Chapter 135 Failed Turbine Blades
The aftermath of the blizzard is still continuing, but for Purficott, she no longer needs to be distracted from dealing with these things.
Although she does not have any unique talents under her, after she has made a decision, she just needs her people to implement it according to her arrangements.
If they couldn't do this well, Purficott felt that there was no need to consider "opening up the northern border".
What's more, both Colonel Richard and Commander William are qualified officers. Although they may not be able to handle government affairs, if they are just managing a military camp, there is still no problem.
The current Eagle's Mouth Cliff Base and Fjord Camp itself are not much different from military camps. It is safe to let them manage and handle daily affairs.
As for loyalty, although Purficott did not feel that the two of them were completely loyal to him, there was still no big problem with basic obedience to orders.
Especially since Purficott had had in-depth conversations with Richard several times before, he found that this man who was theoretically his distant uncle was still a little ambitious.
He is now in his forties. Although he has reached the position of colonel and commander of the Guards Division, he has basically reached the ceiling of what he can achieve.
Wanting to be promoted to major general, or to further obtain a knighthood, is not something he can do now.
Unless a war breaks out now and he has the opportunity to gain sufficient military exploits as the commander of the Guards Division, this is the end of his life.
After all, he is not a direct descendant of the Brandlis family, and cannot inherit the title and influence of the Brandlis family. Even if he changes his surname to Brandlis, it will only allow him to sit in the tenth position. Just the commander of the Seventh Guards Division.
Although the empire had already abolished the original aristocratic private armies and local corps during the military reform, and integrated them into a new army that directly took orders from the royal family.
But as one of the compromises to the military, the royal family still acquiesced that some military positions should be held by nobles.
The Seventeenth Guards Division was previously controlled by the Brandless family, but now except for this distant relative, the Brandless family no longer has anyone who can do anything. Naturally, the ability to control the 17th Guards Division has been reduced to an embarrassing situation.
In fact, Colonel Richard's position as division commander was the last sign of dignity for the Brandless family in the 17th Guards Division. After all, there was only so much left of the old baron.
Once the Brandless family is declared extinct, or Perficott marries someone else, causing the title to be inherited by someone else, the former Brandless family will basically exist in name only, and naturally it will There is no way to talk about influence anymore.
Of course, if Colonel Richard can seize the title of the Brandlees family by virtue of his status as a collateral line, then he is not unable to borrow a chicken to lay eggs and replace the original Brandlees family. Everything is inherited.
However, it had only been three years since Perfectcott’s parents passed away. During this period, Princess Anne had been secretly watching over her, so the Brandless family could still support them and not be exposed to people with ulterior motives. Conspiracy to seize.
Afterwards, with the strong rise of Perficott, in just a few months, she jumped from an orphan girl of a minor noble to a frontier official such as a pioneering earl and a guardian. The form has undergone fundamental changes. Change.
For Colonel Richard, he no longer needs to consider trying to seize the title of the Brandless family or other evil ways to obtain promotion.
Now he only needs to swear allegiance to Purficott and then work hard to serve her, and he will naturally have the opportunity to get promotions in titles and military ranks. After all, currently, the only ones with the surname Brandlis are him, Perficott, and his two sons.
So after having a frank conversation with Purficott and stating what he wanted, Purficott would naturally not be stingy about giving his relatives a title.
As an earl, she is qualified to canonize lower-level nobles for herself, but she has to provide the corresponding fiefdom herself.
Based on this, lower-level nobles would naturally have to fulfill their vassal obligations for her.
From the current point of view, there is no conflict of interest between Colonel Richard and Perfectcott. On the contrary, the more stable Perfectcott's position is, the greater the benefits he can obtain.
Because of this, Purficott currently hands over the daily management of the Eagle Beak Cliff Base to Colonel Richard, letting him take care of daily affairs.
This also saved Purficott a lot of time and energy, allowing her to focus on her own affairs.
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"Damn it, it failed again! This is the eighth time it has failed. Why is it still not working?" In the laboratory, an assistant hammered the table in frustration, looking at the corroded and deformed blades in front of him, and made a frustrated voice.
Others around him also had the same disappointed expressions, and their moods were also very complicated.
The failure of the experiment is not that big a blow to them. After all, how can there be no research without failure?
What really hit them was that the research and experiments they were doing now were just what Perficott told them was a simple task in their opinion, that is, to find a material that was strong enough and at the same time Materials that are also resistant to corrosion are used to make turbine blades for steam turbines.
In the eyes of these assistants, this is actually a very simple task.
As alchemists, although they are not as strong as Purficott, they can still improve the properties of materials to enhance a certain aspect of performance.
It was just that when they started to strengthen existing metal materials to meet the requirements for making steam turbine turbine blades in accordance with Purficott's design requirements, they found that no matter how they tried, their improved When the material is made into blades and installed inside a steam turbine for testing, it quickly corrodes and deforms.
This caused great confusion for them, because Purficott’s requirements for materials were not very high. They thought that after improvements, the materials they made had perfectly achieved the requirements, but the fact is that every experimental result is a failure.
When the blades made of their improved materials are put into the machine for testing, they often become damaged after a short period of operation. In the most serious case, the entire steam turbine was damaged and the engine was damaged. As for several assistants, it took two days to repair it.
The test prototype in front of them was hand-made by Perfectcott. They did not have such strong alchemy skills, so they could not reproduce it as it was.
"We have tripled the hardness, but why does it still break? What's wrong?" An assistant looked at the experimental records aside and felt extremely puzzled.
(End of this chapter)