Otherworld Management Manual

"My lord, do you think these stones are enough for you for the time being?"

Brown pointed to the wooden cart pulled by hundreds of slaves and horses behind him. The wooden cart was covered with stones of different sizes, which looked quite spectacular from a distance.

"These... are definitely not enough!"

Although there are a lot of stone materials, Zhang Feng wants more.

"Ah? Are these not enough? My lord, I mean, is it enough for you for the time being? I took a rough look, and we only need to build three more walls in Hongye City. There are so many stones, enough to build a city wall." !"

Brown was afraid that Zhang Feng would not understand construction matters, so he reminded him tactfully.

"No, the city wall I built may be different from what you imagined. By the way, I need broken stones. Can you help me break these stones?"

Zhang Feng played it off without explaining too much.

"What? Crushed stone?"

Brown yelled exaggeratedly, and then realized that he had lost his composure. He quickly said to Zhang Feng:

"My lord, I'm sorry, I didn't understand, you said you need crushed stones?"

"Yes."

"But there is no way to build a city wall with broken stones! Let alone a city wall, you can't even build a stable!"

"Don't worry, Mr. Brown, I have my own method."

Seeing Zhang Feng's confident expression, Brown didn't quite believe it, but he didn't say any more because he was afraid that Zhang Feng's resentment would be aroused if he said too much.

However, he planned to persuade Zhang Feng if he had the opportunity in the future. He still wanted to stay in Hongye City to make money. The quality of Hongye City was still very important to him.

"But if you need gravel, it's very simple. I'll let them crush it, and we will definitely deliver more each time."

Brown opened his mouth to explain.

"That would be great, by the way, I still need sand, do you have any?"

"Sand? Of course, how much do you want, just tell me!"

"As much as possible, it's almost like a stone."

"no problem!"

These stones were all piled up outside the city, and a city official was in charge. After Zhang Feng and Brown handed over, they came to the cave dwelling in Hongye City.

"Master City Lord!"

Several workers saluted respectfully.

"Well, how is it going?"

"Reporting to Lord City Master, the furnace has been completed."

The worker pointed to the furnaces built of cement and stone not far away.

Zhang Feng was very satisfied after reading it.

These furnaces are all prepared by Zhang Feng to make steel.

In a world with low productivity in another world, it is naturally difficult to make steel like modern times, but it is feasible if steelmaking is done using local methods.

What is indigenous steelmaking?

To put it bluntly, it is to use the wood on the mountain to burn charcoal to remove the excessive carbon in the iron and reduce the carbon content to become steel.

This method is relatively crude, and the quality of the steel produced is not that good, but it is enough for Zhang Feng.

The raw materials, iron and wood, have already been bought by Zhang Feng from other merchants.

In fact, it would be more cost-effective to buy iron ore directly from Brown, but it would take a certain amount of time to refine iron ore into iron, and Zhang Feng didn't want to waste time on this.

Isn't it just to consume more gold coins? Zhang Feng doesn't care.

The cement in another place has also started to be made. Looking at the busy workers, Zhang Feng is somewhat looking forward to what Hongye City will look like if these ideas of his can really be realized.

In addition to these construction matters, the emerald mine found in the Blackstone Forest has also entered the mining stage.

However, the mining here is strictly confidential. Those workers don't know what kind of mine it is, thinking it is just an ordinary stone.

Zhang Feng came to the warehouse of the castle.

There are a lot of rough emerald stones here, most of them are gray, and a few of them have some colors through the windows.

Zhang Feng collected a part of it and put it in the space. After returning home, he would have someone appraise it to see how much it was worth.

After this matter was completed, Zhang Feng went to the city hall again to discuss the construction of the city with some city officials, and he didn't come out until noon.

Zhang Feng hasn't been this busy for a long time, and he misses the days when he was the lord of Xianyu City.

"The manpower is still too small! I hope next spring, we can attract talents to come to Hongye City."

"good afternoon!"

When seeing Wolf Er Niang in the restaurant, Zhang Feng said hello.

"..."

Wolf Er Niang was afraid to look directly into Zhang Feng's eyes.

"what?"

Zhang Feng was a little puzzled, this doesn't look like the character of a wolf-eared lady?

Normally, she would either give herself a blank look, or she would snort coldly. It is rare to avoid her sight like today.

Zhang Feng stared at Amy fiercely, and he didn't look away until Amy shrugged her ears and stared at Zhang Feng in a cute and fierce way.

Well, this is the wolf-eared girl!

"Amy, do you remember what happened last night?"

Zhang Feng asked in a low voice.

"..."

Amy didn't speak.

Well, that's what I remembered.

Zhang Feng coughed twice in embarrassment, then quibbled, oh no, explained:

"Yesterday I told you not to drink, but you insisted on not listening. If I hadn't gone back to find you, you might have been abducted by others!"

The wolf-eared lady stared at him without saying a word.

As if Zhang Feng didn't see it, he said again:

"I went to look for you with good intentions, but you attacked me again. I wanted to throw you away, but I was still too soft-hearted. I couldn't bear to have you there alone, and then I brought you back. In between, there may be some physical contact..."

Wolf Er Niang was still staring at him, not believing Zhang Feng's words at all.

"Okay, I admit, it's because you are so cute, I couldn't help masturbating twice, what do you want to do, or I let you spank, but you have to do it lightly!"

Zhang Feng spread his hands, he didn't believe that Amy could really beat him up.

However, he is also prepared for unexpected situations. Caroline will come later, and if she really does something, Caroline will definitely not let her go.

Amy was silent for a while, then suddenly asked:

"What does 'moe' mean?"

"Uh……"

Zhang Feng froze for a moment, then quickly explained:

"It means cute, good-looking, beautiful!"

"……Humph."

The wolf-eared lady snorted.

Zhang Feng quietly looked at Lang Erniang, and found that she didn't look angry, and heaved a sigh of relief.

Just don't get angry.

"Amy, can you do me a favor?"

"what?"

"That is, I may be away for a few days, but the construction in Hongye City cannot stop, especially the construction of the city wall, which is the most important thing. After I leave, you can watch it for me. If someone deliberately makes trouble, you Arrest people—”

Zhang Feng's words were suddenly interrupted.

"You want to leave?"

The wolf-eared lady was a little surprised.

"Well, I'm going away for a few days to a faraway place, but I'll be back soon."

"……Oh."

"Then I'll take it as your promise?"

"Um."

When Caroline came over, Zhang Feng also explained to her.

Regarding Zhang Feng's departure, Caroline had expected it a long time ago. Although she was a little bit reluctant, she didn't say much. She just said that there are horse thieves on the road now, so let him be more careful.

Amy suddenly said at this moment:

"How about... I'll go with you, I, I can drive away the horse thief!"

Zhang Feng froze for a moment, then showed a bright smile.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine, thank you Amy for your concern!"

Zhang Feng didn't expect that Amy would care about him and want to protect him, so he felt a little warm in his heart, and it was not in vain that he insisted on keeping her.

"Hmph, forget it!"

Amy snorted a little arrogantly, turned her head and stopped looking at him.

Zhang Feng was amused in his heart, this wolf-eared lady is actually very kind-hearted, but her character is so arrogant that people who don't know her think she is very cold.

After lunch, Zhang Feng brought the two of them to the study.

At the same time, the Marlowe knight was called.

"I'll be away for a few days, everything in the city depends on you."

Zhang Feng mainly explained to Marlowe that both Caroline and Amy knew about it.

"Yes!"

Marlowe didn't ask why.

"Then there is the construction of the city wall. I will tell you how to build the city wall."

Zhang Feng took out drawings one by one.

Caroline and Marlowe were both surprised when they saw it.

"I haven't seen such a city wall... Can it be successful?"

Zhang Feng's drawing shows a rather special construction method.

The cross-section of the city wall is trapezoidal, and it is built obliquely upwards, with an angle of about seventy or eighty degrees, in order to make the city wall more stable.

Then the material of construction is also very strange, called "concrete".

To put it simply, it is to fix the trapezoidal shape with wooden boards, then put a lot of steel bars inside, pour concrete into it, wait for a period of time to solidify, remove the wooden boards, and this city wall will do.

This is a new method Zhang Feng came up with based on the ancient method of building rammed earth city walls in Huaguo and adding concrete materials.

It's easy to say, and doesn't even require a lot of coolies, but Marlowe knows what the most important issue is.

"My lord, can this concrete really harden in a short period of time and become as hard as a rock?"

Marlowe couldn't believe it. According to the Lord, the concrete should be liquid like water, but how could liquid turn into stone?

"Of course, I've already finished the concrete. It's in our cave in Hongye City. You can go and see it."

To put it bluntly, concrete is artificial stone. It is not necessarily hard to say how hard it is. Many stones are harder than it. The reason why Zhang Feng chose to use concrete was mainly because of two points, one is fast, and the other is easy maintenance.

If it is an ordinary stone city wall, it may be very difficult to repair after a piece of stone is knocked down, because you cannot find stones of the same size, and it is very troublesome to chisel them manually.

But the concrete city wall is different, just pour concrete into it, and it can become whatever you want.

Even if the steel bar inside is broken, just connect the steel bar again, it's very simple.

"Then what is the 'steel bar'?"

Caroline asked curiously.

"Steel bar, you can understand it as a strengthened version of iron. I have already built the furnace for making steel. After I give you the method, you can directly practice it. It's very simple."

Marlowe and Caroline were lost in thought.

Obviously, what Zhang Feng said had too much impact on them, just listening to it felt unbelievable, and they needed to take it easy.

And Amy, the wolf-eared girl, was in a daze. She didn't understand a word of the conversation between the three of them.

"Then there is the planning of our city. I discussed it with the city officials before. This is the drawing we discussed."

Zhang Feng took out another blueprint.

The map of Hongye City was drawn on this piece of paper, and some buildings were demolished and some were rebuilt, and Marlowe found that the houses in Hongye City on this drawing seemed to have become smaller? Or is Hongye City getting bigger?

As if seeing the doubt in Marlowe's eyes, Zhang Feng said:

"Now most of the houses in Hongye City are one-story, and a few are two-story. As for the three-story houses, except for our castle, church, and tavern, there are no more. This is a waste of space."

"And after we have concrete, the speed of building houses will be very fast, and the quality is guaranteed, which is much better than those wooden houses, so I decided to rebuild all the houses in our Hongye City, with a minimum of two floors .”

Marlowe could easily understand what Zhang Feng said. It sounded good, provided the concrete was strong.

In fact, Zhang Feng can completely expand Hongye City. Anyway, everything in it belongs to him, and he can build it however he wants. May be built.

Moreover, there are not so many people in Hongye City now, even if a huge city is really built, it will not work if no one is guarding it.

So the current scale of "Hongye Village" is just right.

If it needs to be expanded in the future, it will be directly regarded as the inner city, and it will be the same if a city wall is added outside.

Marlowe asked a few more questions, and Zhang Feng answered them one by one.

"Do you have any other questions?"

Zhang Feng looked at the two of them.

Both Marlowe and Caroline shook their heads. There must be a problem, but now they have to digest it, and they can't think of it for the time being.

As for the wolf-eared lady who has been ignored by Zhang Feng, she is a scumbag.

"Okay, then let's move on to the next project, which is road construction!"

"Road repair?"

Caroline didn't know if this was building a city wall to stop horse thieves, how could it be related to road construction.

"That's right, but at the moment we only need to repair the roads in the city."

Zhang Feng has always said that Hongye City is Hongye Village not only because of its small scale, but also because it is very earthy.

It is literally soil.

In the entire Hongye City, there is almost no good road. Even the streets are dirt roads with potholes. If there is a strong wind, the city will be full of loess. If it rains, the roads will be even more muddy.

In Zhang Feng's view, this affects the quality of life very much.

This road must be repaired, especially now that there is cement, it is very simple to repair the road.

Regarding the issue of road construction, Zhang Feng explained to the two for a long time.

Zhang Feng didn't end the conversation until the two had no doubts.

"Well, there are so many problems at present. I believe you can deal with them in a few days after I leave. But the most important thing is the construction of the city wall. Everything is based on the city wall. As long as we have a strong city wall, we don't need it." Worried about the threat of horse thieves."

"Yes!"

"Then there is the recruitment of soldiers. This can relax some requirements. As long as the background is clean and has no bad habits, even if his physical fitness is poor, as long as it does not affect the team, he can be recruited. In addition, I will bring a batch of weapons later. See if there are any strong ones that can wear your armor, pay more attention..."

"Yes"

"If you don't have enough gold coins, there are still some supplies in the treasure room. Caroline, you can use them according to your discretion, but remember not to take too much at a time. This is not only because the price will drop if there are too many, but more importantly, our Hongye The city is still a small place, it is good to be famous, but if it is too famous, there will be trouble, especially when the strength is not strong enough."

"Yes!"

"And Amy, Panda will have to be taken care of by you these days. I have ordered bamboo from the merchant for a long time, so you don't have to worry about its food."

"In addition, I am very interested in orcs. If you know other orcs, you can bring them to Hongye City. You know, I will definitely not treat them badly."

"……it is good!"

...

Huh~

After explaining a lot of things, Zhang Feng felt a little dry.

A glass of water was handed to Zhang Feng.

"thanks--"

Zhang Feng originally thought it was Caroline, but he didn't expect it to be Amy.

After Amy passed the water, she turned around as if nothing had happened, walked to Caroline and sat down.

Zhang Feng smiled and shook his head, this wolf-eared lady is so arrogant even in the way she cares about others.

"Okay, that's all there is to talk about now. Next, I'll take you to see it in person."

Several people came to the big cave.

This is where Zhang Feng makes cement and steel.

Zhang Feng introduced cement to Ma Luo, and then saw the mixed concrete.

Marlowe was very interested in these things, and even asked those workers questions himself.

As for the steel, it hasn't been refined yet, and Zhang Feng estimates that it may take a day or two.

"It's incredible!"

Marlowe marveled at the solidified cement.

The hardness of this small piece of cement is definitely nothing to him, it can be crushed with one hand, but this magical method surprised him.

Now he finally understood that what Zhang Feng said before was not whimsical, and the city wall tens of meters high seemed to be really built!

After confirming that these things can be used, Marlowe is not a person of ink marks, so he applied to Zhang Feng to build the city wall that afternoon.

Zhang Feng has nothing to do.

Although there are no steel bars now, the cross-section of the city wall is trapezoidal, and the bottom is relatively wide and thick, even without steel bars, it is still very strong.

Hearing that the city lord was going to build a new city wall, everyone in Hongye City was alarmed.

Those slope-like city walls have been criticized for a long time, and there is no sense of security, but there is no way, the previous city lords are relatively poor and cannot afford to build new city walls.

The current city lord Zhang Feng is willing to build a new city wall. They have a hundred supporters, and some even plan to donate some silver coins. After all, it is the city lord that their life is getting better.

Zhang Feng was very happy about this, and he was able to get the support of the people, which showed that he was doing a good job as the city lord, but he refused the donation.

After all, it is not easy for everyone to make money, so there is no need to use their money.

And there is another point, that is, if their gold coins are used in the construction of these city walls, when the construction of the city walls is completed, some changes may occur in their hearts, for example.

"This city wall has my share of credit, and I should be superior to others." This kind of thinking.

Over time, it may become a hidden danger.

Moreover, those businessmen all wanted to give Zhang Feng money. If they opened this hole, they might not receive gifts from them every day.

Zhang Feng needed these businessmen, but he couldn't get too close to them.

Otherwise, in the future, if there are any policies that are unfavorable to businessmen, it will be very difficult to handle.

So regarding infrastructure, Zhang Feng will not let anyone intervene, as long as he maintains a mysterious image.

This is the first time to build a city wall with concrete, so Zhang Feng still has to take a look.

Marlow greeted people, drew a line around the outer wall of the adobe city wall, circled a new city wall, and then asked people to dig the foundation.

Since this was an experimental one for the first time, the foundation was not dug too deep. I just dug briefly and felt that it was almost done. I inserted a few iron rods into the foundation to simulate steel bars.

These iron rods are all wrought iron and will not be so brittle.

On top of the foundation stand a few more large planks.

Then Marlow beckoned people to pour the concrete that was mixed with cement, sand, and stones into the foundation in advance.

As for the possible exposure of concrete, Zhang Feng is not worried. The most important thing here is cement. If there is no cement, no matter how you do it, you will not be able to mix concrete.

Marlowe's strange method of building the city wall made everyone very strange.

Especially those foreign businessmen are even more confused.

"Can something like bread soup build a city wall?"

Someone pointed to the sparse concrete and questioned it.

"I don't think it's possible. There's so much water in this thing, how can it be used as a city wall? Could it be that, when someone else attacks the city, use the water stored in the city wall to drown the enemy? The city owner is really powerful!"

"Ha ha!"

These people's teasing was very small, and Marlowe didn't hear it, but even if he heard it, he wouldn't care. If they could figure out such a miraculous thing, they wouldn't be a small businessman now.

Zhang Feng sat in the carriage and did not show up.

Caroline smiled and said:

"Master Zhang Feng, they don't even believe you!"

Zhang Feng shook his head, he wouldn't engage in silly arguments with these people, they were not at the same level, and he couldn't do it.

"Amy, remember the person who just spoke."

Zhang Feng pointed at the fat businessman who talked eloquently.

Wolf Er Niang remembered it at a glance, including its appearance and smell.

"why?"

The wolf-eared lady was a little curious.

"Hmph, give him little shoes to wear in the future!"

Amy: "..."

Caroline: "..."

After confirming that nothing was wrong, Zhang Feng left. Although the concrete solidified quickly, it was not so fast that it could be hardened in a few minutes.

Whether it will be successful or not depends on tomorrow.

...

The sun and the moon fly by, time flies like an arrow, and the happy night is here again.

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PS: 6,000 words in three chapters, this is for [Zeng * Canghai], add half of it first, and add the remaining half tomorrow.

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