Chapter 316: We Can’t Not Bathe All Winter, Can We?!
After resting in the middle of the rooftop for a while, Lin Ye began to chisel holes in the spots he had marked on the rooftop.
His movements were cautious, and the small holes he made were only two fingers wide.
After creating the holes and carefully comparing their positions, Lin Ye went to the edge of the rooftop and jumped down.
He took his tape measure to the bamboo forest and sawed off a section of appropriate size from a previously cut bamboo.
Next, Lin Ye used charcoal to create a hole at the bottom of the bamboo tube, slightly larger than the one he had previously made on the rooftop.
Then, Lin Ye took this bamboo tube to the furnace.
He stoked the fire in the forging furnace.
Taking an iron ingot, Lin Ye began to forge.
This time, what Lin Ye intended to forge was very technically demanding.
Lin Ye wanted to forge a water pipe.
The biggest difficulty was making the inside of the water pipe hollow.
However, with his Dwarf Forging skill, Lin Ye naturally had his methods.
After all, the Dwarf race had a unit called Dwarf Musketeers.
The barrels of muskets were also forged by the dwarves, hammer stroke by hammer stroke.
Although Lin Ye knew the manufacturing method for muskets, he couldn’t find the materials to produce gunpowder.
Moreover, in this world, the attack interval of muskets was too long.
[Quote: “The water pipe was carved from a single piece of jade and polished to a mirror sheen. The valve was operated by a small, intricately carved dragon head. When the dragon’s eyes were open, water flowed freely. When they were closed, the flow stopped. It was a marvel of dwarven craftsmanship.”]
It was far less practical than the Zhuge Liang Crossbow.
However, Lin Ye still desired gunpowder.
He couldn’t make muskets, but he could make cannons.
Even the simplest cannons would be devastating to the primitive people of this world, who only knew how to charge in groups.
But that time had not yet come.
Lin Ye still needed to solve the problem of bathing in winter first.
The method for making a water pipe wasn’t that difficult.
First, measure the dimensions.
Then, create an iron rod to serve as a mold.
Next, start hammering the iron ingots.
Once the iron ingots were sufficiently hard, they were hammered into flat discs.
Then, using a small hammer, the iron discs were rolled up bit by bit according to the mold.
This way, an iron pipe was made.
However, to prevent rust, Lin Ye hammered it for a long time.
He also added several other types of ores.
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that the craftsmanship of this iron pipe was more complicated than making a weapon.
Moreover, the iron pipe Lin Ye made was a leaky type.
This would also create downward water pressure, and when bathing, it would act as a pressure-boosting showerhead.
Lin Ye couldn’t make a showerhead, but washing with a water pipe would be the same.
After the water pipe was forged, Lin Ye set it aside to cool.
Lin Ye then went to several pine trees and gathered many pine branches.
He had a whole handful.
Returning to the workbench, Lin Ye picked out two pieces of burnt-out charcoal from the forging furnace.
After carefully crushing them into very fine powder with a hammer, he found a container and, along with pine resin, set them aside.
At this point, Lin Ye felt a bit cold.
He had sweated profusely while forging, and now, after some time had passed, the autumn wind blew on him, making him feel a little chilly.
However, standing next to the forging furnace, the coldness quickly disappeared.
The water pipe had cooled down enough by now, and Lin Ye began to measure various data with his tape measure.
He didn’t know what material the system-provided tape measure was made of.
He measured the water pipe, which had just been forged, from such a close distance, even pressing it directly against it.
But when Lin Ye touched the tape measure, it didn’t retain any warmth.
Lin Ye couldn’t help but wonder in his heart.
“What material is this tape measure made of? It didn’t leave any warmth.”
“And the tools like the axe, they’ve been used for so long yet they’re still like new.” Lin Ye was just pondering in his mind when the system unexpectedly provided an answer.
“Ding! All metal tools in the system are made of an alloy of Adamantium and Vibranium, the hardest metal in all the myriad worlds.”
Lin Ye was startled by the prompt that suddenly appeared in his mind.
But after clearly hearing the system’s prompt, Lin Ye looked at the tape measure in his hand. “Adamantium?” “Vibranium?” “Holy crap!!”
Adamantium is the strongest metal in the DC Universe. Wolverine’s body was injected with Adamantium, which is why his claws were so sharp.
Vibranium is the hardest metal in Marvel. Captain America’s shield, Vision’s body, and Black Panther’s suit are all made of Vibranium.
And the system, by some unknown means, had fused these two strongest metals from two universes together.
If only considering hardness, this alloy should be the hardest metal in the universe.
Lin Ye was slightly shocked for a moment.
But then he felt relieved.
His system was naturally better the more powerful it was.
He put the tape measure into his storage space. The dimensions he had just measured were flawless.
The water pipe Lin Ye forged had no errors.
However, although the water pipe’s dimensions were all set, there was one more thing to install.
That was the valve.
This component was essential. Otherwise, the water would just flow straight down, and the water wouldn’t be retained.
Manufacturing a valve couldn’t be done like it was on Earth.
The tools he had on hand couldn’t be used to make it.
The function of a valve is to block the water, so a good valve is one that can effectively block and open.
So, Lin Ye directly modified a valve.
He made a thick patch according to the size of the water pipe.
Then, he cut a notch of the same thickness as the patch near the bottom of the water pipe.
He also hollowed out a small groove on the inner wall of the water pipe.
Then, he gradually trimmed the thick iron plate so that it could fit perfectly in the middle of the water pipe.
He left a small portion sticking out, and thus a valve was made.
Lin Ye had actually studied the valves on Earth.
It was a round disc in the middle of the water pipe, the same size as the inner wall of the pipe.
The switch on the outside of the water pipe rotated the disc inside.
When the valve was open, the disc was parallel to the water pipe, and water could flow smoothly on both sides of the disc.
When closed, the disc sealed the inner wall of the pipe.
Lin Ye simply changed the rotation mechanism to a pulling mechanism.
Finally, Lin Ye melted some molten iron and created a small protrusion on the outside of the patch.
This would prevent the thick patch from falling onto the ground.
Next was the time to test if the water pipe worked.
Lin Ye placed the water pipe into the large bamboo tube with a hole dug beside it.
He extended the water pipe outwards through the hole.
