Lord of Rot

"Sir, this is it"

Li Qi led people to follow the little lame leg and rushed to the location of "White Earth".

This place is located southeast of the castle and Porcupine Territory, not far from the sea, and downstream of the winding river of Porcupine Territory.

There are protruding rocks on the ground, and the rocks are rugged and difficult to step on.

The little lame leg felt uneasy. He knew that he had made a big mistake, because everyone used different methods for the task of pickling salted duck eggs. Everyone knew that the lord valued this delicacy very much. It can be said that what they pickled was not salted duck eggs, but salted duck eggs. own future!

Should they be apprentices in the castle for the rest of their lives, or pickle strange salted duck eggs and let the lord notice them at the dinner table?

The lord often rewards Mr. Barrel for researching and making special delicacies. Since they entered the castle, they have seen Mr. Barrel get at least 5 pieces of daddy as a reward. This is less than a month. .

Studying gourmet food is the real way out for Porcupine chefs.

But there is one thing to note here. As the only chef, Mr. Jiugong can use the ingredients for research at will, and his cooking skills are superb. The dishes will only be unpalatable, not inedible. The servants are also happy to help. Food that has failed in research will not be wasted.

Apprentices will take great risks if they want to learn from Mr. Barrel. They will be rewarded if they cook well, but they will definitely be scolded if they make a mistake.

The apprentices in the kitchen have been scolded recently for this reason. They want to excel and make food that the lord likes, but the results are often not satisfactory.

Little Lame found this kind of white soil on a whim, and added a lot of his own understanding and research on food. It was not just him, but several other apprentices were the same, but the salted duck eggs they made were successful. Only the little lame leg pickled the salted duck eggs into black eggs.

The process was terrible, but the result seemed different. The lord didn't comment on his pickled salted duck eggs, but seemed to value this weird white soil, which puzzled him very much.

"Sure enough, it's limestone!"

Li Qi was pleasantly surprised. This bluestone was limestone, and part of it was white powder.

Limestone is not a precious thing, but its role in development and construction is unquestionable.

You can also make glass, as a desiccant, etc., but he doesn't know how to do it, yes, he doesn't know at all.

As an ordinary person in his previous life, if he hadn't come from a rural area and caught a bug in the fields when he was a child. After playing for a long time and being called to work by his elders, he probably wouldn't have known how to use a plow.

It is impossible for him to take the initiative to access some knowledge that ordinary people cannot apply in their normal lives.

But these are not important. As long as you hand over your ideas to the people under you, they will naturally find ways to study them according to their functions and general appearance.

For example, the birth of the first egg tart in Lulea continent, such as the waterwheel, such as the water mill, such as the beehive, such as the honey shaker that the carpenter is still researching.

The hardest thing about developing is not making it, but having an idea that is sure to be realized.

After confirming his importance in his heart, Li Qi said: "Take a few of these rocks back."

"Yes!"

Back at the castle, in the yard, Li Qi had someone dig a big hole.

The little maids finished their work and looked curiously from a distance, but did not dare to look closer.

The male servants dug holes and poured water.

As followers, Carrot and Little Joel lit a fire, smashed large pieces of bluestone, and then threw them on the fire to be burned.

Li Qi couldn't help but think of a poem "Ode of Lime" and the three chemical formulas involved.

I'm sorry that he only remembers one teacher from his previous life.

Quicklime + water = slaked lime.

What else is coming?

After burning for a while, the small stones turned white.

"Throw it into the water," Li Qi ordered: "Be careful, don't get splashed."

"Yes!" Carrot picked up a stone with a wooden stick and threw it into the water.

Zizzi! !

Gudu Gudu!

The water is steaming, bubbling, and looks very hot.

Grant, who had just come back from his busy work outside, happened to come over. Hearing that the lord had new research, he came over curiously and happened to see this scene.

Pieces of white stones are thrown into the water. When exposed to water, the white stones quickly decompose.

"Stir" Li Qi ordered.

The two knights' retinues obediently stirred the lime in the puddle and watched the hard stones change when exposed to water.

"Sir, this, this, what kind of magic is this?!"

Yes, it must be magic!

After the solid stone was burned by fire, it turned out to be afraid of water. Who would believe it?

Li Qi smiled: "Invite some masons to come over and tell them that they can try using this. This thing is called hydrated lime. Use it to mix sea sand and gravel."

“It’s time for them to see something other than rice milk and yellow mud.”

Bring a little shock to the world of science.

No more is enough, the knowledge reserve is not enough.

"Yes!"

Li Qifeng turned around and left lightly, leaving only an enigmatic figure to those present.

The slaked lime left behind would be left to be studied by the masons, who would learn what it could be used for.

"Glen, how did things go?"

"I have sent people to Iron Stone City, sir." Grant followed Li Qi: "They should bring back what you need soon."

"Let the masons take on apprentices"

Li Qi emphasized: "We must recruit apprentices!"

"Yes!"

People in this world attach great importance to craftsmanship and skills, and would not accept apprentices easily. It is not uncommon for masters to starve their apprentices to death.

There are even cases where old craftsmen, when they are dying, entrust their wives and children to their apprentices, and let the apprentices marry their own wives, in order to keep their skills in their own family.

But in the Porcupine collar, these skills are not important at all. He wants to develop talents quickly.

Opening a school approach will not work.

Not to mention that the continent of Lurea was as backward as the Middle Ages. Even in the previous life on Earth, how many people in Li Qi's parents' generation were not allowed to go to school at home? Even if there is no money to go to school, if you go to school, there will be one less person at home to watch the children and do chores. I would rather not let the children go to school, pick up chicken manure at home, take care of the children at home, and go to the fields to dig wild vegetables instead of going to school.

Don’t you know the benefits of going to school?

Of course I know that going to school can help me get ahead and get a good job.

But the environment, knowledge and reality of life all force them to be short-sighted.

The situation in Lurea is even worse. Most of the people in the Porcupine Territory are slaves. They are just Li Qi's personal property.

If Li Qi opens a school and lets people come to school... I guess it's not just him who thinks he's mentally ill. It's probably that the entire Porcupine Territory thinks he's mentally ill.

But being an apprentice is different. It is a job, you can make money, and your future will be better than being a farmer.

"Let them study hydrated lime first," said Li Qi.

Then he found the little lame leg.

The little lame discovered lime, which deserves praise, but it is an indisputable fact that he wanted to get ahead based on the premise of wasting the lord's property.

He would be taken out of the kitchen and apprenticed as a mason.

I hope his "shit luck" can continue to shine in the construction team.

Li Qi did not forget to draw a pie for the little lame leg. If the little lame leg can learn all the skills of a mason and is better than his master, he can be considered to be the captain of the construction team.

The little lame boy doesn't know what a construction team is, but the name captain sounds like it means getting ahead!

He accepted the result very excitedly, as well as the reward from Father Silver Moon.