Splash water to cool.

Large clouds of smoke rose from the gray-brown bricks, and a serf, wearing gloves, took off several pieces and handed them to Liszt, Galtai, and Marcus.

"Experiment with hardness. ”

Bang Bang!

Two hammers went down, and the bricks were smashed.

"The hardness is average, the degree of firing is not enough, try another furnace. Liszt said calmly, this furnace brick obviously did not meet the quality of his experiment.

The firing time of the new furnace was extended by ten minutes, and it took a full half an hour before it was baked.

After pouring water to cool, the hardness of the gray-brown bricks has reached the standard, which is not much worse than the hardness of granite.

Jomaya Rammed Earth felt the hardness and weight of the bricks on the stretcher, and couldn't help but admire again: "My lord, with such bricks of the same shape, it will be very convenient to build any building." Compared to the fragile pottery, bricks are as hard as stone. ”

"It's good to use, then the rest of the brick factory kiln will be designed by you. Once you're done building the brickyard, you start building the lighthouse. ”

If Qiao Maia had not been brought in advance, he would have produced qualified bricks at this time and completed the task, and Qiao Maia would have entered his field of vision. However, the Smoke mission has changed, and Jomaya has arrived early and is preparing to build a lighthouse, shortening the mission time by a lot.

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

"I have made a field trip with Captain Costo, and it has been determined that it will be built one mile west of the port of Heima, where the terrain is very high, and the view angle is very good, and it is very clear from the ship. Moreover, the surrounding rocky beaches do not hinder walking, and it is also very convenient to transport building materials. ”

"Then build the lighthouse in this location, Advisor Galtai, and you continue to be in charge of the construction of the brickyard. ”

"As you wish, my lord. ”

Leaving the task of construction supervision to Galtai, Liszt takes Marcus, Lasse, and Griffin on his mount, Lightning, and embarks on another mission on this trip to Dark Horse Island - to find wild tea trees.

There aren't many trees on the island.

The vast majority of them are still rubber trees.

Therefore, it was very rare to distinguish the varieties of trees, and it only took one day for Liszt to find the reward of the last smoke mission, three wild tea trees. These three wild tea trees, next to each other, grow on the slope to the north of the Ice Grass Hill, which can be seen at a glance.

The shrub-type tea tree is not very tall, about two meters.

The branches are numerous, disorganized, and there are no artificially planted tea trees. It's March now, and the young leaves of the wild tea tree have just germinated, which is slightly different from the young tea buds in Liszt's memory, the edges are not too obvious jagged shapes, and the bud heads are not obvious.

It is not as good as the domesticated tea tree.

Tea picking, especially spring tea, can be picked with a single bud, or one bud and one leaf and one bud and two leaves.

A single bud is a bud that has just grown and has not yet formed a young leaf, a bud and a leaf are a bud that grows into a young leaf, and a bud and two leaves are two buds that have grown into young leaves.

Some people like to drink single buds, and generally thirty or forty thousand buds can be fried to produce a pound of single sprouts. The single bud is not fully developed, the taste is not fresh enough, and there will be a little bitterness, not to mention that it is not resistant to bubbles. But what I like is the fragrance and sweetness of the single bud, as well as the noble artistic conception.

The first and second leaves are more popular, well developed, amino acids and vitamins are sufficient, and the aroma of tea is also sufficient. It's just that when brewed, there is no "needle-like uprightness" that is pleasing to the eye, and the heavy tea flavor is also a little less elegant.

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

Liszt didn't know the above knowledge, he was just an ordinary salaryman before the crossing, and he drank more drinks than tea. His understanding of tea is still obtained from the pervasive advertisements on video websites, what large-leaf tea and small-leaf tea, what how many processes, and what old experts personally supervise the work.

"If I'm not mistaken, these three trees should be called tea trees. Liszt stood in front of the wild tea tree and spoke lightly.

Marcus was curious: "Black tea tree?, my lord, the black tea tree doesn't seem to look like this, its leaves are slightly reddish and round, and it can still bear fruit." ”

"It's ...... Green tea tree. "I read in a magic book that the green tea tree is very different from the black tea tree, and it is very beneficial for the body to pick its young shoots and brew them directly into tea after frying. ”

"Green tea tree?"

Marcus chewed on the names of the trees and said nothing more, he understood that he was not as knowledgeable as Liszt—the young lord, well-read and knowledgeable. The rubber tree is the best example of this, and if it weren't for the wisdom of the lords, they would miss out on the extremely important rubber.

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

It doesn't matter if it's a single bud or a bud with one leaf, one bud with two leaves, or one bud with three or four leaves.

Collect it first.

Of course, according to the biology knowledge in junior high school, he knew that the leaf buds on the top of the tea tree should be collected for tea picking. Because plants have apical dominance, apical buds grow preferentially and inhibit lateral bud growth. After picking the top buds, the side buds of the tea plant will grow and will not affect the growth of the tea plant.

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

There were also many female serfs, and Griffin called twenty of them, and brought a few ladders to pick the top buds of the green tea trees. Looking at the serfs at work, Liszt suddenly thought of a legend of tea picking - lip tea.

It is said that there is a kind of tea that is picked by a virgin with her own mouth, and the tea that is stained with virgin saliva is particularly fragrant. After it is fried, it is put into the arms of the virgin and made, and the new tea finally baked is fragrant and fragrant, with the unique body fragrance of the virgin, called lip tea.

The legend is not credible, at least not Liszt.

In case the virgin who picks tea looks like Sister Feng, I believe that kind of lip tea, no one should want to drink it.

In two hours, the serfs had already picked most of the top buds, and there were not many in total, about two catties. With two catties of young leaves and shoots, Liszt prepared to return to Flower Town by boat - the work on Dark Horse Island was under the care of Galtai and Marcus, and there would be no problems.

It's just that before leaving, Galtai looked at him with blank eyes: "My lord, Freya is nine months pregnant and will give birth at any time, and I can't be by her side." ”

"Rest assured, when the lighthouse construction is complete, you will be back...... Consultant Galtai, Flower Town is important, and the construction of the port town on Dark Horse Island is equally important, and you need to maintain it for a period of time, after all, Mr. Marcus lacks experience. ”

At this point, Galtai could only lift his spirits: "Your Excellency, please rest assured, Galtai will definitely plan the development of the port town with all his heart!"

Comforted Galtai.

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 but start imagining: "I don't know how many catties of dry tea can be fried, and what is the taste of brewing?"