"Is this the legendary cement?"
Viru leaned in, pinched a pinch of gray powder with his fingers, and rubbed it, feeling the residual warmth."
Lord Marquis, is this thing really as amazing as you say?""
Of course."
With a confident smile, Owen trusted the technological power of Winster's side of the world.In order to convince Viru, he first asked the porters to go to the quarry to carry three large pieces of rubble, and then instructed the handymen to mix a certain amount of cement with river sand in proportion to make cement mortar.The cement mortar is gray in color and flows like a melted candle.The rough stone was soon delivered, and Owen took Viru and Marpel to the outside of the cement workshop.Pointing to the three rubbles, he asked Viru to try to bond the rubble together with the matching cement mortar.This was the order of the Marquis, and Viru could not refuse, so he could only carry the cement mortar.He poured a layer of cement on top of the largest rubble, put a rubble, smeared the rest of the cement, and buckled the last rubble.When he was done, Viru still looked at Owen with suspicion."
Lord Marquis, I feel that this thing is very much like wet mud, and even if it dries, it will break when you knock it.""
When it's dry, you'll definitely change your mind."
According to Winster, cement takes about 8 hours to set.Therefore, Owen asked Viru to return to the northern wall to continue to supervise the repair of the gap.Wait until dusk to check the effect of the cement.For the rest of the day, Owen plans to continue firing cement, and the magic is still plenty anyway.But before that, you have to find a way to improve the working environment, because it is too hot during firing!
After thinking about it for a while, Owen decided to return to the castle first to change his clothes, the magician's robe on his body was soaking wet, and he felt slimy and uncomfortable.Back at the castle, he changed into comfortable clothes and put on a sky-blue frost cloak.It is a high-end cloak with frost magic stones sewn on the inside, although the quality of the magic stones is not good, but it is well insulated from the heat outside, and it is the favorite clothing of nobles and wealthy merchants in the summer.Of course, when Winster saw the new magic stone, he immediately booked it as the magic stone for the next transfer, and at the same time hoped to send more different magic stones in the future for him to study and study.Owen agreed.If the other party can research a new way to use the magic stone, it will also be beneficial to the world here.The first batch of cement has been ground by the stone crushers and stored in sacks.Owen didn't have to wait long, and the second batch of raw meal slurry was sent to the firing room.With the experience of the first firing, Owen's subsequent firing went more smoothly each time, and gradually mastered the essentials of mana output, so that each time the mana consumed was less than the last one.After firing four batches of cement in succession, Owen felt that the remaining magic power was not enough to support the next firing, so Owen stopped.If the mana consumption in the early stages is the same as the last one, then the remaining mana should be enough to burn another batch of cement.That is, Owen's current limit is to fire six batches of cement.Winster was shocked that so much cement could be produced under such backward technical conditions.In this regard, he couldn't help but exclaim: In this world, magic is the first productive force!
Before I knew it, it was sunset, and Owen came out of the firing room and patted the dust off his body.He was not sweating from the heat, but felt a little cool and very comfortable.It seems that the approach of putting on the frost cloak is the right one.Removing the cloth covering his mouth and nose, Owen said to the handyman next to him, "Let's do this today, and when the temperature of the stove cools down, you go and shovel out the last batch of clinker and store it." ”"Yes, Lord Marquis."
Marpel stepped forward from behind, stroked his chest and saluted, admiringly: "Lord Owen, you have worked hard today. ”"As long as it's for the border town, it's not hard to do anything."
Owen responded.On the other side, Viru also finished his work on the northern city wall and hurried to the cement workshop.It was time to check the effect of the cement, and Owen walked outside the workshop and saw that the cement was already solidified, the surface was uneven, and in some places there was hoarfrost, and the three rubble stones looked as if they were tightly glued together."
Lord Marquis, I'll test it for you."
With a contemptuous look on his face, Viru stepped forward and crouched down, trying to break off the two rough stones on it, but found that no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't break it.Angry, he stood up and kicked a few hard, but the rubble on it was still glued and did not move.It was completely different from what he expected, and Viru put away his contemptuous expression.Squatting down again, he pressed the cement with his fingers, then buckled it with his fingernails, and finally borrowed an iron shovel from the handyman to hit the cement hard.Looking at the small debris he had painstakingly knocked down on the ground, Viru gave up.After the test, he ran up to Owen with a shocked face, and praised with great emotion: "Lord Marquis!
You're great!!
”Ha?
Owen was stunned for a moment, why was the other party so ecstatic?
Owen quickly understood, though.He himself was surprised when he first heard about the properties of cement.Since I have been surprised, it is natural to be calm when I see the effect of cement now.Moreover, as a stonemason, Viru must know better than Owen about the power of cement."
Cement is the ultimate material for our stonemasons, and with it, buildings that used to take years to build can now be built in a matter of months, if not less."
Viru danced and explained to Owen passionately."
Viru, be careful about your actions."
Marpel reminded.Realizing his faux pas, Viru quickly apologized: "I'm really sorry, Lord Marquis, I was overexcited, and I got a little carried away. ”"It doesn't matter."
Owen didn't care."
Lord Marquis, the cement you have invented is so great that in the future, you will be praised by our stonemasons."
It wasn't Owen's fault, he was embarrassed to accept Viru's praise like that."
Singing praises or something, it's too exaggerated.And it's not all my credit, the recipe for cement is what I saw from an old book. ”Owen couldn't expose Winster's existence, so he had to block it with the mysterious ancient book."
Ancient books?"
Viru touched his chin and felt a little strange, "If it is in an ancient book, it means that people invented cement in the past, then why is no one making cement now?"
”Owen secretly said that it was not good, and he found a reason for not being rigorous, which contradicted reality.With his mind racing, he explained, "That's because the recipe in the ancient book is very flawed, and I have improved it to make the cement you just saw." ”"I see."
Viru suddenly said, "Lord Marquis, then your exploits are still worthy of praise from our stonemasons. ”[You stinky shameless, in the end, you still take the credit for the cement on your own head. 】Winster teased.
[Why not?]
I was indeed the first person in the world to make cement. 】Finally, Owen asked Viru, "How's it going?"
Now that there is cement, can the two gaps in the northern wall be repaired before winter arrives?
”This time, Viru patted his chest with confidence, confidence written on his face."
As you wish, Lord Marquis."