Apart from roads, Suhlen also started to build a water supply system for his territory. Although he had been in this world for more than ten years, Suhlen was still not used to living without running water.
In this era, most cities relied on well water, and well water could be bought with money. Having a sweet well in the city was a stable source of income. Of course, some poor people would choose to fetch water from the river, while the nobles would choose to get water from the nearby mountain springs.
Because it wasn't easy to get water, people in this era rarely took a bath. It was considered hygienic for a commoner to take a bath once a month. Su Lun couldn't accept his barbarian warriors not taking a bath for a month.
These energetic burly men had to patrol and sweep the wastelands every day, so it was inevitable that they would be covered in dust and sweat. Therefore, Suhlen forced them to bathe every day. Of course, this request was unanimously supported by the barbarian women. Now, even if Suhlen did not supervise them, the barbarian women would supervise their husbands.
If they did not bathe, they would have to sleep outside for the night.
When Suhlen came to the riverside to inspect, he saw a group of naked men and children jumping into the Red Sand River to bathe.
The weather was not cold at this time, so it was not bad to bathe here. It would not be good if it started snowing. Suhlen planned to build a water supply system as well as some public baths.
Magic in this world could do many things that technology could not do in his previous world, but the number of wizards made it difficult to spread magic. Suhlen planned to build a water supply system that was similar to the Lanzhou Waterwheel in ancient times.
With the mechanical manipulation skill, Suhlen was very familiar with the principles and manufacturing of various machines. He planned to build three or four Lanzhou Waterwheels on the Red Sand River. First, the waterwheel would raise the water in the river, then send the water through the water supply channel to the city's reservoir.
The reservoir had to be built at a high place, or the water would not be able to flow. The aqueducts outside the city used the elevated aqueducts of ancient Rome in his previous life. In order to ensure that these aqueducts were sturdy and durable, Suhlen used mud to stone to reinforce these aqueducts.
The aqueduct was built from the river all the way to the outskirts of the city. Suhlen thought about it for a while and decided to build the aqueduct outside of the city. The main reason was the expansion of the city. The Northern Fortress was not that big at the moment. It was only five hundred meters long and wide. It was not crowded with thousands of people living in it. However, as the population of the territory increased, the current size would not be enough.
Therefore, Suhlen had already planned to expand the town. This time, Suhlen planned to double the size of the town in all directions. This way, the area would increase by four times and upgrade the town into a large town that could accommodate five thousand people.
The length of the aqueduct from the Redwater River to the city was more than five kilometers. Because the city was much higher than the river level, these aqueducts had to be built as elevated aqueducts.
It was very difficult to build an elevated aqueduct. There were no architects in the territory who could build such a big project. Suhlen had to do it himself. After all, he had been in this world for ten years and had received proper aristocratic education, even though he was only an observer. The education of the aristocrats in this world was very strict. They had to learn etiquette, geography, horsemanship, literature, architecture, history, martial arts, and so on.
Suhlen had learned all this knowledge seriously. Although he did not spend too much time on architecture, he was confident that he could build an elevated aqueduct with the theories from his previous life.
The aqueduct was about sixty centimeters wide and the reservoir was fifty centimeters deep. The highest point of the aqueduct was thirty meters from the ground. The diameter of the waterwheel was thirty-five meters. In order to build such a waterwheel, Suhlen personally brought people to the Sierra de Lotas to cut down the iron oaks that had been growing for hundreds of years.
Iron oaks lived in cold environments. The wood was hard and did not easily deform. It was also resistant to corrosion and did not burn easily. It also grew very slowly. It would take at least two to three hundred years to grow to forty to fifty meters tall. The waterwheel built with this kind of wood was light and durable.
After spending a few days cutting down eight iron oaks in the Sierra de Lotas, Suhlen brought his people back with him. In order to cut down the iron oaks, Suhlen brought people to exterminate two Jackalan tribes.
Suhlen had seen the Lanzhou Waterwheel in his previous life at the Waterwheel Park. When he saw it up close for the first time, he was very shocked. The waterwheel, which was twenty to thirty meters tall, was driven by the flow of water. It did not rely on steam or electricity to raise the water level of the river to twenty to thirty meters.
The structure of the waterwheel was not very complicated. According to the memories of his previous life, Suhlen combined them with his mechanical control skills and finally built the first Lanzhou Waterwheel.
The huge waterwheel stood on the Red Sand River. The rapid flow of water pushed the waterwheel to turn. The water tank on the outer ring of the waterwheel was filled during this process. As the waterwheel turned, the water rose to thirty meters in the air and poured into the aqueduct. As long as the waterwheel was not damaged and the Red Sand River was not cut off, the water could be transported continuously.
[Waterwheel: A giant waterwheel built with iron oaks. The structure is ingenious, sturdy, and durable. It is a very good tool to carry water. Sturdiness + 10, Abrasion + 10, Water Carrying + 10, Power + 15]
The aqueduct was built with rocks. Because it had to reach a height of thirty meters, a very deep foundation was dug underneath. The construction of the aqueduct also required Suhlen's personal command. In this era, there were very few adhesives used to glue walls together. Most of them used glutinous rice juice or volcanic ash cement.
Glutinous rice juice required a lot of food, and Suhlen did not want to waste it. Suhlen could not afford to ship the volcanic ash cement here either, so he had to work hard himself. After every section was built, he would cast Mud to Stone on the aqueduct.
After using the Mud to Rock spell, these rocks would completely fuse and no cracks could be seen. The effect was much better than that of the glutinous rice juice and cement. The effect was good, but it was too expensive. In Calt City, hiring a wizard who was proficient in Mud to Stone would cost at least 300 Kinnar per day.
Even nobles could not afford this price. If Suhlen really ran out of money in the future, he could also consider becoming an architect. Mud to Stone could turn a ten-meter-long aqueduct into rocks every time he cast Mud to Stone. Suhlen would cast the spell more than ten times a day. He had spent a lot of effort on this water system.
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