This world had different names for certain things... Yila was very aware of this. There were many things in this world that didn’t exist in his previous one, which went without saying. No matter how novel the names were in this world, it was all normal.
But some of the names were different...
For instance, "thorny flower" corresponded to "clove," "aroma grain" to "pepper," and "Zizi Grass" to "purple cabbage," and so on. There were phenomena where obviously similar things had different names.
Although it sounded very otherworldly at first.
However, after living in this world for some time, one would realize... these differences were very troublesome because if one wasn’t careful, they could speak incorrectly and cause misunderstandings.
It was clear that "琉璃" and "glass" were the same. In Yila’s previous world, "琉璃" and "glass" had distinct differences. But in this world, glass was called "琉璃."
Due to the difficulty for civilians to achieve the required flame temperature, the price was quite expensive. Therefore, it was primarily produced by the theocratic country... as a symbol of "human craftsmanship surpassing the gods."
The Empire had seen it, although most were imported as luxury items from the theocratic country... besides the theocratic country, it was rare to see any other nation use glass so frequently for bottles and cups.
Because glass that could transmit light was really beautiful as decoration, it could be sold for a good price. Even the Demon King Territory had quarterly expenses for glassware.
Especially Vera and a bunch of Witch Demon’s research equipment, which needed expensive glass devices.
So, after Yila returned from the theocratic country, the first thing on his future plans was to achieve "glass freedom" in the Demon King Territory, which was a step in the "Luxury Plan."
This seemingly ridiculous name was, in fact, a crucial strategy for Yila’s "warless war" counter-strategy for the Empire.
Well, it sounded like a serious strategy, but in essence... it was a strategy to attract people from the Demon Control Area to immigrate to the Empire with superior conditions, then gradually assimilate them.
It was a clear open scheme. Among it, there were many small sub-plans, like engaging in economic and trade wars with the Demon Control Area, long-term suppression of gold coins, making the Demon Control Area poorer and poorer.
In the end, they would have to fully accept the Empire’s superior conditions, such as the "contract," which could also be called "recruitment information."
Yila once asked Satan Ye how to handle his own plan... Satan Ye’s answer was clever but spot-on because "asking Yila" was genuinely useful.
*In his mind, there were naturally many plans... like an ancient strategist, dividing them into high, middle, and low strategies.*
*The high strategy was—using absolute power to directly kill all the way from the border to the imperial capital... provided that every small demon was super strong, probably requiring everyone to be at least a professional, if not a half-step Legend.*
*The middle strategy was—making the Demon King Territory so prosperous that any economic war from the Empire could be ignored... provided that there was someone with excellent farming skills leading the Territory’s rapid development.*
*The low strategy was—completely giving up, letting demons fully integrate into the Empire, then finding ways to become officials within the Empire, utilizing demons’ strong reproductive abilities to gain a foothold... provided they didn’t become like the former Caesar Duchy to the Duke Hazad.*
*And the high strategy was merely a fantasy, the low strategy depended on luck. With Yila, an expert planner, meeting the conditions for the middle strategy was the best choice.*
*However, there was a premise to the premise... this person had to be trusted.*
"Yila, why are these glass pieces so oddly shaped?"
Satan Ye said, looking at the "Glazed Glass Gummies" taken from the furnace after struggling through the shaping process... the half-fluid state of the glass genuinely looked much like gummies.
The solidified glass was quite ugly. Satan Ye’s term "oddly shaped" was already very polite; it could just as well be called "deformed and cracked."
"Sorry, it’s my first time making glass... my technique might not be very practiced."
The Werewolf with a wolf’s head said this as he scratched his wolf ear, sticking out his tongue from his short and sharp muzzle, panting from the heat... after all, the room was very hot.
He was not like Satan Ye, a Crimson Dragon, or Yila, a Governor... he could not comfortably endure the temperature.
"No, it’s not your fault, or not entirely your fault... The difficulty in shaping mostly comes from the temperature still being insufficient."
Yila said, looking at the seemingly half-fluid, but still not fully fused liquid sand particles, analyzing: "However, sodium carbonate was added, calcium oxide was also added... the temperature should have met the standard."
Yila didn’t study this course very well, but he still remembered... if materials that could lower the melting point were added, then ordinary furnaces could indeed refine glass, making the glass melt evenly and remove bubbles.
Around 1,500 degrees... this furnace had not reached it?
"But, some of this glass is usable..."
The male Werewolf panted, picking up a glass bottle with some natural color, presenting it to Satan Ye and Yila like a treasure, and said: "It should be fine for drinking water, right?"
Satan Ye appeared very pleased with the Werewolf’s words. She nodded and took the bottle, praising the Werewolf: "Mm-hmm, great job for your first time making glass, uncle... after all, you can make glass with just sand~"
However, while Satan Ye was satisfied, Yila was somewhat displeased... not with the Werewolf, as Satan Ye said, completing the shaping under such tough conditions was indeed impressive.
*Perhaps Werewolves, though not good at Demon Marks, were well suited for ordinary blacksmithing... thus they had a good talent in this aspect. This was the diversity of living beings.*
"Temperature insufficient... "
Yila squinted his eyes, muttering to himself... the melting point couldn’t be lowered further, the problem wasn’t there, and enhancing the flame would require using an Automatic Magic Wand, which conflicted with the original goal.
*No, the best solution should be...*
"A wind box! The wind boxes in this world are relatively primitive! No wonder the temperature is insufficient!"