Chapter 207 The transformation of the town and the construction of the gun tube
After the water pump was put into use, the original brine problem that limited the production efficiency of salted fish disappeared immediately, and there was even a surplus of brine.
The peat produced in batches under the alchemy assembly line is equipped with a water pump driven by a clockwork gear, plus an extremely abundant amount of fish. The only restriction on the salted fish production line is the salt cooking process.
However, Horne did not intend to blindly expand production, as long as there was enough salt to eat, they could not sell it in the swamps and mountains of Daze Township.
Now the orichalcum workshop, the mortar workshop and the reconstruction of the town all need people.
After solving the food problem, the second one is the settlement problem in the town.
Sitting in the study in the side hall, Horn lowered his head and looked through the report submitted by Witte on the table, making marks from time to time.
The dancing Werther stood in front of the desk, talking endlessly to Horn about his city plan.
“…As for the housing of the townspeople, since the foundations have basically been laid on the ruins of Qiu Mu Island, I suggest repairing rather than rebuilding…”
“… At present, we may have to settle about 11,000 people in the town, about 5,000 people in the military camp, about 4,000 people in farmhouses outside the town, and more than 3,000 to 4,000 townspeople temporarily living in the lycanthrope village... …”
"...Among the residential houses that can be repaired, I think the most cost-effective is Insura, because compared to the larger Domus, Insura can accommodate more people and is easier to repair..."
"... Regarding the issue of heating in the winter, we can set up flues in each room and change the shops and corrals on the first floor into warehouses, canteens, public toilets, water rooms and bathrooms, so that the heating of bathrooms and canteens You can warm the room through the flue..."
"Wait a minute." Horn clicked on the report with a quill, "These are old houses. If they are renovated like this, it will not cause any problems. Will it collapse?"
"No, these Ayr cities use high-quality stone, just add a few load-bearing walls, just to separate the bedrooms and so on." Werther said cheerfully. said.
Horn asked: "Can this be done before it snows?"
Witte thought for a while and said: "Aren't we using mortar? The moisture should be better in winter, right? If we use mortar, it should be possible and dry faster."
"You guys still know something about mortar?" "
Witt said cheerfully: "I have a lot of genius ideas about mortar construction, but I have no place to practice them. You don't have this restriction, and they are just what I want."
" Don't give me any shoddy projects." Horn quickly dissuaded him, "I'll give you a chance to verify any genius ideas you have, and I'll make sure you move in first." "Don't worry, Werther Pork Ribs. Her chest was beating loudly, "I know it well."
"...Then you continue talking." But Horn has decided to send a boy army to Werther to assist him to prevent him from causing any trouble.
“…Of course, according to your hygiene requirements, there will be a excrement truck to transport excrement every two days, and the dirt on the streets will be cleaned by people from nearby Insula...”
“...One insula can live in about 40 to 60 people. According to the 100-household system you set, it can just live in one ten-household. Nine insula is a small block, which can almost live in one hundred-household. ..."
"In this case, there are almost 200 insulas in 22 blocks, which can exactly meet your needs. We have tens of thousands of experienced workers to repair these 200 insuras before the snow falls. There is still a chance.”
When it came to the specific construction period, Witt, a five-star gray shooter, immediately became vague.
As Party A, Horn immediately asked: "How big a chance is there? Let me tell you, if you don't get it done before it snows, I will not give you the architectural knowledge passed down from ancient Ayr."< br>
After hearing what Horn said, Werther immediately exclaimed: "Your Excellency Horn, oh no, my respected great Pope.
This request is unreasonable. You may not know how to build a building. How many risks does a great building have? St. Bailey's Cathedral was originally expected to be completed in 20 years, but it was burned by the Norns after 200 years of construction."
"This is none of my business. "Horn took out a booklet from the drawer and threw it in front of him. "This is the deposit, the most basic mechanical analysis. You will get the next book if you do well. Got it?" He couldn't wait to pick up the book. Booklet, Werther didn't even reply, he flipped through the contents of the booklet fascinatedly.
"Do you know? Hey, let me ask you, do you know?"
Looking at Werther's obsessed look, Horn was made to laugh. He knew that Werther would not respond to anything he said at this moment. .
Standing up, Horn gave the study room to Werther and walked outside alone.
Walking out of the side hall, Horn saw the large and small work sheds erected in the courtyard of the Mechanical Palace.
In the few days after Horn and others arrived, the residents and soldiers of the Salvation Army carried out a major cleaning of the entire Mechanical Palace, forcefully removing a large amount of dead wood, garbage and grass.
Instead, there is flat land and neat work sheds on the land. Dozens of blacksmiths are struggling to roll blunderbuss tubes under the work sheds.
This is a method for making thin gun tubes discovered under the research of the dwarf Brock.
Before the results from Seamotine come out, Horn's clockwork gun has not yet been officially determined, so he asked the craftsmen to divide them into 20 groups to create experimental control groups.
If there are 30 cm length group, 40 cm length group, 50 cm length group, there are also 25 mm diameter group, 20 mm diameter group and 15 mm diameter group.
Walking to the work shed, Horn carefully observed the movements of the blacksmiths.
I saw that they all first took an iron strip, clamped it with pliers and put it into the heated medicine vat.
On the workbench in front of them, there is a cylindrical steel core of different lengths, almost as thick as the diameter.
After the iron strips softened, the craftsman pressed the iron strips against the steel core and struck them repeatedly with a hammer. The edges of the iron strips gradually bent as they struck.
But craftsmen do not hammer it into a round tube, but wrap it around a steel core in a spiral shape with slightly overlapping edges.
Horn picked up an unfinished spiral gun tube. It felt quite similar to a spiral sword, except that it was about the same thickness from front to back.
This did not happen overnight. The craftsmen had to place a basin of cold water next to them. During the process of rolling the iron pipe, they repeatedly pulled out the steel core and threw it into the water to cool down.
Otherwise, the iron pipe may be stuck to the steel core, and the wall thickness of a finished gun pipe is about 0.8 to 1 cm.
At this time, it was Jeanne's turn to appear. She stood beside the anvil and also used a steel core to pass through the spiral iron pipe.
Narrowing her eyes, Jeanne released tiny lightning bolts from her hands, welding them one by one along the spiral.
While welding, people on the side will also sprinkle white copper powder on the welding joint, which can make the welding joint stronger and prevent welding or faults.
After welding is completed, it is sent to the craftsmen again, placed in a medicine vat to soften again, and finally put on a steel core and hammered until it is set, and the barrel of a clockwork gun is ready.
Take out the barrel of a wind-up gun from the cold water, and tap it gently with your hand, making a crisp sound.
At this time, Horn seemed to see the bullets fired from thousands of wind-up guns knocking the knights to the ground.
However, Horn's fantasy time only lasted for a while and then dissipated. After the equipment, housing and food problems were all solved, only ideological education was left.
"Little Duvallon, let's go find Armand."
(End of this chapter)