This chapter reminded me of when my dad gave my cat one of those dried peppers you get in chinese food. Cat was fine and lived to a ripe old age, but he didn't deserve to experience spicy hell when he thought he was being given a nice treat.
OBVIOUSLY the kingdom is using a classic Dwarf Fortress Strategy. Where you assign a dwarf to bookkeeping and through constantly moving massive stacks of books/ paper work, beef up their strength stat faster than even mining! Obviously