History of the Greatest Estate Design - Episode 124
124fury. apartment construction (1)
“Sir, I think we're almost there..”
The call of an escort knight heard from outside the carriage..
At that sound, the royal dwarf master, Wells Corgidus, opened his wrinkled eyes. I looked out the window.
I saw an unfamiliar scenery.
The destination of this journey was the Barony of Frontera..
‘It's completely rural..’
There are not many decent buildings..
There are just fields spread out here and there..
But Corgidus liked it..
‘For the first time in a while, I can breathe clearly..’
It's already been 40 years since he worked as a craftsman in the royal capital..
How many times did you go outside the royal capital during those years?.
‘There were so few that you could count them by hand. The last time I went outside the royal capital was 15 years ago..’
Thanks to this, I have become accustomed to the densely packed tall buildings of the royal capital..
I got used to the crowded crowds wherever I went..
maybe that's why.
What makes the quiet natural scenery like this feel so fresh?.
‘Well, of course, I didn’t come here to relax or have fun..’
Craftsman Corgidus suddenly remembered an incident from a few days ago..
It was late at night.
The king called him to the palace.
it was unusual.
He was a master general who served the king for the third time, and the young king was said to have fully observed courtesy and formality to him..
For example, he never did anything like suddenly calling me after midnight..
So I thought as I entered the palace..
There must be something special going on..
‘That prediction was correct.’
As soon as the audience was held, the king made an unexpected comment..
“What was the biggest thing you've ever made??”
“It was a suspension bridge built in the summer..”
“Have you ever thought of making something bigger than that??”
“What do you mean by something bigger than a suspension bridge?.”
“Things like cities, for example..”
“…….”
Try making a city.
I wondered what that meant..
And the king's explanation was as follows:…….
‘Lloyd Frontera. That smart, cocky, but talented guy. He asked me if I wanted to help him build a new city..’
There was no need to worry.
nodded.
The reason was simple.
This will be an opportunity to make a lot of new things that have never been made before..
That's how I dressed up as a woman..
Selected 20 dwarf artisans from the royal blacksmith shop..
I came this far after a busy journey of 15 days with them..
“Phew. This is why my back hurts this much.”
Corgidus grumbled..
The young dwarf artisan sitting across from the carriage grinned..
“That's right, old man. I didn't know there would be such a ceaseless forced march..”
“yes? Sitting in a carriage and shaking all day is quite a bit of hard labor..”
My whole body ached..
All my joints were creaking..
I felt like I could finally understand how it feels to have items delivered in boxes over several days..
However, Corgidus could not enjoy the feeling of freedom even after arriving at his destination or getting off the carriage..
“You are here. I waited desperately.”
A greeting that comes before you even feel a sense of liberation..
Corgidus twitched his bushy eyebrows and looked back..
After confirming the other person, I started off with a counter attack..
“It's a shame to wait. I don't believe a word you say, you idiot..”
“Oh, is that so??”
“of course.”
Lloyd smiling brightly as if he had come to meet us..
The dwarf master snorted at Lloyd..
“The guy who waited so long for me comes out to meet me alone? Be honest, you idiot. You just happened to see us while passing by.?”
“Uh, when did you master mind reading??”
“What is mind reading? You can tell just by looking at it..”
“haha. If I had known this would happen, I would have at least hung a banner at the entrance to the territory. I also prepared some flowers..”
“Damn you, you bastard. To kill someone by tickling them.”
“Isn’t that why you weren’t prepared? This is beautiful consideration based on humanism, consideration..”
“Fuck you. I'm so thankful that I'm crying.”
“Iknow, right. I also shed tears because I got to see you..”
“really?”
“yes. I honestly waited a long time. so-”
Lloyd held out the wad of paper he was holding..
Suspicion appeared in Corgidus' eyes..
“What is this??”
“You will know when you see it..”
“…….”
A bundle of about twenty rolled up papers.
received. I unfolded it.
I heard Lloyd's sly voice in my ear..
“This is a drawing I drew while anxiously waiting for the elderly. Actually, is there a need for a banner or a bouquet of flowers? From what I can see, this seems to be more of an older person's preference..”
“this? It's my taste?”
“yes.”
“Where do you see it like that??”
“When you just opened the drawing, your nostrils were fluttering..”
“…….”
“no way. Actually, it's good.”
“…….”
“Aren’t you honestly happy to be welcomed with a blueprint??”
Lloyd's voice becomes more subdued..
In the end, Corgidus burst out laughing..
“okay. Alright, you guy. I came to see this. Are you done??”
“yes. So feel free to watch it..”
“haha. But man. What if I watch this to my heart's content and then just walk away? What on earth do you believe and are you so self-indulgent??”
“Hmm, isn’t this the first time you’ve seen a drawing like that in your life??”
“what?”
“If you just looked at something like that and left, you wouldn't be able to sleep starting today..”
“I? why?”
Corgidus raised his eyebrows..
Lloyd grinned..
“Because you'll want to make it..”
“……What?”
“You'll want to make a ton of it. Just close your eyes and the drawing will come to mind. Ah, I want to make it. I want to pound the metal, make sparks fly, create it, and refine it. I want to see that thing actually built and working. Well, small wishes like this..”
“What nonsense are you talking about right now?…….”
“So, every night, you will kick off the blanket with regret. I should have made that drawing back then, I wish I could turn back time. Oh, it must be really difficult to get a blanket for the elderly. The bruises will get beat up every night with no time to heal..”
“why am i wearing a blanket…….”
“So, you're not going to make it??”
“…….”
“It would be really fun to make it. You will feel the joy of life rising again. You will be able to brag a lot later. Wouldn't you like it??”
“Tsk. It's fun and rewarding to boast about. If you make it, you just make it. Why is there so much nonsense?.”
“So are you making it for me??”
Lloyd smiled..
Corgidus grumbled..
“Even if you're going to make it, you have to get an explanation of what it's going to be used for, you idiot..”
Pot Pot.
The dwarf craftsman said as he flipped through the drawings..
“Well, please explain. What is this cylinder with an opening on one side, and what is this large barrel connected to it? This is what it was designed to be used for..”
“Oh, that's a mixer..”
“mixer?”
“yes. Mixer cart for cement.”
Lloyd nodded..
Truck mixing and transporting ready-mix concrete at a construction site.
Everyone has probably seen it on the street at least once..
It's a truck, and there's something like a round drum on the back..
But the drum spins slowly..
It was a mixer truck..
That equipment could truly be said to be the flower of the construction site..
From small houses to large structures.
This is because there are almost no sites where ready-mixed concrete is not used..
“But. No matter how I look at this, it only looks like a familiar item.?”
“I'm used to it?”
“Isn’t this a treadmill that has only grown in size??”
“yes, that's right.”
“that's right?”
“yes. Because it will move with the power of the Podongi rolling it..”
“…….”
Corgidus was speechless..
Lloyd's explanation continued..
“The principle is simple. Podong will roll the treadmill here. Power is then transmitted along this axis. The mixer body turns together..”
“But the mixer body? What is this spiral-shaped structure inside??”
“Mix the cement and maintain it..”
Rotating like that prevents the cement from hardening..
Prevents foreign substances such as rainwater from entering and mixing..
In addition, it also maintains the quality of cement..
“It's called the Brazilian peanut effect. The key is to prevent that.”
“brazil… … peanut?”
Corgidus tilted his head..
This is my first time hearing it..
Lloyd grinned..
“There is such a thing. To put it simply, this means that when large grains and small grains are randomly mixed, the small grains sink to the bottom..”
“Hmm, small particles sink?”
“yes.”
“but. That makes sense. I saw quite a bit of that while working with charcoal and sand..”
“That's right?”
That's actually true too.
Brazilian Peanut Phenomenon.
It was a scientifically proven phenomenon..
You can find out by mixing large beans and small rice, putting it in a plastic bottle and shaking it..
You can put Lego blocks of different sizes in a box and shake it..
Rather than settling down as most would expect, you will see large particles floating up..
‘Well, depending on the conditions, a reverse Brazilian peanut phenomenon may occur..’
In any case, we had to be on the lookout for the Brazilian peanut phenomenon even when mixing and pouring cement..
I had to keep taking care of it even after mixing it..
Otherwise?
Large particles in cement float to the top.
All small particles are crushed to the bottom..
If you pour cement and build a building in that state, chaos will arise..
‘This is because the quality of the cement dries out unevenly. Even after just a little bit of time, it cracks, splits, crumbles, explodes, and then falls apart..’
That should have never been prevented..
Moreover, it was even more so in this construction..
‘Because the apartment is different from the foundation of the offshore structure built in Cremo. Because it is different from the foundation of the suspension tower built in the royal capital. This is a construction project that cannot be poured in randomly as soon as the cement is made like back then..’
It reminds me of a construction project that used cement..
Marine artificial ground made in Cremo.
The foundation of the suspension bridge tower built in the royal capital.
It was different back then than it is now..
The structure was massive and simple..
All you had to do was pour cement into a huge, open frame..
So, as soon as I made it, I was able to pour cement, pour it again, and keep pouring it..
But now?
‘Conditions are different.’
The apartments to be built from now on would not have such a simple structure..
Interior floors, walls, ceilings and stairs.
Such a dense structure is intricately intertwined..
Of course, the mold that will be the frame will be small and tight..
I couldn't pour in a lot of cement as ignorantly as I used to..
‘If you do that, the cement won't go into every nook and cranny properly. There will definitely be spaces or bubbles left that are not filled with cement. Then it gets in trouble.’
It was like that in real life too..
Pouring is the process of pouring concrete into a building..
During the pouring, the most skilled worker held the concrete hose..
This was because it was detailed work that required the hands of a skilled person..
‘So, it takes a lot longer than you think. But what if the cement is left without a mixer for that entire time? It will harden before you even pour it, or the ingredients will separate. That's why you need a mixer.’
A mixer that mixes and maintains cement well..
It was a necessary equipment for the construction of this apartment..
“Oh, and this is the pump you need to pour cement..”
“Pump?”
“yes.”
Lloyd pointed to another blueprint..
“It is connected to the mixer and plays the role of lifting cement. The building we are going to build this time will be tall, all the way to the top..”
“Hmm. Is this perhaps an application of the screw pump used in water wheels??”
“yes. You guessed it correctly. I'm trying to make it manually using manpower..”
“It's just right. It's not that complicated.”
“Then can you make it for me??”
“her. Are you doubting my skills??”
“Of course not. How dare I.”
Lloyd smirked..
Corgidus frowned..
“Tsk.”
It's always like this when I face this guy..
As we talked, I got caught up in his pace again..
“This is the way to go, really. Now I see that you, you, anticipated my coming and drew up the blueprint. It seems like I'm the only one who always suffers from this. The young guy grew up a lot of snakes in his head..”
“Thank you for the compliment.”
“Even shameless.”
“So, how long do you think the production schedule will take??”
“Tsk, I'll make that and give you a message. First, show me where to work..”
“What you say is obvious.”
Lloyd quickly took the lead..
Ten days have passed like that..
Indeed, the royal craftsmen had different skills..
The greatest general, Corgidus, took command there..
The steel bell coupons that were constantly stored up were used as materials..
Then the ideal result came out..
It was a treadmill with a diameter of 20 meters..
The size of the axis connected to it and the mixer body were also quite large..
It was a large structure that the blacksmiths in the territory could not even think of building..
But Corgidus and the artisans?
It was completed in just ten days..
Even it worked just fine..
“Podong!”
coo coo coo coo coo coo coo…….
Podong, who ate red sunflower seeds, got on the hamster wheel..
A 20-meter-diameter hamster wheel began to move heavily..
“Podong?”
A smile bloomed on Podong’s face..
It was my first time spinning a treadmill in my life..
This was a lot more fun than I thought.
Thanks to this, Podong’s running got faster and faster..
The rotation of the treadmill has become more intense..
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-!
A 20-meter hamster wheel that rotates with a whopping 1 point of power..
The fierce rotational force was transmitted intact to the shaft and mixer..
Kuwaaaa-!
The mixer rotated heavily..
The cement inside danced and swayed..
At the same time, Lloyd's hopes were also rising..
‘oh my god. It's working perfectly..’
Dwarf artisans dispatched by the royal family.
Thanks to them, even the core construction equipment was completed..
Now, it was time to jump into full-scale apartment complex construction..
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