Wizard: I crush the legend with my martial arts

Chapter 55 Building a Kiln
  Through daily practice, Alphonse did feel the magic element, but he could not freely use it.

The magic element simply attached itself to the true energy, which caused the Xuantian Wujin Palm to behave abnormally.

If you can master the principles of magic, it will be much easier.

But after all, there was no magician in the territory, and Alphonse couldn't find anyone to investigate.

I had no choice but to put away the Summoner's Notebook, light up the incense for refining the gods, assume a headstand position, and continue to practice the innate formless magic skill.

While practicing, I suddenly heard a knock on the door.

Here comes Captain Simon.

He came here about the brick kiln.

The entire town under the jurisdiction of the Cold Wind Territory is surrounded by stone walls. Although it leaves some space for future expansion, brick kilns are not suitable for being located in the town.

And you can't get too close to the forest to avoid causing wildfires.

Captain Simon has already chosen a place, but Father Plancy, who is in charge of construction, does not know how big the brick kiln Alphonse wants to be, so he asked Captain Simon to ask.

This couldn't be explained with words alone, so Alphonse had to go over and take a look.

At the end of the field, Alphonse met Father Plancy and several of his apprentices.

Father Plancy is a gray-haired old man who looks quite strong, with a shaggy beard and a look of vicissitudes of life.

It's just that his and his apprentice's clothes are all old-fashioned, and they don't seem to be living a good life.

Seeing the new lord Alphonse coming, Plancy's father was still a little embarrassed, as if he didn't dare to come forward and speak.

On the way here, Alphonse had already heard Simon introduce his situation.

In the Cold Wind Territory, he mostly helped people build wooden houses, and also worked part-time as a carpenter and made furniture, but he had the construction skills.

He also helped others build brick kilns when he was an apprentice, so he was not too unfamiliar with this aspect.

Alphonse did not expect that the location Simon chose would be a wheat field. The wheat had been harvested, leaving some remaining stubble.

"Have we discussed with the owner of the wheat field about requisitioning this land?"

Simon seemed a little surprised that Alphonse would ask this.

"All the land in the territory belongs to you, Lord. The people in the territory only rent this land for planting, but they are asked to find a new place to reclaim the wasteland, and some compensation is given."

"Just handle it properly." Alphonse nodded. It seems that Simon will still be considerate of the people, which is good.

This was also in line with Alphonse's impression of him. He was a good man whose greatest advantage was his kindness and loyalty. He really didn't look like a veteran who had retired from the battlefield and licked blood with his sword.

Plancy's father had already drawn the drawings and Simon forwarded them to him.

Alphonse glanced at it and saw that the drawing was very simple, with a kiln like a bridge and a large chimney. It was marked, but there was no specific scale or anything like that.

Common people have no way to learn culture. It is considered good for Father Plancy to be literate. Drawing pictures depends on his experience.

For the time being, Alphonse only plans to build a kiln that can be used by his own family.

The main problem is to see if the cement can be burned out as well.

Only a single kiln was built, and of course it had to be bigger. Alphonse explained his plans to Father Plancy in a series of gestures. Seeing that Alphonse was approachable and had no airs of aristocrats, Father Plancy was a little flattered and relaxed, describing the architectural details of the kiln in detail.

This traditional kiln needs to have a certain depth to accommodate the stacking of brick embryos, and the flue setting is also particular about maintaining the kiln temperature to prevent heat loss.

Father Plancy is also a carpenter, so of course you can leave all the mold making to him.

It's just a brick, and it doesn't have any technical content.

But the temperature required for firing cement is high. Seeing that Father Plancy did have a few brushes, Alphonse couldn't help but asked, "Father Plancy, do you know of any way to increase the flame in the kiln?" Temperature?”

Father Plancy thought for a moment, "After this brick kiln was built, it must be enough to bake bricks. If you want to increase the flame temperature, you can only go to the alchemist guild in the city to buy a combustion accelerant, which is usually a blacksmith. But if the temperature is too high, it will cause the red bricks in the brick kiln to crack, and the brick kiln will not be able to withstand it, so the combustion accelerant is not suitable for use in the brick kiln."

Alphonse didn't expect that the high temperature problem that had been bothering him would have such a simple solution. "Then is there any way to make the brick kiln withstand the high temperature?"

"Then you can only go to the Alchemist's Guild to buy fire-resistant paint. Most of that stuff is used for city wall defense." Father Plancy replied.

Alfonston felt happy that there were solutions to both problems, and firing cement was no longer a problem.

I originally wanted to see if Father Plancy knew how to make an insulation layer, but I didn't expect that there was another way to solve the problem.

Since cement can be burned, it is natural to add an extra kiln.

After leaving the matter of building the kiln to Father Plancy, Alphonse returned with Simon and talked about other things.

Over in the territory of Earl Mujik, Simon has selected two soldiers to investigate and have not yet reported back.

The acupuncture points and meridians of the wooden statue have been drawn, and Alphonse is ready to teach the two captains Simon and Djeru and Tessie a lesson.

It is a waste of time to guide every soldier and let them memorize the internal exercise route.

Taixi's blood evil demon skill has already achieved a small degree of success, which just allows him to do this troublesome task, and he can guide the soldiers to the true energy.

It can be left to Simon and Djeru to teach the soldiers about the acupoints and meridians.

If you want to quickly build a powerful guard, the Blood Demon Kung Fu is an excellent technique. Although there are hidden dangers, just teach the two captains the method to relieve the hidden dangers and pain.

He can also teach some martial arts skills from the Holy Sect of the Ten Directions in his previous life.

"Recruit young and middle-aged men in the territory and make up the number of soldiers by 200. The salary of the new soldiers will be half of the veterans."

"Yes!" Simon nodded immediately, and then said, "Lord, it's almost time to collect taxes from the people."

"How much can we charge?" Alphonse asked curiously.

"The total is probably food equivalent to more than two hundred gold coins." Simon replied.

"Why so few?" Alphonse was a little surprised.

"Because the old lord sympathized with the poor living conditions of his people and repeatedly reduced taxes, a family could only earn an income of about two gold coins a year from farming alone."

"Is it so low?" Alphonse was stunned, "Do they have enough to live on?"

"The Cold Wind Territory is too barren, and the lives of its citizens are also very difficult. A family of four, after paying taxes, spends ten silver coins a month, which is enough to fill their stomachs, and there is still some left over to buy some clothes."

(End of this chapter)