Lord of Rot

Chapter 127 Assembly Line Factory (Page 12)

The sky is a little gloomy, and it may rain soon. It's already hot enough, and it really needs to cool down.

The people in the porcupine collar are still busy.

For two consecutive days of leisure time, Li Qi used "remote vision" to control the almost rotting dead birds and watch the war between Vodu Eighteen and Longship Castle.

Hot weather has an obvious disadvantage: corpses decompose faster.

Fortunately, the corpses soaked in magic preservatives in the crypt did not encounter the same situation.

Li Qi took out part of his spirit to communicate with the corpse ghost Aina. He would control the corpse to write and teach Aina to read. Aina's intelligence level is the same as that of a normal person, and it is a blank piece of paper, so she learns very quickly.

What surprised Li Qi was that the red-haired ghoul had low intelligence, but he had been following Aina and learned a lot. He could understand short Chinese sentences and even learned a lot of fighting skills from Aina. , instead of just fighting by instinct.

Aina also expressed her wish to go outside and have a look, but Li Qi could only comfort her that it was not possible yet. The appearance of corpses in the human world would cause too much trouble.

In the distance, the battle in Hebeng Village is still going on.

I'm afraid Wodu Shiba himself didn't expect that his mighty army of tens of thousands could not defeat even one Hebeng Village.

Flying high in the sky and looking down.

Li Qi could see the environment of Hebeng Village. The geographical location of Hebeng Village was very interesting. It was on a prominent corner, with wide and curving rapids on the left, right and back.

The soldiers and militiamen of Hebeng Village only needed to build fortifications in front, with pikemen and shield-bearing infantry blocking the front, and crossbowmen shooting from behind, and they would be in an invincible position.

Wodu Shiba's troops conducted a total of three strong attacks in order to capture Hebeng Village.

They may have an advantage in numbers, but with well-equipped soldiers and farmers hitting people with stones, how should they fight?

Seeing the rows of fellow farmers falling down, they felt like a human target for suicide. The farmers were blocked by fear. The farmer who rushed in the front row was finally overcome by fear and ran back, and then there was a stampede.

More people died under the feet of their companions than under arrows.

In the second wave of attacks, Wodu Shiba's men sent in shield soldiers. The tattered wooden shields successfully withstood the arrow fire. This was the closest they could force. People were next to each other, but the soldiers of Hebeng Village They poured oil again, and the fire blocked the way.

So Wodu Shiba's team decided to wade into the water. The current was so fast that the available boats had been destroyed by the Hebeng Village soldiers, and even the small docks were destroyed. The third wave of trial attacks drowned some farmers and left others Those who knew how to swim tried to reach the shore, but they were all stabbed to death by spears.

If the stalemate continues, Wodu Shiba may win based on their numbers, but in this battle, the soldiers of Hebeng Village are glorious.

It was completely a case of soldiers with excellent military qualities crushing farmers who only knew how to farm.

Compared with the war over there, the results of the preliminary research on the hydraulic forging hammer attracted Li Qi's more attention. He rode to the river, where he could see a small waterwheel in the distance.

There is a huge "hammer" on the river bank.

An old tree trunk that requires two people to hug is used as the handle of the hammer. The head of the hammer is a huge anvil, and the hammer head side of the anvil hits the ground.

There were not only carpenters but also blacksmiths present. It seems that after learning that the hydraulic forging hammer was to help the blacksmith work, the carpenters chose to find the blacksmith to study together. After all, it was made for the blacksmith. The blacksmiths must know what is best. use.

Li Qi was very satisfied with their cooperative spirit.

"Sir!" A carpenter introduced: "This is the finished product we made."

"Let's start the demonstration," Li Qi said.

Although this is a little different from what he said, it doesn't matter, as long as it can be forged by water power.

"Yes!"

The water wheel connected with the fast water and began to turn.

There is a wooden gear at the end of the hammer. Water drives the waterwheel to rotate, and the coaxially rotating waterwheel drives the gear.

The gear rotates counterclockwise from top to bottom. During the downward process, it will press the "hammer handle" and the end of the hammer will tilt up.

When the gear rotates away and there is no pressure on the rear, the hammer will hit hard with the pull of gravity.

"Boom!"

A pit was made in the ground.

The rhythm of "dong", "dong" and "dong" is balanced.

"How is it?" Li Qi asked the blacksmith.

The blacksmith said from the bottom of his heart: "Your wisdom is more dazzling than the sun!"

Reacher was not modest, as too much modesty would be considered cowardly, and he was proud of himself for bringing earthly wisdom into the world.

"Everyone who participates in the research," Li Qi said loudly, "will receive a reward of 5 silver months."

"Praise the lord!"

"Praise the lord!"

"Praise the lord!"

The carpenter's praises came one after another, and no one would dislike the reward that was delivered to them.

It is estimated that only Li Qi would reward his subordinates so generously. After all, stinginess is one of the necessary qualities to become a lord.

This is only the initial research result of the water forging hammer. Next, the weight, size, speed, etc. need to be modified according to the requirements of the blacksmiths.

Li Qi has asked Grant to arrange for people to build a special blacksmith factory with red bricks. All blacksmiths will process weapons and armor there, using more advanced hydraulic forging hammers, of course to ensure that this technology will not be stolen.

"With these, how soon can you build a suit of armor?" he asked the blacksmith.

"Maybe one and a half sets can be made in a month?" The blacksmith was a little unsure: "Maybe two sets can be made."

It’s already very fast. Before this, they could build half a set at most a month.

But the problem is that there are only three to five blacksmiths in the Porcupine Territory who can make weapons. They can make up to ten sets a month. It would take half a year to arm 60 people.

The blacksmith only spends half a year making this piece of equipment, so what should we do with the other iron tools? He needed more than just armor and weapons, and he couldn't just ask the blacksmith to make the armor.

Blacksmiths are inseparable from many aspects.

Li Qi asked: "Can't simple blacksmithing work be left to apprentices?"

"I'm sorry, sir." The blacksmith shook his head: "You don't understand blacksmith work. They may be able to do a good job in one aspect, like the black ears of a porcupine collar, but they cannot create armor that soldiers can wear on the battlefield. , they don’t have enough experience.”

"Not enough experience..."

Li Qi rubbed the stubble on his chin. He already had a tendency to grow a beard, and his face was covered with hairy beards, but he would ask his valet to trim his beard cleanly.

"Can everyone only be responsible for one part? Accumulate experience in a certain part."

"What?" The blacksmith didn't understand what Li Qi said.

Li Qi had no choice but to explain patiently: "For example, to make a long sword, some people are responsible for making the iron ingots into long strips, some are responsible for hammering the iron bars into sword embryos, some are responsible for making the sword grid, and some are responsible for making the sword. They are only responsible for making sword hilts, and some are only responsible for sharpening knives.”

What makes perfect is that accumulating experience will definitely be faster.

"But sir, the weapons are not made by the same person. The quality may be worse than those made by the blacksmith."