Asharif was frightened by the sudden appearance of the giant monster. He originally wanted to escape, but seeing the foreman's calm expression, he slowly calmed down.
This monster is about nine feet tall and its body is about thirty feet long. It lies on the ground like a bug and moves forward slowly. There are no legs under its body, but four three-foot-high stone grinders, like
It rotates slowly like a wheel, driving the monster forward slowly.
The monster keeps spitting out white smoke, and each puff is accompanied by a muffled roar. The roar is more terrifying than the wild giant lion in Bayer Country. What's even more amazing is that from time to time, this monster will make a strange howl, sharp.
The sound seems to be able to tear a person's ears apart.
The giant beast was getting closer and closer. Asharif hid behind the foreman. He saw more than a dozen people standing on the back of the giant beast. One of them was a green-haired guy who was particularly obvious. He was holding two long sticks in his hands.
He had a long pole and shouted strange slogans from time to time. Asharif seemed to have seen him somewhere. By the way, when the sentry tower was built, he should have given directions to this man.
After a piercing scream, the giant beast stopped. The green-haired man was very excited. He stood on the back of the giant beast and laughed at everyone.
"Muhahaha, you saw it! I told you this thing can work!"
This was the first roller designed by Reggie. The original design drawings were roughly similar to those of later rollers. He did not want to make such a long fuselage, nor did he want to design so many stone rollers. But the problem was that later rollers were not
Powered by a steam engine.
As a coal tiger, the steam engine must carry a large amount of coal when driving, and a carriage must be dragged behind the roller specifically to load coal. This results in the entire body of the roller being more than ten meters long.
Driving from the smelting plant to the mountain road, this roller consumed a total of 4,000 pounds of coal. It would be false to say that I didn't feel distressed, but the thought of this guy's efficiency made Reggie very excited.
Reggie shouted: "Tell all the workers to put the gravel and asphalt on it immediately."
The workers quickly started work. They mixed the melted asphalt and stones, mixed them evenly, and put them in the large funnel designed by Khalaf. The two people pushed the hole forward. The flat mouth under the hole would mix the asphalt and stones.
The mixture is spread evenly over the road, and the asphalt is flattened by stone mills before it cools.
Because the efficiency of manual rolling is very low, workers dare not pour too much asphalt, and only pour ten feet at most at a time, otherwise the asphalt will become cold before being rolled by stone mill.
But this time, Reggie asked the workers to pour two hundred feet directly.
Starting a steam engine requires a large amount of coal. According to Reggie's requirements, it must cover a distance of at least two hundred feet each time it is started, otherwise the high cost will be incurred.
For the workers, pouring asphalt has always been easy. The distance of two hundred feet was quickly poured. Reggie ordered to start the steam engine and start rolling.
All the workers were stunned. This steel giant crushed the freshly poured asphalt with amazing efficiency. It only took less than twenty minutes to successfully complete the two-hundred-foot pavement.
.
Reggie did not need to build the high-level roads of later generations. In this era, the only large-scale transportation on the road was horse-drawn carriages. A road like this that was rolled and formed in one go could fully meet the needs of horse-drawn carriages.
Everyone was desperately cheering for the lord, but a man suddenly stood up and shouted: "Green-haired guy, you are too impatient. The black fat (asphalt) in front has not yet stabilized, and the black fat (asphalt) in the back has not yet stabilized.
It is almost falling down, such a road will crack and must be rebuilt!"
Everyone fell silent instantly and looked at the man who had just spoken.
This man is Asharif. Everyone knows that he is the best among this group of workers. He is hardworking, has a strong sense of responsibility, and has a good memory.
But no one thought that this young man turned out to be a madman.
Under the gaze of everyone, Reggie stepped off the steamroller, came to Asharif, and asked: "What did you call me just now?"
Everyone looked at Asharif nervously, and the foreman hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Sir, he doesn't know you. Please believe me, he definitely has no ill intentions..."
Reggie waved his hand to signal the foreman to stop talking. He continued to stare at Asharif and said, "I'm asking you a question, what did you call me just now?"
Asharif licked his lips. He was not that scared. A man riding on a monster must be a wizard. He knew that Shattered Snow City did not discriminate against wizards, but Asharif would not give too much to an alien.
Much respect.
"I, I call you the green-haired guy." Asharif repeated again.
All the workers consciously stood elsewhere. They firmly believed that Asharif was about to die, and they did not want to have anything to do with this madman.
Reggie stared at Asharif for a while and asked, "Have I seen you somewhere?"
It seems that Reggie's memory is also good. Asharif knew that his attitude in giving directions was very bad, and he didn't want to mention this memory.
"Yes, yes? I don't remember."
"Okay," Reggie said without delving further into this topic, "You just said that I was too impatient, and what you said about standing still and falling down, could you make it a little clearer?"
"Of course, yes, yes." Asharif gave a detailed explanation. The so-called "not firm" means that the mixture of asphalt and gravel has not been evenly dispersed on the ground. Since the material is uneven, the thickness of the road surface is also uneven.
It may be uniform, so the road surface that looks smooth will later become bumpy.
As for "almost falling", it means that the asphalt is about to become cold and solidify. The solidified asphalt loses its plasticity. After being hard flattened, it is likely to cause cracks in the road surface.
Asharif is indeed an excellent worker. He had never tried to build roads with asphalt before. In just ten days, he mastered all the technical details.
In the past, he should have been rewarded, but unfortunately, he poured a lot of cold water on Reggie, who had been excited all day.
"It seems you are a smart man," Reggie sneered, "do you know what to do?"
Asharif bravely said: "Your beast is very easy to use, and you are also a good wizard..."
The foreman kicked him in the back: "Idiot, he is not a wizard, he is..."
Reggie warned the foreman to stop talking, then turned to Asharif and said, "Go on."
Asharif said in passing: "You should let this giant beast walk a little slower. After pouring the black fat, you should wait at least sixty breaths (two minutes) before crushing it, and once
Don’t pour it too far, seventy feet is enough.”
"Seventy feet?" Reggie said angrily, "Do you know how much coal is used each time the machine is started?"
"Wha, what is a machine?"
"It's the giant beast you mentioned."
"Does it eat coal?"
"Answer my question first!"
"You can let the giant beast crush you while you let the workers pour black grease seventy feet away."
"Pour the juice and crush it at the same time," Reggie said with a smile. "That's easy to say. Do you know how difficult it is to control this giant beast? If you are not careful, the worker in front will be crushed to death!"
Asharif said: "No matter how difficult it is, it is your job! If I were a wizard, I would do my job well!"
"What a loud tone!" Reggie sneered, "I will hand over witchcraft to you now, do you dare to come up and give it a try?"
Asharif is still young after all, and it is difficult for a young man to tolerate provocation from others.
"Just try it, what will happen!" Asharif looked at Reggie angrily, this green-haired wizard was really annoying.