Survival in Another World With My Master

While the goodwill visits by local talented people continued, I persuaded Sylvie and others that it was boring and useless to stay in the room all the time, and I was showing my face to the R&D department.

This R&D department is the driving force behind the new kingdom of Merinard. Of course, the importance is very high and the security is strong, so it is very unlikely that I will get caught in the honey trap prepared by the local talented people. Because I basically refuse outsiders.

For my escort, Grande would also be immersed in R&D, and a corner of the R&D lab would be remodeled by me to provide a cushioned grande relaxation space... but that's how much I've changed, and I've generally regained my old routine.

There's a petition coming up from a soldier on the front line.

"Feedback like that is important. What does it say?"

"I'm tired of eating block cookies. Something about a new portable meal."

"That's how it came..."

Since ancient times, the relationship between the army and food has been unchangeable. Regarding the Liberation Army, I led the development of a portable food called block cookies in the early days when I marched into the Omit Great Wilderness. Since then, I have produced and operated mass food as a standard portable food for the Liberation Army, but there is no variety in diet with only block cookies on boulders.

In the meantime, in addition to block cookies, we have proposed and put into practice a food package that standardizes a platoon of food - cereals, dried meat, dried vegetables and seasonings, etc. - packed in a box, but it is not very easy because it is necessary to light a fire and use cooking equipment.

"So what we're looking for on the front lines is a new portable diet that's easy, tasty, and diverse."

"That's what happens. Very difficult problem."

Well, yeah.

Block cookies were biscuit-shaped portable foods made in the image of Ka ○ league mates. There was also a lot of oil and fat added, and it didn't taste bad, and it wasn't as hard as a stone, so it was well tolerated, but was it bored by the boulder?

"Let's start with adding flavors to block cookies..."

Then we're already doing it. Something with dried nuts and dried fruits, something with powdered cheese added to the dough before baking. "

"Oh... you're looking for something fundamentally different."

"Yeah. You got any ideas?

"Hmm...."

With Isla's big eyes staring at me, I thought with a roar. When it comes to preserved foods with improved flavor, preservation, and transport, bottling and canning are the first things to think about. However, I think it is difficult to produce large quantities of bottles and cans in the current technology and production system of the Kingdom of Merinard. Like the base behind the Omit Great Wilderness, I think if there are pulse holes everywhere where that spell out magic, we can build factories that produce mass production....

Difficult?

"It's hard to put it into practice right away in many ways, but as a plan, I recommend canning."

In the meantime, I will begin to provide an overview of canned foods in front of the R&D department, including Isla.

"Basically, most of the food spoilage is caused by microbial reproduction."

What's wrong with you?

"It's an invisible creature. Actually, it may cause illness, but I will leave it now. The cans that I'm going to talk about now are technologies that kill this microorganism thoroughly in the manufacturing process, and then seal it with air to preserve food for a long time."

I used chalk to easily write down the canning process on a large blackboard in R&D. Let's start with cleaning the ingredients. In order to achieve long-term storage, the raw materials must first be thoroughly cleaned.

Next, remove excess items such as internal organs for meat and fish, and skin and seeds for vegetables and fruits. This would be manual in the absence of an automatic machining machine. If it is to be produced in large quantities, it is necessary to employ a large number of personnel, and the personnel to be processed must of course be thoroughly clean and healthy. It's impossible to process food while coughing or sneezing. Of course, there is no contamination of foreign matter. In order to maintain quality, thorough hygiene control is necessary.

"It's hard at this point."

"But if we succeed in making it practical, we can keep meat, fish, vegetables and fruits open and ready to eat for months, and in some cases years, without spoiling them?

"... muu"

Ira silenced as she narrowed her big eyes.

"Then fill the can with clean ingredients. The structure of the can is like this."

I have studied the structure and manufacturing process of cans before and watched videos, so I will write about the structure of cans on the blackboard while digging up memories.

As a basic step, cover the can body with a thin cylindrical metal, wrap the can body and the end of the lid, tighten, and seal. This is called winding. To improve sealing, use a slime material at the end of the lid as a sealing material. As for the winding machine, I don't think it can be made using Golem technology. Although it will be necessary to study the angle of the roller for winding and the angle of the winding portion of the lid and can body.

"We need to fill the condiments, oils, syrups, etc. to drain air before sealing this way. If air remains in the cans, it will rupture during decomposition and post-heating sterilization. In the case of meat, it may be better to heat and sterilize it once with steam before filling the can with seasoning liquid."

I think the video said that meat and fish should be heated and sterilized for a long time at a higher temperature than vegetables and fruits.

"Then, after filling and sealing the seasoning liquid, oil, etc., it is further heated and sterilized with steam for a long time. The micro-organisms that cause spoilage, as I mentioned earlier, are vulnerable to heat. It kills microorganisms by thoroughly washing and removing microorganisms before putting them in the can, and by steaming the raw materials in the can for a long time, eliminates the air necessary for microorganisms to breed by filling seasonings and oils, prevents food from being contaminated with new microorganisms by liding and sealing, and kills microorganisms by heating them at high temperatures for a long time after sealing. It eliminates the microorganisms that cause food spoilage and allows food to be preserved for a long time by killing them."

The machining work must be carried out rapidly in relation to the handling of catfish. Flow work using belt conveyors and the like will also be necessary, and above all, it won't be a hassle to work through the sealing process of packing food in cans. Given the time from raw material sourcing to processing, the factory should be located right near the raw material sourcing location.

From basic research on machining technology to setting up machining sites, construction, manning and raw material arrangements…… there are countless tasks to be done and tasks to be completed.

"I found it very difficult to make it by hand. But in the future, we should be able to make cans."

"That's right. If it can be stored for a long time, it's likely to be an export."

"If we can stockpile fresh food in canned form, we can prepare for famine."

After hearing an overview from me, the face of the R&D department actively begins the discussion.

"The concept of microorganisms is interesting. Foods that use the magic of purification are less likely to rot, and wounds are less likely to get worse if you apply the magic of purification to an injured person. Perhaps the magic of purification removes not only dirt, but also invisible microbes."

"The miracles dealt with by the priests have the same miracle of purification, but the top miracles had the miracle of perpetual preservation. It could be a miracle that eliminates microbes and prevents them from coming closer together."

"If you purify processed foods and workers with purifying magic tools, can you manage hygiene control? If you just seal it so it doesn't get air in, I think you can make stew and thoroughly apply the magic of purification, then put it in a can and seal it."

"Hmm... this method of winding is great, but it's hard to do. It's easy to make a thin sheet of metal and fold it into a cylinder, but how do we bond it?"

"Aren't we supposed to bond with alchemy magic? I think it's easy for metals of the same material to work with each other. It is the same with the lid. I don't think it's that hard to make a dedicated processing magic tool."

The facets of the R&D department come up with ideas from their respective fields to find solutions from the world's technology-magic point of view with regard to canning production. Well, using the magic of cleansing, which can easily eliminate microorganisms, will greatly simplify the heating and sterilization process. The technique of thoroughly sterilizing processed dishes with purifying magic may indeed be ants.

Have you ever used smelting magic to create and seal cans? Sure, if the can body and lid are joined by magic, there is no need for winding and tightening. Even with me, this technique is a scalpel from the eyes. There is no need to use a roller to bond while pressing the lid against the can for winding. If you put a lid on a can full of processed food and join it with a special magic tool, it will be enough.

"... the power of magic is amazing!"

Before the fact that all the problems I thought difficult could be solved easily with the unknown technology of magic, I had to murmur with relief.

"Koske's ideas and knowledge are better. This is how we can discuss the solution to the technical problem of how food rots, why cans don't rot, and how to make cans. Koske's knowledge and ideas are irreplaceable."

"That's right. When it comes to preserving food, we only think of baked bread, dried meat and dried fruit. It takes a miracle to preserve cooked food without spoiling it for a long time."

"Absolutely. I know somehow why the cans don't rot, even if I can't learn how to blacksmith. We'll have to actually make it and see if it really doesn't rot. That's right, how do I make canned materials? Is it good with iron?

In response to the blacksmith's question, I dig up my knowledge of cans for canning from memory.

"Iron is fine, but it may corrode depending on the contents and shelf life, so it is better to plating with tin if possible. Also, it is better to be able to use the can opener to open the can, so it is better to have a hook on either the top or bottom edges. I think it will stabilize when it is stacked on top."

Tin. Tin makes it easy. "

"You can also use Alchemy Magic. Which is better in terms of cost?

Blacksmiths and alchemists start discussing how cans are processed and tinned. There seems to be a way to immerse iron plates in molten tin simply by plating, but plating using smelting magic seems to be less uneven and wasteful and can be plated. The magic equipment for plating processing has already been developed, but of course, magic equipment is quite costly to manufacture and operate, so it seems that we will consider which is better.

"I think I can handle it. I thought canning was hard, but it wasn't real."

"Really?

"I was thinking of proposing freeze-dried foods and instant noodles."

I thought it would be easier to make freeze-dried foods using magic. If you were going to use magic on freeze-dried foods, you should have thought of using magic to make cans.

Deep-fried noodles are an idea from so-called instant or cup ramen. I thought it would be better to make the soup powdered with freeze-dried noodles and pour hot water along with the freeze-dried noodles and fried noodles so that you can eat warm noodle foods on the front line. Of course, I thought this would require trial and error, but I thought it would be less difficult than mass production of cans.

"I'm interested in that too. I want you to explain."

"Okay. Then let me explain it to you."

I got the chalk again and started explaining the concept of instant noodles and freeze-dried foods.

As a result of my knowledge disclosure on this day, the research and development department was able to carry out largely research on canned noodles, instant noodles, powder soups, and freeze-dried foods.

Within that day, Silfi and Merti will also be reported, deciding to split their budgets and manpower to equal or greater levels than weapons development, such as airboards, airbikes, mobility devices, and magic guns.

Knowledgeable I was to be promoted as a leader in the development of these processed and preserved foods, and I was to be busy moving around for a while.