Chapter 64: One Day of Territory Work

"Lord Chongshan! Good morning!"

The clerk of the paper mill stood at the door early in the morning, as if he knew that Zhongshan would come today. He collected and folded the rough, yellowed papers early, put them in wooden boxes, and loaded them on the trolley.

There is no improved papermaking technology, but for teaching texts, these papers are enough.

With the help of paper, the time for the crash course in elementary education has been reduced to one month. Most people can learn to write and simple arithmetic within one month. The 10% experience gain provided by bloodline purification and the hidden effect of bloodline purification are indispensable. , will slowly raise the upper and lower limits of human beings.

"Good morning, you got up so early, thank you so much."

Zhongshan nodded to him. It would occasionally rain in the territory, and it would rain lightly. The gray rain curtain would cover the territory. In that kind of weather, the people in the territory could stay at home without working. The citizens who have learned how to read and write will gather together to tell some stories. Those stories come from books donated by private schools and record the ancient myths of Xia civilization.

There are also books brought by merchants. Those books contain stories created by people. Everyone still uses the same writing.

This is a new form of entertainment in the territory. There are always a few talkative people who can tell the stories in the books vividly to others.

The citizens don't hate the weather that rains all day long. Everyone's work tasks are not so heavy that they can't be completed in one day. It's the same if you can't finish it today and continue tomorrow. Rainy days also mean that the citizens can have a good rest. time.

Their meals will be distributed from room to room by members of the neighborhood watch organization pushing waterproof dining carts. The distribution is actually just putting large wooden buckets containing rice and vegetables together, and scooping them up when they go somewhere.

There is always a lot of rainfall in coastal areas, especially in areas with lush vegetation.

Papermakers need to always be prepared to prevent the paper they make from bark from being destroyed by a sudden heavy rain. If no one is on duty, they will always put the paper originally placed outside and put it back inside the house. Wait until you get to work the next day to take out the paper and put it outside to dry.

After a few days, the moist pulp will dry under the hot sun and turn into slightly yellow or sallow paper.

"It's not hard, it's not hard. I didn't go back last night, so I just stayed here. I'm afraid it will rain and this paper will suffer."

The paper maker will fill it up with a cheerful smile on his face.

"But you, Lord Chongshan, are you here to pick up the paper and send it over so early?"

Zhongshan smiled and put down the trolley in his hand.

"I have some things to do. Wu Bai should come to pick up the paper during this time."

"To be honest, I have work later. Do you want to follow me or play with your friends?"

Zhongyan nodded.

This child is an orphan without a name. There are several such orphan territories. If you ask him, he can't tell his name.

Zhongshan had no choice but to give him a name himself. Seeing that he was taciturn, he also gave him a homophonic name: Chongyan, and then taught him reading and writing, and various physics knowledge, so as to train him as his deputy.

He pushed the cart with heavy words. The child looked young, but he was very strong. He was able to push the fully loaded cart without falling behind him at all.

After handing over the papers at the three private schools, he walked on the stone pavement leading to the School of Engineering without saying a word, talking to the child about terraforming as he walked.

Zhongyan sat silently surrounded by engine oil, watching his teacher cut the steel and quickly shape it with the help of a small hydraulic press. These small 1,000-ton hydraulic presses use steam engines as energy sources and put in crystal ore grinding powder as fuel. The crystal ore in powder form has a larger contact area and can explode energy more rapidly than direct ignition.

This energy is converted into steam, which is then injected into the blood vessels of the machine to give life to dead things.

He was deeply shocked by this power.

"Boom!"

The hammer fell.

Looking at the awkwardly walking steam spider standing up from the ground, it fell once every step it took. The high-temperature steam sprayed out made even him feel the heat from such a distance. The interior was built using simple brackets. The center of the frame uses a structure that Tong Yan has never seen before.

The six heavy walking limbs made shallow pits on the ground, and it has begun to slowly return to its normal walking posture.

The transmission structure, which was completely incomprehensible with the superficial physical and mechanical abilities he learned from Zhongshan, was carved with a large number of lines that emitted azure light.

But even this power can be harnessed by wisdom.

"How does it compare to what you've seen..."

"The flexibility is still lacking...but the power is enough...walking logic requires..."

"Let him test it over long distances..."

The voices of adults surrounded his ears, and he was confused by the words and terms they spoke.

"How about it? Do you want to learn?"

Zhongshan's voice came from behind Zhongyan, and he nodded vigorously without thinking.

"think."

Just like that, the School of Engineering had its first student.

They had grilled seabirds and fish for dinner. After the project was completed, Chang Heng and Xu Shan went fishing with improvised fishing rods on a platform that jutted out of the sea. This place was far away from the coast and was considered half a deep water area.

Fishing is a rare pastime after a tiring day.

The fish on this seashore have never been caught before. When they see meat, they rush over and fight to the death.

In half an hour, four sea fish weighing an average of 20 kilograms were caught.

As for the roasted seabird, it was greedy for the big fish they hung up, and was shot down by Changheng with a light crossbow as dinner. As a hunter general, he can be regarded as a hundred-shot hitter when using the crossbow.

There was no sauce, only sea salt as the only seasoning. After the birds and fish were gutted, they were strung on a clean wooden pole, smeared with some sea salt, and slowly rotated and roasted on the fire. Everyone was given a big fish as dinner tonight.

The seemingly gentle dean sat with them and ate the big fish caught from the sea. He was no longer wearing his brown suit, but a special engineer uniform to work.

Looking at the three of them roasting meat, Zhongyan was a little impressed. As expected of a teacher, he could even roast meat so seriously.

After eating this meal.

Chongyan thought about it and decided to learn to cook well in the future.

The four fish and a bird grilled by four people were all unpalatable.

They finally cooked some white rice with the tasty part of the grilled meat and finished it hastily. No one mentioned their own cooking problems.