[Chapter 76 The Use of Crystal Ore]
The snow fell earlier in Winter Village this year than in previous years. It is worth celebrating that the last batch of crops had been harvested a few days ago, including several new crops that Mark planted later.
For the villagers of Winter Village, the next few months will be the most difficult period.
“How is the heating effect?” David sat in his cabin with documents in front of him. He was processing various paperwork to prepare for the application for the upgrade of Winter Village next year, and sorting out various conditions in the village into text information.
“The heating effect is better than expected. The temperature in several cabins can easily exceed 20 degrees. Everyone feels that living in such a house, there is no need to worry about the cold weather outside.” After a period of learning, Eva can already communicate with everyone in the common language. This seemingly silly and cute Allied intelligence officer is much more capable than David imagined: “In addition, the temporary cellars dug by the craftsmen have been completed, and the harvested vegetables have been stored in them.”
Because the harvest of the farmland in Winter Village far exceeded expectations, not only was the warehouse originally built full, but many potatoes were also piled outside.
In addition, the craftsmen had built wooden houses for themselves and others to live in advance, so they dug several simple cellars to ensure that the potatoes could be stored. The potatoes would not be inedible if they were frozen, but the taste would deteriorate. Anyway,
the craftsmen had nothing to do for the time being, and being busy could also allow everyone to vent their excess energy. After all, since they came to Winter Village, they had not worried about the problem of eating. In this world, there would be no soldiers from the Storm Kingdom rushing over to arrest them at any time, and they finally lived a stable life.
People who are too comfortable may cause trouble, and David racked his brains to find things for everyone to do. Senior craftsmen went to investigate the surrounding environment like Van Cleef, and middle and low-level craftsmen helped Will build and repair various tools, help the villagers improve and repair their homes, cow sheds, chicken coops, etc.
If they still feel that they have no place to use their strength, David would not object to them building a house of their own.
At present, it would be considered fast if the construction of Winter Town can start in the second half of next year. Before that, there must be people who don’t want to continue living in the “dormitory” and want to move out and live with their families. Then building a wooden house as a temporary residence is also a good choice.
However, it is not an easy task to dig foundations and build houses in winter. Oh, it’s the Azeroth Iron Man? That’s fine! Just do whatever you want!
“How are the newcomers learning the language?”
“Most people can have simple conversations, but some miners are slow to learn.” As for Eva, Leonard and others, they have already mastered the common language. Sheldon, a high IQ genius, also learned the Azeroth common language.
“It looks like everything is on the right track.” David was very satisfied. He looked out the window. There were big snowflakes outside, and the whole Winter Village was covered with a new layer of white. “What about you? How do you feel?”
“What?” Eva held a notebook in her hand, which recorded the various situations and changes in Winter Village, so that David could check it at any time when he asked: “I think it’s very good. Peggy, Sharon, Laura, Mark, Jonah… all gave me a lot of help. Now I feel useless and can’t help much.”
“You helped me a lot.” With the increase in population, various trivial matters are also increasing. David walks around the village every day and handles various small matters. After that, he basically has no time for personal cultivation. Now with Eva’s help to deal with various trivial matters, David can ensure that he is well aware of the situation in the village and can keep his personal cultivation uninterrupted.
“I just did what I could.”
“That’s good, really.”
David wrote a few more strokes on the notebook and wrote Eva McKenna’s name behind the clerk.
After Winter Village was upgraded to Winter Town, various official systems had to be established. It was impossible for the village chief to be an official in name only as before.
As for specific official positions, the Kingdom of Tilan did not interfere in the internal affairs of the lords. The names of officials and who to use were decided by the lords themselves.
David had not thought about what positions to set up and who would take them. But now after seeing Eva’s performance, he felt that Eva was fully qualified to be his secretary. It was only for safety reasons that he wrote down the title of secretary.
Just when David wanted to continue asking Eva if anyone in the village had expressed any demands recently, the wooden door was knocked a few times.
“Come in.”
With David’s invitation, the wooden door was pushed open and Laura walked in from outside: “Are you still sorting out the documents?”
“It’s almost done.”
David looked at the clock on the table – this thing only appeared in Winter Village after Leonard and others came. After careful observation, testing, inspection and verification by several scientists, they concluded that this world also has 24 hours a day, and the clocks on Earth can be used directly, without the need to design new clocks such as those with 30 hours a day.
David had only thought that the length of each day was similar to that of his previous life, but he could not be as sure as these people that it was the same as on Earth. However, he was sure of one thing, that is, the year in this world lasted 400 days, while the length of winter in Winter Village was more than 150 days (referring to days with low temperatures and particularly cold weather); it snowed so early this year, maybe it would last more than 180 days.
“Where have you been?” David noticed that there was a lot of snow on Laura’s body, so she should not have just come from her home.
“I just came from Will’s place, and I came here specifically to see you.”
“Oh? What’s going on with Will?” David was stunned. He didn’t know what happened to Will. Looking at Laura’s expression, it shouldn’t be a bad thing.
“You’ll know when you come and see.”
He put the things in front of him aside, stood up and took the coat handed by Laura, and then went out of the wooden house to the blacksmith shop.
Will’s blacksmith shop was spacious, but it seemed a bit crowded at this time. David came over and found that several alien visitors in the village were all gathered here.
“Did Will rub out the steel armor with his hands?” David looked at so many people, even Leonard was there, and made a joke out of curiosity: “Who solved the energy problem? Sheldon?”
After looking around, he found that Sheldon was not there?
“Sheldon is still pestering Van Cleef and wants to learn how to sneak from him.” Leonard answered David’s words, but his eyes were still fixed on the front, and he didn’t even turn his head.
David curiously followed Leonard’s line of sight and found that everyone was looking at a few weapons that looked ordinary.
“Is this Will’s new work?”
“Yes.” Will stopped talking to Mark immediately after seeing David coming. After saying hello to David, he pointed to several weapons on the table and said, “Due to an accident, Mark and I discovered a special use for crystal ore, and we did a few tests.”
Will pointed to Mark next to him, and at the same time raised the crystal ore in his hand. It was the blue-purple columnar crystal ore. David noticed that the crystal ore in Will’s hand had obviously become much smaller.
“Oh?”
The crystal ore was taken back from the Mars base a few days ago. It has been confirmed that this thing will not cause harm to people, and it has also been confirmed that it contains energy.
Apart from this, there are no other discoveries. Leonard and Sheldon have suggested that this thing may be used as an energy source, and they want to study ways to efficiently utilize the energy in it.
Unexpectedly, before Leonard and Sheldon have given any research results, Will has made a new discovery.
“What kind of discovery?”
“When forging weapons, add crystal ore powder.” Will took out a swift sword, also known as a rapier, which was the weapon he was best at making and using before: “This will have such an effect.” He
winked at Mark next to him, and Mark immediately understood and moved a target with an iron plate hanging from the side and placed it on the open space, then decisively stepped aside, leaving the stage to Will alone.
No one made a sound to interrupt, and quietly watched Will holding the sword and walked to the target with a piece of iron plate hanging on it, and then stabbed the iron plate on the target with a very standard sword-drawing posture.
Swish!
A flash of light that could not be ignored flashed, and everyone clearly saw that the swift sword glowed as it touched the target, and then the iron plate was easily penetrated by the sharp sword in Will’s hand, just like a fake made of paper.
“Wow~”
The onlookers exclaimed in unison. Of course, they would not think that the iron plate was fake, and Will specifically mentioned that the mineral powder was added when forging the weapon, so everyone present understood what Will’s discovery was.
“It’s not over yet!” Will was very happy. He enjoyed the feeling of being noticed by everyone, and he finally showed his value.
Putting the swift sword aside, Will picked up the shield next to him, and nodded to Laura.
Laura, who had been standing next to him, took out the pistol she had prepared in advance, pointed it at the shield in Will’s hand and emptied the magazine.
The huge noise was still echoing, shaking everyone a little dizzy, but no one expressed dissatisfaction. Everyone’s attention was focused on the shining shield, which had no trace left on it.
David looked at the intact shield and the bullet that fell in front of Will, and realized the great value of the crystal ore – in addition to containing energy, it may be used as an energy source, and it can also be used as a material to enhance the attack and defense of weapons and equipment.
“Good stuff!” If Laura hadn’t been next to him, he really wanted to kiss Eva, who provided the crystal ore, a few times: “But, this use… StarCraft?”
(End of this chapter)