The next day, while Duke was at his desk, a dwarf came running in and told him that the anvil was putting the finishing touches on the new hydraulic machinery at a planned location in the lower Seine, and that he hoped to invite the lord to the ceremony and acceptance.

Duke put down the official document in his hand with some surprise, he didn't expect the dwarf to be so efficient, and it only took a day to arrange for people to build the planned hydraulic machinery.

So he dressed up with excitement, and told the dwarf to make an extra run to inform old Neil of the blacksmith to go with him to see the completion of the hydraulic machine.

Because many aspects of hydraulic machinery will play a role in the steel plant of the future, and as his favorite candidate for the Minister of Steel, it is necessary for the old Neil to familiarize himself with this new type of machinery in advance, so that he can use it to improve the quality and output of steel in the future.

When he walked out of the castle, he found three of his vassals and one of his reserve vassals waiting outside.

"Do you want to go with me to see the anvil?" said Duke, with some surprise.

Vlavich smiled on behalf of the others, "We are also very curious about the technology of dwarves, after all, they have not appeared in front of humans for many years, and dwarven technology is even rarer. ”

Duke nodded abruptly, and then took the lead in boarding the exclusive carriage that had been prepared for a long time.

The carriage was originally the property of Baron Rhine, but since Duke took over the Connaughton area, it has naturally become a trophy for the righteous lord who eliminated the cultist, helping him to end the embarrassing situation of having to rely on transportation.

The lower reaches of the Seine, due to the confluence of tributaries and the formation of a certain height difference, the water flow is very turbulent, and a huge roar can be heard from a distance of 100 meters.

It is for this reason that the northern fort cannot have its own unloading dock in the city, and it is very uneconomical to build it elsewhere, making it even more difficult to attract large merchants to establish themselves in the city.

However, this water has a powerful energy and can be used as a powerful source of power to drive machinery.

When Duke stepped out of the carriage, Anvil spotted him from afar, and came to salute with some surprise, seeing with some surprise that there were so many people crammed into the carriage.

"Look, my lord, this is the machine I want to show you today, a machine that harnesses the power of great natural water. ”

With the roar of the water rushing everywhere, the anvil spoke close to Duke's ear and shouted loudly.

But Duke had some difficulty trying to hear clearly, and finally it took him a few times to repeat the anvil into Duke's ear before he could barely understand what he meant.

Following the line of defense of the anvil finger, Duke saw several low houses, and on the side of these houses near the river, a huge wooden wheel with a diameter of three or four meters to tens of ten meters was uniformly installed.

The wheels had been set up, and they were spinning rapidly under the impact of the rushing water, making a crackling sound of water.

All of this is very similar to Duke's impression of the waterwheel, except that the waterwheel is not bamboo, but a common tree in the north, and it seems that it has also been specially treated by the dwarves.

According to Anvil, the houses are all mechanical parts that need to be driven by waterwheels, and each house can be seen as an independent workshop.

With that, the anvil led Duke and the other ministers into the nearest room.

As soon as he entered the room, the roar outside was much smaller because of the isolation of the walls, and it no longer stirred people's hearts, but was replaced by a continuous and muffled thumping sound, as if countless workers were tinkering with something one after another.

The anvil led everyone inside, and saw a long axle from the opening at one end of the wall from the water wheel that was turning outside.

As the water wheel rotated, the axle also drove the pins placed on it, prompting the mallet in front of it to hammer the stone mortar one by one.

There is nothing in the mortar, but based on the current situation, it is inferred that the main purpose of this machine is to dehull wheat or other things.

"Your Excellency, this is the water mill, as you can see, it can be used to process grain, and if you replace the wooden hammer with an iron hammer, it can also be used to crush ore, which can save a lot of effort. ”

While introducing the anvil, he took out a bag of wheat from the side and carefully poured it into a stone mortar, demonstrating the process of hulling wheat with a water mill.

After watching the demonstration of the anvil, Vlavich exclaimed: "This is indeed much easier, and now farmers have to carry a wooden hammer or a heavy object to remove the husk after harvesting the goodnight wheat, which is often not only inefficient but also easy to leave diseased roots." With this thing, it will be able to help the people to get rid of this almost penal labor. ”

The anvil smiled a little faster and led everyone out of the room where the water mill was placed, and then showed more than a dozen devices including water mills, water drains, hydraulic pumps, hydraulic forging hammers, etc., which opened everyone's eyes.

"Lord, are these the machines you said yesterday that can greatly increase the yield and quality of steel without requiring more manpower?"

After the visit, Neil Sr. was still a little excited and said to Duke.

The machines he watched today had a great conceptual impact on him, whether the wheelless wheel was a water mill, a hydraulic pumping machine, a hydraulic forging hammer or other hydraulic machinery related to smelting, all of which allowed him to increase the output and quality of steel and other materials by a few steps while maintaining the scale of the current blacksmith shop.

In this way, the lord's promise to grant himself the official position of Minister of Steel after the production of steel has increased tenfold is not a prank or a joke.

Old Neil's heart began to burn again after thinking of this.

Duke actually didn't expect the dwarves to be so capable, and in just one day, he provided the one-stop service of hydraulic machinery, and he was a little excited and proud for a while.

He whispered in his voice to reward them, and then he was going to talk about the steam engine he had been thinking about.

After all, hydraulic machinery can only be used as a transition, and what can really completely change the entire social landscape is a more flexible and convenient power source such as the steam engine.

"Ahem, I ......"

But just as he was about to speak the words he had planned in his mind, a figure on a fast horse came to his attention in a panic.

He applied an eagle eye spell to himself, and he could see clearly the pale faces and panicked expressions of his guards, which also made his face instantly gloomy.