"City Lord, do you think these stones are enough for you for the time being?"

Brown pointed to the wooden carts pulled by hundreds of slaves and horses behind him, all of which were stones of various sizes and looked quite spectacular from a distance.

"These ...... It's definitely not enough! ”

Although there are a lot of stones, Zhang Feng wants more.

"Huh? Aren't that enough? Lord Castle, I mean to ask if you have enough for the time being? I took a general look, we only need to build three more city walls in Red Leaf City, so many stones, enough to build one city wall! ”

Brown was afraid that Zhang Feng would not understand construction matters, so he reminded him very tactfully.

"No, the wall I built may not be the same as you remember, by the way, I need to break the stones, can you help me break them?"

Zhang Feng sold a pass and didn't explain too much.

"What? Broken stones? ”

Brown shouted a little exaggeratedly, and then realized that he was a little out of shape, and he hurriedly said to Zhang Feng:

"I'm sorry, Lord Castle, I didn't understand, you said you need to break stones?"

"Yes."

"But broken stone can't build a wall! Not to mention the city walls, not even to build a stable! ”

"Rest assured, Lord Brown, I have my own methods."

Seeing Zhang Feng's confident look, Brown didn't believe it, but he was afraid that saying too much would cause Zhang Feng's disgust, so he didn't say more.

However, he is ready to persuade Zhang Feng if he has the opportunity in the future, he still wants to stay in Red Leaf City to make money, the quality of Red Leaf City is still very important to him.

"But if you need crushed stone, it's easy, I'll let them break it, and we'll be able to deliver more at a time."

Brown explained.

"That's great, by the way, I still need sand, do you have it?"

"Sand? Of course, how much do you want, just say! ”

"As much as you can, it's like a stone."

"Okay, no problem!"

These stones and everything were piled up outside the city, and a city magistrate was in charge, and after Zhang Feng and Brown handed over, they came to the cave in Red Leaf City.

"Lord of the Castle!"

Several workers saluted respectfully.

"Well, how's it going?"

"Back to the city lord, the stove has been made."

The worker pointed to the furnaces made of cement and stone not far away.

Zhang Feng was very satisfied after reading it.

These furnaces were all prepared by Zhang Feng to make steel.

In the low-productivity world of the Atlas, it is naturally difficult to make steel as in modern times, but it is feasible to use the earth method to make steel.

What is earth-based steelmaking?

To put it bluntly, it is to burn the wood from the mountain into charcoal, and remove the excessively high carbon in the iron, so that the carbon content is reduced and becomes steel.

This method is relatively simple, and the quality of the steel smelted is not so good, but it is enough for Zhang Feng.

The raw materials of iron and wood have been bought by Zhang Feng from other merchants.

In fact, it would be more cost-effective to buy iron ore directly from Brown, but it would take a certain amount of time for iron ore to be refined into iron, and Zhang Feng didn't want to waste time on it.

Isn't it just to consume more gold coins, Zhang Feng doesn't care.

The cement in another place also began to be made, looking at the busy workers, Zhang Feng had some expectations, if his ideas could really be realized, what would Red Leaf City become.

In addition to these construction things, the jadeite mine found in the Blackstone Forest has also entered the mining stage.

However, the mining here is strictly secret, and the workers do not know what kind of mine it is, thinking that it is just ordinary stone.

Zhang Feng came to the castle's storeroom.

There are a lot of jadeite rough stones here, most of which are gray and not slippery, and a few of them are open to reveal some color.

Zhang Feng collected a part and put it in the space, and when he went back, he would find someone to identify it and see how much it was worth.

After this was done, Zhang Feng went to the city hall again to discuss the construction of the city with some municipal officials, and he was busy until noon.

Zhang Feng hadn't been so busy for a long time, and he was a little nostalgic for the days when he used to be the lord of Salted Fish City.

"There are still too few people! I hope that next spring, we will be able to attract talented people to Momiji City. ”

"Good afternoon!"

When he saw Wolf Ear Niang in the restaurant, Zhang Feng said hello.

“……”

The wolf-eared lady was a little afraid to look directly into Zhang Feng's eyes.

"Huh?"

Zhang Feng was a little puzzled, this doesn't look like the character of a wolf-eared girl?

Normally, either she gave herself a blank look, or she snorted coldly, and it was rare to avoid her gaze like today.

Zhang Feng stared at Amy, and he didn't look away until he saw Amy shrug her ears and stare at Zhang Feng with some cuteness.

Well, that's the wolf-eared girl!

"Amy, do you remember what happened last night?"

Zhang Feng asked in a low voice.

“……”

Amy didn't speak.

Well, that's remembered.

Zhang Feng coughed twice in embarrassment, and then quibbled, oh no, explained:

"Yesterday you asked you not to drink, you had to listen, if I hadn't gone back to look for you, maybe you would have been abducted by others!"

The wolf-eared lady glared at him and didn't speak.

As if he hadn't seen it, Zhang Feng said again:

"I kindly went to look for you, but you attacked me again, I wanted to leave you alone, but I was still too soft-hearted, I couldn't bear to be alone there, and then I brought you back, among them, there may be some physical contact ......"

The wolf-eared lady was still staring at him, not believing Zhang Feng's words at all.

"Okay, I'll admit it, it's because you're so cute, I can't help but twice, what do you want, or I'll let you beat it, but you have to do it lightly!"

Zhang Feng spread his hands, he didn't believe that Amy could really beat himself.

But he was also prepared for the unexpected, and Caroline would come later, and if she really wanted to do it, Caroline would definitely not let it go.

Amy was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked:

"What does 'moe' mean?"

"Uh......"

Zhang Feng was stunned for a moment, and then quickly explained:

"It means cute, good-looking, and beautiful!"

“…… Hum. ”

The wolf-eared lady snorted.

Zhang Feng quietly looked at the wolf ear girl, and after finding that she didn't look angry, he breathed a sigh of relief.

It's good not to be angry.

"Amy, can you do me a favor?"

"What?"

"It's that I may leave for a few days, but the construction in Red Leaf City can't be stopped, especially the construction of the city wall, it's a top priority, after I leave, you help me watch, if someone deliberately makes trouble, you will arrest people-"

Zhang Feng's words were suddenly interrupted.

"You're leaving?"

The wolf-eared lady was a little surprised.

"Well, I'm going to be away for a few days, to a far away place, but I'll be back soon."

“…… Oh. ”

"Then I'll take you as a promise, right?"

"Hmm."

When Caroline came over, Zhang Feng also explained to her.

Caroline had expected Zhang Feng to leave, although she was a little reluctant, she didn't say much, just said that there were horse thieves on the road now, so let him be careful.

Amy suddenly said:

"Or ...... I'll go with you, I—I can drive away the horse thieves!" ”

Zhang Feng was stunned for a moment, and then showed a bright smile.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine, thank you Amy for your concern!"

Zhang Feng didn't expect Amy to care about herself and the idea of protecting herself, and suddenly felt a little warm in her heart, and it was not in vain that she insisted on keeping her.

"Hmph, don't forget it!"

Amy snorted a little arrogantly and turned her head away from him.

Zhang Feng was amused in his heart, this wolf-eared girl was actually very good-hearted, but her personality was very arrogant, so that people who didn't know her thought she was very indifferent.

After lunch, Zhang Feng took the two to the study.

At the same time, the Marlowe knight was also called.

"I'll be away for a few days in a few days, and everything in the city depends on you."

Zhang Feng mainly explained to Marlowe, Caroline and Amy both knew.

"Yes!"

Marlowe didn't ask why.

"Then it's time for the construction of the walls, and I'll tell you how to build them."

Zhang Feng took out the drawings one by one.

Caroline and Marlowe were amazed when they saw it.

"I've never seen a wall like this...... Can it be successful? ”

Zhang Feng's drawing depicts a relatively special construction method.

The cross-section of the castle wall is trapezoidal, and it is built at an angle of about 70 or 80 degrees, so as to make the castle wall more stable.

And then the material of construction is also strange, called "concrete".

To put it simply, the trapezoidal shape is fixed with wooden planks, and then a lot of steel bars are placed inside, concrete is poured into it, and after a period of solidification, the planks are removed, and the wall is on the line.

This is a new way that Zhang Feng came up with through the method of building rammed earth walls in ancient China, plus concrete materials.

It's easy to say, it doesn't even take much coolie, but Marlowe knows what the most important problem is.

"Lord Castle, can this concrete really harden in a short period of time and become as hard as a stone?"

Marlowe was a little incredulous, listening to the meaning of the city lord, this concrete should be like water, it is liquid, but how can liquid turn into stone?

"Of course, I've already made the concrete, it's in the cave of our Red Leaf City, you can go and take a look."

To put it bluntly, concrete is an artificial stone, and it is not necessarily necessary to say how hard it is, many stones are harder than it. The reason why Zhang Feng chose to use concrete is mainly because of two points, one is fast, and the other is convenient maintenance.

If it is an ordinary stone wall, it may be very difficult to repair after a stone is knocked down, because you can't find a stone of the exact same size, and it is very troublesome to chisel it manually.

But the concrete wall is different, just pour concrete into it, and you can look whatever you want.

Even if the steel bar inside is broken, just connect the steel bar again, it's very simple.

"And what is 'rebar'?"

Caroline asked curiously.

"Rebar, you can think of it as a reinforced version of iron. I have already built the furnace for steelmaking, and after I give you the method, you can practice it directly, very simple. ”

Marlowe and Caroline fell into deep thought.

Obviously, these things Zhang Feng said had too much impact on them, and just listening to them had an incredible feeling, they needed to take it slowly.

And Amy, the wolf-eared girl, was confused, and she didn't understand a word about the communication between the three.

"Then there's the plan for our city, I've consulted with the city councillors before, and this is the blueprint we came up with."

Zhang Feng took out another drawing.

This piece of paper has a map of Red Leaf City drawn on it, and then some buildings are demolished, some are rebuilt, and Marlowe finds that the houses in Red Leaf City on this drawing seem to have become smaller? Or has Momiji Castle become bigger?

As if seeing the doubt in Marlowe's eyes, Zhang Feng spoke:

"Most of the houses in Red Leaf City are one-story now, with a few two-story houses, and as for the three-story houses, they are gone except for our castle, church, and tavern, which is a waste of floor space."

"And after we have concrete, the speed of building the house will be very fast, and the quality is very guaranteed, much better than those wooden houses, so I decided to rebuild all the houses in our Red Leaf City, and the minimum is two floors."

Zhang Feng's words, Marlowe easily understood, it sounded very good, provided that this concrete could be powerful.

In fact, Zhang Feng can completely expand the Red Leaf City, anyway, everything in it belongs to him, he can build it however he wants, but if it is expanded, the length of the city wall will be increased geometrically, and it is impossible to complete the construction in a short time.

And now there are not so many people in Red Leaf City, even if it is really built a super large city, but no one will defend it, it will not work.

So with the scale of the current "Momiji Village", it is just right.

If it needs to be expanded in the future, it will be directly regarded as an inner city, and it will be the same if a city wall is added outside.

Marlowe raised a few more questions, and Zhang Feng answered them one by one.

"Any questions?"

Zhang Feng looked at the two.

Marlowe and Caroline both shook their heads, there must be a problem, but now they have to digest and digest it, and they can't think of it for the time being.

As for the wolf ear girl, she has been ignored by Zhang Feng, this is a scumbag.

"Okay, then let's move on to the next project, which is to build roads!"

"Build roads?"

Caroline didn't know if she wasn't building a wall to keep out the horse thieves, and how she was talking about building roads.

"That's right, but for now we're only going to build the roads in the city."

Zhang Feng has always said that Red Leaf City is a Red Leaf Village, in addition to its small scale, there is another reason, that is, it is very earthy.

It's literal soil.

There is hardly a good road in the whole Red Leaf Castle, and even the streets are potholed dirt roads, and if there is a strong wind blowing, the city is full of loess, and if it rains, the roads are even more muddy.

In Zhang Feng's view, this has a great impact on the quality of life.

This road is definitely going to be repaired, especially now that there is cement, this road is very simple.

Regarding the issue of road construction, Zhang Feng explained to the two of them for a long time.

It wasn't until the two had no doubts that Zhang Feng ended the conversation.

"Okay, so many problems at the moment, I believe you can handle them in the few days I am gone. But the most important of these is the construction of the city wall, everything is based on the city wall, as long as we have a strong city wall, there is no need to worry about the threat of horse thieves. ”

"Yes!"

"Then there is the recruitment of soldiers, which can relax some requirements, as long as the background is clean and there are no bad habits, even if his physical fitness is poor, as long as it does not affect the team, he can also be recruited. In addition, I will bring a batch of weapons when I go back, you can see if there is any strong enough to wear your armor, pay more attention......"

"Yes"

"If the gold coins are not enough, there are still some materials in the treasure room, Caroline can use them at your discretion, but remember not to take too much at a time, this is not only because the price has dropped because there are more, but more importantly, our Red Leaf City is still a small place, and it is good to be famous, but if it is too famous, there will be trouble, especially when the strength is not strong enough."

"Yes!"

"And Amy, Fat Da will have to be taken care of by you these days, I have ordered bamboo from the merchant for a long time, you don't have to worry about its food."

"Besides, I'm interested in orcs, if you know any other orcs, you can bring them to our Red Leaf City, you know, I won't treat them badly."

“…… Good! ”

……

Call~

explained a lot of things, and Zhang Feng was a little dry-mouthed.

A glass of water was handed to Zhang Feng.

"Thanks—"

Zhang Feng originally thought it was Caroline, but he didn't expect it to be Amy.

After Amy passed the water, she turned around casually, walked over to Caroline and sat down.

Zhang Feng smiled and shook his head, this wolf-eared lady is so arrogant in her way of caring for people.

"Okay, that's all for the verbal stuff now, and then, I'll take you to the field to see."

Several people came to the big cave.

This is where Zhang Feng made cement and steel.

Zhang Feng introduced the cement to Marlowe, and then saw the mixed concrete.

Marlowe was so interested in these things that he even asked the workers questions himself.

As for the steel, it has not yet been refined, and Zhang Feng estimates that it may take a day or two to do it.

"It's incredible!"

Marlowe exclaimed at the sight of the solidified cement.

The hardness of this small piece of cement is certainly nothing to him, and it can be crushed with one hand, but this magical way surprised him.

Now he understands that what Zhang Feng said before was not whimsical, the city wall dozens of meters high seemed to be really able to be built!

After confirming that these things could be used, Marlowe was not a person of ink, and applied to Zhang Feng to build a city wall that afternoon.

Zhang Feng has no choice.

Although there is no steel bar, the cross-section of the castle wall is trapezoidal, and the bottom is relatively wide and thick, making it strong even without steel bars.

When I heard that the lord of the castle was going to build a new castle wall, the entire people of Momiji Castle were shocked.

Those dirt-like walls have long been criticized, and there is no sense of security, but there is no way, the previous city lords are relatively poor and cannot afford to build new walls.

The current City Lord Zhang Feng is willing to build a new city wall, they are a hundred supporters, and some even plan to donate some silver coins, after all, their life is slowly getting better is also due to the City Lord.

In this regard, Zhang Feng was very happy, and he could get the support of the people, which showed that he was doing a good job as the city lord, but he refused to donate.

After all, it is not easy for everyone to make money, so there is no need to use their money.

And another point is that if the construction of these walls uses their gold coins, when the construction of the walls is completed, some changes may occur in their hearts, such as.

"This wall has my share of credit, and I should be superior to others."

Over time, it may become a hidden danger.

And those businessmen all want to give Zhang Feng money, if this opening is opened, I am afraid that I will not receive their gifts every day.

Zhang Feng needs these businessmen, but he can't get too close to them.

Otherwise, if there is any policy that is unfavorable to businessmen in the future, it will be very difficult to deal with it.

So regarding infrastructure matters, Zhang Feng will not let anyone interfere, and he can maintain a mysterious image by himself.

This is the first time to build a city wall with concrete, Zhang Feng still has to take a look.

Marlowe beckoned to the people, drew a line around the perimeter of the adobe wall, circled a new wall, and then had the foundations dug up.

Since this was the first time it was an experiment, the foundation was not dug very deep, but it was simply dug and it felt almost done, so a few iron rods were inserted into the foundation to simulate steel bars.

These iron rods are all wrought iron and will not be so brittle.

On top of the foundation, several large planks were erected.

Then Marlowe beckoned the people to pour concrete mixed with cement, sand, and gravel into the foundation.

As for the problem that the concrete may be exposed, Zhang Feng is not worried, the most important thing is cement, if there is no cement, no matter how you get it, you can't match the concrete.

Marlowe's strange method of building the city wall made everyone very strange.

Especially those foreign businessmen are even more confused.

"Can this bread soup build walls?"

Someone pointed to the sparse concrete and questioned.

"I don't think it's possible, there is so much water in this thing, how can it be a city wall, does it mean that when someone else attacks the city, use the water preserved in the city wall to drown the enemy? The lord of the castle is really powerful! ”

"Haha!"

The laughter of these people was very small, Marlowe didn't hear it, but even if he heard it, he wouldn't care, if they could figure it out, they wouldn't be a small businessman now.

Zhang Feng sat in the carriage and did not show up.

Caroline smiled and said:

"Lord Zhang Feng, they don't believe you!"

Zhang Feng shook his head, he wouldn't have a boring argument with these people, they weren't people of the same level, and they couldn't do it.

"Amy, remember the man who just spoke."

Zhang Feng pointed to the fat businessman who was talking eloquently.

The wolf-eared lady remembered it at a glance, including appearance and smell.

"Why?"

The wolf-eared lady was a little curious.

"Hmph, give him small shoes to wear in the future!"

Amy: "......"

Caroline: "......"

After making sure that there was no mess, Zhang Feng left, although the concrete set time quickly, but it was not fast enough to harden in a few minutes.

Whether it can succeed or not depends on tomorrow.

……

The sun and the moon are like shuttles, time is like an arrow, and the pleasant night has arrived again.

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PS: 6000 words three-in-one chapter, this is for [once * Canghai] to add more, add half first, and add the remaining half tomorrow.