and the clear and pure oil that can be extracted repeatedly is something that some small animals cannot even extract.

Therefore, the cost of making oil lamps is not cheap. The only advantage is that as long as there are enough prey, each elf town can refine pure oil. The oil lamps temporarily used in Chimera Town were produced by the town itself, and pure oil was also added several times in Winfried's candle experiments.

However, several experiments have proven that pure oil cannot solidify. When mixed with other oils, the candle will become brittle and easily deformed.

Therefore, he basically no longer added pure oil in subsequent experiments.

"Its price is definitely cheaper than the pure oil used in oil lamps. If I develop a candle that is as effective as an oil lamp, but the price is only half that of an oil lamp, will you accept it?" Winfried's pricing is a bit dark. The cost of the candle is even that of the oil lamp. Not even one-twentieth can be reached.

The material is the leftover grease from refining pure oil. These fats are basically used to feed the Brat Boy and are worthless.

"If it can be carried around, why not? I go out a lot and having candles for lighting is more convenient than using oil lamps, and it's also cheaper."

"Wouldn't you consider it for use in a treehouse?"

"Sorry, its smell is not suitable for treehouses, and the treehouses in my territory have all been equipped with lighting magic circles. There is no need to use candles and oil lamps." Scholar Eric shook his head.

As a high-level scholar, he has a large territory and has enough financial resources to support him in enjoying better lighting conditions.

High elves are not fools. They have such a splendid magical civilization and use primitive oil lamps for lighting. Those wealthy high elves all use lighting magic circles, and they can achieve daylight by consuming magic crystals. There is also a lighting magic circle in Winfried's parents' home.

When he gets rich, Winfried himself will popularize the lighting magic circle in Chimera Town and enjoy the best lighting conditions. "I understand that candles can replace oil lamps, but they cannot replace the lighting magic circle."

Scholar Eric consoled him, "But it still has broad prospects. If qualified candles are really produced, a caravan can be formed to sell them. I believe everyone will buy some candles."

Winfried was noncommittal.

He did not intend to set up a trading caravan specifically for candles.

The reason is simple. Candles are limited by raw materials. They need to hunt animals to obtain oils, so it is difficult to manufacture them on a large scale. With the output of Chimaira Town, it can radiate to at most seven or eight surrounding towns. However, Chimaira Town is located in a remote location and the trade route is too far, so the radiation intensity is very weak.

Therefore, his idea is still the same as Amber's, adopting the method of technology transfer.

In each high elf family, you can select several partners and use candle technology to let these high elves produce candles for sale. Even if the high elves pursue lighting magic circles and disdain candles, I believe that those half elves and low elves will still have a lot of demand.

In short, candles are very creative techniques.

By inventing the candle, his reputation was also enhanced.

So Eric's next words are not unexpected. "Winfried, no matter what the prospects of candles are, you can study them and prove that you have a scholar's heart. When you have managed your own fiefdom and are ready to go out to study, you can Contact me and I will recommend you to the Iron School."

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