Chapter 13 Iron does not conduct electricity?
The bent lightning passed through the beech trees, brightening the originally dark fog.
The faint smell of rain lingered on the tip of his nose, and the heavy moisture condensed into water droplets on the tips of Horn's hair.
In the open space next to the forest, golden hair was flying with the electric light. Jeanne, who was wearing a leather corset, was constantly emitting lightning from her hands, striking the metal plate armor hanging on the tree.
“Okay, stop.”
Stopping Jeanne's lightning and thunder, Horn quickly walked to the metal plate armor and lifted the plate armor with a branch.
A squirrel jumped out with its big tail flicking, running so fast that it almost left an afterimage.
Reaching out his hand to explore the edge of the armor, Horn looked in disbelief at the parts of the armor that had been melted by white-hot bombardment.
"How is this possible?" Horn was a little dazed, "Why is it not conductive?"
Yes, when Horn saw Jeanne piercing Barnett's chest earlier Then I noticed something was wrong.
Her pitchfork couldn't break through Barnett's armor at all, and if its current was strong enough to melt the armor in less than half a second, Barnett inside the armor would have been electrocuted long ago. Turned into coke.
Barnett wears half-body plate armor similar to three-quarter armor. Although there are iron boots, there is no thigh armor, which means there is no grounding.
The lightning released by Jeanne actually only heated the armor, instead of electrocuting him by conducting electricity through the metal armor.
For lightning to pass through Barnet's body, Jeanne had to wait until Jeanne pierced his armor and came into contact with his body.
Will electricity only heat metal? Does this mean that the metal in this world may be a semi-insulator with extremely high resistivity and extremely high temperature coefficient of resistance?
Or is the lightning in Jeanne's hand just a lightning coat with a completely different substance inside?
As if thinking of something, Horn suddenly turned his head: "Jeanna, have you ever heard of things like magic tide or divine disaster?"
There were two hanging With dark circles under her eyes, Jeanne looked as confused as when she woke up from a dream: "What is that?"
Looking at Jeanne's confused face, Horn did not continue the topic.
He walked forward and carefully observed the dark circles on Jeanna's face: "Is using this arc magic so mentally draining on you?"
"No, if you only bombard in one direction, you will have to continue bombarding for a while before you feel dizzy. You will feel better after resting for a while."
"Then why are the circles under your eyes dark?"
< br>"Yes, you have to take care of me... The ground is too hard. I didn't sleep well, okay?"
"If I didn't sleep well, I didn't sleep well. Why are you shouting so loudly?" Picking out his ears, Huo En was confused. He patted his empty stomach and said, "It's just time for lunch, let's eat first."
Handling Jeanne in hand, Horn walked straight from the clearing by the forest to the hillside where the villagers lived. .
In the open space, a long grass shed was erected early.
Hung over the stove fire, several large black clay pots were boiling, emitting hot steam, and the sweet smell of rice crackers rippled on this small hill.
Rice crackers are the staple crop of Qianhe River Valley.
It is a grain similar to rice, but much larger than rice. One grain is as big as a little fingernail.
The Thousand River Valley is unlike other places. The hot monsoon from the Emerald Sea and the cold current from the Furnace Highlands will meet in this mountainous area, resulting in abundant rain, warmth and humidity in the Thousand River Valley area.
Wheat and other crops commonly eaten by the Imperial people are relatively drought-friendly but not wet, while rye, which can tolerate moisture, cannot tolerate heat.
If the ancestors of the Qianhe River Valley people had not brought crops like rice crackers from the Royal Court of Flesh and Blood, it is estimated that the Qianhe River Valley would have been as deserted as Black Snake Bay in the south.
Although rice crackers can be eaten directly, local people are still accustomed to cooking them.
This rice cracker is Barnett's inheritance. The old boy hid a full four hundred pounds of rice crackers and refused to take it out.
Horn knew that the armed farmers actually hid some food, and Barnett's food should be to control these armed farmers.
In the eyes of the people here, the armed farmers have been stabilized, and the remaining people are not worth mentioning.
I am afraid Barnett would not have thought that two magical beings, the Saint Sun and the Saint Girl, would appear out of thin air.
One destroyed his status spiritually, and the other directly destroyed him physically.
In front of several clay pots, the villagers lined up in a chaotic formation to receive rice cracker porridge noisily. Seeing this, Horn shook his head, picked up the rice cracker porridge that was served for him in advance, put it in his mouth and walked towards the hunter's cabin.
The door of the hunter's hut was open, and a clay pot stood on the fire pit in the center of the hut. A fragrant fish soup was boiling in it, and green wild vegetables were tumbling and making noise in the white soup.
The rich aroma spread outside, and even though they had just had lunch, the other villagers couldn't help but stretch their heads to visit.
In the mist of water, five people sat around the fish soup in the middle. They were the newly elected four heads of ten households, Busak, Hez, Jeshka, Chapu and Father Ko. plug.
Jeshka sat cross-legged with her head lowered, looking absentminded.
Priest Cosset, with a pale complexion, painted the word "屮" on his forehead and prayed.
Haze put his palms up at the corners of his mouth, tilted his head, and spoke to Busak mysteriously.
As the only armed farmer, Busak sat upright and looked at the people in front of him with contempt.
As for Chapu, the last head of the ten households, he looked blankly at the firewood under the clay pot.
Entering through the gate and sitting at the front seat, Horn inspected the four heads of ten households in front of him one by one, with a satisfied smile on his face. Two public farmers, one refugee, and one armed Farmer.
For modern people, it is normal for the four heads of ten households to be selected in proportion to the population. In the Holy El Empire, it is normal for the four heads of ten households to be armed farmers.
After swallowing the last mouthful of rice cracker porridge, Horn used a wooden bowl to scoop out a bowl of fish soup, added the fish head, glanced around, and handed the fish soup to Busak first.
Busak straightened his back as a matter of course and very usefully, and took the fish soup respectfully.
With nothing to do, Horn said straight to the point without any nonsense: "The four of you are leaders who are trusted and respected by people within their own ten households. If I have anything to do in the future, I will tell you to do it and do it well." There will be rewards if you do it, and there will be punishments if you don't do it well.
Today I came to you, also for the sake of the believers within ten households.
To tell you the truth, the knight has hidden food. There is only about a hundred pounds left, and it can only last one more day, so the famine issue must be resolved quickly
As I said before, you are allowed to enter the forest to search for food, but there must be rules for how to search for food. You cannot all enter the forest and scare away the prey. The wasted effort is not worth the cost of finding food. "
At this moment, Busak finished the first bowl of fish soup. Horn picked up the empty bowl and scooped another bowl for Jeshka beside him.
"So, I Decided to divide the labor, Jeshka, you find a few people with hunting experience to form a hunting team, responsible for hunting animals and birds. "
Jeshka took the fish soup and said: "I am willing to serve you, Mr. Sun Sun. ”
Bosak and Haze stared at Jeshka with some jealousy.
Since the previous generation of knights dedicated the forest land to the Archbishop of High Castle, they have not been allowed to enter the forest for twenty years. The armed farmers who were originally responsible for hunting have switched to spinning thread workshops.
However, there are many poachers or former hunters among the refugees. For example, Jeshka is an old poacher herself and often interacts with aristocratic rangers.
To form a hunting team, it is natural to select the leader and main force from the refugees.
“Hmph, it smells like a foreigner.” Haze muttered.
"For each of you ten households, select four or five young men with strong strength and good legs and feet to join the hunting team. About twenty people should be enough." Horn handed over the third bowl of fish soup To Haze.
He wiped his hands on his pants and continued: "In addition to the hunting team, there is also a gathering team. Similarly, each of your ten households will select fifteen people with sharp hands and feet and good eyesight. Both men and women can be responsible for collecting wild vegetables, turmeric, Wild fruits, garlic, acorns, firewood, mushrooms, etc.
The collection team does not need to act collectively. Each ten households divide their areas and collect their own things. "
The fourth bowl of fish soup was given to Chapu. Chapu didn't even say thank you, he just took the wooden bowl and drank the fish soup in one gulp.
“In addition to gathering and hunting, there must also be a transport team, which is temporarily selected by each of the ten households according to the situation every day. They are responsible for cooking, taking care of children, sewing clothes, fetching water, building and repairing huts, etc. Originally, It's too wasteful to have separate kitchens. From now on, we'll have a meal together and everyone will eat the same meal."
As he spoke, Horn handed the soup with fish tails to Father Cosset: "As for the rest of the people. , don’t be idle, sing hymns and pray when you can’t do work. As for what to sing and how to sing, Father Cosset will stay and discuss it in detail later.”
Ke Sai took a sip of the soup without knowing it.
After stirring the clay pot with a spoon, Horn raised his head and looked around: "I've said everything I need to say. Just go ahead and do whatever you need to do... Oh, by the way, there's one more thing. Something."
The heads of the ten households who stood up and were about to leave turned around and looked at Horn in confusion.
"If you have any unadopted orphans within ten households of each of you, you can send them to me to serve as my servants and personal guards."
(End of Chapter)