Chapter 26: New job (on)

If the castle is the capital of Purgatory Island, the alchemy tower is equivalent to the royal palace in the capital.
On this level of isle, if Hines is the supreme king, Andrew and Pier are his vassals, Lancelot is his general, a large number of puppet warriors are his soldiers, and his servants are his civilians. , Then the apprentice is his knight.
This is a representative of a typical middle class.
At this stage, it can be said that Gong Hao has crossed the most difficult stratum for him. Because this is a stratified leap, from the servant to the apprentice, it is much more difficult than the servant to the servant.
Early the next morning, Andrew announced the new appointment of Hugh Iglell. From today, he will enter the alchemy tower to replace Neil's apprenticeship, working hours until the Liberty brings them a new apprenticeship.
In addition, Shuigler will continue his original work, but will be removed from the position of chief of servants, and Andrew will choose another servant chief to cooperate with Gong Hao.
From today, Shuigler will have free access to the Alchemy Tower.
This is perhaps the best portrayal of the frog becoming a prince. Gong Hao's ascension made all servants excited. They seemed to see a hope that they could be promoted, so much that they worked harder.
"Congratulations, Glair. From today on, you are an apprentice, and you will learn the most mysterious and powerful alchemy spell on the mainland." Andrew said, patting Gong Hao's shoulder.
Gong Hao respectfully replied: "I believe this must be yours, yours. I still remember that it was your decision to promote me to the rank of servant, but now, thanks to you."
Andrew laughed: "I did say something for you, but in the end it was because of your own hard work. The instructor appreciates you very much, and I believe you will not let him down."
"I will do my best, sir."
"Well." Andrew took a look around and said softly to Gong Hao: "But you have to be careful about Pier, after you enter the alchemy tower, he is your new supervisor. This guy is not a good thing, except he will ask In addition to the mentor's favor, he also has a lot of eyes. He even suspected that yesterday's thing was a ghost you made. If it wasn't for Lancelot to prove it for you, or he would give you ... In short, Xiuyi Do n’t let him catch you, it ’s not good for you or me, after all, you were once my person.

Gong Hao's heart jumped. He looked at Andrew and said, "Sir, I thought I was always yours."
Andrew was stunned, Gong Hao said, "Don't I temporarily replace Neil just before Liberty sends a new apprentice? In this case, I am still a servant, not an apprentice. Since I am a servant, naturally Still under your jurisdiction, why listen to Lord Pierre? Just changing the place and content of work, but it does not mean that I belong to Lord Pierre, right? Unless he knows that I am an apprentice to the Alchemy Tower, and Do not plan to use new apprentices, otherwise I will still be your servant. "
Andrew's eyes narrowed, he thought for a while, and nodded admirably: "You're right, Xiuyi, you are still a servant and still my person. I do n’t think Pier will give you a clear apprentice. After all, once you have been given an apprenticeship, you cannot easily revoke it, especially if you haven't made any mistakes. "
"That being the case, I still have to ask Lord Andrew to take care of him in the future." Gong Hao bowed and begged to Andrew.
"That's right," Andrew replied proudly.
From Andrew's words, Gong Hao understood two things:
First, Pier was skeptical of himself.
Second, Andrew was dissatisfied with Pie.
The former represents crisis and the latter represents opportunity.
Gong Hao had to admire his anxiety at that time, and immediately switched between the status of servant and apprentice to trap Andrew. Without Andrew's support behind him, I am afraid it will be difficult to cope with the situation.
Sometimes people don't just have to work beautifully. They also need to know how to pay to their superiors. They must use their strength to put it bluntly. They just need to find a backing for themselves. Before reincarnation, Gong Hao had some knowledge of the politics of the office. If he can do things, he must also be a man. This is the only rule of survival in the workplace.
On Purgatory Island, this situation is even more direct-if you don't do well, you will die, and Gong Hao has no room to shrink back.
So in this case, Gong Hao immediately chose to continue to follow Andrew, and only in this way can he protect himself.
Of course, among the three giants in the Alchemy Tower, what really speaks well is Patrick Hines, Andrew and Pier are only equivalent to two department heads, one is responsible for technology, production, one is responsible for personnel, logistics, see The position of technical director is higher than that of logistics director. This is also fully in line with the criteria that the first-line status in the enterprise is higher than the second-line. Therefore, it is impossible for Andrew to fight against Piet by Andrew alone. This is the general manager of Hines.
Although it seems that Hines had a pretty good impression of himself, this man is obviously an alchemist, as long as he thinks that he can stay in the tower all day without leaving the house, he will be understandable except for alchemy. The only way to please such a person is to make enough achievements in alchemy.
In the end, Gong Hao realized that he still had a backer, the daughter of the chairman Strike VI, the little princess Avril.
Oh yes, and the head of the purchasing department, Lancelot, the commander of the bare pole, will undoubtedly stand by his side.
It seems that on this purgatory island, pie is the only one who is alone.
At least for a short time, don't worry about Piet. But one day, sooner or later, this confidant must be resolved.
The above ideas are just long-term plans. Gong Hao doesn't think he can kill Piere now. If something happens on Purgatory Island, Hines will doubt him, even if he is clever.
Two things are imminent and must be resolved immediately. One is that you must be immediately familiar with the working conditions of the alchemy tower, so that you can get started as soon as possible, instead of pulling others' hind legs. Another thing is even more important. In any case, new apprentices cannot be sent to Purgatory Island.
Gong Hao didn't want to be beaten back by a new apprentice after he finally entered the alchemy tower.
This matter, I am afraid that in the end, it will fall on the armored warrior Chakra, who bought him back. Damn, I haven't had much friendship with Chaclay in the past year, and just have a secret deal with Bailey.
Alas, maybe Bailey has a solution.
But for these greedy guards to act ... it seems necessary to let them know that having an apprentice who can trade with them is far more valuable than a servant who can trade with them.
Thinking of this, Gong Hao understood what he should do.
In fact, the work of apprentices is not very complicated.
The apprenticeship on Purgatory Island is mainly a two-part job.
One is production, which is to produce the mastered alchemy products, which is mainly completed according to the list sent by the empire every month. This part of the list includes the making of potions, scrolls, magic weapons and puppets. As the technology has taken shape, apprentices need only follow steps.
The other is to study new alchemy. This part is mainly carried out by Hines, Pier and Andrew. Hines is responsible for the most difficult part, while Pier is responsible for the middle part, and Andrew is responsible for the lower part. The apprentice's task is to fight the three men and complete the work according to their requirements.
After entering the alchemy tower, Gong Hao said that it was Neil's job, but in fact it must not be done that way. Starting with known alchemy is much faster than delving into unknown territory.
"Hugh Iglell, you're here to work from today." The apprentice who led the way and introduced him was Ivo, who had given flowers to Lancelot.
"Yes, Master Ivo." Gong Hao answered respectfully.
Ivo smiled slightly: "There is no need to call me a mage, you are still half an apprentice, just call my name."
Gong Hao found that when they did not kill, the apprentices were relatively cute.
"I see, Ivo."
This is a room on the second floor of the Alchemy Tower.
On the first floor of the Alchemy Tower, there are some raw materials that have been extracted and finished products, and there is also a library.
The second floor of the Alchemy Tower is mainly made of pharmaceuticals.
Different rooms are used to make different potions, from the second floor to the fourth floor, each floor has two apprentices and ten puppet assistants. On the fifth to seventh floors, there are the experimental layers of Hines, Pier, and Andrew, of which Andrew is on the fifth floor. In addition to Hines with two assistants, Pierre and Andrew each have an apprentice assistant and ten puppet assistants.
The assistants were created by Hines specifically to assist in alchemy experiments. Their wisdom is relatively higher than that of the samurai warriors, but they have little combat power. They can only do simple and heavy tasks according to the instructions, and they do not need to be specially ordered to command them. A sign, just wear an apprentice robe.
The second level of the Alchemy Tower is potion making, and some blank magic scrolls are also made by the way. The third floor is where magic is added to the weapon. The four layers are used to make known puppets, such as the samurai warrior.
According to Gong Hao's estimation, the study of what kind of magic pattern is likely to be on the sixth or seventh floor, and the demon is estimated on the sixth floor. Because Andrew still has to focus on managing servants, Andrew is often not on the fifth floor. It is estimated that that floor is mostly occupied. From the analysis of the material in and out, we can see that Andrew's layer is basically not needed, and it can be inferred that he can't make any contribution.
For Alchemist Hines, this may be an important reason why Andrew is not as good as Pierre. And the goal that I have the most opportunity to join in the future should be here.
At this moment Ivo took him to the room, which was full of bottles and jars, and it was covered with paper notes indicating the names of various medicaments.
On the other side of the room, various materials provided by the servants were put together in a mess, with multiple types of crucibles in the middle, and the magic flame could be heated at any time.
This place looks dirty and messy.
"In fact, the biggest mystery of alchemy lies in the unknown, and it is not so complicated for the mastery of alchemy." At this moment Ivo explained to him what he was about to do.
Ivo took a bottle of potion from the table: "Like this one, a bottle of healing medicament, the most commonly used medicament. The required material formula, the order of preparation, and the matters needing attention are all well documented. What to do next It is just to make according to the recorded content. Glair you have done it in the library, you have seen many records of alchemy, do you know how to do this thing? "
Gong Hao immediately responded: "Yes, I know, it needs 17 kinds of magic plants and six kinds of Warcraft. The materials provided by three kinds of monsters need to go through at least 30 processes. If you use large crucibles, you can make them at one time About ten bottles. "
"But you have never done it, have you? And there are a lot of things you can't learn by reading books. I'll do it once for you now. I hope you won't need me to teach you more than two times."
"I will do my best to learn well."
"Very good." Ivo began to work on Gong Hao's attention to all aspects of attention.
He lit a magical flame and poured a peculiar colloidal liquid into a small crucible.
"This is a stock solution made from the sap of snake wormwood and manatee gum, diluted with twice the amount of water. After heating to the surface of the liquid, pores begin to be released ..."
"I remember stirring a little?" Gong Hao asked.
"Yes, but the record will not tell you that you can only stir in one direction. Do not stir left and right. And you must pay attention to even force during the mixing process, otherwise there will be signs of condensation somewhere. Don't let the dope condense, otherwise it will be a failure. "
"Yes, I see."
"Pay attention to the changes when putting in the materials. The original solution will become thicker due to the evaporation of water during the heating process. At this time, pay attention to adding a small amount of water, otherwise they will not be potions but medicine blocks. During the process of adding water Be careful to let the water melt into the stock solution, otherwise it doesn't make sense. But don't add too much at one time to be lazy. "
"Is it because of temperature?"
"Yes, the temperature is not enough, and the reaction between the materials is not enough to achieve the desired effect. However, if the temperature is too high, the drug properties will be destroyed."
"Then how do we determine the temperature? Can we only use visual inspection? I remember there are many times when the visual inspection results are not accurate, and not every drug will respond."
"Then we can only rely on experience and infer the heating time. So it is easy to learn how to make a potion, but it is very difficult to make it well."
Gong Hao smiled and said nothing.
It seems that I still have a chance here. It is not difficult to make a thermometer, and there is no need to worry about the glass, because the alchemist knows how to make glass, and there is no shortage of glass in the alchemy tower. The mature use of glass, because the main purpose of making glass is to make some vessels for liquids. For example, the bottles of therapeutic agents are made of this glass. Then there is only a shortage of mercury.
Well, although there is no mercury here, there are items that can replace mercury. Gong Hao remembers that there is a kind of four season grass that has a clear reflection on the change in temperature. Maybe you can make your own thermometer with your own, it is not necessary to be accurate, and it does not even need to be in degrees Celsius, as long as it meets the needs of the test. If that's the case, it shouldn't be too difficult.
"Hey, Glair, you're lost." Ivo's cry called Gong Hao in thought.
"I'm sorry, Ivo, I hope I didn't miss anything."
"Okay, anyway, I always have to watch you become proficient before letting it go to you." Ivo said.
"Then the amount of materials can only be put through experience?"
"Of course. This is the biggest difference between an alchemist and an apprentice. It looks like I'm lucky, and this potion has great hopes for success."
Ivo's potion is almost ready.
Extinguishing the magic flame, Ivo gently took the potion from the crucible and bottled it while saying:
"The preparation of the medicament seems simple, but before perfecting the formula, it has undergone countless trials by alchemists. The few things that need to be paid attention to are the control of the temperature, the order of the material and the amount of the material. .It must be precise, otherwise you may not make a bottle of healing potion, but a bottle of poison. Glair, if anyone asks me what is the biggest difference between a servant and an apprentice, I would not say that the apprentice is Servant is noble. I would say that if a servant makes a mistake, it will only be him who dies. But if an apprentice makes a mistake, it is likely that a large number of people die. So according to the rules, each apprentice is completing his own work. After that, you have to do a final check on it. "
Speaking, Ivo blinked at Gong Hao: "Do you know what to do?"
Gong Hao felt an unknown feeling in his heart.
Sure enough, Ivo raised his head and took a sip of the freshly brewed potion.
Then he looked back at Gong Hao: "The finished therapeutic agent is transparent and colorless, but there will be a little sediment and a slight aroma. If you find that the color of the agent you made is wrong or the purity is not enough, You'd better throw it away for refining right away. But like this kind of potion, which doesn't seem to have any problems, if you plan to list it as a finished product, you can only confirm it by the last method. No problem, just take a sip. Before you poison others, poison yourself first.
"Yes, I see, Ivo, but is there no better test?"
"Glair, there are many things you can do, but many things you can't. Even if you have a hundred ways to prove the safety of the medicament, you must not leave this level.
"I see. This is the easiest and most reassuring way, right?"
"That's right." Ivo put his name on the bottle. If something goes wrong with the potion he made, the Empire will be the first to apprehend the producer by name.
"Then Ivo, what would the apprentice do if he broke the potion?"
"This is not a slave area. It is common for alchemy experiments to fail. This is why we use separate crucibles. If you are not sure, use a small crucible. The loss caused by failure will not be too great. If you are sure, use a large crucible. If you succeed, you will get ten bottles. If you fail, you will also lose a lot. Unfortunately, I could have used a medium crucible. I thought it was a success. I knew that I would use a medium-sized one, but that ’s five bottles at a time. Oh yes, do n’t use a large crucible until you are not sure enough. Failure once, the wasted materials are quite amazing, and the difficulty is also It will increase relatively. Generally only apprentices or even masters with more than three years of experience will use it. "
Speaking of this, Ivo gasped. He put the bottle of healing potion in his hand and said:
"You need to know that in terms of alchemy, the consumption of materials is more than ten times the regular product they can produce. If 80% of the consumption is used to research new alchemy products, once it becomes a finished product, there is another achievement when errors are made. Consumption. Therefore, alchemy allows mistakes, but discourages mistakes. You can make mistakes ten times in a row, repairing eagles. After all, dozens of procedures are not easy to master, but if you ca n’t As you progress, you will not be a qualified apprentice, let alone an alchemist. "
"Yes, I will work hard."
"So, for apprentices, there are two criteria for excellence. One: making better products. Two: making more products at a lower cost. Both are important."
"understood."
"At present, Alchemy has a total of 113 potions, of which 32 are used for recovery, including mana recovery potions, magic potion potions, various healing potions, etc. There are also 20 poison potions , And nineteen antidote to it. "
"Nineteen antidote?"
"Yes, there are nineteen kinds. There is a poison that has not been invented until now. So it is banned, but here we also need to make it. But you can rest assured that you will not be able to touch it in a short time.
"I thought that as long as the healing potion was broken down, it would become a poison."
"That's not a good idea, Glair. The first cost is too high. The second toxicity is not enough. It may not even be toxic. It may just make you stomach for a few days. The real poison can kill you immediately.
"Just a joke." Gong Hao smiled.
Ivo laughed, and he continued:
"There are eleven potion potions and eleven curse potions, and their effects are corresponding. Finally, there are twenty other potions. Your job is to put all these potions on the list sent by the empire. It's all made in a month. Oh yes, and I will do it with you. Of course, I will make some blank magic scrolls by the way. "
Then, Ivo threw a book to Gong Hao: "Take it and start meditating for one hour every day as recorded in the book."
What Ivo gave him was a magic book that recorded how to develop elemental sensing.
Gong Haoqi wonders: "Alchemy should also meditate?"
"Of course, the alchemist is also a type of magician, except that everyone who becomes an alchemist is mostly intelligent, but lacks elemental induction talents. The absence of elemental induction talents does not mean that you cannot learn magic, but it is only effective It will be a lot worse, and it is destined to have no future. But we still have to learn meditation. Because there are many alchemy products that not only require materials, but also support spells. Such as those scrolls. Do you know why alchemy can only make blank scrolls? ? "
"Because we can't use powerful spells."
"The problem is here. So the magic scroll was obviously invented by the alchemist, but in the end due to the physical limitations of the alchemist, only some low-level scrolls could be produced. In the end, it turned into a blank scroll made by the alchemist, and some slightly A magician who knows alchemy makes magic scrolls by himself. This is arguably the biggest helplessness of the alchemist. But this is also no way. If you can become a magician, who would be willing to stay in the laboratory every day?
Ivo's statement fully illustrates his helplessness with the profession of alchemist.
Even if the alchemist is even more powerful, all the results in the end can only be wedding dresses for others. Of course, perhaps Patrick Hines does not think so, and he may truly love this science so crazy that he can achieve this .
Nowadays, Gong Hao actually likes alchemy very much, maybe that's why he gave up running away and decided to stay here.
For Gong Hao, revenge is not necessarily the best reason to take risks.
From this day, even if Gong Hao worked in the Alchemy Tower completely, he soon discovered that even in this new unfamiliar field, he still has room to show his skills.