mtl008 Chapter 157: Salute before the Start of Work
Chapter 157: Salute before the Start of Work
Su Xiaomo slept peacefully all night.
Daven protected Xiaomo in various postures all night long.
How could he know that Xiaomo was so restless when sleeping.
She was either turning this way or that way, and putting her legs on his stomach.
Daven was afraid that she would catch a cold, so he used his nine tails to cover her everywhere.
My face and nose were already bruised, and now after a bad night's sleep, I have panda eyes.
In the morning, Xiaomo woke up and Daven quickly opened his eyes.
The once most beautiful male beast in the world is now nothing but a piglet that looks like it has been covered in soot.
Su Xiaomo couldn't help but want to laugh.
But considering that Daven had taken care of her all night, she covered her mouth and forced back her smile.
Daven was even more sad.
He really did become very ugly, even Xiaomo started to laugh at him.
The four beast kings also began to prepare food.
After breakfast, they will officially start building the villa.
"Xiaomo, are you feeling better?" Kai asked, "Don't walk all day today. Sit on my back and keep warm."
"Okay, Kai, thank you." Su Xiaomo nodded.
She really didn't want to leave today.
I feel inexplicably tired.
It may take until the third day of your period to feel better.
"Gai, you will be responsible for taking good care of Xiaomo today," Artis said, "or help us correct the construction technology so that there are no inappropriate places."
"Well," said Jiayi, "I have experience in areas where everyone can tell me. For the rest, Xiaomo is here. She knows more than I do."
"Yes," Brandi said, "With Xiaomo in charge, we can finish it faster. Maybe we can finish it in a month or two."
Thousands of male beasts gathered in the lion tribe to build villas. As long as there is a construction direction, wouldn’t it be a matter of minutes to complete it?
"We'll try our best to finish the construction as soon as possible," Dick said. "After the piling is completed, our snake tribe can do other things. Let's all help together."
"It's a physical job, thank you for your hard work," Xiaomo said. "I'm not a professional in architecture, so I can only explore bit by bit. I'll try my best to tell you what I know, and then we'll hurry up and finish the construction before winter comes. If we build it when it's too cold, the building will not be strong, and it will be impossible to work after it freezes."
"Well," Artis nodded, "let's go now."
The four beast kings, as well as Daven, started today's work with many male beast guards.
Su Xiaomo first went to the place where Daven was blasting and was surprised to find that almost all the iron ore had been blasted by Daven.
This means that, besides making cement, there will be a lot of iron ore left over from the blasting of Daven.
"Daven, you are amazing," Su Xiaomo praised, "You finished all this work in just one day?!"
"It's not a big deal," Daven said. "We just need to hurry up and finish the work."
"Daven, these iron ores can't be used to make cement," Su Xiaomo said, "You can ask the guards to build a few more furnaces and burn some charcoal, and we will start forging steel bars."
"What are steel bars?" Daven had never heard of them.
"Rebar is made from smelted iron ore. It is as long as bamboo poles and can be inserted between floor slabs," Su Xiaomo said. "In a six-story villa, rebars must be inserted between the floors to increase firmness."
"Okay, I understand," Daven said, "Xiaomo, you stay and direct the work. I'll have the guards start making steel and rebars."
"Yes," Xiaomo nodded, "Let's have the guards transport the iron ore slag over first."
Daven immediately sent guards to start transporting the iron ore.
After joining up with Attis and the others, the official construction began.
"Everyone wait a moment," Xiaomo called to the beast kings. She turned to Daven and said, "Daven, use your blasting skills. There is a pile of newly mined limestone over there. Please blast it twelve times."
"Why twelve?" Daven wondered.
Could it be that after twelve hits, the limestone will be broken into pieces just right?
Yesterday, he had to blow up a pile of them about twenty or thirty times.
"No, we started work today, and we used the explosion as a salute to celebrate. Twelve is exactly twelve months, and every year will be safe and smooth."
"Ha, that's good," Daven said, "Watch me, everyone stay away."
Daven gathered all his strength and fired twelve times in a row, "Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The sound of the explosion broke through the sky and shook the earth.
The construction of the tallest and most magnificent villa in the entire animal world is about to begin!
All the male beasts applauded and cheered. Gai, Su Xiaomo and hundreds of guards circled in the air, forming various patterns.
Xiaomo happily hugged Gai's neck and admired the scenery which was completely different from modern society.
After the opening salute, the construction site was bustling with activity.
Dick led the snake tribe to drive piles and dig foundations.
Atis led the lion tribe to be responsible for the production and mixing of cement clinker.
Brandi led the tiger tribe to carry bricks and prepare to build the wall.
Jiayi brought Su Xiaomo with him and was responsible for checking the progress and quality of the project.
The Eagle Clan's guards are responsible for the transportation and search of various materials.
Daven led the fox guards and was responsible for the forging of steel.
Xiaomo sat on Gai's back and carefully instructed Daven what to do.
The production of steel bars is much more troublesome than that of cement.
It has to go through at least two forgings to remove impurities.
Moreover, steelmaking requires very high furnace temperatures. A bellows must be made first, and charcoal must be burned continuously to reach the temperature for steelmaking.
After a large lump of iron is smelted, it has to be hammered countless times to make a hammer of sufficient weight before it can be used as a blacksmith's tool.
Under Xiaomo's guidance, Daven worked for a whole morning and finally produced five lumps of iron.
These five lumps of iron have to be fired and hammered one by one before they can become iron hammers without impurities.
It seems like it would be good enough if we could make the blacksmith's hammer today.
"It will be fine as long as we can refine a few hammers today," Su Xiaomo said, "There is no rush anyway."
The walls of the villa are already made of concrete and red bricks, so there is no big problem. The steel bars produced can be used as long as the floor slabs can be used.
Daven didn't want to spend the whole day just practicing to make a few hammers.
"Don't worry, Xiaomo," Daven said, "we will refine the steel bars today."
"Daven, you and the Fox Clan's guards still don't have enough manpower," Su Xiaomo said, "If you plan to make steel, then we can even use steel bars for the walls of the villa, which will be stronger."
"When building a house, of course the best way is best," Daven said. "I'm not afraid of trouble. As long as the house is built, anything is fine."
"Gai," Su Xiaomo lowered her head and said to Jia, "Then let the Eagle guards suspend their transportation work and help Daven make steel."