Release that Witch - Chapter 42

[Chapter 42 Work Injury Accidents]

“What will happen if you are bitten by an evil beast?” Roland asked, “Will it become like them?”

I hope it’s not an alien version of Resident Evil, he thought, the current level of technology cannot extract virus antigens.

“Of course not,” Iron Ax said with an expression of “Why would you ask such a question?” “If you get bitten, you will only turn into a corpse.”

“What about their meat, is it edible?”

Carter exclaimed: “Your Highness! How can such evil things be eaten, they are all polluted by the breath of hell!”

Roland looked at Iron Axe, who nodded and said, “Your knight is right. I once cut off the meat of an evil beast and fed it to the hunting dogs. As a result, the hunting dogs died soon after eating the meat.”

“Really? It’s such a pity,” Roland sighed. In this era, food sources are very scarce. If evil beasts can eat them, winter is simply a harvest month.

Think about it, the animals in the entire forest are running towards Border Town like crazy, even saving their hunting tools.

After inspecting the city wall, he decided to visit Nana.

Today, a noble residence closest to the city wall has been requisitioned by Roland as a field hospital. Of course, it is said to be a medical hospital.

Just in case, this is already the most heavily guarded place in the town except for the city walls.

The owner here took all the property he could take with him when he returned to Longsong Fortress. In addition, Border Town itself is a place that can be abandoned at any time. Therefore, although this house is large, there are still things like murals, carpets, porcelain, etc. There were no decorations at all.

If it wasn’t cleaned fairly cleanly, it would be like an unoccupied place that has been vacant for a long time.

Roland pierced through all the wooden partition walls on the first floor, connecting all the rooms except the aisle and the hall into a whole, and then put ten beds, and a simple hospital was formed.

There were no nurses or doctors, and it was even unlikely that all ten beds would be used—Nanava’s treatment did not require bed rest, but had immediate results.

During the day, she was on standby on the second floor of this hospital, and Anna would come to accompany her when she was free.

Tigu Pyne and Brian were in charge of guarding the first floor, and two personal guards were arranged outside the door, so it was absolutely safe.

But what Roland didn’t expect was that the first wounded received by the field hospital was not from the militia guarding the city wall, but a worker from the North Slope Mine.

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Nail felt that his hands were shaking.

Hearing the hoarse scream of the iron head behind him, he quickened his pace again, and even wished he could fly.

All of this was due to his own negligence, he thought, damn it, why did he forget Lord Knight’s instructions at that time.

If I knew I shouldn’t have taken over the job of manipulating the big guy!

Since the installation of this big black machine at the entrance of the mine, the work of the miners has become much easier.

The most tiring job was to transport the excavated ore out of the mine. When the ore basket was full of stones, it took three to four people to drag it.

Generally, two people push at the back and the rest pull at the front.

After many years of mining, the originally uneven tunnel ground has been ground flat by the ore basket, and the iron sheet pad at the bottom of the ore basket also needs to be replaced frequently.

A week ago, the chief knight commanded Iron Head and his men to transport a large pile of strangely shaped metal parts up the mountain, and after a few days of tossing around, they assembled it into a furnace.

Nail never expected that the stove could move by itself after lighting a fire. Not only could it move, but it was also powerful.

Lord Knight said it was an invention of His Royal Highness, it seems to be called a steam engine.

As long as the hemp rope is fastened to the mine basket, and then the fire is lit, this big guy will whine, turn the winch, and quickly pull the mine basket out of the mine.

It’s incredible!

After several demonstrations, Mr. Knight asked Iron Head to choose someone to be in charge of the operation of the steam engine.

When Nail was selected, I was still happy for a long time.

Think about it, as long as he stays in front of this machine, he no longer has to go down the mine to dig stones or push baskets.

The accidental collapse last time scared him a lot.

Therefore, the nails that the knight lord ordered are firmly in mind.

It’s not difficult to say, when you need a big guy to work, just lift up the green-painted lever and press the red lever.

Lord Knight said that the green lever is linked with the intake valve, and the red lever is linked with the exhaust valve, so that the steam will enter the cylinder through the pipe.

After the ore basket is pulled up, if you want the machine to stop, you need to operate in reverse, lift the red lever, press the green lever, and the steam will be discharged from the pipe on the side of the boiler.

Every cycle, the water in the furnace must be replenished—even though I don’t understand what the valves and cylinders mean, the nails are all accepted one by one.

However, Master Knight emphasizes that two points must be paid attention to. One is that the order cannot be wrong. When starting up, it must be green first, then red, and when shutting down, it must be red first, then green. If you make a mistake, it may cause the machine to be destroyed.

The second is to disperse the surrounding miners when exhausting, and keep shouting reminders until the red lever is completely lifted.

The first point is so familiar that you can’t make a mistake with your eyes closed, but the second point is bad.

When the machine was turned off as usual today, there was no one else around.

He thinks that a person shouting warnings in vain looks a bit like a fool, UU reading www.sonicmtl.

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The lever was stuck a little tight, and he gritted his teeth and struggled for a long time before pulling it.

Unexpectedly, the moment he pulled it up, the iron head appeared in front of the stove—Nail swore he didn’t see where the mine head came from, and the loud roar of the machine also covered his footsteps.

White steam screamed out from the exhaust port, and rushed straight to Iron Head’s face!

Nail was frightened on the spot, and saw Tietou suddenly fall to the ground, rolling around covering his face, and let out a shrill scream——that sound made his hair stand on end.

Soon other miners surrounded him, held down the rolling iron head, and forcibly lifted his hand.

I saw that the other party’s face was already blurred, blood oozed from the overcooked rotten flesh, and his eyes turned into white beads.

Everyone present realized that Iron Head was hopeless.

Nail came back to his senses and burst into tears. Tietou has always taken care of him. Seeing that he is young, the work assigned to him is always less than others, but the wages have never been less.

Now it was his negligence that caused the accident.

In grief and anxiety, Nail suddenly remembered what Lord Knight said, if anyone in the mining area is accidentally injured, he can take the injured to the city wall, where there is a newly opened medical hospital.

Although he knew in his heart that such a serious injury cannot be cured, the wound is too large, and the herbal medicine will not be effective, it will just keep rotting away, and then the whole body will become high fever, and will soon fall into a coma.

But he still carried the iron head on his back, gritted his teeth and ran to the foot of the mountain regardless of the surprise of the people around him.

If he didn’t do anything and just watched the iron head die like this, he might never be able to forgive himself for the rest of his life.

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