Chapter 622: The Scientific Research Division of the Holy Artium
The carriage passed through the wasteland and ruins from the river to the Mechanical Palace. In front of them were two rows of small yards surrounded by walls and weeds.
Each small yard covers an area of half an acre to more than an acre. There are flags and signs at the door. If you glance over, you can see [Dragon Language Alchemy Society] [Crystal Alchemy Institute] [Hydraulic Engineering Institute] [Flying Shuttle Research Institute] [Holy Axis Alchemy Development Bureau] and so on.
This area is the "scientific research area" allocated by Horn to scholars, specifically responsible for scientific research output.
There is even a public carriage at the bridge for free use by these alchemists and engineers.
According to Witte, a group of seven-story brick and stone residences will be built on both sides of the Insura district in the city to provide accommodation for these scholars and alchemical priests.
For example, [Dragon Alchemy Society] and [Crystal Alchemy Institute] focus on scientific research in the direction of alchemy, while [Hydraulic Engineering Institute], in addition to researching and designing water conservancy facilities, also studies how to make hydraulic industrial equipment.
For example, they were inventing and researching the hydraulic version of Horn's reel spinning machine.
After all, in the future, after the two outward rivers in Daze Township are dredged and opened, they will definitely be able to provide abundant water power.
At that time, it will be just in time to use it as a supplement to the wheel-turning holy machine. After all, the number of star-cast gears is limited.
The [Shuttle Research Institute] is mainly responsible for researching the shuttle on the loom. This small device that automatically rebounds through a spring can greatly improve the efficiency of manual and runner loom weaving.
Horn thought that it would be difficult to use a spring, but it turned out to be very difficult. The technological content of this small spring is really high.
Like a clockwork, just use low carbon steel to hammer it, and then gilt it with a layer of orichalcum before use.
According to the calculations of the dwarves, the spring requires high carbon steel plus a special alloy, and ordinary steel gilded with orichalcum has no good effect.
It's not that a spring cannot be made with the dwarf's forging skills, but the cost is too high.
Lowering the car curtain, Horn lowered his head and recalled the production method of spring steel in his hometown.
In Horn's hometown, the ability to mass-produce this kind of spring steel requires the Bessemer converter method to become popular before this kind of qualified spring steel can be produced.
Even if Jeanna uses lightning smelting, she cannot successfully produce spring steel every time.
Horn rubbed his forehead. The alchemy industry was good everywhere. The only problem was that his steel industry had made little progress so far.
Lightning smelting is definitely more efficient than the medicine vat iron smelting method, but the problem is that this kind of lightning is almost only available to Jeanne.
Could he still be able to create some kind of lightning furnace?
I don’t know how well Shilov’s “Jade Record” has been translated. It would be great if there was an alchemical substance that could control and emit lightning.
Finally, one of the more important ones is the [Holy Axis Alchemy Development Bureau].
This department is responsible for two parts. One is to cooperate with the Black Snake Bay secret party in alchemy and magic technology, and the other is responsible for industrialization and commercialization.
In Horn's eyes, this is a relatively important department, but people don't value it at this time, and they haven't even been able to open a single order so far.
Passing through this scientific research area, walking further forward are patches of flower beds and trees, which Shilov arranged for people to plant and organize.
In spring and summer, you can see a sea of flowers from the terrace of the Mechanical Palace at a glance.
It's a pity that Horn is in the golden autumn season at this time, so he can't see such a scenery.
Some newcomers were very curious about the figure that appeared on the terrace of the Mechanical Palace on time every morning. However, the Mechanical Palace was guarded by guards and they could not get close easily.
As a result, rumors of the "Two-Wheeled Monster" have been spreading in the Holy Weapon Court in recent days. Together with the "Electric Shock Ghost" and "Hairy Zombie", they are known as the three major horror stories of the Holy Weapon Court. The number of old citizens who had seen Shilov during the New Year Festival was too small, but they could not refute the rumors, so they had to go.
As the gradient gradually increased, Horn could feel his back beginning to get close to the wall of the carriage, and he knew that he was getting closer to the Mechanical Palace.
Walking up a small slope less than 10 meters high, you will arrive at the Mechanical Palace.
After getting off the carriage, Horn looked around.
The original geared cock of Shilov has been repaired, and the clown puppet on the gable has also been given a new coat of paint.
When Horn pushed the door open, he could just see Shilov and others in the center of the yard.
In the corner of the spacious yard, seven or eight white and red vertical jars stood under the eaves. They were obviously pottery, but they had a metallic luster.
"What is this?" Horn tapped the reaction vessel with his knuckles and asked the shaved middle-aged man beside him.
"Your Majesty, this is an alchemical reaction vessel for peat. Through this reaction vessel, we can greatly save the manpower consumed by peat and build more peat workshops."
It was okay that he didn't speak. As soon as he spoke, Horn recognized him: "Isn't this Robert? I thought it was who it was, but it turned out to be you, kid. Why are you so smooth on your mouth?"
Robert pursed his lips and smiled: "I went back to Black Snake Bay earlier, and my hair and beard were burned by the wizard in the tavern, so I just shaved it off to cool down."
Robert was originally a member of the White Mountain Monastery. He stayed on Qiu Mu Island because of his considerable research on alchemy.
"This reaction vessel doesn't look like pottery? What did you add?"
"It's red salt, I added red salt." Robert rolled up his sleeves proudly.
Unlike the past, where a pit was dug on the spot to extract peat, this refining method also added a huge crucible that was white but had a dark red sheen.
Horn walked around the shaft-shaped crucible that was as tall as one person, and didn't see any clues. He just cast his doubtful eyes on Robert.
Robert quickly explained to His Majesty the Holy Sun: "Red salt is considered a substance that can gather spirituality, and alchemists waste a lot of mana when making alchemy.
So I wondered if I could combine red salt with the crucible to slow down the escape of mana.
Fortunately, after trying more than fifty materials, I succeeded. This mountain white clay was mixed with red salt mud to create this terracotta crucible.
Placing the peat in a terracotta crucible and directly connecting it to the pot through a staff can save 4 manpower. ”
As he spoke, he handed the detailed data report to Horn.
After picking up the report, Horn only glanced at it twice, and his eyes couldn't help but stare. According to this report, the terracotta crucible can reduce the original peat team from a group of 10 people to a group of 6 people.
Almost cut in half!
You know, the alchemist priest needs to rest for two hours at a time to cast a spell. Each peat refining ceremony requires 10 people together.
Therefore, a peat workshop that works 10 hours a day actually only refines peat 5 times, and can produce a total of about 6,400 pounds.
Although the red salt pottery pot and staff increased the cost slightly, they reduced the manpower required for each peat refining ceremony by 40%.
Originally, Horn was still worried that with the current speed and frequency of the emergence of the Holy Beloved, if the peat production was rashly increased, the Alchemist Priest would not be able to keep up.
But now it seems that this problem no longer exists, and the price of peat can even drop again, completely driving down the price of firewood and other fuels.
(End of chapter)