Lord of Rot

Chapter 125 Hydraulic Forging Hammer
Li Qi took everything under his eyes.

Including news that Crowe may be targeted.

But the farmer has not yet returned with the letter on foot, everything can only be done by Crowe himself, but he believes that Crowe should have felt the danger.

The swaying of the horse under his crotch brought Li Qi back to his senses.

He went to the stable early this morning. The mare's belly is getting bigger and bigger. According to what the groom said, the mare will give birth to the baby of the griffin in the next few months. The eagle is still a freak, so we will only know when the litter is born.

The horse stopped in front of a building in the business district.

The road has not been paved here, and there is only a three-way intersection that has been roughly divided and simply paved after clearing the weeds.

There is also a standing sign that will indicate the direction of each road.

One end points to the castle, the other end is the commercial area, and the other end is the wheat field village.

Teams of slaves walked through here, some of them were responsible for carrying red bricks, some were responsible for mixing mud, lime powder, sea sand, soil water, etc., and then poured some plant ash and slag to make the adhesion stronger.

The house-building skills of masons are not much different from those on the earth. With red bricks, the speed of building houses is like the growth of weeds, almost every day.

Behind Li Qi was Grenn's apprentice, Little Green Eyes, who had a pair of green eyes inherited from his father, who was called Old Green Eyes.

After the population increased, Gulen proposed to Li Qi that apprentices and teenagers should never be selected from slaves, but only from civilians, and Li Qi nodded in agreement.

The nobles are the rulers of the Lurea continent, the undisputed upper class.

The lower class are civilians. They can become craftsmen, or choose to be businessmen, or they can become soldiers to make contributions. They have a free identity and can go to any territory to start a new life.

Slaves are at the bottom.

Among them, the situation of serfs is better. Most of the lords' subjects are serfs. Serfs are mainly responsible for farming and handing over most of the food to the lords, and they can keep a little for themselves.

Slaves belong to the lord even with their lives, and all work will not be rewarded.

Putting the children of commoners and slaves together will cause great dissatisfaction among commoners.

Little Luye is the son of a commoner. Although her arithmetic ability is average, she has a sharp eye and a quick hand. She is very suitable for a job like a secretary.

As a lord, it seems more stylish to have someone take notes with a small notebook when he speaks.

Li Qi also really needs a secretary to help him remind him of his daily schedule and record things that suddenly come to his mind.

It is impossible for his brain to follow the planning procedure. He often sees something, and suddenly finds that this aspect seems to be a bit behind, and then his thinking spreads out, so he thinks that there is a better processing method on the earth in his mind.

The idea is only one aspect, whether the porcupine collar is qualified to have the technology to reproduce it is also a question, so many times the idea will only be sealed.

The little secretary had not been following Li Qi for a few days, but he was completely shocked by Li Qi's endless thoughts.

There is absolutely no second person in this world who is more intelligent than the lord of his own family. Is it true that the four gods gave him such wisdom?Why have the Four Gods never bestowed this wisdom on others for countless years, and now they are giving it to their lords.

But if it wasn't bestowed by the four gods, why would the lord of his family know so much.

In some records, the little secretary can vaguely guess its function, such as a car that can be ridden without a horse, and a horse-drawn plow that liberates manpower, but there are many things that he can't understand at all. "hot air balloon", "aircraft", "submarine", "internal combustion engine", "steam engine", "landmine" and so on, most of them just recorded a name, and there is no future, even the lord did not explain What exactly are they.

Just looking at the names, the little secretary has no idea what these things are.

He guessed that the name was given by the lord himself, but he didn't think it was just made up, just like the water mill. Before that, no one thought that grinding flour could be so simple.

After confirming that there were not too many problems here, Li Qi rode to the blacksmith shop.

Hei Er has now been completely reduced to a tool man for making farm tools, because he really doesn't know how to make weapons, and Li Qi doesn't want him to waste materials.

Fortunately, Hei Er has already gotten used to this kind of life. There is nothing wrong with making farm tools. With the increasing population of porcupine collars, the work of farm tools is enough for him to eat and drink. Hei Er will go to the tavern after get off work every day have a drink.

Black Ear has given up hope of becoming a master blacksmith.

After the blacksmiths from Lintawan got the news from Li Qi, they began to beat with hammers to make armor and weapons.

No matter where it is, blacksmithing is a profession worthy of the respect of the lords. War is inseparable from weapons and armor, which are the arteries of war.

They are proud enough, and they have reason to be proud.

Although they did not dare to forget their identities when facing the lord, their posture was much higher than that of ordinary civilians.

Led by a blacksmith, Li Qi entered the blacksmith shop. The weather outside was already very hot. When he entered the blacksmith shop, he mistakenly thought he had stepped into a brick kiln.

The scalding air hits the face, and the skin is burned by the hot wind.

Li Qi looked at the long sword forged on the table, picked it up and waved it twice.

This kind of sword is called a hybrid sword on the earth. The sword body is more slender than the two-handed sword used by the porcupine collar. There are blood grooves on the sword body to adjust the weight. It is lighter and suitable for swinging with one hand. Of course, there are also disadvantages, that is, a thin sword is easier to break than a two-handed sword.

In Li Qi's memory, the concrete and well-known mongrel sword is the fencing sword used by Gandalf in "The Lord of the Rings", although that sword may be a little longer.

The sword used by the porcupine collar is a heavy two-handed sword, which is related to the fighting style of the porcupine baron. Wear the thickest armor, use the heaviest sword, and fight the hardest battle.

The sword body is not edged at a position about two fingers long near the hilt, which is convenient for holding with both hands.

With a blocking hook, people who don't understand will think that it is two swords.

The bastard sword made by the blacksmith was very mature, and Li Qi put it back on the table quite satisfied.

It shows that these blacksmiths have extraordinary skills. Even if they are not legendary craftsmen, they are also experts in making weapons.

He walked towards one of the blacksmiths, who was bare to the waist and only wrapped in a simple leather apron. He was beating a heavy iron plate.

It can be seen that the opponent has tried his best, and sparks will fly every time he hammers.

Blacksmithing is very hard work, and it takes a lot of physical work in a high-temperature environment, especially in the hot summer. Li Qi just stands here and it is a little unbearable. Looking at the blacksmith, his skin has become dark red, and his thick hair has been covered. There was a layer of greasy sweat.

The hot and red iron block was slowly deformed under the hammer. When the red light disappeared, the blacksmith threw it back into the furnace, and then turned to look at Li Qi: "My lord!"

Li Qi nodded slightly, and asked: "If there is someone who can beat the iron for you without interruption, without doing the initial beating work, can the speed be faster?"

"You mean magic?" The blacksmith didn't quite understand what the lord meant. How could someone beat the iron block without interruption.

But Li Qi continued. "Beat the iron block continuously, and the force can be heavier than yours, just like..." He stopped suddenly, then looked at the blacksmith's anvil, pointed and said: "It's like this one that was suddenly lifted to a high place. , and then smashed down, of course it can be lighter, and the height can be adjusted.”

The blacksmith thought for a moment, and replied: "If what you said is true, it can really help us get rid of the complicated work. Although it may not help us much in making armor, it can save us from turning iron blocks into iron." board strength."

"That's good"

The current porcupine collar does not have the conditions to develop mechanization, but he has some small methods to make the speed and efficiency of blacksmithing higher.

Otherwise, watching these blacksmiths holding a hammer here, they can't get any efficiency by beating and beating all day.What a waste of time and life.

After that, Li Qi discussed the production of "iron pipe" with the blacksmith.

He needed a hollow iron pipe, which could be rolled out of iron sheet, about the thickness of a finger in diameter, and asked the blacksmiths to produce iron pellets, which could just fit into it.

"I still need to use a carving knife to draw lines inside," Li Qi gestured.

"Wrap at least two layers to avoid cracking."

No one could understand what Li Qi was talking about, but the blacksmiths nodded obediently. Making iron pipes must be easier than making armor.

After carefully ordering several steps, Li Qi left the blacksmith shop.

The hot summer wind blowing on his body actually made him feel very cool.

Li Qi said to the little green eye of the secretary next to him: "Let all the carpenters come to the water mill, and I will wait for them there."

"Yes, my lord."

Half of the water mill's waterwheel is inserted into the river.

The repaired river channel has a height difference, and the water flow is more turbulent when it is close to the water mill.

The water wheel driven by the water flow turns, and the water wheel makes the mill turn.

People can save a lot of effort.

When all the carpenters arrived, they looked at Li Qi in awe.

Not only because he is a lord, but also because of his invention and wisdom, the water mill fully demonstrates the wisdom of the carpenter's craftsmanship, especially after studying the basic principles of the water mill, no carpenter can fail to praise him.

Some people also said that the carpenter Frau had better luck. With the wisdom of the lord, he just reproduced the idea of ​​the lord as ordered, but the dead Frau had the legendary ability of creating the water mill. glory of things.

Everyone wants to leave their own legend in history, whether it is a legendary blacksmith, a legendary carpenter, or even a legendary mouse catcher.

"I have two small ideas, I hope you can help me."

The carpenters' ears perked up immediately when they heard Li Qi say that.

Does this mean yet another new water mill?

Then their names will definitely be recorded in history!
Well, although everyone doesn't know what happened 100 years ago, and history has never had anything to do with ordinary people, it is the nature of Lurea people to pursue glory.

Li Qi said: "The thing I want to build is a kind of hammer, which is used to help blacksmiths forge iron. I have already conceived the general method, and the rest needs to be researched and manufactured by you."

"With a water wheel, the water force drives the hammer up high, and then releases the force to lift the hammer, allowing the hammer to drop freely."

He gestured.

That's right, he was talking about a hydraulic forging hammer.

Lever type hydraulic forging hammer can greatly save time and improve efficiency.

It turned out to be the use of water power and waterwheels, and the carpenters were amazed. They never thought that they could use this method to forge iron.

In fact, carpenters hardly develop anything to improve the work efficiency of blacksmiths.

If enough time is given, a batch of technologies should take shape, but now Li Qi is unwilling to wait, so he has to be the "inventor of the waterwheel" to further promote it.

The carpenters returned to their workplaces and began to study and research. The specific concept had already been developed, and the most critical water wheel was invented. It was not a problem to manufacture hydraulic forging hammers.

The difficulty lies only in stability and speed balance.

"The river flow is unstable, I'm afraid it won't work"

Didn't the brick kiln factory dig a big hole before?
Then dig a little bigger and simply build a reservoir.

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