Chapter 125: The Darkness Under the Glory
That night, Surin summoned Titel and told them to continue digging up stones to build the walls.
After carefully studying the topography here, Surin found that with the city as the center, a vast land to the east and by the sea, and a grassland to the west, it was also the only place that orcs could enter, so he planned to build a wall on the west side to keep the orcs outside.
When he got up the next day, Surin saw that many people had already gotten up to work, and today's harvest day began again.
Taking a deep breath to refresh himself, Su Lin also gathered the more than 30,000 people who had nothing to do here, glanced at them and said, "Next, you are short of time and have a heavy task, which is to build a four-meter-high, more than ten miles of city wall defense. ”
When everyone heard this, they also began to talk about it, and most of them lamented the arduousness of this task.
"Well, you are all quiet, you will get thirty silver coins every month, and you will not have to worry about food and lodging. ”
"Thirty silver coins, I could only earn them a few months ago, Your Majesty, we will definitely work hard. ”
"Yes, it would be better to bring my wife and children over then. ”
After the announcement, Su Linyou called several responsible foremen over and gave a serious order, the construction of the city wall is to use stone mixed with cement to make the wall stronger, and there must be no mistakes in every step.
Seeing that everyone started to work, Su Lin also wandered around, patrolling everywhere.
When they came to the edge of the wheat field, they saw many merchants guarding the fields, and they immediately bought as much as they harvested, and the farmers were happy to trade with them.
Joey only came here a few months ago, and he was very reluctant to let him farm for nothing, and he still wanted to find a job to get a fixed salary, but when he looked at the gold coin he was holding, his face was also smiling, and his heart stayed here to continue farming.
Seeing that each of them had a smile on their faces, Su Lin was also very happy, and then he noticed that there were many straws piled up in the ground, and another one appeared in his mind
In the past, the straw was burned and buried in the soil to fertilize the soil, but now with the use of manure, there is no need to do so.
Now it's time to get the paper out, and it's painful to wipe your butt after you get here, so you have to be nice to your ass.
Tree bark, bamboo, and weeds can all make paper, and paper is generally made of animal fur in foreign countries, and there is almost no paper paper, and the best paper is made of bamboo, which has reached the peak of the paper industry, but it is very complicated.
These wheat straws can also be used to make paper, the process is relatively simple, and it is more than enough to wipe the buttocks.
He then had the straw collected and transported to a small river a few kilometers away, where he decided to build a paper mill, knowing that paper was so polluting that he could not destroy his home.
A few days later, a simple paper mill stood by the river, a greenhouse, with several cauldrons in it, and rows of wooden mallets in the water, and a wooden wall outside.
Su Lin also trained these workers before, but in fact, the steps are not complicated, what is lacking is only proficiency.
First, the workers cleaned the straw, then threw it in the pot and began to boil, it is estimated that it will take several days and nights, and then take it out and mash it with a mallet, so that it can be put back in the pot and continue to cook, the purpose is to destroy the fibers in it.
After finishing one after another, Su Lin went back, after all, it takes a few days to cook, and he can just look at it himself when he enters the next step.
Seeing that the city and the outside of the city were busy and in full swing, this was what he wanted, Su Lin thought secretly in his heart.
But underneath this thriving scene was a discordant scene, in a dark corner, several men were surrounding a woman, with malicious smiles on their faces.
"What do you want to do?" the girl's face was full of fear, and she had just walked here when they stopped her.
"Don't do anything, I've been short of money lately, and I want to borrow some from you. A man said with a wicked grin.
After hearing this, the girl also hurriedly removed the money bag on her body, handed it over, and then walked outside.
But as she was about to leave, the group reached out and grabbed her.
Seeing this, she hurriedly asked in a trembling voice, "I, didn't I give you the money?"
When the men heard this, they also laughed: "Now that we haven't touched a woman for a long time, you can let us have a good time, haha." ”
With that, they swarmed up, reached out and covered the woman's mouth, and dragged her into a hidden alleyway.
A few hours later, the group of men also stood up again, looked at the naked woman on the ground, and her eyes were scattered, and she also threatened: "It's better not to go out and talk nonsense, I also know where your home is, and kill your whole family when the time comes." ”
After the threat, the men also left with a smug face, and the woman also wiped her tears and got dressed silently.
A week later, Surin returned to the paper mill and when he arrived, he smelled a disgusting smell that he knew was the smell of boiling straw.
When I went in, I saw that all the people were already standing on one side, and there were several large pools of pulp that had been boiled.
"Everyone has worked hard, I will give you more food tonight, now let's move on to the last two steps!"
With that, Su Lin picked up a very thin wooden board next to him, gently put it into the water and lifted it again, and then a thin film appeared on the wooden board.
After waiting for a while, a yellow piece of paper appeared in front of Surin here, and then he carefully tore off the paper again, pasted it on the wooden wall outside, and dried it.
Su Lin looked at everyone and explained: "You have all seen it, the paper must be thin, this is the most important thing, when you are proficient, I will give you another salary increase." ”
So he sat outside, and when it was ready, he took it back to try the effect.
By the end of the evening, the straw paper on the wooden walls was already dense and almost dry.
Su Lin walked over and picked one off, it felt still a little hard, and rubbed it hard, only to see a lot of softness, although it was not as good as modern toilet paper, but it was already usable, and finally said goodbye to the wooden stick.
When he returned with a pile of straw paper, he saw Felicia and the others sitting on the table preparing dinner, and he put the paper on the table.
"What are these papers for, they look so thin?" Shi An asked, looking at the pile of straw paper.
"This is tissue paper, used to wipe hands and faces. Surin explained.
They are not surprised by these things that Su Lin has nothing to do.
After the meal, Su Lin also handed them the paper one by one to wipe his mouth, and asked expectantly, "How do you feel?"
Hearing this, Felicia nodded directly and replied, "It's not bad, it's very convenient." ”
At this moment, Shi'an suddenly screamed, and then everyone saw her covering her stomach with her hands, with a painful face.
"What's wrong?"
"My stomach hurts. ”
Shi An was about to run towards the toilet, but Surin grabbed her, then picked up a few pieces of paper and handed them to her, while also casting a color at her.
Shi An also nodded to show her understanding after taking it, and then turned around and ran towards the toilet.
After entering the toilet, Shi'an directly took out the paper and covered her nose to cover the smell.
After she came out, Su Lin also hurriedly asked, "How do you feel?"
"It's good, at least it doesn't stink that much. Shi'an said very moistly.
"What are you doing with paper?" Hearing this answer, Su Lin felt a little wrong.
Shi'an directly picked up a piece of paper and covered her nose, and shrugged her shoulders at the same time, indicating that she had done this.
Hearing this, Su Lin couldn't help but cover his head, and said easily: "I asked you to use it to wipe your butt." ”
Hearing this, Felicia and the others immediately threw the paper in their hands to the ground, and there was a disgusted expression on their faces.
Seeing this, Su Lin also put away the paper on the table, knowing that they had to have a process of adaptation, after all, they had never used this before.
In the middle of the night, Felicia got up from her bed and stabbed Surin in the arm.
After waking up, Su Lin also opened a pair of worried eyes and asked, "Why don't you sleep in the middle of the night?"
Felicia reached over and said, "Give me the paper." ”
"Well, remember to feel it, it's not an ordinary feeling!"
In the middle of the night, when people were asleep, there were some people who were still very energetic, and they were out of the sugar mill.
There are more than a dozen people in this group, and the leader is a man with a fierce face, and none of the others are good at stubble.
"Archiman, there's a lot of cane sugar in it, let's steal it and make a lot of money. ”
"Well, I've got in touch with a businessman who is willing to take over. ”
When the short-haired man Akiman heard this, he also smiled and whispered: "Let's not steal too much, so that we will be discovered, you know!"
Then the group walked in easily, because there was no one to defend at all.
When they went in, they saw that there was a dense cane sugar in it, so they all moved it one by one, thinking that this would not be discovered.
One of them took a few pieces and closed the door and walked outside, while a merchant was waiting for them.
"Boss, how much do you think these goods are worth?" asked Akiman with an excited face.
"I'll give you fifty pieces of silver. The merchant held out five fingers.
Those who were not happy when they heard this: "What? Fifty silver coins, so little, you must know that you can sell a few gold coins if you take out this piece, you are too black-hearted!"
The merchant shook his head and said with a smile: "You can take it out and sell it?" And I also took a big risk to buy your things, whether I sell them or not, but it seems that no one dares to buy your things except me, right?"
"Okay, fifty is fifty, give the money quickly. ”