After Being Sold Out By The Empire, I Decide To Assist The Demon King
Chapter 137 - 6 Is Cement Feasible?

Chapter 137: Chapter 6 Is Cement Feasible?

It was worth mentioning that this world did have clay, and the output was not low, so clay pots and jars were very common things. There was no situation where poor people were drinking water from broken bowls.

However, anything above that, such as porcelain and glass, was quite valuable.

Yila had some understanding of these before, after all, the Elkaras household initially always used clay cups to drink water. Honestly...not using glass cups was a bit uncomfortable.

But he did not pay much attention to it.

The reason he was paying attention to this aspect now was because he wanted to repair the roads in the Demon King Territory. Expanding the roads could also be seen as preparation for the future connection between territories.

Originally, the best choice would naturally be to fast forward to "railways" or "trams."

However, the coal reserves in this world were a bit worrying and there was no way to produce electricity by cutting magnetic fields, so mechanical equipment was completely not feasible.

As for something like Mana Technology...it was not something Yila could research.

So, the first step was still to use cement to pave the roads. The matter of building houses with cement would have to wait; there were too many monsters, so they would still live in grass huts for now.

The physical constitution of the creatures in this world was good, so it should be fine.

"waaaaagh!!!"

"waaagh!!!"

"..."

In the midst of the goblins’ frantic running battle roar, Yila thought about matters related to cement. But his attention was quickly drawn to the goblins who were pulling human-powered curved plows...or rather, human-powered goblin plows in the fields.

How should it be described?

The goblins, pulling vines woven into traction ropes, were using themselves as cows and horses running at three or even two times the speed, plowing the fields...or rather, happily plowing the fields.

This scene made Yila envision propaganda posters from his previous ancient era about "Labor is the most glorious!" It was a very shocking picture.

As if labor was really a very joyful thing.

"waaagh!!!"

But weren’t your previous chants "Gob," "Gob?" Why did it suddenly seem out of character? Although the inspiration for goblins did come from "green skins."

Yila looked at the soil that had been quickly plowed two or three times and realized that now seemed to be the time right after a wave of blue ginseng mushrooms was harvested, and the next batch was about to be planted...blue ginseng mushrooms did not seem to particularly deplete the nutrients in the soil.

So even with such frequent planting, with the help of fertilizer, the soil had not been turned into nutrient-less wasteland.

...

*No, no, cement, cement...*

Yila turned his gaze away from the land. He sat in the shade of the goblins’ rest shed, thinking about the cement production process...he did not remember much, as cement was nowhere near as memorable as fertilizer, salt, and sugar.

By the way, speaking of sugar, the primary source of sugar in this world was fructose from boiling fruits and honey from bees...the giant bees used for refining perfume did not have honey because they ate meat, more like hornets.

So, if there were cane sugar, it would definitely give a dimensionality reduction blow to the sugar industry of this world, severely earning the money of the Empire’s people, making those sweet-tooth lovers obediently hand over their Gold Coins.

"..."

*No, no, cement, cement.*

"Hoo..."

Yila sighed. He realized that there were too many things he could do. If he continued to multi-task like this, he might really exhaust himself. It seemed he should focus on one thing at a time.

For cement, Yila remembered...using clay, bricks, broken ceramics, slag, and furnace slag ash, mixed with quicklime at a 7:3 ratio, supplemented with plaster to adjust the cement setting speed and quality, all these materials finely ground into powder.

Such cement, mixed with water, could be used to quickly dry the cement for road paving.

Plaster was relatively difficult to obtain, and Yila was unsure if this world had plaster; the ancient professional textbooks did not mention the geographical environment of plaster production.

But fortunately, plaster was not essential in cement.

As for quicklime, as long as you found rocks with calcium carbonate as the main component, you could make it. He could ask about the mining situation in the Dog Head-man Territory or look around the nearby rock piles for suitable stones.

Limestone, chalk, and dolomitic stones could all be used and recognized with the naked eye, although they might have localized names in this world...just like pepper being named "aroma grain."

If worse came to worst, choose suitable shells, burn them into shell ash and then into quicklime. Pay attention to keeping the shells of seafood, but the yield was very low and only suitable for preliminary experiments.

Tomorrow, mention this matter at the morning meeting...

"Lord Yila?"

The goblins who came back to get spores after finishing plowing greeted Yila respectfully...yes, their attitude made him feel comfortable from the heart.

Much better than groveling.

"Hmm, you’ve worked hard. Where’s the little fairy managing you?"

Yila asked, and the goblin he questioned looked around, glancing at Yila and then at the shed next to Yila. He pointed and then returned to work with the spores.

"..."

"???"

Yila was a bit puzzled. He stood up and looked at the other rest shed, then saw two little fairies sprawled on chairs, breathing evenly...covered in dust.

Undoubtedly, the little fairies were not slacking off. What Yila had anticipated had happened—

*The little fairies were exhausted!*

"Hmph~ heh heh~"

Yila couldn’t help but shake his head and chuckle. He watched the little fairies wake up, rubbing their eyes with tiny hands, and he said nothing, only showing a gentle smile.

"We fell asleep?"

"Lord Yila"

"Sorry"

"We’ll go to work now"

Seeing the little fairies hurriedly apologize and prepare to go back to work, Yila gently grabbed their little feet and flicked their confused heads.

(＠_＠;)

(＠_＠;)

Seeing the two little fairies get dizzy simultaneously, Yila held them in his hands. Watching the goblins happily sowing seeds, he said, "If you’re too tired, just rest more."

"..."

"But Lord Yila"

"You also need more rest"

"Not qualified to lecture us"

Seeing the two little fairies speak in unison and then turn their heads tsundere-like, Yila laughed and pulled out dried Golden Apples from his pocket, chewing as he said, "Because I have food that can replenish energy, I’m not giving any to you~"

Joking, Yila placed the little fairies on the chairs and, under the gaze of their four pretty little eyes, he said, "I need you to supervise the monsters, to make sure they pay more attention to safety and health. It would be strange if you don’t do it yourselves."

"I can’t keep an eye on you all the time, so you need to be self-disciplined..."

Yila said as he lightly bit on a small piece of dried Golden Apple in his mouth, leaving the farm area. In a place where the little fairies could not see, he also rubbed his eyes.

Since you esteem me and call me "Lord Yila," then the one who has to work desperately...is definitely not you.