Chapter 223: Temptation
The final result is a dark gray dust that blows away, and there is no adhesive at all.
"This thing...... Used to bond stones? Can the made line of defense be useful? The big tower frowned as a craftsman.
Most of the binders they usually use are mortar or yellow pulp, mortar is made of crushed rice milk mixed with clay, yellow pulp is clay and grass juice, and there is crushed grass mud for squeezing grass juice.
These are ordinary materials, more advanced houses, reinforced with magic, the kind that does not need the so-called adhesive at all, bricks and materials are built together, and they can all be glued together to become a whole by one solidification, and they don't even need to be so troublesome, wood to build a frame, let people paste one out of mud, and then turn mud into stone.
So no one is researching any adhesives, there is no need for that, and it is much easier and faster to hire a mage.
But what Lu En wants to do is not to set up a mage group, what he wants is for the ordinary people at the bottom to have their own power, in the eyes of others, cement is redundant, but for Lu En, this is necessary.
"Of course, you can't use it as a binder now, but it's different with water." Lu En raised his hand, threw the water ball in his hand, and then stirred it well with the mage's hand.
Pick up some stones and summon an invisible servant to pile them up into a stone platform, glue them with evenly mixed cement, and put them on layer by layer.
"Just wait for him to dry, remember the process I'm doing now, and don't expose it to the sun, so put this piece in a cool place, wait for it to dry slowly, and come back tomorrow, it should be able to replace the rejection of horses and pits." Lu En put his things away and said with a smile.
Da Ta and Bai memorized the precautions and asked suspiciously: "This kind of thing can replace the trap and reject the horse?" Isn't that a push-and-fall? β
"So we'll wait until tomorrow, okay, now let's go do something else, aren't there a lot of brutes here lately? It just so happens that I have time, go and clean up, maybe I can eat half a month's worth of meat. Lu En smiled, and then flashed away.
Everyone else has their own things to do, Elaine really becomes a teacher, and Kara takes on all kinds of difficult tasks under Shiro's arrangement, such as diverting the river and opening a road from the mountains, which requires large equipment.
The high-level vampires usually don't appear, they have little interest in ordinary monsters, except for Lu En's summoning, the rest of the time is in the shadow realm, according to the elders, they need to reconstruct the shadow realm here to facilitate their survival, but if there is a problem here, you can summon them to help.
Brute beasts are beasts, in the eyes of many people, brute beasts and monsters are no different, but in fact, they and monsters are two different things, monsters are species with wisdom and can think, but brute beasts are similar to powerful beasts, if Lu En is an example, Tyrannosaurus rex is a typical brute beast, brainless, strong.
And the weak earth spirit rat, basically no different from a mouse, except for a natural skill of digging the earth, normal humans can be trampled to death with one foot, but this is a monster, because the earth spirit mouse is able to communicate, has the IQ of a young man who is not inferior to humans, and can even learn to speak.
Monsters,In essence, it's actually the name of human beings.,Used to refer to those small races that can't form a country or city.,Similar to the concept of "all races" or "non-human races", but humans are too strong, so they are uniformly beaten into monsters, and they are too lazy to continue classifying.
Lu En cleaned up the surrounding brute beasts, tried his best to blast them with his mind, blew up his head and melon, and the flesh of his body was intact, and then gave himself a giant force technique, lifting these brute beasts and teleporting them to the side of the settlement, and in the evening, the brute beasts gathered in this vicinity had been almost cleaned up.
Everything was in order, and quickly, to the next day.
The stone platform had solidified on the ground, as if it had taken root, and the cement had fixed it into one piece, and it was very strong.
Shiro summoned Tyrin, the purple-skinned monster in the forest, a level 2 warrior, and asked her to swing her hammer to test her sturdiness.
Tai Lin swung it with all her might, and her hand trembled, but the stone that was glued together was only slightly broken, and it didn't affect it at all, and she smashed it dozens of times with all her strength, so that her hands cracked, and the hammer head was deflated, and the stone was only destroyed and broken by a third, and the rest was still strong.
"This is the benefit of cement bonding, even if it is such a large and complete stone, it can't afford to smash it like this, after cracks, the overall strength will drop significantly, but after cement bonding, it can effectively improve the strength, the seismic resistance is greatly improved, and it has good lightweight, it is easier to use to build high-rise buildings, with this thing, to form a charge isolation belt like a horse, is it better to fight against brute beasts?" Lu En said with a smile.
Tyrin nodded, "Indeed...... If you use this to resist the most dangerous first wave of the brute beast's charge, this thing is very strong and very useful, if you really want to encounter a level 4 or even higher brute beast, it is not something that can be resisted by ordinary buildings, against ordinary ones, this is already enough, and it can even be said to be very useful, if there is this...... I don't think there will be any casualties, and it is impossible for ordinary brute beasts to charge through such a position. As a warrior and former squad leader, Tyren still has a little experience with these, and after examining them, she made a judgment.
On the other hand, Bai Zai saw from his own perspective what impact this thing could have on the camp, and began to calculate how to allocate manpower, coordinate resources, and how many people would need to be drawn from among the workers if he wanted to make this? How to supply raw materials, and where can I collect resources nearby? How long does it take to collect this, and how many walks do you take? How much medicine and soldiers' consumption will be saved after this line of defense is built? Regarding these operational problems, she gradually listed the context in her mind and fell into deep thought.
None of this matters for the big tower, though.
He just watched indulgingly, stroking the cement.
He was a professional, he was a craftsman, he was a stonemason, he could feel the minerals, the nature of stone, the breath.
He could experience that the binder, called cement, was a special mixture of minerals.
Panting, he ignored everything around him, stroking the cement, feeling their breath, his heartbeat......
Suddenly, as if he had realized something, he opened his eyes, and the cement-bonded stones, which had been smashed by Tyren before, were not broken, but suddenly, the tremors cracked, and with a bang, they shattered into a large pile.
The noise was loud, interrupting Tyrene's movements, interrupting Shiro's thinking, and even attracting Luen's attention.
And Da Ta, looking at his hands, then at the cement, and finally at Lu En, muttered, "Sir...... I'm like, level 3. β
"Huh?" White stupid.
"Huh?!" Tylene was stunned, she worked hard for level 3, fought desperately, and so far there was no sign of success, why did this person suddenly become!?
"Hahaha! Good, good! Lu En stroked his palms and laughed, sure enough, these techniques are God-given treasures for craftsmen!
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Imperial capital, headquarters of the Hall of Radiance.
The Hall of Glow Shine, the great god of wealth of the empire, the emperor's wallet.
It's a place with an upper-class vibe, with lots of traffic in front of the shops and haggling in the shops, but well-dressed customers in horse-drawn carriages. The bargaining process was polite and soft. The store is clean and tidy, with clear signage and tasteful dΓ©cor. There was a faint smell of perfume in the air, and armed guards patrolled the streets.
It includes a collection of buildings, some of which are luxurious and profane, barely distinguishing themselves from aristocratic estates, while others flaunt impossibly slender towers, floating platforms above the ground, filled with impossible or malleable shapes, or even more eerie landscapes, such as translucent high platforms or marvelous flying houses.
At the center of the complex is a tall mansion with open meadows, manicured and tended orchards, flowing streams, hills, bare rocks, and even forest animals, deer, rabbits, and the like running in it, but because of the fence outside, it seems to be to prevent wanderers from sneaking in at night and animals from escaping, and in addition to this, there are leather boots that step on the ground, clattering horses' hooves, and tinkling metal, designed to seat thousands of spectators, host various forms of sports and military parades, and sometimes serve as a plaza for public speeches during ceremonies.
It is better to say that this is the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce...... It was the headquarters of a warlord chieftain.
However, for those who know, they will be honest and say, "The Hall of Glow is the biggest warlord in the Empire." β
The Hall of Glow is a merchant, but they are also a merchant at the same time, they are also one of the most violent groups in the empire, and the head of each branch is a top local powerhouse, such as in Larante, Yurahir is level 5, and in the headquarters of the imperial capital, of course, it is level 9, they are not only doing business, but also meddling in many things, continue to use Yurahir as an example, that is, she occupies a considerable number of seats in the noble council, which is not only power, but also represents force.
The Hall of Glow controls the militia in the imperial capital, holds the keys to the treasury, and is neutral in all political struggles, never taking sides, always fighting only for gold.
Because of this principle, losses are intolerable for the Hall of Glow Lights.
"The person in charge of the Larante branch, who was once an apostle of the heavenly realm, has the skills of observing words and emotions 3, persuasion 5, magic 4, and charm 1, a year ago, all your performance was very good, and it is getting higher and higher year by year, originally this year I was going to promote you to be in charge of the entire Star Maple Kingdom and become one of the ten heads of the kingdoms, but this year your performance suddenly plummeted, and you did not submit a report, I am very strange, as an excellent city leader, you should not make this kind of low-level mistake, so I decided to have an interview with you, I hope that we can be honest with each other and make more contributions to the performance together. An ugly-looking man smiled at Yurahir with a warm smile, he was ugly, he had a black mole on his face, and there was hair on it, and he was full of joy and smiles, as if there was a chrysanthemum blooming on his face.
Although the other party smiled very festively, Yurahir didn't think the atmosphere was really festive, because she knew the ugly man in front of her and knew his identity.
The ruler of the Hall of Glowlight is the richest man in the entire empire, Ro King.
How rich is he? According to the information that Lu En knew, the annual income of the entire Glowlight Hall was so much that even the Heaven and Earth Bank dared to print it like this, and the profits would rise every year, and it was estimated that in a hundred years, the Heaven and Earth Bank would not dare to print it like this.
"Lord Kim~." Yurahir also laughed, as a beautiful celestial apostle, her smile was very charming, and the inadvertent twist of her body made her clothes wrinkle slightly, highlighting her figure, and people couldn't help but look twice, but they couldn't see the actual thing, but they couldn't help but want to look at it more and more, and even wanted to peel off the layer of veil.
"In business, how can there be a long-lasting prosperity, only make money and not lose money~, I have made money for so many years, and it is not strange to lose once in a while, right? Besides, it's the imperial nobles who came to fight against me, and there is an imperial knight of level 8, I just lost a little, and it is already very powerful to be able to hold on to my life, does Lord Jin still blame me? She glanced at Login complainingly and said lamentingly.
"You're right, in this case, it's already the best result to be able to save your life, keep the store, and keep the business channel, as for the loss at all, it's not a thing at all, and the amount of loss is also within the range of tolerability, about this, you did a good job, I applaud you!" Rogin clapped and stood up.
Not only was he ugly, but he was also short and had a vulgar taste, with a large gold chain, ten fingers like thick turnips, each with a jeweled ring, and each ring was different.
For example, thumbs up refers to the star ruby, which is a kind of ruby, which is more opaque than the average ruby, and has a white star in the center, which is produced by the optical properties of its mineral crystals, and generally forms six endpoints, but there are other even combinations, every thousand rubies, only one is a star color, and this star color ruby has a full eighteen endpoints, and the world is estimated to be this one.
On his index finger is the halo stone, known for its multiple colors that change in the sun, and on rare occasions it can only be found in the small veins of the Ridge of the World, usually the size of a grain of rice, but this one in his hand is the size of a quail egg.
The rest of the gems are all at this level, and they are all rare treasures, but it feels very tacky to carry them.
"But there's a problem, although your ledger is perfect, but I took a look at it, may I ask, Yurahir, how much money you lost...... Who did you lose it to? Rogin asked Yurahir with a smile on his face.
A flash of panic flashed in Yurahir's eyes.