Chapter 15: Opening up wasteland doesn’t seem that difficult
Lunch time arrived soon, and Tarot brought today’s lunch with a few maids.
There will be no more "hamburgers" in this world, only "Wesson buns".
Everyone finished discussing policy and other issues in the morning, and Frederick planned to study the technical issues of reclaiming wasteland in the afternoon.
We don’t talk about work during lunch time, we just chat about casual things.
After eating and drinking, Frederick patted his face to cheer himself up, and then said to everyone: "The most important thing now is to properly resolve this disaster incident and let it become an opportunity for our development."
< br>He looked at Matthias and asked: "I wonder if you have any suggestions for clearing up wasteland?"
After thinking about it for a while, Matthias found that manipulating plants to fight is really not suitable for him. Now Try a career in agriculture.
He said: "I studied the map of Wesen Territory and visited many places, and I came up with a plan."
"It is impossible for the entire Wesen Territory to be reclaimed into farmland. The cost of mountain farming is too high, we also need timber forests and firewood forests.”
"I suggest that the flat land can be reclaimed into farmland, and a three-bed system should be implemented. After the mountainous land is cleared, oaks, chestnuts, currants and various fruits can be planted."
"Weeds and shrubs during the land reclamation process are quite troublesome. This can be taken care of by Monofro, usually by eating it."
The animal trainer Monofro gave Mathias a hard look and said, "Don't make it sound like that. It's like letting me eat it."
Amid everyone's laughter, he turned to Frederick and said: "When we were clearing land, it was very troublesome to deal with the weeds and shrubs on the ground and the grass roots underground. , My suggestion is to import draft horses from the Osmaga Empire as well as freshly weaned sheep.”
“As long as there are enough sheep on a piece of land, they can plow the grass roots in two months. When we came out to eat, there were only some thorny thorn bushes left.”
"Just burn the lone thorn bushes on the ground, and let Matthias eat the roots underground."
Matthias smiled with everyone, and then said: " Some time ago, the principal told me that the nodules on the roots of beans and other plants are the key to fertile fields. After thinking about it, I found that it is true."
"My suggestion is for newly reclaimed land, whether it is flat land or mountainous land. In the past few years, grasses such as alfalfa, vetch, and milkvetch were planted to fertilize the fields and raise livestock.”
“You don’t need to care about the underground roots. During this period, the dead roots will rot. , will be eaten by insects and disappear in two or three years.”
“According to my experience, if I use my method to promote the growth of pasture, the yield can be at least doubled, which can be achieved for captive breeding. Livestock provide fodder”
"But this requires using compost, plant ash, bones, etc. as fertilizer to fertilize the land and restore its fertility."
"I have a suggestion: legislate taxation to ensure the supply of these fertilizers."
F. Rick smiled and said to Neuer, the tax collector next to him: "In addition to the shit tax, you will also increase the ash tax and bone tax from now on."
Manure has always been an important source of fertilizer, and it is used everywhere. There is a tradition of collecting manure for compost, but little attention is paid to urine, plant ashes, bones, etc.
Matthias thought about these issues after recently reading a pamphlet about fertilizers written by Frederick. The more he thought about it based on his experience, the more it made sense.
Frederick said at this time: "There is no need to impose special taxes. It is too troublesome. We only need to sort the garbage for recycling."
Neuer immediately said: "Indiscriminately increasing taxes will cause a lot of trouble. It is better to legislate that different garbage should be thrown in different places."
After finishing speaking, he looked at Judge Otto, and Otto looked at Frederick. After seeing the lord nodding, he said, "I know. What should we do?"
Frederick said again: "You will discuss it together later and show me the regulations."
"That's right." He remembered another thing. "Torn linen...forget it, don't be greedy for the little advantage, Ah Fu, open a chamber of commerce specifically to purchase torn linen and old hemp ropes."
Many people present were confused, wondering if these could also be used as fertilizer?
The only one in the conference room who could understand Frederick's thoughts was Psyche. She suddenly said: "No need, it won't achieve the effect you want."
I don't know Psyche's identity. The man's head was full of question marks, and Frederick asked: "Then what method do you have?" Psyche said: "Well...'Lion's Head'."
Others were shocked. Lions are magical beasts that only exist in the distant southern continent. They are extremely ferocious. Every year, many people cross the sea to challenge them, but they end up delivering food. What can be done to get rid of such conditions? ?
Frederick immediately nodded and agreed: "No problem."
It's just a lion's head, it can be steamed or braised, it's a piece of cake.
After a short episode, Frederick looked at Ogilvy and asked, "Can I make a simple golem puppet now?"
Omet raised his eyebrows and thought to himself The big business came, with bright smiles on their faces, and everyone was shocked.
He rubbed his hands and asked: "I wonder what kind of golem puppet the principal wants? Is it a guard type or an attack type? A mage type is also fine."
"If you add some money, I can even put a layer of artificial skin on the golem puppet, so it looks like a real person!"
Frederick was surprised, there is such an operation, I wonder if it is realistic.
But let’s put it aside in advance. I am only eight years old. From now on... Damn it, I am an aristocratic master. From now on, I can just find someone to do my cosplay. There is no need to go to such trouble.
Frederick gathered his mood, ignored Psyche's teasing gaze, and asked Omet seriously: "My requirements are not high, I am just a golem puppet used to dig soil."
< br>Omet's smile froze instantly.
Frederick stretched out his hands, gathered the surrounding light elements, and relied on his mental power to shape these elements into a model.
There is no efficient rotating equipment these days. Just use golem puppets to shake the turntable, and use a bunch of golem puppets riding bicycles as power to pull the train. The energy consumption is too high, so steam engines are still needed.
But the Golem's "artificial muscles" still inspired Frederick. This magical material is a bit like muscle fibers. It can deform under the influence of magic and can replace the hydraulic system on the excavator.
"Artificial muscles" can even use a specific structure to push a piston-like mechanism to reciprocate, thereby driving the crankshaft to rotate. The advantage is large torque, but the disadvantages are heavy weight, low speed, high cost, and energy consumption. High and difficult to maintain, Frederick planned to use it to make small power source-driven machine tools.
Researchers like Ogilvy and Mather have focused their technology on bionics for many years, and no one has jumped out of their shackles and moved towards a new world.
Without going too far, Frederick built a model of an excavator with spider legs.
This excavator is about the same size as a small excavator used in orchards. The chassis is about 1 meter wide. There is a spider leg at each corner. A round plate is installed as a footboard to reduce the pressure on the ground. The body above It is slightly smaller than the chassis, with an arm length of about 3 meters and a bucket capacity of 0.05m. It is open-top and can be used as a shed.
Frederick spent a lot of time explaining the function of this excavator, and the whole audience was confused.
Everyone has seen golem puppets before. Ogilvy brought two of them, one is at Weissenburg University, and the other one was sent to the castle not long ago, saying that it was to protect Frederick.
But, the shape of the excavator... is a spider hybrid with an elephant?
All Might frowned and thought about it. The most difficult part of a golem puppet is to control the core so that it cannot think like a real person. If a golem puppet is built big enough for people to control it...
< br>Frederick didn’t know what he was thinking about making a Gundam, and after a moment he said: “If the price of this excavator is controlled below 20 gold florins, it will be our top product.”
< br>Ogilvy frowned and replied: "Theoretically, one or two of these golem puppets can be made using existing technology, but it is very difficult to mass-produce them like carriages."
Frederick immediately asked: "What's the difficulty?"
"No one." Ogilvy shrugged, "Not to mention anything else, just making and matching screws and nuts requires a lot of people. ”
Frederick slapped his forehead and saw that he had no choice. Today's screws and nuts are all turned out by hand on lathes. Whether the screws and nuts can be screwed together depends on luck and strength, so someone specially matched them.
Behind any kind of industrial product is an industrial system. No matter how backward it is, the industrial system is still an industrial system, which is a dimensionality reduction blow to handicraft industry.
“Forget it.” Frederick shook his head, “Let’s make one or two units first and slowly improve them, and then mass-produce them when there is a chance.”
Omet replied Said: "Okay, I have a student named Liebherr. He is good at machinery, so let him be in charge."
(End of this chapter)