The Lord is Addicted in Infrastructure

After almost all the Trak people have been resettled.

Walker led Barna and other knights to Gaina for a "business trip" to continue recruiting.

The weather is gradually getting warmer.

The whole Wissas and Fort Comoi began to get busy.

The urban construction plan for the next five years will be initially implemented.

The residential area, administrative area, commercial area, etc. are planned first, and the spatial layout and land use of the two cities also need to be reasonably arranged.

There are too many factors to consider.

Xia Zuoyi asked Conrad to call engineers to hold meetings in the guild at any time to discuss countermeasures.

Everyone needs to write a detailed and exact plan, and then, Conrad will summarize and hand it over to him.

After all, the strength of the collective is like steel, and the wisdom of the crowd is like the sun and the moon.

Engineers: Going bald.

Fifteen days later, after repeated revisions, rejections, and revisions...

Xia Zuoyi finally finalized a complete plan and drawings.

He decided that the first area to be built in the two cities is the residential area. The housing problem will be solved first, and everything else will be easy to talk about.

But for building materials.

Xia Zuoyi rejected Conrad's claim that he wanted to use all wood.

"No, let's not talk about Fort Comoi for the time being. Versas is near the sea. If all wood is used, there is no good preparation for waterproofing and moisture-proofing..."

"In the long run, the house is easily corroded by water vapor and fire, and its service life must be very short."

Besides, the amount of construction of houses in the residential areas of the city is not small, and there will be a shortage of timber for timber.

"No, no." Xia Zuoyi denied again.

Conrad also felt helpless and embarrassed about this.

He said: "But if you don't use wood, you have to use rammed earth..."

The strength and durability of rammed earth houses are worse, and they are more susceptible to water vapor corrosion than wooden houses, and may even collapse after heavy rain...

Although the laws of the Gadayat Kingdom did not stipulate that civilians were not allowed to use stone materials for construction, it was a convention.

What's more, civilians can't afford stones.

If you choose a stone building, the funds that have been roughly calculated at present need to be calculated from the beginning.

Xia Zuoyi: "If the stone is crushed, and soil and other materials are added to it...can it be made into a new material that can be used for construction?"

--brick.

This world is indeed formed because of a novel as 098 said, resulting in incomplete and incomplete world lines...

Although it is the background of the early Western Middle Ages, part of the historical trend is quite different from the actual Middle Ages in the West.

For example, the appearance of red bricks was invented by the ancient Romans very early.

There is no Rome in the fictional world, so there are no more bricks?

As a material suitable for construction, bricks have good thermal insulation, air permeability, and water absorption.

The most important thing is that it is very strong, not afraid of wind and sun, durable sound insulation, easy to obtain materials, and low cost.

The only problem is that a kiln for firing bricks needs to be built.

Xia Zuoyi gave enough hints, and then asked Conrad to go back and find someone to study it in detail.

He originally thought that it might take more than ten days before news came to the castle.

But he didn't expect that eight days later, Conrad would come to the castle and say, "My lord, the kiln has been built."

Xia Zuoyi raised her eyes in surprise: "So fast?!"

Conrad: "Yes, my lord, would you like to take a look inside the city?"

Xia Zuoyi: "Well, I'm going."

Since Xia Zuoyi proposed to mix crushed stones with soil and other materials, Conrad has been thinking about how to make suitable structures.

He went to the site where the stones were piled up in the city, and accidentally found that the stones were crushed very fast here. After asking a craftsman, he learned that someone had invented a tool for crushing stones.

The craftsman brought Conrad to a machine half as tall as a person and about two meters long.

This is a stone crushing tool consisting of two iron wheels that rotate relative to each other.

There are uneven and blunt undulations on the iron wheel, and the middle of the iron wheel is hollow, and a crossbar can be inlaid to turn the iron wheel.

Before using this tool, you need to break the large stones with a hammer to form small stones and throw them into the sunken position between the two iron wheels.

The uneven ups and downs on the iron wheel will be inlaid together when turning, so as to crush the stone even more, saving a lot of labor and effort.

Conrad immediately asked, who invented this tool?

Craftsman: "It's a native of Trak."

"They made two gravel iron wheels of this kind. We thought it was good, so we borrowed one for use. I don't know who it is..."

"But President, you should go and ask and you will know."

Conrad personally went to Fort Comoi and successfully found the person who invented the iron wheel.

Later, he discovered that this person had a very clever mind, and the temporary craftsmen involved in such a short period of time produced a lot of energy-saving gadgets.

And the design of each tool is very clever.

Therefore, Conrad asked him to study the question raised by Xia Zuoyi together.

Xia Zuoyi heard Conrad mention this person's name on the road.

After they met, it was confirmed that he was indeed Reynolds Macy.

Xia Zuoyi looked at the kiln and every tool, and secretly marveled that Renault Macy was indeed a talent.

"How did you come up with these things?" he asked.

Reynolds: "I like to tinker around since I was a child... I have been thinking about it every day since I grew up... and I came up with it."

Xia Zuoyi: "..."

Probably every genius is created now through continuous thinking and a little inspiration since childhood.

Conrad said: "My lord, the new material you mentioned has also been burnt out, here, take a look."

He led Xia Zuoyi outside the kiln, and there was a pile of failed or burnt bricks neatly placed on the ground.

Conrad pointed to one of the well-stacked bricks and said: "Because of the shape, Reynolds made a square mold, each about half the size of an arm's length."

"We tried several times, and the texture of the final molding is the strongest, comparable to stone."

Speaking of which.

Conrad couldn't help showing joy on his face, and tried his best to tell Xia Zuoyi about Reynolds' contribution in the research.

Xia Zuoyi expressed her satisfaction and asked, "What reward do you want?"

Reynolds froze for a moment, then rubbed his hands together: "I, can I get any reward I want?"

"of course."

"Then, then can I take off, leave..."

Seeing his faltering, Xia Zuoyi couldn't help but say for him, "You want to get rid of your status as a slave?"

Reynold's heart skipped a beat, and he nodded involuntarily: "Yes, yes."

Xia Zuoyi: "Yes, you have contributed a lot this time."

"I've always been fair. Getting out of slavery requires enough merit in exchange for it. You have already met the standard."

"From now on, I will notarize you as a free citizen."

Reynolds was both surprised and delighted, not knowing how to maintain the expression on his face.

He was completely stunned in place, his heart filled with unspeakable surprise and excitement.

Reynolds did not expect that these things that he thought would not be of much use in the past could become his most desired achievement now.

After all, as an illegitimate child, Reynolds was often scolded for not being enterprising, and spent the whole day researching some useless waste products.

Xia Zuoyi: "Are you interested in becoming a consultant of the craftsman's guild? All the treatment will be favorable... Do you want to consider it?"

Reynolds: Is there such a good thing? !

Of course he wants to!

Xia Zuoyi: Very good, very good, very good.

Starting today, Reynolds has also officially entered the ranks of "getting bald".

Reynolds: Just keep smiling.

When the weather started to get hotter, Walker finally returned to Wissus from Gaena.

He brought back a total of more than 350 people, who were placed in the two cities.

When Walker returned to the castle, he said, "My lord, there was a bit of turmoil in Gaina, and one of the princes who had the right to inherit died."

Fernandi was also here, and frowned upon hearing this.

Xia Zuoyi: "How many princes does Gaina have?"

"I remember that Bruno Green is a direct descendant of King Gainar and has the right to inherit, but the possibility of inheriting is not great, is it?"

Fernandi nodded: "Gaina has three princes in total."

"The old King Gaina lived a long life, and he is still on the throne in his 60s. The second prince died early, and the third prince was limped when he accidentally fell off his horse."

"Bruno Green is the son of the third prince."

Xia Zuoyi: "So, the person who died was the eldest prince?"

The expression on Valk's face was a little strange, he shook his head and said, "No, the dead person is the third prince."

Fernandi saw it and asked, "Don't you suspect that the death of the third prince is related to Bruno Green?"

Walker: "Reasonable doubt."

"Bruno Green has great ambitions. The old king of Gellar lived a long life, and the eldest prince is not young anymore, and his health is not good. Now he often needs to find a doctor for diagnosis and treatment."

"When I left Gaina with my people, news came from the royal city that the eldest prince was critically ill. All the doctors in the city had been summoned by the knights to enter the palace."

Xia Zuoyi: Alright, there is no way out, the eldest prince must die.

Walker: "After all the first-in-line heirs to the throne are dead, there will be a lot fewer people standing in front of Bruno Green."

"The old King Gaina has lived a long life and should be dying soon. At that time, he will naturally choose from Bruno Green's generation."

If Bruno Green were to sit on the throne...

It will be even more difficult for Fernandi to seek revenge.

Two days later.

Gadayat.

A piece of surprising news suddenly came from the royal city of Kaes—the old king passed away.

After the king's death, the body needs to be stored in a coffin for three months before being buried.

During these three months, the king's coffin will be placed in the church, and the clergy will hold the funeral for the king himself, sprinkle holy water on the coffin, and ring the death knell.

The lords in the Kingdom of Gadayat need to enter the royal city of Kaes to mourn the old king Duke Patch.

Before departure.

098 also put on the little burden again and said to Xia Zuoyi: [Host, I'm going on a trip again, I'll bring you a gift when I come back, remember to miss me, okay? 】

Xia Zuoyi: "Be safe and come back early."

He watched as 098 jumped into the cosmic mailbox after waving his little match hand, and disappeared from the system interface.

Seeing him sitting on the chair in a daze, Judith couldn't help asking: "My lord, how many knights and soldiers do you plan to bring to the royal city this time?"

Xia Zuoyi thought about it: "Fernandi stays in Wissas."

"Walker took Taylor and Banner and left with me, and sent two more platoons of soldiers to follow... No, one platoon followed a certain distance behind, and waited outside the royal city when I entered the city to mourn for the king. "

Judit was a little puzzled, but still nodded and said: "Yes, Lord Earl."

Xia Zuoyi: I hope he didn't think too much. It's better not to link the death of the old King Duke with the death of the third prince Gaina...