Chapter 77 Machines in the Paper Workshop
“Hey, you’re back?!”
Katie had a weird smile on her face after seeing Frederick in the restaurant.
“Why don’t you play with Maria for two more days?”
Frederick sighed and ate breakfast in silence.
He also wanted to play for two more days, but he said that the current paper and printing were not the best and could be improved, so he was kicked back by the Archduke of Mainz overnight.
There is no other way. They promised to loan a large amount of money at low interest rates to expand the paper mill and printing plant as long as better products are produced. The investors have to listen to their demands.
At the same time, Frederick also confirmed one thing. The Archduke of Mainz's mathematics level was also quite miserable. He could only calculate the interest rate by ten points and ten points. If he had not proposed to reduce it by two more Clicking on the results made him unable to calculate the interest rate for a long time, and then Maria laughed. He probably is still playing Monopoly with Maria.
After breakfast, Katie got into the carriage and went to the papermaking workshop as usual, and found that Frederick had also gotten into the carriage with Tarot.
“Are you going to play at my place today?” Katie asked him with a smile, “I don’t have any pretty girls.”
Frederick replied with a smile: "As long as a beautiful girl is there."
Katie pinched his face and said: "Then you go to the kitchen."
Frederick was silent in depression, while Katie and Tarot chatted about the latest clothing trends this spring.
The carriage left the city and came to the river in the distance. The sound of "ding-ding-dong-dong" was heard in the distance. It was the craftsmen nailing the beams.
The red bricks used in the houses in the factory area are all imported from the southwest neighbor Lislin. The red bricks made there are of good quality and cheap, and are popular in the surrounding areas.
The relationship between the Earl of Rees and Frederick was very bad. He was responsible for causing trouble in the first place. Later, he followed the footsteps of King William and wanted to block the victims in Wesson. Naturally, he did not sell red bricks to Frederick to use for the victims. Build a house.
It’s just that from the war the year before last, only one of the ten knights of the Earl of Rees came back, one missing his left hand. Three of his sons died and two of the younger ones died. The eldest son was frightened into a fool. He still had no grandson. The master drank all day long. There was also a lot of unpleasantness over the issue of the heir, and the castle was in a mess.
The master has no energy to take care of things, and the people below him are also active.
At the end of last year, Frederick's businessman Janis secretly got in touch with the housekeeper there, and started purchasing large quantities of red bricks at cost price on the condition that the other person's son study at Weisenberg University.
This year, more officials from all walks of life have been contacted by Janis through housekeepers. The guild in Lissland even secretly organized craftsmen to go north to work, alleviating the pressure on Weisenland from the lack of skilled workers.
After getting off the car, Katie went to the construction site to find the foreman to inquire about the situation. She had to study ink recently, so she had less to do here.
Fortunately, the master craftsmen here are already familiar with the work and can arrange it themselves.
Frederick walked around here and then came to the wooden shed over the experimental production line.
A lot of people gathered here today, many of them students from Ogilvy and Mather, and they were talking around Koehler next to the two machines.
“What are you selling?” Frederick walked over with a smile. He had met everyone before and recognized the leader as a student named Schmidt.
"Hello, principal!"
These students greeted Frederick immediately when they saw him coming.
Frederick waved his hand as a greeting, walked towards one of the machines, patted it, and asked with a smile: "Are you here to sell a new machine?"
Schmidt immediately Standing next to the principal, he said with a smile: "Yes, yes, we know that the principal values the papermaking workshop very much. After learning that there is still a lot of heavy and repetitive manual labor here, we specially designed and produced these machines."
After hearing this, Frederick looked ecstatic and said: "Is it given to us?"
Schmidt and the others almost cried.
Frederick smiled and studied the machine.
The main power of this machine is a magic reciprocator, which is a high-torque type judging from the shape and size of the magic muscles.
The main moving parts of the machine are three steel rollers, about 20cm in diameter, 1 meter long, hollow, assembled from several sections, with transverse grooves on the surface to increase friction.
One of the rollers is installed on the main frame and driven by the machine. The other two rollers are installed up and down on a movable frame. This frame can control the magic muscles to move forward and backward through buttons, thereby adjusting the two rollers. The distance between rollers.
Under the driving roller is a long blade, made of high-strength elemental steel, which is very sharp.
Under the machine is a conveyor belt that can transport things out. Schmidt asked Frederick with a proud smile on his face: "Principal, do you know what kind of machine this is?"
Frederick smiled and said: "Not bad. I can actually think of this."
He pointed to the middle of the three rollers and said: "Put wood in here, and when the machine starts, it can drive the wood to rotate and press it onto the blade at the same time. You can cut the wood into thin slices like cloth.”
Schmidt and others' faces were full of shock.
"Principal," Schmidt asked cautiously, "It seems that you haven't been to the blacksmith shop recently, right? Who told you?"
Frederick gave him a pair of eyes, He said matter-of-factly: "Isn't this very simple? You can see it at a glance."
Koehler also helped: "You don't even know who the principal is, how can you compare yourself with him? "
Schmidt and others immediately said: "The principal is wise!"
Then Schmidt said: "Principal, what do you think of this machine?"
"In the future, it will be useful for cutting round wooden sticks, arrow shafts, and even round wooden piles."
< br>Frederick nodded and said: "It's a good machine. Use it here first to gain experience. When you think it's ready to build a factory and produce it, you can come to me and I'll give you an investment."
"Thank you, principal." Cultivation!" Schmidt immediately shouted excitedly, and his classmates were also smiling.
Who doesn’t know that if you get the principal’s fancy, you will definitely make money.
Frederick said earnestly there: "When you design machines, you must also consider the safety of the users. Workers are here to make money, not to die."
"For example, this machine can add more A conveyor belt is used to put wood in. Firstly, people don’t have to lift it so high, which saves effort. Secondly, it keeps people farther away from dangerous places.”
“You have to understand that the people who use it are not as smart as you. You can’t think of it. I wouldn't be surprised if someone put a pig in it."
Then the guys looked weird.
Frederick was shocked and asked: "Who is so stupid?"
A voice replied: "Professor Ogilvy."
Frederick blinked, pretending that nothing happened, turned to look at another machine, and asked: "Is that a microtome? ”
The thing that looks like a guillotine must be this one.
Schmidt nodded and replied: "Yes, yes, the blade on it will press down as soon as it is started. You can change various blades, which is very convenient whether it is cutting wood chips or paper."
Parchment books also need to be trimmed after being bound. Based on their experience, they developed an edge trimmer that can cut many things.
Frederick went over to take a look and said, "I'll give you two opinions."
"First, add a conveyor belt to the wood chip cutting machine and connect it directly to the machine over there."
< br>Then he gestured and said: "Second, if the machine requires manual cutting, it must use two widely spaced switches and press them at the same time to start, so that no one who is cutting the material will accidentally touch it. The switch cut off his finger.”
“As I said just now, pay attention to safety!”
Schmidt immediately said that he remembered it.
Frederick said to them: "I am going to study a new machine recently. I need to concentrate my energy on studying first and then working."
Schmidt immediately asked: "Principal, this time What kind of machine should we use next?”
Frederick replied with a smile: “This time, we are going to make history!”
The people around him were in an uproar.
Schmidt asked cautiously: "Principal, can you tell me what it is?"
Frederick curled his lips and said: "Boil the water."
(End of this chapter)