Lin Wan took Irene and Miaomiao to apply for certificates, and Zhou Qingfeng rode Arcee's transformed motorcycle to the city library. Tianyang City is too poor, the library collection is limited, and the professional books are not rich enough. But it helps Shumei learn about the earth.
The world has enough.
The "Pass to and from Hong Kong and Macau", even if everything goes well, will take half a month to apply for. Erin and Miaomiao ran around to get stamps and apply for it, and it was done in three days - which is already very fast.
According to Irene's words, the bureaucrats who applied for the certificate were frightened when they saw her Western face, fearing that they would not be able to deal with it well and get into trouble. This cowardice before fighting greatly enhanced the effect of Meow Meow's natural charm.
"Those people were so strange. Hearing that I could speak Chinese was like seeing the dead, and I was relieved at the same time." Irene recalled the situation she encountered, and she was puzzled. "Why do they seem to be afraid of me? I have tried my best to smile."
Under the other party's preconceived intention to please, Irene's certificate application process went smoothly. Even if Zhou Qingfeng was not present, his certificate was obtained.
In three days, Irene and the goblins visited almost all of Tianyang City. They were all stunned when they learned that this city had a population of over one million. There was no other city on such a scale in the entire Northland.
The maids were speechless when they found out that their master lived in a country with a population of over a billion. In the world of swords and magic, they knew that a country with a population of several million was enough to run amok.
For example, Silverleaf City has existed in the Black Forest for more than a thousand years. At its maximum population, it did not exceed one million, and it was already in a powerful and invincible state.
When it was learned that a world war had occurred in this plane that affected the whole world, and nearly 200 million people were killed or injured in the second time. Even Shu Mei sighed: "No matter which plane it is, human beings are indeed the most cruel existence in killing their own kind."
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Sophia stayed in the library for three days, eagerly absorbing new knowledge. She is a virtual body, can float at will, and has innate reading skills. As long as she has a 'scholar's touch', she can read a book a hundred times faster
Book.
Although "reading" does not mean understanding and application. But even so, the simple collection of Tianyang Library is not something Sophia can absorb in one breath. According to Zhou Qingfeng's suggestion, she first read elementary school, middle school, and university textbooks.
With basic knowledge in hand, Shu Mei then chooses historical books that interest her to read, and does not leave even at night. Other maids are also very curious about the knowledge of the earth.
Because of information sharing, Magic Girl Arcee could directly obtain the knowledge of physics and chemistry that Sophia had read. But she was not satisfied, so she sneaked into the city library in the middle of the night to look for mechanical books to read.
The library doorkeeper fell under the goblin's drowsiness spell and would not wake up even if he knocked the gong at night. Ordinary door locks were even more difficult for Arcee. Her fingers directly turned into lockpicking tools, easily opening all obstacles.
The seven little fairies ran to read fashion magazines, such as "Universal", "Shanghai Film Pictorial", "Popular Films" and other books introducing domestic and foreign situations, which are still very popular at present.
The black cat Miaomiao watched videos. The video recorder in the library was purchased from Zhou Qingfeng, and the video tapes were ripped by the library staff. Many of them were Hong Kong and Taiwan films, as well as European, American and even Japanese films.
I don't know what scene he saw, but the meow suddenly screamed like an explosion of hair, and quickly ran into the owner's arms to tremble. Zhou Qingfeng went over and took a look, and saw a horror movie called "Midnight Song" that frightened the black cat out of his mind.
Erin was reading about flowers and gardening, and by the way she read a few books on zoology and botany. After reading, she wanted fertilizers, pesticides, and various plant seeds. In two days, she wanted pipettes, petri dishes, and microscopes.
Waiting for research equipment.
Common things like microscopes are easy to buy with money. But some things like chromatographs and liquid nitrogen tanks are really not easy to buy. Zhou Qingfeng also scratched his head about this.
The goblins wanted a variety of fabrics and leathers, and they planned to cut clothes in the name of dressing up their master. This request was not difficult, and Zhou Qingfeng was very happy to satisfy it, spending money to buy all the textiles that could be seen on the market.
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The seven little goblins were ingenious and quickly made dozens of beautiful clothes for each of them. They also built a special cloakroom in the alchemy workshop and stuffed it full.
When they saw Zhou Qingfeng's face turning dark, the goblins made a few suits and leather shoes for their master. These requests were relatively easy to solve, but Arcee was the one who was difficult to solve.
"Master, I want a machining center and enough metal materials." Mechanical Magic Girl asked for a big one as soon as she opened her mouth. "If possible, I also want a computer. I am suddenly interested in electronic technology.
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Multi-axis CNC machining center?
Arcee pulled out an article on "Foreign Mechanical Processing Equipment Tracking Report" from somewhere, pointed to the picture above, and shook Zhou Qingfeng's arm like a child, clamoring for this big toy.
Toy?
It's really not a toy. It's extremely expensive, and it's banned from domestic export. Even if I break my arm, there's no way. Where can I find it for you?
Zhou Qingfeng spread his hands and said to Arcee: "First I'll get you a few lathes, grinders, drills, etc. to practice your skills. We'll talk about the rest later. I can't have the machining center you want out of thin air."
Arcee immediately became excited, "'turning, milling, planing, grinding, drilling, sawing and boring', all of these are required. 'Casting, forging, welding, punching and extrusion' must also be completed. They must be CNC type. I will make the model and purchase order myself. Master, you
Only responsible for paying.
I also want all kinds of precious metals, inorganic and organic materials. Well... I want a lot of things."
Zhou Qingfeng looked resentful at this and could only shake his head and said: "Make money first. If you have money, you can talk about anything. I can open an arsenal for you. If you don't have money, don't mention anything."
The maids received some of the supplies each of them needed, but the alchemy workshop inside the Gate of True Knowledge could not accommodate them. In the end, they had to buy a large house in the suburbs of Tianyang to serve as a laboratory and close the door to play by themselves.
Arcee got the promise and shouted happily: "Make money, make money, I can also make money for the master. But can the master give me a computer and a set of radio equipment first? I feel that those things will be very useful to me."
computer?
The Mechanical Demon Girl must have been eyeing Zhou Qingfeng's '486', but he brought Arcee to a pile of electronic circuit boards, "Can you assimilate these things?"
Zhou Qingfeng buys 'recyclable garbage' and can specify the purchase of used electrical appliances every once in a while. But not all the used electrical appliances that come every time can be put to use.
Some old electronic circuit boards have no idea of their original purpose. They have neither labels nor casings. They cannot be repaired and can only be thrown into a pile.
At worst, these circuit boards also have electronic components such as capacitors, resistors, and triodes. There are circuits with different functions such as rectification, filtering, and oscillation. There are many sensors such as photosensitivity, voice control, and energy conversion.
Even the simplest Z80 industrial control panel is the crystallization of modern technology.
Mo Ji grabbed these circuit boards and observed them over and over curiously. Finally, she opened the energy furnace in her chest, and hot white flames spurted out, assimilating and absorbing them. Every time she absorbed some circuit boards, some of the replaced ones fell off her body.
Parts.
Arcee's original body was like a pile of abrupt scraps spliced together. But after absorbing the electronic circuit board, her body surface became more refined. The exposed internal devices were no longer simple mechanical connections, but a large number of electronic circuits appeared.
Mechanical Magic even assimilated the disks and tapes used to store data and software, plus an IBM S390 mainframe motherboard, which is one of the few circuit boards whose model can be identified.
Arcee's appearance became more and more refined, until her entire body evolved from old machinery to the electrical age. Zhou Qingfeng had an inexplicable feeling that the role of this maid would become more and more important.