Chapter 181: After the Autumn Harvest and Water Conservancy and Changes (Two in One) (1/2)

Chapter 181 After the Autumn Harvest, Water Conservancy and Changes (Two in One)

At the turn of autumn and winter, the temperature in the territory slowly stopped dropping, and it remained stable at a temperature that was colder than usual, but not so cold that people needed to change into winter clothes. The full meals provided by Ji Lin for the people in the territory were particularly effective at this time.

Working every day, the people in the territory who never went hungry again had significantly improved their ability to resist cold. They did not need to change into outer clothes in the face of the slightly cold autumn wind, and they would warm up after working in the fields for a while.

The current coats in the territory are mainly used by women and children with weaker bodies.

After the autumn harvest, the stalks of crops such as rice stalks are returned to the fields by burning them into ash. A large part of the people working in the agricultural area can return home to rest at this time because they need to participate in water conservancy projects.

The other part of the people in the territory continue to be busy with wheat and rice.

When the weather is clear, dry the rice and store it in the barn. After removing the unfull grains and impurities, prevent insects and moisture and store it. Use sunlight to dehydrate the rice, reduce its water content, and reduce its respiration. The processing method of wheat is similar, but after drying, the husk must be removed and ground into fine flour for preservation.

The last small part of the agricultural area is busy making brown sugar and brewing sugarcane wine with the sugarcane residue after juice extraction. They are all different personnel serving the sugarcane plant processing production line.

After peeling the sugarcane skin, the sugarcane can be put into the crushing juicer to obtain pure and clean sugarcane juice without mud and debris. After filtering, it can be boiled for a long time to obtain crude sugarcane molasses, which can be fermented into rum with a very good taste.

After a little processing, brown sugar can be obtained.

There are still a lot of sugars that have not been squeezed out by the crusher in the remaining sugarcane residue. The sugarcane residue itself is also rich in sugar. It is a pity to throw it away, so the territory puts these sugarcane residues into the pottery purchased by Ji Lin, adds koji, and brews sugarcane wine. The territory has not yet established a pottery factory, so it can only be purchased from the market to deal with temporary needs.

At this time, the crops had been burned in the fields, and the farmers rolled up the ashes and buried them in the soil to ensure that the ashes could become nutrients in the soil faster.

The life goddess priest had previously erected a wind barrier to divert the ashes drifting in the wind, and then gave birth to vines to purify the air to prevent her small church and house built in the middle of the farmland from being attacked by ashes.

It can be seen that she has enough experience in this matter.

But during that time, she did not live in the church, and moved to the seaside with the elf lady to watch the sea.

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Chongshan sorted out his work clothes and stood beside Ji Lin, who was also wearing work clothes.

The thousands of people gathered in front of them, and behind them was the constantly rushing river. It can be said that it was because of this river that they nurtured their thriving territory.

The people stood in a row in front of the temporary high platform, with lush short grass beside them. The people all changed into the work clothes that the tailor shop now sewed specifically for work.

These clothes made of rough linen can resist wear and tear very well. Even if they are worn out, they will not feel sorry at all. They can take the clothes that can no longer be worn to the tailor shop to exchange for new clothes.

The hardship of labor is no less than that of war. Every work must be done well in preparation, including the distribution of tools and the testing of the ground. This water conservancy project will affect the fortune and disaster of a hundred years.

Two small artificial reservoirs and a five-kilometer-long stone-paved canal.

They are on the floodplain. If they do not build water conservancy at this time, it will be too late to make up for the loss when the flood comes.

Under the expectant gaze of the people, Ji Lin cleared his throat and shouted firmly at the top of his voice.

"Linyang's water shortage problem is getting worse, and our town is still developing. Whether it is water consumption for citizens or industrial and agricultural use, more and more water will be needed in the future. This place is also in the lower reaches of major rivers. Floods will come during the flood season. Everything must be prevented before it happens! Do you have the confidence to complete the work!"

"Confident!"

Hundreds of people shouted in unison, causing the people behind who didn't hear clearly to get excited. This unanimous shout made them excited all of a sudden.

Spread to form a wave.

Ji Lin struck while the iron was hot and told the people in the territory about substantial incentives. This was the reward he had prepared long ago. Only when everyone moved into the house and lived in the house and lived a good life that they thought was stable, Ji Lin would consider implementing the monetary policy prepared before to promote the emergence of various livelihood industries.

The people living in the big bunk beds had no private space of their own, and it was difficult for them to accumulate their own private wealth.

"Those who worked well this time! You can all move into the house!"

A wave of cheers rang out.

Ji Lin took the shovel that Chongshan handed to him, and under the respectful gaze of the people in the territory, he plunged it heavily into the soil and dug up the first shovel of soil.

The territory will eventually usher in the day when everyone lives in a house.

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Time goes back, after the autumn harvest, all the work in the territory is progressing in an orderly manner.

A plan for the manufacture of a new type of musket was placed in front of Ji Lin. This is a technology jointly developed by Chang Heng, the only general in the territory, and Xu Shan, the dean of the academy.

Ji Lin was quite surprised to see the name of this military general in the file.

He has always ignored the identity of Chang Heng as a military technical officer in his characteristics, which means that he can actually participate in the military scientific research tasks of the territory to a considerable extent, as a person who communicates between the military system and the scientific research system.

An officer who has experienced the steam age and has the knowledge of two ages ahead can naturally guide the military construction tasks of the territory and use his knowledge to make up for the lack of scientific research ability.

So during this period when Chang Heng no longer needed to lead the team to go hunting, the restless generals ran to the dean to ask when their muskets could be made into samples.

The dean was also very honest. Since you want weapons, then you can do it yourself. He doesn't have time, but the engineering college is definitely not short of equipment.

The lord gave him a lot of tasks every day. The dean was able to take time out of the current complicated work to complete the work at hand. He has done his best.

As for taking time to develop technology on two fronts, let him go.

Chang Heng nodded in agreement and started working directly with the equipment in the engineering college. His soldiers have become pioneers, and he doesn't need to intervene in daily training. He plans to devote his energy to more valuable aspects.

The muskets of the musketeers will wear out and be damaged, but now the territory has no means to replenish their damaged firearms.

If it is a matchlock gun of this era, they can do it. The lords can make their own matchlock guns from the third era - or maybe it's a cannon.

There are always so many restrictions in the low era. The muskets they got were not the long-barreled muskets with slender and streamlined lines that people saw in later generations, but a thing similar to a cannon barrel with the thickness of a forearm. The musketeers put gunpowder into the barrel, then stuffed in the bullets and ignited the fuse.

Then the iron rain would kill the enemies on their path.

But the caliber is really not very suitable for the gun.

But what Ji Lin brought back from Steam and Steel was a standard steam-era flintlock, which was also strengthened by the technology of that world, and the steel requirements were relatively high.

Because the era was too high, it made them feel difficult, and the territory could not provide materials of corresponding strength. Unlike the steam spider, a small-scale walking machine, once the musket was put into production, it would be equipped with hundreds of thousands of muskets for the entire team.

The method provided by Chang Heng was extremely simple. His idea was completely different from Ji Lin, who reformed the entire supply chain and put it into large-scale production.

Since the structural strength is insufficient, we can directly use structural strengthening runes to make up for the steel of the gun.

Structural strengthening runes.

Runes unlocked at rune level 2.

Rune level 1 only has a weak physical effect on the outside world, such as heating and cooling, then level 2 begins to appear gain runes that can directly act on individual weapons and equipment.

Structural strengthening runes are naturally one of them. They can act on the barrel of a weapon to enhance the structural strength, and can also be engraved on a shield to enhance its hardness and toughness.

These runes acted on items rely on their own energy to maintain for several months, and can continue to maintain after re-energization.

It is the special feature of rune that allows the lords of rune civilization to have materials comparable to other advanced eras in a backward era, creating their special rune amplification army.

Lighter armor, higher structural strength, and sharper swords.

The territory has obtained the rune level 2 technology that Ji Lin has dreamed of under the hard work of the dean day and night. This is a technology that will be open to lords for research in the next era, the colonial era.

Mastering the second level of rune science is enough to create a glorious era, but they are lords, and these technologies are just the ladder for their advancement.

‘Rune Science: Level 2’

‘Unlock prototype runes: structural strengthening runes, elemental strengthening runes and other runes’

‘This sword that cuts through steel is definitely not from God’s grace. After mastering the power given to us by the world, nothing can stop us. ’

The only problem is that we need the special profession of rune craftsman, but the territory will soon have it, and the rune craftsman apprentice is also a rune craftsman.

The workload and difficulty of engraving a structural strengthening rune on a gun barrel are much lower than engraving a set of armor and a shield... Their territory does not need a few rune craftsmen to make a barrel that meets the requirements of this advanced rifle with current steel.

Ji Lin looked at the two reports and smiled.

He would not waste precious rune craftsmen on things like making armor, but if they were used to make gun barrels, Ji Lin thought that this was the use of rune craftsmen in a truly useful place.

Ji Lin had always excluded runes and magic from his thinking. He was very cautious about these two civilization routes that he had never come into contact with in his previous life.

It is always right to be cautious.

At this time, his technical officer submitted a feasible plan for him, and demonstrated the feasibility of the plan in detail. He had no reason to refuse.

Other lords could not apply the structural enhancement technology in runes to gun barrels like him. Their gunpowder technology restricted them. Even if they had gun barrels, it was difficult to obtain excellent explosives such as crystal ore gunpowder.

This was the reward that Ji Lin got for perfectly completing a task, a special energy with extremely strong versatility.

After completing the task of Steam and Steel, all the task books of Steam and Steel were replaced by new tasks by the system. This task has been completed extremely well. After the final conclusion, there is no more copy of Steam and Steel... The same is true for the Lightless Broken Veins.

Many people have posted questions asking which god took down this A-level copy and forced it to be replaced by the system.

Ji Lin did not see this post, and even if he did, he would not specially reply to it. It is never a good thing to get too much attention.

He was very satisfied with his current status in the eyes of others. He could communicate with others appropriately without showing excessive arrogance and hostility.

After all, only a few people could get the steam and steel task book, and their discussion fell into the sea without raising a single splash.

Ji Lin tapped the table, signed his name on the plan to make gun barrels with runes, and drank a sip of brown sugar water to boost his tired spirit.

Then there was another piece of news... the news from the dean.

The School of Engineering always brings surprises to Ji Lin.

In order to relieve his work pressure during this period, the dean transferred those students with lower backgrounds but with ambition and solid foundation from the School of Engineering, and invited them to serve as his assistants in their spare time.

After these young people finished their classes during the day, they had no classes in the afternoon and evening, so they left the dormitory to participate in the scientific research work of the territory.

The dean would not let them work for free, and would pay them full wages.

These student researchers are also very motivated. Under the guidance of the dean, they quickly stand out from other students and their grades are much better than those of other children who study behind closed doors in the dormitory.

No one wants to fall behind others, and some students apply to the dean for similar jobs to improve their work experience.

There are few entertainment projects in the territory at present, and the lack of books is also a very important factor. They finally found that the engineering college is really only the engineering college. There is not even a store next to them for them to consume, and there is no place for singing and dancing.

There is no way, just read books.

There are always few geniuses who can understand by just reading textbooks, not to mention that these textbooks are different from many of the knowledge they learned in the Holy City, more standardized, more... scientific?

Most people read the textbooks in their hands, but they are still confused and need the dean to guide them.

Therefore, in the second week after the pilot of this project, General Chang Heng also got his own researcher auxiliary group like the dean, a group of excited students.

Chang Heng can teach these students completely different knowledge. After all, he is an officer who has experienced the steam age... Even if he has no knowledge, as an old hunter, he can give students stories that can't be told in three months.

They may be immature, but they already have a solid foundation - and a relatively pure heart.

Along with the report, the dean also attached a work record sheet, recording the work that each student who assisted him can do for him, and handed it to the lord for reference.

Ji Lin can equip each political official in the territory with an auxiliary student auxiliary group in this way... but there are still many things that need to be discussed.

He was worried that there was no way to get these students to join the work of the territory, and these students came to him in less than a month.

Then Ji Lin would not hesitate to bring forward the plan to use these students to assist the clerical work of the territory.

No more pretending.

Even if only 20% of the students can be used by him now, most of the students in the Engineering College are excellent people who have received secondary education in the Holy City!

(I was out eating all day today and had some family matters, so I didn't have much time to update after I came back. Sorry, this chapter is two chapters in one, and the transition period is a bit boring, but the transition period is necessary in the outline. To compensate you, I will add another chapter tomorrow. I'm very sorry, QWQ)