"Indeed, there's no need to rush the transportation issue. We should wait until the transportation system is more or less complete before looking into it further."
Viscount Rost neither agreed nor disagreed. "Being able to meet household needs, production-site needs, or the needs of major merchants in urban areas would already be a huge improvement. Losses could be reduced significantly."
There was naturally little need to worry about staple grains spoiling, but supplementary foods such as meat, fish, fruit, and vegetables all spoiled easily, especially meat and fish.
The losses were extremely severe.
Simply establishing cold storage facilities at key locations would already reduce many losses.
People could even store some wild vegetables and eat them during other seasons.
Once Magitech Devices like this became widespread in the future, the food saved would likely amount to an astronomical figure.
As the Magic Energy Network spread, these Magitech Devices could also be popularized, just as they had been in Rost Territory.
Several enormous Self-Charging Magic Arrays constantly gathered huge amounts of magic power, which then entered every household through the Magic Energy Network. Those households could naturally use Magitech Devices.
They could then charge every household an extremely small fee. Once gathered together, it would become a substantial sum, enough to maintain the Self-Charging Magic Arrays and the Magic Energy Network, ultimately forming a virtuous cycle.
"Yes, the first two plans have basically entered a virtuous cycle already. We only need to wait, and success is almost certain. It's just this third point that I don't really understand."
The Wild Mage gave Viscount Rost's ideas his full approval.
But approval was one thing; he still could not quite understand them.
What exactly was processed food?
How could processing make food stay fresh longer? How was that supposed to work?
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