Sure enough, it still failed, and Duke had an indescribable discomfort and loss in his heart. Although he understands that success will not be so simple, when you put all your energy and hope into one thing, it is still difficult to accept failure.

When Abner saw this scene, he also walked up to Duke with a sense of nervousness and loss and said, "I'm sorry lord, I didn't succeed in firing the porcelain. ”

Hearing this, Duke reluctantly squeezed out a smile on his face and replied: "Don't be discouraged, it's normal that you can't fire it, hurry up and clean up the kiln, and immediately prepare to fire the second furnace." ”

The more this kind of failure, the more we must show composure and confidence, so that the people below will have the confidence and motivation to continue to do well. Moreover, it takes a lot of experience to control the temperature of porcelain, and as a pottery craftsman who fired for the first time, it is reasonable for Abner to fail, so there is no need to be too harsh.

However, the cruel reality that followed shattered Duke's previous easy thoughts, and the failure of firing porcelain in five consecutive kilns made everyone's morale reach a very low stage, and some people even began to have a skeptical attitude about being able to successfully fire porcelain.

Although these porcelains are much better than the previous experiments of famous alchemy studios, they are still in a stage where they cannot be used. There have been no successful experiments on the Europa continent for hundreds of years, and it is still impossible for Lord Duke to achieve a breakthrough in just a few days.

In the face of successive failures, Duke sat alone in the study, desperately recalling the process and key points of firing porcelain in the handicraft class, and which step in his current firing process was problematic.

Thinking about it, it seems that there is no big problem with the basic steps, and even the most difficult temperature has reached the temperature required for firing porcelain. At present, the biggest problem is that there is no way to make the temperature reach a balanced and stable stage, in this era without galvanic high temperature thermometers, it is too difficult to control the temperature of the kiln, Abner has no such experience at all!

"Your Lord, eat something and take a break, you haven't had a good rest in days. ”

Sophia, the maid, walked in with a plate of bread, bacon, and boiled fruit, and placed it lightly on the table. In the past few days, Duke's image can be said to have completely changed in her heart, and the playboy who only knew how to flirt with maids to eat, drink and have fun has become a good lord who is extremely serious in his work and very responsible for his people.

"Put it here, I'll tell you to come in and clean up when you're done. ”

Duke replied casually, with the failure of firing porcelain again and again, the pressure in his heart was gradually increasing, and he really had no appetite. Whether Duke is willing to bear it or not, the lives of tens of thousands of people in the entire Storm Castle are maintained on him, which is tens of thousands of living lives!

No matter how cynical Duke is, thinking about eating and waiting for death, he can't ignore the lives of these tens of thousands of people.

Looking at Duke's bloodshot eyes, Sophia suddenly felt a distress in her heart, compared to the previous lord, who chose to escape and transfer away when winter was approaching, Duke was more like a heroic knight sent by God to save them.

Standing outside the door, Sophia folded her hands and prayed silently, hoping that the Lord would favor the young lord and let him succeed sooner.

The scene of Sophia's prayer happened to be seen by Princess Gina, who was planning to discuss things with Duke, and her heart was also full of contradictions. Duke is a well-known straw bale in the capital, and he has always wanted to eat, drink and have fun with nothing, why is he working so hard these days, not like he used to be?

Princess Gina couldn't figure this out, and she didn't have time to think about it, because there were more important things to discuss with Duke.

Walking into the study, Gina saw that Duke was still thinking about something, and the food was set aside without moving, so she swallowed the words that had already come to her lips and changed to another sentence: "Duke, haven't you eaten yet?"

"Princess Gina, is there anything going on?" Duke was very direct, because Gina usually didn't have anything important to do, and she wouldn't come to the study to find him.

"I just got the news that some residents in the Valley of the Fort are coughing, fatigue, and even vomiting, which may be a precursor to the epidemic. ”

When Princess Gina said the word plague, her face was very solemn, because in the Middle Ages, plague represented death.

Duke was stunned when he heard this, he almost forgot the most important thing. In the Dark Ages of the Middle Ages, the deadliest death toll was not war or hunger, but various epidemics led by the famous Black Death, which directly led to the death of nearly half of the people in the European Middle Ages!

Tens of thousands of people crowded into small castles, combined with poor hygiene in the Middle Ages, made it easy for epidemics to break out. The reason why Storm Castle didn't have a major outbreak in the past was because the cold winter temperatures reduced the spread of the disease. Although the weather is getting colder, it is still a very serious matter, and it is necessary to prevent it from happening.

"I know, I'll deal with it later. ”

Duke was not too panicked, after all, as a person who experienced SARS in later generations, he was very familiar with the isolation and disinfection. And he has a trump card in his hand to deal with these epidemics.

Seeing Duke's confident appearance, Gina felt a little strange, didn't this guy realize the seriousness of the epidemic? But even if it was a straw bag, it wouldn't even know about the epidemic, Princess Gina was very puzzled by Duke's performance.

"By the way, your firing of porcelain still hasn't been successful?"

"No, there is no way to stabilize the temperature of the kiln. Duke replied casually, and had no intention of hiding it from Princess Gina.

I don't know why, hearing that the porcelain didn't succeed, Princess Gina felt a kind of empathetic loss in her heart.

"It would be nice to have high-level fire magicians who can control the temperature and energy of the flames. ”

Hearing Princess Jina's whispering, Duke quickly stood up and rushed to Princess Jina's side as if he had discovered a new world, "What did you just say that a high-level fire magician can control the temperature of the flame?"

Seeing Duke's excited behavior, Princess Ji Na quickly nodded and replied, "Well, a high-level fire magician can perfectly control the flame element, and the natural temperature is not a problem. However, high-level fire mages are very rare, and their status is high, so it is impossible to come to Storm Castle and use their fire magic to burn any porcelain for you. ”

Duke knew from his memory that the high-level magicians in this world were so precious that if he wanted to invite them to make porcelain for himself, it was better to ask Emperor Fran to give him a sum of money, and it was estimated that the latter would be simpler.

Just when Duke felt that there was no play, Princess Gina suddenly seemed to think of something, and continued with a sad face: "Actually, there is a high-level fire mage in Storm Castle, but he has fallen into a dark mage and is sealed in the Inquisition of Storm Castle, which is not the same as nothing. ”