Farming Lord of Crossing

Chapter 28 28. Building the Wall ([-])

After the incident in the farmland came to an end, Lost deliberately asked Julis to ask about the town wall.

After communicating with Ross, I learned that there are bricks in this world, and because of the existence of magic and due ability, even giant bricks of 5×2×1 meters can be fired, but such bricks are generally only built by powerful dukes and above. Only the huge city walls of large cities will be used. After all, without a certain strength, who would pull such a precious magician to burn bricks.

Generally, bricks of 0.5 x 0.3 x 0.2 meters are used to build the city wall, but there are not some powerful barons or viscounts who have the relevant technology to build a brick factory. Therefore, if Ross wants to use bricks to build the city wall, it is estimated that the city of Wellington is 2000 miles away. Bought it, because as far as he knew there was no brick-burning factory in Popertown either.

In other words, it is impossible to build walls with bricks in Los Angeles now, so we can only think of other ways.

It is impossible to build a wall with a civil structure that is too high and wide, and it is not strong, which means that it does not have much defensive ability. For example, the wall of Stan Village now can be broken by Ross.

Such a wall is useless in front of those giant beasts, and the wall is too short for those first-order orcs and monsters, and it has no meaning at all, and others will directly enter the village with a light leap.

For a stone-structured wall, it takes time and effort to polish the stone, and there is no river beach or rocky mountain near Stan Village to obtain enough stone materials. It is impossible for these people in Stan Village to build the wall within three to five years.

After negating all these plans, Julis looked nervously at the young man who was thinking in front of him. After several months of wandering and wandering, he finally had a stable life. Drive yourself out of the village.

He didn't want to live like that again.

Desperately thinking about how to make bricks, Los suddenly thought of the earth bricks used to build houses in rural areas, and was inspired to think of an ancient way of building walls: rammed earth to build walls.

Building walls with rammed earth has a very long history and is widely used in Ross’s last life. It is said that the walls of palaces and city walls of a certain dynasty were built using this method, and he used this method to build houses and repair walls in rural areas when he was a child. .

The construction technology of rammed earth wall construction is very simple. Simply put, it is to pour semi-dry and wet soil into a simple plywood mold, then pound the soil firmly, and then move the mold upwards and continue to fill the soil and pound it firmly. As far as obtaining materials, there is basically no cost, and construction can be done as long as there is labor.

After Luo Si sorted out the whole process, he explained it to Julis in detail, and drew a sketch of the model for him.

As a builder, Julius naturally understood what Ross meant, and also understood the value of this seemingly simple construction method. He suddenly widened his small eyes and looked at Ross in disbelief. This young man The village head, who has many practical and effective ideas in agriculture, does he also have profound attainments in architecture?
After thinking about it carefully, Julis said cautiously: "Master Village Chief, the method you mentioned~ this method of building walls with rammed earth is indeed a simple and practical method of building walls, but what I want to know is that you plan to build walls. What is the scale of the wall?"

Los directly said the answer he had thought about a long time ago: "The wall is 3 meters wide and 4 meters high. As for the scope of the village, let's set it to be 800 meters long and 700 meters wide!"

"The scope is the size of a standard town, but the walls are comparable to those of a small city. Very ambitious young man!" Julis thought to himself as he looked at the serious young village chief, and then became cautious. He said: "Master Village Chief, this is the first time I've tried this method, and the building is 2 meters wide and 4 meters high. If the middle is not strong enough and the soil is not cohesive, it may collapse. But I will try my best. of."

Ross looked at the cautious Ulis with a slight smile, rubbed his shoulders and said, "Go ahead and do it! Ulis, remember what I said next.

The day the wall is completed is the day when you officially become a villager of Stan Village and a citizen of Viscount Modu. "

Julis' eyes widened immediately, and he looked at Los in disbelief. His round face was flushed with excitement, and he stammered and asked, "Is this~is this true~really, Mr. Village Chief?" The small eyes were fixed on Rose's lips, for fear that he would give a different answer.

Ross looked at Ulis, who was like a child, with a funny face, and made fun of him: "It's true, Mr. Ulis!"

Mr. Ulis, this was the honorific title others gave to him when he was a free citizen as a builder.

Hearing this familiar yet unfamiliar address, Julis rushed out with a groan, and then the voice came from afar: "Don't worry, Mr. Village Chief, the wall will be completed soon."

That afternoon, Yulis, who had been bloodied, found five or six slaves, and then went to battle to make the molds himself.

On the second day, Yulis led a dozen refugees and slaves to start experiments on an open field, and then adjusted the dryness, humidity, particle size, and cohesiveness of the soil according to the firmness of the wall, and adjusted the tools for ramming the earth. , adjust the size of the mold and so on.

Half a month later, Julis, who was sweating profusely, invited Los, who was training the militia, to the place where they were experimenting with building the wall. Before Julis could speak, Ross saw that the section was three meters wide and five meters long. The result was known from the bumpy walls, and he asked calmly, "What's the reason?"

Ulis carefully observed Los's expression, and found that the other party did not lose his temper, he breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly explained: "There is no problem with the mold, and it is not a problem with the soil. The slaves are not lazy or even exhausted for three days. personal.

During the experiment, I found that when a distance of three meters is smashed, another place will become loose, and another place that was smashed will be shaken loose, so I suspect that it is impossible to ram the earth with a three-meter-wide wall. build up. "

Ross patted his head and immediately understood what was going on, but he would not admit his mistake, so he asked again: "Then have you verified what the most suitable width of the rammed earth wall is?"

Naturally, Ulis would not invite Ross over without preparation. Hearing Ross's question, he was just a little surprised at the young village chief's sensitivity to find the key to the problem, and then pointed to a 2-meter-high section not far away. The 20-meter-long wall said: "50 centimeters, this is the most suitable width for the rammed earth wall that we repeatedly tested and the easiest to build."

Ross went out, stretched out his right hand and pressed on the section of the wall that was obviously not yet dry, stared at the wall and then slowly increased the force, 6%, [-]%~~[-]%, [-]%.As a level [-] martial artist, Luo Si, with the strength of a thousand catties in one hand, can only press a palm shadow one and a half centimeters deep on the wall.This shows that the firmness of this section of the wall has fully met the requirements.

"Good job, Julis!" Rose clapped his hands and praised, and then looked at the fiery sun and said, "After another month, if this section of the wall does not crack, you can start according to this standard and method." Build the wall!"

"One month?" Julis looked confused, seeing that Rose had turned around and was about to leave, he hurriedly asked boldly: "But Mr. Village Chief, you can't build a 3-meter-wide wall like this."

"I'll tell you the solution at that time! You should think of a way to test the dryness and humidity so that the walls don't crack!" Ross patted Julis on the shoulder and went back to the school grounds. There are also militiamen waiting for their own training.

(End of this chapter)