forest kingdom

Chapter 253 Hot Wind
The snow on the mountain began to melt, and Lawrence looked at the snow-capped mountains in the distance.

The area where we are located is not the highest point of the Agama Mountains. In the distant mountains, there are towering holy snow-capped mountains. Every spring, summer and autumn, a large amount of water flows from the snow-capped mountains, nourishing all living creatures nearby.

Lawrence looked into the distance for a while, rested for a moment, and then lowered his head to build a wooden frame next to the river channel where river fish were stocked.

A pond was dug here for winter fish to spend the winter, and now we are testing a water conservancy device near this pond.

The water wheel mainly relies on the propulsion of water flow, and it is best to be in a place with strong current.

Lawrence doesn't think he can succeed in one attempt. This time it is mainly an attempt.

The first thing made is definitely not the most perfect, just like the original shack, it will be dismantled and rebuilt later.

Everything must be done step by step. Summer and autumn are the opportunities for the water mill to truly perform. Now is the time to lay a solid foundation for the future.

The men and women nearby are busy with spring plowing. The wheat seedlings have grown near the fields, and there are no traces of snow on the mountains.

Sofia ran quickly from the manor and ran across the river on two wooden bridges.

"Master! Nora has given birth! A baby lamb fell from Nora's butt on the grass. It looks so disgusting!"

Sophia looked excited and said the good news with joy, "Sariel said that the baby lamb will be taken care of by me, and I will have my own Dom sheep in the future! The name is Sophia!"

Lawrence didn't quite understand the mood of a little girl like Sophia. Even though he had been through this age himself, he always felt that he was very different from Sophia even when he was a child.

"Well, I'll go over and take a look when I'm done here. You go take a look first."

"Okay!" Sophia quickly ran back with her skirt in hand to see her lamb.

Lawrence made an impeller by placing planks of wood on a length of wood.

The water flow will push the wheel to rotate, and the rotating wheel will push the wooden pole as it rotates.

“Would it be better to have a flat design?”

When a gear lying on the ground is pushed by water, the other side will push the wooden stick of the stone mill. You can install eight wooden poles on the stone mill to push it faster. "

"It would be simpler this way. We could just omit the waterwheel gears, place the stone mill by the river, and use eight downward oars as the power device."

"No way...then there will be no room for people to stand."

Lawrence thought about the four-wheel-drive vehicles he played with as a child, the windmills and water-powered mills in his memory, and the various mechanical equipment he had seen before, and thought about how to use the most reasonable and least number of gears to complete the transformation.

Compared with people of this era, Lawrence has seen many things that others have never seen and cannot imagine, so his thinking limitations are much higher than others.

But there are limitations, and Lawrence can't imagine that he hasn't seen it and can't break through his own limitations.

It's just that compared to the others, Lawrence is very advanced and has far-sighted and constructive wisdom.

Not long after, Salil walked over quickly again.

"Lawrence, why don't you go see Nora and Sophia."

Lawrence was knocking wood and fitting two pieces of wood together through the holes.

"I'm very busy. Just take care of the lambs. I'll go see them tomorrow."

Salil squatted by the pit and looked at Lawrence in the pit, and said seriously: "You have to go over and touch Sophia and bless Sophia, otherwise Sophia will not grow taller."

"Okay, I got it. I'll wash my hands and go there." Lawrence was not in a hurry, and it didn't take long to go over and touch the lamb.

As a prophet, there are more and more trivial things in Lawrence's life.

Bless the married men and women today, bless the newborn puppies and lambs tomorrow, or force a few witches to learn arithmetic and equations.

There are basically no really big things, most of the time there are very important little things.

Study chicken manure, raise river fish, make water wheels, dig stones, build houses, reclaim land, shear sheep, dry quilts and clothes, dig sewage pipes, forge iron, patrol and hatch chicks...

Work at sunrise and rest at sunset.With gradual accumulation and operation, there were more and more fields in the forest, and the water-powered mill also made some progress.

Lawrence found a blacksmith, "I made a mold and made an iron gear according to this mold."

The blacksmith looked at the clay embryo that Lawrence had placed on the table.

With the introduction of crucibles, wind furnaces, and iron-forging technologies from three different regions, the iron-making technology in the town has been greatly improved.

In the past, the fired iron blocks were continuously processed, but now the molten iron can be poured directly into the mud and sandstone molds to directly turn the molten iron into the shapes of axes, hoes, swords and daggers.

The blacksmith stroked the mold for a while, checking the depth and width of the gear and the amount of molten iron required.

"Prophet, there is no problem with this."

Lawrence also feels that the current iron-making technology is sufficient to make gears, but the quality may not be very good and needs to be gradually improved.

When the blacksmith of Durila saw Lawrence here, he mentioned another thing.

"Prophet, our charcoal is used up too fast. We need to replenish it quickly. At least five hundred baskets a month."

Lawrence nodded, "I will ask someone to make some charcoal. You can also think about whether you can save some charcoal."

Blacksmith Durila said: "Charcoal is necessary for ironmaking. Wood cannot burn the iron ore, so all our charcoal is used for ironmaking."

Lawrence reassured: "I'm not saying you're wasting, I'm asking you to use your brains. For example, after adding the blower, we use less charcoal than before when making iron."

"Then is there any other way to make the charcoal burn more fully, increase the temperature in the blast furnace to the maximum faster, and save charcoal at the same time?"

The blacksmiths nearby all looked puzzled. No one had considered this issue before.

Lawrence guided: "I have told you that the higher the temperature, the faster the molten iron melts, and the more fully the charcoal burns, the higher the temperature in the furnace."

"Then, now that you know the function of wind, you should understand that the smaller the wind outlet, the easier it is for the outgoing wind to blow on the charcoal."

"In addition to changing the air outlet of the blower, there is another thing that can be improved. For example, you all know that a blast furnace in winter consumes more charcoal than one in summer, so have you ever thought about the difference between ordinary air and hot air blown into the furnace?"

The blacksmith and others looked at Lawrence in astonishment, "Refeng?"

"Yes, hot air." Lawrence affirmed: "The air blown out of the blower is normal temperature air. If the gas inside is preheated in advance, it will heat up faster after being blown into the furnace."

"Don't worry now. If you have time, you can try to make an iron nozzle, a slender one, and then use a brazier to heat the iron pipe when blowing, so that the hot air that passes through and enters the furnace is hot. "

"Whoever can correctly improve a better blast furnace, bellows, fuel and other useful things, I will reward him with a reward ranging from a chicken to a cow based on the value he provides!"

In addition to the crucible, Lawrence also provided new ideas to improve everyone's iron-making technology.

This preheating technology is not just as simple as saving charcoal. The most important thing is to let blacksmiths and technicians discover that ironmaking is not a fixed thing, and everyone's ironmaking technology can actually be improved.

Lawrence is willing to provide rewards to support craftsmen who are willing to think, and will not be stingy with investment in this area.

The construction of science cannot rely on just one person, but requires more bases and environments.

In this environment that requires craftsman skills, the profits from investing in science and technology are absolutely unprecedented!

Lawrence not only invested in craftsmen, but also in barbarian navigators!

Compared to craftsmen, barbarian navigators can really bring back wealth.

The first returning navigators were not barbarian warriors, but the Durilans who had set out five months earlier.

These Durila people set out a month before Yongye, and when they came back it was already March when the spring flowers were blooming and the mountains and fields were covered with lush vegetation.

When we went out, there were only five people, but when we came back, there were more than 100 people in big boats and small boats.

Henry, the businessman of Durila, took off his hat and said respectfully to Lawrence who was coming down the mountain: "Master, I convinced the merchants in the city that they are willing to come and make deals, and they brought back our family, as well as Brielle's family. .”

(End of this chapter)