Traitor Summoning System [Infrastructure]

With the efforts of Cai Lun, the waterwheel was gradually constructed by the river.

With the appearance in Leonard's impression.

The waterwheel has two main functions, grinding flour and irrigation.

In modern times, waterwheels have basically been eliminated and become decorations or tourist attractions.But for a long time in the past, waterwheels played an important role in our country.

The shape of the water wheel is somewhat like a Ferris wheel. The top of each wooden spoke is a scraper and water bucket. The scraper is used to scrape water. turned.The rotating wheel generates force, and under Cai Lun's design, that force is transmitted to the mill, which can grind grain.

This river has a large flow and abundant water resources, so it would be a pity not to use water power.

The speed of the water mill is slower than that of livestock, but the advantage is that it can run day and night.

Leonard experimented. It usually takes about one and a half hours to grind 50 catties of beans. In this way, 24 catties can be ground 800 hours a day, which is quite impressive.

Of course, it is impossible to grind seamlessly. After all, the ground has to be processed, but four to five hundred catties a day is still possible.

After the water mill was officially completed, Leonard took everyone to watch. Bachelor Rutherford asked Cai Lun for advice. Cai Lun patiently explained them one by one.

The slaves felt very fresh, looking at the water mill with their heads poking around.After being grinded face to face, many slaves exclaimed.

Leonard also greatly liberated them.

After all, in many places, if there are not enough animals, slaves are directly put on ropes to grind flour.

In the homes of free people, women often do the work of grinding flour, which is simply too hard.

After the water mill was built, it took only a few days to grind the part of the grain harvested in Little Thorn Castle that should be ground.

Save the rest for other uses.

After grinding his own grain, Leonard asked the servant Cronin to go to Wanzhong Town and the Chaos Market to yell a few times, saying that the lord rented out the water mill, which can grind four to five hundred catties of grain a day, and the rent is very cheap. A bowl of cereal will do.

So clatter, many freedmen brought their own grains to grind.

The servant Cronin was earnestly collecting the rent, and then he found that the merchants from the chaotic market had also come to grind the grain.So he reported it to Leonard, and Leonard replied: "If you are not a resident of the territory, you need to pay 2 copper coins to grind a bag of grain."

Although it is still very cheap, the cost is several times higher than that of a resident. A businessman couldn't help asking: "Then why is it considered a resident? My lord."

The servant Cronin couldn't help being a little proud when he heard someone calling him a lord: "My lord said that if you want to buy real estate here, all your family members are here, and this is considered a permanent resident."

"Buying real estate..." the businessman thought thoughtfully.

Taxes in the territory under Leonard's command are now quite low compared to other places. Some merchants in the chaotic market originally planned to leave, but they stayed after seeing the business opportunities.

If the taxation here can always be like this, it is also possible to buy real estate.

After preliminary construction, Leonard's territory began to release its own charm to the outside world, attracting all kinds of people to settle down.

In addition to grinding noodles, in addition, under the design of Cai Lun, the waterwheel also has the function of irrigation.

If it's just grinding, it doesn't need to be so complicated in design.

The invention of the waterwheel showed the creativity of the Chinese nation, and it was an important part of the Chinese agricultural civilization. Now that the river in another world began to spin, Leonard couldn't help feeling a little excited after seeing it.

Just unify the mainland and build a Chinese empire in the future.Leonard thought about it casually.

Cai Lun connected the waterwheel to the ditches dug earlier, so that irrigation will be much more convenient in the future.

Cai Lun and Leonard imagined a bright future together, and the Rutherford bachelor next to him couldn't help but asked, "Scholar Cai Lun, you let the slaves do less and less work, so what are the slaves doing?"

Cai Lun smiled, and took out the parchment, which was covered with sketches of various machines and written with various words.

Maester Rutherford looked dizzy.

There are so many things to do!

Man is the most intelligent creature, and it is really wasteful to use manpower to do those mechanical labors!

……

New mechanical labor should be done!

...cough cough cough.

After all, productivity is at this level. Even if productivity is increased, it is impossible to make everyone a technical post.

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……

Gongsun Sheng is back.

Leonard was very happy: "Mr. Yiqing, have you found the coal mine?"

"No." Gongsun Sheng said, "But I found a large piece of clay, and thought that the lord might be useful, so I came back to tell you."

"Clay!" Leonard said, "Scholar Cai Lun should be useful."

Leonard ran to find Cai Lun, Cai Lun thought for a while when he heard the pottery clay, and said: "I just have some free time these days, so I can make a kiln and fire a brick to replace the thatched huts built by the seaside." Replace it with a brick house.” The thatched huts built by the sea are okay for summer and autumn, but they will die in winter, and they must be replaced with brick houses.

"Can clay be used to burn bricks?" Leonard asked. He really didn't know anything about this. He only knew what kind of clay people used to burn bricks after watching survival shows.

"Terracotta bricks are the main building material," said Cai Lun.

Clay bricks have many advantages, such as freeze-thaw resistance, breathability, corrosion resistance, and noise reduction.

"So that's how it is." Leonard said, "Then let's do this, and leave it all to Jing Zhong."

Under the leadership of Gongsun Sheng, Cai Lun led a group of slaves to Taotu.

It is more convenient to build a workshop next to the raw materials. Cai Lun led the slaves to build a temporary hut first, and then began to mix the clay.

Because Cai Lun prepared the tools in advance, it was not a difficult task.

It feels new for the slaves to do it, they haven't done it before.

The blended clay paste needs to be filtered to remove impurities. It doesn’t matter if you don’t filter it, but it may be less firm, but Cai Lun pursues the best, so it took a lot of time to complete the filter.

The first batch of bricks is fired in a simple furnace with clay paste, and the first batch of bricks is used to build a larger furnace to burn more bricks.

Cai Lun made brick molds with wood in advance, so after mixing the clay, the speed of making bricks is very fast, one at a time.

This is a process that tests patience.

The finished bricks need to be air-dried for a period of time before they can be fired in the furnace. It takes a whole day to burn the bricks.

After 20 days, Cai Lun had thousands of bricks.

And the craftsmanship of these slaves has also matured, and the speed of burning bricks will only be faster in the future.

In addition, Cai Lun also burned some pottery. He felt that some of the pottery in Little Thorn Castle was really not good.

And Little Thorn Castle will have to replenish its china.

At Leonard's request, Cai Lun specially burned a special device for sprouting bean sprouts.

Several large discs, with holes on the bottom, are used to drain water, and the bottom is a tray to catch the drained water.

With this, sprouting beans just got easier.

These brand-new pottery were warmly welcomed by Elena, the housekeeper of Little Thorn Castle.

Cai Lun left the brick kiln, but the brick kiln has not stopped for a while, and is still burning bricks day and night.

Some of the houses in Little Thornburg need to be repaired, or simply bulldozed and rebuilt, and Evening Bell Town and Chaos Bazaar are also in desperate need of new houses.

Leonard intends to expand the area of ​​Evening Bell Town and Chaos Bazaar, and build a series of brick houses outside, waiting for sale.

……

The time for shearing has come.

Cai Lun asked the blacksmith to forge several pairs of scissors in advance, and when the time came, he would shear the sheep.

Shearing sheep in advance is beneficial for sheep to survive the winter, but the disadvantage is that the harvest will be small.

Some of the slaves were skilled sheep shearers, which made Lu Bu breathe a sigh of relief. He didn't have to teach these people how to shear sheep.

Now there are more than 60 sheep in Little Thorn Castle, and the sheared wool is also impressive.

The freshly sheared wool is best processed before being made into clothes or other things, but this is generally not done at this time. After washing and drying, it will start to be trimmed, and some don't even like it.

Leonard certainly wouldn't be so rough.

This is still hosted by Cai Lun.

First clean the impurities in the wool, and remove the dirt and greasy fat on it with water and plant ash soap.

After the preliminary cleaning, the first thing to do is to open the hair.

The freshly sheared wool is generally tangled and not fluffy enough, so it needs to be opened and loosened.

It is commonly known as playing wool, which is the same as playing cotton.

Cai Lun can't play cotton or wool.

Cotton was introduced to China in the Song Dynasty, but not in the Han Dynasty.

Although he dabbles in a wide range, this one really doesn't.

As for Leonard... Leonard knew how to deal with it: stuff the wool into the carding machine, turn on the power, and finish the job.

……

So Leonard called back Gongsun Sheng who was wandering outside, and Gongsun Sheng didn't know how to play wool, so it was really embarrassing for him to play wool like a Taoist priest.

However, Gongsun Sheng is from the Song Dynasty. He has seen cotton and wool. He explained the wool-playing device to Cai Lunzai in detail, and explained the principle to Cai Lun. Then Cai Lun studied it himself, and finally made it out. up.

Cai Lun will always be God.

Gongsun Sheng took the wool bow and drew it according to the gestures in memory. Cai Lun and Leonard probed to see that the wool had become fluffier after being played, and the effect was really effective.

Cai Lun excitedly picked up the bow and wanted to try it out, but he was tired after playing a few times. He was very surprised: "I didn't rest yesterday, okay?"

Gongsun Sheng said: "No, it's just physical labor."

Cai Lun said, "I think you are very relaxed."

Leonard coughed next to him. He remembered that Gongsun Sheng appeared in "Water Margin" and directly knocked down ten of Chao Gai's servants, so he said, "He can beat ten of them one by one."

Cai Lun: ...

Cai Lun said angrily: "I will start exercising with General Lu tomorrow."

So he is the weakest of them all!

Isn't Gongsun Sheng a Taoist priest?Not a civil servant?What can you do!

Are you a master of both magic and martial arts? !

So Cai Lun divided two slaves who were in charge of playing wool. These two slaves were ingenious and physically strong, and they would be responsible for playing wool in the future.

The finished fleece was soft and fluffy. Leonard felt a sense of happiness when he touched it.

Modern sheep can shear an average of one kilogram of wool per sheep, but it is hard to say for different breeds.

The sheep here only weigh a little more than a catty each.

Leonard used the wool to make fleece blankets for the coming winter.

He had built himself a big bed before, and the narrow bed that nobles used to sleep at this time was really too bad.

Spread the woolen cushions and cover with a woolen quilt, it is really comfortable!

Lying on the soft bed, Leonard closed his eyes happily.

After a few minutes, he opened his eyes.

too hot.

Leonard kicked the quilt aside, this kind of wool quilt can only be covered.

Four catties of wool were used for one quilt, and more than 60 catties of wool were used to make fifteen quilts in total, and the next few catties were used scatteredly.

Dorothea's caravan set off again, this time with an extra task of collecting wool.

These quilts are warm, comfortable and soft, and they don't have the strong smell of ordinary blankets. It's a real pleasure to cover this life.

Leonard remembered how he was holding a hard and smelly blanket pitifully in the carriage when he first crossed, and compared it to the present.

The main reason for this was the people he summoned.

... Let him boast about the wisdom of the ancient Chinese.

Why.I always feel that in ancient China it was enjoyment, but in the Western Middle Ages it was survival.

Leonard stroked the woolen quilt, buried his face in it and arched it a few times.

Such a fine cashmere quilt should be sold to nobles at a high price.

……

Leonard woke up from the soft blanket. He got dressed, took the mint mouthwash from the servant Cronin, and ordered breakfast to be prepared.

He sat by the window and watched the scenery outside for a while. It was raining lightly outside, and the whole Little Thorn Castle was wrapped in the cold dawn.

The Crosian caravan set out today, and the slaves were saddling the horses in the rain.

Leonard plans to implement a policy that will allow everyone in his domain to ride in a horse-drawn carriage.

According to the regulations at that time, except for the sick and children, other people could not ride in a carriage and had to ride a horse.

If you take a carriage, you will be looked down upon.This is the same as the European Middle Ages.

This has caused some merchants in long-distance caravans to suffer, and those who can persist are in good health.

When Leonard first crossed over, he sat in a carriage because he had a cough.

Leonard discussed with Cai Lun and Bachelor Rutherford, and they agreed that if the regulations on riding in carriages were relaxed in the territory, it would be able to attract some businessmen.

Breakfast is relatively simple, milk, bread, eggs, bacon.

Conrad butler appeared during breakfast and began to talk to Leonard about today's formation.

At the end, he said: "My lord, it's time for you to start making preparations for Leaf City. Also, it's time to start preparing gifts for your father and brother."

After the Harvest Moon, it is time to pay tribute to Linye City, and Linye City will organize a large-scale harvest festival.

In addition, the nobles must hold two celebrations for the serfs every year, which is the obligation of the nobles to the serfs.

Therefore, before the large-scale harvest festival, a small harvest festival should be held in the territory.

"I understand." Leonard said, "Call Maester Rutherford."

After Maester Rutherford arrived, Leonard began to discuss these matters with him.

Bachelor Rutherford is a local bachelor, and it is of course good to discuss these things with him.

"Our standard for the offering is the same as the previous standard of Little Thorn Castle, but I suggest that the lord double it." Bachelor Rutherford said: "Now this is no burden for us at all, which can show that the lord The ability to govern the territory."

"Is there any benefit?" Leonard asked.

"It will impress your father..." Maester Rutherford said.

"Can I be the heir?" Leonard said.

"Uh, no." Maester Rutherford said.

"What's the use of that, expecting him to give me a loving kiss?" Leonard shrugged.

"Cough... In this way, you will have the right to speak and exchange some supplies with other lords, or you can directly ask Lord Green for some supplies." Bachelor Rutherford said.

Leonard nodded: "I see..."

"For example, we don't need to buy iron ore from the people here and there. We can directly trade with the big lords of other territories, as well as the coal you have been looking for." Bachelor Rutherford said.

Some people also burn coal at this time, but because there is no desulfurization and the houses here have no chimneys, the smell of burning coal is very bad.

The smell of sulfur from coal is reminiscent of the smell of hell, and some people think that coal is an ominous thing.

The aristocrats despise coal and will not burn it at home.

Until now, some 'finish people' also had wood in their fireplaces at home, rather than coal.

"I think you can get some coal for free," Maester Rutherford said.

Leonard nodded, "Understood."

Leonard asked Conrad's butler to go to Sunlun City to buy a set of clothes for the Harvest Festival. This time, he spent a total of thirty gold coins, which made Leonard feel distressed.

……

Preparations for the Harvest Festival in Little Thorn Castle were very fast, and they only needed to prepare enough food and drinks.

Because this is the first festival he came to this territory, Maester Rutherford suggested that Leonard make it bigger, so Leonard announced on the bulletin boards in Chaos Market and Evening Bell Town that on the day of the Harvest Festival , Little Thorn Castle will open its doors and welcome everyone to pass.

Of course not empty-handed, they have to bring some gifts, a bottle of wine, a loaf of bread, any of these are fine.

The servants adorned the outer court with plants from the harvest, and all dressed in their best clothes.

A wooden stage for performances was set up by the lake in the outer courtyard, decorated with flowers and leaves on the top, and piles of millet piled underneath, which were specially moved out of the granary.

Around the wooden table are long tables one after another. These long tables are temporarily built with wood and oak barrels. After today's harvest festival is over, the oak barrels will be moved back to the storage room, and the wood will be dismantled. Make all kinds of things.

The dining table is full of various delicacies, such as seafood, fruit, beer, juice, barbecue, and all kinds of freshly baked hot bread.

The band was invited to Sunlun City. The band members were reluctant to come here, because Little Thorn Castle is famously poor, and on the day of the Harvest Festival, musicians are everywhere. good treat.

Butler Conrad spent 10 silver coins to move them.

As a result, the band didn't want to leave immediately after they came here.

After all, the treatment here was so good that Leonard had to drive them away after a while, and he didn't need to keep such people here for the time being.

...Of course, this is a later story, and it is quite interesting.

There were all kinds of sweet smells in the air, Leonard took a breath, and said to Lu Bu next to him, "It's really good."

"Well, when I first came here, I felt that there was no battle to be fought, and it must be very boring to face dozens of people all day." Lu Bu said, "I didn't expect the time to pass so quickly."

Leonard: "You're not facing dozens of people all day, you're quite fulfilled after you come..."

Lu Bu: "...Thank you, but I don't want to recall these things."

Leonard: "Ahaha, ahahaha."

At this moment, a freeman jumped onto the stage and began to sing. He sang very badly, and everyone laughed out loud in good faith.

"I'm here to show you a unique skill!" He began to hang his voice, and his voice became higher and higher. Objectively speaking, it was quite powerful, but subjectively speaking... Leonard remembered reading a news before, saying that a woman was at a family gathering Singing on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the high-pitched voice was so engrossed that he was hospitalized with a ruptured blood vessel.Leonard, who was watching at the time, shivered.

After a while he was carried down by the unbearable people, and the band began to play another cheerful dance music.

People started dancing and circling.

"Who is the lord's first dance in the territory for?" Conrad the housekeeper approached cheerfully and said.

"Haha, do I want to dance too?" Leonard asked.

"Of course." Butler Conrad said, "The lord should dance with everyone at this time. Have you seen that girl over there? She is the most beautiful girl in Evening Bell Town, and she is looking at yours all the time."

Leonard looked over and saw a beautiful girl with honey-colored skin, her eyes were as beautiful as melted honey, and her lips were as plump as fruit.

"It's beautiful," Leonard said.

He recalled some aristocratic ladies, compared to the aristocratic ladies who lost weight crazily and used all kinds of terrible beauty methods, he felt that such girls were healthier and more beautiful.

"As long as you want..."

"Haha, forget it." Leonard said.

"Huh? Isn't she charming enough?" Conrad Butler asked.

"I'm not a clean-spirited person, but I still forget some things." Leonard said with a smile,

Butler Conrad had an idea, "My lord, have you seen that young man over there? He is the most handsome young man in the chaotic market..."

Leonard couldn't take it anymore, and pushed him, "Don't make trouble." "Okay, Elena." He greeted, "Come dance."

Elena is the housekeeper of the castle, so it makes sense for Leonard to choose to dance with her.

The dance they danced was simple, just follow the beat, and Leonard quickly learned it.

After the lord started dancing, everyone's atmosphere suddenly became more enthusiastic.

Everyone held hands, the slaves pulled the freeman, and the freeman led the knight, dancing around Leonard and Elena the butler.

This feeling of peace... Lu Bu sighed with emotion.

the other side.

"This is the first time I have attended such a banquet," said a bard.

"Why is it the first time?" Gongsun Sheng asked.

"Well... Although the lord is obliged to hold a banquet for the slaves twice a year, very few lords will really do that." The bard said, "At most, they will hold it for themselves."

"So it is." Gongsun Sheng said.

"Plus, even if it's held, it's...well, it stinks," said the bard. "Fleas might be running around."

Gongsun Sheng: "..."

Gongsun Sheng: "Oh..."

The bard said: "I heard that your lord allowed everyone to go to the forest to chop firewood, so everyone can take a bath. This is the main reason why this place is clean."

Gongsun Sheng nodded, "Yes."

Gongsun Sheng turned his gaze to the people with happy smiles on their faces.

He found that the slaves in Little Thorn Castle looked even better than the free people outside.

This is really... Gongsun Sheng shook his head and took a sip of water.

It seemed that he was right this time.

……

Leonard was tired from jumping, and the butler Conrad over there saw it and shouted loudly: "Let our lord come out, does anyone give him a glass of wine?"

Immediately, many cups reached out to Leonard. Leonard smiled and took a sip from each cup, then walked through the crowd towards Conrad and the butler.

Butler Conrad held a bottle of red wine and said, "My lord, let's open a bottle of red wine to celebrate!"

There is no vineyard here in Little Thorn Castle, so it does not produce red wine.

Red wine is bought outside, which is more expensive.

"Okay." Leonard said, he took the red wine and pulled out the cork forcefully, but accidentally sprayed the red wine on his face.

Butler Conrad quickly apologized: "Ah, I'm sorry, my lord, please forgive me."

"It's okay, I didn't notice it myself." Leonard touched his face and said, "Ah, this smells quite delicious."

"It's such a pity, such a good red wine." Butler Conrad looked at the remaining liquid on Leonard's face, and he seemed to want to lie down and lick it.

Leonard waved his hands with a smile, and backed away: "Oh no, I'd rather a younger and handsome guy do this, you better say goodbye."

Butler Conrad suddenly realized: "Ah, so it's a young and handsome guy, not a girl?"

Leonard was speechless: "Don't make a fuss..." This conversation is too viscous...

The happy time passed quickly, and when the moon came up, everyone knelt down and prayed to their gods.

Leonard didn't. He sat alone at the long table, drinking red wine, and looking at the moon.

Bachelor Rutherford next to him asked, "Don't your lord pray?"

Leonard said: "The gods I believe in don't need me to kneel down and pray. He told me to let me create everything with my hands."

……

The next day, Leonard packed his bags and set foot on the road to Linye City.