Cement is the best adhesive, it is easy to obtain and simple to make, except for one process requirement.
It is required that the calcining temperature reaches 1500 degrees, which is the temperature that can melt iron into molten iron.
It is also a temperature that William cannot reach despite racking his brains.
He doesn't have a fire witch to help him raise the temperature.
William can only settle for the next best thing!
In William's previous life, ancient Rome used volcanic ash to make the first cement, which had good adhesion.
However, there are no volcanoes in the Decas Territory, at least William has not discovered any volcanoes so far.
Then this method also ends in failure.
In ancient China, the adhesive used was Sanhe soil and glutinous rice juice. The adhesive produced in this way was as effective as modern cement.
William doesn't have glutinous rice juice. Not to mention that he has never seen it in this world, but if there is such a thing as glutinous rice, the cost will probably be beyond the reach of William.
He is now a small nobleman with only more than 800 pis gold coins.
However, Sanhetu inspired William. Modern cement cannot be made, but lime mortar is not a big problem.
Lime mortar is made by mixing lime paste and sand, and its strength mainly relies on the air-hardening of lime.
Lime plaster is slaked lime, which is calcined at high temperature into quicklime. When added to excess water, quicklime becomes slaked lime.
Although calcining limestone requires high temperatures, the temperature is not as high as calcining cement. A sealed kiln made of bricks is sufficient to meet this demand.
However, the bricks are still being fired, and the lime brick kiln is still waiting for some time.
However, the crushing work of limestone can be carried out first, and the crushed limestone will be more fully calcined. William sent dozens of villagers to do this work.
Of course, this is all for money.
Of course, every job needs a person in charge.
It was very tiring for Old John to manage the porters and brickmakers by himself, even with Eddie's help.
Charles was busy making spears with Merton and had no time.
So the person in charge of this stone crushing work was handed over to old Grete who had recently taken refuge with him.
Old Grete was as youthful as an old tree blooming, and he was very active in his work.
As for William, after sorting out these things, he devoted all his energy to military training.
He summoned the remaining six members of the escort team and directly taught them the Decas Knight Breathing Technique.
This is a reward for their loyalty.
But the reward is not so easy to bear.
Swordsmanship combined with the Knight's Breathing Technique is even more difficult to practice.
They fell into more cruel devil training again.
Even with the indirect guidance of the magic mirror, it took a week for all the members of the escort team to carve this knight training method into their bones and make it an instinct.
And this is based on the almost non-stop training of the six escort team members.
The effect of the complete knight exercise method is gratifying.
After seven days, Jacques Porter's physical fitness has improved significantly. His physical fitness has increased by 0.1, reaching 1.5, which has reached the minimum standard for implanting life energy seeds.
William was not stingy. He divided a part of the life energy swirling around his heart on the spot, turned it into the form of life energy seeds, and injected it into Jacques Porter's body.
It will warm Jacques Porter's body little by little.
At the same time, it will also allow Jacques Porter to become familiar with this power step by step and stimulate his own potential, so that one day he can fully activate his own life energy and become a true knight.
After getting the life energy seed implanted by William, Jacques Porter knelt down and swore allegiance to William on the spot, with burning emotions in his eyes.
Jacques Porter knew what William was giving him!
It’s the key to class crossing!
William accepted Jacques Porter's allegiance with peace of mind, sincere allegiance!
The physical fitness of the other five escorts has also improved to a certain extent, but it cannot be compared with the natural supernatural power of Jacques Porter, so they can only look at Jacques Porter who has become a reserve knight with envy, and at the same time feel cruel in their hearts.
Put more effort into training.
A mere six-man escort cannot meet the needs of the upcoming war.
William needs more warriors, and the small village of Nisei needs more strength.
As a result, a new recruitment notice was posted.
This time, William relaxed the recruitment conditions, both in terms of age and physical fitness.
Within a few days, another thirty people were recruited from the village.
These thirty people are divided into six teams, each team has five people. The six guard members are the squad leaders. Each person is equipped with a spear. The six guard members are responsible for training. William is only responsible for the overall assessment.
Each new team member was taught knightly swordsmanship and trained using a spear as a sword.
But this time they were not so lucky to get guidance from William and Magic Mirror. They were only taught by their own squad leaders.
Some squad leaders teach well, and some squad leaders teach mediocrely.
Some new team members learn well, and some new team members learn quickly.
After a period of time, William was surprised to find that Jacques Porter, the most powerful team leader, trained the weakest team members. Mark, who originally had the worst physical fitness, taught better team members than other team members!
This made Jacques Port feel very dissatisfied, and he increased the intensity of training, making his new team members cry for their parents from exhaustion.
The other five team captains saw this and were naturally not indifferent. Each team leader wanted to show some achievements to William. Needless to say, they tacitly agreed to increase the training intensity for their own team members, so all the new team members
They all lived a miserable and inhumane life.
In any case, the deafening sound of the thirty-six escorts wearing uniforms every day has improved the sense of security in the hearts of the villagers in the small village of Nisei.
Time passed bit by bit, and after more than ten days, the first batch of bricks came out of the furnace, and about 70% of the bricks were usable.
With this batch of bricks, William was able to build an earthen kiln with high heat resistance and sealing properties and start firing quicklime.
Of course, the firing of bricks cannot be stopped.
With quicklime, add water to turn it into lime paste, and mix it with sand to make lime mortar.
After adding lime mortar and bricks, the wall project of the small village of Nisei can be officially started.
However, imagination is beautiful, but life is cruel.
The production of a lime kiln is not complicated, just pay attention to the sealing!
Just when William rolled up his sleeves and was about to start a big fight, Old John told him that both the brick kiln and the lime kiln had to stop working.
William asked him why?
Because there is no firewood! Old John replied helplessly.
The wheat straw in the fields has been burned, and the cutting down of trees is too slow to keep up with the burning speed of the earthen kilns.
William had to take time out to solve this energy problem.
Coal or oil are a perfect solution, but no villagers have found coal, let alone oil.
William didn't dare to let the magic mirror scan, for fear that the magic mirror would accidentally consume too much energy and fall into a deep sleep, leaving him no place to cry!
Then the target still falls on the trees in the forest.
Just need to improve the tree felling speed.
There are only three axes in the entire village, which is why the cutting speed has not increased.
This is different from transporting soil. If there are no baskets, other things can be used instead. There are still ways to transport soil, but without axes, we can't let villagers chop down trees by hand.
After all, not everyone is the little Goku in "Dragon Ball" who can chop firewood with his hands!
We need more tools for cutting wood! William came to this conclusion in his mind.
Should I go to Patras to buy it? William thought to himself, then shook his head.
Although axes can be purchased in Patras City, they are not very efficient at cutting down trees, and as a weapon, they are quite expensive.
William needs a more efficient tree felling tool.
He immediately thought of saws.
You can't do it with a chainsaw, but you can give it a try with a wood saw.
William called for blacksmith Eddie and told him about the structure of the saw.
Eddie thought for a moment and said he could make the saw, but he would need an iron furnace.
The iron stove is quite simple.
The bricks are ready-made, and although the lime mortar is not yet available, the mud from the Khadim River and plant ash can be used to make something with good adhesion.
So in two days, a simple and ugly iron furnace was made. Firewood was stuffed into it, and after it was lit, Eddie put the iron rod that William first obtained from the Scarlet Hand Killer into it for calcination.
When the fire was almost done, he swung the hammer he brought from Seer City and began to forge it.
The iron rod is cut into thin slices, and sharp saw teeth are made on both sides with a file. After cooling, a wooden handle is attached to one end of the thin slice, and a brand new wood saw is produced.
Wood saws are much more efficient at cutting down trees than axes. It used to take half a day to chop down a tree, but now it takes as long as a candle to burn.
Moreover, the energy consumed is much less than using an axe.
In the past, villagers used an ax to chop down a tree. After working for a long time, they were still exhausted.
Now it is much easier to use a saw, not only is it faster, but it also has more power!
The saw received rave reviews from tree cutters.
Eddie was very excited after receiving praise. He struck while the iron was hot and forged the saw non-stop.
For a time, the villagers passed by Eddie's "blacksmith shop" and all they heard was the cheerful "dang-dang-dang" sound.
A handful of wood saws were produced by Eddie, and the tree felling efficiency of the small village of Nisei also increased at a linear rate.
Villagers in this era have no awareness of environmental protection and do not know how to protect the environment.
William needs a lot of firewood, so the villagers naturally stick to the principle of staying nearby.
As a result, low wooden piles appeared in the forest surrounding the small village of Nisei.
These are trees cut down by villagers.
After walking out of the small village of Nisei, the villagers' vision became much clearer. Looking around, it was no longer a forest full of oppression and unknown fear.
With enough firewood available, firing in brick kilns and lime kilns continued unswervingly.
New bricks are constantly being produced.
New quicklime is also calcined.
The escort team is training hard, the villagers are working hard, and the small village of Nisei is full of vitality, just like a train on the right track, moving slowly but firmly towards the goal...
Everything seems so beautiful.
However, on the morning of twenty days after Knight West left, before the sun came up, the magic mirror suddenly shook.
"Master, master, a group of unknown people are approaching."