wandering fairy

Chapter 1267 Non-Rational Energy and Industry

After finishing the divination, Dong Hezi combined the previous hexagrams to observe and summarize them, and finally said to the mage elders of the surrounding Apolis Association: "There are no major problems in the near future, and there may be some minor problems during a grand entertainment. .【@】But it has no direct relationship with us, only some indirect connection.”

The elders breathed a sigh of relief: "Then we can rest assured. But what is that 'grand entertainment'? Could it be a banquet to welcome Paslig?" The fat mage with a white beard next to him asked: "Maybe Is it the variety show competition that will be held next week? I heard that the king might go to watch it."

The result of the final discussion was: "Never mind it, anyway, we can do our own business with peace of mind." And the most important thing in the near future, besides meeting the Sun King's audit, is to prove to the Sun King that we are useful! !Even if it is a swamp battle, we can still make great efforts! !

So they developed some structures for swamp warfare. Now everyone went out of the secret hall with layers of arcane protection. After bypassing the beautifully carved winding porch, they came to the large experimental field next to the casting castle.A lot of odd-shaped structures had already been placed on the rammed earth field, which was stronger than a football field.

"Damn it! This is~~~~ chariot?!" Dong Hezi was surprised to see a pair of huge black iron wheels three or four stories high standing in the middle of the field. The tall shape seemed to crush people like bugs Into pieces!It’s just that~~~~ In addition to these two huge wheels, there is a simple steel frame behind it. The frame that gradually slopes down and several pairs of small steel wheels form the row of tail wheels.A box-shaped 'steel room' like a bunker is installed on the black shelf between two sets of wheels, one small and three sets of wheels. It hangs high at the height of two floors and overlooks the ground below. There are probably mages or archers stationed inside.

"That's right." The mages of the Apolis Association introduced: "This is used to deal with those swamps! Swamps are either mud or deep water. It is easy for golems to enter them, and it is easy for mechanical structures to enter muddy water. It didn't work in the end. We built this! Huge wheels and a relatively tall hull to overcome those damn terrain!"

Dong Hezi nodded and said: "Then the mage or the crossbowman will shoot the enemy in the bunker on the shelf? Well, it's okay. The two front wheels are too high. They are higher than the frame and the bunker above. part of the line of sight is blocked.” The other party replied: “No way, in order to wade through the swamp, we can only make the wheels bigger. We have repeatedly changed the design to reduce the number of big wheels, but at least two are needed, and then Add a set of small wheels for stabilizing the bracket at the back. This solution is already economical and economical. The earliest design is more exaggerated. But the height of the bunker must be reduced if the wheels are large, otherwise the stability will be poor. The height can be reduced It also blocked the bunker’s rays. It’s a dilemma. So we installed protruding windowsills on both sides of the bunker, so we can shoot from here to both sides.”

Sure enough, there are protruding bunker rooms on both sides of the frame and the bunker.The only way to do this is to use this workaround.Industrial design always encounters this kind of dilemma, and it cannot be settled by random imagination and talking about it.Another very important reason for creating this quirky giant-wheeled chariot instead of building super-large constructs is that such constructs are cheap!

The mages explained: "Except for the two giant wheels, the materials used for other parts are only a little more than the two super-large golems, and their sturdiness and anti-magic ability are the same as those of the steel golems, but their ability to wade through the swamp is comparable to that of the giant golems." Golem. And the price is 4% cheaper than two giant golems!"

Dong Hezi asked curiously: "Ordinary golems have a simple structure, but this kind of mechanical body is more complicated. It should be quite troublesome to forge parts. Why are they so cheap?" Several mages replied with a smile: "The whole body of the golem uses 'deformation'. Everything's. Where it is not used, it cannot move. But to make this wheel shape, you don't need to move the whole body, you only need to move the part related to the wheel. And all the power output is used on the giant wheel, we forget it After a while, the power required does not need to be as big as ordinary golems. The price is cheap. Alas~~~ I am also forced to do nothing. If we can build giants out of all metal like the Mahapas Empire in the southern continent, we There is no need to rack your brains to create such a monster.”

They expect to build huge and majestic things, but Donghezi is more concerned about small things: "Join the power of a medium-sized structure into gear power, and then make it into a forging machine for forging machines or cutting and grinding How about machinery? I see that you make gears and chains, and blacksmiths need to forge and cut them a little bit, which is tiring and slow."

The mages were surprised and said: "Impossible! Some people have thought about your idea before, but it's a pity that it can't be done. It costs thousands of gold coins to make a magic pet the size of a house cat, which is enough to supply rural farmers for decades. It can be used for a lifetime if you save a little. The maintenance cost is not low during the period. Such a big expense is used to polish the steel? It is completely beyond the means!"

Dong Hezi's heart sank. In this way, this kind of machinery is only for the rich to enjoy and fight, and it cannot benefit the ordinary people. No wonder the Pailuo Church opposes it, and the ordinary people do not support it.Just because there are more such things, it may not be good for the people, and the people may even be required to mine, smelt, forge, and do a lot of hard work to support this casting system. The bigger the system, the more burden they will have The heavier it gets, of course there are complaints.

He was saying casually: "It would be great if there is a way to reduce the cost. At least it can be used for forging machinery and digging mines, which can save manpower~~~~" An old mage next to him replied: "Someone has studied it before. The method of reducing the cost is not very practical. I remember the records in the document: the high cost is related to two things, one is the problem of constructing the energy source, and the other is the problem of injecting the soul. Someone once wanted to use shadow magic to simulate soul injection , although it can be used for a while, but that kind of construct is prone to malfunction or even go crazy. As for the construction of the energy source~~~ Some people have tried not to directly construct the energy source during casting, but to provide another energy source after the construction is completed. It is said that The cost can be reduced a lot.”

Constructs or golems have built a set of energy sources inside during the construction process, which can continuously obtain energy from the universe, so they can move forever.If no energy source is established in the structure, it cannot move on its own, and additional "fuel" needs to be added.But this "fuel" is not easy to deal with.The old mage explained: "It is said that the extra energy source needs to use high-energy magic spar, and the charging also consumes mana and energy. The final cost is only reduced by less than [-]%. It is rubbish, so I gave up completely later. .”

The casting price has dropped, but the cost of obtaining energy has gone up again, which is really troublesome.If mining oil requires a huge amount of food and manpower, then ghosts would go to oil mining and develop industries.It is precisely because the mining of coal mines can provide human beings with other energy sources, and the benefits of energy utilization exceed the benefits of ration energy, which led to industrial development.As for the use of coal mines to drive coal transporting machines and electricity to drive coal mining drills, and to use these non-ration energy sources to mine more non-ration energy, there was a crazy expansion of industrial society with profit-making profits.Dong Hezi was very disappointed, so he could only ask: "Oh~~~ So this kind of research has been done for a long time, I want to see that document."

Several mages took him to look for it in the towering iron fortress shaped like a blast furnace, but they couldn't find it.Finally, I learned: "Those documents are useless anyway, we were going to dispose of them. Later they were taken away by the priests of the Royal Library." Several people drove to the Royal Library in a luxurious carriage with silver-rimmed crystal lamps.After going there, I found that there was a large badge of Oghma, the god of knowledge, on the high gate!

"Huh?? There are still people from Oghma here?" Dong Hezi was surprised: "Isn't this the important place of the Peiluo Church? Why didn't they drive them away?" Several mages replied: "It's also the meaning of the Sun King. Back then, other gods did not respect His Majesty, and some even secretly supported the rebellion. Only the Pailuo Church supported it. After His Majesty ruled the country, he obeyed the Pailuo Church’s wishes and wiped out the churches of other gods. Originally, Oghma The church also needs to be cleaned up. Several Oghma temples across the country have been burned clean, and several senior priests have died. But your majesty likes literature and art and anecdotes, etc., and feels that this church has stored a lot The knowledge is very interesting, so I kept it. I left it to the Paolo church and I was afraid that they would burn the books, so I had to keep this Oghma Temple and transform it into a national library to avoid being burned. Maybe it was for his favor Well, the pastors here like to collect some strange and useless things. For example, the set of research materials." Dong Hezi didn't want to argue, so he knocked on the heavy buzzing door with them, and received it after a while of negotiations. A special crystal necklace sign goes into it.

The inside is a simple blue-gray stone wall, built with chunks of rock as thick as a fortress, and even the windows are small, allowing only a little sunlight to penetrate.As if claiming to be strict with the world, beware of disturbance from the outside world.There are only rows of small ventilating fans turning 'woooo~~~' to remind people: this place is still in constant contact with the outside world.Otherwise, everything here will gradually rot.

In the neat library, which is bigger than the castle, there are not many priests of Oghma. Instead, some young people are reading and chatting beside rows of dull bookcases, even giggling and joking.Occasionally, a few came in from the outside, carrying some fruits and the like for myself and chatting with the dozen priests inside to eat.The atmosphere is not bad.

A young pastor led Dong Hezi and others to find materials of unknown age and month in several old bags, but when they poured out the materials inside, ouch, it was so chilling—the materials were all scattered The pieces of paper are mixed with other materials, books, etc., and I have no idea which are the required research materials.The young pastor who led the way remembered: "Oh, these things were in a mess when they were shipped, and I haven't had time to sort them out. Why don't you guys wait a few days until our librarian comes and sorts them out before coming over."

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