Chapter 37 The machine can deliver you
“When we hear the sincere call,
The world should unite,
In some places, people’s lives are hanging by a thread,
It’s time to lend a helping hand to life,
This is the best gift. ”
As more and more victims arrived at the camp, people employed in Wesson territory also came here in carriages and sang songs to strengthen the management and construction of the camp.
Felt Lie sat next to the water pump on the river embankment, listening to various songs that he had finally translated into Rhineland.
Compared to words and dry preaching, songs are easier to remember. , it is easier to be deeply rooted in people's hearts
Frederick remembers reading a question somewhere in his previous life, how to distinguish between real and fake soldiers. One of the highly praised answers was to ask him the three major disciplines and eight important points of attention. It must be true if it is sung directly.
He still remembered a scene in "Underground Traffic Station". During the training of the fake Eighth Route Army, the puppet soldiers who had been captured also sang it when recalling the three major disciplines and eight major precautions.
So in terms of building spiritual civilization, he invested a lot of energy in music and plagiarized and adapted many songs, so much so that his music teacher went on strike because of his different ideas about music.
However, Frederick also faced a problem. The development of music and the development of musical instruments are synchronized. The current musical instruments cannot achieve the effect he wants. He does not understand the history of musical instrument development, so he can only make do with it. .
"Frederick..."
A nice but timid voice brought Frederick out of his thoughts. He turned around and saw Maria with her head lowered and her hands in her hands. Standing next to him holding the hem of his skirt.
"Maria, uh, what's wrong with you?" Frederick noticed something was wrong with the little girl.
Maria lowered her head and asked: "Am I a bad boy that makes you angry and you don't even play with me anymore?"
Frederick blinked, okay It took a while to understand what she meant.
I first lived in Maria’s castle. After the camp was built, I moved to the camp to facilitate on-site work. Even the maid Tarot and the coachmen who came with me were no exception. .
When he lived in the castle, he still had time to play checkers with Maria, but as the camp was built and the victims began to arrive, there was no time left.
"No." A bright smile appeared on Frederick's face, "I've been too busy recently, how about I find you to play with after a while?"
Maria looked obviously relieved, A smile appeared on his face.
Frederick saw Philip and an old man standing in the distance, followed by several masters, and said to the little girl: "There are many bugs here. You should go back to the castle quickly. I will go up tonight." Go back to the castle for dinner.”
“Really?” Maria smiled brightly, “Don’t lie!”
The little girl left after Frederick reassured her. Take the maid back to the castle.
Then Frederick was blocked.
Philip looked at this guy like he was looking at a little pig trying to grow his own cabbage seedlings.
The old man's eyes were like sharp knives, as if he wanted to stab someone into a colander.
Frederick made a cute expression and tried to pass the test by being cute.
A burst of water vapor rose, breaking the brief confrontation.
The old man looked at the water pump on the side, frowned and asked: "What is this?"
In front of them was an iron box the size of a washing machine, with the top and bottom leading to the river and the camp respectively. The clay pipe has a handle like a bellows at one end that pulls it back and forth. The principle of this reciprocating pump is the same as that of a bellows.
The one pulling the handle on the side is a strange machine. There is a metal rod three fingers thick on the machine. There is a magic circuit connected to the metal rod. It is expanding and contracting rhythmically, driving an iron rod to pull back and forth. pump.
There is a shelf next to the machine. On the shelf is a wooden barrel with an oblique cut. A stick is passed through it. There is a water pipe as thick as a little finger at the top of the reciprocating pump to fill the barrel with water. When the water is full to a certain When the machine is leveling, it will pour water on the continuously retracting metal rod of the machine for cooling.
"His Excellency the Grand Duke of Mainz, this is a water pump." Frederick said in a lovely voice, "The water level in the river is much lower now, so we can only use it to pump water across the dam."
Frederick could tell the identity of this old man at a glance through the guards. He was Philip's lord Dahlberg von Mainz. Dahlberg seemed a little interested in this machine. After looking around, he asked Frederick: "Who made this?"
Frederick replied: " This was made by scholars from Weisenberg University. "
The reciprocating pump is not high-tech. This one is a modified bellows from an ironmaking plant, and the seal is reinforced with slime glue.
The reciprocating machine was a technical verification machine made by Ogilvy after listening to Frederick's suggestion and asking the students to dismantle a golem puppet they brought and use the magic muscles inside. , the magic muscles of the golem's limbs and waist were put together to make ten machines, five of which were horizontal machines, and five machines were vertical machines that moved vertically. Later, I found that the vertical machines were very convenient for blacksmithing. , the premise is to solve the problem of heat dissipation.
Dahlberg nodded and said: "It looks very useful."
"Of course!" Frederick said immediately, "It is very powerful, equivalent to ten horses, and can also replace a waterwheel. Pushing the grinding mill in the mill. "
"As long as the magic crystal has magic power, it can work continuously throughout the day, which also requires watering to cool down and the occasional replacement of worn parts. "
"We have also done comparative experiments. When grinding a ton of wheat, the magic crystal consumed is cheaper than horse feed."
"And it is not expensive, only 100 florins."< br>
Dahlberg thought it sounded good at first, but then he shook his head when he heard the price.
“It’s too expensive.” He said, “This price can buy 50 strong draft horses.”
Frederick shrugged and said, “There is no way to arrange it here. Fifty horses work together."
Dahlberg frowned and shook his head and continued: "It's too expensive."
Frederick said "Oh" and stopped talking about this machine. Instead, he said: "I feel very sorry for the impact on the Principality of Mainz due to my reasons recently, and I ask the Grand Duke for your forgiveness."
The cost of this machine is less than 10 florins, and even if it is brand new, it only costs about ten florin gold coins. He set a high price mainly because he did not want to give people the impression that the price of magic-powered machines is very low, otherwise how will future machines be sold.
At present, the potential customers of the magic power machine are only those landlords and wealthy people, and there are no competitors.
It is not like maltose. Rich people have no shortage of honey and can only target the vast civilian market at a relatively low price.
So Frederick naturally sold it as expensive as he could, and no one cared about money. In a sense, "climbing the technological tree" is synonymous with "spending money like running water".
However, he is not in a hurry to sell it. The heat dissipation problem has always restricted the use of this machine.
Dahlberg was actually moved. He was a wealthy man who owned a mine. He also encountered the problem of pumping water, and this machine could be used in the mine tunnel with a small space.
100 florins is not too much for him. His war horse with unicorn blood can buy 10 of these things, and a set of armor can buy 5 of them.
But his money didn’t come from the strong wind. He had to bargain if he could, but he didn’t expect that Frederick wouldn’t accept it.
“100 florins is 100.” Dahlberg said boldly, “I know you are short of money, so just pay your price and I will buy 3 units.”
Wei The Sen family was plotted against the victims by King William. Although the benefits outweighed the disadvantages in the long term, in the short term it really hurt Frederick.
Everyone in the luxury goods circle knows that the gold utensils in the Wesson family are almost sold out, and there are rumors that they are preparing to sell silver tableware.
Seeing that Frederick handled the matter in an orderly manner, Dahlberg had some ideas in his mind and decided to take advantage of the opportunity to provide help in times of need.
However, Frederick was more generous and said seriously: "I can give 5 sets to the Grand Duke. I just want to ask you for a favor."
"This favor is not a big deal. Take the lead in expanding the scope of the "Patent Law" from weaving patterns, cooking and winemaking techniques to other fields."
Dahlberg's gaze at Frederick instantly became sharper.
(End of this chapter)