Chapter 60 60. Meeting
A personal maid cannot be away from her master for too long.
So the task of cooking the dishes was given to a servant.
Lovi washed his hands in the water in the wooden barrel. He did not have much hope for his trial work.
I just emphasized that it should be cooked at a high temperature and didn't do anything else.
Wood is plentiful and easy to obtain in this world, so pottery may not have a good market.
Lowe wanted to make porcelain and glass.
From the perspective of the technology tree, porcelain has higher temperature requirements and can be considered an advancement of pottery.
The temperature required for glass is even higher than that for porcelain. Before coke is used on a large scale, it can be put aside for the time being and not considered.
Luo Wei took the linen cloth handed over by Lan Lan and wiped his hands and the table carelessly. A moment later, the guard came in and reported: "Lord, the workshop representative wants to see you."
"Tell them to come in." Lowe sat high up in the main seat and adjusted his posture.
The carpenter, the stonemason and the blacksmith were three strong women, followed by Bruno, Davian and Lars.
Luo Wei raised his hand and said, "Please take a seat and speak freely without worrying about etiquette."
Everyone sat down at the long table one by one.
"Lord Lovi." Davian spoke first, bringing up a seemingly unrelated matter: "You have been rectifying the sanitation of Donggang City recently. Have you considered building a sewage canal?"
"Indeed, sewers are necessary." Lovey was slightly stunned, then nodded in agreement with Davian's idea.
A closed sewage canal is actually a sewer. When a city is first built, it must consider the sewerage.
Otherwise, sooner or later it will become uninhabitable.
That is to say, there are fewer people now, so we don't need to be too anxious for the time being. We can first manually remove the garbage and feces. Although the cost is a bit high, it is no problem to maintain it for a short period of time.
At present, Lowe has arranged to pile up the manure in one place and mix it with weeds and fallen leaves for composting, which is expected to be used in the spring ploughing next year.
"Since you have considered building a sewer canal, you can build the water truck upstream of the sewer canal. This will make it more convenient for people in Donggang City to use it. If it takes several hours to go back and forth, the benefit of your water truck to the city will be greatly reduced." Davian said solemnly.
Lovi fell into deep thought: "What you said makes sense, but it requires the conscription of many people for labor. This is not a project that can be completed by a few people."
"My lord, appropriate labor is necessary. Instead of staying at home lazily to rest, the people of the territory might as well make some contributions to the environment in which they live." Las spoke with a little excitement.
"Building an artificial canal of several kilometers from the upper reaches of Xiaoqing River to Donggang City is not a very large project," Davian persuaded.
Lowe was somewhat persuaded: "How long do you expect it will take to build the sewage canal?"
"It depends on the number of people you plan to recruit, as well as the width and depth of the canal. If there are enough people, we can dig in sections. It may only take half a month." Davian exaggerated a little.
Lovi believed it and said, "Okay, Lord Bruno, recruit some refugees to do this. Five hundred people will do. I will pay two silver dollars for each of them."
"Your will will be carried out." Bruno bowed slightly.
About ten gold coins, not a lot. The main reason was that silver dollars and copper pennies were in short supply, which made it inconvenient to pay.
If there is not enough cash, Fulinbao will choose to directly exchange Jinlong for supplies of corresponding prices and distribute them.
Next, Lowe and the craftsmen began to discuss the construction of the waterwheel mill.
Point out which parts of the clay sculpture should be made of iron, which parts should be made of wood, and which parts should be made of stone.
The atmosphere of the on-site discussion was very lively.
The craftsmen were all very optimistic about this water-powered mill.
With this, it will be easier to grind wheat in the future. The price of white bread will drop accordingly. Everyone's life will be more convenient.
In the meeting room, everyone kept arguing about technical issues.
The windmill looks simple, but it is actually very difficult. The first problem is that no one has experience.
Without Lowe's clay models to aid their imagination, the craftsmen would never have thought of such a convenient thing.
"Master, your bowl is ready." Lan Lan walked into the meeting room carrying a wooden plate, slightly interrupting the quarrel.
Everyone looked at her.
Lanlan bent down and placed the wooden plate in front of Luo Wei.
Luo Wei picked up the bowl and examined it carefully. The dark brown pottery was basically not very attractive. It could only be said that the shape was relatively neat, which was also what he always required of himself.
He tried to knock the bowl against the table, but it didn't break. Lovi gradually increased the force, causing the wooden table to bang.
Very good, good quality. "My lord, is this bowl made of yellow mud?" Bruno guessed.
"Yes! This is a bowl made of yellow mud." Lowe smiled, "It's very sturdy! Common people must like to use it."
"Everyone uses wooden bowls, why do we need clay bowls?" a craftsman wondered.
"Wood rots easily, which will cause the food to spoil. Clay bowls are much better. The manufacturing cost is also lower." Lowe calmly explained to everyone: "Oh, by the way, this is called pottery."
"Are you going to popularize this technology?" Davian asked a very sensitive question.
The scene suddenly became quiet.
Lovi found that this person's thinking was very eclectic and unconventional. He did not answer for a while.
Davian noticed that everyone was looking at him with different expressions, and he immediately realized that he had said something wrong: "My Lord, please forgive me for being so rude. You have always been too tolerant."
"No matter what kind of technology it is, it is the foundation of an individual and a family. Do you think those businessmen will share their business channels for free? Will carpenters and blacksmiths pass on their skills to an unrelated person?" Bruno's words made many people present blush.
No matter which world you live in, people are always treasuring themselves by their own professional skills.
In addition, there was no book to pass on, which resulted in many technologies being lost. Later generations needed to rediscover the rules.
That's why civilization has remained stagnant without any progress for hundreds or even thousands of years. "Spread it out and recruit a group of apprentices to learn from them. They should be younger, preferably under twelve years old." Lovi made the decision with a hesitant expression.
Davian was so excited that he prostrated himself: "You are the most wise lord I have ever met! Please accept my full loyalty!"
Lars also bowed and said, "My Lord, Davion has some mental problems. You don't have to be morally blackmailed by him."
"It's okay. This technology is not too difficult. It will be spread sooner or later."
It was just a pottery skill, and Lowe really didn't think much of it. He said in a nonchalant tone: "I will set up pottery workshops in various towns to help some people who are willing to invest in this industry to have a job as a craftsman. Of course, those who choose this path are not allowed to have land."
(End of this chapter)
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