Chapter 174 Industrial Park

8days ago Xuanhuan Novels 9
Two days after the Ashes left, Maisie returned to Border Town beyond everyone's expectations and appeared in front of everyone again.

After asking the reason, her return was warmly welcomed, and there was another new member of the Witch Alliance.

What moved her was that the welcome banquet was held in the back garden of the castle. The long iron rack was covered with various meats, which could be taken down to barbecue at will.

The seasonings are also very rich, including salt, oil, minced chili, pepper, and the barbecue sauce prepared by Roland himself is stewed with mushrooms produced in the hide-and-forest and whole chicken, and then stirred with salt, sugar and wheat flour, which can make up for the regret of not having MSG.

Maisie almost stopped eating her stomach.

In the afternoon, Roland tested her abilities.

According to the Nightingale's judgment, her total magic power is of medium level among witches, and her ability is manifested as being able to change into various birds.

When the change is changed, the magic power consumes a lot, and it can change 4-5 times a day. It consumes very little magic power when maintaining the deformation state. It is a summoning ability and is affected by the stone of divine punishment.

His favorite bird is pigeon, but Roland noticed that no matter what kind of bird she becomes, she will be much bigger.

For example, the sparrow, in his opinion, is about the same size as an ordinary pigeon.

As for the real pigeon, it is almost the size of a sea eagle.

Maisie couldn't become a fantasy flying beast, such as the Feng Huáng, Griffin and Kunpeng drawn by Roland, which made him feel quite regretful.

In addition, there is another thing worthy of his attention in Ashes' plan, that is, what abilities do the many witches Tilly gathered have?

If there are auxiliary witches who can greatly improve farming efficiency, he doesn't mind exchanging them with technology.

To this end, Roland decided to write a long letter to Tilly, first explaining the natural allies between the two sides, then warning her that the church wanted to unify the continent, and finally delivered an olive branch, expressing her willingness to help and cooperate and make progress together.

When Maisie goes to the fjord next month, she will let her take it there.

The next day, the prince welcomed another good news.

The factory used to produce steam engines has finally been built.

The factory is located on the other side of the Chishui River, near the west end, next to the Yezi's test field.

The entire piece of land has been surrounded by wooden fences, and a simple road leading to the pontoon bridge has been leveled.

In Roland's plan, this place will be an industrial park in the future of the town.

Since the building space is to be expanded as much as possible, the factory is built of wood with a light weight, covering an area of ​​about 1,000 square meters. The machine tools made by Anna have been transported in, namely two steam boring machines, two manual milling machines, one manual grinder and one manual lathe.

Although these machine tools have simple principles, their workmanship is first-class. Except for the base or pedal, the parts such as wood are cut from dry iron or steel. It can be said that at the level of existing materials, the highest precision processing has been achieved.

Currently, there are only a dozen workers in the factory. They were originally blacksmiths and apprentices from the town's blacksmith shop, but are now recruited by Roland with a high salary of 50 silver wolf per month to learn how to operate high-end machine tools.

Their ironwork and blacksmith shop were also moved to a brick house outside the factory. In addition to creating some unimportant parts, the production of the steam engine will be completed by the machine tool.

Roland held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the entrance of the factory. In order to strengthen his momentum, he recruited a group of officials in the city hall and delivered a brief speech.

Amid the echo simulation salute, Grayburg Industries Company was officially announced.

In the next few days, Roland, who is the head of the company, ran to the factory whenever he had time to demonstrate the operation methods of the machine tool and the manufacturing process of the steam engine.

To let the illiterate blacksmith master how to process and assemble a steam engine, the best way he can think of is to illustrate the flow diagram, similar to the assembly manual of a model, mark the part name, number, and size one by one, and then describe their installation order and connection method in the form of a diagram.

Soroya helped him a lot in this regard.

The first few days of production were as he expected, almost no part met the requirements, let alone a complete steam engine.

However, Roland doesn't care about the scrap rate. In Anna's hands, these defective products can be recast into new plates in the blink of an eye.

He believed that after repeated practice, it would be a matter of time before these blacksmiths mastered the production methods of the new era.

In addition to the industrial factory, the prince transformed the firing room in the North Slope mine area together with the backyard into a military factory, mainly used for the production of rotary rifles and bullets. After the furnace kiln expert Losya, recommended by Carl, arrived in the border town, the temperature of the new batch of airbags installed in the new batch has been greatly improved, and cement powder can be burned independently, and the firing room has no need to exist.

However, due to the limitations of the process, the production of rotary guns and bullets is still completed by Anna. Roland is designing a steam punching machine for stamping bullets. Although the efficiency is not as efficient as Anna's cutting and forming, it can at least reduce her burden.

In order to thank Anna for her busy life for nearly half a month, he decided to give her a gift.

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Gift?Anna put down the cut parts in her hand, stroked the hair that had slipped to her forehead, and showed a bright smile. So Ah.

Don't you ask about any gifts?Roland teased her.

Well... She thought about it for a moment, and I like all the gifts you gave.

After more than half a year of recuperation, Anna can no longer find any shadow of her first meeting in the dungeon. She is thin and weak now becomes graceful, her blue eyes are full of spirit, her plain dress looks refreshing and neat, and her whole body is filled with youthful vitality.

This is what an 18-year-old girl should look like.

Seeing the other party's mouth that could not help but rise, Roland's mood became much happier.

The gift was placed in the castle courtyard. In order to surprise Anna, he had this idea in his mind when he was also covered with a layer of linen.

Since he is a prince, the gifts must be special. Finished products such as jewelry seem too insincere. He thought about it for a long time before he came up with this idea.

Roland uncovered the sackcloth, and a basket made of rattan appeared in front of the two. At the top of the basket was connected with many hemp ropes, and at the other end was a huge canvas.

What's this?Anna walked forward and circled around it, curiously.

Hot air balloon.He replied with a smile, "You can take you up to the sky and overlook the earth like a bird."

Flying into the sky?She turned her head, her eyes flashing with excitement. Is it really OK?

Soaring the sky is a dream of mankind since ancient times. From sliding wings to hot air balloons, from airships to planes, people have made great sacrifices in groping and challenging, and have never given up on this pursuit.

Although there are witches in this world, flying is still the right of a few people.

The scenery seen through a high altitude perspective will inevitably leave a deep impression on people.

Of course, just fill the air bag with hot air.

Roland asked Nightingale to find Lightning and Maisie to act as emergency personnel. In case of an accident, Lightning and Maisie who turned into a large sea eagle can at least protect the two of them from landing safely.

As for the other witches, he decided not to call them for the time being, especially Wendy and Shuju. He would definitely object to any risky behavior of him. In the eyes of both of them, he must not make any mistakes.