Mountain and Forest Kingdom

Saryl decided not to talk to Lawrence when she got home, lest he say she was bad-mouthing him again.

Salil, who was in a bad mood, quickly drank two cups of honey tea. As she drank, she felt a little too bored.

"Emma, ​​do you have anything to do recently?"

Emma replied: "No, everyone is now preparing for Yongye and checking the banquet reserves, but these are almost ready. This year more than half of the preparations were made compared to last year."

"Oh." Salil also knew that Emma had done this kind of thing many times, so there must be no problem.

Salil looked at the other maids who were busy in the living room, "I haven't seen Bull recently. What is Bull doing?"

Emma replied: "The master asked Bull to visit the families of those warriors and distribute clothes and food to those people on behalf of the master."

"That's it. No wonder Lawrence hasn't gone to Dumu Port recently." Salil nodded, and soon felt that there was nothing to do.

Salil stood up, "Let's go see Andersen and tell him stories."

It is a tradition in mountainous areas to educate children when they have nothing to do.

But most of them are entertainment and have no educational significance. They are purely done to pass the time.

Laurence was also playing with the children and making heating stoves with the female students at Sainte's College.

Clara used her hands to put mud into the iron sheet and asked curiously: "Master, how many stoves should we make?"

Lawrence looked around at the girls and girls who were also busy, as well as the foreign wives and young ladies.

"There are too few rooms with fireplaces. I plan to put stoves in the classrooms where everyone studies and in the dining hall. I plan to build a fireplace in the library so that you can read a book and lie on the sofa in front of the fireplace to keep warm. ."

The idea provided by Lawrence soon attracted the attention of others.

There is no need to worry about fuel issues here, there will be dedicated people responsible for collecting fuel.

For example, Lawrence used wood fuel and burned a fire in the fireplace every night instead of coal.

A girl from a small place took the initiative and said: "Prophet, you also need a lot of stoves in your castle. These stoves should be used in the castle first!"

Lawrence smiled and said: "The castle where I live mainly relies on boilers for heating. Many of you have seen it, and it doesn't matter if you haven't. After the furnace is installed, I will take you to visit it in detail to understand our current heating system." What’s going on with the facilities and see if there are any improvements that can be made.”

Clara has always lived in a big house, and now she boasted: "The master's big house is the warmest!"

Lawrence modestly said: "There is still a lot of room for improvement. It is so cold here in winter. I hope that not only the area near the fireplace and hot water pipes, but also the ground can be warm."

Part of the big castle has now been built, and a house connected to the ring building behind it has been established behind the wooden house.

The entire castle still needs constant renovation and improvement, from the original wooden structure to a stone structure, and the quality is based on the time it was built four to five hundred years ago.

Relying on Delen's witchcraft, pipes can be gradually buried in several main houses to create geothermal heating that can be stepped on the floor with bare feet.

According to Lawrence's idea, a few rooms would use floor heating, and the rest, such as maids' quarters and classrooms, would use heating.

Heidi showed an expression of envy and yearning. Even though she lived in a big villa, she still said with envy: "The master uses the best! They are all good things that are not available outside!"

Lawrence doesn't want these girls to only be envious, "This is all my labor and creation. Many good things are designed and manufactured by me. Our hard work and wisdom can make life better."

"Your wisdom and hard work can also change your own destiny. Although sometimes it does require a little luck, you have already received this little luck by being able to appear in front of me."

"Now you just need to use your wisdom, be more diligent, study and make progress in a down-to-earth manner. When you change and make progress, neither God nor I will ignore this effort."

Several girls and young girls responded happily: "Yes! Prophet!"

Lawrence quickly made the first tin stove, stood up and went to borrow a fire from the stove not far away.

Several maids were chatting near the stove. When Dora saw Lawrence, she took the initiative to pick up the kettle on the stove and picked up a piece of briquettes for Lawrence.

At this time Dora said: "Master, do you think the water here is not good to drink?"

Lawrence looked at Dora in confusion, quickly took back the fire tongs and the coals and put them in the new stove, and then returned to talk to Dora about the matter.

"I rarely drink water. I always drink soup or wine and drinks. What's wrong with our water?"

Lawrence quickly asked Dora, a little worried that she might have been poisoned.

Dora explained: "The water I drank when I was in the mountains was sweeter. Since I came here, I found that the water here is not as good as the water in the mountains, but the water here is worse than the water in Dumu Port. The water there in Dumu Harbor is a bit salty.”

Lawrence quickly realized it was a water problem.

The water in the manor is closer to the iceberg and snow water upstream, while the water in Dumu Harbor is more silent groundwater, and most of it is groundwater quality that has been affected by the roots of large oak trees.

The water quality of Dumu Port is mainly due to its proximity to the sea and the influence of underground minerals.

"The water problem is indeed a big problem." Lawrence nodded solemnly, "More people in Dumu Port and Pumexiu Town still like to drink. I think this is also a natural response."

"But drinking alone is not the answer, we must solve the water problem."

"In the future, groundwater will be mainly used for irrigation and washing clothes. For cooking and drinking, we will use mountain stream water. I will build an aerial road specially designed to transport water."

Lawrence thought again of the viaduct concept.

When I wanted to do it before, I didn’t have the strength or time, but later it was no longer necessary.

And now Lawrence found that it was necessary, not only for his own place, but also for Dumu Port and Pumexiu Town to have a water pipe.

Lawrence left a group of female students alone and discussed the water issue with Dora.

The other female students continued to work quietly, but they also quietly listened to the conversation between Lawrence and Dora.

At this time Heidi quickly stood up and walked over.

Lawrence also noticed Heidi and found a small-scale solution.

"Master, I can summon clean water!" Heidi looked at Lawrence excitedly, finally having a use for it!

Lawrence nodded, "How much water can you produce in a day now?"

Heidi said excitedly: "A lot! It can easily fill the master's big bath!"

The Lawrence family does not use much water. If you only count the water you usually drink, Heidi can handle it alone.

"Very good, but we still have a lot of people here. For the sake of the future, we need to build a water plant and also have a clean reservoir."

Heidi asked curiously: "What is the water plant?"

Seeing that these people had not yet come into contact with this knowledge, Lawrence decided to teach them.

"Anyway, there's no rush. I'm here to tell you how to purify and obtain clean drinking water. Heidi has magic, but you have to learn it. This is a rule and knowledge."

Lawrence found charcoal and sand, and fetched a bucket of water.

There is indeed a problem with the water here. Lawrence didn't work before so he didn't discover it in time. Today, when he took a closer look, he found that there were indeed some suspended matter in the water.

Lawrence wasn't sure whether this was a good or bad thing, given the mysterious legend between the great oak tree and the wizard.

"Heidi, add a little half of the water to my cup." Lawrence picked up the water cup and looked at Heidi.

Heidi quickly pointed to the water glass with one finger and stared at the water glass to prevent too much water from being poured into it.

"Okay." Lawrence stopped after seeing a small glass, and quickly raised the water glass and took a sip.

The taste is a bit bland and tasteless, just like distilled water.

It seems that you shouldn’t drink distilled water all the time. Drinking too much will make you irritable?

Lawrence quickly remembered that people need to supplement some minerals and trace elements, and water is not suitable for things that are too clean.

The clean stream water on the mountain is quite good. There is no need to use Heidi's overly pure and highly purified water. The water here in Big Oak is actually drinkable. It is normal for groundwater to be contaminated with soil.

Soon Lawrence began to teach the female students the principles of the water purification device, and through layers of filtration, they could obtain clean water that could be drank.

Although going around seems to be back to the starting point, after all, it is investigation and analysis, and it is not like I didn't understand anything at the beginning.

Which one is better requires long-term observation, facts and case analysis.

Lawrence himself and these female students exercised this logical concept of looking at things correctly and learned to think.

The water problem made Lawrence realize that he was still unfamiliar with his environment.

Just like the efficiency of energy utilization, tens of thousands of people in the Kingdom of Stars still lack understanding of the land they live in.

In terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation, the water needs to be purified a little, and the food needs to be processed more carefully.

The barbaric and casual pickling methods of the early days also need to be improved. Now it is not only about having a full meal, but also eating well.

At the very least, he had to eat well. Lawrence valued health care far more than his war desire to expand his territory. (End of chapter)