Chapter 22 Spring is here, and so is the predicament
Luo Heng did not check it out because the rock wall was too dangerous. As the trees were cut down layer by layer, more and more logs were in the territory, and as the surrounding birds increased, the temperature gradually increased.
"It seems that some rocks must be mined as soon as possible." Luo Heng thought in his mind, and then he set his sight on the high rock wall.
There was a rock wall that was obviously mined. Luo Heng looked carefully and found that the rocks here were very good.
"Are we supposed to build two places to live, one in winter and the other in summer?" Luo Heng thought to himself that living in the wall in summer would definitely not feel good.
Luo Heng was not prepared to burn cement or something. Cement requires steel bars, and the service life of cement in winter in this world is too low.
"Use * to explode the rocks." Luo Heng thought for a long time and decided to use * to explode the rocks.
*Blasting rocks is different from *. * will break the rocks, but * will not. Dig holes into a stone, then put * into the holes, and ignite together, and the entire stone will explode.
As for grinding and cutting, just keep it back and polish it. No one can tell what the weather will be like in spring.
He did it right away. Luo Heng asked Jon to buy some * raw materials, and bought thousands of pounds. While Jon purchased * raw materials, Luo Heng began to lead the two orcs to clean the quarry.
The orcs are very strong. After cleaning out the soil on the rock surface, some stones can be pried directly, while others need to drill holes on them. The most primitive method is used.
It is an iron rod, which is four meters long. One end is directly quenched with mitral or magic gem powder, and makes a semicircle. Then you directly pick up the iron rod and dig it bit by bit on the rock.
Fill the water directly into the cave, then lift the iron rod, and then the iron rod will fall down gravity.
Luo Heng also designed a simple triangle bracket and then used the lever principle to dig it directly.
The water poured in soon became like mud. Just put it in with a through bamboo tube and then cover it with your hands, so the mud inside the bamboo tube would not flow out.
Pull the bamboo tube out and let go, and the mud flows out.
They are all two meters and five meters deep, and the stone caves dug show a straight line.
When Jon came back, he had already dug many caves on a large piece of stone.
Luo Heng personally configured the *, and as for the dosage, he could only think about it while opening the mountain.
boom!
With a sound, Luo Heng and others saw a small burst of smoke rising.
"Successful." Luo Heng and others hurried over and looked at it. The stones, one meter wide, two meter high, and three or four meters long, cracked and split from the original rock wall.
The giant pried the rock with a huge iron rod, raised one end and placed the other on the ground. The giant swung a sledgehammer weighing thousands of pounds and smashed it down with a bang.
The stone was smashed out of it.
When the two stonemasons saw this scene, they both widened their eyes. The most difficult thing to build a castle was to open mountains and quarry, and the rest were very simple.
Then the rock lizard pulled a stone and headed towards the territory quickly on the ice and snowy road.
After one day, more than 400 stones were mined, and Luo Heng had to send some female orcs to dig up the stone caves for loading medicine.
On the cross section of more than 500 meters, one end exploded and the other end was mined. It was like an assembly line, and the rocks were peeled off layer by layer.
A month later, when the last piece of snow melted, more than 30,000 stones had been dug, and a new castle was more than enough, and the stones were all big guys one meter high, one meter wide, and two meters long.
But there is not enough stonemason. With the help of orc slaves for more than a month, the carpenter finally stripped the bark naked, and the bark peeled out was a lot.
The new castle is built on a ridge overlooking almost the entire hilly area and a wide distance around it.
However, the territory is not very large. It is an irregular rectangular structure, about 60 meters wide and 300 meters long. Of course, this is the area of the castle's wall. This is no longer a wall, but a city wall. The city wall is about fifteen meters high and more than three meters wide at the top. There is a square inside the city wall, which is at the entrance.
The wall is no longer a circular arc of other walls, but has more edges and corners, which can be seen as a castle.
The castle was not built very high, one floor higher than the city wall, and connected to the city wall. There are also some buildings on it, mainly nests prepared for the Golden Eagle.
Of course, this is just a plan. The establishment of this castle will take half a year for 150 stonemasons, more than 30 carpenters, some copper smiths and some helpers.
Luo Heng had asked Baron William to recruit him. A stonemason a year was 50 gold coins, including food and accommodation, and could also bring a stonemason apprenticeship. A stonemason apprenticeship costs ten gold coins a year, and a helper can also bring ten gold coins a year.
Baron William's military achievements in killing the Snow Wolf King have been reported. As expected, the generous reward will come.
But there was no movement in the direction of the Holy See in the Light, and Luo Heng felt a little uncomfortable, because every time Baron William looked at the profiteering businessman's eyes.
When the first spring rain came, the carpenter had built several huge wooden houses, which were inside the wall. In spring, many beasts were hungry and their eyes turned green, and Luo Heng also faced a choice, that is, the guards.
"Duke Cheney, are you really going to arm those orc slaves?" Angus was very surprised by Luo Heng's decision. Who knows what the orc will react when he gets the weapon?
"Oh, I am not everyone, and the slaves I buy may not be loyal." Luo Heng did not want to buy slaves, but the slaves he purchased also needed food. After the Dwarf Rock Lizard Knights left, there were more than 800 people, including more than 700 orc slaves, all of which were all for the money. Whether it was men or women, or to build a castle, it also required hundreds of people. This was another expense.
This is still a small head, reclaiming wasteland, building fences, enclosing pastures, etc., which are the biggest expenses.
There are also various supporting facilities. At least the farm must have warehouses, houses, noodle mills, and pastures that need to be rebuilt, which require sufficient guarding. The power of orc women is no lower than that of a human warrior, and perhaps even higher.
"The main reason is that no one sells good slaves to us. Even I can't buy slaves now. I don't know who leaked the fact that I gave you a private magician." Jon was also very depressed because he lacked another way to make money.
"If you can't reclaim wasteland this year, just make it a ranch." Luo Heng shook his head and said, looking at the wilderness where tender green grass had emerged.
It is best to clear the land in autumn, cut the grass or burn it with fire, and then plough the land deeply to expose all the grass roots to the heavy snow in winter. There will be basically very few grass in the second year, and there will be basically few pests and grass damage in the cold winter.
Spring plowing will not work. Maybe it will rain for a few days when you turn it up, and everything will be wasted. There are no herbicides or other things here.
"Then you have to be careful, because those nobles cannot sell you food." Angus also knew the grudges between Luo Heng and those nobles, and spoke.
Luo Heng nodded, but said in his heart: "If you are not kind, I will be unrighteous. Then you can bring your own space equipment to grab it."
"Angus, you go and choose two hundred orc female slaves, and I will leave it to you for training in the future." Luo Heng said.
"It's...Duke." Angus also smiled bitterly.
"In addition, distribute the snow wolf and hand it over to those trained orc female warriors to sign the contract." Luo Heng had long thought that the snow wolf was half a dog, but the little thing had been with people for a long time, unless a stranger was a dog.
Of course, the pet boss in the entire wall is still Mi Duo. The Golden Eagle disdained to argue with Mi Duo. As for the cat dragon, who was beaten up by Mi Duo, Luo Heng's stone man curled up all day long. Apart from eating magic cores, he had almost no presence at the rest. As for those snow wolf cubs, he was not Mi Duo's opponents.
Back in the tent, it was still a little cold these nights. Although there was no snow or frost, it was still very cold.
Alicia and the orcs found a piece of wood in the forest. After returning, they began to carve little by little, and then bought a lot of blood from the monsters to draw some weird patterns.
Luo Heng knew what this thing was for, what every God of War Temple must have, and every orc tribe must have.
When the gray parrot saw Luo Heng, he quickly flew to Alicia's shoulder and shrank, because Luo Heng had already made Miduo beat up this funny man countless times.
Luo Heng didn't care about Alicia and sat down and thought quietly. With the arrival of spring, bad news came one by one. First, the thieves union wanted to retaliate against Luo Heng's attack on the thieves union in the dwarf kingdom.
The nobles and presbyterians issued a private order that they were not allowed to sell food to themselves, and that other salt, iron ore, livestock, etc. were not allowed to sell them.
Luo Heng wished he had a few* and smashed them directly to the mess. And these nobles passed the message and had to hand over the orc slaves out for their forgiveness.
If it weren't for Jon, Luo Heng would have pulled out the revolver and exploded the other party's head. Even the Magician Union had many discordant voices, because the Magician is a very expensive profession, not a nobleman, and he could hardly become a magician.
In other words, most magicians are nobles. Of course, to be honest, magicians are nobler than nobles.
"Oh, this battle energy is dead. Every time it runs, it doesn't grow much. It takes more than a month to practice it to achieve a subtle increase." Luo Heng had completely given up on his talent. If he hadn't felt that his battle energy could be saved, Luo Heng would have given up long ago.
"What should I do?" Luo Heng had no choice.
Chapter completed!