Wearing black silk for a foreign woman

"Ma'am! Look! These are potatoes!" Lind first showed the potatoes he dug to everyone. "This thing has a much higher yield than wheat! And it's very easy to grow! It doesn't matter what the environment is!"

"And this!" Lind then handed the belladonna to everyone. "With this! If someone wants to have a surgery in the future, they won't need four or five people to press or hit their head!"

"Hmmmm." Ilufa was also interested in what Linde brought back, but this was not the most important thing. "What about the stone?"

"Stones? Here they are!" Linde excitedly pointed at the stones scattered on the ground.

Chapter 171: Little Tricks

Linde had not been away from the camp for too long, and it took only eleven days to go back and forth. It was not a long time, but a lot of things happened in the camp during these short eleven days.

First of all, the most important point is that the food has been harvested, and it is a good harvest. Half of the seeds on the carriage that Linde just crossed over have been planted. According to preliminary calculations, the first batch of harvested food is enough to feed the people in the camp for half a year. As long as there are no unexpected situations, the camp will not need to worry about food problems in the short term.

In addition to food, winemaking was also successful. Efit successfully brewed the first batch of wine using the fruits found in the woods. When the sealed wine barrels were opened, the aroma of the wine immediately attracted the passing serfs. However, Efit did not take out the wine, including Ilufa, but insisted on waiting for Linde to come back before letting Linde drink the first sip.

Grain and wine were successfully obtained, and new buildings were also built. Living in tents was too inconvenient. Apart from other things, a heavy rain might blow the tents away. In order to replace the temporary tents, Lind ordered to start building new houses with wood before he left. The first wooden building to be completed was neither the dormitory of the serfs nor the mansion of the lord, but the monastery of the war nuns.

During this time, the war sisters have been actively helping the serfs with their work without asking for anything in return. The well-fed serfs felt embarrassed and wanted to repay the war sisters, so the first wooden building built was the monastery of the war sisters.

The serfs, who were considered lazy and without a sense of honor by many nobles, helped the war nuns build the monastery without the incentive of eating meat.

Shanoya fell into deep thought again, wondering why the serfs in other places were so lazy and gluttonous, and had no sense of honor like the nobles.

Although she didn't say it directly, Shanoya has been observing and thinking since she came to the camp, especially the changes in the serfs here under Lind's policies.

Shanoya had a feeling that Lind had the answers to her questions.

If the camp wants to develop further, iron or metal tools will become more and more important. Therefore, whether Lind can successfully bring back the Salaman Stone is the key among the keys.

And Lind naturally did not disappoint others.

"Madam, Alisa, look." Linde excitedly pointed at the red stone he brought back. Because they were afraid of an impact explosion, everyone brought a small amount, and the stones were scattered all over the ground. "Is this a Shalomanite?"

Elisa walked over first, squatted down, picked up a stone, fiddled with it in her hand, then looked up at Lind with an expressionless face.

"What's wrong, isn't it?" Linde immediately became nervous when he saw this.

"No, I'm not good enough to identify Salamanthus...Ah! Why are you hitting me?!"

"Why are you making that expression if you're not good enough!" Lind shouted angrily. "And if you don't know, why did you come here first!"

"Am I just curious?" Elisa touched her head and said aggrievedly.

"Alright, alright, stop arguing." Seeing her daughter and her chosen son-in-law interacting so passionately, Illufa smiled like a female reader watching the official announcement of the man and woman she had chosen. "But Alisa, you are thirteen years old at least, and you will take the formal four-level magic exam in a year. You still can't distinguish the salaman stone?"

"It's not my fault." Alisa explained aggrievedly. "Mom, do you remember the explosion that happened in the school two years ago? There was a genius who used deflagration in the warehouse where the salman stones were stored, and all the salman stones stored in the school were destroyed in one go. As a result, I didn't have an internship with salman stones, and then I followed my dad here."

This reminded Lind that Salamanthus is a standard flammable and explosive substance, and safety issues will also be a focus in the future.

It is also flammable and explosive... Looking at the Salaman stone on the ground, Linde was thoughtful.

Since the younger one couldn't do it, the older one had to take action. Ilufa took a step forward, squatted down, picked up a red stone, and started playing with it in his hands.

He first held it in his hand and examined it carefully, then closed his eyes to feel the passive magic inside, and finally opened his eyes with a smile on his face.

Seeing Ilfa's reaction, Linde knew that the stone was right.

"Yes, this is the Salaman Stone." Ilfa said excitedly. "I didn't expect that there really is a Salaman Stone on this isolated island."

"Mom, you were so sure before..." Alisa whispered with some resentment.

After quickly glaring at his daughter who was chewing his tongue, Ilufa excitedly looked at the scattered Shaloman stones on the ground and counted them. After a while, Ilufa clapped his hands happily and said, "There are more than enough stones here~!"

"How is the design of the magic rune going?" Lind asked.

"The design has already been completed, and the runes have also been created. We are just waiting for your stone." Ilfa said happily.

"What are you waiting for! Let's go!" Linde waved his hand excitedly.

Linde was exhausted after traveling for eleven days. Without the convenient transportation in the world before the time travel, it was very tiring to travel a long distance.

However, Lind had no intention of resting at this time. Instead, he wanted to complete the construction of the new furnace as soon as possible. The importance of steel is needless to say. Even the regent of the Holy Empire knows the importance of steel. He lists steel, faith, and sacrifice as the cornerstone of the Holy Empire.

Before leaving, Linde did not forget to settle the new beastmen first. The sheep tribe led by Benio would not stay, and would go back after leaving their things at the place. As for the pigs, Linde asked them to bring the sharoman stone over first, and then he could ask the new beastmen already in the camp to help settle them first.

According to the principle of the old leading the new, Fenrir's werewolves should have been asked to help lead the group. However, when Linde thought that the scene of wolves leading pigs was too magical, he finally decided to adopt the model of delegation by accepting the leader's fate.

As for which pig beastman to appoint as leader, Linde still needs to observe carefully and seek the opinions of several other beastmen.

Following Lind's order, the pig beasts who were resting on the spot, happily took pieces of Salaman stone and followed the Son of God to the blacksmith shop.

Compared to before Lind left, this place has changed a lot. A large open space has been cleared, the grass has been removed, the soil has been compacted, and a long iron bar has been placed there.

"Come, enjoy the little tricks of Elisa and I." Ilfa said with a wave of his hand.

Chapter 172 Knowledge Must Not Be Noble

The open space in front of you is where the camp’s blacksmith shop is located, and it is also the scientific research center of the entire camp.

This is not a joke. In this world, in many small towns and villages, the most technologically advanced place is the blacksmith shop.

Given the current level of development of the camp, the blacksmith shop was undoubtedly the most technologically advanced place. Of course, Linde called this place a steel plant in his heart.

Compared to when he left, there were some changes here. A large area of ​​land had been cleared. Apart from the land, the blacksmith shop had not changed much. It was still the same as when Lind left.

However, the focus is not the blacksmith shop itself, but a long strip of metal placed in the open space outside the blacksmith shop.

"Is this the magic rune you designed?" Lind pointed at the metal object on the ground with some surprise.

"Yes." Illufa crossed his arms and nodded to indicate that this was the case. "This is the little trick that Alisa and I came up with."

"A little trick?" Linde was stunned.

"It's just a little trick." Elisa interrupted, and there seemed to be resentment in her words. "This is a magic rune at the point level, just an assignment for magic apprentices when they are just getting started. Some street jugglers will also use it as a trick."

"Oh?" Linde became interested, but now was not the time to delve into the so-called magic trick.

Linde looked at Ilufa with a questioning look. Ilufa immediately understood, stepped forward and explained to Linde.

"This magic rune is completely different from the previous ones," Ilufa explained. "First of all, as you can see, it is not round, but consists of three parts. From here to here, there are the charging rune, the magic power transfer rune, and the heating rune."

"Here is the charging rune." Ilufa walked to the farthest point from the blacksmith shop and pointed at the disc-shaped iron plate on the ground, which looked like a manhole cover. "This is where we are going to place the Shaloman Stone."

"And this is the magic power transmission rune." Then, Irufa pointed at the long iron bar and walked forward. "The runes here were designed by Alisa. Alisa spent a lot of effort on them."

"It's nothing, I just didn't sleep all night." Alyssa said with dead eyes, full of resentment.

"Finally, it's here." Finally, Ilfa walked into the blacksmith shop. The other end of the iron bar extended to the heating rune of a furnace.

"Hello, two lords." Inside the blacksmith shop, two blacksmiths and their apprentices bowed to the two men respectfully.

"Yeah, you guys have worked hard too." Linde smiled and replied. Because it was not the first time, the blacksmiths were not as overwhelmed as before.

Through Ilufa's introduction, Linde roughly understood the design principle of this magic rune. It was simple, very simple, so simple that even a kindergarten kid before the time travel could understand it. The charging rune was equivalent to the charger, the salaman stone was equivalent to the battery, the magic power transmission rune in the middle was equivalent to the wire, and the final heating rune was equivalent to the motor that consumed electricity.

Suddenly I feel that magic and electricity are really similar.

"During the time you were away, we have completed the verification work. Now we just need to place the most important Shaloman Stone on the charging rune."

"Yeah, yeah." Linde nodded. "Then the iron problem can be solved."

Without further ado, everyone started working. First, Lind asked the new beastmen to pile up all the salman stones they brought here, and then let them rest. Ilufa and Alisa immediately began to select the appropriate salman stones. They had to combine the salman stones and place them in the center of the charging rune.

Once the magic pool was completed, the magic rune that Ilfa regarded as a little trick was completed.

Illufa had told Lind before that a normal magician would not even give it a second glance when seeing this usage, but Lind believed that this was the true usage of magic.

While Ilfa and Elisa were fiddling with the Shaloman Stone, Lind was also carefully observing the completed magic rune. The magic rune was engraved on iron and was divided into three parts. The charging rune and the heating rune were both circular, and the magic power transmission rune in the middle, which served as an electric wire, was diamond-shaped.

I remember in Alisa's magic enlightenment course, Alisa said that all runes are round, what's the matter with this diamond-shaped one?

I glanced at the busy Alyssa and decided to ask her when she has time.

After looking at it for a while, Linde frowned. Linde didn't know the requirements of the carrier of the magic rune, but there was one thing Linde was sure of, that is, the rune pattern must be clear. If the rune was engraved on iron like this and exposed directly to the air, it would rust soon, right?

Once it gets rusty, can this rune still be used?

Although he didn't understand magic, Lind vaguely remembered that magicians usually engraved magic runes on various crystals. Maybe they couldn't find so many crystals at the moment, so they used iron instead.

But for iron, rust is a problem. How to solve this problem...

Lind looked at Stanley, the blacksmith in the smithy.

Stanley was standing in the tent at this time, poking his head out, looking at his wife and daughter fiddling with stones with curiosity and expectation. When he saw Lind looking at him again, he immediately lowered his head in fear.

In some places, people who were caught peeping at nobles, especially noble women, would be whipped to death.

Linde smiled and walked towards the blacksmith.

"Hello." He greeted politely. "I remember your name is Stanley, right? You are an expert in metallurgy, and I have some questions I want to ask you."

Stanley's eyes widened. Although he had long experienced the kindness of his wife and son, he was still asking for advice from an expert...

"No, no, no." Stanley was so excited that he couldn't even speak clearly.

"Don't be nervous." Linde laughed, and then in order to ease the other party's tension, he asked casually, "What do you think about the new furnace?"

"I... don't have any ideas." Stanley said a little disappointedly as he looked at Lind's encouraging eyes. "I... am just a blacksmith, I have been forging iron all my life. How can a humble serf like me have any ideas about such noble knowledge as magic?"

Here we go again, noble knowledge. That won’t do, knowledge can never be noble.

"No, no, no, please don't belittle yourself." Linde encouraged him. "Of course you don't understand magic now, but you are an expert in iron smelting. I value your opinion very much."

Value my...opinion?

Stanley felt an unprecedented feeling, the feeling of being respected.

"Your Excellency." Stanley made up his mind. "I think we can design a completely new type of furnace."

Chapter 173 Blast Furnace

The level of civilization in this world is undoubtedly very backward compared to the world before Lind traveled through. In a horizontal comparison, the level of civilization in this world is at most equivalent to the late Middle Ages to the early Renaissance.

Feudalism is the main theme of human civilization in this world. It is not only reflected in the aristocratic ruling class, which is divided into layers from small to large like a pyramid, but also in the separation between commoners and aristocrats. A de facto separation system has been formed between aristocrats and commoners, which is similar to the caste system in India.

People of different classes do things related to their classes. The nobles are the ruling class, and everyone else is the ruled class. Between nobles and commoners, even saying a word or looking at each other for too long is considered an act of usurpation. If you encounter an aristocrat with a bad temper, he can whip a serf to death on the pretext of "this pariah is staring at me."

So when Linde was so polite to these untouchables, the first reaction of almost all serfs was "I'm going to die."

This was the case with the blacksmith Stanley. When Lind spoke to him in such a polite tone, even though Stanley had already experienced the elegance and courtesy of this noble young master many times, he still felt his heart almost skip a beat.

Especially when this noble wants to discuss professional knowledge with me.

The nobles are noble, the commoners are lowly, and the magic knowledge monopolized by the nobles is also noble, while the knowledge mastered by the commoners is lowly. That being said, for the commoners, especially the skilled workers among the commoners, such as blacksmiths, stonemasons, or gardeners, the interference of the nobles is disastrous.

For example, Stanley clearly remembered the reason for his exile. One day, the baron asked Stanley to make a sword that was as flexible as a whip, but at the same time sharp and hard. In order to meet the baron's requirements, Stanley followed his father and a group of apprentices and worked hard for several days. In the end, because they could not complete it, his father was whipped to death, and he was exiled to this deserted island.

It was a common understanding among the craftsmen that whenever the nobles intervened, there would be bad luck for the craftsmen. The noble nobles knew nothing about various professional techniques, but they acted superior and put all the blame on the craftsmen after the failure.

As for using that magical power to help craftsmen, that is even more impossible.

But the nobles here are different. Miss Elisa is willing to accompany him to heat the furnace in the blacksmith shop for several hours. Lady Ilufa will protect everyone here, especially Linde. He is very humble to all the serfs. More importantly, he is different from other noble nobles who disdain to study such lowly knowledge. He understands them very well and respects them, the craftsmen!

So, facing Lind's encouraging eyes, Stanley plucked up the courage to speak out his thoughts.

"It's like this." Stanley rubbed his arms nervously. "Master, although I don't know magic and don't quite understand the working principle of this device, when Madam asked me to build this base, she also briefly described its purpose."

"Please forgive me, young master. I am just a humble blacksmith. I don't know anything about such noble knowledge as magic. I just made a bold guess."

Seeing the blacksmith so restrained, Linde couldn't help sighing. Noble knowledge, noble knowledge, Linde wanted to find a magic book and tear it up.

In my memory, this world has indeed sanctified knowledge, especially magical knowledge. When magicians write magical knowledge, they use the best materials, the most expensive ink, and the most beautiful fonts. Finally, they use all kinds of things that make people feel stupid to say to make the cover of the book. After that, they have to use all kinds of cumbersome procedures to worship the book.

After the crisis is resolved, compulsory education for all should be implemented, and at least the literacy rate should be raised.

"Although I don't understand magic, I infer that this device can allow me to adjust the temperature of the furnace and start and stop the furnace without the participation of the noble Miss Elisa." Stanley became more and more excited. "And Master, you think the original iron output is too low, then... why not make a taller and bigger furnace?"

"Oh?" Linde's eyes lit up. "Why is it taller and bigger?"

"Make it cylindrical, thicker, and place magic runes at different locations in the furnace." Stanley became more and more excited. "In this way, more iron can be smelted at one time, and it is easier to control the smelting process, and it is easier to add and remove materials!"

"After it's enlarged, the furnace doesn't need to be heated up as a whole. It can be heated up in sections as needed, and the charging ports can be placed separately. In that way, the cooling time of the furnace can be shortened, which can further improve work efficiency!"

"Also! The iron slag you requested is now easier to collect!"

As he became more and more relaxed, Stanley became more and more excited and even started dancing.

Stanley's colleagues and apprentices were all stunned at the scene. How dare a blacksmith be so presumptuous in front of a noble?

More importantly, this nobleman seemed to be listening attentively.