In a room of the governor's palace with a large table, you can see a little boy sitting on a chair with a cushion to match the height of the two adults in front of him.

"Father, mother, you should try this I'm sure you'll love it"

Flavio placed an open bag on the table whit some white stuff

"Salt?" Their two parents said in unison as they watched the small white crystals very similar to salt

Flavio waved his finger in denial "it's not salt, try it and you will see "

Flavio's parents took a pinch of the white granules and tasted it

"This is sweet, how did you do it? "Julia asked

"The process is pretty simple, you only need a beet type and a small process to get the sugar "

Vitelio looked at his son with a serious look "Sugar can be produced in large quantities?"

Flavio took from his side a small brown beet and the placed on the table

"This is the variety of beet with which you can get sugar, we need 7 beets to get 1kg of sugar can be more or less, it depends a lot on the size of the beet, if they can be produced in large quantities depends a lot on the quality of the soil in this case we have the fortune that Lusitania is in a war zone where there is no winter that burns the crops.

I also want to ask you, father, to take me to the fields that belong to us, I intend to make a reform that will allow us to double the amount of harvest we have, without destroying the fertility of the soil and increasing the amount of irrigation in the fields.

For that I need you to allow me to have access to the family fortune to hire craftsmen and buy materials as needed, don't worry about the income sugar is just one of the products I can make for generating income"

Flavio saw his parents with love and shouted "Arabela brings the goods please"

The door opened and Arabela entered holding 2 jugs of wine with their respective glasses and two people behind her holding what appeared to be bread and a glass bottle with transparent liquid, placed the products on the table and proceeded to withdraw, closing the door behind them.

Flavio stretched his hands on the table "Well dear parents where you want to start"

Julia observed the bread and could distinguish a sweet smell coming off him "I want to taste that bread"

Flavio took the bread and pulled a chunk and delivered to his mother

Julia gave a great bite "Delicious !!, is a pretty soft and sweet bread, with a very sharp flavor butter I had never tasted anything like this"

Flavio also gave a chunk of bread to his father

Vitelio took the piece of bread and first smelled it and then proceeded to squeeze it and feel the softness, took a small bite, and then eat it in just a few bites.

" I am glad that you liked my dear parents, but I suppose that tasting the bread has made them thirsty? allow me to offer you some schnapps "

Flavio took one of the wine jugs and served his parents in their glasses a transparent liquid with strong smell "Go ahead take your drinks"

The two parents took their drinks and took a drink, Julia coughs with some effort and put their eyes in his glass

"This wine is very strong !! you want to kill your mother"

Flavio looked at his mother and could not contain himself "Hahaha !!, no mother this is not wine is schnapps, it is much stronger than the wine they normally drink but do not worry here I have a prepared schnapps that I'm sure you'll like "

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Flavio took his mother's cup and threw the contents on the ground, then took the other jug of wine and served again in her mother's glass "Please try mother-time I'm sure you'll like it"

Julia saw her son with eyes of doubt, took his drink and took a small sip, his eyes widened and drank all the content of the cup "This is too delicious, it tastes sweet but refreshing at the same time"

Flavio smiled "I'm glad you like mother this is a schnapps lowered with apple juice and honey"

"And tell me, father, you liked the schnapps"

Vitelio he took his glass and looked at his son indicating that it would serve more "I liked it, it's the strongest drink I've ever tasted, this is a perfect drink for men"

Flavio took his father's glass and proceeded to serve more schnapps "This is a drink that can give us resources, but it also has other uses"

Flavio handed the cup to his father "Why when you cut the wound gives off a bad smell and can even cause death, I'm sure you've seen many comrades in arms die for it, during the campaigns you did with your grandfather"

Vitelio thought of the words his son said and remember the cruelty of the battlefield, corpses floating in the water, desperate cries of poor devils who fell into the water waiting to drown to end their suffering a smell of burned flesh that permeated the environment.

The fear that at any moment you could lose your life, but the worst part was not the battle but what happened afterward, many fortunate wounded simply lost their limbs by small cuts, others did not so lucky they just suffered high fevers and died after a period of suffering

Vitellius had his eyes lost and with a melancholy voice, he said "As you say in the war Many of my friends and colleagues died of injuries, but why are you asking me that? "

Flavio grabbed the glass bottle

"The processes to produce schnapps also make it possible to obtain a product called alcohol it is more correct to say that alcohol is a schnapps

The wine that commonly consumed contains approximately 13.5 degrees of alcohol when you distilled any drink like the wine the degrees of alcohol get up, as is the first liquor that I gave them to test contains between 40 to 50 degrees of alcohol

And the one that gave the mother contains between 30 to 35 degrees as it is reduced with other ingredients to give it a lighter flavor and pleasant to the palate, but in this glass bottle there is an alcohol with a degree of more than 80, which is perfect for cleaning wounds and as fuel for lighters a kind of candle that only needs alcohol and a small wick to be able to work "

Vitelio looked at the bottle "And what is the function of cleaning wounds? "

Flavio nodded at the question of his father "Remember that you ask father to near the dead by wounds, you will see in the environment there are beings called microorganisms, among the large number that exist there are called bacteria when one suffers a cut or injury these small invisible beings enter our body through it causing the wound is infected

This alcohol allows bacteria to be killed in the wound, preventing in most cases from becoming infected, it can also be occupied by doctors to sterilize their hands or tools and prevent them from contaminating the wounded. "

Vitelio was surprised by the response of his son, small organisms, bacteria, he simply refused to think that it existed but he knew that who said those words was his beloved son, therefore he ended up sending his doubts to the depths of his heart, he looked at his wife and then looked at his son.

"These materials are amazing, sugar can be used for making bread or get sweet drinks, while schnapps is a drink that I am sure many men will buy, as soon as alcohol can save thousands of people and soldiers on the battlefield"

Flavio smiled at his father "It's the true father that these materials have many functions but we must remember that the human being is envious by nature and even more so the merchants

We have to safeguard the production process, I have concluded that the best we can do is build a fortress that covers the islands of the Guadiana River, we have the advantage that the river is in our capital Emerita Augusta and that area can be declared as military

Anyone who tries to enter would simply be breaking the law, the family of workers (slaves) who are responsible for making our products can live in the fortress, that way there will be no leaks, these are more basic protection measures, I do not think there is a need to take more drastic measures, unless there is someone so idiot as to attack the interests of the family of august emperor "

Vitelio placed his hand on his chin and thought about what his son had said

"I agree with your idea son, tomorrow I will declare the nearby islands of the Guadiana River as a military zone and begin with the construction work of the fortress, in terms of your request to go to the field, tomorrow I will organize a guard to accompany you and your mother "

"Thank you, father, for the support" Flavio smiled

"I think it's time for me to retire although it may not seem like we've been having a good time talking the night is here" Flavio yawned and got up from his chair with sleep

Vitellius observed his little son as he retired and asked "Son, is there any special name you want for the fort?"

Flavio who was opening the door said "I think it sounds very strong Dovahkiin"