Wang Fu, who was asked, looked at Nian Shutong in confusion, unaware that this thing was toxic?
Nian Shutong didn't ask further, instead directing Wang Fu to first harvest the tobacco leaves, then proceed with air drying, roasting, etc. She planned to first produce a batch of finished products before saying more.
Wang Fu accepted the order and started working.
Nian Shutong looked at the large swathes of tobacco, growing very tall, some reaching human shoulder height, with thick stalks as wide as a wrist and covered in large tobacco leaves.
The people below were picking the leaves one by one, connecting them as Nian Shutong had taught, through successive steps of controlled-temperature air drying, fermentation, pest control, remoistening, and roasting.
The first batch of tobacco was quickly processed, with machines accelerating the fermentation, but the quantity was not large.
