Chapter Seventy-Two: The First Step Toward Modernization!
Carolon was extremely fast, and it had only been three days since the magically modified watt steam mechanism was made, and he had already made two of them.
One of them was transported to the castle of Carolon in the necromancy by contract, while the other was transported by Murphy to the Arsenal, where the power of the steam engine was used to pull the cyborg machine into action.
With this steam engine, the arsenal was finally able to produce guns on an assembly line.
Just as the Industrial Revolution was underway in Remlosburg, the Crescent City Chamber of Commerce also sent two commercial treaties that had been finalized.
Murphy would sell 10,000 arquebuses to the Chamber of Commerce at a price of two gold and seven silver per arquebus, and this contract alone would allow Murphy to earn more than 27,000 gold and a gross profit of more than 18,000 gold and a net profit of nearly 18,000 gold and a total of more than 18,000 gold and a total of more than 18,000 gold and a net profit from the cost price.
Sure enough, the arms trade is one of the most lucrative businesses.
The other contract is a two-year exclusive agreement signed by the Crescent City Chamber of Commerce.
Starting today, if there are goods that Fort Remlos wants to sell, they must be handed over to the Crescent City Chamber of Commerce for trade.
Five days later, under Carolen's increasingly skilled forging skills, six steam engines were produced, three of which were placed at the Remlos Iron and Steel Works in the east of the city and the Remlos No. 1 Machine-Building Plant in the south of the city, and the remaining three were transported by Murphy to the Coal Mine and the Yuanjing Mine for mining.
The procurement team sent out also brought back the urgently needed saltpeter, sulfur and alum, which cost a total of more than 7,000 gold naso, and if all the saltpeter and sulfur brought back were made into black powder, enough for all the soldiers to fire continuously day and night for three months.
After all, in this era, no one has discovered other uses for them, such as making sulfur in large quantities.
"Tell the transport team to transport the newly purchased goods to Mr. Rochebus's laboratory in three carts, and the rest to the warehouses in the city, and take care of them!" As soon as the transport team entered the city, they saw a knight reading Murphy's dictation.
"Yes, Lord Faloren!" The leader of the caravan is called Jim Baron, a cadet knight, who was originally a knight servant of the Knight of Colin, but was recommended by Knight Colin to Murphy for his bravery and good work, and served as the leader of this caravan.
And this caravan was sent out before Murphy signed an exclusive cooperation contract with the Crescent City Chamber of Commerce, so it did not violate the rules of the contract.
After receiving the order, Jim divided the team into two teams, one led by himself, and carried three wagons of goods to the Chief Scientific Officer, Mr. Rochebas, and the other team to the Phaloren Knights, who came to meet them, and transported them to the large warehouse in the city, where they would be made into gunpowder for the city defenses.
"Apprentice Knight Jim Baron has met Mr. Rochebas. ”
After walking for ten minutes, he finally came to the remote laboratory, and Jim saw the noble magician waiting for him at the door, and hurriedly dismounted and gave a knightly salute.
"You're our new caravan leader, aren't you? Luo Che Bas nodded and smiled kindly, "The supplies allocated to me by His Royal Highness the Prince have arrived, right?"
"Fortunately, we have arrived!" shouted Jim, full of anger.
"That's good, let's get it in quickly!" Luo Che Bass pushed open the door of the experimental site, beckoning a few people to hurry in.
Jim was also curious to walk into one of the most mysterious places in the city.
A large alchemy device was placed in the courtyard, consisting of several towers of several cubic meters, connected by the newly produced steel of the steel mill, and obviously enchanted, and the surface was fluorescent.
In the middle of the tower was a large machine, and at the bottom of the machine was an incomprehensible circle.
Jim was a little confused, he had followed Knight Colin for so long, and he could be considered well-informed, but such a device was indeed unheard of and unseen.
I've only been away for a little over a month, and the changes in the city are so big? Am I only twenty-three years old and can't keep up with the times?
"Alright, you can leave when you're done with your things, and the next steps are kept secret. Seeing that the soldiers had finished carrying the supplies they needed, Luo Che Ba hurried out to drive people out.
When all the soldiers left, Luo Cheba hurriedly closed the door.
The door had been closed for less than half a minute before it was pushed open again.
"Who!? Didn't I say don't bother me while I'm doing my experiments...... Well, Your Highness Murphy, Mr. Carolun, you are here. Lotche Bass was about to get angry, but he held back the moment he saw Murphy.
Murphy had come with Carolen, and they had been together for the past few days.
According to Carolen, "Maybe stay in this city for a while." It is estimated that he may have to stay here for the next ten years.
"It's all right, Mr. Rochebas. Murphy waved his hand, "Mr. Carolon has set up a soundproof circle around him, and no one knows what's going on here. ”
"That's good. Rochebas let out a long sigh, then turned to look at the massive machine.
"I've basically figured out what to do, and I'll take care of the rest. Roche Bass walked over to the machine and activated the circle on the steam engine.
"It's actually very simple, it's just an evolution of the sulfur-to-sulfur oil method, but it does have great practical value. "Luo Che Bass is making and explaining.
"Due to a large amount of sulfuric acid, such as ignition, saltpeter and sulfur, and the transfer of finished products after the reaction, the original lead chamber sulfuric acid production method is not able to continuously make sulfur oil, ah no, now it is called sulfuric acid, which leads to very low production and low efficiency.
"The ingenuity of this machine is that the process is carried out in two plants, one for acid production and one for oxidation, and the whole process can be carried out continuously.
"And this steam engine that Mr. Carolon made was really a good thing, as long as sulfur or pyrite was added to the boiler all the time, it produced a steady stream of sour gas.
"And in terms of adding water, you can add water to the inner wall of the lead chamber by simply passing steam through this reactor with a pipe.
"Your Highness, Mr. Carolon, you see, it is very simple to make sulfuric acid of a qualified concentration like this. At the end of a reaction cycle, Luo Chebas took out the clay pot and turned off the circle, leaving only the acid outlet of the lead chamber dripping with sulfuric acid little by little.
Murphy and Carolon looked at each other, and saw each other's confusion in each other's eyes (soul fire).
Carolon was a magician before his death, and after transforming into a lich, he obtained a sixth-level magician certificate, a sixth-level array spell certificate, a sixth-level potions master certificate, and a sixth-level arcanist certificate, but he didn't know anything about alchemy.
Murphy was not very good at chemistry since he was a child, so he chose liberal arts when he was in high school, and later after graduating with a doctorate in political science and law and getting a doctorate in international relations, he became interested in weapon design and mechanical manufacturing by chance, but he still didn't like chemistry.
It can be said that both of them are alchemy blind, and at most they know a little basic alchemy knowledge.
But Murphy was only stunned for a moment, and then he was overjoyed.
Although he doesn't know chemistry, he knows how to make weapons! With sulfuric acid, he can make good things such as smokeless gunpowder and high explosives!!
Near-modern armaments are also hopefully manufactured!
This is the first step towards near-modernization!