Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 91 Temporary Laboratory

The analysis of new technologies is not too difficult for Perficott, but there are still some problems that need to be solved for practical application.

First of all, on this trip, although Purficott brought some alchemical equipment so that she could conduct alchemical experiments during the trip, these alchemical equipment could only meet the needs of simple experiments and could not even support a slightly more formal alchemical experiment.

Therefore, if Perficott wanted to carry out relevant practical operations, among other things, an alchemy laboratory that could at least meet her experimental needs was indispensable.

Although she has the Philosopher's Stone, it is not impossible to rub them all with her hands, but this would be too troublesome.

So after thinking about it for a while, Purficott decisively wrote a list and asked his loyal old housekeeper to send someone back to Xinshang City for purchase.

In her opinion, the left and right are just some simple alchemy utensils and containers, plus raw materials related to experiments. Even if the New World lacks relevant extraordinary knowledge, it is not impossible to purchase all these things.

Moreover, in order to avoid the situation where he could not purchase even the simplest things, Purficott also specially marked everything he needed and other things that could be substituted.

After getting the list, Foster did not immediately arrange for people to return to New Shaker City. Instead, he first approached the managers of the original plantation on the island and the captain of the White Jewel and asked them if they had any of the items on the list. can provide.

"Sir, we are just a plantation. Although the master... no, it is the damn slave owner who regularly purchases supplies from Xinshak City, but we don't have these things here. You can only go to Xinshak City to buy them. .” The first person to reply was the plantation manager, or in a sense the former plantation owner’s steward.

His answer did not surprise Foster. After all, it was unlikely that a mere plantation would have anything that could meet Purficott's needs.

The reason why he asked was just in case.

However, after receiving a negative answer, he still asked the plantation manager: "Is there any more secluded building on the island? The lady needs to do some research on alchemy and needs a quieter place."

"This..." The manager was stunned for a moment, and then said with a somewhat embarrassed smile: "In the past, the damn slave owner only cared about whether the plantation could bring him enough income every year. He didn't care about anything else at all. There are no other buildings outside the manor that has been demolished by Her Majesty's order.

The only place that can be called secluded is probably a hidden cave on the other side of the island. It was a place where disobedient slaves were kept. They were usually kept there until he remembered to let them go. come out.

But usually, slaves imprisoned would starve to death within a few days. "

"I understand. If you'd like to take me there later, please take a look." Although Foster felt that his lady would look down on that kind of place, a qualified butler couldn't take it for granted. He needed to confirm it himself.

On the other hand, the captain of the White Jewel suddenly said: "If Dame Brandless doesn't mind the simplicity of the ship, I can provide a suitable cabin for Her Majesty."

The captain's words caused Foster to cast an inquiring look.

So the captain hurriedly explained: "The White Jewel is a large cruise ship positioned with luxury and comfort, so the arrangement of the deck and cabins is more focused on privacy and security, as well as luxury and comfort in line with the status of the passengers.

For this purpose, the company even specially built complete supporting facilities on board, including a theater, banquet hall, and a small library. "

Hearing this, Foster felt incredible. They even stayed on this ship for almost a month, but they didn't know that there was a library on the ship. "There is a library on the ship? Why don't we know about it?" Foster immediately expressed his doubts.

"Uh... because the colleagues in charge of purchasing did not send the books that were supposed to be filled into the bookshelves on the ship, the library has been closed during this voyage." The captain explained with a little embarrassment. This kind of thing is really It's damaging to White Star's reputation.

But there is no way. The White Jewel is a new ship, and many things are newly installed, such as the library. No ship has ever prepared this kind of cabin on board before.

In the old days of sail, you couldn't even find more paper on a ship than maybe the captain's cabin, which had nautical notes and charts.

Or other things that can be used to record text. After all, before industrialization, paper was a very expensive thing, whether it was made of plants or animals as raw materials.

As a result, books have become very expensive.

In a sense, a library filled with books may even be worth more than an entire ship.

After listening to the captain's explanation, Foster felt that it was indeed suitable for Perficott to set up this temporary simple laboratory.

So there was no nonsense, and the captain returned to the cabin of the White Jewel and opened the library that had been locked before.

It has to be said that White Star Company is indeed willing to spend money. The entire library is about two stories high, and the area is not too large, less than a thousand square meters, but it has more than twenty bookshelves.

Because it is close to the stern of the ship, there is also a five-meter-high curved floor-to-ceiling window that covers the entire wall, giving the entire library very good lighting.

It can be said that White Star Company has indeed spent a lot of money on this library. Just these decorations are already worth a lot of money.

It's a pity that the more than twenty bookshelves here are basically empty. The books that should have filled these bookshelves are not in place. There are only a few books in the entire library.

"I think the lady here will be very satisfied." Foster checked around and felt that Perfectcott would be satisfied.

After all, this place is even bigger and more luxurious than the library at Brandless Manor, and the conditions are not bad at all. It is really a bit extravagant and wasteful to house a temporary simple laboratory.

However, the entire White Jewel has been chartered by the royal family, so it is not a problem to temporarily use this library without books.

So Foster nodded with satisfaction, and then told the captain that he needed to send someone back to Xinshang City to make purchases first. After receiving a satisfactory answer, he went to the other side of the island with the plantation management staff to check the The cave he was talking about.

Although you may not need it, you still need to take a look.

(End of this chapter)