Mage Lord: The Tech Tree is Skewed by Me

In some remote and mysterious ancient Eastern country, there is a saying that everyone knows - if you want to be rich, build roads first.

But in Antoria under the rule of the Jimena family, road construction is not actually the first priority.

The White Blade River flowing down from the southwest divides the entire Antolia region into two parts, one south and one north. In the north is the Moon Mushroom Forest area with the Thorn Territory as the core, while in the south are patches of black pine and Unexplored wasteland.

Therefore, rather than building roads, Leon hopes to build a bridge across the White Blade River first.

Only in this way will it be particularly convenient to travel to and from both sides of the river, and the development of land on the south bank of the river and the construction plan of the new city of Antolia can be put on the agenda faster.

Traffic boundaries have long been an important factor limiting Leon's development on the south bank of the White Edge River.

And this was exactly why he summoned Sherman to the castle.

If it were the previous life, it might be difficult to build a bridge with ordinary cement. In the case of insufficient corrosion resistance and insufficient strength, building a cement bridge is obviously impractical.

But the thing in Leon's hand is not cement, but Grum's slime!

According to Leon's observations these days, adding different proportions of other ingredients to the mucus will cause the cement-like adhesive to exhibit different effects.

But Leon's research ends here. Professional matters must be left to professionals after all. There is a big man in the territory... uh no, a small man like dwarf Sherman, so naturally there is no need for Leon. End in person.

In a sense, what Leon has to worry about is more overall work. Most of the time, he should play the role of the helmsman.

"Repair the bridge?"

Sherman was naturally excited after hearing Leon's words.

Putting aside everything else, Leon's order can be regarded as freeing him from the boring blacksmith shop.

God knows how much psychological pressure he has endured during these days!

Although Hillman is an arrogant dwarf and usually has a cold face, but that was when talking to outsiders.

Sherman was criticized by his brother a lot during this day, especially when he was forging weapons!

"I wonder if Lord Viscount wants to build a wooden bridge or a stone bridge?"

"Do not want any!"

Leon's response was something Sherman didn't expect: "I want a solid... uh, cement bridge!"

Talking about the cement-like adhesive all day long, although it could use more words, was really confusing. Leon simply used his privilege as an inventor to create this kind of cement-like adhesive made from Grum slime. The resulting thing is named cement.

Sherman: (⊙_⊙)?

A simple explanation could not explain the huge effectiveness of Grum's slime in the field of construction engineering. Leon simply waved his hand, motioning for Sherman to follow him, and then walked towards the garden on the side of the castle.

At this moment, the garden on the side of the castle has long been torn to pieces by Leon.

In a corner of the garden, Juan, who was a personal guard, was dressed in shabby clothes, holding a wooden stick, and constantly stirring in a cement pool nearby.

"This is……"

"This is an adhesive prepared by Lord Viscount using Grum's slime. It is said that it can work wonders when building buildings. Although the cement takes on a liquid form during constant stirring, if it is left for a long time, it will quickly become It will solidify and become extremely hard!”

Juan wiped his dirty cheeks, raised his head, and smiled as brightly as a single man towards Sherman.

Hearing this, Sherman quickly squatted down and looked at the light gray adhesive that was being stirred into different shapes.

After a while, he couldn't help but reach out his hand and lightly wipe it on it.

"Don't……"

Juan hurriedly spoke out, but it was too late. He could only say: "You will need to rinse it with hot water later."

"Oh my God! Great God of Forging, this is a gift from the God of Forging!"

Sherman couldn't help but mutter to himself.

"This is the discovery of Lord Viscount." Juan couldn't help correcting him.

"Same, all the same..."

Seeing Sherman still mumbling to himself, Leon cleared his throat and put forward his own idea:

"Whether it is feasible to build a bridge with cement needs to be considered in the long term. However, according to my current thinking, if we use strong enough iron bars and stones to arrange the shape and frame of the foundation, and then fill it with cement, will it be better? Would it be simpler and sturdier to build a simple plank or stone bridge?”

Hearing this, Sherman pondered for a moment, and then gave the reply: "The Viscount's idea seems feasible, but in fact the difficulty in building this bridge does not lie in the materials, but in the diversion of the cofferdam."

In this era, cofferdam diversion is a common method for building bridge piers.

That is, a cofferdam is formed by driving wooden piles, and then water is pumped to build the foundation and piers of the bridge within it.

However, firstly, because the Antolian people had no experience in building bridges, and secondly, because the Bairen River was wide and the current was fast, the difficulty of diversion through the cofferdam was greatly increased.

"I will have Master Collins assist you."

Leon naturally thought of Sherman's concerns.

But at the same time, he also thought of possible solutions.

Since Collins was able to raise walls of earth in front of the mountain people during the night raids a few days ago, it may not be possible to raise several sufficiently compacted earth mounds from the bottom of the White Blade River.

In this way, not only the complicated process of cofferdam diversion is eliminated, but also the subsequent cement pouring process will be more convenient.

If everything goes well, maybe by the time Leon leads his army back from the southwest highlands, a solid bridge will have been erected on the White Blade River.

As for what Leon said, asking a distinguished master mage to build the bridge together with the hard-working craftsmen and serfs, I am afraid that only Leon can do this.

Fortunately that person was Collins.

He had always hoped to get Leon's answer and thus be exposed to the spells that made Collins extremely curious and eager.

Especially after that night, when Collins saw with his own eyes the curtain of light that enveloped the entire city, his curiosity about ancient magic had reached its peak.

Otherwise, if you want to be a mage and go to the construction site, it is really difficult to do ideological work.

"Mr. Collins..."

Sherman just thought about it for a moment, and then gave his answer very firmly:

"I am willing to serve you, my generous lord."

"With the help of the mage, I guarantee that a strong bridge can be built as soon as possible."

Qiuqiu, please read on, and let me continue my recommendations for a few more days...