The best territory designer ever - Episode 55
55fury. First achievement on the continent (2)
“Dig, lay, cut, fetch, trim, bury. This is what you will do from today onwards..”
“Tweet jack, Tweet!”
Beneath Ongdal Spring deep in the mountains.
Lloyd stood on a small rock..
His speech began amidst the chirping of mountain birds..
human soldiers of the engineering corps.
Rugged Orc Miners.
All eyes of the work crew were on Lloyd..
A work briefing followed under the guise of Lloyd's speech..
“As everyone knows, this is not a very safe place. We are in the eastern mountains. So what should I watch out for??”
“It's an attack by a wild beast.!”
“You also have to be careful with monsters!”
“If you're hungry, you'll be in big trouble, kkuik.!”
Engineers and Orc miners were competing.
A satisfied smile appeared on Lloyd's lips..
“okay. Everything is correct. That's correct. Monsters as well as beasts can appear. Therefore, when moving, they always move in groups of 20, consisting of 10 humans and 10 orcs. Everyone knows what group they belong to.?”
“yep!”
“That's right, kuik.!”
“good. Now, let’s check the assigned role. What do groups 1 through 6, made up of 20 mixed humans and orcs, do??”
“Cutting and grooming a giant bamboo!”
“okay. Articles 7, 8, and 9?”
“The trimmed giant bamboo is moved to the water pipe burial site.!”
“Then, Articles 10, 11, and 12 are?”
“Repair buried pipes!”
Lloyd asks and engineers answer.
Both the questions and answers were straightforward..
Lloyd's smile became even happier when he saw the engineers..
‘I raised you well.’
Suddenly, I remembered the first time I mobilized the estate's private soldiers to carry red clay for the construction of an ondol room..
At that time, they were ordinary soldiers at the level of vigilantes..
They were just local youth who could be found wherever they went..
But now it's completely different.
‘If everyone is like that, they will quickly adapt if you throw them in any field in Korea..’
Now the ordinary neighborhood youth vigilantes have disappeared..
I couldn't even find a white face..
All faces tanned by the sun.
The eyebrows were slightly frowned out of habit due to the glare of the scorching sun on site..
Just like that, a dignified figure was suddenly visible through the coarsely grown beard..
The crew's attire was also the same..
Their work clothes were shabby but special..
Each person had embroidery of various shapes engraved on their left chest..
Heated stone sign indicating Ondol.
A flat surface sign indicating a paved road..
Deep pit sign indicating a coal mine.
Some people see a rectangular stone chamber sign indicating a stone chamber..
Most of them also had embankment signs indicating the Marez clearing area..
Each of those marks was a certificate indicating that they had participated in numerous construction projects..
It was also a type of medal that instilled pride in individual engineers..
‘Moreover, everyone's stamina has improved greatly..’
I didn't have big muscles like a gym man..
However, I was confident that my strength had become stronger than that of the soldiers of any territory..
We carried bricks, dirt, and various materials all day long..
Hammering, sawing, and shoveling were the default options..
Each piece of labor gave them tough yet sacred muscles for hard work..
I could literally say that no matter what kind of world I was thrown into, I became a veteran who, if I just adapted a little, would win the position of foreman like I was chewing gum..
“But don't let down your guard and be fussy. The first person to get hurt on site is a veteran who only trusts his own familiarity and is clumsy at installation. Do you understand??”
“yep!”
“Then, except for Group 13, which consists only of engineers, the remaining personnel are sent in with strong slogans.!”
“Oooh!”
A total of 12 groups.
120120 engineers and 120 orcs held up tools such as saws and axes..
And they rushed in an orderly manner toward their respective work sites..
First, groups 1 to 6 headed to the forest near the speech site..
There were bamboo thicker than the body of an orc warrior and a colony of giant bamboo..
The human engineers and orc miners deployed to the Giant Bamboo colony became one and flashed their tools..
“Let’s take turns starting from here.!”
“The ax is good, kkuik!”
“Exercise, kkuik!”
Seogudeok! Seogudeok! Kwasik! Shut up!
Human engineers rushed in with logging saws. The Orc miners ignorantly swung the large Great Ax with one hand..
A huge bamboo colony was cut down by an untimely storm of logging..
At the same time, trimming of the felled bamboo continued next door..
cut to a certain length.
The outer surface was trimmed..
It was the same on the inside too..
The small army of engineers entered the bamboo tree..
The inner surface was smoothed out and a hole was dug..
A giant bamboo tree was cut down, trimmed, and processed into a certain length of bamboo conduit..
Once the processing was completed, it was the turn of groups 7, 8, and 9 who had been waiting..
“Everyone listen. one two!”
“Heheupcha!”
“Squeak!”
Human engineers and orc miners worked together to move the giant bamboo conduit..
I crossed rough mountain paths, streams, and rocks..
Sometimes chasing away growling wild animals.
And sometimes, I beat up drooling monsters..
Numerous bamboo conduits were delivered to the water pipe burial site..
Then, groups 10, 11, and 12 received bamboo conduits from the water pipe burial site..
With the cooperation of Baeulgi and the blacksmith, reinforcement was added to the bamboo conduit..
“Bell! grunt-!”
Jingling Jingling Jingling!
Baeulgi, who had already scooped up dirt, shook his chubby tail vigorously..
A bell hanging from the end of the tail made a loud alarm sound..
At the same time, it gave maximum strength to the gundgi..
Sigh.!
Beneath the rattle's upturned tail, a long red-hot steel screech was emitted from the muzzle in the form of a rebar..
The blacksmiths rushed to the rebar..
It didn't matter at all that there was no fireplace..
It was a warm, soft(?) rebar that had just been pulled out..
Thanks to this, blacksmiths were able to easily handle rebar..
7, 8, 9Joe wrapped the bamboo conduit he delivered with rebar in a ring shape..
It was a reinforcing material that would firmly support the conduit to prevent it from splitting or bursting due to water pressure..
In the meantime, workers from Groups 10, 11, and 12 assisted Podongi..
“Podong! Podododododong!”
Hobabababababat!
Wherever Podong went, a storm of dirt arose..
A long hole was created where the storm passed..
It was a place to bury bamboo conduits..
Of course, it wasn't sold casually..
“Podong! Podo-dong!”
Every time Podong sold land, he followed the spot marked by Lloyd..
The depth and width of the pit that I heard in advance were accurately observed..
It was according to the specifications that Lloyd had already measured and designed..
Ground conditions.
Earth pressure and dead load, earthquake effects, water pressure, dead load.
It was also the result of a calculation that took into account both the bearing capacity of the ground and the expected ground settlement..
Just like that, when Podong made a great show and dug a hole, Groups 10, 11, and 12 followed without fail..
“Now, clear the floor.!”
“Oooh, kuik!”
Human engineers and orc miners straightened out the cross section of the pit..
Sufficient reinforcement was also applied to prevent flooding and subsidence..
The floor was compacted and stones were laid..
Clay mixed with lime was applied thickly..
A giant trimmed bamboo conduit was placed on top of it..
Lime mud was again applied thoroughly around the bamboo conduit..
The soil was compacted and covered over it..
It was a backfilling process..
This completes the work on one pipe..
Of course, in the meantime, everyone tried to exactly follow the specifications instructed by Lloyd..
I immediately started working on the next section..
repeated the same process.
Meanwhile, Lloyd directly commanded 60 personnel from 13 units of the Engineer Corps..
I went to a valley located halfway up the mountain range..
There, construction of an aqueduct began..
The first to act was Haviel..
“Come on, Habiel. know?”
“Is it okay to just blast the marked area??”
“of course. Do you do business for a day or two?.”
“Are you just trying to nag me that if I don't dodge quickly after it explodes, I'll be crushed by a pile of falling stones??”
“It's not?”
“then?”
“Just show me one demonstration of how to roll it, and I'll put up a tombstone in front of it in return..”
“……I'll be back.”
Coincidentally, there was an exposed limestone rock near the site where the aqueduct was planned to be built..
Haviel, with his sword drawn, stood in front of the bedrock..
Lloyd aimed at the marked spot..
“Inhale.”
Spa Papa Pot!
The silver-haired knight's sword moved dozens of times at an invisible speed..
Contains the explosive power of mana circles colliding at the same time..
The result was sophisticated and unstoppable destruction..
Tuhwahwak!
Dozens of explosions occurred inside the bedrock that must have endured for hundreds of thousands of years..
The explosive force split the hard rock..
Kuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!
At the end of the explosion, the split rock fell out in the shape of a giant dice..
Then, 13 groups of masons and engineers rushed to the rock, armed with hammers and other weapons..
“Now, everyone, stop being blank! Be careful not to hurt your eyes from flying stones.!”
I broke the rock into small pieces and divided it according to the marks drawn by Lloyd..
The once peaceful valley soon became filled with broken limestone fragments..
Meanwhile, the carpenters were also busy sweating..
They were given the blueprint for the aqueduct by Lloyd..
Their job was to follow the blueprint and construct the arch support frame on which the stone arch would be built..
Knock knock knock knock!
A powerful extended play continued..
A wooden support frame was made.
Rainbow-shaped sturdy base.
A limestone block was placed on top of it..
The blocks fit together tightly to form an arch..
After the arch was built, the support frame was dismantled and reassembled next to it..
The pre-cut limestone blocks were then placed back on the pedestal..
Another arch was built.
As usual, the construction continued without a break..
On one side, a giant bamboo was cut down, piped, and buried..
In the valley, a three-story arched aqueduct with a height of 17 meters and a total length of 82 meters was built from limestone..
Every time a drop of sweat flows, the buried pipes are connected one by one..
Each time the command was given, the stacked limestone blocks rose higher..
And finally, after about two months had passed,.
In the drizzling rain of late fall, the two works were combined into one result..
“Now, be careful! slowly! Fix it securely!”
Lloyd came out with an extension belt on his waist..
Climbed directly onto the completed aqueduct bridge.
There, he directed the final bamboo pipe laying work..
17 meters high from the ground.
The top of the narrow aqueduct was slippery with rain..
If I lost my footing just a little bit, it would have been perfect for a fall..
That's why I deliberately went to the most dangerous front line..
‘That way, the atmosphere at the scene won’t become cluttered..’
No matter how many bonuses and rewards you receive, risky work is risky work..
If workers are forced to die for such dangerous work, the atmosphere on site will quickly become a mess..
‘You calculate the risk of what you are doing and the money you will receive accordingly. That's how you measure the value of your own life..’
That was the natural psychology of someone doing dangerous work..
Lloyd hoped his Corps of Engineers would not make such calculations..
‘That doesn't feel very good. Because I saw that too.’
I knew that feeling well enough..
Actually it felt dirty.
A life calculated in money.
Feeling like a part that can be replaced at any time.
Once you feel that, you start to feel skeptical about the scene..
So Lloyd personally led the most dangerous task, atop the most dangerous aqueduct..
I was with the strongest people among the workers..
“Now, move carefully. Javiel? Lord Bayern? Arosh? Give a command.”
“one.”
“two.”
“Three, kkuik!”
“Let go!”
Cooung!
Lloyd, Javiel, Lord Bavaria, and Arosh formed a group..
Bamboo pipes were raised over the aqueduct. moved. I put it down. connected.
Finally the last pipe was laid and connected..
Of course, the work did not end there..
‘There's some finishing left. Confirmation.’
Just installing the pipes isn’t the end..
Is the water flowing properly?.
You have to check until the end.
For that purpose, Lloyd went up to Lake Capua..
We arrived at a water intake facility that allows lake water to flow through pipes..
There, I turned the valve on the water intake door..
Geek!
The water intake door made of steel was opened..
Lake water passed through a floating strainer made of woven bamboo and flowed into the pipe..
Lloyd's eyes looked sharply at the flowing water..
‘The flow speed is just right. It's just as designed.’
From the water intake here at Lake Capua to the estate below the mountain..
He designed the water pipe to maintain the flow rate of water flowing through the entire pipe within the range of 0.5 to 3.0 m/s..
If the flow rate in the pipe is slower than that,?
Particles such as sand grains will settle inside the pipe, causing a buildup and blockage..
Conversely, if the flow speed is too fast,?
The water pressure inside the pipe will increase, causing damage to the pipe..
‘But the flow speed you see now... … For now, you don’t have to worry about that..’
Lloyd continued to watch the water flow..
And on the other hand I waited.
what he is waiting for.
It was a hopeful message delivered from the bottom of the mountain, from the territory..
How long did I wait like that?.
‘Now it's time for a reaction.’
It was around this time that Lloyd bit his lower lip nervously..
“……is!”
“……Yes!”
Shouts began to rise one by one from the bottom of the mountain..
From the water purification plant in Yeongji to the water intake plant here..
This was the cry of the engineers who lined up one by one along the place where the pipes were buried and inspected the situation..
Now they were conveying the cries coming from the territory to the next group with all their might..
The shout was coming this way, step by step..
“……It comes out well without it.!”
“……It comes out well with no leaks.!”
And finally, one complete, powerful cry was delivered to Lloyd..
“Water comes out of the estate’s water purification plant! The water comes out well with no leaks in the middle.!”
Everyone at the scene cheered.
End of long construction.
I clenched my fist in front of the fruit I had finally tasted..
I shared a proud look with the person next to me..
As expected, the scene heated up..
Of course, Lloyd was the only exception..
“Phew. That's it. Then, let’s go collect the construction costs..”
Tuk.
Calmly, as if you were saying let’s go to the local PC room..
Or confidently, as if asking to go get a service drink..
Lloyd chuckled and tapped Javiel on the shoulder..
So Javiel had to feel puzzled..
Construction costs? A harp?
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