Without these, for ordinary people, no matter how favorable other conditions are, they will still starve.

So the first thing Perfikot did after returning to the Northern Territory from the Empire's mainland was to build a compressed biscuit factory in Beloburg and personally used alchemy to produce the first batch of compressed biscuits.

This batch of compressed biscuits amounted to several dozen tons. Although it doesn't sound like much, it was sufficient to supply the first batch of immigrants arriving in the Northern Territory with rations until the factory began operations.

Of course, having this technology doesn't mean Perfikot intends to abandon greenhouse cultivation.

Even though compressed biscuits can meet all human needs and won't really cause starvation, consuming the same food long-term can still pose psychological issues.

The variety of foods provided by greenhouse cultivation is the best way to enhance life in a post-apocalyptic environment.

This also allowed Perfikot to modify his original plan, making the compressed biscuit factory the main food source for the shelters instead of relying on greenhouse cultivation.

In contrast, a compressed biscuit factory that requires only water and carbon to produce food is more stable in terms of food production.

After all, greenhouse cultivation still presents many problems; encountering bad weather or pests can potentially lead to complete crop failure.

In terms of survival in a post-apocalyptic environment, a stable food supply is crucial. In extreme cold conditions, a food shortage is a matter of life and death, not just a minor inconvenience.

Therefore, Perfikot quickly ordered all shelters to install equipment for producing compressed biscuits to provide a stable food source for the shelters.

Each settlement must also engage in related construction to ensure there's no shortage of food supply in the settlements.

This policy was swiftly implemented and quickly garnered support.

Although compressed biscuits are indeed not very tasty, that's compared to the abundant variety of foods in the original world.

Yet even so, compressed biscuits are merely not delicious, not unpleasant.

Perhaps the texture is indeed terrible, even hard enough to chip a tooth for some, but they are filling and genuinely stave off hunger.

Additionally, a small piece is convenient to carry in one's pocket, posing no problem for transport.

For workers with barely any time for meals or cooking due to daily work, carrying two pieces of compressed biscuits, breaking them into a lunchbox at mealtime, and then adding hot water and stirring makes for a fragrant and quite tasty lunch.

This was a specific design by Perfikot; eating compressed biscuits directly offers nothing particularly delicious, at most, a hint of sweetness from starch breaking down into glucose.

However, if you crush and soak them in hot water, you can smell a very enticing aroma of food.

Of course, this aroma doesn't come from the raw materials of compressed biscuits, as they are alchemical products, made from carbon and water, with no natural food ingredients whatsoever.

Accurately speaking, this aroma is a food scent Perfikot concocted based on the principle of perfume, mainly composed of grain aroma, butter aroma, and some fruit and meat fragrances.

It only volatilizes when encountering hot water, triggering appetite.

The reason for this is that in the original world, Perfikot had subsisted on compressed biscuits for a month.

While there were no physical issues, it led to extreme appetite fatigue.

So figuring out how to stimulate appetite while consuming the same food long-term required Perfikot to apply a bit of 21st-century technology to the 18th century.

Of course, Perfikot's alchemy is not food additives; the aroma in her compressed biscuits is genuine food aroma, not artificially blended with other scents.

This is quite unnecessary for alchemy, which can directly achieve results without intermediate steps.

After soaking, compressed biscuits not only emit food aroma but also absorb water rapidly, expanding to at least five times their size.

As long as the water added doesn't exceed a certain limit, the more water, the larger the volume, making it perfect to fill the stomach.

After all, workers in this era cannot spend much time on meals; meeting basic daily meal needs is challenging, let alone eating well.

Compressed biscuits perfectly solve these issues for quick consumption directly or can be soaked in hot water for a more comfortable meal.

One piece fulfills daily energy and nutritional needs, is conveniently portable, and gives sufficient satiety after soaking. What better ration could be found?

Thus, as soon as compressed biscuits were introduced, they were welcomed enthusiastically, quickly leading to supply shortages.

Moreover, amusingly, someone believed that due to their small size, four biscuits wouldn't be filling and ate that many at once.

One biscuit suffices for an adult male's daily need, eating four at once without fear of bursting is folly.

Since compressed biscuits are compressed dehydrated-like foods, unnoticed while eating, but after drinking water later, the stomach quickly expands.

This fool, after eating four pieces and drinking a lot of water, almost ruptured his stomach.

If not for the doctor's timely intervention and induced vomiting, this person might have met a ludicrous end.

This incident forced Perfikot to print "One a day, don't overeat" warnings on the biscuit packaging.

With this secure, Perfikot no longer had to worry about food issues in the Northern Territory.

However, addressing issues related to clothing and shelter was relatively more difficult, especially for the Northern Territory.

Firstly, in terms of transport, Perfikot indeed planned a railway connecting major cities in the Northern Territory, but construction is beyond her capability.

So far, only Eagle's Beak Cliff, Beloburg, and Chernobyl are train-accessible in the Northern Territory.

Therefore, in the coming year, Perfikot will need to build more railways.

Fortunately, she isn't lacking in manpower in the upcoming year, with hundreds of thousands of laborers arriving, this is highly beneficial for the Northern Territory.

Beyond hearing about these developments, Perfikot needs to address the clothing issue for these many people.

Don't consider this odd or trivial, because clothing is a significant concern for laborers.

Not mentioning office workers, just consider miners working in the nude, and you know clothing is critical for ordinary people.

Many might own only one decent piece of clothing, and the wear and tear on clothing from factory labor is often a major household expense.

In the original world, this issue was essentially resolved, at least in Perfikot's previous life before transmigration.

However, in this world, which hasn't figured out chemical fibers, this problem is genuine and pressing.

Therefore, after resolving the food issue, Perfikot quickly shifted her focus to tackling the clothing problem.

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