March 25, 9 a.m., Shanhai Town Ferry.

Ouyang Shuo led a group of commanders to see off Zhou Haichen and others, this time the military sent to Friendship Village to form a garrison, it was the original infantry squadron and a team of Zheng Hu Yibiao, the main responsibility of the garrison squadron is to do a good job in the defense of the city and the city wall guard. As for external operations, the cavalry battalion stationed in Friendship Town in the future was the mainstay. In the field against nomadic tribes, cavalry is more suitable.

Returning from the ferry, Ouyang Shuo took the time to go to the alchemy workshop. Since the alchemist Magnus entered the station, Ouyang Shuo has been busy with the upgrading of his territory, and has not yet learned about this alchemy workshop, which is very different from the style of the Eastern civilization.

The people of Shanhai Town are naturally extremely curious about Magnus, a Westerner, with golden hair, white skin, and thick hair, plus a not very authentic Chinese, which is enough to detonate everyone's gossip hearts. Of course, there are also those who have insight and know that this is a Francophone man from the West.

The alchemy workshop was specially arranged by Ouyang Shuo in the Northeast Military Region, next to the weapon workshop, so as not to be disturbed by ordinary residents. Because the alchemist recruited by Shanhai Town this time is not a traditional Chinese Taoist priest, but a pure Western alchemist. The alchemy workshop was built as a stone hut in the style of Western architecture, with two floors and a basement.

The first floor of the Alchemy House is the hall and storehouse, and the second floor is Magnus's bedroom and study. As for the most important laboratory of the alchemist, it was built underground and strictly protected.

Ouyang Shuo, under the guidance of Magnus, walked into the underground laboratory. Around the walls of the basement, there are five or six kerosene lamps, and a huge combination kerosene lamp hangs from the ceiling, which illuminates the entire basement. Fortunately, there are perfect ventilation facilities in the basement, otherwise people will probably die of suffocation due to lack of oxygen if they stay in it for a long time.

Around the lab, there are rows of shelves with various bottles and cans. In the middle is a huge test bench with beakers, distillation flasks, crucibles and other test instruments.

"Magnus, what kind of research is the Alchemy Workshop mainly engaged in?" Ouyang Shuo asked curiously while visiting the laboratory.

"The research of the alchemy workshop is mainly in the two aspects of distillation and refining metals." Magnus said a little arrogantly, not expecting the lord in front of her to understand.

Ouyang Shuo pretended to look at the various experimental instruments on the test bench, and thought to himself, do you really understand what it is for? Hypocritical Orientals.

Where did Magnus think that Ouyang Shuo was a modern person, and the mysterious alchemy in his eyes was nothing more than Erer in Ouyang Shuo's eyes.

"You mean rectification, but the distillation method that uses reflux to separate liquid mixtures with high purity?" Ouyang Shuo casually picked up a distillation bottle and asked with a smile.

Magnus's eyes widened instantly, and he said excitedly, "That's right, that's the way." Oh, my God. I am impressed by your wisdom, my lord. I have to say that this Westerner is still very upright, and once he finds out that the other party really understands, he immediately changes his attitude and does not hesitate to praise.

"In that case, Magnus, if you have time, you can take the time to visit the distillery and improve their distillation techniques. If successful, I think the FSD will be happy to pay you a good amount to support your research work. Ouyang Shuo lured it.

As soon as Magnus heard about the research funding, her eyes lit up and she said loudly, "No problem. My lord, you can leave this matter to me with confidence. ”

"As for the research on metal purification, it can be jointly researched with the Jiafang Division, and their demand for refined iron is still very huge. In addition, there is also a place for you to use in the Wolf Mountain Mine, which is highly purified for gold nuggets, but you are good at it. All in all, I hope that the Alchemy Workshop will not be isolated from the territory, but will actively participate in the affairs of the territory to achieve a win-win situation. Ouyang Shuo finally said.

Magnus had already put aside his prejudice and pride, and said respectfully: "Your wisdom is as deep as the sea, and Magnus will definitely follow your advice." ”

"That's good!" Before Ouyang Shuo left, he took out the pair of wild boar fangs that he had obtained a long time ago from the storage bag, and said with a smile: "Do you have a way to refine this pair of tusks into jewelry?" ”

Magnus took the boar's fangs and said cautiously, "You can give it a try." ”

"Okay, I'll wait for your good news." As he spoke, he turned and left the alchemy workshop.

Coming out of the alchemy workshop, Ouyang Shuo went to the market and ruthlessly spent 500 gold coins to buy an architectural drawing of a high-grade shipyard. Ever since he got the "Mengchong Battleship Manufacturing Technical Manual", he couldn't wait to make the Mengchong warship.

However, as a medium-class warship, Mengchong must be built in a high-class shipyard. There is no way, in order to form a powerful naval fleet as soon as possible, Ouyang Shuo can only take out such a large amount of money from his limited funds to upgrade the shipyard.

When I returned to the Lord's Mansion, I happened to see Qing'er and Gu Sanniang muttering on the side, Gu Sanniang's expression was a little depressed, and Qing'er comforted her. Ouyang Shuo asked curiously, "What are you talking about?" God mysterious. ”

Gu Sanniang was silent on the side, and Qing'er muttered: "Didn't the eldest brother promise to hand over the restaurant to Sister Gu to take care of before?" But according to the pricing of the Construction Division, the restaurant is so expensive. Coupled with the follow-up recruitment of guys and the purchase of raw materials, scattered together, the start-up capital alone will cost thirty gold coins. In addition, the future of the restaurant is unknown, and I don't know if everyone is willing to spend money on the restaurant, so Sister Gu is very hesitant. ”

Ouyang Shuo nodded, looked at Gu Sanniang, and asked, "Is it as Qing'er said?" ”

"Back to the adult, the women are indeed a little worried, coupled with the lack of financial resources, I am afraid that they will live up to your expectations. The women should continue to stay in the lord's palace and take care of everyone's food and daily life. Gu Sanniang said resignedly.

Ouyang Shuo waved his hand and said, "Sanniang has seen the outside, since you have difficulties, you can come to me directly, why do you have to sigh like this." The promises I have made will not be unfounded. I will pay for the start-up capital, and I will use this money to take half of the shares in the restaurant, what do you think? ”

Gu Sanniang was immediately overjoyed, and said incoherently: "No, no, no, as long as the women occupy a share, they are already satisfied, and they don't dare to expect too much." ”

"Sanniang, you don't have to excuse yourself, it's not that I mean to let you. If you want to run the restaurant well, the start-up capital only plays a leading role. Subsequent important work such as recruiting buddies, decorating restaurants, and researching dishes all need to be handled by you, the future shopkeeper. Truth be told, half of the stake is already taking advantage of you. Ouyang Shuo explained.

Before Gu Sanniang could say anything, Qing'er on the side couldn't help but applaud, and said with a smile: "Sister is not polite to eldest brother, he has recently scavenged a large amount of money from Liukou." ”

Ouyang Shuo glared at Qing'er, and then said, "Of course, I won't own half of the shares in this restaurant." Three of them were reserved for Yingyu, and the remaining two were reserved for Qing'er. Think of it as the pocket money that I'm the eldest brother left for my two younger sisters! ”

"Ah," Qing'er didn't expect that she would have such benefits, and the little wealth fan immediately stepped forward to hug Ouyang Shuo's arm, and said sweetly: "Big brother, you are so good, you know that you love Qing'er, hehe!" ”

Ouyang Shuo touched her little head and said with a smile: "It's good to know, but you can't be too naughty." ”

Seeing this scene, Gu Sanniang accepted it with peace of mind, and said with a smile: "The woman has thanked the adult for her funding, and asked the adult to choose a name for the restaurant!" ”

Ouyang Shuo pondered for a moment, thought for a while, nodded and said, "Well, I think it's called Sangu Restaurant." not only pointed out the identity of Sanniang, your shopkeeper, but also took the meaning of coming again, which happened to be in line with the restaurant. ”

"yes, that's a good name!" Qing'er, who had just received the benefits, applauded very cooperatively.

Gu Sanniang was also very satisfied with the name of the restaurant, and said, "Thank you for the name." There is also a matter to report to the adults, if the women go to run the restaurant, then who will take over the kitchen of the lord's mansion? ”

"Sanniang doesn't have to worry. After the official residence was built, except for me and the Qing'er sisters, everyone else in the lord's mansion had to go home to eat, and they didn't have to manage the meals of a large group of people like before. After the second restaurant is built, if you really want to be greedy, you can also go to the restaurant to fight the autumn breeze, and then Sanniang, you don't think we eat white food. Ouyang Shuo said jokingly.

"Your Excellency is always welcome!" Gu Sanniang said sincerely.

"As for the successor of the kitchen of the Lord's Mansion, I will leave it to Sanniang to choose. On the contrary, in the current territory, there are still many chefs as before. Ouyang Shuo finally said.

"Okay." Gu Sanniang nodded in response.

After the discussion, Qing'er, the girl, couldn't wait to report the good news to Yingyu. Ouyang Shuo didn't care about her, called Zhao Dewang to the office, and asked him to arrange for someone to hurry up and upgrade the shipyard.

Zhao Dewang's face was bitter, recently the director of the construction department was about to be tossed crazy by Ouyang Shuo, and there were construction projects everywhere. The walls and moats have just been built, and the renewal of the territory is about to begin. This is just the beginning, and the task of building the wall of Friendship Village has been received over there. The craftsmen who rushed to the Friendship Village have just set off, and now they have to upgrade the shipyard, which is another big project. Even if he has three heads and six arms, he can't be busy.

Ouyang Shuo patted Zhao Dewang on the shoulder and said solemnly: "This time has been hard, and when I am done, I will give you a bonus for the construction department." ”

What else could Zhao Dewang say, he could only smile bitterly.