Of course, when it comes to straw fabrics, we should not forget the adobe houses that Marin promoted very early. This kind of house rammed with yellow mud and thatch was a symbol of poverty in China at the end of the 20th century. But in Europe at the beginning of the 16th century, it was a "luxury house" in the eyes of the poor...

After all, this kind of adobe house has a complete set of facilities, with a clay stove with a chimney, and a kang that can be used to keep fire in winter. For the poor German serfs, living in this kind of adobe house is simply like living in a luxury house.

More importantly, the construction cost of this kind of house is extremely low, and there is not a few pieces of wood. It is mainly made of yellow mud and thatch, which is faster to build. Living in such a house is many times better than the air-flowing thatched houses that the serfs used to live in.

At present, in the countryside of Beihai, except for the wealthy families, almost every family lives in adobe houses built by the rich. Although the main body of this type of adobe house is the same as thatched huts that were lived in by poor Europeans in the past, the European thatched huts are first built with branches and thatch, and then smeared with soil on the net. However, this structure is very unstable and the soil is easy to fall off. Once the soil falls off, the entire house becomes air and leaky. The adobe houses built by the use of yellow mud with thatch "bones" and added rammed earth and fire roasting in the later stage, the firmness of the house has been greatly improved. Moreover, the thermal insulation and moisturizing performance is very excellent, better than brick and tile houses.

The disadvantages are probably that the earthquake resistance is poor and the fear of flooding. After all, houses made of soil are not so reliable, and they are also afraid of being soaked in water for a long time. However, there are few earthquakes in Germany. As for flooding, Marin dug many ditches in the Beihai Country to drain water, and it seems that the possibility is not high...

In addition to adobe houses, the people of Beihai also use thatch to weave a straw fabric called grass cover. This thing is like a blanket, and its function is to cover it as a quilt to keep warm in winter...

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As time entered January 1514, the European land also ushered in the coldest month of the year. Within this month, the temperature in Europe dropped sharply. In northern Germany, the temperature even fell below minus 10 degrees Celsius.

Such low temperatures caused people to freeze to death in many places in the German region. Only Beihai Kingdom, because of the existence of adobe houses and fire kangs, almost no one was frozen to death.

In order to ensure that the population does not decrease, Marin ordered the release of forests across the country in December and January, and farmers can enter the forest to cut firewood for heating without taxes. In other months, it is not allowed to enter the forest to cut firewood at will. Even if it is allowed, a certain amount of taxes will be paid. Of course, entering the forest to pick up dead branches and leaves as firewood is unrestricted. In addition, the straw harvested by rural rye is also the most important source of firewood for farmers.

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However, the eight vassal states newly included in the rule of the Beihai Kingdom seem to have encountered many problems. Many serfs froze to death in their own huts thatched in the cold winter...

According to statistics from officials from all over the country, but in the cold wave in early January, hundreds of people in the eight vassal states were frozen to death, which shocked Marin very much.

So, Malin quickly ordered the Beihai National Engineering Force to divide 3,000 people, together with 10,000 civilians, into several groups, and go deep into the disaster area to help the affected people repair their houses. Even build new adobe houses.

Malin's move surprised the people of the eight vassal states newly included in the Beihai Kingdom - Hey, the nobles actually care about the life and death of the poor? It's so strange...

But after everyone watched strongly, they had to admit that Ma Lin, the Grand Duke of Beihai, was indeed a good nobleman who cared about the lives of the people...

But they didn't know that this was the most basic operation of the official in later generations. If there was a disaster and the official did not respond accordingly, he would be scolded to death...

In addition to helping the people to repair houses, Malin also purchased a batch of straw coats and straw covers from the original ruling area of ​​Beihai Kingdom at a low price, and rushed to the disaster area to provide them to the victims. In addition, he also asked the engineering troops and civilians who were good at making straw sandals to teach local people how to make straw sandals, even straw coats and straw covers.

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These measures and novel grass fabrics surprised the people of the eight vassal states newly included in the Beihai Kingdom. They knew that the Beihai Kingdom had mysterious fertilizers that greatly increased the yield of crops, which surprised them.

However, when it was cold in winter, the Beihai Kingdom's official dispatched people to promote the adobe houses and straw fabrics, which subverted their perception...

They never thought that those thatched grasses that had never been taken in their eyes could make so many practical things. In the cold winter, they could even save their lives...

Even Malin didn't know that this wave of operations that seemed very normal to the officials in later generations helped him to gather the hearts of the newly annexed eight vassal states. Because the common people knew that Malin was a good nobleman who cared about their life and death...

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Marin, who accidentally won the hearts of the people, didn't know this yet. At this time, he was in a military blacksmith shop outside Orich, supervising the blacksmiths, carpenters and potters to create what he needed...

"Yes, so, you pinch the stove like this... Well, don't have to be too big... Leave a look here, the kind that can be blocked..."

Half a day later, a small stove was released from the stove where the pottery was burning, with the kind with eyes on the bottom. On the stove, there were also movable and liftable movable handles...

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Then, Marin instructed the carpenter to create a set of wooden utensils that can be used to pedals. After they were split, they handed them over to the blacksmiths transferred from the cannon factory, and asked them to cast them in sand boxes to produce iron tools that are the same size as the wooden utensils...

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When the complete set of equipment that can be used to pedals was successfully cast, Malin immediately ordered his men:

"Quickly, add these anthracites and mix them with yellow mud in a ratio of 8 to 2. Then, put them in this container..."

"You... use your feet..."

"Relax, pick out the things inside..."

Then, everyone saw a black dust object in a cylinder with 12 holes on it...

"Duke, what is this?" The craftsmen were very curious.

Marin said mysteriously:

"Don't ask, this is an epoch-making artifact!"

The craftsmen were all shocked - Oh my god, the magical artifact...

Then, they became even more curious...

However, Marin did not let them touch the black cylinder with holes, and they did not dare to touch it casually. They could only tilt their heads and keep looking at it...

After a few new black cylinders with holes were almost dry, Marin called on the craftsmen to lift the small stove they had made before. Then, he first put the first Hessian cylinder with holes into the blacksmith's stove. After the surface was burned red, he threw it into the bottom of the stove, and then added two more pieces on it...

"Duke, what is this?" a craftsman asked curiously.
Chapter completed!