The best territory designer ever - Episode 32
32fury. Buildings that prevent muscle loss (2)
“Uh, I'm going to make you a stone ice bath..”
Hehehe.
The wind of the wilderness blew.
The wind carried sand particles into my eyes..
Lloyd narrowed his eyes in front of that invasion..
I looked this way and that way at the slightly sloping vacant lot..
“What is Seokbinggo??”
As he expected, Javiel's rebuttal came..
I couldn't help but burst into laughter..
“bingo.”
“yes?”
“No, not that. Have you ever heard of an ice house??”
“never heard of it.”
“Yeah, I guess so..”
stone ice storage.
ice house.
These are all historic facilities that stored ice during the hot season..
Seokbinggo was like that in Joseon, and ice house was like that in Europe..
In addition, in the Yazd region of the Middle East, an old ice storage facility called Moayedi still remains intact..
In other words, facilities for storing ice have existed everywhere in the world since ancient times..
However, this continent of Laurasia, which is the background of the novel Iron-Blooded Knight,?
Things were a little different.
‘Because of magic, such facilities could not develop..’
In any case, the people who go to ice in the summer are the wealthy class..
And this world was full of wizards who would do their best to serve the wealthy..
This means that even in the middle of summer, you can enjoy sangria filled with ice with just one order..
“That's why. I'm going to create something like that for the first time in the history of this place..”
“For the orcs??”
“uh.”
Lloyd nodded..
The sloping land seemed perfect for building a stone ice storage facility..
He roughly calculated the number of tribe members in the orc colony, how much they eat, and the size of the game they hunt on average. We estimated the area of the ice storage to be built according to its size..
‘I definitely need to make it bigger than the one from the Joseon Dynasty..’
While receiving help from my surveying and design skills, I suddenly remembered something from earlier..
♣
“Instead of skipping the lower body exercise, I will build you a cool food storage facility, so you can recognize me as a warrior..”
“Squeak?”
Chief Akush's first reaction to what he said was to raise his thick eyebrows..
“Food preservation elk, kkuik.?”
“It's literally true. It is a warehouse to preserve food..”
“What difference will it make if we build it??”
“yes. It varies.”
“What is it??”
“The meat you hunt will hardly spoil..”
“Squeak? Is that possible, kkuik?”
“of course.”
Akush wrinkles his eyebrows as if he can’t believe it..
I smiled brightly at him..
In times like these, it’s important to show confidence..
Lloyd said, keeping that fact in mind..
“Imagine this. I couldn't even eat half of the large monster meat I hunted with all my might, but it was already rotting. The sadness of the natural protein chunks that cannot be eaten and have to be thrown away..”
“……Kuiik! I'm angry, squeaky!”
“That's right?”
“That's right, kuik.!”
“However, by keeping it fresh, you can eat it all without throwing any of it away. All of that plump meat goes into the chief's mouth, becomes nutrients, and turns into muscle. How about it, isn't it cool??”
Fuheung!
Instead of answering, Chief Akush let out a harsh snort..
It was thrilling just to imagine it..
“Is that really true??”
“Of course it is. Who am I??”
“It's a benefactor, kkuik!”
“That's right?”
“That's right, kkuik!”
“great. Thank you for trusting me. Then, should we start by writing a construction contract?.”
“Construction ordering… … contract, contract?”
“yes. Because contracts are the most important in things like this. Javiel?”
Lloyd looked back..
Seemingly getting used to this situation, Javiel quickly handed me a piece of paper and a pen..
Lloyd scribbled a simple ordering contract form on the paper handed to him..
“It was originally like this. If you just decide to start a construction project with a grain of salt, the rights relationship will always be ambiguous and there will be backbiting. What are we like? Wouldn't we both be sad if something like that happened??”
“……Uh, I don't know what you're talking about, but it kind of sounds like it..”
“Well thought out. You are also wise. Okay, here.”
“Squeak?”
“Please sign below..”
“signature, squeak?”
“The Great Chief is leaving a sign that he agrees to the terms of this contract..”
“Good sign! I'm good at that, Kkuik.!”
Akush raised a fist as big as a basketball..
I hit it straight at the ordering contract..
Kua-ang!
The ordering contract is completely stuck in the rocks..
As deep as 10 centimeters.
‘omg.’
monster.
This was a monster in a different sense than Haviel..
I once again realized how powerful the Orc Chief was..
‘but. In the original work, Javiel was also an opponent that he had difficulty defeating..’
At that time, Haviel had just reached the level of a sword master..
In other words, this muscle-heavy orc chieftain in front of me had a fighting ability that was roughly between that of a sword expert and a sword master..
‘Even with sheer physical strength. Even though I don't know how to use mana at all.’
The more I thought about it, the more terrifying it was..
But there's no need to be afraid now.
Anyway, this muscle monster in front of me is on my side..
Lloyd grinned..
“Thank you for your wise judgment, Chief. From now on, you can just trust me..”
“Of course! I, Akush, believe in the human Lloyd, Kuiik.!”
“Yes, please leave it to me..”
Lloyd also left his signature on the contract stuck on the floor..
The contents of the contract were roughly as follows..
[Lloyd Frontera builds an ice chamber for an orc tribe..]
[The Orc tribe recognizes Lloyd Frontera as a warrior and pays for the construction..]
[The construction cost will be replaced with exercise equipment currently in use in the village..]
[Accordingly, Lloyd Frontera provides the village with a new exercise equipment of the same weight made from processed stone..]
……was.
In other words, it was a contract in which neither party had anything to lose..
‘No, it's not that there's nothing to lose, it's a win-win..’
The valuables and gold coins that are now used as exercise equipment in the village were items that the Orcs did not need anyway..
Instead of bringing it?
Making stone exercise equipment that is easier to use would be good for the orcs as well..
Plus, they got a large refrigerator to store their food, a seokbinggo, so it was truly a win-win deal..
“……That's why you have to keep trust. You have to make it well. Well, I think you can put the entrance this way..”
On the one hand, conducting measurements.
On the other hand, Lloyd said, recalling the events that had happened before..
In fact, he was planning to make this stone ice storage really well..
It was natural.
‘Because trust is the most important thing in this kind of work..’
You should not take it easy just because the other person looks simple or easygoing..
If you proceed with the construction sloppily in the hope of making immediate profits, you will end up in trouble later..
Especially against muscle monsters like that..
‘Rather, in times like this, keeping trust is unconditionally beneficial in the long run..’
The orc tribe was a powerful force.
The fighting power of each warrior was enormous..
Moreover, if a war broke out, dozens of villages in this area would quickly form an alliance..
An army comparable to the elite corps of any country will be organized..
‘So it's important to get the score right at this point..’
Maybe you can get RP from them too.
With that in mind, Lloyd did his best to measure and design the ice cave..
‘The entrance is to the south. Move the main room, where ice and food are stored, to the cool north..’
Lloyd used the traditional Joseon-style stone ice storage as its basic model..
When I was a freshman in college, I had experience participating in a club related to traditional architecture..
The experience back then has been of great help now..
‘Anyway, it's very dry here..’
This was a dry wilderness..
When the stone ice storage was built, it seemed to be more efficient than the one from the Joseon Dynasty..
In addition, he meticulously inspected and placed numerous elements that would enable the stone ice storage to function..
‘First of all, it is important to send hot air upward..’
The overall structure was semi-circular..
Just half of it was buried underground..
The other half was made to bulge above the ground..
That's how I made the ceiling round and arched..
We also did not forget the structure through which the heat will ultimately escape..
‘We need to create a recessed, uneven space between the ridges that form the vault. Because we have to trap the hot air there. A ventilation hole is also created at the center point of each hollow point. This way, the heat is completely discharged out of the ice storage room. If you place a cover stone on top of the ventilation hole to block sunlight and rainwater... … done.’
Tsutsutsutsutsu……!
A three-dimensional design screen that appears like a hologram so that it can only be seen in his field of vision..
The design of the ceiling structure was carried out steadily..
He also did not forget to make the floor inside the ice storage room sloping..
‘Otherwise, the water that forms as the ice naturally melts will pool on the bottom, and the puddle will help the rest of the ice melt..’
The south side, where the entrance is, was designed to be high, and the north side, which is the direction of the main room, was designed to be low..
And at the northern end, a drainage ditch was created to drain the water..
In addition, we carefully took care of the structure to expel heat and keep cold out..
A retaining wall was placed north-south next to the entrance gate..
It was a structure that allowed the cold wind coming down from the mountain range in winter to hit the retaining wall and enter the inside of the ice storage facility..
Enough space for insulation was secured..
By the time four days had passed.
The design is finally finished.
“Phew, the drawing is okay too..”
I was able to neatly draw out the design drawings using the optional functions I gained as my design skills rose to the intermediate level..
The next step that needed to be resolved for the construction of the stone ice storage facility was securing construction materials..
‘The mud and lime to form the waterproofing layer of the ceiling can be obtained here. The rice husk, straw, and sawdust that will be used as insulation can be obtained by sending ten soldiers from the Corps of Engineers back to the territory and having them airlift them. The final lawn covering on the outside can be replaced with thorny grass that grows in this area. There's only one problem, it's granite.’
Lloyd's eyes turned to the west..
The Eastern Mountains lie between the Frontera territory and the wilderness here..
The foot of the eastern slope there was shining brightly in the morning sunlight..
It was a partially exposed granite bedrock..
‘If you want to build a stone ice storage facility, you definitely need that granite..’
Granite was a rock created when felsic magma cooled slowly..
It was that hard and the rock was homogeneous..
In other words, because there was no grain in the internal structure, the material was not easily distorted or split..
‘Therefore, even in the modern world, granite is often used as a support stone for semiconductor equipment or measuring equipment that requires precision..’
As expected, granite is hard and has not even deformed..
It was advantageous for buildings that had to withstand a long period of time..
This is especially true for buildings that require long-term insulation and waterproofing performance, such as ice storage..
But granite did not have only advantages..
‘Too difficult to process.’
As hard as it is, it is hard to break..
Even the stone has no grain, so it cannot be split in the desired direction..
In other words, granite was a rock that was extremely difficult to quarry or process into the desired size and shape..
‘That's why our country's old Buddha statues looked rough..’
Korean peninsula covered in granite.
Thanks to this, our ancestors had to literally ‘cut the granite one by one’ to handle it..
It took a long time and a lot of hard work..
Of course, Lloyd had no intention of doing that..
It was an orc colony, not his territory..
I didn't want to spend a lot of time building a stone ice storage facility on someone else's land..
That's why.
He thought of a solution and looked back..
I silently called out to the silver-haired knight who was watching behind me..
“Hey, Habiel?”
“Did you call me?.”
“Oh, I called you. Let me ask you something..”
“please speak.”
“You can cut rocks with a sword?”
“yes.”
“how much?”
“I succeeded in reaching about 1 meter with one sword..”
“1meter-sized rock?”
“yes.”
Javiel nodded as if it was no big deal..
it was amazing.
Even if it is a sword made of iron, it is ultimately just a blade weighing a few kilograms..
But with that, you can cut a 1-meter-long rock that weighs close to a ton in one go..
But Lloyd instead snorted when he saw Haviel like that..
“okay? It's worse than I thought.”
“…….”
“I thought that if I cut it again with the sword, it would cut several meters, create a hole, and cause a fuss, tsk..”
“……I think the level you mentioned would be difficult even for a decent sword master..”
“Yeah?”
“yes.”
“I'm not making excuses for no reason because you can't do it.?”
“no.”
“no?”
“yes.”
“really?”
“That's right.”
Did you think this side was going to be persistent?.
The temperature of Javiel's voice became slightly colder than usual..
“I don't know what Lloyd is thinking when he asks me such a question, but if he is trying to abuse his position to make unreasonable demands on me, I will politely decline in advance..”
“Oh my. strike declaration?”
“I am just telling you in advance that I cannot meet your impossible request, which is beyond my ability. If we ignore that and remain stubborn, both parties will become unhappy..”
“each other becomes unhappy?”
“That's right.”
“If you are forced to do something that is beyond your ability?”
“That's also true. Can I be honest with you??”
“try.”
“Right now, Lloyd is trying to get stone to build something called a stone ice storage facility..”
“Uh, right.”
“And Lloyd is trying to use me to get that stone. To make me cut stones with my sword. I said this because I expected it early..”
“So, I refuse to become a quarryman who has no business.?”
“It's impossible to do with a sword in the first place..”
“Tsk, you’re cocky..”
“thank you.”
Javiel bowed his head..
You probably think you won this fight..
Lloyd curled the corners of his mouth..
He threw a meaningful smile at Javiel, who was probably confident of victory..
“If I make it possible?”
“yes?”
“If I teach you how to blast a hole several meters deep in a rock with a single sword, then you will grant my request.?”
“what is that…….”
Javiel trailed off..
Lloyd grinned..
A destructive technique that Javiel had completed in the middle of the novel Iron Blood Knight was already in his mind..
He planned to teach it to Javiel early on..
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