Chapter Twenty-Eight: Depressed Luo Heng
Luo Heng breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, for more than a month, the hard work of hundreds of people was finally not in vain, and the weather was also powerful, although there was some drought in the early stage, but now that it is raining, it will not be worried.
This reclamation method is a waste of manpower and material resources, if it is cultivated in autumn, it just needs to be turned up, and the grass roots in winter and the soil will be loosened by frost, and it will be good to turn it again next year.
Unlike this time, three or five times, two or three rakes and plows, but fortunately the weather is good, if the weather is bad, it will not be able to open up at all.
The food consumed is even more, but fortunately, the orcs are very powerful, even women, and they are comparable to the strength of human men.
Thanks to the carpenter, and two giants, otherwise it is enough to give anyone a headache if they build a road, and with giants, pull up a large stone that weighs several tons, just like a road roller, the stone is directly pressed down, without these two giants, this road will be repaired to what year and month.
Of course, the best is Harding, the dwarven forged tools brought by Sodin, the fine iron tools, which can't be bought outside at all.
Of course, the effect is also significant, the durability is high, with the dripping rain, the low-lying places have been waterlogged, although the fence around the ground will take a long time, but the crops have not been planted after all, even those warehouses have not been built yet.
Walking on the stone pressed road, at least there will be no mud, a month and a half of high-intensity labor, this rain will let the subordinates have a good rest.
Jon stood beside Luo Heng and said, "Lord Duke, you can not let other nobles use this farm tool. ”
"Why don't you let the nobles use it?" Luo Heng asked suspiciously.
"Aren't those nobles at your enmity?" Jon said rhetorically.
Luo Heng shrugged: "But I have no enmity with money, think about it, it's just a copper coin for ten acres of land, how much should I charge?"
“......。 Jon felt that Luo Heng was not a dwarf, and a dwarf was the kind of temper that killed a thousand enemies and damaged eight hundred.
"Lord Duke, it may not be long before your wait in the Mage's Guild increases. Jon felt a little sad, he was a high-level magician, only a few levels, and this dwarf in front of him, how much income did he create for the magician union, five empires, so many kingdoms, principalities, as long as you use the curved plow, ten acres of land is one copper coin, a hundred acres of land is ten copper coins, which farm is not thousands of acres of land, or hundreds of copper coins, how many lands does a country have?
And this cost is there every year, not that there is no next year, and the technology for making rock candy, once it is made public next year, it will be another expense, and the extraction of royal jelly, which is another expense.
Part of the fees charged by the Wizards' Guild goes to the Magicians' Guild, and if this continues, the dwarf's point level in front of him will increase very quickly.
"Lift up, improve. "With a large ~ piece of land, Luo Heng will not lack food.
Although it was said that the land reclaimed in front of him was only a part of the territory, the remaining Luo Heng decided to reclaim it again in the autumn.
"Alas. "Luo Heng originally didn't want to engage in cement, but now there are not enough stonemasons, and some only have slaves and a few craftsmen, so cement, a very simple material, will be taken out.
"But where can I get limestone and coal? And I'm afraid that simple cement can't do it, do you need to use steel bar?" Luo Heng had a lot of things in his mind.
After two hours of training with Angus, and after lunch, Luo Heng decided to make it*.
* The most important thing in the production is the spring, Luo Heng opened the book about magic materials, the toughness of the metal is not enough, there is only.
"Mithril, gold essence, magic silver, wind copper, white copper, star iron, glass gold, ....... Luo Heng looked at it carefully, and at the same time, recorded the properties of these magic materials, as well as the shape of the ore, and so on.
"Just this beast bone. Luo Heng finally chose the beast bone of this demonic beast, and the nature of the beast bone as a magic material is also different according to the different attributes of the demonic beast.
When Luo Heng checked the materials, the auditors in the Magician Guild were reviewing the Quyuan plough sent by Jon, spring has come, this tool is put into use this year, and the Magician Guild can increase a wave of income.
"Qu Yuan plow, huh. "The Wizards' Guild has its own farm, as well as its own ranch.
Soon the curved plough was built according to the size, the magicians' guild was an incomparably large institution, this curved plough looked inconspicuous, but the inventor made these magicians dare not slack off, Duke Cheney Rowe.
Luo Heng's name is a legend in the Wizards' Union, and just taking the research results of the dust explosion made the Magicians Guild sell it for a good price.
Because somewhere in winter, the underground monsters gushed out~ and after the ground was killed, there was no way to do it underground, or two wind magicians used magic and flour, as well as some grease and the like to use dust explosions, and directly blew up the passage that came out, and it collapsed hundreds of meters deep, as for how many monsters were killed by the explosion, it is not clear.
Inside the farm, the ground was already being ploughed, and the magician in charge of recording took the staff of the union to follow the steps to get the zigzag plough right.
At first, I was not familiar with it, and the curved plough made of wood was directly split by the ox, of course, there was more than one such test.
But as time went on, the agricultural bank found it very easy, much easier than the Mara's.
After two days of comparative testing, a recommendation information jointly signed by five great magicians was sent to the hands of various noble masters.
The Wizards' Guild also has to make money, and this Quyuan Plough Magician's Guild only needs to calculate a little, and you will know how much wealth it has.
Although the nobles don't want to give the enemy, but seeing a series of data, if you use the curved plow, then it is still possible to double the size of the farm this year, and without increasing the number of people.
And the first to act was Jon's family, and the other nobles adjacent to the Jon family saw the Jon family using it, and immediately started.
As a result, things like the Quyuan plow were popularized at a very fast pace, and the Wizards' Guild also made an all-metal Quyuan plow.
Saving energy and manpower, it originally took two horses and two people, but in the end experienced farmers can plough the land alone.
But what these nobles didn't expect was that a month and a half later, a thing called a seeding machine, was recommended by the magician union, two people, a cow, can sow 300 acres of land a day, one person controls the seeder, one person does chores, responsible for transporting seeds or something, if the warehouse is far away, it can't catch up with the speed of the seeder, and the seeder is very cheap, and the use cost is also ten acres of land a copper coin, which can be said to be almost not a cost.
All the great nobles have the same people this year, and the cultivated area is more than twice as large as last year, and in the eyes of these great nobles, the most important thing is food.
Luo Heng took the made-made *, aimed at the target thirty meters away, and pressed it, and a metal crossbow arrow hit the target thirty meters away.
"How's it going?" Luo Heng asked.
"The range is short, the power is insufficient, and the mage robe on my body is enough to resist. Jon shook his head.
Angus also shook his head and said, "Those nobles are surrounded not only by mages or warlocks, but also by warriors. ”
Luo Heng felt that his eggs hurt, on the one hand, the crossbow had to be small, and on the other hand, it needed enough power, even a pistol.
"Is it really useless?" Luo Heng asked in disbelief.
"Yes, shoot rabbits or something. The dwarf sorceress spoke.
Luo Heng was speechless, and asked again; "And what about me making magic arrows?"
"That's fine, but how much do you plan to sell?" Jon nodded, then asked.
Luo Heng was speechless, and Jon said, "Duke Cheney, I think it's still cost-effective for you to get a seeder or something." ”
“......。 Luo Heng was even more depressed, Qu Yuan Plough had already received three or four thousand gold coins one after another, and it had only been more than a month.
You can imagine how big the land area of the world is, ten acres of one copper coin, one hundred acres of ten copper coins, one thousand acres of silver coins, ten thousand acres of ten silver coins, one hundred thousand acres of gold coins, counting the seeding machine, one hundred thousand acres of two gold coins, that is, hundreds of millions of acres of land.
This is pure income, many small nobles do not have a thousand gold coins a year, just like Baron William, who is the mayor of the town, a ranch, a shop, and a farm, it is only tens of thousands of gold coins a year, but what about the capital?
"Burn glass, the east is not bright, the west is bright. Luo Heng gritted his teeth, not that Luo Heng didn't farm, but that the anti-risk ability of farming was too low.
As for saying that burning glass can't be sold, it's always okay to make greenhouses, and it's a big deal to grow vegetables and sell them in winter, and I don't believe that those nobles who see money don't want to lose face.
The mining of copper ore has basically stagnated, and all the farms have been reclaimed some time ago, and some slaves are cleaning up the manure and transporting it to the ground, and then more to harvest more weeds, but Luo Heng did not let these people burn the weeds, but laid them directly in the ground after drying them for a while, so that they do not retain moisture, but also moisturize, and increase humus.
Of course, Jon and the others didn't understand, but Luo Heng didn't say anything, as for the work in the territory, it was mainly farms and pastures, and the rest were put down for the time being.
"Lord Duke, we're leaving. "The dwarf knights are finally leaving, Luo Heng is also in a very complicated mood, what about these dwarves here, Luo Heng can't afford to raise them, how much meat do those rock lizards have to eat in a year?
Watching the Rock Lizard Knights leave, Angus took over the defense of the territory, Luo Heng concentrated on making glass, this world is expected to be telescope, but it is a crystal polished lens, and the clarity is not very good.
"Mirrors, binoculars, alchemy vessels, I don't believe it, it's really everyone who wants it, and I'll make a greenhouse. Luo Heng used a small stove and a crucible, and the inside of the furnace was charcoal, and Luo Heng did not start a large-scale experiment.
"Poof, sand is also used to burn, is there gold in this sand?" the dwarf sorceress laughed when she saw this.
Luo Heng rolled his eyes, and then continued to calcin, the charcoal was not as fast as the magic furnace, but the magic furnace for experimentation, Luo Heng felt that it was a waste.
"It seems that we are still looking for coal. Luo Heng looked at the gradually softening sand and looked at the recorded notebook.
It is easy to fire glass, but the removal of metal elements in it is the key, so it is necessary to constantly explore, add some other ingredients, or use physical separation, such as iron ions, you can grind into powder, and then use magnets to separate, but this cost is too high.
It's not enough quartz ore here, the color is not bad, at least the fired glass bumps don't kill more variegation.
"Are you making artificial crystals?" Jon asked, when he heard about it, and came over to take a look, picked up the glass lump, and asked.
When Luo Heng heard this, he almost overturned the stove, took a breath and asked, "Is the artificial crystal valuable?"
"Of course it's worth it, an artificial crystal bottle, the price is dozens of silver coins. Jon nodded.
"So where is your research stuck?" Luo Heng asked in a different way.
"I know how to make utensils, like you, but how do I make them into bottles or something?" Jon asked.
Luo Heng stood up silently, and then found Harding and Sodin, and asked the two of them to make a mold for a wide-mouth bottle.
"How to use this mold?" Jon saw Luo Heng's expression, and knew that Luo Heng knew what to do, and couldn't help but ask.
"Blow. Luo Heng replied simply.
"Blow?" Jon was confused, and even the few disciples who followed him were confused.
After three days, Luo Heng melted a piece of glass with a magic furnace, and then put it into the mold, puffing out his cheeks.
“......。 The mold opened, Jon's eyes widened, and 10,000 grass and mud horses stepped over in his heart, it was as simple as that!
In fact, sometimes, it's often as simple as that, just a layer of window paper, as long as it is poked open, then there is nothing, but if it is not poked open, you can't enter the door.
"Duke Cheney, you ....... "For the strange things that Luo Heng took out, artillery, *, these are said to be dwarves' specialties, but royal jelly Ao Guang, rock candy, which dwarven specialty is this?
And the zigzag plow, the seeder, these things, can the dwarves be carpenters, can they farm?
Now there are artificial crystals, and the nobles of artificial crystals have been selling artificial crystals for hundreds of years, but the manufacturing method can only be guessed from the raw materials, but how to make it, then no one knows.
It was actually blown out, and Luo Heng opened his mouth and said, "Jon, are you interested in establishing an artificial crystal workshop with your puppet?"
"There's no interest, as long as we sell it publicly, others will definitely lower the price. Jon spoke.
Luo Heng opened his mouth and said: "Artificial crystals can make many things, high-powered telescopes, mirrors, glasses, everything related to crystals can be replaced by artificial crystals." ”
"There's no future, you might as well publish this method. Jon shook his head.
Luo Heng felt that he was a little painful, could it be that Lao Tzu was the life of a farmer?
"Your Excellency, Your Excellency, there is news. Angus hurried over and shouted.