In fact, it is an issue rather than a notice, because both Zandalari Lid and Rastakhan have signed the contract. Allies have been found, and the dispatch of troops is certain.
On Zandalar Island, Li De asked Niebuhr for his opinion on this matter. Niebuhr's attitude towards the matter was in favor. But the problem is that in addition to humans and trolls, the Governor of the Vast Sea also has goblins. Nyx
He is the technical director, and he cannot represent Nogfogg's attitude.
However, what surprised Li De was that Nogfogg was just pondering on the sidelines. On the contrary, it was Haggard who was the first to express his stance.
"Protector, it is my duty to return to my homeland to fight against the orcs. But from a rational point of view, our development has just got on the right track. Now if we want to join the war again, it will be difficult to recruit young men except for our regular centurions.
Enlist, our population is too small."
The centurion regular army that Haggard mentioned refers to the soldiers of the human race. He also spoke from the perspective of the human race. Because in his opinion, the war on another continent is a war of the human race, and he is not qualified to represent the human race.
Trolls and goblins take a stand.
But what Haggard didn't expect was that his words would anger someone.
"Minister Haggard, I don't like hearing what you are saying! Are you treating us sand trolls as outsiders?! If it hadn't been for the protection of the Protector, we would have died in Antusul long ago
It’s in our hands! How can we rediscover the Loa tradition and live a good life like today?!
Now the Protector is in need of help. Will the Sand Troll forget the kindness of the past?! No matter what the enemy is, I, Angagagu, will never be ambiguous! There are 1,000 regular soldiers of the Sand Troll, and not one of them is a coward!"
Angagagu's call was sonorous and powerful. Although he didn't really have any objections to Haggard, it also conveyed a message: the Hanhai Protectorate is a whole, and everyone performs their own duties. As a civil affairs officer, Haggard
Sir, it is somewhat inappropriate to express the human race's position beyond those in charge of the military on military issues.
Niebuhr and Brad looked at each other, and both signaled Angagagu not to worry, and then conveyed the attitude of the Military and Political Department to Li De through their eyes.
But other than that, no one spoke, because everyone present knew that the most important thing at the moment was Noggenfogg's attitude.
Thinking of this, Niebuhr couldn't help complaining about Angagagu's impatience. What he just said made it seem like the humans and trolls were forcing the goblins to express their stance.
Of course, even if he was complaining in his heart, Niebuhr would not show it at the meeting. Some words meant one thing in his heart, but they meant another thing when he said it.
Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Nogfogg, who had been silent for a long time, sighed and spoke.
"I know that your plan to join the war is tied to the immigration plan.
Now that the war on the continent of the Eastern Kingdom has entered its final stage, it is the best time for us to join the war: the war will end soon and will not cost us too much energy.
And once we win the war, it will be of great benefit to us; even if we lose the war, we, who are on another continent, have unlimited room for maneuver.
What's more, we have now won over Zandalar as an ally. It can be said that we have a huge strategic advantage, and whoever we ask to make this decision will definitely agree to participate in the war.
I agree with your proposal to join the war, but in the end I still want to remind you, the Protector.
As the leader of the Hanhai Protectorate, you naturally have the highest decision-making power. But please don’t forget that the Hanhai Protectorate is the result of the joint efforts of the three clans. Gan Gang’s arbitrary behavior is not a good thing for our development."
Li De stood up solemnly and made a sincere and positive response to Nogfogg's words.
"Thank you for your trust in me. What we are going to participate in is a just war that is in our interests. At the same time, I assure you that before making major decisions in the future, they must first be discussed at the Supreme Council. This will form a Clear system.”
After getting an answer that satisfied him, Nogfogg no longer hesitated at this moment, and instead proposed to Li De again that since he decided to participate in the war, he should plan a part of the workshop and devote all his efforts to production for the war.
Li De was convinced of this, and now with Loa's guidance, the 2,000 idle young men in Zul'Farrak could finally be put into production.
In the next period of time, Hanhai Duhu's production capacity will usher in a wave of explosion:
Sufficient human resources, technology, raw materials and currency can form an internal cycle. The internal cycle is based on purchasing large quantities of food and other daily necessities from Kezan. Next, as long as commodities can be used to pry open Kezan's market , in terms of foreign trade, an external circulation can also be formed.
This is the so-called double cycle, and Hanhai Protectorate can achieve real economic development.
At this point, the meeting finally ended successfully. Just as it was about to end, Li De stopped everyone.
"Everyone, don't forget that we have an agreement with little Jenny."
Nogfogg was a little helpless. He thought Li De had forgotten about it. He could only get up and say that he would personally bring his daughter from next door. But in such a short journey, he did not forget to ask his daughter Qian Don't talk nonsense.
When Jenny made the "spinning wheel" and put it in front of everyone, many people shook their heads subconsciously. It was more like a child's toy than a spinning wheel. It was just a simple roller driving three rotating shafts with a splint. Use your hands to arrange the fibers.
Jenny shook the roller with one hand to drive the three spindles to rotate, while the other hand moved the splint back and forth to control the arranged fibers to twist into yarn under high-speed rotation.
"This kind of thing doesn't have much practical significance at all. It seems that multiple threads can be controlled through the splint, which can free up the hands. But in fact, the splint cannot control the fiber arrangement as finely as the hand, and the thickness of the spun thread. It’s uneven and the quality is simply not up to standard.”
The little girl was very unconvinced by Nogfogg's statement, but Li De said with a smile.
"Why do we, the ignorant, have to work behind closed doors here? Let's invite professionals to come and take a look."
Soon Pumillo invited Giorgio Pollillo over who was working.
"Mr. Bolillo, a kid here said that she invented a more efficient spinning machine. Are you interested in giving us a review?"
Giorgio was happy the first time he saw Jenny. Recently, this little girl often came to his workshop to watch him spinning, and they had long been old acquaintances.
"Protector, I know about little Jenny's invention. Her idea is very good, but there are many problems in actual operation. The plywood cannot adjust the arrangement of fibers at any time like a hand, and the spun thread cannot be used to weave cloth."
Nogfogg was delighted to have Giorgio's support.
"Professionals also say so, we shouldn't waste time on this matter."
After saying that, Noggenfogg also tried to persuade his daughter.
"Give up. Your invention won't work. Goblins have never been a race good at textiles. You should spend your time on meaningful things, such as inheriting my legacy and learning real engineering."
The little girl retorted without flinching.
"As long as I comb the fibers as smoothly as possible in the early stage, I don't need to use my hands to adjust them at any time."
Everyone looked at Giorgio again, and the senior tailor said after thinking.
"It's still unrealistic. If you want the fiber to reach the level where the plywood can be operated, it will take a lot of time to card. In the time spent on carding, I have already spun a lot of threads."
"But I can spin three threads at the same time. As long as I start spinning, the preparation time I spent before can be quickly recovered!"
This time, Jenny spoke immediately before anyone else asked.
Seeing that no one was convinced by the current situation, Li De finally spoke.
"Why don't we have a competition? Practice brings true knowledge. Since neither party will regress, let's let Mr. Giorgio and little Jenny compete and let the facts speak for themselves."
Hearing this, everyone had different reactions. Little Jenny cheered happily, Nogfuge and several other relatively older people shook their heads and sighed, and Giorgio Bolillo couldn't help but smile bitterly:
‘What’s this all about? Just pull me over from work to comfort the kids…’
The venue for the competition was chosen in the workshop. Little Jenny was sitting on a small bench tinkering with her spinning machine with confidence, while Giorgio was sitting in front of the two spinning wheels with no expression.
Li De served as the referee for this game:
"Sitting on my left is Mr. Giorgio's manual team, and sitting on my right is Little Jenny's machine team. In order to ensure the fairness of the competition, both of them are currently using half a pound of cotton that has been preliminarily seeded.
.Now both sides have one minute to prepare. When I put my hand down, the game officially begins."
The others stood behind and looked at Li De in confusion, thinking that there was so much work to be done in the capital, how could he still have such a big heart for fun?
As Li De lowered his hand, both of them began to operate. Little Jenny grabbed a ball of cotton from the bucket, placed it on the needle board and combed the cotton fibers laboriously.
On the other hand, Giorgio took out two balls of cotton from the bucket, kneaded them for a while, pulled out two thread ends from the cotton sliver, put them on the spindle of the spinning wheel, stepped on the pedals with both feet rhythmically, and the flywheel began to move faster and faster.
Turn slowly.
Giorgio's hands changed directions back and forth as the spindle rotated, and soon he stretched out two long threads. Sitting in front of the spinning wheel, it was like conducting a performance, which was particularly pleasing to the eye.
At this time, everyone looked at the little girl again. Several minutes had passed before Jenny sorted out three neat cotton strips, clamped them on the wooden board and finally started spinning. Jenny shook the flywheel a little awkwardly and pushed and pulled the splint at the same time.
During the whole process, the line was torn off several times due to Jenny's improper operation, so she had to stop the operation and reconnect the line before continuing.
After more than forty minutes, Giorgio successfully spun half a kilogram of cotton into several bundles of thread and put them neatly aside. But looking at little Jenny, less than half of the cotton was used, with three spindles
There are dozens of turns of wire wrapped around it, and the rest is still a semi-finished product hanging on the plywood.
The result was obvious. Little Jenny lost completely, but many people had expressions of thinking on their faces.
Li De took off three rolls of semi-finished products from Little Jenny's spinning machine and distributed them to everyone to see. The quality of this thread was definitely not as good as the one spun by Giorgio, but it was still above the standard line.
No one has pointed out that such a little girl with unfamiliar skills is better than Giorgio, a senior tailor with skillful skills. But the competition just now confirmed that little Jenny's invention can really spin qualified threads, and this is just a little girl.
Girl, if this prototype is improved and operated by an adult, can it really beat Giorgio Bolillo?
"Don't be discouraged. You have already done a good job. If you improve, you will definitely do better."
At this time, Bolillo left his seat to comfort little Jenny. He had no intention of seriously competing with a child. The speed just now was still under his condition. As a "winner", of course he had to coax the child.
But at this moment Li De suddenly asked a question.
"Mr. Bolillo, if I could help you process a large number of pressed, regular long slivers in advance, would it be helpful to your spinning speed?"
Poliro had seen little Jenny's operation just now, so of course he could understand what Li De was talking about.
"I'm afraid not. For me, no matter how much sliver I pre-prepare, I will end up operating it with both hands. My spinning speed only depends on my hands.
Of course, if it is applied to this machine, it will really help. If a large number of slivers are processed in advance, I think even an ordinary worker can spin at a speed that can reach my level after practice."
Bolillo had no dark thoughts about losing his job after this machine was improved and popularized. His first identity was a tailor. If he could save himself from the tedious weaving process and have a large amount of cloth for him to make clothes, he would not be happy in time.
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Everyone was a little jealous when they heard that professionals had personally certified that this thing could allow ordinary workers to reach the level of Bolillo. Although the premise was to build a machine for processing cotton sliver, as long as enough new spinning machines were manufactured, training
If there are enough skilled workers, the initial cost can be offset.
Little Jenny looked at Bolillo with even more joy. She almost thought she had heard wrongly, and her "opponent" actually supported her.
Only Li De shook his head. Everyone present, including the inventor, Little Jenny, did not know enough about this machine and did not realize what its appearance meant.
"It's smaller, the pattern is smaller. Since we have freed our hands, why do we only have three spindles? Why not build a spinning machine that can drive dozens or even hundreds of spindles on this basis?"
This sentence scared everyone, spinning dozens or hundreds of spindles at the same time? How much output does this have to be?!
"This is impossible……"
Bolillo shook his head subconsciously.
"How much effort does it take to drive so many spindles to turn the flywheel? It's impossible to do it manually."
Li De smiled.
"Why use manpower? We have built such a big machine, so naturally we need to replace it with a more powerful power, such as... a steam engine?"
It was as if a layer of obstacles in Noggenfogg's mind had been pierced, and his eyes suddenly brightened.
"Minister Nogfogg, Dean Bigwitz, the machine for pressing cotton sliver and the steam-powered spinning machine are not difficult for the goblins' technology, right?"
For a race that can knock out mechas with their hands, this kind of thing is simply child's play. The two of them clapped their chests and said with annoyance at the same time.
"It turns out to be such a simple truth, how could we not have thought of it earlier?!"
Li De walked over and picked up little Jenny.
"I would say that children have unparalleled creativity, and I have to thank little Jenny for broadening my thinking."
It was at this point that Noggenfogg couldn't help but look at his daughter with some shame, but then a look of pride appeared on his face. While Nogfogg was proud of his daughter, another grand idea appeared in his mind.
plan.
If steam-powered spinning machines can be realized, the cost of the textile industry will be reduced to an unimaginable level. With such a low cost, Nogfogg is confident of crushing the world's textile market!
On such an ordinary afternoon, the industrial revolution began!