When building a new furnace, Wang Qi suddenly went to the building materials area in the north to find cement.
Over the past few decades, cement has become much like concrete, almost like stone. But after all, it is cement without sand. If you knock it open with a hammer, there will still be a lot of dust.
The cement blocks are manually broken and hammered into small particles, sent to the furnace for heating, and then ground again to produce another pile of good cement.
The properties may be a little different, but it doesn't matter. There is no need for cement to make the structure. It is just used to retain the clay layer and enhance the air tightness.
More than a dozen people worked very quickly, and with a certain amount of charcoal already stored, the new furnace could be built while baking the fire to harden the clay. On the third day of trial, the steel block was already incandescent and the cement mortar on the lake was cooled. It was completed. .
Cement mortar cannot be grilled, otherwise it will crack layer by layer, and eventually the whole piece will fall off. You can only let it solidify naturally.
During this period, the old furnace was used and the blacksmith created the store sign.
It looks a bit like the medieval signboard in the game, a hanging signboard with several wooden boards and iron graphics.
In order to prevent many ghosts from ordering iron swords and spears to threaten their own safety, the signature shape is a hammer and an ax crossed, plus the name of the metal shop "Blacksmith Shop·T", where t is the initials of Timovich.
On the first day after hanging out, we received a ghost guest.
Yu Lin entertained, and Shana hung two axes on her back as security.
"What do you three need? Our shop provides repair and customization services for various iron and copper devices."
The three ghosts were a little confused. They looked around and saw that in the section of the garage, there were all kinds of pots, pans, hammers, wrenches, etc. hanging on the wall. For a moment, they didn't know whether they had entered a blacksmith shop or a hardware store.
Lin asked again.
"Oh, um... we want to order harpoons, can you do it? How much do you charge?"
"We collect fish meat, and salted fish can also be used. If you bring your own raw materials, that is, iron or steel blocks, and provide drawings, our charge is 5 kilograms of fish meat per kilogram of iron; if the raw material is shaped like a harpoon, we can give it to you 30% discount. If we contract the work and materials, each kilogram of iron will cost 10 kilograms of fresh meat and 15 kilograms of steel. Additional decorative shapes will be charged separately." All quotations are based on smelting and forging, and the profit margin is larger than in the North. After all, There are too many ghosts, and it will be too busy if you don’t choose.
"It's so expensive!" A ghost exclaimed.
The other two were also worried.
Lin patiently explained: "Blacksmithing cannot be done with just a hammer. We have to cut the charcoal ourselves. The forging process requires a lot of manpower, and may also need to use the carbonization process. The fee is too low, so it is better to go fishing yourself. Please believe it. I, this is a very fair price.”
"This...I...let's think of a solution." The three ghosts were too poor and ran away in defeat.
There was also a loudspeaker inside the ghost, and the news spread quickly. More than a dozen guests arrived in one afternoon, and Anna and Lin took turns to receive them.
Most of them didn’t have any food left in their pockets, maybe because they didn’t come in time enough and didn’t have the tools or anything ready.
But we also made two deals, one for repairing anchors and the other for buying axes.
Wang Qi hid behind the partitions piled up with building materials and stared at them for several days. The ghosts were relatively well-behaved. Occasionally, two unreasonable ones were kicked out by Shana or Kai, but there was no chain hatred.
You can feel at ease and live as if you were living in a wasteland city.
The ghosts are not causing trouble, and Wang Qi can finally get down to business. This winter, the focus is on RV renovation.
According to Elena, there were no serious cities in the west of Jabur City before reaching the node of the other world, and a few villages and small towns were destroyed long before the full spread of demon hunting.
There are some military fortifications in the second half of the journey. These fortifications built in response to the demon hunting refresh have also been seen on the road. They are all in the form of quick-build city walls and field camps.
The quick-build city wall is actually a sandbag, but the sandbag is in the shape of a cube. It is folded and transported. It is unfolded at the site and filled with sand dug by engineering vehicles. The first floor is a personal bunker, and the third floor is the city wall, which can effectively prevent bullets and small-caliber shelling. wear.
Decades later, these temporary city walls still retain a certain degree of integrity, at least the shape of a damaged city wall. The problem field camp has been finished a long time ago, and the temporary camp cannot stop the growth of plants.
Therefore, more than 20 people have to rely entirely on the RV in the second half of the journey. The RV must be upgraded to meet the needs of the entire camping trip, and may also spend the winter in front of a different dimension.
I considered using a dry cargo container semi-trailer to make an RV, but that didn’t work. Not to mention the original tools, the weight wouldn’t allow for it. The empty weight of this thing is 8 tons. With the wooden layer for thermal insulation, it can't be lifted down without weighing 12 tons, and the internal space is not enough.
After half-way rewards are given to the eight kings, the minimum attributes of their force-sensitive bodies are 11, 9, and 11. In order to maintain the continuity of movement and obstacle avoidance efficiency, the towing load of a single person should be controlled around 900 kilograms, and the maximum should not exceed 1.1 tons. . If they perform well before spring, they may add another wave of attributes, but in order to reduce the risk of muscle strain, they can only add physical fitness. The increment is very small, and the total load that can be increased is limited.
Compared with an RV that weighs just over four tons when starting, there is still a lot of room for modification.
The large RV includes upper and lower bedrooms and lockers, with a total interior area of only 20 square meters, while the small RV has no bedrooms and is only 8 square meters.
The 28 square meters of space cannot provide enough space for twenty people and one bear to survive the winter. The additional storage space required for winter can be set up again, but it needs major modifications.
The space available for vehicles must be greatly increased, and traffic capacity must be maintained as much as possible. The technical conditions are still very limited, which is quite a test of time.
Planning started as soon as the first snow fell, and there was relatively plenty of time. Wang Qi started with some basic structures and drew them out to discuss the feasibility with Timovich.
I got the answer "I can't do it" many times.
After drawing dozens of drawings and handing them to the blacksmith, Li Xiang couldn't hold it any longer.
"Bai Xiaojiao can pull the cart now, let's go out and sketch." Seeing Wang Qi take some time off, she immediately followed the request.
"Okay, let's go to the lake and have a look."
Bai Xiaojiao is still about the same weight as Li Xiang, but pulling a sled does not require much strength. Dogs can pull it, so why can't bears? Pulling a sled with four legs has much higher traction than ordinary people on the snow.
Moreover, if we raise Bai Xiaojiao, we originally hope that it will replace the labor force of carts and carts in the future. Of course, we need to train it from an early age.
When Li wanted to put a rope on Bai Xiaojiao, Wang Qi saw that it was carrying a face, and its small eyes were squeezed into red beans, but there was no way. It was weak and could only accept the arrangement.
After touching its head, Wang Qi and Li Xiang got into the car.
Li Xiang sat sideways on Wang Qi's lap and let Wang Qi hold her left hand. She bent down and pinched Bai Xiaojiao's short tail with her right hand to operate the vehicle.
This method of operation was so strange that Wang Qi was stunned for a moment.
"Why not use a password?"
"It's too lazy. It always lies down to rest. If you don't pinch it, it won't move." Li Xiang said plausibly, "As you said, the whip can't be used, and it won't hurt when it grows up."
Wang Qi couldn't remember whether he said it before, but the concept was correct. After all, the bear was not a real dog. Even because it was too smart, it should be treated like a seven or eight-year-old child. Violent education could easily lead to trouble.
This is not a circus. The occasional resistance of circus animals will not cause particularly serious consequences. Bai Xiaojiao needs to increase his attributes. After being transferred to a mount, he has to cooperate with Li Xiang to fight. If he loses his temper, no one else can bear it.
But pinching the tail is not a problem!
Bai Xiaojiao is still small now. If he grows up, Li Xiang can hold the tail close enough, and Bai Xiaojiao's hind legs will definitely kick the sled.
"If you talk to it more, it will gradually understand it. Isn't it the same when you learn Qin language?"
"I'm much smarter than it!" Li Xiang refused to accept it and turned to glare at him.
"Ah, yes, yes, you are smart. Then talk to it more. It will learn it if you repeat it more times."
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