Day 236: Production area
People's day has already begun, in this city without sunlight.
There is no sunlight here, but it is not dark at all, and when the light of the lantern plants goes down, when the bell rings out of nowhere, it means that the day has officially begun, and everyone has their own place to go.
In the wide tunnel without windows, only the light of the canals and plants, and the doors that only open on one side of the tunnel, these three things bring a little embellishment to the slightly monotonous road, here, that is, the place where the doors of the houses built in the rock wall lead to it, the people who live in the higher places jump out of the windows, and the lower ones go down in the passages that belong to them, and no one stays here, everything is orderly, fast and efficient, and they are all heading to their respective urban areas.
Tunnels lead to tunnels, tunnels for people to go up and down to tunnels to various areas, which is a very rare time of day, when the center of the city looks bustling with people and is very busy, and it is a place where the underground city is different from other cities.
For the city built on the ground, the central area is the most prosperous place, the commercial street, the company.
And here, the central area is the most deserted place.
Albert They were mixed in the crowd, with the large army marching, but it could not be regarded as a crowd, there was still a slight gap between people, about one or two meters, which could be called loose, Cecilia pulled his sleeve and pointed to the top of the tunnel, which was five or six meters high, neither of them spoke, but they both understood each other's meaning, they walked to the side of the road, stretched out their feet and stepped on the rock wall, contrary to common sense, but extremely natural to stand on it, slowly, to the top.
From the perspective of the two, the people standing on the ground are more like they are on the ceiling.
From here, the plants in the two roadside canals emitted a blue light, a dark blue light, as far as he knew, it seemed to be one of the variants of the [Shimmer Moss], the light emitted was brighter and more beautiful, but it needed more water, but once it found a suitable body of water, it would quickly take root and sprout at the bottom of the water, and it could not be removed like a dog skin plaster, it was both a light source and a favorite food for aquatic creatures.
The blue light is rippling with the ripples of the water, following the rhythm of breathing, they are the branches of the central stone pillar [the spirit of nature], if the consciousness of the flora is compared to a person, the plants that extend around the city are its torso, its hands and feet.
Then, at last, the lowest level arrived, and while there was a big gap in the flow of people, Albert and the others stopped fighting gravity and fell down, of course, not on their heads.
They were even talking and laughing, they didn't bother to look at the ground, and at the same time, with the same speed and angle, they did a somersault in mid-air, landed, rolled forward, the movements were smooth, and the excess falling force was also unloaded, and not even a little dust was splashed.
Walking out of the tunnel, into the passage to the area, many people have to get to work, there are also many people who want to buy something, and there are children who want to go to school, people pushing small cars, they are diverted after walking out of the tunnel, bringing a short period of density to the city center, which only lasts for less than half an hour, the residents consciously avoid stepping on the plants, walking along the road or simply floating in the center of the city that looks like a botanical garden, and then passing through the long regional passage to reach the regional dome, the city will "recover" in half an hour to reach your best.
Except for the old man and children, and the two or three tall people who could be seen as eye-catching, and travelers from other places, no one was leisurely, they were all trotting all the way.
"We went to the production area today. He pointed ahead, "Keep up with the office workers." ”
There is plenty of time, but people are still running, they are mixed in with the flow of people, and it feels a little weird, after all, a one-meter-eight and a one-meter-six-five are tall enough compared to the height of about one meter, when they look around, they can see a lot of heads and melon seeds, there are dwarves, there are goblins, the races of these people are easy to distinguish, goblins, hunchbacked green skin, dwarves, full of hair, as for the halfling of the dwarven branch, it looks similar to the appearance in the Lord of the Rings.
Here, it is the production area, the area with a large flow of people.
It's still the same dome, the same clouds, the same natural light, but compared to the living area, the place where people shop, relax, and eat, the atmosphere here is a little more tense, and the further you go, the smaller the flow of people, and in the end there are basically few people, they are all going to their respective workshops, companies, here, have been producing all kinds of supplies for the city, and the rest of the parts will be transported out of the city and sold elsewhere.
There are many factors that determine the value of a commodity, according to my personal understanding, there are roughly a few: quality, material cost, labor cost, manufacturing time, production quantity, demand quantity, target population, market saturation, as well as the credibility of different manufacturers, brand value, and finally a rarity.
For natural precious products and luxury goods, because of their rarity and brand value, they are naturally expensive, and to be honest, I personally don't like those luxury goods very much, they are useless in my opinion [I'm not ridiculing anything, but everyone has different opinions].
To take the simplest example, gold, what's the use?
It is difficult to produce chemical reactions, can not be eaten, the hardness is not enough to make the tools are too easy to wear, in addition to being good-looking, basically useless, but this series of factors, is to make it a very valuable natural product, the earliest people must not have the concept that gold is very valuable, and it is precisely because it is useless, people are willing to take it out, and it is precisely because it is rare, it is worth high, and the result is the way it is now.
As for the value of other normal goods, I think what I listed should be clear enough, if there are any errors or omissions, please understand, in this regard I am just a melon eater.
"It smells weird. Cecilia rubbed her nose, "It still stinks." ”
"It's probably somewhere that's rust prevention. ”
Spraying inert substances can prolong the life of the rune, yes, a rune as long as it is still functioning, but its carrier has a great impact on the function of the rune, the efficiency of carrying the rune with metal is the highest, but the metal will wear out, it will rust off, even if there is an enchantment rust process will be extended, the appliance can be used for a long time, this phenomenon still exists, the smell is quite big in this process, her nose is very sensitive, the reaction is bigger, however, the impact is not great.
Except for a bit of a strange smell, the air is quite fresh, there is not too much smoke and dust, there is no dirt, and the workshops and small factories divided into areas by product are neatly arranged, and the finer factories are in the center, the further out, the lower the specifications, and they are distributed in a radial shape.
All the operations in the big factory are not very visible, but there is a small workshop that has caught their attention, a place where gadgets are produced, their molds and stoves are outside, but there is no excessive pollution during the operation.
The ground was clean, there was no ash of fuel, and there was no excessive heat standing near their console, on the contrary, it felt cool.
The whole process of these people is like this: there is a mold on the stone platform, a template spliced together.
There is a metal funnel on the mold, above the funnel, there is a metal block floating, two dwarves and two goblins release [heat rays] on the metal block to melt it, turn into molten iron and flow into the mold, and then, the cold air climbs up, the heat energy is drawn away under the effect of magic, they take a hammer on it a few times, disassemble it, the preliminary shape of the knife is made, and then the grinding wheel is fine.
Of course, such simple techniques are limited to less complicated knives, that is, chopping melons and vegetables, and more complex things have more complex ways.
There is a relatively simple technique, similar to engraving printing, the tool is a hammer hammer and a sub-type iron bar with a protruding rune at one end of the strip, yes, it is very simple, the heat rays soften the metal, and then knock the runes out on it, less chance of error, faster operation.
Since the runes are regular and have their fixed shapes, they can be copied with tools, and what used to have to be made little by little by manpower can now be operated more simply.
Nobody says runes have to be carved by hand, do they?