Lord of Rot

Chapter 82 Lime
"My lord, this is the place"

Li Qi led his men to the location of "Baitu" with the little lame leg.

This site is southeast of the Castle and Porcupine Neck, not far from the sea, and downriver from the winding river of Porcupine Neck.

There are rocks protruding from the ground, and the strange rocks are jagged, so it is not easy to get off.

The little lame was in a nervous mood. 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 he be an apprentice in the castle all his life, or should he marinate strange salted duck eggs and let the lord notice them at the dinner table?
The lord often rewards Mr. Wine Barrel for researching and producing a special delicacy. Since they entered the castle, they have seen that Mr. Wine Barrel has received at least 5 Daddies as rewards, which is less than a month. .

Studying food is the real way out for porcupine chefs.

But there is one thing to note here. As the only chef, Mr. Wine Barrel can use ingredients to do research at will, and his cooking skills are superb. Cooking will only make the dishes unpalatable, not inedible. The little servants are also willing to help Solve the food that has failed in research and will not be wasted.

Apprentices who want to learn from Mr. Barrel will take great risks. They will indeed be rewarded for cooking well, but if they do something wrong, they will definitely be scolded.

Recently, the apprentices in the kitchen have been scolded all the time because of this. They want to be outstanding, and they want to make delicacies that the lord likes, but the results are often not satisfactory.

The little lame found this kind of white clay on a whim, and added a lot of his own understanding and research on food, not only him, but the other apprentices were the same, except that the salted duck eggs they pickled were successful. Only the little lame marinated the salted duck eggs into black eggs.

The process was terrible, but the result seemed to be different. The lord did not comment on his salted duck eggs, but he seemed to value this strange white clay, which puzzled him very much.

"Sure enough, it's limestone!"

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

Limestone is not a precious thing, but the role of lime in development and construction is beyond doubt.

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 his hometown was not in the countryside, when he was a child, he caught a kind of insect that can refer to "south, east, and north" in the fields, and after playing for a long time, he was called to work by his elders. He probably didn't know how to use a plow.

It is impossible for him to take the initiative to contact some knowledge that ordinary people cannot apply in normal life.

But these are not important, as long as you give your own ideas to the people under your command, they will naturally find a way to study it according to its function and general shape.

For example, the birth of the first egg tart in Lurea Continent, such as the water wheel, such as the water mill, such as the beehive, such as the honey shaker that the carpenter is still researching.

The most difficult thing in development is not making it, but an idea that can be realized.

After affirming his importance in his heart, Li Qi said, "Take a few of these stones back."

"Yes!"

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

The little maids finished their work and looked curiously from a distance, but they didn't dare to look closer.

The menservants dug holes and poured water.

Carrot and little Joel, who were followers, lit the fire, smashed the large bluestones, and threw them on the fire to burn.

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

I'm sorry for the teacher in his previous life, he only remembered one.

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 instructed, "Be careful, don't get splashed."

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

Zizi! !
Gudu Gudu!

The water was steaming, bubbling, and looked very hot.

Glenn, who had just returned from a busy day outside, happened to come over. Hearing that the lord had new research, he walked over curiously, and happened to see this scene.

A piece of white stone is thrown into the water, and when it meets water, the white stone will quickly decompose.

"Stir" Li Qi ordered.

The two knight servants obediently stirred the lime in the puddle, watching the hard stones change when they met the water.

"My lord, this, this, what kind of magic is this?!"

Yeah, it sure is magic!

After being burned by fire, a solid stone is afraid of water. Who will believe it?

Li Qi smiled: "Get some masons over and tell them, you can try to use this, this thing is called slaked lime, and use it to mix sea sand and stones."

"It's time for them to see something other than rice milk and yellow mud"

Bring a little shock to the scientific world.

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

"Yes!"

Li Qifeng turned and left lightly, leaving only an unfathomable figure for the people present.

The slaked lime that remains will be left to be studied by the masons, who will learn what the stuff is for.

"Glenn, how are things going?"

"I've already sent people to Iron Stone City, my lord." Grant followed behind Li Qi: "They should bring back what you need soon."

"Let masons take apprentices"

Li Qi emphasized: "It is necessary to recruit apprentices!"

"Yes!"

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

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

But in the Porcupine Collar, these skills are not important at all, he needs to develop talents quickly.

The method of opening a school will not work.

Don't say that the Lurea continent is as backward as the Middle Ages. Even in the previous life on Earth, how many people in Li Qi's parents' generation were able to go to school, and their families wouldn't allow them to go to school?Even if you don’t need money to go to school, if you go to school, there will be one less person who will watch the children doing 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 dig wild vegetables in the fields than go to school.

Do you not know the benefits of going to school?

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

But the environment, knowledge and the reality of life all make them short-sighted.

The situation in Lurea is even worse. More than half of the porcupine collars are slaves, and they are just Li Qi's private property.

If Li Qi opens a school and asks people to come to school... Maybe it's not him who thinks he's mentally ill, but the entire porcupine leader thinks he's mentally ill.

But being an apprentice is different. It is a job that can make money and has a better future than being a farmer.

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

Then he found Little Lame.

The little lame found Lime, which is worthy of praise, but it is an indisputable fact that he wants to get ahead on the premise of wasting the lord's property.

He would be transferred from the back kitchen to work as an apprentice mason.

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

Li Qi didn't forget to paint big cakes for the little lame. If the little lame can learn all the skills of a mason, and he is better than blue, he can be considered as the captain of the construction team.

Little Lame doesn't know what a construction team is, but the title of captain sounds like it means getting ahead!

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

(End of this chapter)