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Chapter 108 Industry Barriers

"Did you find the plaster?" Cecil asked suspiciously.

"What's plaster?" Moyer asked.

Cecil: "..."

Moyer's invention of cement was a false hit, and it was purely boring.

Because he wanted to repair the urban drainage system, Cecil proposed the design drawing and the earth cement formula early on, so that more idle craftsmen could experiment - in fact, due to the bathroom renovation and lathe plan, there were no craftsmen free at all, this is written in the leather scroll The things on it were left idle—until Moyer saw it.

O'Casey was not there, and neither was the funny Cecil, only Oakes who despised him was there. The half-blood devil was very boring, and no one could tell him to work, so he experimented according to the recipe.

Limestone and gravel are ready-made, and the coal powder is crushed with coal. He doesn’t understand what calcium carbonate is, so he just ignores it. The rest of the materials are free to use. He adds grass, plants, metal water, and spices. Wait for the messy things, all failed without exception.He knew where to get the volcanic ash. The magma in his hometown was everywhere, but he couldn't leave without an order, so he turned his mind to other things.

Cecil wrote in his notes that elements such as iron and zinc are needed. The half-blood devil almost thought of blood without thinking about it. Human or animal blood is definitely not enough, not to mention that it is impossible to do it and the amount is not enough. The half-blood devil who has been away from home for many years suddenly I started to "miss" my hometown.

"I opened a purgatory door, pulled out a three-headed purgatory dog, slaughtered it, and experimented with its blood, and it was so successful!" Moye pointed to a strange piece of dark red and black mixed with it. Fang Fang said, "Look, it's hard and waterproof, and it solidifies quickly. It only takes two days to harden!"

After listening to this description, Cecil looked at the "cement cube", and then at Moyer's proud expression, feeling like he had nowhere to complain.In Chinese history, there is a saying of cattle and sheep blood cement, but no one has successfully copied it, not to mention that it is not enough to infer from common sense. Who will do the business at a loss?

This three-headed purgatory is really big enough, spread out on the ground like a small hill, and one of its heads would twitch from time to time, it looked like it wasn't dead.

However, these are not the most important-

"What is this hole?" Since just now, none of the leaders said anything, they all stared at the black hole that was constantly spinning in the air with twisted edges, or Cecil couldn't bear it, and said first, "It can't be It leads to your hometown, right?"

"Yes." Moyer looked at the entrance of the cave with a benevolent expression, "ah, beautiful homeland, do you smell the sulfur smell coming from you? That's the smell of hometown!"

After a deathly silence, everyone erupted.

"Stop it! Block it! Block it!" Oakes held his cheeks in his hands and shouted like a famous painting, "Damn it, why did you open a passage to purgatory!"

"Calm down, first look for a magic door that can instantly transfer everyone!" Russell's face turned pale, "It's really not good, let's leave the Serin and Ebo people alone, let's run first! My dear, you go first!"

O'Casey directly drew out the long sword, with a bright light emitting from all over his body, and said loudly: "Evil, don't even think about entering this world!"

Eugene and another legion knight commander blew the horn without hesitation, summoning the legion knights in Moon City to prepare for battle.

Langdon was quite calm. He grabbed Moyer's neckline and whispered a spell. If you look closely, you will find that his eyes have turned into cat pupils, and the short hair on his neck and temples are all blown out.

Only Cecil whispered: "Then what, if the things in purgatory can escape, would they come out sooner?"

Moyer snapped his fingers with a smile, and said, "Look, I'll say Cecil is the smartest."

This is the so-called fearlessness of the ignorant. Cecil didn't understand how serious this matter was, so naturally he couldn't respond appropriately.

The chaotic scene subsided, and O'Casey was unable to speak justice to Moyer, because he had a good reason to open the door. Cecil emphasized that cement is very important and related to the future of the entire city. He opened a door leading to his hometown. The door is to solve this problem, so it can cleverly bypass the moral standards of the paladins.

"I added an enchantment, look, I can't get out." Moyer threw a piece of the corpse of a three-headed purgatory towards the entrance of the cave, and a group of strange things suddenly rushed out of the darkness, Zhang Zhe didn't know whether to Something called a mouth was stuck on a transparent wall, trying desperately to lick that piece of flesh, "And this is just a small passage, and all the things that come out are low-level things, don't worry, the real big devil, For example, someone as elegant and stylish as me is not going to come out, they don't even notice it."

As soon as Moye's voice fell, a face with many barbs stuck to the transparent wall, opened his mouth wide and spewed out a line of blood mist. Although he didn't know it, the interpreter magic was very considerate so that Cecil automatically understood the meaning: Moye , you kind guy, you actually ran to the ground to play alone, one day you will be loved by the angels and become extremely righteous!Ah ah ah ah ah--

The "ahhhh" at the back is because Moyer melted a giant needle on the palm of his hand, and after throwing it hard, it just hit the eye of the barbed face, and the guy kept spitting out exclamation characters while backing into the darkness.

"Uh... If my guess is correct, a kind guy should be an insult to Purgatory, right?" Cecil said hesitantly.

"A very serious insult!" Moyer sighed, and turned to look at O'Casey, "Look, what a price I paid to be with you!"

"Didn't you say that the more powerful guys would not notice this passage?" Oakes said angrily.

"It's not that great!" Moye said calmly.

"You said that guys with faces in purgatory are more powerful!" Oakes said angrily.

"Is there?" Moyer looked innocent, "You heard wrong."

Oakes still wanted to get angry, but Russell covered his mouth, and the two of them chattered and finally calmed down.

"Close the passage immediately." Langdon ordered coldly, "Otherwise I will initiate a trial within the regiment."

Langdon is always the one who can control the situation, Moyer curled his lips and reluctantly agreed.Meanwhile, Cecil had been observing the cement, which he had knocked, kicked, and dropped, not to mention, was really strong, and dries faster than modern cement in two days.

"Let me ask, what kind of dog is this, how many dogs can you pull out?" Cecil asked.

"As much as you want!" Moyer said excitedly.

"Can you control it?"

"Oh, come on, this is a dog, what can't be controlled?"

Cecil turned to Langdon and said before the other party could speak: "If you say no, I will give up and listen to you!"

After going through so many things, Cecil correctly recognized the necessity of cooperating with Langdon. The field he was familiar with was not in this world, or even in the field involved.It's like the assassination of the carriage company, which is completely different from what he thought. There is no notice, no nonsense, and no sign. If An Ge's boyfriend didn't react quickly, he might ask stupidly first after he went in alone. How do I check?" It is estimated that the head fell to the ground before the words were finished—it must not be the head of the other party.

This is not the world Cecil is familiar with, and he can't play with the rules here.

Langdon was stunned for a moment, then heaved a sigh of relief: "Closing the passage, this is not a long-term solution, besides, no matter what is produced in the passage, it is not something you and I can continue to get, your cement will need to be mass-produced, right? Then don’t start with it.”

Cecil nodded and said, "Then close it."

Moyer looked sad, and obediently closed the passage under O'Casey's supervision.

Cecil has been looking for gypsum mines. This thing has a wide range of uses and is easy to mine. The demand in the infrastructure industry is especially huge. It can be said that it is an unavoidable raw material. However, he has not seen this thing in any place or business so far. No one knows when asked, which is really worrying.

Gypsum resources are very abundant on the earth, and it stands to reason that there is often associated gypsum near limestone mines, and it is impossible to be completely absent.

Worry to worry, things still have to be done.

Moyer was escorted by O'Casey to have a "heart-to-heart talk", the lovers also dispersed, and Cecil started busy work.

Due to the failure of the search for gypsum, the city's drainage system had to start thinking about putting stones into the water. There are quite a lot of stone resources near the Luofeng Mountains, and the clay river that has resumed circulation is particularly abundant. There are stones half a person's height. It is very suitable for carving sewers.The joints are wrapped with clay, plant fiber and leather products, which is enough to form a certain degree of airtightness. Of course, after a certain number of years, there will be water leakage, and it will be fine to dig it out and rebuild it with cement. The service life of the stone is quite long. And Cecil was confident that he would find the plaster.

This was not a whim. Cecil felt that with the further growth of Moon City's population, it was inevitable to build the city into the water, although the residents did not produce much sewage now.

On the one hand, it is because of the three magic weapons of collective canteens, public bathrooms and public toilets.

There is very little domestic sewage in the cafeteria. Cecil was surprised by this at the beginning. After running to take a look, he found that these goods did not wash the ingredients at all!At that time, he was not well, and he repeatedly emphasized that the ingredients must be cleaned. If the ingredients have odor, white hair, or rot, don't eat them!

Of course, this argument was considered a waste by the Ebo staff in the cafeteria. Then Cecil sent a knight with a cleanliness to take charge of the cafeteria, not only watching the ingredients, but also washing and drying the wooden bowls and chopsticks after eating. , the health situation improved rapidly.

Overall, the collective canteen has greatly reduced the sewage generated by the residents in eating, and even the Ebo people are not willing to start their own business.The bathroom is the same as the toilet, and centralized treatment and repeated use have indeed produced a good environmental protection effect.

On the other hand, the living habits of the residents are indeed not "modern" enough. They are not very clean and do not drink water frequently. The people of Serling, including the people of Serling, cherish the clean water very much. Some people even mixed sweat and mud to expose their skin in the sun. stains and are proud of it.It is not easy to obtain drinking water on the ocean. Everyone in the original floating country on the sea can make magic water, and there are many ships specially modified for importing fresh water.

For various reasons, even if there is no sewer in Moon City, there is no tragedy of sewage flooding feet. However, as Cecil vigorously promotes the "corrupt enjoyment" of the earth's way of life, domestic sewage will inevitably increase significantly, not to mention chemical sewage after industrial growth. dealt with.

Therefore, it is still worthwhile to spend a lot of effort on building stone sewers, not to mention that it is just strength, not technology.

"Let's hire Serling." With a pile of magic coins in hand, Cecil now has a lot of money. "If you can't do it, go to Toto Port to announce the employment. As many people as you want, now is the time."

The rainy season is gradually coming to an end, and there are occasional light rains every day, and the air is humid, but it is much gentler than the torrential rain when Cecil left.

Cecil wanted to present a thriving new city before the wagon client arrived, and this was a rare opportunity to showcase that must be seized.

"No." Surprisingly, Langdon directly rejected the proposal.

Cecil was taken aback: "Why?"

"The people of Serin are all engaged in the construction of the city wall." Langdon said, "The main road from the mud quarry to Moon City has been repaired, and your brick kiln has fired three batches of bricks, and it is now working day and night."

Burning bricks is a low-tech job, the only difference lies in the hardness of the bricks, but anyway, it is only a transitional product, and Serling people do not have the habit of "killing craftsmen with spears, not killing soldiers" after the wall is erected, so bricks Just burn out that shape.

However, there are twists and turns.

When discussing the matter of burning bricks, King Serling's first sentence revealed his limited knowledge: "Bricks only need soil and water, right?"

Serling ministers who were present at that time all showed embarrassing expressions.

Most of the houses in the floating country on the sea are made of wood and metal. It is not that bricks cannot be used, but bricks are not only heavy but also very thick. It is not a suitable building material for the perennially humid and windy sea. Things would go straight to the bottom, so the Sirin didn't have a single house of brick or stone.

"No, we need some other...methods." Cecil roughly explained how to burn bricks, "On the grassland, the strongest building is a brick house. Stone may be able to replace bricks at the beginning, but with The perfection of brick-making technology may not be possible in the future.”

"You know a lot." Gray smiled.

Cecil suddenly felt hairy, and fled after a few perfunctory words. Although he made it clear that he would not be a king knight, Gray didn't seem to give up on it. Take this opportunity to persuade King Serin to join the future "Ebo-Moon City-Toto Port" commercial route. As for what this commercial route will do, it is not well thought out!

The hardness of the mixture of blue bricks and cement can withstand shelling, but stone may not.

For the shape of the bricks, Cecil argued with the craftsmen for a long time, and finally insisted that all bricks must be made into long cubes, and square, round, oval or any other shapes were not allowed.

Why make a long cube?

To be honest, Cecil doesn't know either, and he doesn't know about such professional issues as he has never built a city wall. However, there must be some reason for countless predecessors to do this, so let's do it, there are giant shoulders. Zhan insisted on re-exploring, he did not have such a great ambition.

At this time, Cecil excitedly went to the brick kiln to see a pile of bricks of different sizes, some long and some short, some thick and some thin, and he almost didn't mention them all at once.

Cecil now fully understands that history is a spiral process, and it is impossible to achieve it in one step. He found the person in charge of the brick kiln, an Ebo person who claimed to have experience in pottery firing, and asked pleasantly: "What are these things?" Why can't the bricks be made as identical as possible?"

The Ebo employee seemed a little confused, stretched out his hands to draw a length, and said, "It's about the same, my hands haven't changed, they're all this long."

Cecil felt that the wound on the tonsils was about to burst, and said, "But, wouldn't there be a difference when you build it like this? Look at our city walls, basically every brick is the same."

"But I can't do it." The Ebo employee said aggrievedly, "I have tried my best to do the same."

Cecil lost his patience: "Why don't you use molds?" This is not a high-level technology, and all foundries are using it.

The answer from the Epro employees was astonishing: "What is a mould?"

After being shocked, Cecil explained, and got the following answer: "It's the foundry's stuff, we can't use it!"

Cecil:? ? ?

After asking the foundry masters, this world not only has extremely strict barriers between different gods, civilizations, and even different industries--there is another set of unspoken rules between magicians--as ordinary people, potters It is not allowed to visit and study the work of foundry masters casually. There is no express rule, but everyone abides by it.

"Use it." Cecil couldn't bear it anymore, "Use the mold."

"But……"

"No, but, I'm the lord of the city now." Cecil put on airs, "I'll take care of any problems."

Only then did the Ebo staff accept the order dubiously, and Cecil went to see it the next day, and the bricks that were made were finally about the same size.

All kinds of crops are growing well. After being irrigated by the tyrannical spring rain, the green seedlings have grown a bit higher, including wheat, the farmers said that they are growing better than in previous years, "like magic", which made Cecil quite gratified.Tea, saffron, berberine, and mushrooms were all great, and nothing surprised him more than potatoes.

This thing actually grows to knee height. Cecil tried to poke the soil to look, and found that the potatoes underneath were not small, and they were harvested happily. Not only were these potatoes about the size of his fist, each plant They are also quite strong, at least three, and there can be six more, which can be said to be overjoyed.It's a pity that there were very few potatoes found for seeding. Even so, the total number of harvested was only 21.

"Is this for food?" Moye, who had returned to being an idler, passed by and said by the way.

"Well, but these can't be eaten yet, we have to save the seeds." Cecil calculated in his mind, and felt that they could be planted on a large scale next year, and he couldn't be more happy. "Ration will not be a problem next year!"

There is no hope for highland barley, but adding wheat and potatoes, food will no longer be a stumbling block to population growth, raising yaks and sheep, plus tea and promising dairy products, everyone's good days are finally coming!

With such a mood, he rested for a while, scolded a bunch of flame goblins who were not doing business, and signed a high-end soap monopoly contract and a four-wheeled carriage order contract with Mrs. Xiang Qi, Cecil took Langdon to set foot on the road. I started the journey to find the tung tree.

The four-wheeled carriages returning from Toto Port had not yet reached Moon City. Langdon and Cecil did not hire griffins this time, but each rode a special yak, in a way that was faster and less likely to cause trouble. The speed is too high and too far to go to Toto Port.

In terms of altitude, the possibility of tung trees appearing in the direction of Gaoting is very small, but it is possible to cross the Luofeng Mountains in the northwest of Ebo. The problem is that even if the tunnel is not opened, the tung trees cannot be transported. significance.

"Actually, I have something that can blow up mountains." Cecil said a little proudly, "Pray to God for me this time."

"Your god of civilization is too generous." Langdon sighed, "As a people, you are spoiled."

"How can there be such a statement!" Cecil said unconvinced, "After all, the God of Civilization was also created by the people after years of hard work. Therefore, He protects us by protecting himself."

Langdon squinted his eyes and looked over: "You are not in his world anymore, what's the point of him taking care of you?"

Cecil: "...Then what, I can extradite him technically. You see, if I can extradite him here, his followers will increase a lot."

"That's not necessarily the case." Langdon flicked his whip, and there was a crisp sound in the air, "Just like Luther, you let him betray his civilization, it's better to let him die, not everyone is Ebo. "

Cecil thought of his first native friend who had been away for a long time, and felt a little lost. He quickly lifted his spirits: "By the way, do you have any food you want to eat?"

"I don't know what kind of dishes there are, so how can I compare what I want to eat?" Langdon asked back.

You speak well and make sense.

Cecil was immediately confused. Although he had made up his mind to extradite the food god, he was still quite blind so far. Why didn't he ask which food has a god?Now, there are tens of thousands of Chinese recipes, and he can't promote them all the same. Even if he wants to, the world's poor transportation capacity and perverted praise for magic won't allow it, and there are no materials!

Seafood, this should be a god, right?

Or pork?There should be quite a lot of people eating pork dishes?

Or famous?What kind of Dongpo pork?

Wait a minute, do you want to make a spicy dish?This comparison is impressive!

In terms of taste, it seems that the acceptance of Cantonese morning tea is relatively wide. Even people with heavy mouths will at least find it unpalatable!

Cecil walked all the way in this way, finding a place to lie down at night, he has also exercised now, as long as it is not the cold winter months, he can fall asleep standing up when he is exhausted.

After walking like this for five days, the grassland scenery finally faded, and hills, sandy land, and sparse groves began to appear. He couldn't find a tung tree after looking at them one by one, so he had to keep going.

Finally, there were some unexpected "harvests" on the sixth day.