Farming Road from Baron to Emperor

Chapter 8 Inventing Lime
After Barron left, Charles asked his servants to call Buhler, Earl, and Makao.

The three of them entered the castle with trepidation. The three burly men, who were about 1.8 meters tall, were like rabbits, fearing that they would dirty the castle and be punished.

Charles said gently, "Please sit down."

The three of them sat on the chairs neatly like elementary school students, waiting for Charles' orders.

"I heard that the three of you are the most prestigious people in the village?"

The three of them were startled and explained: "Master, the three of us are the most capable in the village. Everyone sees that we have done the most work and are very convinced, so they are willing to listen to our instructions." Kneeling while talking Below.

"Get up, I didn't ask you to come here to blame you, on the contrary, I give you a chance, do you want your descendants to become a glorious knight?"

The three of them were overjoyed, and Xiaoji nodded quickly: "Think, think, master, we dream of it."

If you can become a knight, except for a part of the armor with your own weapons, the rest will be rewarded by the lord. According to Shire's tone, they don't need to prepare it themselves. After becoming a knight, one person can support a family People, no longer have to look at the face of God.

Charles then asked, "How many people are needed during the busy farming season?"

"Master, we don't know about this. The whole family will fight together, but I guess it's okay if there is one less person in each family."

Charles did the math, and each village could conscript 300 people, and said: "I plan to build a small town near the castle, and each village will conscript 300 people, and the three of you will be responsible for managing the people in your own village.

"Before he finished speaking, he saw that the faces of the three people were a little pale, and Charles immediately understood what they were worried about, because in the past, when the nobles conscripted serfs to build cities and castles, they always asked to bring their own dry food. , Occasionally some kind-hearted people will post some, after all, the serfs are also their property.

So Charles said: "Don't worry, it's still the same as before, the castle will issue copper coins and food."

The three of them heard that it was still the same as a few days ago, and they didn't have to worry about being scolded by the villagers poking their spines, and knelt down to thank them again and again.

Charles went on to say: "My request to you is that there should be no trouble. These 300 people must work honestly. If I find something wrong, I will find you first."

"Of course, there will be praise for doing well. Whoever does the best will have his son join the knight order, and the knights of the earth will teach him himself. And you don't have to worry about horses and armor."

"But if you dare to disturb others, if I find out, the whole family will be implicated." Charles stood up and said murderously.

"Yes, yes, yes, I dare not have such thoughts."

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There is a river flowing outside the castle. It has a very simple and serf name—Dahe. Although it is not aristocratic, the local serfs are used to calling it by this name, and it has become this name over time.

Shire originally intended to center the castle, but later found that the castle was a little far away from the river. If the castle was built as the center, it would be troublesome for people to drink water every day.

Shire’s later plan was centered on the big river, which grew into a strip shape. The big river formed a north-south direction. Shire was roughly divided into four districts. It is planned to set up a market, and then the southwest side will also be used to build residential houses and accommodate workers.

The mighty construction started. A few days before the start, Buhler led a group of people to cut trees in the mountains, Earl was in charge of transportation, and Makao was in charge of building the housing.After the house is almost built, the workers can live here without wasting time going back and forth every day.

Then began to repair the bridge. Although it is called a big river, the water surface is not particularly wide. In the past, Shire’s grandfather built a small bridge, but it was far from enough for the new town to be built, and it was not very good for the labor of the workers now. Convenience.

According to Shire's idea, Mina built five more bridges from south to north, and repaired the original bridge.

At this time, it has been more than [-] days since the death of Charles' father. Charles estimated that a nobleman would arrive soon. Charles planned to set up a simple business district before the nobleman came, so he divided into two groups, because Maca The Ou people have been building houses, so Charles sent them to build the market.

Buhler and Earl, Shire told them to build a road from the castle to Maitun first, Earl was responsible for building the road inside the town, running north-south, and Buhler started from the gate of the town, which is what Earl planned. The end point is towards Maitunxiu.

At the beginning, Earl and Buhler didn't know how to build roads at all. Later, through the vague memories of his previous life, Charles didn't expect how to build dirt roads before there was no cement. It was too troublesome to transport stones. The base station came out.

Loki said: "Master. I saw that when the road was being built in the capital of the Principality of Artem, the soil had to be stir-fried first, and some clay and white powder had to be mixed in."

Charles suddenly realized, isn’t that lime? I remember that lime seems to be made of calcium carbonate. Charles called Mina and asked him to take a few servants with him. The group rode on horses and galloped towards the mountains. .

Although there were only some wild beasts, Charles still wore a leather armor for safety and held a spear in his hand. After the group reached the foot of the mountain, Charles ordered them to collect small rocks. Everyone was a little puzzled, and just wanted to refute what Seeing that Charles' face was very serious, he didn't seem to be joking, and everyone had to dismount obediently to collect small stones.

After seeing that the collection was almost complete, Charles led a group of people back to the castle.Charles gathered the collected stones together, covered the spear with vindictiveness, poked them into smaller pieces, pointed to the servant beside him, and said, "Bring the guy who is usually used to burn fire, and burn these stones. Piece."

The male servants were a little reluctant and said, "Young master, those things in the castle are used for cooking, so how can they be used if they are dirty?"

"If it's dirty, it's dirty. Hurry up and get it. If there's anything to complain about, I don't dislike it. How dare you have any objections." Charles scolded.

"Don't dare, dare not." Seeing that the order must be violated, the male servants resigned to their orders and went to take it.

The servant brought something that looked like a basin, and then started to fire it. Charles said from the side, "It's not hot enough, go get a fan, and fan the fire aside."

At this time, the housekeeper Loki also came over and asked, "Young master, what are you doing? Why did you use the guy who usually cooks to burn stones?"

Charles explained: "It suddenly occurred to me just now that I seem to have seen the white powder you mentioned in a book. This is not a test to see if it will work."

Although the butler didn't say any more, the expression on his face was still disbelieving.

After a while, Charles reckoned that it was almost burnt, so he said, "Stop first, go get some water, pour out the stones inside, and put the soil in." Charles looked at the man standing beside him. The manservant continued, "Go and find some clay."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. It's nothing more than someone who has seen fried stones. Could it be that they still want to fry soil?But Loki understood, so before Charles could speak, Loki scolded: "Why, do you still have any questions about the young master's order?"

Everyone had no choice but to say a word in their hearts, mmp, and then continued to work.

After everything was almost ready, Charles ordered: "First pour some water on those rocks."

The crowd did so, and then picked out the broken pieces, added clay and fried earth, and finally formed a sticky lump.Charles ordered: "Let's take a look tomorrow." He just left the lump lying on the spot alone.

On the other hand, the male servant felt relieved. After playing so much, you are just fooling around.Loki is also a little disappointed, after all, this thing doesn't seem to work well, it doesn't have any hardness at all.Charles was also a little apprehensive, although he knew that he would have to put it aside for a while, but this was the four images he pieced together from his vague memory, who knows what will happen.

The next day, just after breakfast, I planned to go for a stroll in the town to see how the newly built town was doing. With a happy face, Loki strode over and said happily: "When I got up in the morning, I found that lump It's hardened, and I can't step on it even if I ride a horse." After hearing that, Charles was overjoyed, and said, "Take me to see it."

When the two came here, Charles approached and touched it with his hand, and found that it was indeed quite hard. Then he used his fighting spirit and tried his best to break off a corner. This hardness is more than enough for road construction. up.Charles happily said to Loki: "This thing is called lime."

Loki said: "Of course, what the young master invented is of course named after the young master."

"This production method can't be leaked out, Loki, you go to the village and recruit 40 farmers, try to find those with few families, and arrange them to the south of the castle. At that time, I will ask the workers to build a batch of houses for them first, remember Separate the burning of the lime, the addition of the lime to the water, and the final mixing."

"Young master, this method is absolutely amazing. Alright, I'll do it right away." After speaking, Loki hurriedly arranged for someone to do it. After all, the workers don't know how to build roads now, so Charles asked them to dig a road first, so that Determine the general direction.

Lime can’t be leaked out, and I don’t even dare to sell it. With it, it’s too convenient to build a city wall, and the role of knights will not be so great. A country dominated by knights will definitely not work. After all, it’s hard work It is too bad for a knight who has been trained with a lot of money to fight siege battles every day.

Now it can only be used secretly. Shire plans to use lime as the foundation, and mix clay and burnt soil on it, so that it can be hidden for as long as possible.Of course, after the construction is completed this time, the workers have to control it.

(End of this chapter)