Zhou Qingfeng doesn’t understand forging or machinery. But he knows that development based on manpower is too slow, and labor efficiency must be improved. If he wants to do something unusual, he has to make a fuss about power - that’s what happened in the industrial revolution.
Come here.
Not long after the establishment of Harmony Village, the manufacturing industry began to develop. Handmade products are also made.
There are no big rivers in the Black Forest, but the wind is almost unlimited.
When Zhou Qingfeng first arrived in the Iron Mine Valley, he was deeply impressed by the huge windmills in the valley. After the construction of Harmony Village, he immediately transferred many skilled workers from the Iron Mine Valley to build windmills.
Windmills are difficult to build, and ore crushers and gravity forging machines are even more difficult to build. Among them, power transmission and bearing mechanisms are the most difficult and easiest. Getting some transmission chains and bearings from the real world can solve the problem.
But to assemble the entire machinery and run it smoothly, this tests the basic skills and overall capabilities of the designers and manufacturers. Some parts obviously weigh more than ten kilograms and cannot be disassembled and cannot be obtained from the real world. They can only be made by themselves.
Zhou Qingfeng, who is born under no pressure, is very lazy. Before the monster wave occurred, he gave a rough idea and handed over the assembly problem to the blacksmiths and carpenters he collected. The craftsmen were amazed at the wonder of his ideas and components.
They are delicate, but also very big.
Fortunately, the large windmill in the Iron Ore Valley was used as a physical example, and human craftsmen maintained it all year round. In addition, the later dwarf craftsmen were not only good at forging iron. After more than a month of tossing, a wind-powered forging prototype was finally built.
But this thing was a disaster just after it was installed. Either the beam was broken during the forging, or the anvil was tilted during the impact. Either the transmission chain of the windmill was not lubricated enough, causing friction and heat and became stuck, or the forging machine was discovered after working for a few hours.
The ground is sinking.
The last trouble was the most serious, and the forging field almost had to be demolished and rebuilt.
The forging hammer used by ordinary blacksmiths only weighs two to three kilograms. A forging hammer weighing more than ten kilograms is beyond the reach of ordinary people, let alone a few swings. But the wind-powered forging machine is different.
A forging hammer of tens of kilograms was dropped from a height of one meter. The potential energy was too great and it continued continuously. Various unexpected situations continued to occur, and even brought great dangers. The completely inexperienced craftsmen complained endlessly and were exhausted.
Cope with emergencies.
But everyone in the forging field is very enthusiastic about the ability of the wind forging machine. Because even if it is extremely unreliable, as long as it works for one hour, the semi-finished products it completes are comparable to the best forging masters in the world, and the output is higher.
It's a complete blast.
Who doesn't like such a good thing?
Powell, who came from outside, immediately forgot about his original purpose and determined to study this magical machine in front of him.
In fact, the machine structure is very simple, it is just a simple gantry. The forging hammer driven by the wind moves up and down in the gantry and hits the forgings placed on the anvil - it cannot be made if it is too complicated, right? Everyone is.
Newbie, zero experience.
The dwarf foreman at the forge was very distressed, "This thing looks very simple, but there are always problems when using it. The trouble now is the one-meter-long chute on the gantry."
It is made up of several sections. After being used for a period of time, this thing will deform. Once deformed, the entire forging machine will be damaged. So we must keep an eye on it and stop it for repairs if we find deformation."
Powell stood under the four-meter-high forging machine and felt the force of the heavy blow when the forging hammer fell. With each forging blow, the red-hot iron material on the anvil would explode with a large number of sparks. The impurities and holes in the iron material would also
In this process, it is greatly reduced and becomes fine and compact.
An hour later, the gantry chute was indeed deformed. The forging machine immediately stopped working, and several craftsmen quickly took it apart and banged it back to its original state. If it could not be restored, they could only replace it with a new one.
Powell was very strong and took the initiative to ask for repairs to the chute. The other craftsmen were too lazy to work hard, so they stood aside and told him where to knock, and to stop when he hit any conditions. He was happy and was willing to work hard. After knocking for a while, he was criticized by the dwarf foreman.
Praise.
After finishing knocking, Powell rushed to learn how to assemble it. But during the assembly process, he suddenly found that the partner he was working with looked familiar. The person opposite was also staring at him, and both parties were surprised.
After struggling for more than an hour, the forging machine resumed work again.
Powell and the familiar people looked at each other with big eyes. They avoided everyone and went to a quiet place to meet. Powell saw that no one was watching around him and shouted: "Martin, you are the chief forger of the 'King of Blacksmiths'"
Why are you here?"
‘King of Blacksmiths’ is the honorific title of Gond, the god of crafts and forging. The chief forger is often Gond’s most devout believer in a certain place and is definitely the best blacksmith.
The blacksmith named 'Martin' was short and stocky. He glanced around cautiously and asked with the same surprise: "Powell, aren't you, the secret agent of Cold Wind City, here too? Don't tell me, you are a professional
Come here to blacksmith."
Powell's face sank, "I am here to have my responsibilities. Being a blacksmith is just to facilitate my movement. And you..., you have no reason to come to blacksmith, right? Are you doing it for
..."
Powell's eyes looked at the working wind-driven forging machine. The forger Martin's face immediately sank, "Don't think about it, I was invited. Bruno, the dwarf foreman here, is my friend, and he asked some questions.
I came here out of curiosity."
Haha... Powell looked at the dress of the forger across from him, sneered and shook his head: "Friend? You can only deceive a child with your words. How can the chief forger actually do such hard work?
The appearance of this machine may even make you feel uneasy, right? Its forging ability can even easily surpass yours, but it is under the control of an evil force. This is not a good thing for the church of the 'King of Blacksmiths'
matter."
Isn't that a good thing? It's simply terrible.
The principle of a machine that has such a revolutionary impact on forging is not complicated, but it was actually made under the guidance of a layman who didn't understand blacksmithing at all. Where does this make the 'King of Blacksmiths' look? This is going to be shaky.
Faithful.
Either destroy this kind of thing, or learn it secretly and make one yourself.
It's just that these thoughts cannot be told to outsiders. After being exposed in person, Forger Martin showed a bit of anger. He snorted coldly: "What do you want as a spy? Don't make me anxious."
Gond's believers are all straight-headed, and when they are annoyed, they will just use the forging hammer to fight with others. Powell knows that these guys who only have forging in mind are not easy to offend, so he quickly said: "Don't worry, you know that I have also been a blacksmith.
I’m also interested in this machine.”
"You also want to steal... and learn how to make this kind of machinery?" Martin asked in a deep voice.
Powell nodded quickly.
The two were silent, and each glanced around a few more times. Martin waved and led Powell to the toilet in the forge. The two men were discussing in a low voice inside.
"This thing is still immature and has a lot of problems. But even so, there are still many technologies that I cannot master. Especially the windmill uses a lot of mechanical technologies that are only available to elves. For example, there is something called a 'bearing'.
The most important thing.”
"Is there no way to get this technology from somewhere? Or whoever knows the most in the forging field, let's kidnap him."
"Kidnapping? You go kidnap Victor Hugo here. He designed this thing, and he also took out the bearing. It is said that the original drawings are in his bedroom. As for other blacksmiths' limited abilities, I don't understand.
There are many.”
"What now?"
"There is a way. I heard that someone is selling this blueprint."
"Then buy it quickly."
"Are you sure it's not a trap, and the blueprint is too expensive, it actually costs five hundred gold coins."
"Hiss... it's really too expensive."
The two were discussing in the toilet, and Zhou Qingfeng had just returned with Xili. The idle 'Swift Shadow' strolled outside the forge. He asked the dwarf foreman who managed the place: "Are there any new people today? If not, I
Let’s ask again tomorrow.”
The dwarf nodded and said that one had just arrived today. Quick Shadow was immediately overjoyed and went into the forge to find someone.