Chapter 1069: Bell Tower
The main building materials of most of the maze are wood, bamboo, mud, plaster, etc. As long as it doesn't look like a pure wooden house, it is made of bamboo as the bone, coated with mud to fill the gaps, and the better ones are covered with a layer of ash, which is pest control and beautiful. Those who can use bricks are already wealthy businessmen with a lot of money. Of course, a house built in this way cannot be very high.
In addition to the magic towers made entirely of magic materials, there are only strategically important military fortresses. The latter usually also served as a noble castle.
The reason why an all-stone building cannot become a conventional building is nothing more than the long construction period and the high construction cost.
It's not easy to polish a whole piece of stone into a stone brick for construction. Then transporting and placing the bricks in the correct building position is another major issue. To accomplish these two things, in addition to funding, manpower is needed. If you don't have enough manpower, you can only make up time. It is also the result of most castles or stone military forts, which have been operated for several generations.
Perhaps when these castles were first built and put into use, they were too simple to be a snail's house. After that, it was slowly expanded, and it had the appearance that future generations saw. And to create someone before the crossing, all kinds of fairy tale pictures, the kind of castle with towers, it takes all the power of the country to appear in the scene.
If you want to shorten the construction time and get stronger defenses, there is nothing but the magic tower.
The Master uses magical materials to make stone bricks, which is not like a professional stonemason, who needs to take time to sharpen with an axe. A magic shaping technique can be done in a few breaths. It doesn't even take a formal mage to do it, and an apprentice can do it quickly and well. The difference between the two is just a matter of how many pieces can be made in a day, after all, the amount of magic power reserves between the two is not of the same level.
However, the bell tower of the Technology Guild is the first high-rise reinforced concrete building in Midi. The materials used were researched by the members of the Technical Guild at the prompting of a certain traverser, including cement formulas, methods for pumping steel bars, etc.
Compared to the earthy method, it is possible to build taller and stronger buildings, which is more time-saving than stone and cheaper than building magic towers. All kinds of advantages, on the contrary, make the reinforced concrete building uninteresting.
Because it is cheaper and less troublesome, it is not as good as the bamboo mud wall of the soil method. It is not as reliable as a tried and tested stone castle. Compared with the magic tower, at least the buildings made of magic materials can be passed by carrying power, depicting a semi-permanent magic array, and casting the tower with strategic magic, but the reinforced concrete cannot.
In any case, the bell tower of the Technological Guild is not a must-have, but it is a unique building in the holy city of Estari. It is the only building that can be built taller than a three-story magic tower without using any magic materials. Of course, the cost is much cheaper. However, it is unable to perform any magical functions other than striking the time......
The masters are still quite calculating about the last point. As long as the building can't cast magic and can't set magic traps, it will be given a bad evaluation. Look at the magic tower of a certain traveler who changed his home to be more ferocious than many people, and you can know what kind of brain circuit is the structure of the brain circuit of a person in the profession of magician.
Regardless, in this area near the Tech Guild, the Clock Tower is a standout building. In particular, the chime on the hour has become an indispensable part of the lives of the residents of this neighborhood.
This is also because the nearby houses are almost all covered by the members of the Technology Guild. In order to improve work efficiency, it is also important to master time. The product of pocket watch, of course, was taken out by someone at the first time, and found a suitable craftsman to cooperate, becoming another small tool for collecting money.
It's a pity that not everyone can afford pocket watches, but the bells of the bell tower are free. So it's conceivable how much people who live in this neighborhood rely on the clock tower's striking function.
The clock has just struck seven o'clock this morning. Lin squatted on the lightning rod on the roof of the building, his ear drums buzzing. Because the game of Assassin's Creed had fascinated a certain traveler too much. There was such an opportunity, he even ran to the commanding heights, intending to have an eagle-eye look down. But the timing of the selection was not very good......
But this little trouble didn't make his body lose control or coordination. At least he was condescending, and he could clearly see that the children who were racing against him were gathering from all directions.
Although most of these children are street children, they belong to different groups and are familiar with different environments. In the choice of 'shortcuts', of course, it is very different.
But no matter how you choose, you will still concentrate on the avenue in the end. Because the Technology Guild and the Clock Tower have widened the adjacent roads again and again for the convenience of vehicles.
Probably because you can't see the form of a certain magician, the competition between the children is highlighted. Children from different groups of children stared at each other and even yelled at each other as they ran. It's just that I'm limited by the rules agreed before, so I don't dare to push each other when running. For fear of squeezing others and falling, they will be eliminated even if they win.
And Juan and Stone are mixed in with this group of children, and the height of the two adults makes them stand out like chickens.
Stone was only in charge of leading the group of children to run. Although this time it was a competition, and there was no need to take care of all the children, someone had to take them back after that, so the former Dark Legion Praetorian Guard Commander still followed.
Juan Javier's attitude is quite intriguing. He just ran easily, not seeing the intention of winning at all, but watching the performance of this group of children with great interest.
Before he became the captain of an airship and drifted around, he founded the kingdom's Royal Academy of Magic. Whether it is the training of a formal magician, the education of a magic apprentice, or the magical enlightenment of ordinary people, he has put a lot of effort into it.
And educating people, in his eyes, the most important thing is what kind of spirit and spirit are the people who are taught. Whether he learns much or not, whether he learns well or not, is not what he cares about.
There will be such an idea, purely because no matter how much and how good you learn magic, your psychological quality is not up to par, you go to the battlefield, or face the dangers of Warcraft and nature, you can't get rid of a dead word.
When people teach more, they will naturally develop their own vision. So Juan is looking at this group of children, trying to see which good seedlings are worth focusing on.
From what he knew about the magician, that one wouldn't mind digging into his own walls. It's like the sister flower who was taken away from Orange Fruit Eton Academy, and her sister has a high magical talent, and now the sisters are the mid-level commanders of the Kingdom Magic Legion, and the talents that the Kingdom focuses on cultivating.
Just as he was fuguing and approaching the bell tower as the children approached, something suddenly fell from the sky and fell into the stack of straw on an ox cart in front of the bell tower.