[Building: Blazing Flame Alchemy Manor]
[Level: 1 (Upgrade Required)]
[Quality: rrr]
[Special Attribute 1: Enhances Alchemy Speed]
[Description: Each alchemy room utilizes underground blazing flames to refine elixirs, improving alchemy efficiency, speed, and experience.]
This building is excellent, and Zhou Yan immediately began upgrading it.
After level twenty, the [Blazing Flame Alchemy Manor] required a two-star fire attribute crystal core. Zhou Yan had plenty of this material and directly upgraded the building to level 70 before stopping, then re-examined its attributes.
[Building: Blazing Flame Alchemy Manor]
[Level: 70 (Upgrade Required)]
[Quality: rrr]
[Special Attribute 1: Enhances Alchemy Speed]
[Special Attribute 2: Enhances Alchemy Experience]
[Special Attribute 3: Enhances Alchemy Quality]
[Special Attribute 4: Reduces consumed medicinal ingredients during alchemy]
[Special Attribute 5: Reduces alchemist's energy]
[Special Attribute 6: Reduces alchemist's spiritual power consumption]
[Special Attribute 7: Enhances alchemist's alchemy comprehension]
[Description: Each alchemy room utilizes underground blazing flames to refine elixirs, improving alchemy efficiency, speed, and experience.]
"From now on, this place will be where you refine elixirs. You must work hard. For now, Yaoyun will be in charge here. Whoever performs well and refines powerful elixirs will become the manager."
After Zhou Yan finished upgrading the [Blazing Flame Alchemy Manor], he led a group of alchemists into the manor.
The manor is vast, with an area of at least tens of thousands of square meters. However, upon entering, it was discovered to be far larger, seemingly possessing spatial formations or similar enchantments.
The entire manor boasts countless alchemy rooms. Zhou Yan casually entered one and found that each alchemy room was a standalone residence. Not only did it include a garden, living quarters, a pond, and pavilions, but also several alchemy rooms, storage areas, and other amenities, all fully equipped.
Furthermore, each alchemy room had a designated spot for an alchemy cauldron, and this spot could directly draw upon the underground blazing flames for elixir refinement.
The alchemists were overjoyed and excited by the excellent facilities.
The manor is enormous, with hundreds of such independent courtyards.
The further one ascended, the more luxurious and superior the courtyards became.
As the first alchemists to arrive, they naturally chose the courtyards at the highest elevations.
After happily selecting a courtyard, Zhou Yan sent a message to Xun Yu, asking him to arrange people with talent in medicinal arts to assist them.
Once everyone had allocated their courtyards, Yaoyun said to Zhou Yan, "Lord, we can begin refining elixirs now, but we still need alchemy cauldrons, spiritual materials, and elixirs recipes."
"We can currently only refine the most basic elixirs. To improve our alchemy levels, it's best to have a large supply of spiritual herbs and one-star elixir recipes."
Zhou Yan understood, as he had already arranged for some alchemy cauldrons to be purchased. He retrieved these alchemy cauldrons from the [Treasure Chamber] and placed them before them, saying, "These are alchemy cauldrons. While not the best, I will have people keep an eye out for better ones later."
The best of these alchemy cauldrons were only of gold quality.
It wasn't that Zhou Yan didn't want to buy better alchemy cauldrons. It was simply that such items could only be used by people like alchemists, making them very rare. One could only acquire them by chance; actively searching might not yield results.
Zhou Yan wasn't sure when he would be able to recruit alchemists, so he hadn't focused on purchasing alchemy cauldrons before. Now that the territory had alchemists, he would naturally instruct people to pay attention and purchase them.
Zhou Yan informed Jin Sanyi about this matter, asking him to keep an eye on alchemy cauldrons recently. He then said to Yaoyun and the others, "Use these for now. They are sufficient for your current needs."
"Lord, these alchemy cauldrons are indeed sufficient, but what about the medicinal materials and elixir recipes?" Yaoyun asked.
Zhou Yan smiled and said, "I almost forgot. Wait a moment. I will first construct a dedicated [Treasure Chamber] for spiritual herbs. From now on, those who need medicinal materials for alchemy will have them issued by designated personnel. As for the refined elixirs, they will be uniformly handed over to designated individuals for recording and storage."
Zhou Yan quickly established a rule and then proceeded to construct a dedicated [Treasure Chamber] for alchemy.
Their medicinal materials and elixirs would all be stored in this treasure chamber from now on.
Zhou Yan also granted access to this [Treasure Chamber] to the five top-tier alchemists.
Yaoyun was only temporarily managing the entire alchemy manor. If anyone else proved more capable than him, they would replace him in managing the entire alchemy manor.
Whoever demonstrated greater ability would manage the entire alchemy manor; this was a fair competition.
"Lord, we've arrived." Xun Yu also arrived at the manor, bringing a considerable number of people to help, both men and women, totaling several hundred.
"Xun Yu, didn't you and your team prepare management policies for the alchemy rooms? You can explain them to them now."
Seeing Xun Yu arrive, Zhou Yan immediately asked him to explain the matters concerning the alchemists.
Xun Yu nodded, gathered everyone, and then began to speak about the alchemists.
Zhou Yan listened with curiosity, eager to hear what specific decisions they had made.
He vaguely recalled that the five of them had discussed this matter with him before, and now he could hear the specifics.
Xun Yu elaborated on the specifics concerning the alchemists, from their salaries to working hours and their reward and punishment systems. Zhou Yan listened attentively.
He was very satisfied with their decisions, as it was evident that through their recent studies, they had fully grasped the modern eight-hour work system.
Moreover, the system was fair and just. Those who worked more and performed better would receive corresponding rewards and punishments, and Zhou Yan was always generous with rewards.
It was precisely due to the strong support and foundation that everyone in the territory possessed a proactive and upward drive. Everything they did was for themselves, and as long as they performed well, they would receive due rewards.
Many individuals, due to their excellent performance, had directly acquired their own houses, which represented a significant aspiration for many.
The entire territory was developing towards a standardized national structure, but this process could not be rushed. It required numerous improvements and optimizations before a path suitable for the territory's development could be found.