Chapter 502: The resistance of the magicians
With the new energy tower technology, Perficott naturally spread it throughout the northern territory.
The original energy tower only needs to be installed with a new constant temperature barrier, that is, the transformation can be completed by welding a few heat sink plates. This is naturally not a big project.
Producing this kind of heat sink with a magic circle drawn on it is also very simple for the factory. Just make the mold and start the production line. It is not a troublesome matter.
If the conditions are really simple, just get two flat steel plates, get a copper pipe for heat dissipation, roll the copper pipe up, and weld it to the back of the steel plate. The board is also doable.
The only ones who need to work a little harder may be the magicians. After all, drawing magic circles is a delicate job. They can only do it by hand. A lot of repetitive work is naturally unacceptable to magicians who have always claimed to be masters in the past. of.
But after their first strike, Purficott threw half of the Steam Knights at the door, directly threatening them with force and asking them to continue working, these magicians had to hold on. The nose acted like a pallu.
Of course, don’t expect the efficiency of the magicians to be very high. If you draw a fine magic circle purely manually, you won’t be able to make it faster even if you hold a knife to their necks.
But for Purficott, this is actually not a problem.
After carefully studying the process of drawing magic circles by these magicians, she found that this is actually a detailed drawing work that requires high precision, which does not involve the need to maintain the magic infusion during the drawing process. Require.
After all, the magic power of this world has declined. If drawing a magic circle requires magicians to maintain magic infusion throughout the drawing process, then even if these magicians are physically squeezed dry, it will not be able to meet the demand.
The key for these magicians to draw the magic circle is to use a special ink, which has good magic conductivity. After pouring magic into the magic circle, the magic can flow smoothly, and the magic circle is Then it ran smoothly.
Accordingly, there are corresponding requirements for the accuracy of drawing the magic circle, the accuracy of the strokes, and various details.
Otherwise, if there are various problems such as inaccuracies and errors in the drawing, the magic circle will not operate smoothly, or it will simply not move.
Of course, another more important factor is that after the magicians draw the magic circle, they must also protect the magic circle. Otherwise, how can the ink that falls off with a wipe resist natural wear and erosion? The ink itself will gradually lose its effectiveness over time.
Of course, this is a more traditional approach.
After getting it into Perficott's hands, of course she had to make improvements.
After all, the magicians’ approach really made it difficult for Purficott to accept their low work efficiency.
A magic circle requires two to three magicians to spend at least a week to complete the drawing and subsequent debugging to a usable state. Then such a magic circle will need to be replaced within two to three years even if it is protected by magic. , this cost-effectiveness ratio is really too low.
Especially since there are at least hundreds of energy towers of various sizes in the entire Northern Territory. One energy tower is calculated as four magic arrays. It will take these magicians at least eight or nine years to complete all the work.
But Purficott doesn't have eight or nine years for them to take their time? The end of the world will come in eight or nine months. It will be difficult for these magicians to complete the drawing of magic circles in several major cities in the North and the New World during this period.
Although such a result is not unacceptable, Purficott still expressed that it was unacceptable after carefully asking and understanding the situation. If we only maintain constant temperature barriers in a few major cities, then the current efficiency can barely meet the needs.
Copperfield’s plan is to have all the energy towers in the north be renovated, and more energy towers will be built in the future, bringing the total number of energy towers to at least one thousand. She is completely unsatisfied with this low work efficiency.
Fortunately, since drawing the magic circle does not require any special skills, as long as the accuracy is ensured, Purficott can directly use mechanical drawing.
Literally mechanical drawing.
The North has useful computer technology. In addition to being used by Purficott to carry mechanical logic to manufacture robots and alchemy dolls, this technology can also be applied to various production activities. It is also possible to draw a magic circle.
And the accuracy of mechanical drawing is far more trustworthy than that of humans. Unless there is a program error or mechanical failure, the probability of mechanical errors is much lower than that of humans.
Human beings can indeed push the upper limit very high, but machines can push the lower limit very high.
So when it comes to mass production, machinery is often more trustworthy and efficient than manpower.
Faced with Purficott's method of drawing magic circles, which was almost the same as printing, the magicians naturally felt extremely insulted. Even this time, they were pointed at with a 75mm gun barrel. , all still refused to cooperate with Purficott's work.
There is no other reason. They are working at the point of a sword. After all, they are still noble magicians, mastering the core technology, and will not lower their identity and status just because they are pallu.
They are fundamentally different from ordinary assembly line workers and civilians. Even ordinary nobles are inferior to magicians.
But when Purficott turned their technology into something that could be replaced by machines, their value and role were also replaced. They suddenly changed from noble magicians to A dispensable social outcast.
Such a change in status and gap are unacceptable to these magicians no matter what.
So even in the face of the steam knight's guns, they refused to cooperate.
Not only that, these magicians also put on a fighting posture, quite ready to take action if they disagreed.
Perfect did not expect this situation, but she did not particularly care about it. In other words, in her eyes, the resistance of these magicians was just like playing house. Just for fun.
If these magicians really want to resist and force her to accept their conditions, they should show more determined resistance, such as demolishing the production factory or directly sending a few honorary magicians. Kill them in front of them and use force to force yourself to negotiate peace with them.
Otherwise, this kind of resistance shown by being pointed at with a cannon is just a joke that can be crushed at any time.
Real resolute resistance and opposition is not like this.
(End of this chapter)