Zhao Hai had always attached great importance to the canyon. Aside from the space, Zhao Hai had determined that it would be the most stable rear base.
The terrain of the canyon was very hidden, and the mountains on all sides blocked the cold wind. The water source wasn't difficult, and there were two ways to communicate with the outside world. It could be said that it was very convenient and suitable for people to live there.
Zhao Hai believed that in the future, he would have more and more people under his command. With the size of the Black Waste, as long as he had the strength, he could establish a small principality here. With more people, it was naturally impossible for all of them to live in Iron Mountain Castle. Those people would still have to go out and establish villages.
However, before he had enough strength to establish a country, Zhao Hai could only build a small village in the canyon as a pilot. He wanted to see if there were any problems that needed to be improved, so that he could build a bigger village in the future.
However, the land in the canyon hadn't really been improved yet, so it wasn't time to build a village. Zhao Hai only had such an idea right now.
Three days passed quickly, and Zhao Hai was almost ready. Now they were waiting for Laura to deliver the oil press, so that Green could go to Casa City.
At noon on the third day, the Markey Dell clan's convoy arrived at the foot of Stony Mountain. This time, Laura didn't appear, but Green did. They didn't let the Markey Dell clan's people go up Stony Mountain. Instead, they used the five carriages that Green had bought to send the radishes to the foot of the mountain. Then they pulled the oil press that Laura had bought to the carriages.
In addition to the five oil presses, the Markey Dell clan also gave Green two hundred gold coins, as well as a set of books. This set of books was an encyclopedia of the continent's flora and fauna, written by a continent's alchemist. This set of books was a gift from Laura to Zhao Hai.
Last time, Zhao Hai had told Laura that he had done some research on plants and was preparing to open a ranch. Laura wanted to form an alliance with Zhao Hai, so of course she wouldn't let go of such an opportunity. So she bought this set of books and gave it to Zhao Hai.
This set of books wasn't commonly seen on the continent. In order to write this book, the alchemist had spent no less than twenty months collecting information on the continent's flora and fauna. He had also visited many alchemists and alchemists before finally going to many places to study those flora and fauna. Finally, he had written this set of books.
Because this set of books wasn't a magic book, there weren't many of them printed. Generally, only alchemists or alchemists would have a set....
In addition to the ten thousand jin of radishes that Zhao Hai gave to the Markey Dell clan, he also gave them one hundred and ten fire fishes. These were all promised to Laura by Zhao Hai. The extra ten fire fishes were a gift from Zhao Hai to Laura.
The oil presses that Laura gave to Zhao Hai weren't very big. The five strong oil presses only needed five carriages to carry them. When they went back, they would be able to carry the radishes.
Green didn't have to do much to bring the five oil presses up to the mountain. When they reached the mountain, he didn't unload the carriages. Instead, he had Zhao Hai put the carriages into the space.
The oil presses were beyond Zhao Hai's expectations. There was a manual that guided you on how to arrange the oil presses. This made Zhao Hai very puzzled. He really didn't understand what was going on in the Ark Continent.
It was said that there was no science here. Their alchemy and alchemy were somewhat related to science. There was also no machine civilization here. The oil presses were very well designed. It couldn't be said that there was no science here. Moreover, there were magic and battle qi that didn't exist on Earth. This made Zhao Hai really speechless.
After receiving the oil presses and two hundred gold coins, Zhao Hai went directly to Iron Mountain Fort and put the oil presses in the warehouse.
It must be said that the design of the oil presses was very good. It was three meters high and at the top was a large barrel. At the bottom was something like a millstone with a long rod that could be pulled by a magic beast. At the bottom was an oil outlet that could be pulled by a pipe. From here, the oil could be directly poured out. There was also an oil residue outlet.
It looked very simple, but the entire machine's battlefield area was more than twenty square meters. Its volume wasn't small. However, the oil presses could be dismantled into several parts. Otherwise, a carriage wouldn't be able to pull it.
Zhao Hai looked at it. The inlet was too high from the ground. If one wanted to add materials, there were only two ways. One was to put some boards next to the inlet to form a slope. People could directly push carts to the inlet to add materials. The other way was to use a conveyor belt.
Using a conveyor belt was a relatively easy method. They could directly load the oil nuts from below onto the conveyor belt, and then send them through the conveyor belt to the filling port.
This oil presses didn't have a conveyor belt. It was likely that no one in the continent would use it. This conveyor belt was something that Zhao Hai saw in some grain depots on Earth.
The method of putting up boards was commonly used in the continent. Some people would directly dig a big hole in the ground and then put the oil presses in the hole. This way, they could add materials on the ground. However, after the materials were taken out, people would have to carry the oil barrels out of the hole. Zhao Hai didn't want to use this method. If he did, he would have to dig a hole in the castle. This wasn't an easy thing to do. The castle's ground was made of stone. If he wanted to dig a hole, he would have to lift the stones out. Otherwise, he would have to demolish the house.
Zhao Hai still wanted to make a conveyor belt. It must be said that a conveyor belt wasn't very difficult to make. The required power could be directly obtained from the oil presses. However, some modifications were needed.
Fortunately, the oil presses were made of metal. If he wanted to modify it, he only needed to add some metal parts.
However, there was a problem. In Zhao Hai's group, there wasn't a blacksmith. If he really wanted to make a conveyor belt, he would have to find a blacksmith. Moreover, this blacksmith's ability couldn't be too weak.
Zhao Hai asked Green and the others. Although there were a lot of machines in the continent that could use magic stones as power, such a simple machine that could only extract oil wasn't worthy of using magic stones as power. He was afraid that the money he made from extracting oil wouldn't be enough to buy magic stones. Therefore, this kind of machine was generally designed to be powered by water, wind, or animal.
Since there was no way to make a conveyor belt, they could only build boards. Fortunately, they didn't lack boards. However, they didn't have a caravan for transporting oil fruits. They also didn't have barrels. Green had to go to Casa City to buy some.
Green was also aware of this situation, so he immediately left for Casa City. Zhao Hai began to build boards for the oil presses in Iron Mountain Fort. At the same time, he also needed to prepare a place to wash the oil fruits. Fortunately, the city's water source was very convenient. Zhao Hai directly made Ann and the others build a huge stone pond outside of the oil presses to wash the oil fruits. Then the oil fruits would be transported to the houses and sent to the oil presses through the boards.
The water in the pond was always flowing, so there was no need to change the water. If the small hairs on the oil fruits were to flow into the moat, they would become fish food.
However, Zhao Hai also calculated that one oil press would need at least one person to add the ingredients and one person to watch the oil and oil residue. If the people cleaning the oil fruits were included, then it would need at least four people. Five oil presses would need at least twenty people to complete.
Zhao Hai wasn't worried about the manpower. He didn't want to use slaves to work in this oil press. This was because the oil press needed to work 24 hours a day. If they were to use slaves, then they would need at least three shifts. In other words, if they were to use slaves, then they would need at least sixty people in order to ensure the normal operation of the oil press. Zhao Hai currently had more than a hundred people in his hands. It was impossible for him to assign sixty people to this oil press. Therefore, Zhao Hai decided to use the undead for this oil press.
Twenty humanoid undead would be responsible for adding the ingredients and producing the oil. However, Zhao Hai wanted to use the scaled wildebeests to pull the oil.
It wasn't that Zhao Hai didn't want to use other undead to replace the scaled wildebeests. It was just that he didn't have any suitable undead. The undead that he collected last time were all from the Carrion Swamp. Not only were their bodies huge, but they weren't suitable for pulling things. The strength needed to move the oil press wasn't too big, but it must be stable. For example, Alien's body was huge, so it was naturally impossible for them to pull the oil press. Like the big rats, their speed wasn't stable. Therefore, in the end, Zhao Hai wanted to use the scaled wildebeests to pull the oil press.
Zhao Hai didn't have a lot of scaled wildebeests in his hands, but it was enough. Zhao Hai had already planned to kill a few scaled wildebeests and turn them into undead. This way, the problem would be solved.
Zhao Hai was now ready. He just needed to wait for Green to buy the things that they needed. Then he could officially start work.
The opening of the oil processing plant wasn't a trivial matter. As long as the oil processing plant was opened, they would be able to obtain another stable source of income. At the same time, they would be able to obtain high-quality fodder like oil residues. Their rabbit farm would also be able to open up. With this, they would have another stable source of income. For the Buda Clan, this was very important.
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