Forget My Husband, I’ll Go Make Money

ave been too detached because she has other close court ladies.”

“Even if it stings…”

The court ladies began to talk about how to best serve Aristine in the future.

If Dionna ever learnt about this, she would almost faint.

Because she had been turning over the court ladies in Tarkan’s Palace to her side for several years, but they just turned their backs on her.

* * *

“Yes, if we do that, I think it will be possible even if we don’t have pig-iron.”

Ritlen nodded and looked at Aristine.

“As expected of Your Highness.
To be able to think of such a think…it’s amazing.”

Seeing the admiration on Ritlen’s face, Aristine smiled awkwardly.

‘I didn’t think of it; it’s a technique I saw on Earth through the Monarch’s Sight…’

Aristine cleared her throat as she watched Ritlen’s invisible tail wag back and forth.

Presently, she was explaining to Ritlen how they could overcome a situation where pig-iron was unobtainable.
And as you can see, Ritlen’s reaction was positive.

‘Thank goodness.’

The fact that Ritlen was acting like this meant her plan was completely feasible in this world as well.

Aristine’s solution was very simple.

Can’t get new material? Just reuse the old ones!

In other words, using scrap metal.

Of course, there were several grades of scrap metal, and making high-grade steel was difficult due to impurities.

But a scalpel blade was different.
Scalpel blades were disposable.
There was no need to secure pig-iron if they could collect and recycle the scalpel blades that were used once and disposed of.

‘Of course, we will still need pig-iron.’

The Queen’s forced occupation of pig-iron was not going to last too long.
Once that period passed, she would be able to buy as much iron as she wanted.

The problem was how to recycle the scrap metal.

And Aristine found the answer in her previous life.

‘The electric furnace method.’

Literally speaking, the method worked by using electricity to generate heat for smelting scrap iron.
The heated electric pressure is used to make molten iron, separate the impurities, and remove the carbon.

By using scrap iron instead of pig-iron which they couldn’t obtain, the problem was solved.

“There is another advantage to this process.”

Aristine flashed Ritlen a grin.

“It omits the blast furnace stage of turning iron ore into pig-iron.”

Normally, iron ore was made into pig-iron through a blast furnace then pig-iron was smelted into stainless steel.
But with the electric furnace method, stainless steel could be made directly from smelted scrap iron.

In other words, one step of the process was completely removed.

“You’re right,” Ritlen’s eyes sparkled, “This means we can save a lot of time.”

“Exactly, time is everything for us right now.”

Less time meant less expenses.

“Two birds with one stone…! Princess Consort, you are truly the savior of this world!”

Ritlen was emotional and grabbed Aristine’s hand tightly.

Aristine was taken aback and looked at him.

‘Wait, why am I suddenly the savior of the world?’

She only suggested a change in the stainless-steel manufacturing process.

‘And it’s only because I want to make a ton of money.’

Aristine looked at Ritlen, whose eyes were still sparkling, and his invisible tail was still wagging furiously.
Then she sighed and gave up.

She already knew he was this type of person.
Might as well let him keep thinking that.

Aristine gave up on understanding Ritlen then she opened her mouth with a serious look on her face, “That said, there are problems we need to tackle first.”

“Yes, we need to find a high-temperature energy source.”

Aristine nodded in agreement.

On Earth, molten iron was made through the high heat of electricity.
But what about this world?

Naturally, the answer would be to use manastones, however…

“The problem is that the 1st Prince Hamill was placed in charge of the newly discovered manastone mine.”