The Defeated Dragon

Splash with water to cool.

A large cloud of smoke rose from the gray-brown bricks. A serf wearing gloves took some of them and handed them to Liszt, Galtai and Marcus.

Experiment the hardness.

Bang Bang!

Two hammers went down and the bricks were smashed.

The hardness is average, and the degree of firing is not enough. Try another furnace. Liszt said calmly, this furnace of bricks obviously did not reach the quality of his experiment.

The firing time of the new batch was extended by ten minutes, and it took a full half an hour to get out of the oven.

After cooling by splashing water, the hardness of the taupe bricks has reached the standard, which is not much worse than that of granite.

Jomaya Rammed Earth felt the hardness and weight of the bricks on the stretcher, and he couldn't help admiring again: My lord, with bricks of the same shape, it is very convenient to build any building. Compared with those fragile pottery , the hardness of a brick is exactly the same as that of a stone.

As long as it is easy to use, then the rest of the kiln in the brick factory will be handed over to you to direct the design. After the construction of the brick factory is completed, you will immediately start building the lighthouse.

If Qiao Maya hadn't been obtained in advance, he would only enter his field of vision if qualified bricks were produced at this time and the task was completed. However, the smog mission has been changed. Jomaya arrived earlier and is preparing to build a lighthouse, shortening the time of many missions.

Liszt turned around and asked Marcus: Mr. Marcus, has the location of the lighthouse been chosen?

I have conducted field inspections with Captain Costo, and determined that it will be built one mile west of Heima Port. The terrain there is very high, the viewing angle is very good, and it can be seen clearly from the ship. And the surrounding rocky beach does not hinder walking, It is also very convenient to transport building materials.”

Then build the lighthouse at this location, Consultant Galtai, and you will continue to be in charge of the construction of the brick factory.

As you wish, my lord.

Handing over the task of construction supervision to Galtai, Liszt took Marcus, Russell and Griffin, rode his horse Lightning, and started another task of this journey to Heima Island to find wild tea trees.

There are not many trees on the island.

Most of them are rubber trees.

Therefore, the species of trees cannot be distinguished,

Very little, it took only one day for Liszt to find the reward of the last smog mission, three wild tea trees. These three wild tea trees are close together and grow on the north slope of the ice grass hill, which can be seen at a glance.

The tea tree belongs to the shrub type, not very tall, only about two meters.

There are many branches, messy, not as neat as artificially planted tea trees. It is now March, and the young leaves of the wild tea tree have just germinated, which are slightly different from the tea tree buds in Liszt's memory. There is no obvious jagged shape on the edges, and the buds are not obvious.

Not as good as a domesticated tea tree.

When picking tea, especially spring tea, you can pick a single bud, or you can pick one bud with one leaf or one bud with two leaves.

A single bud is a bud that has just grown and has not yet formed a young leaf; a bud with one leaf means that one bud has grown into a young leaf; a bud with two leaves means that two buds have grown into a young leaf.

Some people like to drink single sprouts. Generally, only 30,000 to 40,000 sprouts can be fried to produce a pound of single sprouts. The single bud is not fully developed, the taste is not fresh enough, and it will be a little bitter, not to mention it is not resistant to soaking. But what I like the most is the fragrance and mellowness of Duya, as well as the noble artistic conception.

The first and second leaves are more popular, well-developed, rich in amino acids and vitamins, and the aroma of tea is also sufficient. It's just that after brewing, it doesn't have the pleasing feeling of standing up like a needle like a single bud, and the thick tea taste is a little less elegant.

Like high-grade Longjing tea, it is made by collecting single buds and frying them.

Liszt didn't know the above knowledge. Before he crossed, he was just an ordinary working class, and he drank more drinks than tea. His understanding of tea is still obtained from the pervasive advertisements on video sites, such as big-leaf tea and small-leaf tea, how many processes are involved, and what old experts personally supervise the work.

If I'm not mistaken, these three trees should be called tea trees. Standing in front of the wild tea trees, Liszt said lightly.

Marcus asked curiously: Black tea tree? My lord, the black tea tree doesn't seem to look like this. Its leaves are slightly reddish and round, and they can bear fruit.

This is... a green tea tree. Liszt said, I read it in a magic book. The green tea tree is completely different from the black tea tree. Pick its young buds, fry them and brew them into tea for drinking. , very beneficial to the body.

Green tea tree?

Marcus chewed on the names of the trees, and didn't say anything more. He understood that he was not as knowledgeable as Liszt, the young lord, who was well-read and knew many things. The rubber tree is the best example. If the lords are not wise, they will miss the extremely important rubber.

Without any delay, Liszt directly ordered to gather a group of female serfs to collect the buds of three green tea trees.

Whether it is a single bud, one bud and one leaf, one bud and two leaves, or one bud with three or four leaves.

Collect it first.

Of course, based on his biological knowledge in junior high school, he knew that the buds on the top of the tea tree should be picked for tea picking. Because the plant has apical dominance, terminal buds grow preferentially and inhibit lateral bud growth. After picking the top buds, the side buds of the tea tree will grow, which will not affect the growth of the tea tree.

Today, there are nearly 1,500 serfs working on Heima Island.

There were also many female serfs. Griffin called twenty of them, with some ladders, to pick the top buds of the green tea trees. Looking at the serfs at work, Liszt suddenly thought of a legendary lip tea from tea picking.

It is said that there is a kind of tea, which is picked by virgins with their own mouths, and the tea leaves stained with virgin saliva are particularly fragrant. After frying, it is put into the bosom of a virgin for scenting. The new tea that is finally released has a fragrant and delicate fragrance, and has the unique body fragrance of a virgin, which is called lip tea.

The legend is not credible, at least Liszt does not believe it.

If the maiden who picks tea looks like Sister Feng, I believe that no one would like to drink that kind of lip tea.

In two hours, the serfs had already picked most of the top buds, and there was not much in total, about two catties. With two catties of young leaves and shoots, Liszt was going to return to the flower town of Heima Island by boat. The work was under the care of Gao Ertai and Marcus, so there would be no problems.

But before leaving, Galtai looked at him eagerly: My lord, Freya is nine months pregnant and will give birth at any time, but I can't be by her side.

Don't worry, you can come back when the lighthouse is completed... Consultant Gortai, the Flower Town is of course important, but the construction of the port town on Heima Island is equally important. You need to maintain it here for a while. After all, Mr. Marcus lacks experience.

Now that the matter has come to this point, Gao Ertai can only lift his spirits: My lord, please rest assured that Gao Ertai must carefully plan the development of the port town!

Comforted Gao Ertai.

The Flower set sail, riding the wind and waves in the blue sky and blue sea.

Looking at the two catties of fresh tea leaves in the basket, he couldn't help imagining: I don't know how many catties of dry tea can be roasted, and what is the taste of the brewed tea?