Chapter 483 I declare that this place is called the Holy Armament Court
Although there are nearly a hundred star-cast gears in the Mechanical Palace, there are only 60 suitable gears that can be used in industrial production.
Four wind-up stone cutting machines can produce 60 to 80 cubic meters of stone bricks every month, which can probably pave a 40 to 50 meter long street.
Six turned into clockwork sawmills, capable of producing 500 to 600 cubic meters of wood per month.
Currently, the floor tiles on Qiumu Island are all cut by stone cutting machines, while the building materials for the temporary wooden houses for workers and rural farmhouses are all cut by clockwork saws.
Seven are used as clockwork spinning machines, which are basically the mechanical power of the original reel spinning machine changed into a clockwork runner.
This clockwork scroll spinning machine was modified by Shilov and has 500-800 spindles, which can produce hundreds of yards of linen every hour.
These textile workshops can spin a total of 7,000 to 9,000 yards of linen every month. After swallowing the entire Qiu Mu Island linen production, there are still two months of idling left.
Horn has calculated that each clockwork power textile workshop covers an area of about 800 square meters and requires 20 to 30 operators to monitor yarn quality, repair broken yarns and replace spindles.
If a handicraft workshop wanted to achieve the same effect, it would need 150 spinning machines, 60 looms, and 230 weavers, covering a similar area.
But this is a personnel gap of nearly ten times.
The more than 70,000 yards of linen they woven can just fill the clothing market of Qiumu Island this year.
Since people in this era have always worn the same piece of clothing for ten years, now that it is available, the market demand in Qiumu Island next year is estimated to be reduced by half.
The lycanthrope kingdom in Daze Township is still switching to flax, which will cause the supply of flax to increase next year.
In addition to being internally digested by the lycanthropes, the excess can only be exported to the market in Langsand County.
Horn can imagine that the market price of linen clothing next year will be reduced to about 80% of the original price.
These are just three clockwork textile workshops.
If the problem of raw material supply can be solved, Horn gritted his teeth and expanded to thirty. While maintaining the original price, one Qiumu Island's textile industry can meet the market demand of the entire Qianhe River Valley.
At that time, it will really be Qiu Mu Island Street that shakes the entire Qianhe River Valley.
Unfortunately, the manufacturing method of star-cast gears is still a mystery.
Of the remaining star-cast gears, ten were turned into runner pumps and nine into jib cranes.
“This set of three things is basically used for dredging the river.”
Holding on the wooden railing of the embankment bridge deck, Horn looked towards the muddy river in front of him, and he could see it on the spot. Come to these three clockwork machines.
Needless to say much about the runner pump, Horn’s focus is mainly on the jib crane.
It is about 8 to 12 meters high and is located in rows on both sides of the river.
These jib cranes are entirely made of oak and fir, and their L-shaped metal parts and black iron rivets shine with a dull luster even on a semi-rainy day.
The overall shape of the jib crane is like a tower, with a single arm extending from the top of the head. The single arm is equipped with a pulley block and is connected to the runner machine through ropes and hinges.
The most eye-catching thing about this thing is the wooden sculpture of the Holy Trinity on the top of the crane tower, and the frame made of white animal bones hangs on the rotating arm.
Wood is paired with metal leather components, and is even wrapped in leather, and the leather actually has blood-red alchemical symbols on it.
With its appearance, Horn was sometimes afraid that it would suddenly collapse.
This unique aesthetic of a blend of rags and wildness made him as shocked as the Huo Ge human face statue when he saw it for the first time——
It’s over! What he feared most has happened...
Black Snake Bay and the lycanthrope got mixed up!
Later, every time Horne met him on the street, he could not say anything and would just hide away with a dark face.
Although the appearance was poor, he had to admit that this thing was indeed very reliable.
At this moment, the alchemist priest was using the handle of the large clockwork key to start the holy machine of the wheel. As the roaring sound of the wheel sounded, the ropes and hinges were all stretched.
The workers in wooden baskets were lifted from the river to the ground by the crane while swaying and talking and laughing.
When Horn came to inspect in the past, what they mentioned was not people, but baskets of dirt.
Labourers push wheelbarrows to transport the fertile silt to the lake shore in Daze Township, where the beastly people will use the silt to fill the swamps and connect roads.
Without this jib crane, they wouldn't even be able to clean the silt at the mouth of the river.
Of the twenty-four remaining star-forged gears, seven are used in the clockwork-powered forging hammer, responsible for forging plate armor and firing rods.
Nine more were installed on the clockwork lathe.
Wheel lathes are used to manufacture parts for barrels.
The screw lathe is used to turn threads to make helical firing rods. Wood and masonry lathes are used to manufacture high-end furniture.
The last eight were left in the Mechanical Palace. On the one hand, they were responsible for the operation of the Mechanical Palace itself, and on the other hand, they were left to Shilov to research and design machinery.
Recalling what he saw and heard in Qiumu Island during this period, Horn suddenly understood why Shilov proposed to call the town of Qiumu Island the Holy Weapon Court.
The clockwork clicks, the gears roar, and the Holy Father turns the wheel, bringing about a city where machinery replaces human power.
If this city is not called the Holy Armament Court, then what should it be called?
Walking in the rain, Horn was about to say something with emotion, but was interrupted by Chap who came in a hurry:
"Your Majesty, the gate opening ceremony is ready."
Armand ignored it and just looked into Horn's eyes. Horn waved his hand: "Since it's ready, don't keep everyone waiting. "
Returning from the embankment to the shore high ground, the important people in Daze Township are waiting.
Not only were officials at all levels on Qiumu Island present, but also elders, officers, and students, as well as farmer representatives, the lycanthrope queen, etc. were also present.
The moment Horn appeared, everyone present cheered.
Horn waved hello and stepped onto the podium set up in advance.
“It took nearly a year, and we spent countless sweat and blood to build this dam and start the dredging project.”
“To thank all the people who worked during this period , I would like to invite you to applaud for a minute and cheer for the people who work hard on the river.”
Amidst the cheers of the people, everyone present raised their hands above their heads and kept cheering. The sounds merged into one.
As for the workers, they proudly held up their chests, some blushed, and some applauded.
"Okay..." Horn pressed his hands. "The labor you put in deserves admiration, but the results of your labor still have to be tested. Whether it's a mule or a horse, we all have to take it out for a walk."
"That's right." The agent arranged by Armand immediately picked up the conversation.
"Now, let's have a collective prayer, and then ask the Holy Father to make a ruling."
Horn crossed his fingers on his chest and prayed in a regular manner.
After everyone stopped, he nodded to Chap and then knocked on the table with a wooden hammer:
"Officially opened!"
The wooden gate sandwiched with heavy soil slowly rose. When it was halfway up, everyone could see clearly that the wooden gate was shaking with the naked eye.
Although the workers were very careful, one wooden gate was knocked crooked by the surging lake water and could not be retracted. They could only watch it break into pieces and leave.
As if a chariot was walking across the sky, Horn heard the sound of wheels grinding through the air.
Nanze Lake, which had a very high water level, began to vibrate. The huge water pressure passed through the hole, squeezing the water until it burst.
The entire site even began to shake, and a few sharp-eyed people even saw a large number of cracks on the embankment.
But fortunately, this mortar-reinforced embankment finally held up, at least withstanding this impact.
The lake water surges forward carrying the mud and sand, and the mud that has been deposited for hundreds of years screams and rolls away under the wave with nowhere to hide.
The depression and pain accumulated in Nanze Lake for a hundred years are being vented along the stone embankment, washing away the black mud that seems to block and suppress her forever.
The black mud people would never have thought that the quiet lake could have such a violent day. The workers seemed to use clockwork machinery to light a flame in the lake.
As the white waves plunged into the black mud, the water swayed on both sides, scouring the river.
The originally stale river drained away little by little, and the turbid lake water became clear.
The fishy and muddy smell dissipated with the wind, and all Horn could smell was the fresh smell of water vapor.
Nanze Lake, no, Daze Township is about to usher in a new life.
Facing the stunned crowd, Horn stood on a large dark rock.
Amidst the roar of the lake behind him, he opened his arms. The wind blew the clothes on his back tightly against his body, and his sleeves made a sound like running water.
"Although it is a bit sudden, I announce that I will officially cast my eleven thousand five hundred and thirty-seven votes on the name 'Holy Arms Court' in the proposal to change the name of Qiu Mu Island Town! "
"From now on, the town of Qiumu Island will be officially renamed——"
"Holy Arms Court!"
(End of this chapter)