The main reason for asking this question was to resist the harsh climate of the Polar Ice Fields. Ina planned to build two large-scale magic arrays. One was a heating array powered by the Heart of Magma, which would provide heat to the entire area, ensuring the temperature of the greenhouse and rabbit hutch. The other was a protective array powered by magic crystals, which would act like a shield, resisting snowstorms and reducing heat loss. Both of these arrays covered a circular area.
Frank was amazed after hearing this, "Just these Hearts of Magma alone could be exchanged for several farms in the warm south."
Ina had no choice, as the Rize tribe and her branch stores were all located here. Besides, these magic gems were nothing to her; she still had a bunch in her backpack.
Ina: "Actually, this greenhouse can be built without the Heart of Magma and magic crystals. There's just another kind of extremely low-cost material that can be used. If I find that material before then, I can temporarily use the magic array to replace that material."
Keira was somewhat curious, "What kind of material?"
"A transparent, flexible, and extensible thin film." Ina still had high hopes for the plastic film used in greenhouses. Even if she couldn't produce plastic, she had come to the magical world and couldn't find a material with the same effect.
The black cat secretly perked up its ears.
"By setting up sturdy supports on the farm and covering them with this film, the suitable growth period for crops can be extended by several months, and it may even be possible to plant all year round."
"The temperature of the farm can be artificially controlled. By increasing the diurnal temperature range, higher-quality crops can be grown."
Keira and Frank didn't believe it, but the one who said it was Ina, so they could only understand it as another magical product.
The construction of the rabbit hutch and the capture of the breeding rabbits would still take some time, but the area designated as a farm was already ready for cultivation. The snow here had melted, and the temperature was suitable under the double magic array, ready for grass to grow at any time.
Under Ina's command, the tribal chief began to arrange for people to reclaim this greenhouse farm, turning and loosening the soil, and clearing the twisted roots underground.
Ina gathered a few people from the Rize tribe who had experience in potato cultivation and had good yields. She explained the precautions for planting various vegetables according to the knowledge in the "Complete Guide to Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry, and Fishery", and appointed them as the person in charge of the vegetables.
Their salaries were also raised to 12 points/day.
Anty's mother, who was good at intensive farming and had once produced the highest yield of potatoes on one piece of land, was appointed as the team leader for strawberries, managing five team members. Although the old hunter, Kunte, was of advanced age, he was energetic and cultivated the most land in the tribe every year. He took on the role of team leader for lettuce and radishes.
Every person who was called out of their wooden house muttered to themselves, repeating the precautions that Ina had given them.
The others who saw this speculated: those good at hunting were sent to catch snow rabbits, and those good at planting were taught a spell by the Saintess to make vegetables abundant. Only those who didn't excel in either skill were assigned to turn the soil and weed. If they performed well in the future, would they be called to listen to the Saintess's teachings and receive the blessings of the gods?
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Neranka, Dragon Flame Restaurant.
After finishing their patrol, the guards appeared neatly in front of the restaurant. As soon as they entered, they said to Donne inside, "Give us some ice cream!"
Donne was quite bored in the restaurant today. He carefully studied all kinds of machines related to ice cream and mastered the methods of making various kinds of ice cream. He introduced to everyone, "Ice cream is divided into hard ice cream and soft ice cream. Hard ice cream is the kind that everyone ate in the restaurant yesterday. It's made into balls and served in a dish, and you can pour all kinds of jams on it. When you order this kind of ice cream, you can tell me how many balls you want and what kind of jam you want."
"Soft ice cream is also called Cone Ice Cream, and its texture is more like that of slightly melted hard ice cream. It's served in a cone, and it can now be made in original flavor, chocolate, strawberry, or any combination of two flavors."
The guards were taken aback, not expecting that there were so many varieties of ice cream.
The captain of the guard, Gavin, thought for a while, "Then I want a soft one, original and strawberry mixed." He preferred softer ice cream. The one he had yesterday was slightly melted by the time he ate it, and he could scrape off a layer of soft ice cream with a light touch, which tasted great. If what Donne said was true, then he might prefer soft serve.
Donne turned around to start the machine, and soon made a soft ice cream and handed it to Gavin.
"So fast?" The others were surprised.
Donne shrugged, "It's not my merit, the machine did everything."
The others also gradually ordered the ice cream they desired. Seeing them about to leave, Donne promoted: "Would you consider some of the other food in the restaurant? There's quite a variety."
He had been in the restaurant all day and had only sold a few sandwiches to a worker moving goods at the port. Donne was quite worried that because of his poor performance, the boss would kick him out. Since Gavin and the others came to his door, how could he miss this opportunity?
In fact, Donne was also puzzled. Miss Ina obviously had a machine that could make such amazing dessert ice cream, but she seemed completely unconcerned. The Dragon Flame restaurant opened so quietly, and Miss Ina didn't even come to check it today.
Since Donne spoke to retain them, and they really hadn't had dinner, they decided to give Donne this face. One of the guards asked, "So where's the menu?"
Before Donne could point it out to him, Hamilton had already seen it, a very eye-catching curtain hanging on the wall on one side of the restaurant.
As he moved his eyes to the curtain, Hamilton couldn't help exclaiming, "What is this?"
Look, what did he see?
In the picture, the golden fried pork chop is stacked on white rice after being thickly sliced. Another pot of tender omelet is covered on the pork chop, a dollop of white radish puree is added to relieve greasiness, and finally, a thick sauce is sprinkled...
"I want this, omelet pork chop rice!" Hamilton shouted excitedly.
The people next to him were no better off, and they all passionately placed their orders. Two people liked the omelet pork chop rice along with Hamilton, Gavin ordered coconut chicken and mango towel roll, and Gota, the only lady on the team, chose the tomato beast meat stew.
Donne nervously walked to the front of the food teleporter, although he successfully took out three sandwiches from here today, he was still tense, fearing that something would go wrong and he wouldn't be able to get the food out.
"Three omelet pork chop rice, one coconut chicken, mango towel roll, and tomato beast meat stew."
The food teleporter repeated what he said.
"That's right," Donne confirmed.
The door on the teleporter began to flash yellow, and with a ding, the yellow light turned green, and the machine prompted him, "There is too much food, please take out some of the food (1/2)"
Donne pulled open the cabinet door and inside was three servings of omelet pork chop rice. He took out these meals, and the yellow light on the cabinet door flashed again, and quickly repeated the previous prompt. But this time it became (2/2).
Donne let out a sigh of relief and served the food to Gavin and the others.
Gavin and the others were discussing the magic curtain that could display the food preparation process. One of the guards asked Donne, "Which noble lady is the owner of this place, from the Ludovic or the Field family? She actually has such a magical tool."
Donne didn't know much more than they did, but he knew that the families mentioned were local nobles in Neranka, so he replied, "Miss Ina doesn't seem to be from here." After saying that, he frowned and covered his mouth, "I don't think I should be discussing my boss. You guys can chat, I won't participate."
Gota speculated, "Then she must be from the Miller family. The nobles who often come to Neranka are almost all from the Miller family, and they are quite wealthy. It's not surprising that they have magical tools that are not seen elsewhere."
Hamilton snorted, "What kind of nobility is the Miller family, they probably can't even say what their grandfather's grandfather's name was." Hamilton was the only one of the group who was of noble birth, although his family was declining, he still looked down on the Miller family.
The Miller family, although it is now one of the top families in the Silver Empire, two hundred years ago, their ancestors were just slaves working in a mill, and they skyrocketed because they offered the grain in the mill to the rebels.
"Who let them meet Duke Elvys" Gavin sighed.
They began to taste the food in front of them, and the topic gradually shifted to the food.
"This coconut chicken is so sweet, I've never seen this way of using coconut before, it's amazing!"
"What kind of meat is this in the stew pot? I've never tasted this kind of meat in a restaurant before, it's both smooth and chewy."
While everyone was praising, there were also regrets: "It's a pity that the ice cream melts too quickly in this weather, otherwise I would definitely buy dozens of servings to share with all my family and friends."
Donne poked his head out from the side: "Then invite them here!"