Chapter 42 Cement (Please read! Please recommend!)
Chapter 42 Cement
"Master, after thinking it over... I think it would be more appropriate to set aside a piece of land specifically for you..." Old Ford finally gave in.
He had no choice but to agree. The cost of purchasing all those flowers and plants from other parts of the empire would be far more than the gold coins spent on purchasing food.
"Ah? No need? You really don't want me to transform it into a vegetable garden?" Bruno said with some regret.
"Really! I believe...that those crop seeds of yours will definitely...yield 1,000 kilograms per mu..." said old Ford with tears in his eyes.
At this point, he could only hope that these three new crops would be as magical as Bruno said.
"Okay..." Seeing old Ford cooperating so actively, Bruno had no choice but to obey.
Seeing that Bruno finally gave in, old Ford let out a long sigh and walked away slowly.
As he walked, he could hear Bruno behind him complaining, "But...if we don't turn it into a sky garden, how can we show my great character of loving the people like my own children..."
Old Ford stumbled and almost tripped himself.
Oh...my head hurts.
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With the completion of the sky garden and the arrival of the novice gift pack, Bruno has put the production of cement on the agenda.
After the construction of the Hanging Gardens was completed, the production team originally composed of serfs suddenly lost their jobs.
The common people and a small number of serfs who were later transferred from the city of Idar were not so bad. After all, spring plowing was about to begin, and they had only taken advantage of their free time in winter to build wonders for their lords. They already had rented farmland, and they were just trying to earn a living.
However, the first batch of serfs recruited were left with nothing to do for a while.
They were originally transferred here because of the reduction in manpower required at the Cape Salt Works. Now that the Sky Gardens have been completed and Idar County will not start any new projects in the short term, these serfs are naturally idle.
The daily food, drink, and defecation of hundreds of serfs is an expense, so Bruno naturally has to find some work for them as soon as possible.
In peacetime, a large project can actually be beneficial even without the various bonuses and rewards provided by the system.
Because large-scale projects will inevitably cost a lot of money and recruit a large number of people, many people who originally had nothing to do will find new jobs to support themselves and even their families.
This is just like the work-for-relief policy that was prevalent in the previous life. It not only solved the employment problem, but also eliminated some unstable factors in society.
At the same time, due to Idar's relatively closed geographical location and the relatively primitive aristocratic manor economic model of this world, large-scale projects have greatly promoted the circulation of copper plates and gold coins in Idar's territory.
With more money in their hands, people can obtain better living materials, eat more, dress warmly, and enjoy better living conditions.
Bruno, the Count of Idal, is also the largest noble (black) businessman in Idal.
Almost everything the people needed could make Bruno money in some way.
Maybe the black bread shop on the street was not opened by Bruno, but the grains needed to make black bread had to be purchased from Bruno. Even if these grains were not purchased from Bruno, the land on which these grains were grown also belonged to Bruno.
Therefore, although each copper coin first went into the pockets of civilians.
However, after going through various links, they will eventually return to Bruno's pocket.
Although the starting point and the end point seem to be the same, after experiencing such circulation, the people can live a better life.
Bruno couldn't explain this truth to old Ford, who only wanted to save money, because even if old Ford understood it, the officials of Idar, both big and small, might not understand it.
Therefore, Bruno can only hope that the people of Idar will gradually learn to think and re-understand the role of money in such subtle changes.
Since the Hanging Gardens were completed and the new wonder could not be built immediately, Bruno naturally turned his attention elsewhere.
It's time to repair the roads in Idar!
Bruno had wanted to do this since the long winter, but he had been troubled by the lack of sufficient gold coins and had to keep postponing it.
But now, the Sky Gardens, which had always accounted for the largest expenditure in Idar County, no longer required the cost of nearly a thousand gold coins per month, which allowed Bruno to finally put the reconstruction of the road on the agenda.
The arrival of cement production methods undoubtedly provided him with greater convenience, so Bruno planned to build a cement road in one step! The method of making cement was actually not difficult, especially with the guidance of the wonder construction system.
The only thing Bruno had to worry about was the temperature at which the cement was fired.
According to the parchment, when firing cement, the temperature must generally be controlled at around 1,400 degrees, which would undoubtedly be the biggest challenge in the past.
However, this is a world of magic! Arnel's research on magic circles provides a possible solution to this problem.
Don't forget, Anel can also cast fireball!
With the experience of drawing the floating magic circle, Anel can be said to be adept at designing new magic circles.
Although there may be differences in some details, the general drawing ideas are consistent.
Sure enough, within a few days, Arnel gave Bruno a satisfactory answer.
After countless modifications, the first version of the heating array can now smoothly maintain the firing temperature at around 1,400 degrees. This is the result of Anel superimposing seven combustion arrays and three self-designed temperature control devices.
However, the burning array alone was not enough. Bruno specially ordered people to build three blast furnaces with newly-baked red bricks to ensure sufficient cement production.
The cement production process can generally be simply divided into two grinding and one burning.
First, limestone, iron powder, sand and gravel and other materials should be mixed in a certain proportion and then ground into powder.
The mixed powders are then fed into a blast furnace and calcined at high temperatures through a heating array to produce cement clinker.
Finally, add a certain amount of slag or fly ash and a certain proportion of gypsum to the cement clinker, mix and grind them, and the cement is ready.
When cement is added to water and mixed into a slurry, it can harden in the air or in water, and can firmly bond sand, stone and other materials together.
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