Chapter 183 Town Construction Plan

7days ago Xuanhuan Novels 9
What's this?Nightingale asked, looking at the shiny black stone on the table.

obsidian.Roland didn't raise his head and focused on drawing the drawings in his hands.

Black...what stone?

No, I'm talking nonsense.He sighed, just looking at the shape and color, he knew what kind of stone this was.

He is not a geological exploration, and he may not be able to distinguish pure metal when he is in front of him, let alone ore.

The only knowledge in my mind tells him that most ores are compounds with complex compositions, and the impurities are different in color. Take tin ore for example. Hematite, pyrote, and siderite can be called a thousand miles different in appearance, especially pyrote, which sometimes exhibits a light yellow metallic luster and is often mistaken for gold mines, so there is also the nickname of Fool's Gold.

As for high temperature resistance... the compound itself has no fixed melting point, and it is also related to impurities and components. The variety cannot be distinguished by temperature alone.

Moreover, metal elements exist in ionic states, and they do not know the purification method, so it is useless to burn them.

There is something you don't know, too?Nightingale said in surprise.

There are so many, Roland put down his quill and made a cup of black tea for himself. Do you want to drink it?

No, she waved her hand, by the way, the beef jerky is not as delicious as the grilled fish fillets, so you should put the fish fillets in your drawer in the future.

... Roland was silent for a moment and decided to act like he hadn't heard this.

He also planned to throw this stone to the chief alchemist Kemostrier for treatment. The minerals are more or less radioactive, and it is really not a good choice to put them in the office as decorations.

After Soloya's ability evolved recently, he found that there were suddenly more things that could be made.

First of all, there is the tap water system, which is something that can greatly enhance residents' sense of happiness.

Think about it, after a busy day, I returned home sweating profusely and wanted to clean my sticky body, but found that the water tank was empty and I had to go to the nearby well to fetch water. This feeling must be terrible.

Moreover, Roland was also tired of scooping water from the water tank to wash his face and hands. He always felt that parasites could grow in the water in the tank for several days, not to mention that the water tank rarely cleans once a month. If you see it carefully, you can also see the scale deposited at the bottom of the tank floating like a caterpillar.

If water towers are used to supply water, there is no technical difficulty. Use a steam engine to pump water from the Chishui River into the water tower, and then flows into each household along the pipes through the siphon principle, forming an automatic water supply system.

The reason why Roland has never put it into practice is...the material.

The water supply pipe is either made of iron or copper. If the iron pipe is not treated with anti-rust, it will be scrapped after a few years of use.

Copper pipes are perfect water supply pipes, corrosion-resistant, non-scattered inside the wall, non-toxic, and even copper ions have a sterilization effect. But is it made of metals that cast currency to make water pipes?

The output of the North Slope Mine is far from this luxury. Even in later generations, copper water pipes are something that only high-end residential buildings will consider.

At present, Bianfeng Town not only cannot export minerals, but also needs to import metal ingots from the outside.

Therefore, whether it is iron pipes or copper pipes, Roland is reluctant to use them to create a water supply system that cannot be benefited from and is purely for enjoyment.

But now it’s different. With Soloya’s coating, it means that he can make money by making a waste of money and use magic alone to produce water pipes, such as taking an iron pipe as a mold, and wrapping it with paper on the outside, then let Soloya cover the coating, and after pulling out the mold, it becomes a pipe.

Even if such water pipes are not compressive, they can be placed in a water pipe groove with a cover.

The second is the power supply system... I'm afraid this will not be popularized in the whole town in a short period of time, but letting the castle be filled with light has always been something Roland wants to achieve. It's too painful to read books with a faint candlelight, and it's also a huge harm to the eyes. In addition, summer is coming, what does it feel like to light torches and candles on a stuffy night?

Nowadays, with generators and wires, it seems that it is not so far to let the castle enter the electrical age ahead of schedule.

As for the filament of the light bulb... he vaguely remembered that before the use of tungsten wire, people generally used carbonized bamboo wire to make incandescent lamps.

Bamboo is not a rare thing, it is found in the woodland south of the Chishui River.

However, what Bianfeng Town needs most is iron smelting facilities.The iron output is directly related to the scale of mechanical production and weapons manufacturing, and is also the foundation for the survival of the town.

What you are painting is...a tower?Nightingale asked curiously, sitting at the table.

Almost, Roland nodded, but it was empty inside, used to fill fuel and ore, and its function was like a vertical furnace, which could smel iron ore into pig iron.

This is an upgraded version of the ancient vertical furnace of blast furnace.

He had visited the construction site to watch the vertical furnace designed and manufactured by Losya. To be honest, in addition to the small capacity and low furnace temperature, the structure of this furnace is already very close to the blast furnace. If it weren't for Soloya's evolution that allowed the town to produce refractory bricks, he would have planned to build more than a dozen such vertical furnaces.

But with refractory bricks, we naturally need to consider blast furnaces with higher furnace temperatures and larger outputs.

The newly designed blast furnace has a height of nearly eight meters, four times that of a vertical furnace; the furnace body is tower-shaped and the maximum inner diameter is three meters. In order to prevent collapse, there is a support frame at the bottom.

The wall of the furnace is thin and thick at the bottom, and the belly of the furnace is half a meter thick. The innermost layer is made of Soloya brand-coated fire-proof bricks, and there is also a circle of air supply outlets, which pumps air into the belly of the furnace by a steam engine.

To make full use of the power of the steam engine, Roland also designed an automatic feeding equipment for the blast furnace, including a climbing rail and a special feeding truck with movable doors at the bottom.

After the cart climbs to the top of the furnace under the traction of the steam engine, the snaps at the bottom of the vehicle will be hooked in, thereby opening the inverter and pouring fuel or ore into the furnace.

For this era, this system can be regarded as a top technology.

Unlike large opening and low heat vertical furnaces, once the blast furnace is put into production, it will not stop operating for a long time. Fuel and ore must be continuously invested, and the output is much higher than that of the vertical furnace.

As long as five or six such blast furnaces are built, the pig iron production in the town will increase exponentially.

……

After drawing all the drawings, Roland rubbed his slightly sore wrists, moved a box from under the table and pushed it in front of her.

Nightingale was stunned, is this...?

Well... I originally planned to give it to you earlier, but it took some time to carve the patterns. After all, I am not very skilled in using the machines in the factory. Roland smiled and opened it and took a look.

She reached out to open the box and couldn't help but exclaim.

I saw two revolver pistols placed on the left and right inside, which were different from the prototype guns used on the day of the competition. The two pistols were shiny silver, with shiny surfaces that could reflect human figures. The handle and body of the gun were engraved with exquisite patterns, and the barrel of the nightingale's name was also printed on it: to Veronica.

This plan has been brewing in Roland's head for a long time.

Compared with the front-mounted flintlock rifle that is inconvenient to carry and troublesome to use, the newly developed revolver pistol has been quite complete, and both safety and firing rate are maintained at a high level.

It is exciting to think about how powerful the guns can be used in her hands, such as Nightingale.

Thank you, she smiled and picked up two pistols, jumped off the table, and compared the shooting position. Will you teach me how to use them?

Of course, Roland nodded, and the other party's white assassin service and dazzling smile made him instantly understand what it means to be so handsome that he has no friends. It is not difficult. Just sneak into the target, pull the trigger, and shout that noon is coming.