"Boiling water brings steam, steam brings power, power brings productivity, but now we have to have something to boil the water. Just those primitive blacksmiths can make a knife or armor, or a cylinder? That's not as good as that.
Shall I do it myself?"
When Polu woke up from his reverie, he vaguely felt a chill in his back and a murderous aura! He turned around and found that outside the courtyard gate not far behind him, Leah, Tezier, and Deke had moved.
There was a row of small benches, looking at him with bored expressions. Irene was pouring water for them with the kettle in her hand. Bolu looked up at the sky and shuddered: "It's done, let's dry it.
I've been living with these people all afternoon, my life is at stake!"
"Ah, when did you come? Why didn't you call me outside?" Bolu decided to take a preemptive strike. He put a flattering smile on his face like a translator, and walked over with his hands clasped together with a smile.
Leah rolled her eyes, turned her head to the other side, and said in a snorting tone: "Didn't you tell Irene not to let anyone disturb you?"
"Don't let people, don't let people. I'm talking about someone else, not you." After hearing this, Leah became obviously happy and turned her head over, but she still had an expression of anger. "You squat down.
What did you do after being in a daze for so long this afternoon? What did you understand? "
"Ah! Speaking of which! I figured out what happened to this furnace. Let's take a look, is the laboratory you mentioned before still there?"
"Here, what's wrong?"
"Watch me make a stove and come out!" After finishing speaking, Polu pulled Leah and walked out of the door.
"Wait a minute! Do you know how to make a stove? Just do it!"
Bolu turned around and shouted to the few people who were still in place:
"Why are you so dazed? Hurry up and leave!"
It wasn't until everyone ran out of the door that Geola, who was standing on the stove top, and Peter, who was accompanying him and was preparing to protect him, truly breathed a sigh of relief. Geola moved his trembling legs and held on to the armrest.
He moved down the stairs and said, "Our new steward seems to be quite easy to talk to. And you understand what he just said? He wants to make a stove by himself?" "It seems so." "That's it.
, could he really be Mr. Patrice's disciple?" The two people looked at each other.
The group of people hurried back to the manor in a carriage. Tezier and Deke went back to the room first, while Irene led Polu and Leah to the laboratory.
"The laboratory was set up for the next generation of the royal family to learn alchemy and promote steel production. No one has used it since it was last opened six or six years ago, but we have carried out daily cleaning." But it doesn't look like it.
can realize the original intention of establishing this laboratory.
"So there is no real manager in the laboratory now? There is not even daily operation in it?"
"No, no alchemist has been here in the past few years, so the laboratory is not running. There are only two maids to maintain the cleanliness of the laboratory." Irene pushed up her glasses. "Maids?? Not even craftsmen? What if we
What should I do?" Leah was a little surprised at how abandoned the laboratory was.
"In a laboratory with an alchemist, what do you want a craftsman to do?" Polu made a confident statement. Now after a period of training, Polu is convinced that his magic plasticity skills should have been mastered. As long as he does not deal with advanced materials
Or precision machining, it should be 100% sure. The worst is to chew it slowly.
After passing through a lush garden, the three of them came to a tall house with a colonnade. Eileen stepped forward and pushed the opposite door. But the door did not move at all. The air froze for a moment. "This door is closed very well.
"Safety first." Bolu tried to resolve this awkward situation. "Yeah, I just wanted to see if the maid was lazy and didn't close the door." Irene explained forcefully in a trembling tone.
Leah"
Erin walked to a small door next to it again, and this time she pushed it open smoothly.
The small door leads to a place similar to a utility room. There is a door directly leading into the laboratory.
Erin opened the door: "Please come in."
After entering the hall, Polu was shocked by this wide and tall laboratory. Polu had never seen a huge column-free space, but didn't I say I wanted to go to the laboratory before? It was surprising to see such a space in the experiment.
. Stone pillars support the tall space. Carved, gilded, and polished marble floors. The walls are decorated with sculptures of sages. There are a huge number of books placed in the corridor on the second floor. All these make this place unlike any other.
A laboratory, but more like a museum atmosphere.
"Candice! Caroline!" Erin looked around and found no maids, so she had to shout loudly in the space.
"I'm here!" A response came from the second floor. A maid with chestnut hair ran down the spiral staircase to the second floor and came to everyone. "Caroline, where is Candice?"
"She went to eat."
"This is Mr. Polu. From now on in the laboratory, let him do whatever he wants. What were you doing on the second floor just now? No one was left on the first floor and the door was locked."
"I...I..." Caroline squeaked. "I was just scrubbing the bookshelf."
Seeing this, Polu probably guessed what was going on. "Are you reading a book?" Books in this era, whether they are books or the knowledge recorded in them, are very precious things. Some people are willing to spread the word, and naturally there are others.
When people try to master knowledge, they can only master it in themselves
The opportunity to gain knowledge is very precious. Caroline must have been reading books secretly while cleaning the bookshelf. No one has come to this place for some days. She closed the door for fear of being discovered. Anyway, as long as she doesn't get caught, she can do it
, and generally will not be punished particularly severely.
"I, I didn't read a book."
"Don't be afraid, we won't punish you. Can you read the book? If you know some alchemy knowledge, I just need an experimental assistant. You can read the book and study openly."
It was Irene who answered the conversation: "She and Candice both know some basic operations. They were trained as experimental assistants and we bought them from the Alchemy Association."
"Buy?" Polu noticed a dazzling word and looked at Leah with questioning eyes. Leah also looked very surprised, with a slightly red face still a little angry. Irene started with a calm voice.
Explanation: "Yes, they were once slaves sold by Nazwa, and the Alchemist Association purchased some of them. Of course, the Kingdom does not allow us to own slaves, so we settled it with a contract. First of all, the Kingdom
Advance funds grant them the status of free citizens in this country, and then use a certain number of years of service as collateral to obtain money from us to repay their debts, and then work for us to repay this amount. In addition to not being allowed to leave the workplace without authorization, they
They have the same rights as other freemen. Now, they are freemen who must work in a fixed workplace. It is similar to serving in the military."
"This loophole is quite roundabout." This explanation was barely within the moral bottom line that Leah could accept. She was obviously relieved.
"Then let me ask you, Caroline, what kind of books are on the bookshelf upstairs?" Polu decisively changed the subject.
"Sir, there are various formula books, process books, and many production drawings on the bookshelf upstairs. The drawings are the most numerous."
"What are the recipes in the recipe book? What are the blueprints?"
"There are potion formulas, metal formulas, material formulas, everything. There are mechanical blueprints, armor blueprints, weapon blueprints, etc. I have seen some, and the styles are very old." Bolu looked back at Leah in surprise: "This
With so many local recipes, how come Hongshan’s production is still so poor? Aren’t these all super profitable businesses?”
"I don't know either. I just learned that there are so many books here. Last time I came here, there were only a few books." Leah also looked confused.
"Because these materials have only been here for a few years. I heard that they were dug out from the ruins of Ibulcek by their slave rebel army. I heard from the people who transported the books back that a good book would cost 100 kilograms.
Wheat." Erin tried her best to answer their questions.
"Okay, you can all go your own way. Fortunately, we can go around by ourselves." Wait until several people have bowed and left.
The two walked up to the second floor, and Leah suddenly asked in an unkind tone: "Oh? Are two maids working as experimental assistants? Are the salaries very high?"
Polu's cold sweat suddenly flowed from his neck into the heels of his shoes.