Struggle in the Steam Age

This kind of experiment needs enough time, even if this world has extraordinary power. So for the next week, Lawrence used this time to experiment with a series of soil pesticides on the farm while reading the books carried in the space bag.

Fortunately for him, after his soul merged and became Warlock Bai Ze, the strengthened soul allowed him to recall everything in the two lives. It includes a large amount of various materials prepared for writing novels back then, and even some pictures that were only seen on the computer screen for less than a second have been accurately recalled.

And among so many materials, there are many materials prepared for writing historical novels. Although most of this industrial age has little effect, the differences between different worlds make some of the materials stand out at once.

In view of the fact that the world's chemical industry is at a low level, and using the extraordinary power of the extraordinary to bypass the industrial level restrictions will be too expensive to be popularized at all, so all Lawrence's experiments during this time are soil pesticides from a book in the 1970s . The good news is that they have all worked well in recent trials.

Naturally, the effects of these pesticides are not as good as those of regular industrially produced pesticides, but they are much better than the current pesticides on the market, and they are just in line with the world's industrial level and can be produced cheaply and on a large scale. In addition to Bordeaux mixture, there are lime sulfur mixture, pine alkali mixture, white paint used to brush tree trunks in winter, and sticky shellac made of tung oil, rosin, and yellow wax.

It feels like the agricultural church in this world has completely distorted the technology tree of pesticides. After the coachman entrusted to the mosque brought back his letter to Safir and a letter to Priest Carter back to the city, Lawrence returned When I arrived at the laboratory, I began to check a series of pesticides bought from the Church of Agriculture yesterday and thought: It may be because the Goddess of Agriculture is the daughter of the Mother Earth and the Father of Nature, so all the pesticides used by the Church are plant-based agents.

There are a lot of plant-based medicines, but many of them are not very effective. Thinking of this, Lawrence remembered some stories about the Church of Agriculture that the staff member of the Church of Knowledge told him yesterday, In the face of this situation, the Church of Agriculture The solution is to use extraordinary power.

For example, this bottle is similar to the pyrethroids on the earth. Lawrence took out a red bottle from the pile of medicines on the table, briefly tested it, and then looked at the label on the bottle. This kind of thing on the earth is synthesized through the chemical industry, but here it is actually the priests and druids of the church who repeatedly improve the plants to make the plants produce this substance, and then use magical means to purify it.

I have to admit that the effect of this medicine is really good, and the harm to humans and animals is also small. But the 500ml medicine in hand costs 10 yuan, which is equivalent to a month's wages of an ordinary worker. So these medicines are only It can only be used for the cultivation of some magical plants and gardens of nobles.

As for ordinary farmers and farm workers in nearby farms, they can only use some plant ash or quicklime or dig out and burn seriously diseased plants. That's it, but obviously these have little effect on the current grape diseases.

Fortunately, after a week of experiments, the efficacy of the Bordeaux mixture has been demonstrated. Although the grape downy mildew in this world is somewhat different from that on the earth, especially in terms of transmission and infection speed, it is much faster than the same kind on the earth. But correspondingly, these molds are more vulnerable to Bordeaux mixture than those on the earth. At least in the experiments in the vineyard this week, these agents not only inhibited the continued spread of downy mildew, but even caused downy mildew to be infected before. The vine regained its health.

The next step is to disseminate the summed up knowledge, Lawrence thought after calling out the book charm to record the experimental data and add it to the thesis. I hope Priest Carter can reply soon and say what to do next.

Huh? What happened? After supplementing today's data at the end of the thesis, Lawrence took out the alchemy book that he borrowed before departure from the space bag and prepared to read it for a while, but there was a loud voice outside the window. Originally, he thought that the noise would disappear quickly, but he didn't expect that the noise not only did not disappear but became louder after a few minutes.

After opening the window and looking down, Lawrence found seven or eight people gathered in the empty space in front of the small building. And among them was a bloodied wounded man lying on a stretcher.

Let's go, let's go. Lawrence carried his medical kit on his back and separated from the group of people who got together and half-kneeled beside the stretcher to treat the wounds of the wounded, I graduated from medical school and I'm better at this kind of work. .”

Are there goblins around here? Lawrence used small scissors to cut the clothes on the wound and took a look, and he recognized what the wound was all about. After all, the town where he lived for more than ten years was full of goblins every year. As Lawrence, who had helped his adoptive father deal with the wounded since the age of seven, he could easily tell how the wounds on this man's body were made.

Goblin? As soon as Lawrence finished speaking, an old man with a gray beard next to him made a sound in surprise. It's impossible. The last time the local goblins made trouble was nearly 20 years ago. Young man, are you mistaken?

Others also showed expressions of disbelief, because this place is considered a suburb of the city. Under normal circumstances, the armed forces in the city and various defensive magic circles have a powerful deterrent effect on these creatures. Therefore, theoretically, those disgusting extraordinary creatures would not approach the city.

I can't read it wrong. After all, my hometown is in a small town along the mainland railway. There are goblins in that place every year. Since I was seven years old, I have helped my father deal with the wounded during the goblins. So Over the years I've dealt with at least 100 people who were wounded fighting goblins, so I shouldn't be wrong in judging the wounds.

Seeing that the people around him didn't believe what he said, Lawrence cited what he experienced as a child as an example. At the same time, he inserted a silver-plated steel probe into the wound according to the standard procedures for wound treatment. Unexpectedly, he felt that the tip of the probe in his hand touched something in a large wound on the wounded's buttocks. Hard object.

Lawrence poked it a few times and found that the hard object didn't touch the bone but was like some kind of hard object, so he inserted a pointed tweezer into the wound, and after a few times of probing, he pulled out a piece the size of a coin and a half. black irregular metal.

What is this? The people around also saw this scene, and then the middle-aged uncle who didn't quite believe Lawrence's judgment asked for everyone.

Arrowhead. Lawrence said while treating the last few wounds, To be precise, this is a copper arrowhead used by goblins. We are in big trouble this time.

You're right. The staff member of the Church of Knowledge took a look at the piece of golden metal and said, Only goblin tribes with more than 500 people will have blacksmiths, and those with more than 1,000 people will have blacksmiths. Some metal consumables like metal arrowheads will be cast.

You mean that there are at least 1,000 disgusting guys with brown and green skin around here? The middle-aged man with the gray beard just now was startled at first, and then showed a puzzled look. But our place is a plain on the outskirts of the city. There are at most a few small hills and woods, and there is no place to hide. If there are really so many goblins, where will they hide?

I don't think there will be goblins on the ground in this place, otherwise they would have been discovered. At this time, Lawrence stood up after treating the wound of the wounded. If nothing happened, the wounded would heal. But what about underground?