Chapter 104:
The quarrying technology of magic fire and water pouring should have been around for a long time.
For example, for the pyramids and the Great Wall, it is obviously impossible to gather so many huge stones just by relying on ordinary collection methods.
For example, some large buildings also require many complete boulders. Generally, the stones closer to the interior of the mountain are harder.
Lawrence suddenly thought of the cave of the Cloda people. That cave was obviously a man-made structure.
Lawrence raised a fire to bake the stones on the ground while learning more information.
"Sariel, don't the Pumixiu people use stone to make things?"
Saril squatted aside and looked at Lawrence's "skills" and replied: "No."
"It seems that they have always used copper swords and iron swords there. Swords, I heard that the Snow Cave people in the north use the bones of whales and wild beasts to make knives and weapons, and the Ug people use sharp stones as weapons." Lawrence didn't ask about weapons, but he also got it from
Sariel. Some information.
The ice barbarians represented by the Pumixiu people mastered iron technology and carpentry skills in shipbuilding, so most of the houses were made of wood.
The forest barbarians represented by the Cloda people mastered primitive stone tool technology. Even though they had mastered some carpentry and bronze smelting technologies, they have been put on hold because there is no demand.
The Snow Cave people and the Ug people are losers in the competition and will soon disappear with history.
Because the Snow Cave People are not a big threat and occupy an extremely difficult place that even the Ice Barbarians are unwilling to go to, they should be able to exist for a long time.
The Ugg people are different. No matter how docile they appear, they cannot continue to be comfortable near the ice barbarians.
Although the attack by the Vakiri was accidental, it was also a historical necessity. They needed more people to participate in the war and gathered more resources, so they would definitely be integrated.
The quarrying skills of the Cloda people had nothing to do with Lawrence, and Lawrence felt that he was not so proud to ask them to help.
"Lawrence, is that okay?" Salil wanted to see the ice water crushing the boulders, she had been looking forward to it.
Lawrence felt that it was almost done, so he picked up the shield.
"Get ready to get down. After you fall up, run behind me so that you don't get hit by the broken rocks." "
Yeah!" Salil stood up and lifted up the cold water bucket brought up from under the ice.
Lawrence quickly shouted: "One, two, three!"
Wow~
Salil quickly poured the cold water out of the bucket, then ran behind Lawrence excitedly and put her hands on Lawrence's shoulders.
Click~
After the heated stone encountered cold water, the sudden drop in temperature broke the internal balance of the stone, causing multiple cracks to break into pieces with a click.
The rocks on the surface of the crack exploded more than two meters away like broken glass.
Salil took a look and said excitedly: "Lawrence, can you do explosive magic?"
Lawrence explained: "This is technology, not magic. It is a technology that everyone can master. I remember the name is explosive." The method is just like the blacksmith making iron, it is a technology."
Salil understood this time, but she was still very excited.
This kind of thing that takes a long time to smash, and will also hurt the hand holding the hammer, is actually done with only flame and water!
Lawrence looked at the pits emitting smoke in front of him. These pits left after burning are called blast pits. The gravel inside is much easier to mine than normal stone.
However, digging holes will be very troublesome. Ancient technology is generally not complicated to operate. It is safe... It is
basically not surprising that things like mining disasters occur.
"Continue to the next one. You will lead people to burn the rocks here later. I will go and see how the road down the mountain can be repaired. Use ice blasting to lower the steep stone surface so that it will be easier to walk in the future." Lawrence continued to the next one. They started to light a fire, and Salil followed happily.
The fire explosion method is more efficient than the ice explosion method, but it requires a lot of wood and charcoal. High-temperature charcoal can burn the stone faster and has a higher success rate.
The mountains are still in an icy and snowy environment, and there are not many places with grass and wood. In addition, fuel is needed to build sheep pens, wooden houses, sheds, etc., so someone has always been needed to collect wood.
Near large cities in ancient times, there were basically no trees at all, because they were all used up.
Fortunately, there are so many trees on the mountain that it is enough to build a thousand houses. The only trouble is the difficulty of collecting them.
Lawrence was worried about giving the Dome sheep to the slaves, fearing that the slaves would escape on the sheep.
Thinking of this, Lawrence said: "I'll go down the mountain and call Seravan up and ask him to pull the Dom sheep to collect wood. Now we can use sleds, and transporting wood is much easier than in the spring." Salil felt Lawrence's busyness
, "Okay, just leave it to me."
Lawrence was very pleased and wanted to let Salil and the equally well-behaved and obedient Sophia feel relaxed and comfortable after their hard work.
After thinking for a while, Lawrence came up with something they liked.
"Salil, when spring comes, I will put the beehive in a place where the bees can easily go, and we can harvest a jar of honey in autumn."
Salil's eyes suddenly became brighter, "Really? Can Lawrence really know how to keep bees?"
"I'm not sure, I've never done it before." Lawrence looked at Salil who was full of hope, but he wasn't too sure.
Lawrence asked: "Are there many bees here?"
Salil nodded quickly, "Many! I often see bees at the foot of the mountain!"
Lawrence asked: "How big are the bees?"
Salil thought for a moment and used He gestured with his fingers, "It's so big, as long as you don't touch it, it'll be fine. You can often see it in places with many flowers. In the summer, there were bees running into my house, and I drove them away." Lawrence said
this You can rest assured that as long as the bees are there, the beehive will be able to function.
"Okay, let's do something."
Lawrence didn't waste much time and continued to burn the fire and rubble.
Taloki and another slave were at the back digging stones that would be used to build the stone wall.
Sofia was busy around the house cleaning up Dom sheep poop and cleaning the crow-stained walls.
The two puppies ran around the house, fighting and barking at each other. Occasionally they would run to the door and look at the ice and snow outside, but they soon returned to the house to learn about this unfamiliar place that they were not completely familiar with.
The shield maiden took the male and female slaves outside to hunt, hunting the small animals that came out of the caves to graze and hunt in early spring.
Lawrence quickly reached the steep hillside and cliff area that he usually detoured, and recorded the locations that needed to be blasted.
Through the fire explosion method and the ice explosion method, we can add more bumpy steps on this steep hillside, or even directly turn it into a hillside that can be opened to traffic.
Lawrence discovered that he actually knew a lot of "magic".
Fire explosion method, ice explosion method, water flow method that makes the mill move by itself, and wind formation method.
(End of chapter)