Chapter 355

So all the basic steps were there, but some techniques and timing were very hard to master.

Zhao Chi had made it a few times in class before, and had some exposure to it.

The difficulty in refining fire oil lay in the temperature, and the timing of adding materials.

And a series of other small issues worth noting.

All these accumulated together would affect the quality.

If even the quality of the fire oil was poor, then there was no need to mention improving it into super-improved fire oil.

Zhao Chi followed the techniques prompted by the system, looked at the grey text before his eyes, and made it step by step, slowly.

It took a full 2 hours to produce a standard-quality fire oil.

Zhao Chi made it very slowly, half an hour more than the normal time.

Fortunately, it was standard quality.

This kind of ordinary fire oil could already be used to make torches and oil lamps.

Clap clap clap!

Applause sounded beside him.

The female workers' eyes were full of admiration.

Chen Hua sighed: "Worthy of being Lord, one move and it's standard-quality fire oil. Most of what we few make are rough-quality items."

Zhao Chi smiled: "This is only the first step; the next super-improvement is the real difficulty."

Chen Hua knew it well.

"Yes, my lord, we keep hitting walls at the super-improvement step, failing often, it feels so hard."

"Hard is right, after all it's an improved product, the difficulty is very high. Your goal is just to succeed, making an inferior one is fine too."

"Understood, we will do our best!"

Zhao Chi nodded: "Of course, even if you fail it's fine, this is all the cost of growth. Under such extreme difficulty, failing will still give you quite a bit of experience. Just do it seriously, go ahead and give it your all."

"Thank you, Lord, for your tolerance and training."

The female workers were a little moved.

Zhao Chi smiled: "You're welcome. Do you still have any questions about the step of making fire oil just now?"

The female workers shook their heads.

It seemed the real difficulty was indeed only the super-improvement.

Zhao Chi said: "Alright then, I'll improve it right now, watch closely."

The female workers' eyes widened, staring at Zhao Chi's hands.

3 hours passed.

One pot of super-improved fire oil was finished.

This pot Zhao Chi had made with great care, so the quality still maintained standard quality.

This time what he received was not applause, but sighs of admiration.

"Lord succeeded."

"Wow~ look at the quality, it's standard quality!"

"Yeah, why can't we reach this when we make it?"

"Still want to reach this? Even inferior quality we can't reach, we fail often."

"I know, but this time I learned quite a few techniques from Lord, did you see?"

"Of course, I watched without blinking, it solved 3 key problems for me. If I make it again, my success rate will definitely rise."

"Me too, I understood 2 problems."

The female workers discussed heatedly.

Zhao Chi said: "You all take advantage of now to refine it directly, while the memory is still clear."

"Yes!"

The female workers were indeed eager, and all began refining.

Zhao Chi carried a pot of oil, poured it into a wooden bucket, and moved it outside to cool.

This time he made super-bright fire oil; in a while he'd make some torches and dip them in this fire oil, and they could be used directly at night.

There were still 3 hours until midnight 12 o'clock.

Midnight 12 o'clock was also 0 o'clock early morning of the next day, that would be the second day.

The demonic beast diversion wouldn't wait for daylight, it should start from midnight 0 o'clock.

Now Zhao Chi had nothing else to do, so he could take advantage of these few hours to make more fire oil.

So he went to the training ground and found Tang Ruan.

"My lord? Looking for me?"

"Yes, let's begin!"

"Understood, come in~"

Since there would be a battle soon, Zhao Chi didn't dare consume too much.

He only consumed 5 Quick-Work Tokens, producing 10 pots of super-improved fire oil.

Among them 8 pots were super-bright fire oil, 2 pots were cleaning fire oil.

After all, during battle, wilderness visibility was more important.

This fire oil was enough to last several days.

Tomorrow he'd have Yang Lu and the others hunt more fat animals, to use for refining oil.

After washing up, he slept again for 2 hours.

When he woke up, it was 23:45.

Tomorrow was about to begin.

Zhao Chi exported all the data from after the start-of-term test until today and reviewed it.

Although he had a rough idea in his head, seeing it laid out like this was clearer.

In total, it was 8 days of data.

First, the personnel situation:

【Taoyuan Village Personnel】

【Militia】50 people

【Tailors】25 people

【Blacksmiths】20 people

【Carpenters】10 people

【Miners】10 people

【Hunters】5 people

【Farmers】5 people

【Construction Workers】20 people

【Lumberjacks】10 people

【Oil Refiners】5 people

Tailors were the most numerous, after all they had to make full sets of leather armor, and equip every single person.

Each set of leather armor had 5 pieces, requiring 800 pieces in total.

With such a huge workload, there was no way to do it without enough people.

Next were the blacksmiths and construction workers, each with 20 people — those jobs also needed a lot of manpower.

Zhao Chi continued to look at the production situation.

【Taoyuan Village Construction】

【Workers】20 people

【Team Leader】Fang Li

【Time】8 days

【Completed】Warehouse 2, Toilet 1, Well 1, Tailor Shop 3, Blacksmith Shop 1, Mine 1, Oil Refinery 1, Wooden Houses 12

【Pre-existing】Lord's Residence 1, Carpenter Shop, Tailor Shop 1, Blacksmith Shop 1, Barracks, Mine 1 (small, depleted), Defense Towers 5, Carefree Spring 1

Carefree Spring could be considered something everyone had built together.

And these construction workers, within roughly 20 hours a day, could build 2–3 structures.