Chapter 32: Witnessing History: The Birth of Cement
"Windsor, is it true that Lord Allen doesn't need us to serve?"
The eleven-year-old kitten Niang Yue'er curled up in Windsor's arms and rubbed her ear.
Windsor shook her head with a smile, scratched the kitten's nose, and rubbed her ears: "He said no, of course we don't." β
Yue'er was touched on the ear, and her face immediately turned red.
"If he really asks for that, I will definitely take everyone out of Datie Village."
After hearing Windsor's words, Yue'er's eyes lit up and she adored, "Just like the time when you secretly took us out of Martin's slave farm?" β
"Well, almost." Windsor nodded.
Four years ago, she was sold to Martin's slave farm, and she never forgot to escape, but luckily she managed to escape after a few months, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable.
Now only sixty-eight of the cat girls who have returned to the village with her are villagers of the original Datie Village, and the other cat girls are from other villages.
Some of the cat girls have already been sold, and by the time the assassins return them, some of the cat slaves have died, some of the cat girls are unwilling to return to the village, and only some of the cat girls are willing to return to the village.
"What is going on in that textile factory, I have never heard of the work of a textile worker."
"That's the work of weaving clothes, and Alan will teach everyone when the time comes." Windsor looked a little complicated when she said this.
A human aristocratic young master taught them to weave, who would dare to believe it.
But Alan was very serious about it, and everyone had to believe it.
There are also cat girls who are ready to return to their old jobs and engage in intelligence work, and there are about 50 of them, and there are more than 80 cat girls who want to participate in textile work.
Allen was going to arrange for the fleet to take intelligence officers to the downstream saltpeter town to buy saltpeter, and by the way, transport some textile materials back to the village, such as cotton.
There is no shortage of flax, and it is available near the village.
Windsor wasn't particularly comfortable sitting at home, she thought that the cat girls in the village didn't have a house to live in, so she wanted to ask Alan how to arrange their accommodation.
Should they be left to find their own family accommodation?
In case you encounter a bad patriarchal family, I am afraid that you will be imprisoned in disguise.
Windsor couldn't sit still when she thought of this, left Yue'er at home, and walked out of the door to find Alan.
Alan himself is easy to find, he is training in the village, standing at the eye-catching village gate, one meter eight, standing with his back hand, inspecting the military training team.
Before she could get closer, Alan turned around when he heard footsteps, as if he had been waiting for a long time, "Just come with me to the cement factory, the cement kiln has been built, and now the furnace is opening to calcine raw meal." β
"What is cement?"
Windsor heard the word cement for the first time and couldn't help but ask.
"Cement is a magical cementitious material, as long as there is cement, building a house is a brick by brick thing, and when the time comes, the sisters you bring can everyone have a suite." Alan casually explained, but she didn't understand it anyway.
Windsor really didn't understand, but when she heard that sisters could have a suite for everyone, she immediately knew the importance of cement.
"Are you really willing to give them a suite?" Windsor was genuinely suspicious of Allen's motives when she talked about it.
It's impossible not to reciprocate such a big benefit for girls.
"Why not, having a home in the village allows them to do intelligence work outside with peace of mind. Otherwise, they will linger outside, and all the money I have invested will be in vain. Alan said bluntly.
Windsor secretly said that there was indeed a purpose, but when he thought about it, Allen's requirements were too low.
Give each of them a suite, just so that they can do their work with peace of mind, when is the house so cheap, and there is really no need to donate their bodies?
He seemed to see Windsor's doubts, and explained again: "Naturally, the house I send is not free, and part of the money they earn from part-time work needs to be paid back to me." β
"What if they can't afford it, are they going to sell themselves?" Windsor instantly became sensitive, and the cat's tail stood up straight.
"How can you not afford it, you don't know the installments, come, I'll explain it to you......"
There was still a little distance from the cement factory, and Alan slowly explained to Windsor that she knew what it meant to pay off the mortgage in installments.
Because of the effect of Allen's top teaching, Windsor quickly developed a mature knowledge of loans and installments, and gradually understood what it means to spend ahead of time.
"There is still such a way to repay the money?"
Windsor was stunned and opened the door to the field of economics for the first time.
As the teaching deepened, her little head was 100% running, from the unreasonable at the beginning, to a sudden realization and secret admiration.
Then again, is this really aristocratic knowledge, how come she has never heard of it from others.
Windsor didn't know where Eren had learned his knowledge, and when she wanted to ask for more advice, the cement factory arrived, and Priest Hood received the news and stood at the door of the cement factory waiting for Alan.
The cement plant is surrounded by a two-metre-high wooden fence, which will soon be replaced by a concrete brick fence, and the rudimentary faΓ§ade is only temporary.
"Lord Allen is here!"
"Hello Ellen-sama!"
It was a little different from what Windsor had imagined, everyone's enthusiasm was high, and every orc would show an expression of adoration when they saw Allen.
"Who is this?" There were orcs staring curiously at Windsor's hair, and there weren't many blue-haired cat girls in the village.
"New face, will she do cement?" The stonemason only wanted to know if she would make cement.
"This is your deputy village head, Windsor, and I will announce her appointment at tonight's Three Kingdoms Story Meeting."
Hood's face changed slightly when he heard Allen's words, is this here to grab a position?
With Windsor, will he not be needed in the future, Hood was secretly worried and decided to do better.
Alan briefly introduced Windsor's identity, and a group of cat-eared orcs screamed a few times.
"The deputy village chief is so young, younger than the new priest."
"Why is it a woman, there has never been such a precedent in our village."
"Whatever, I only recognize the management of the village elder!"
The orcs gossiped and had a little opinion that the deputy village chief was a woman, but it was not a big problem, Alan was there, who would dare to say a few more words.
They muttered a few words, then stopped their tongues and continued to work.
Windsor also knows that it is difficult for women to convince the public, and the current orc village is still a patriarchal society, and all high-level positions are male orcs, and Allen's arrangement is undoubtedly a challenge to the social system.
"Lord Allen, I ......"
Windsor wanted to say that she would not be the deputy village chief at all, but she was not the deputy village chief, what if the sisters were bullied, and there would be no one to support them at that time.
"You don't need to call me an adult, just be normal."
"Alright, Allen...... Master? β
Windsor changed her tone and found that Alan was not looking at herself, but was staring intently at the cement kiln.
There are several major steps in cement, first grinding out the raw meal, that is, limestone, sandstone, clay, iron sand grinding into raw meal, pouring the raw meal into the cement kiln, calcining the mature material at high temperature.
As for the high temperature conditions, this is not a problem, you must know that Datie Village already has the conditions for crucible steelmaking, and the high temperature of 13400 degrees will naturally not be difficult for Datie Village.
Windsor couldn't understand it, so she stared wide-eyed and looked at the cement factory for a long, long time.
The priest's eyes rolled at this time, and in the spirit of brushing up on the sense of existence, so as not to shake his position, he opened his mouth to describe the cement making method taught by Allen:
"Miss Windsor knows about cement for the first time, let me tell you, this cement needs to be milled and burned, and raw materials such as limestone, clay, and iron powder are ......needed."
Windsor listened and watched as the clinker was born, adding gypsum and certain materials, and grinding it slowly with a lot of artificial and material resources, the finer the better.
Then the group cautiously asked Alan if the gray powder was cement, and she suddenly noticed that Alan nodded.
"Don't tell me this is cement?"
Windsor was disappointed, and after watching it for a long time, he told her that these ordinary powders were cement.
"Well, that's cement."
Alan asked people to pour sand and cement powder, leaving a small pit in the middle to pour water, and constantly stirring with sticks.
After a while, a gray, liquid liquid appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
The cement workers also showed skeptical expressions, and Hood was also full of skepticism, and no one believed in the function of cement.
Knowing that everyone had doubts about the function of cement, Allen immediately instructed the workers: "Move the bricks out and build a fence in place." β
"Yes, Village Chief Allen!"
The workers of the cement plant are in action and are about to witness a turning point in the history of construction.