Chapter 175: The Pace of Technological Evolution

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In the war that ended not long ago to hunt heresy, whether the Second Goblin Empire, which has always appeared as a supporting role in the show, accepts defeat is secondary, and the key is the attitude of Bane, the protagonist of this script, the god of war and conquest, which is worth pondering.

On the battlefield, Luo Zhengdao sniped and killed the incarnation of the Sage who descended from the main material realm of Ban N with three shots, and the shame of this Cheng dù is tantamount to a certain gangster walking on the street with his arms crossed, and the middle two teenager who was blocked in the road slapped him in the public in public, regardless of whether he lost his heart or face, so will he accept it calmly?

In the short contact between the two sides on the battlefield, Luo Zhengdao already knew that his identity as a magic card master had been exposed, so when Ban En considered the follow-up issues, he would not treat him as a mortal, and this defeat was not an innocuous face issue. It is conceivable that when Luo Zhengdao's strength becomes stronger, one day he will kill Ban En to avenge this arrow, even if someone asks Luo Zhengdao in person, it is impossible for him to compromise on this issue. In this case, the two sides are the opposite of each other, and neither dares to stop the fight at the risk of letting the opponent relieve himself and kill him.

Now, just like a pair of tired boxers panting and glaring at each other in the ring, even though they are already scarred, they are still moving back and forth with each other, looking for an opportunity to punch their opponents to knock them out, which is a true portrayal of the brutal struggle between Law Zhengdao and Bane.

The judgment of the shape shì is already extremely serious, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a touch of a button, however, before Ban En kills again, Luo Zhengdao has to continue to live according to the established rhythm. This is life, this is life, no matter the wind and rain, as long as there is a breath, life must go on.

After walking out of the workshop, Luo Zhengdao, who was frowning, closed his eyes helplessly, trying to adapt to the light and dark changes in the external environment, and then he took the sunglasses and headscarf handed by his entourage, isolating himself from the outdoor environment where the wind and sand were raging.

Simplicity is not simple, this is the essence of most technologies, on the surface, the windmill is an uncomplicated mechanism, but it is also not as light as the layman thinks. You know, in order to obtain the function that can be used normally in a weak wind environment, the windmill must have the ability to maximize the use of every trace of wind power, correspondingly, the instantaneous strong wind may destroy the blades and transmission devices with relatively limited load of the windmill, this qiē is often born in an instant, and it only takes a few seconds to cause damage, even if the windmill is designed with a manual brake reduction device, the operator has no time to solve the crisis.

The wind is created by nature, and human beings cannot change the characteristics of the wind, and it is meaningless to complain about the impermanence of the wind, so we can only work hard to improve the technology of the windmill.

The dilemma of using wind energy to generate power without letting the damn strong winds destroy the windmills was a trivial matter in the old world with computerized automatic control systems, and in the new world we had to think of a good idea to solve this problem.

The difficulty is obvious, Luo Zhengdao remembered in a trance that in the old world, the medieval Dutch windmill had already solved this dilemma, and people did not wait for the computer age, so it can be seen that low-tech solutions may not be effective. Unfortunately, he couldn't remember how the Dutch solved it, and the key research project on the tech tree had to light up on its own.

Energy and power are the foundation of industry, once you talk about what industry is separated from these two things, it is to seek fish in Yuanmu.

The first industrial revolution relied on the steam engine and the textile industry, which led to the glorious era of the empire of John Bull, and the second industrial revolution was marked by the popularization of electrical equipment and the internal combustion engine, and the rise of the Hanse cat and the two world wars were inextricably linked. The Third Industrial Revolution, which is still in a state of difficult birth, is still in a state of difficult birth, and if we look at the root causes of the changes of the times from the perspective of the long history of change, we can know what is the driving force for the progress of civilization.

Wind power can only temporarily alleviate the strong thirst for power and energy in the exhibition industry, and the power source that can really bring revolutionary changes must be completely controllable new energy.

At this time, Luo Zhengdao's eyes looked up at the sky through the lenses polished by natural brown crystal, as a traverser, it was not easy for him to get to this point, and what was even more terrifying was that he didn't know if he was on the right path.

Wick Reef is indeed a ghost place with poor mountains and bad waters, but it is also the capital for Luo Zhengdao to settle down in the new world, and it is even more burdensome to stumble his hands and feet, which one has more ingredients, it is up to him to decide according to his own judgment.

The goblins started the relocation of the forbidden sea in the main big 6, and the traditional trade routes between the open sea and the trade and travel were cut off, the pirates' looting income shrank sharply, and Luo Zhengdao became more and more dependent on the economic income and supplies provided by Wake Reef, he couldn't beat the enemy as before, and the big battles in the future would definitely be indispensable. The pirates were accustomed to fighting without armor or light armor on their ships, and it was not good news that they were required to fight against the notoriously strong goblin infantry, or even to be attacked by the wolf cavalry. In a word, the path of pure piracy has become narrower and narrower at this point.

The army of goblins with undead thieves will definitely make a comeback, and after learning the lessons of the previous failures, the goblins will do their homework, and Luo Zhengdao naturally has to be prepared to see the moves, for him, that is, to arm these semi-professional pirates on Wake Reef into a real army.

A few days before Bane sent down an oracle to turn Luo Zhengdao into a heretic, the military aid sent by the Yaling Empire to Wake Reef included a batch of individual armor, two hundred sets of half-body plate armor to be exact.

There is no doubt that the weapons and equipment given by Yaling can only be said to be better than nothing, in view of the high price of metal products, it is obviously not a good idea to buy out, Luo Zhengdao repeatedly decided to make his own armor for arming the pirate fleet, in order to have some kind of advantage in the future war.

The knowledge in the mind is the most reliable golden finger of the traverser, and it can be known from the military history of the old world that plate armor is the work of ancient armor technology to the extreme.

If you ask why the word ancient is added in front of the armor, because in the old world, which has never given up on the development of military technology, a new kind of armor may be mass-produced at any time to equip troops, called "individual exoskeleton armor". To put it simply, this thing can be regarded as the future trend of armor, the difference between exoskeleton armor and ancient armor is that it has its own power system, and it is no longer necessary to carry the weight of the armor by the flesh and blood of the soldier, as long as the built-in power is strong enough, no matter how complex the structure and heavy armor can be worn on the soldier. The problem that hindered the practical use of this conceptual armor was the lack of power, and in the foreseeable future, before the spread of black technologies such as energy shields, exoskeleton armor will undoubtedly be the final form of old-world armor.

At this time, surrounded by the attendants holding parasols, Luo Zhengdao got on a four-wheeled carriage and went to the next workshop to inspect, these various workshops one by one were enough for him to be busy for several days, and he didn't dare to take it lightly if he didn't see the real thing with his own eyes!

Some time ago, iron ore was unexpectedly found in Wake Reef during the excavation of tunnels, but the ore grade was low, and the blast furnace smelting technology was immature, so it could only be made with crucibles for trial production.

Handicraft does not mean backwardness, in terms of product quality alone, crucible steel is obviously better than the iron-making furnaces of the same era, but the output of this handicraft workshop is very speechless. On average, less than 300 pounds of iron can be extracted from 1,000 pounds of ore, and the cost of transporting charcoal as fuel makes Wake Reef's own steel cheaper than the outside market.

War games belong to the domain of the rich, not suitable for poor ghosts to participate, **Silk players please detour with their own respect. Thinking of the limited resources in his hands and the infinite needs of future wars, Luo Zhengdao, who was looking out of the carriage window, suddenly became melancholy, this day is not easy!

Equipping his subordinates with plate armor, this kind of idea seemed very inappropriate after Luo Zhengdao ordered the construction of ironclad ships, ironclad ships are gold-swallowing beasts, unless he is willing to give up the ship-building plan, otherwise he can only consider other methods.

The armor that is one level lower than the plate armor, of course, is the chain mail and the fish scale armor, the ring chain mail is a general term for a large class of armor, and the armor made of wire or iron ring can be named chain mail, this kind of armor has a pretty good defensive effect against the chopping attack, and the effect of dealing with bows and arrows can only be said to be unsatisfactory, and it is simply useless to encounter a puncture attack such as a spear. Fish scale armor is made of steel thin sheets, and then drilled and threaded on the armor to weave up, the materials and processing time are more than chain mail, and the defensive effect is considered to be short and long, which is also worse than plate armor.

Still, a soldier with a full suit of armor is much stronger than running naked, and a poorer armor is stronger than human skin and muscles.

The four-wheeled carriage slowly stopped at the door of the workshop, Luo Zhengdao got off the car and walked into the wire drawing workshop of the armor workshop, the rumbling sound of the bulky wooden machinery was terrifying, and the sound of constantly scooping water to lubricate the moving parts and cooling down the water filled the ears, there was an indescribable noise, although this place was slightly smaller than the movement of the metallurgical forging workshop all day long, but it was not much quiet.

"Lord Count, you're here."

Those subordinates from Qiongzhou treated Luo Zhengdao with much more respect than those from pirates, the former habitually regarded Luo Zhengdao as a lord, and the latter only regarded him as a superior. The pirates advocated democracy and peace, and even though Luo Zhengdao was paying for them himself, many still considered themselves equal to him in personality.

Assuming that the soul in Will Needham's body is still the original New World aristocracy, there is such a huge difference in the cognition of the two sides, and the contradictions will explode sooner or later. Of course, if you are a grassroots traverser like Luo Zhengdao, you don't have such a strong sense of hierarchy and superiority, but you don't feel how disrespectful the pirates' unruly attitude is. It is impossible to say that Luo Zhengdao's almost incomprehensible tolerant attitude is one of the cornerstones of the privateer's fleet to maintain stability.

There is a saying that character determines destiny, and vision and strength can determine the future, no matter what world you are in.

Luo Zhengdao is used to being flattered like the moon by the stars, and he also knows that these halos of glory come from the thousand-year-old historical accumulation of the Earl Fulu family.

Stopping and looking around, Luo Zhengdao nodded and said:

"Well, how's the work going?"

The person in charge stepped forward and said with a smile:

"Lord Earl, one qiē is normal, according to the plan, we can make 20,000 yards of iron wire this month."