Magic Industrial Age

Several miles west of the city of Brussels.

As far as the eye can see, there are smooth and wide roads, crisscrossing each other, with square factory buildings of considerable size on both sides.

In the distance, dust rises and noise persists, indicating ongoing construction.

Lilia led Roy down this wide avenue, constantly introducing, "This is the industrial area of Brussels planned by Earl Carl and Hick Cruz.

The total area covers hundreds of acres and can be expanded eastward along the Ruhr River at any time.

It is also close to the civilian area of Brussels, making it convenient to recruit people and reducing commuting time, which is quite convenient."

"It can be said that the design and planning here are the culmination of the empire's years of experience, far better than the disordered development of the magic factories in Auckland City."

"Look over here, these are the two magic textile factories that have been completed in Brussels.

Each factory has three hundred workers and can produce a large number of textiles every day. In terms of output, it is not much worse than the Champs Elysees magic textile factory!"

"Roy, I know you think textiles are a low-end market, but clothing, food, housing, and transportation are among the most indispensable markets.

In those villages, there is no shortage of people who don't even have a piece of clothing and can't go out.

Therefore, this cheap and easy-to-use cloth is a form of smooth currency."

"What do you mean?"

"Production cannot stop, but prices can be reduced, as much as possible, preferably at cost, as a subsidy to the people of the Flower Territory."

"You're right! Accurately speaking, the living costs in all four aspects of clothing, food, housing, and transportation must be comprehensively reduced..."

"Look here again, the new magic machinery factory only produces one product: the magic power hammer forging machine.

The employees here were all brought from Auckland City and are all skilled workers, so they are familiar with the work.

To date, they have manufactured five third-generation magic power hammer forging machines, but none of them have been exported, and all of them are used by themselves."

"Currently, limited by the shortage of raw materials, the small number of blacksmiths, and the lack of manpower, there is probably a long way to go to increase production capacity!"

"However, I also followed your previous model for the subsequent employee training.

I assigned five assistants to each skilled worker and asked them to teach mechanical knowledge. After work, there are also special literacy classes and basic meditation courses."

Inside the wide workshop, only a small area is actually utilized.

Not to mention the thirty blacksmith furnaces, a group of blacksmiths are shirtless, hammering away, very busy.

Next to them, ten magic mechanics are relatively idle, mainly because they can't do too much without enough parts.

However, they are not idle, but are pointing out a group of fifteen or sixteen-year-olds to learn.

The basic knowledge of machinery, basic meditation, and even the various structures of the magic power hammer forging machine are all part of their teaching content.

The teachers teach seriously, and the students learn carefully, because, in the rules set by Roy, how much bonus they can get is closely related to their grades and ability!

In addition, there is also a group of people wandering around!

They are wearing robes, with varying levels of strength, and their eyes are full of curiosity. Some are following along to listen to lectures, some are looking through parts, and some are surrounding the half-assembled magic power hammer forging machines.

These are the mages from Ms. Palacios' magic tower. They made great contributions in the previous battle of Frost Moon Canyon when they fired cannons to their hearts' content.

As a result, many people became interested in magic machinery.

After returning to Brussels, they preferred to stroll around in this industrial area.

Lilia wanted to attract talents, so she naturally let them watch.

The arrival of Roy and Lilia naturally caused a burst of exclamations.

Everyone put down their work and wanted to step forward to salute, but Roy waved his hand to interrupt them and let them continue to work.

After another round, Roy left the machinery factory and entered the secret medicine factory.

This is another form of magic machinery factory. To ensure the secret recipe, each step is actually carried out separately.

The sorting, cleaning, drying, and grinding of each raw material are the responsibility of different people.

Only after the materials meet the standards and are sent to the final workshop, the most core alchemists concoct the secret medicine.

The products produced here are not only Soul Calming Incense, but also Roy Fitz Warrior Potion.

The dark ointment saved the lives of countless people in this war and received unanimous praise from most knights.

Most of the secret medicine factory is drying various herbs, and many people are busy turning and picking them.

When Roy and Lilia walked into it, they smelled a strong medicinal fragrance, and the various smells mixed together were exceptionally strange.

Lilia added: "Compared to starting from scratch with magic machinery, this secret medicine factory is much simpler.

The brought alchemists serve as the backbone, and the recruited personnel only need to cultivate some knowledge, and then this factory can be built."

"Most importantly, the environment of the Flower Territory is suitable, with many plants and rich raw materials needed for secret medicines. Naturally, it can support large-scale production."

"If I remember correctly, there should be at least 50,000 copies of Soul Calming Incense and no less than 3,000 boxes of Warrior Potion in the warehouse."

"I know you have great use for these, and except for a few uses, I haven't let them move them."

"However, there are only those wild secret medicine materials, and they are difficult to collect.

If you want to expand the scale, I'm afraid you have to use the method you mentioned before, called artificial breeding!!!"

"Good! Good! This secret medicine factory is quite decent, but personnel training must be done well.

If you want to expand production, you always need professionals."

Lilia rolled her eyes: "You're back, do I still need to ask about these things?"

"I think you're doing a good job!"

"But I don't like it! I want to study magic machinery and I need to practice. I don't want to distract my energy."

"That's fine, I guess."

"Let's go, let's go, I'll take you to see the construction of the magic steel plant."

"Okay!"

The construction of the magic steel plant is another situation.

This was originally not within the scope of cooperation with the empire, not to mention that the principles and design were all provided by Roy, and were unique.

After the empire got the drawings, they were very interested and specially transferred some people to study and try.

The reason is simple, even the Habsburg Empire is limited by steel production.

If this magic steel furnace can greatly increase steel production, even the empire would have to get involved.

And Roy's place is considered a pilot project, for which the empire has indeed sent many people.

Therefore, although this huge project has taken the longest time, in fact, the progress is really not slow.

What Roy saw was that the main project had been completed seventy-seven-eighty-eight, and the huge blast furnace stood tall, rising like a chimney.

However, these are not the most important. The most important thing is that Lilia has her own laboratory here.

That is a separate workshop, the universal power machine is at the door, and the air is full of gears and connecting rods of various sizes.

The ground is covered with lapis lazuli, and the flowing magic power makes the engraved magic patterns flicker, like fluorescent lights lighting up.

This scene reminded Roy of the first time he entered the Champs Elysees magic textile factory, with a kind of grandeur and shock brought by the beauty of machinery.

Of course, what shocked Roy the most was that a horizontal magic mechanical machine tool lay quietly in the deepest part of the factory building.

It is more than three meters high and more than six meters long, looking top-heavy, with all the main parts on the left, and a three-jaw chuck that looks exceptionally large.

In the middle are slides and lead screws, and the tailstock is a top cone. In front, there is also a tool plate that can move back and forth.

The entire machine is covered with lapis lazuli, and layers of magic patterns are staggered, and the light is shining, making people dizzy.

Roy stammered: "It's, it's done? But why build it so big?"

"Of course, it's because it's the first time to manufacture it, and there's no experience!

I didn't expect that it would be so troublesome to achieve your so-called fine control.

Therefore, I can only constantly increase the size and cover it with more lapis lazuli, and achieve various surprise operations through more magic pattern connections."

"This one is just a test machine, and there are still many problems. But..."

Roy asked: "But what?"

"But, the effect you want to achieve can already be achieved!"

At this moment, Roy's eyes finally lit up, astonishingly bright. He asked, "So, you really processed the rifling?"

"There are finished products there, you can go and see for yourself."

Roy's eyes flowed, and he had already seen a pile of round tubes. He took a stride forward, his figure suddenly flashed, and he had already appeared next to the round tubes.

These round steel pipes are thick and thin, and the thin ones are about the same as the barrels of ordinary magic pistols.

But the thick ones are more than one hundred millimeters thick and can be used as the barrels of magic cannons.

Roy quickly touched it with his hand, and he could feel the dense spiral fine lines inside the steel pipe.

That's rifling!

Guns and cannons with and without rifling are not creations of the same level at all.

Whether it is a bullet or a shell, it is affected by wind resistance when flying in the air.

If it is even a little bit erratic, the trajectory will be deviated, let alone finding the target.

But if the bullet and shell can rotate during flight, they can maintain a relatively stable trajectory and have a longer range when they leave the chamber.

However, this kind of concave and convex spiral pattern on the inner wall is notoriously difficult to process.

The difference between the second and third generation magic cannons, the standard firearms and the master's hand-made products, lies in whether there is this rifling!

And this kind of rifling, in the past, at least a second-order or higher mechanical mage, Lilia could not do it, it had to be a skilled worker of Douglas Hill's level to have the ability to 'hand-rub' it with magic.

The slowness of efficiency can be imagined!

But now, Roy already has a stable and efficient manufacturing method.

All that is needed is a magic mechanical machine tool, and a machine tool operator at the level of a mage apprentice!