Then, Gita reported to Owen what new factories had been built in Dawn City, all of which were required to be built in the five-year plan.

Among them, what surprised Owen the most was the completion of the oxygen plant, which was successfully trial-produced a few days ago.

Industrial oxygen production uses air separation to produce large amounts of oxygen. The specific measures are -

First, the air is cooled down until it is liquefied, and then the temperature is slowly raised. The different boiling points of various gases are used to remove other gases, thereby producing purer oxygen.

The required equipment, especially refrigeration equipment, has very high technical requirements.

So, Owen came up with a clever solution, looking for an ice magician and asking that magician to cool down the air and liquefy it.

Then he asked Winster to help design a feasible industrial oxygen production solution based on this idea and provide design drawings of related equipment.

Owen had already given the set of drawings to Gita and asked him to manufacture the equipment first.

"oh?"

Owen said with some joy: "There is actually an ice magician willing to come to Dawn City?"

You know, magicians with other than basic elemental attributes are very rare, and you can laugh if you can find one.

"Yes." Gita nodded, "The ice magician came to the city hall with the recruitment order we issued."

"That's really great."

The liquid oxygen produced by the oxygen plant has many uses, but the one Irving values ​​most is its role in steelmaking.

For now, steelmaking requires the joint participation of fire magicians and wind magicians.

Now that we have liquid oxygen, we can get rid of the magician's restrictions and increase steel production.

Although there are more and more magicians recorded in Dawn City, the number of magicians is always limited, and the real majority are civilians who cannot use magic.

Therefore, industrial production needs to be transformed into magicians in order to break through the shackles and raise productivity to a new level.

Of course, the production of liquid oxygen is now limited by ice magicians.

But this is only temporary. It doesn't matter. As the technological level improves in the future, Dawn City will be able to build an oxygen plant that does not require an ice magician.

After reporting this, Gita also mentioned the steam locomotive, saying that the dwarf craftsmen had built one with high quality.

Already made? The dwarf craftsmen are really good.

In this regard, Owen said that when the rain stops or the intensity of the rain decreases, he will go to the factory to check out the steam locomotives made by the dwarves. In addition, there are new tasks for Gita and the dwarf craftsmen.

"By the way, here is a list of weapons."

Owen picked up some papers on the table and handed them over.

Seeing this, Geeta immediately stepped forward and took the list.

"This is a list of the types and quantities of weapons and the quantities of various ammunition required by Red Sand Fortress."

Owen then explained: "In order for them to use these new weapons to deal with undead monsters, I order you to urge the military factory to speed up production and transport all these weapons and ammunition before winter comes."

"Understood, Your Majesty."

Speaking of undead monsters, Gita said seriously: "From today on, all military factories will start a three-shift system to speed up production."

"Yeah." Owen nodded.

In the afternoon, the heavy rain finally stopped, and Owen took Gita and others to a factory in the north of Dawn City.

While walking on the road, Owen couldn't help but admire that the cement road was much better than the previous dirt road, and it would not become muddy after raining.

Although there will be water accumulation in a few low-lying places, just avoid it.

Moreover, the city hall will hire people to clean the streets, including dealing with stagnant water, which will dry out quickly after rain, but dirt roads will not.

When you come to the factory where steam locomotives are assembled, you can see that there is a circle of rails outside connected to the end of the factory. This is used to test whether the train can run smoothly.

Entering the factory, Owen saw a group of dwarf craftsmen gathered around a table, arguing about something.

"This is how you should change it. Listen to me, it's absolutely right!"

"No, no, it should be changed according to my plan."

"Who do you think you are! Why should I follow your plan?"

The quarrel was quite fierce, and Owen didn't know whether to disturb them or not, so he turned to look at Gita.

The latter nodded, walked forward, and called the name of the dwarf who was making the most noise.

"Tirion, your Majesty is here."

Hearing the sound, the dwarf craftsmen stopped arguing and walked towards Owen one after another.

"Hey! This is not the Aisen Territory... No, it should be called His Majesty the King now."

Tyrion, who was at the front, put the wrench in his hand into the pocket in front of his stomach, and he and the other dwarf craftsmen touched their chests and saluted.

"Meet His Majesty the King."

Under Sally's tough education, Tyrion learned some human etiquette even if he didn't want to.

"No need to be polite."

Owen urged impatiently: "Take me to see the steam locomotive."

"hey-hey."

Tyrion stretched out his hand to smooth his beard and said with a confident smile: "Your Majesty the King, we made it exactly according to the design drawings you provided, and you are absolutely guaranteed to be satisfied."

Under the leadership of the dwarf craftsman, Owen and his group walked into the factory.

A huge machine exactly as imagined was parked on the track. The whole body of the steam locomotive was dark and shiny, and it was composed of a boiler, a steam engine, a frame and a running section, as well as a tender car.

"How is it? Your Majesty the King."

Tyrion stood next to the steam locomotive, not hiding the dismay on his face.

"Produced by dwarves, it must be a high-quality product. Can you feel a mechanical beauty?"

"Yeah...I feel it."

Since the dwarf craftsmen successfully completed the task, Owen didn't mind chiming in and regarded it as a compliment to them.

"It should have been tested, right?"

"It passed the test and it ran really fast!" Tyrion said proudly.

Next, Owen carefully observed a circle around the steam locomotive, and even climbed into the locomotive cab to check and fiddle with every switch and dial.

After walking out of the locomotive cab, Owen said with satisfaction: "Not bad, I will send someone to reward each of you with ten jars of wine later."

"liquor?!"

When they heard about the wine, all the dwarf craftsmen present, including Tyrion, couldn't help but swallowed their saliva and said happily: "Yeah! That's great! I can have a good drink again tonight!"

They didn't get carried away with excitement and quickly thanked Owen.

"Thank you, Your Majesty the King!"

It has to be said that Owen has a good grasp of the interests and hobbies of these dwarf craftsmen.

While the dwarf craftsmen were celebrating that they could have a good drink tonight, Owen noticed a rectangular table not far away, with a circle of tracks and a small steam locomotive... model?

Curious, Irving decided to walk over and take a look, picked up the small steam locomotive, and found that it was quite exquisitely made and assembled from all the small parts that it should have.

"Huh? Your Majesty the King."

Tillion from behind came over and said, "Are you interested in the test model we made based on the design drawings?"

"Test model?"

After hearing this, Owen immediately understood and put the small steam locomotive in his hand back on the track.

"That is to say, this small steam locomotive can be boiled with water and run, right?"

Originally, the purpose of manufacturing the test model was to verify whether the design drawings were correct and useful, to find problems and to modify the design in time, so as to avoid discovering that the design was wrong only after it was built.

However, the design drawings of this steam locomotive were provided by Winster, which has long been proven to be feasible, and there is no need to build a test model for verification.

"certainly!"

After speaking, Tyrion added water and fuel to the steam locomotive model on the spot, wanting to show it to Owen.

As the water in the boiler is boiled, the wheels of the small steam locomotive slowly start to rotate, and soon it will be running happily on the track.

Watching the small steam locomotive running around and around the track, Owen smiled lightly.
Chapter completed!