Chapter 125. Construction of apartments (2)
Apartments.
In addition to villas, this type of housing is used by most people in Korea.
However, since it is unfamiliar here on the continent of Laurasia, it is a new type of building being constructed for the first time in history.
Construction of the apartment has begun in earnest.
“As always, the beginning of construction is the foundation work.”
Lloyd looked around at the vast clearing in front of him.
This was a land located in the northern part of the Barony.
On the other side of the Prona River, which runs clockwise around the entire estate.
From the time I thought of the construction of an apartment complex early on, I had this place in mind as a site.
‘This place is quite far from the center of the territory, and the soil quality is not very good to use as a field.’
The land was seldom used.
So it was more suitable for this construction.
It was thanks to the fact that it was safe to omit the procedure of land compensation.
“So, let’s start with the basics. Xaviel?”
“yes. Did you call?”
“Of course I called. There’s someone else here besides you and me.”
“….”
“hmm? what’s the matter? Does your expression look like that of a poop-chewed puppy?”
“Can I honestly tell you why?”
“uh. It works.”
“I don’t like it.”
“what?”
“I said no.”
Xaviel looked back this way before he knew it.
The guy’s eyes were colored with porcupine-like harshness after a long time.
“I know what you are going to do with me from now on. You’ll also be told to use blasting with your sword. You would make a mark on the floor with a brush dipped in red paint and ask them to poke a hole through it vertically.”
“Ummm so?”
“So when I drill dozens of holes, you will pour cement into them.”
“Ummm so?”
“Lloyd-sama will use those lumps of cement as stakes for the foundation of the building.”
“Num is the correct answer. Are you really smart?”
“Thank you…no that’s not it So I hate it.”
“You don’t like drilling holes?”
“yes.”
“why?”
“It’s because Lloyd-sama seems to only consider me as a convenient tool.”
Xaviel’s voice became chilly.
“To remind you of a fact that Lloyd-sama seems to have forgotten these days, I am a knight who has sworn allegiance to my lord.”
“Yep. so?”
“But Lloyd-sama is acting on me as if it were natural. It is not my original duty to protect the territory, but to mobilize for miscellaneous projects like this.”
“Yep. Are you going to do it anyway?”
“….”
“also. I don’t like it, but you’re going to do it? It is for the development of the territory.”
“Still, I just wanted to tell you this.”
“aha. Did you want to complain to our Haviel hyung?”
“….”
“What do I know about that?”
“….”
“Let’s get to work. Day.”
Lloyd smiled and lifted the jar.
As expected, the jar was full of red dye for marking blasting marks.
With a large brush, he made tick marks on the floor.
Oral explanation continued.
“here. And here. here again The depth is 12 meters. Diameter is 50 cm. As you can see, the spacing is three meters.”
“Is that my assignment?”
“uh. Can you get it all done before lunch?”
“It looks like you’ll have to strain your body to do that.”
“So it’s an assignment.”
“yes?”
Xaviel grumbles while taking on the heavy task.
Lloyd looked at Xaviel pitifully.
“You just said it with your mouth. Is it a task?”
“It was.”
“Don’t you know what assignment is short for?”
“I do not know.”
“Then, I’ll write you two lines as an assignment. Hey, it’s been a while since the 2nd line. Would you like some luck?”
“Now what….”
“hurry.”
“…class.”
“By overwork.”
“…my.”
“I go first.”
“….”
“Tsk. I didn’t know. It’s like that all over the world.”
“….”
Xaviel’s expression rotted.
Lloyd’s smile brightened.
“Then do your best. Am I going to prepare the cement?”
cool.
There was no time to respond.
Lloyd finished what he had to say and quickly walked away.
“….”
Wow, you look like a boy who wants to send you a one-way tour to the afterlife.
“Tsk.”
Let’s do something.
Resigned, Xaviel drew his sword.
So, the groundwork for the historic apartment construction was starting.
♣
Time passed quickly.
Construction went smoothly throughout.
A landmark first apartment building.
Building 101 was built on a total area of 22,500 square meters, 150 meters wide and 150 meters long.
Of course, the building did not occupy the entire area.
Building 101 was shaped like a large hollow square ‘ㅁ’.
Thanks to this, the foundation work was carried out around the central square square.
right! Tuquahak!
Holes 50 cm in diameter and 12 m deep were drilled at intervals of 3 m.
Then, fresh (?) cement that had just been rubbed was poured into the hole.
In this way, over 3,000 foundation cement pillars were built into the ground along an area of about 10,000 square meters.
Next was the ground work.
A 60 cm high formwork was built over the 3,000 pillars.
“Of course, it is not just about pouring cement. It is important from now on.”
By the time the formwork is almost finished.
Lloyd summoned 120 orc miners.
“So everyone? Today, we are all going to learn an exciting rebar folding game.”
“Kwuyik? Can you fold the rebar?”
“That’s right. Do you see this here?”
“I see.”
Lloyd held up the bell bar.
Arosh, the representative of the Orc miners, tilted his head.
‘Are you going to fold that and play?’
Then what is good?
What makes you excited?
Arosh became curious.
In the meantime, Lloyd’s demonstration continued.
“Turn it off like this, like this! I will play while folding.”
Hard! Kkeuggeuk! Kudos!
Lloyd rotated the mana circle with full power.
The power of the amplified mana was loaded into his grasp.
The rebar the thickness of a finger was bent at 90 degrees like a tong. They were bent again, then in the opposite direction, and then intertwined.
Finally, I completed the basic rebar fastening method at the site and showed it to everyone.
“Have you all seen well?”
“Good job! But I have a question for you!”
“Arosh? So what are you curious about?”
“What’s good about folding rebar!”
“aha.”
A sly smile formed on Lloyd’s lips.
His answer was clear.
“You’ll build muscle.”
“How about those muscles?”
“huh. Especially, it is great for strengthening the grip and forearm muscles of the wrist. It’s just the best.”
“That Jeon Wan-geun!”
“yes. Forearm Wan. biceps. If you just give it strength, it will become much more bumpy than it is now. I only pinched my fingers, but worm-like tendons swelled from my wrist to my elbow…oh wow how is it?”
“Hey, tendon kwiik!”
“Isn’t it thrilling? So if you work hard at this game, you can become that way.”
“Really? than list curl? Better than reverse curls?”
“Ayy, those things are just a warm-up compared to this.”
“Joe is good! learn! we are! Rebar folding game!”
“Kwyiik!”
The 120 orc miners were all excited and snorted.
In this way, primitive rebar workers who do not even need tools were secured.
Even the training was simple.
It was the Orcs whose strength was overflowing anyway.
After teaching him a few tips, he quickly mastered the technique.
It was thanks to the use of the fingers, a natural tool that allows you to move freely more comfortably than most professional tools, with overflowing muscle strength.
In this way, the assembly of rebars from the foundation to the first floor proceeded at the speed of light.
At the same time, the formwork also gradually increased its scope.
All based on Lloyd’s design.
It was carried out without an error of 1 cm.
And the first cement pouring was done.
“Ppodonga! turn!”
“Ppodong!”
Kuguaguawaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
The 20-meter treadmill rotated furiously.
The large mixer connected to the treadmill turned vigorously.
Various ingredients put into the mixer in proper proportions were mixed in an instant.
It wasn’t just a random mix.
Even the mixing ratio followed Lloyd’s thorough calculations for apartment construction.
Design criterion strength.
combination strength.
Slump and AE air volume.
The ratio of water and binder therein.
The ratio of fine aggregate and compressive strength was also considered.
The optimum cement, calculated and mixed in this way, was rubbed with the power of one pound.
Then, it was pulled up vigorously with a screw-type manual pump marked by the Dwarf artisan.
“Press one or two!”
“Ahhh!”
Iron spatula! Iron spatula! Iron spatula!
As many as 20 White Lancers clung to the hand pump handle.
Muscular men sweated profusely, pressing and pulling and pressing the handle.
Each time the pump ran vigorously.
The well-mixed cement was extracted from the mixer.
The extracted cement flowed through a leather hose that ran along a long boom.
Lloyd, who held the end of the hose, took charge of the on-site casting.
“continue! Don’t let the flow break!”
Crying! Crying!
Along with the power plate pumping, cement was pulled out with a hose.
The inside of the complex and elaborate mold was filled to the fullest.
In the meantime, Lloyd activated his surveying skill and observed the inside of the mold in real time.
It was thanks to the dedicated option underground scanning of the surveying skill.
‘Okay, it’s filling up well.’
I could see the cement seeping into every nook and cranny.
Cement was filling up even in the part where the reinforcing bars were fastened at the corner of the formwork, where air could easily remain when pouring in a hurry.
‘Cement mixing is successful.’
It was neither too thick nor too runny.
It was really perfect.
The performance of the pump was also satisfactory.
Thanks to that, the first casting work was completed so perfectly.
“good. Now it is cured for three days.”
“When you say curing, you mean drying cement to harden it, right?”
“Yeah. Our Xaviel, do you know all these things now?”
“…I was forced to find out. because of Lloyd. Anyway-”
Xaviel’s eyes flashed with the dirt from the construction site smeared on his cheek.
“Then can I rest for three days while curing?”
“no.”
“….”
“What are you doing to rest? I have to work.”
“But I just had to cure it for three days….”
“Can’t we do the foundation work for building 102 in the meantime?”
“….”
“Did you really mean to hang out and play? really?”
“that….”
“Can’t you hear the cries of the refugees crying out in pain in the makeshift tents over there at this moment?”
“….”
“ha. disappointed. I want to build an apartment quickly even if I stay up all night. That way, their pain would be lessened even for a day.”
“….”
“ha. Regretful. I really want to set up a house quickly, even if I skip dinner. That way, they will be able to smile happily even a day sooner.”
“….”
Oh really, this young boy is really.
Xaviel eventually raised the white flag.
“Huh, I know. Then, can we just drill the floor with blasting the same way as before?”
“uh. Shall we go right now?”
“…yes.”
Giving up, Xaviel had to draw his sword again.
Such historic apartment construction was continuing.
♣
After that, similar construction was repeated.
“rebar! Fold it up!”
“rebar! Bend over!”
“lunch box! Eat it!”
“…There is a rice thief here!”
The orcs vigorously bent and tightened the rebar.
On the other hand, carpenters worked hard to make molds.
The entire process was almost the same as on the first floor.
It literally reminded me of Ctrl+c / Ctrl+v.
‘Because this is the advantage of apartment construction!’
All layers have the same structure.
It’s really like copy paste.
Therefore, after making the first floor, the work becomes much easier and faster.
This was because the same process as when making the first floor had to be repeated.
‘Naturally, the proficiency of the field workers is also increasing rapidly.’
Thanks to repeating the same thing, work efficiency increased day by day.
Pouring cement on the second floor of Building 101.
While hardening it, I hung on to the site of building 102.
Pouring cement on the first floor of Building 102.
While hardening it, I meticulously made the formwork and reinforcing bars on the 3rd floor of Building 101.
The entire process ran smoothly and in perfect order, like gears meshing properly.
In the middle, there were good news.
The support materials sent by the king had finally arrived at the manor.
“His Highness said that for the time being support will be provided once a month.”
These were the words of an officer who had transported support materials.
Thanks to this, the food situation of the refugees has become more breathable.
In the meantime, the scene of apartments 101 and 102 also steadily increased.
At this point, Lloyd called in another reinforcement he had in mind.
“Come on, scold! up!”
“Byeom-!”
As a special mercenary (?), the ruler of Lake Capua, Vibeongi, was also called.
Bibeongi made use of his unique huge body and mighty strength. He was in charge of lifting various materials from the ground to the upper floors.
In other words, it played the role of a tower crane in a modern construction site.
Thanks to this, the construction became more flexible.
Pouring cement on the 5th floor.
Weave the 6th floor reinforcing bars and formwork.
Pour, weave, pour, pound, refine.
In just one month, Building 101 stood tall with eight floors.
“Don’t think it’s over yet! What’s the most important thing in construction?”
“Finish and detail!”
When Lloyd pretended to ask, the Corps of Engineers answered nicely.
Between the first snow that began to fall like that, the monumental construction of the Bee Apartment Complex, which would dramatically develop the Frontera estate, was revealing its first outline in history.
