Lord of Rot

Chapter 121 Expensive Glass

Li Qi and the pharmacist walked out of Fra's house and stood on the side of the road.

Heavy heart.

There was nothing he could do about his illness.

If he can talk about firing red bricks on paper, then he doesn't know anything about medicine.

But something has to be done. Li Qi has not discovered any illnesses that can be cured by magic, because none of his subordinates know magic, and those scholars will never say anything about it.

Treatment is still with drugs.

Li Qi still remembered a high-scoring TV series "Benevolent Doctor" that he had watched on Earth before, which contained very detailed methods of making penicillin.

In this day and age, antibiotics are bound to save more lives.

Thanks to the self who loves to follow dramas, this is one of the few medical knowledge.

If the production of penicillin is the top priority, then medical alcohol is also very important. If there is a chance, he hopes to produce all of them in case of emergency.

If you want to distill wine, you must have related equipment and materials.

The simplest raw material is to buy other people's wine directly, and then use distillation equipment to purify it yourself.

It’s not just that distilling is needed to make alcohol. The book that Li Qi got in Lintawan also records the method of using the griffin grass. The griffin grass in the porcupine collar has not yet grown, and it is far from the time to use it. .

One of the very important steps is through distillation. The method recorded in the book is relatively clumsy, and it is collected through the lid of the pot, which is wasteful and extremely inefficient.

Li Qi didn't have too much griffin grass in his hands, so he absolutely couldn't waste it.

The equipment available for distillation is not difficult, such as iron, copper or bamboo wood, etc., but the small bottle that the pharmacist took out just now reminded him of glass.

Regarding the manufacture of glass, Li Qi can also talk about it on paper and the raw materials are not difficult to find.

There are few technical talents, and all technical talents need to be cultivated from scratch, which is his biggest difficulty at present.

He looked at the pharmacist who was standing quietly beside him, not daring to speak.

The pharmacist noticed Li Qi's gaze, and his body trembled violently.

I believe that there will be no one in the porcupine collar who does not know the relationship between the lord and the dwarf carpenter.

He assisted the lord system in the creation of the waterwheel, the creation of the two-wheeled cart, and so on.

And he also has the only marriage presided over by the lord.

The lord's expression looked obviously wrong, he was in a bad mood, so the pharmacist didn't dare to take a big breath, for fear of being angered.

"What's the material of the medicine bottle in your box?"

The pharmacist replied immediately: "This is a natural ore, we will call it a dragon mine gem."

"dragon?"

Li Qi knows that mentioning dragons in this world is definitely not a conceptual thing, but really related to dragons.

The pharmacist said: "According to legend, dragon mine gemstones are stones that appear around the dragon's lair, and some people say that after the death of a dragon, his flesh and bones will melt into the mountain and turn into veins, and this vein is the dragon mine. gem."

Li Qi obviously didn't believe this statement. He was more inclined that the so-called dragon vein ore was a kind of natural glass. Judging from the pharmacist's expression, he only regarded this statement as a legend.

"Besides being used by you to hold medicine, what else can this gemstone be used for?"

"They will make gemstones into decorations, and the price is very high. Some rich people will even use them to make wine glasses, just like these small bottles in my hand. Unprocessed ore costs several silver months."

Li Qi has never seen aristocrats use it. It is estimated that it was passed down by the merchant class. Real aristocrats generally use gold cups made of real gems, or cups made of pure silver, which are exquisite and noble.

The price of the so-called "Dragon Mine Gems" is definitely not comparable to real gold and silver.

But the price of glass is so low that Li Qi seems to have seen another way to get rich.

Can be made into a luxury item.

However, there are already too many so-called ways to get rich in his hands. The most sensible way should be to realize them step by step instead of getting involved in every industry.

"So where can I buy it?" Li Qi asked.

"There will be in some big towns. I believe the caravan in Haozu Ridge has the answer you want to know."

"very good"

Li Qi asked the pharmacist to go back first, while he returned to the study, recalling writing down the method of making penicillin in "Benevolent Doctor", whether it will be successful, how to do it, and so on.

Leave it to the pharmacist to practice.

If there are scholars who are proficient in medicine, they may be able to better help Li Qi solve this problem. Now he can only cast the net widely, hoping for unexpected gains.

Li Qi found Joe again. Although Joe has no travel work recently, he still travels to and from some villages closer to Porcupine Ridge.

The milk produced by the porcupine collar, the butter, cheese, some livestock, eggs, etc. all have a good market, although the money earned is not enough to support the expenses of the porcupine ridge.

That is to say, Li Qi always has extra income. If he was replaced by other lords, he must be bald and heavily in debt.

Not to mention that the lords like to seize their property into their own hands instead of using it on the territory and the common people. I have never seen a lord like Li Qi who doesn't make money himself, but spends money like crazy.

"I have preliminarily purchased some alchemy materials you need." Qiao was very efficient in his work. He thought Li Qi saw him to ask about the purchase of alchemy materials.

Li Qi asked: "Is there any caravan who wants to come to the porcupine collar?"

"There's some interest in the porcupine collar, but the caravan might..."

Caravans travel to and from large villages and towns.

They will carry some expensive pottery and leather products for sale, and will sell some perfume, wine and so on.

There are some caravans that mainly sell livestock and food.

Porcupine Ridge currently leaves the impression of poverty to the outside world. Only when the first batch of caravans are attracted by honey can they really try to open the trade route of Porcupine Collar.

In this day and age, the spread of news is almost dependent on legs, and one or two months is not enough to attract caravans.

"I need you to collect some more things," he said.

By the time the instructions were finished, it was already afternoon.

The carpenter Fra passed away. According to the treatment method of the golden wheat field, Fra will be cremated.

Li Qi also presided over the wedding of Pointy Nose and Pregnant Grass Sprout on the same day. There are several carpenters in the current Porcupine Collar, but Frau must be the one that impressed him the most.

In the whole afternoon after that, Li Qi didn't leave his study, writing and drawing until evening.

It was speculated that the Baron would not be saddened by the death of a carpenter.

It has also been speculated that the benevolent lord is so sentimental that he cares about each of his commoners.

It was three letters that interrupted Li Qi's future plans for the porcupine collar.

One letter came from Longship Castle, another letter was sent by Grant, and one letter came from Crow Camel.

(End of this chapter)