"Tirion..."

Sally on the side was about to say something, but Tyrion showed his determination first: "Sally, you have also seen what a wonderful weapon this musket is, and it may even be an epoch-making weapon. As a weapon forger, I

You must go to Bianzhu Town to get to know the blacksmith who made it."

"well--"

Sally sighed. She knew that Tyrion was serious this time, so it was better not to stop him forcefully.

"Okay, if you want to go, go ahead. But in order to prevent you from messing around, I have to accompany you."

"That's no problem." Tillion said happily.

"Moore, Art."

Then, Sally turned to look at the two of them and ordered: "Please lead the two of you back to Noir and submit the task."

"Got it, Sally."

"I see."

Art and Moore responded respectively.

On the other side, Tyrion looked at Keman again and asked expectantly: "Acting Chief of Keman, can you take us to Border Guard Town? Just point in the direction."

The blacksmith skills mastered by the dwarves are indeed very powerful, and the Lord should also be happy to see them come.

Thinking of this, Keman nodded and agreed: "Your Excellency Tillion, you can follow our team transporting the second batch of white milk to Border Guard Town."

"Oh! That's great. Thank you very much, Acting Chief of the Keman clan."

…

Border Guard Town.

Owen has just received a report from Vilu, and the factory specifically used to produce steam engines has finally been built.

The factory is located in the northeast of Bianshu Town, close to the Weishui River, where the wooden house where the hydraulic milling machine is stored is located.

Now, that wooden house has long been demolished and replaced by a factory building that covers a large area and has a very spacious internal space. The number of water wheels erected above the river has also been increased.

A large area of ​​land around the factory is surrounded by fences, and Irving plans to use this land as future industrial land.

According to the plan, various factories and industrial equipment to be built in the future will be concentrated in the northern part of Bianzhu Town, near the area of ​​the Transverse or Tianqiong Mountains, and will be built as an industrial park.

Various machine tools and equipment were also disassembled one after another, then moved out of the previously narrow machine tool room, sent to this factory, reassembled and placed in predetermined locations.

The power sources used by these machine tools are also different. Some use steam power, some are water-driven, and some are manual.

In terms of machining accuracy, these machine tools have also reached the highest level under the current technological level.

Not only that, an adobe building was built outside the factory as a blacksmith shop, where a variety of blacksmithing tools were stored, which could be used to create some unimportant parts.

The vast majority of steam engine parts will be processed by machine tools in factories in the future.

Before that, many parts of steam engines were hammered out by blacksmiths.

Now it is up to skilled workers to operate machine tools to process parts. As long as they become proficient in operation, the efficiency of steam engine production will be greatly improved.

Jumping from hand-made to machine-made is a qualitative leap.

The workers are mainly blacksmith apprentices, and some additional new people have been recruited.

Skilled blacksmiths are responsible for the production of new muskets, which is more important than steam engines.

In order to take the lead in mastering how to operate various machine tools to process and assemble a steam engine, Gita put a lot of effort into learning and compiled a process diagram to facilitate the blacksmith apprentices to learn and understand it as soon as possible.

I don’t know if it’s because Gita often stays up late to study, but Owen finds that his hairline is moving further and further back, and he has a tendency to become like Clive’s Mediterranean style.

In short, Irving was very touched by Gita's enthusiasm for hard work, so he gave him a salary increase and told him to take rest and not to exhaust himself.

Border Guard Town is definitely lucky to have such talents.

On the morning when the factory was officially put into operation, Irving held a simple opening ceremony and delivered a speech.

During the speech, some city hall officials yawned and looked uninterested. They seemed to have not yet realized what it meant for machines to replace manpower.

In the following days, Owen would take time to come to the factory almost every day to inspect the work of the workers.

As expected, it is quite difficult to become a qualified technical worker.

Owen often saw Gita scolding his apprentices for processing a bunch of substandard parts, and even scolded and cried an apprentice who had poor mental endurance.

It cannot be said that Gita is too strict. This is how standardized production is carried out in the factory.

If a bunch of substandard parts are processed, it will be impossible to assemble a complete steam engine.

Of course, Owen also gave the blacksmith apprentices time for trial and error and practice.

All the processed waste products will be sent to be remelted and poured, and then shipped back for them to repeatedly practice how to operate the machine tools.

Sooner or later, these people will process qualified parts and components and become the first batch of skilled workers in Bianzhu Town.

In addition to the steam engine factory, there is also a military factory near the transverse mining area, which was renovated and expanded from the previous cement workshop and is responsible for producing new muskets and processing warheads and cartridge cases.

…

The first batch of natural rubber latex finally arrived in Bianzhu Town. Owen opened the lid and saw the real thing for the first time. It looked like a viscous milky white liquid that looked very much like milk.

It is said that when natural latex is exposed to the air, under the action of oxygen and microorganisms, the acidity of the latex will increase, causing natural coagulation.

In order to prevent natural solidification, a certain amount of alkaline liquid needs to be added as a protective agent.

Better to fulfill his promise first, Owen transferred a small amount of natural latex to Winster for research.

An unexpected discovery was soon made there. The natural latex collected in the Mystery Forest had an extremely thin magic film on its surface.

Thanks to this, freshly collected natural latex can be stored for a long time without natural solidification even if it is exposed to the air.

In other words, there is no need to add alkaline solution as a protective agent, just put it in a jar and transport it.

With the protection of this magic film, it saves a lot of worry.

No wonder when Owen explained to the lizard man why the alkaline solution was added, Lusha said with a strange look on his face that white milk didn't seem to solidify so quickly.

After learning about this discovery, Owen couldn't help but sigh. He really believed in the information from Winster so much that he almost forgot that due to the presence of magic power, the nature of some things here would be slightly different.

It is also very simple to break the protection of the magic film. You can solidify the natural latex by physically stirring it or adding some acid directly into it.
Chapter completed!