Building Industry In Old Times Chapter 3

The next day, Roman Lu got up early as usual.

First we came to the newly built cowshed.

[Ding, sign-in successful, congratulations to the host for obtaining 32 adult bulls! ]

"It was a close call. Finally, the reward was a mature cow."

Roman Lu was very satisfied with today's sign-in reward.

"According to the sign-in rules, the details of the same type of items will change depending on the occasion. For example, if you sign in at the calf pen, it is a calf, but if you sign in at the new cow pen, it is a big cow. Fortunately, the number is growing."

Roman Lu naturally preferred adult cattle, which could be used directly as survival supplies and save a lot of manpower and fodder for captive cattle.

Now the food crisis has been temporarily alleviated!

"Master, are there so many cows?"

Owen Wu got up early today. With sleepy eyes, he saw the new cows in the new cowshed from afar. He was so excited that his eyes widened and he trotted over.

"Well, arrange for someone to take care of the cows today so they don't get frozen."

"I know, Ulla knows!"

When Owen Wu arrived at the cowshed, he happily pulled a cow over and could no longer hold back and asked joyfully:

"Master, where did you get these cows?

The quality is really great!

These cows will give birth to a bunch of calves next year, and then they will give birth to a bunch of calves the year after next.

After three years, our village will no longer have to suffer from hunger! "

Ulla couldn't help dancing.

Very happy.

"Look at what you have accomplished!"

Roman Lu scoffed and made up an excuse: "These are all gifts from the grassland god to me."

"oh!"

Owen Wu believed it without a doubt and nodded without any doubt. He squatted down and pushed aside a ball of cow dung and smelled it: "It is worthy of being the cow of the grassland god. This cow poop smells very healthy! In my opinion, it will be no problem to fatten it to 600 kilograms!"

Roman Lu curled his lips.

Six hundred kilograms is nothing.

In ancient times, there was no scientific selection and breeding of cattle. The maximum weight that could be raised was only 600 kilograms, and that required sufficient feed.

But the excellent cattle breeds rewarded by this system are estimated to weigh nearly 600 kilograms now, and will weigh at least 1,000 kilograms by next year after being fattened.

"Well, with these cows, Zhuangzi won't be short of food for the time being!"

"Old Wu, take me to the pit we dug yesterday!"

Roman Lu turned and walked to the other side.

Since he knew the situation was serious yesterday, Roman Lu gave up the habit of sleeping all day and decided to spend some time every day to check on the construction status of the manor.

At this time, he happened to meet a servant who was collecting fodder.

Roman Lu took another look with interest.

The servant was an extremely thin young man, who in his previous life would have been old enough to play keyboards.

But now he was carrying a huge bundle of fodder, which was very inconsistent with his body, and he walked unsteadily.

This servant had probably not been a slave for very long, so his toes had not been frozen off.

When the thin boy saw that it was Roman Lu, he quickly put down the fodder, then knelt down with a plop, and prostrated himself on the ground.

Roman Lu frowned slightly. Owen Wu saw this and quickly kicked him:

"Get up! Get up quickly, the master doesn't like people kneeling!"

But the thin boy didn't move at all, he just retracted his head into the ground again.

Owen Wu kicked him hard again and again.

The thin boy buried his head tighter and curled up his body.

He began to tremble, enduring the pain without saying a word!

Is it stubbornness, or is it fear?

Roman Lu was in no mood to argue, so he sighed, asked Owen Wu to stop, took out a piece of leftover meat from his pocket, and threw it on the ground. Owen Wu saw it and felt very distressed, but he didn't dare to stop him.

After Roman Lu and the other man walked away, the young man desperately grabbed the meat scraps and stuffed them into his mouth.

"What kind of world is this?"

Roman Lu shook his head secretly.

If a person has not experienced any mental or physical torture, he will never become like this.

Not only this young man, but all the other servants in Zhuangzi were like this, like walking corpses.

Except for a few people who can speak a few words.

Among those who can speak a few words, Ula's IQ stands out from the crowd.

Roman Lu sighed.

If you want to change some things, you have to do it step by step.

Continue walking to the other side.

The most urgent task is to build the furnace and make the iron tools as soon as possible.

At the other end of the village.

Roman Lu finally saw the shallow pit where the stove was burned, but it was only about one meter in diameter. He didn't know how long he had dug last night, but Roman Lu couldn't stand the cold wind at that time, so he went back to the tent to rest after not looking for long.

Now it seems that the work efficiency in this wilderness is really low. After most of the night, they only dug a shallow pit with a diameter of about one meter.

And now, not long into the morning, the servants were gathered here again.

Roman Lu looked at the skinny and shaky bodies and said to Owen Wu beside him without hesitation: "Quick, go and cook a pot of broth!"

"Ah! Double cooking again."

Ulla went reluctantly.

After drinking the broth, the group of people quickly became more energetic.

Everyone spread out the clay, and according to Roman Lu's instructions, mixed in gravel and sand, added water and tamped it down.

Then add water, tamp it down, and finally cut the mixed clay into strips and place them around the pit.

Just like laying bricks, they are piled up in circles.

Each step here can be exchanged for a bowl of broth. After this group of people finish these tasks, each of them can exchange for three bowls of thick broth!

The people around were so envious that their eyes turned green. They usually only had wild vegetable leaves and minced meat and bone soup. How could they have such thick meat?

Roman Lu did not show favoritism and tried his best to find various excuses to reward those who worked, whether moving soil, fetching water, or even working in the cowshed. As long as they worked that day, they could have a bowl of thick broth.

Soon, everyone in the village was able to drink at least one bowl. After some people drank a few bowls of meat, their eyes became more alert.

Ula was watching from the side and felt very distressed.

At this time, Roman Lu suddenly remembered something and asked Owen Wu, "Old Wu, why don't we have horses or sheep in our village?"

I had never seen them before, and I thought there were no such animals in this world. But since it is the Ming Dynasty, there should be cattle, horses, and sheep!

When Owen Wu heard this question, he suddenly burst into tears and said, "In late autumn and early winter, the horses and lambs all froze to death, and only the cattle could be saved."

"so cold?"

"Well, we are all freezing. It was a sudden, strange snowfall. We didn't have time to prepare."

"Strange snow?"

Roman Lu opened his mouth and suddenly remembered the Little Ice Age in history. During this period, the global temperature dropped and natural disasters continued, especially in the late Ming Dynasty!

During this period, even the Ming Dynasty, far to the south and with its fertile land and water, was plagued by disasters and the people were living in misery, not to mention this distant Siberia.

If I hadn't traveled through time, this village would probably not have survived this winter.

Roman Lu suddenly felt that the burden on him had become heavier.

The furnace continued to burn.

However, all the work was done with primitive bone and wooden tools. By the time the clay was piled up, it was already evening, and it was roughly made into a vertical furnace.

The principle of the simple iron smelting furnace is very simple, and Roman Lu directed the entire process.

"Make a fire, put some coals in, and pile some branches in to burn!"

Roman Lu gave the order for the last step, and then, worried that these people would not know the seriousness of the matter and damage the furnace, he simply did it himself.

He carefully put the coal and branches in.

This lump of coal was picked up from the grassland. One advantage of Siberia is that it has abundant mineral resources and there are many exposed lumps of coal on the ground. When heating in winter, you can just pick up some here and there to keep warm.

When everything is ready, light the fire.

As the flame burned, after an hour, the vertical furnace gradually hardened and some of the potholes on the surface fell off.

Roman Lu knocked on it with a wooden stick and knew it was ready. It was a solid stove.

All the servants, including Owen Wu and Logan Lu Lu, who came upon hearing the news with a piece of cowhide in his mouth, looked at their young master and the stove next to him in amazement.

It is extremely strange that this thing appears on the grassland.

But Roman Lu had no intention of stopping. The sooner the iron was smelted, the better!

Roman Lu then instructed the people, "Put the coal in the lower opening, and the red ore in from the upper opening!"

Owen Wu finally reacted and looked at the furnace eagerly: "Master, you, you are going to smelt iron?!"

Roman Lu nodded mysteriously. Now he just needed to smelt the iron and build a complete iron smelting furnace. Then the sign-in would be easy.

Seeing his master nod, Ula suddenly felt that his master's image was extremely tall.

He always felt that iron was the most precious thing he could think of, even more precious than cattle. After all, there were only one or two pieces of iron tools in the entire farm, and they would only be used at critical moments when they were really needed!

"It's almost done at this point. Whether it will succeed or not will depend on how it cooks.

You stay here and wait until the stones below are all red hot, then come in and call me!"

After some instructions, Roman Lu finally returned to the tent wrapped in his fur coat.

After being frozen outside for a whole day, he went back to the tent to rest several times. But even so, wearing his fur coat, Roman Lu felt that his whole body was numb.

He poured himself a bowl of broth and fell asleep by the fire.

After an unknown amount of time, he was woken up.