Chapter 141 - 140: Work Summary
Chapter 141: Chapter 140: Work Summary
Zhao Chi stepped out of the hot spring.
Gu Qing immediately followed, helping him dry his Body and get dressed.
Zhao Chi had refused several times, but Gu Qing insisted.
And ever since he took her in, she had become even more insistent.
Zhao Chi saw that she genuinely wanted to, so he let her be.
He arrived at the Oil Refining Workshop.
A wave of high heat and grease hit him in the face.
The environment here was similar to the Blacksmith’s Shop—not good.
All four large windows inside were open, so ventilation wasn’t an issue, but the oily smoke was still difficult to vent out completely in time.
After just a short while inside, you would be covered in the greasy smell, especially your clothes and, for the women, their long hair.
Fortunately, with the Carefree Spring, washing up was convenient.
The female Refiners in the Oil Refining Workshop were all newly arrived women.
The leader, Refinery Team Leader Chen Hua, was very nervous when she saw Zhao Chi.
She apologized the moment she saw him.
"Lord, I am so sorry. Our success rate for refining the two types of Super-Improvement Kerosene is very low, and we’ve wasted a lot of raw materials. The main reason is that our Oil-making Skills are too low. I’m truly sorry."
The other four female workers also apologized.
Zhao Chi quickly waved his hand. "I didn’t come to blame you. I came to try and teach you. Let me give it a try first; you can just watch from the side."
Hearing this, the female workers felt as if their savior had arrived.
They quickly made way.
"Lord, this way please. The materials are over there. We’ve wasted some, but most are still left."
"Alright, watch me refine it. I’ll go a bit slower, so you can remember the steps well."
"Yes!"
The female workers answered earnestly.
Zhao Chi entered crafting mode.
The territory now possessed the technique for making Kerosene and Super-Improvement Kerosene.
So, all the basic steps were known, but some of the techniques and timings were difficult to master.
Zhao Chi had made it a few times during class before, so he had some experience.
The difficult parts of refining Kerosene were the temperature and the timing for adding materials.
There was also a series of other minor but important issues.
All these factors added up and would affect the Mass.
If even the Mass of the Kerosene was poor, then there was no hope of improving it into Super-Improvement Kerosene.
Zhao Chi followed the techniques prompted by the system, looking at the gray text before him and slowly proceeding step by step.
After a full 2 hours, he produced a batch of standard-Quality Kerosene.
Zhao Chi had worked very slowly, taking half an hour longer than normal.
But at least it was standard-Quality.
This kind of Ordinary Kerosene could already be used to make torches and oil lamps.
CLAP! CLAP! CLAP!
Applause broke out around him.
The female workers’ eyes were filled with admiration.
Chen Hua sighed, "As expected of the Lord. Your first attempt yields standard-Quality Kerosene. Most of what we make is crude-quality."
Zhao Chi smiled. "This is just the first step. The Super-Improvement that comes next is the hard part."
Chen Hua knew this all too well.
"Yes, Lord. We keep hitting a wall at the Super-Improvement step. We fail so often; it feels so difficult."
"It’s supposed to be difficult. It is a Super-Improvement product, after all, so the difficulty is high. Your goal is just to succeed, even if you only produce inferior-quality."
"Understood, we will do our best!"
Zhao Chi nodded. "Of course, it’s okay even if you fail. This is all part of the cost of growth. Failing at such a high-difficulty task will still give you a good amount of experience. Just do your best and keep trying."
"Thank you, Lord, for your tolerance and for training us."
The female workers were a little touched.
Zhao Chi smiled. "No need to be polite. Do you have any more questions about the step for making Kerosene just now?"
The female workers shook their heads.
It seemed the difficult part really was just the Super-Improvement.
Zhao Chi said, "Alright then, I’m going to start the improvement now. Watch closely."
The female workers’ eyes widened as they stared at Zhao Chi’s hands.
Three hours passed.
A pot of Super-Improvement Kerosene was finished.
Zhao Chi had been very serious while making this pot, so its Quality was still maintained at standard-Quality.
This time, he was met not with applause, but with gasps of admiration.
"The Lord succeeded."
"Wow~ Look at the Quality, it’s standard-Quality!"
"Yeah, how come we can’t achieve this when we do it?"
"You want to achieve this? We can’t even get inferior-quality. We usually just fail."
"I know, but I learned a lot of techniques from the Lord this time. Did you see them?"
"Of course, I was watching without blinking. It solved three key problems for me. If I try again, my success rate will definitely go up."
"Me too, I understood two of my problems."
The female workers discussed enthusiastically.
Zhao Chi said, "You should start refining now, while the memory is still fresh."
"Yes!"
As expected, the female workers couldn’t wait and all began refining.
Zhao Chi carried the pot of oil, poured it into a wooden bucket, and moved it outside to cool.
He had made Super Bright Kerosene this time. Later, they could make some torches, apply this kerosene, and use them tonight.
There were still 3 hours until midnight.
12:00 AM midnight is also 00:00 of the next day, which means it would be the next day.
The Magical Beast diversion wouldn’t wait for dawn; it would probably start at midnight.
Zhao Chi had nothing else to do right now, so he could use the next few hours to make more Kerosene.
So he found Tang Ruan at the training ground.
"Lord? You were looking for me?"
"Yes. Let’s get to work!"
"Understood. Come on in~"
Since there would be a battle soon, Zhao Chi didn’t dare exhaust himself too much.
He only used 5 Speed Work Orders to produce 10 pots of Super-Improvement Kerosene.
Among them, 8 pots were Super Bright Kerosene, and 2 pots were Clean Kerosene.
After all, during battle, vision in the wilderness was more important.
This Kerosene would be enough to last several days.
Tomorrow, he would have Yang Lu and the others hunt more fatty animals to be rendered for oil.
After taking a bath, he slept for another 2 hours.
He woke up at 23:45.
It was almost tomorrow.
Zhao Chi exported and reviewed all the data from the end of the start-of-term test until today.
Although he already had a rough idea, looking at it this way was clearer.
It was data from a total of 8 days.
First was the personnel situation:
[Peach Blossom Village Personnel]
[Militia] 50 people
[Tailor] 25 people
[Blacksmith] 20 people
[Carpenter] 10 people
[Miner] 10 people
[hunter] 5 people
[farmer] 5 people
[Construction Worker] 20 people
[Lumberjack] 10 people
[Refiner] 5 people
Tailors were the most numerous, as they had to create full sets of Leather Armor for everyone to wear.
Each Leather Armor Set has 5 pieces, for a total of 800 pieces needed.
With such a large workload, they needed a lot of people.
Next were the Blacksmiths and Construction Workers, with 20 people each. These jobs also required a lot of manpower.
Zhao Chi continued to look at the production situation.
[Peach Blossom Village Building]
[worker] 20 people
[Team Leader] Fang Li
[Time] 8 days
[Constructed] Warehouse x2, Latrine x1, Well x1, Tailor’s Shop x3, Blacksmith’s Shop x1, Mine Shaft x1, Oil Refining Workshop x1, Wooden House x12
[Original] Lord’s House x1, Woodworker’s Shop, Tailor’s Shop x1, Blacksmith’s Shop x1, Barracks, Mine Shaft x1 (small, depleted), Defense Tower x5, Carefree Spring x1
The Carefree Spring was built by everyone together.
And these Construction Workers, within about 20 hours a day, could construct 2-3 Buildings.
After all, they were all Basic Buildings, so they were easy to construct.
This time, Zhao Chi did not arrange for them to build defense towers.
For any other Lord, defense towers would definitely be essential.
But... Zhao Chi didn’t need them for now.
So he didn’t convert more people into Construction Workers. The current 20 were just enough.
Among these, 12 Wooden Houses had been built.
This was mainly because the beds in the barracks were no longer sufficient.
The barracks had 10 rooms, each with 10 beds, accommodating a total of 100 people.
There were now 160 people in total, so Wooden Houses had to be built.
Besides, the living conditions in the barracks weren’t great. A 10-person room, after all, would also affect Mood.
The environment in the Wooden Houses was better.
They could accommodate 5 people each.
Right now, the entire territory had housing for exactly 162 people, with Zhao Chi and Gu Qing sleeping in the Lord’s House.
The Construction Team was still continuing to build Wooden Houses.
By the time the new residents arrived tomorrow morning, the construction would be just about finished.
Even if it was delayed by the battle, they could still finish it during the day tomorrow.
[8-Day Production Summary]
[Chopping] Wood x1200
[Collection] Fruits and Vegetables x500, Medicinal Herbs x80
[Hunting] Meat x7000, Leather x230
[Planting] Super-Speed Wheat Field x1, Super Speed Experience Fruit Field x1
[refining] Kerosene x20, High-brightness Kerosene x9, Clean Kerosene x2
[Mining] Iron Ore x400, Flame Jade x1, Wind Jade x1
[Forging] Iron Spear x45, Iron Shield x180
[Woodworking] Wooden Spear x1500, Wooden Shield x150, Small Wooden Carriage x15, Wooden Bed x60
[Sewing] Leather Armor Set x52, Leather Armor x110, Leather Leg Guards x110, Leather Boots x110, Smooth Silk Stockings x190, Super-Stretchy Silk Stockings x10
There were a lot of Supplies.
They had indeed produced a lot in these 8 days, especially during those few days when the women were happiest, and production Efficiency soared.
The Kerosene was produced by the newly arrived female workers. Although the Mass was very poor, it was still barely usable.
The other Super-Improvement Kerosene was what Zhao Chi had just produced.
Gu Qing had already told people to light it. He would be able to see the Effect when he went outside in a bit.
They had already mined out the nearest small patch of Iron Ore. Once it was backfilled, they could plant crops on it.