Chapter 0827: The Power of Steam (First Update)

Inuit's words reminded Liszt that sails and schooners are both types of sails, and a large ship can have two or three masts, so why can't it be hung with both sails and schooners?

When the wind is downwind, the sail is raised and roars, and when the wind is up, the sail is raised and the serpentine maneuver.

In this way, it can be said that the sailboat can move freely at sea at any time, which will greatly reduce the sailing time. And Liszt seems to have some impression that in the Age of Discovery, there were many sailing ships, that is, triangular sails hung on the bow and stern, and a crosssail in the middle.

It was at Inuit's suggestion that Liszt immediately ordered the shipbuilders in the dockyard to work mixed sailing ships.

However, Liszt did not pay much attention to Inuit's suggestion to fix the sails with wood, which was rejected by several veteran shipwrights at the time and considered unrealistic.

"Now it seems that I need to have a good conversation with this creative magician, who should be a gifted person to get the affirmation of the Smoke Quest and the power to move fate. ”

The power of fate represented by the smoke mission is very mysterious and mysterious, and Liszt has not yet figured out the root cause.

But there's no denying that the characters who can be chosen for the smoke mission will always have something unusual and special. In plain terms, these people are roughly equivalent to "children of destiny", with a "protagonist halo" around them...... Of course, no matter how strong their aura is, it can't be better than Liszt's "plug-in".

Emily is gifted with fighting spirit, Lucy and Ruth are talented in magic, and Paris is involved in the Lightfiend swordsman...... Ark is a rare kraken in the world, and has become a sorcerer as a kraken.

Inuit's talent is unclear.

Liszt needed serious attention.

Soon, Inuit Truth was led by Hu from the knight, he was not a regular magician, and the magic cloak seemed to have been modified by himself and changed into a set of tights: "Your Highness, are you looking for me?"

"Inuit, you like sailing?" said Liszt, motioning for the other to sit down, and then asked casually.

"Yes, Your Highness, I grew up by the sea and have longed for the blue sea since I was a child. ”

The information about Inuit has been presented to Liszt, and it is directly transferred from the Magic Guild - when each magician joins the association, he will provide detailed identity information, and finally issue an identity card similar to an ID card, and one for the people of Dark Horse Island.

Inuit is a sapphire man, but a magician from the outer islands, who came to Dark Horse Island with his teacher.

His teacher was just an ordinary magician, and he was currently studying natural magic, i.e., druid farming and transfiguration, under the shadow of the great magician Lars Truth. He himself did not like to study magic that was too theoretical, but was passionate about seafaring.

Liszt knocked on the table and asked, "What other inspirations do you have for the improvement of the sailboat?"

Inuit replied with a little excitement: "Your Highness, I have been studying sailing for a long time, and I have a lot of designs that I want to play. I've communicated with the shipbuilders in the dockyard before, but they are too rigid and don't let go of the stereotypical shipbuilding technology, and they don't understand my design at all!"

"Then tell me about it now. ”

"Yes, Your Highness!"

As soon as the conversation began, Inuit couldn't stop and told him all about his design of sailboats. These designs range from sails, masts, and lanyards to the hull structure. Much of the content was really whimsical, and even Liszt found it a little difficult to understand.

There are also designs that, in Liszt's opinion, are pure nonsense.

For example, Inuit felt that the work of collecting the sails was very busy and heavy, so they simply designed the mast to be foldable, so that when the storm came, the mast could be lowered directly to the sides, and it could also be used as a support rod for the hull of the ship to keep the ship stable on the sea and never sink.

This idea is strictly interesting, but the mast itself is the most important part of the sailboat, and it is necessary to choose the same high-quality ironwood as the keel as the mast, so that the mast is not easy to break.

In the event of a storm, the first thing to break is the mast itself. Moreover, the sails are very heavy, and once the mast is folded, it is definitely more tiring to put it up than to raise it. What's more, how to ensure the stability of the hull when the mast is raised and folded is also a huge trouble.

In short, unreliable.

Most of Inuit's designs are similarly unreliable.

But Liszt found an interesting thing in his creative design - Inuit actually came up with the idea of using huge spinning wheels to propel ships forward.

This is simply the design of the "ship"!

On Earth, the era of sailing was replaced by steamships and gradually reduced to a sailing race.

"Have you ever thought about how much force it takes to turn a ship on huge wheels, and how much force it takes to turn such wheels by human power?" asked Liszt with interest.

Inuit seems to have a draft: "Your Highness, although manpower can't push such a big wheel to turn, the power of magic can, and you can use the magic array to push the wheel to turn." ”

"Powered by a magic array?" this was a good solution, but Liszt was not satisfied, "The magic circle is indeed very versatile, and it is not impossible to push the wheels to turn. However, the manufacture and consumption of magic arrays are huge expenses, and it is not suitable for them to be used on ships. ”

This idea of combining magic and technology, he had thought about it for a long time. However, at the moment when the magic net is shrinking, it is difficult for the magic array to absorb magic power with the help of the magic net, and all of them need to consume the magic power of the magic array materials themselves. The cost of maintaining such a magic array is huge.

There are no magical items in this world such as spirit stones.

Even the small magic table needs to change the magic rune running materials frequently, and it costs a lot of money to communicate once, not to mention driving the huge wheels to run.

"This ......" Inuit was suddenly embarrassed, as a magician he knew the value of magic materials, and his idea was indeed very creative, which made him happy about it. But according to his design, it may be possible to buy several three-masted galleons with just one magic array.

Coupled with the materials for maintaining the magic array, I am afraid that such a ship will lose money if it runs a trade trip.

That's what a fool would design.

Looking at the embarrassed blushing Inuit, Liszt did not show disappointment, on the contrary, he valued Inuit very much. Not only because of the involvement of the smoke mission, but also because of the idea of Inuit - if you want to develop technology, you are not afraid that the idea will be difficult to implement, and you are afraid that there will be no idea.

"Inuit, the power of magic is difficult to apply to the people, but that doesn't mean that there is no power that can replace magic, there is a power I call steam, you can delve into this direction more...... Also, some of your ideas for a sailboat, I can't judge the value of it, but I can involve you in the design of the new sailboat, would you?"

Inuit immediately replied: "Thank Your Highness for your approval, of course I am willing to participate in the design of the new sailboat!"

Personally designing a sailing ship to sail the sea, Inuit couldn't ask for it, but he still had doubts in his heart: "Your Highness, what does the power of steam mean?"

"You go back and boil a pot of boiling water, and you understand the power of steam. "Liszt pretended to be mysterious.

In fact, he didn't know much about the steam engine, a big killer that set off the industrial revolution, only that it used coal, oil and other raw materials to burn, and then pushed the piston to do work and drive the machinery to run.

"Boil the water, I'll go back and boil the water!"

Inuit hurriedly retired.

Looking at his back, Liszt shook his head, the steam engine was probably unable to set off an industrial revolution in this world. The reason is simple, so far I have not heard of fossil fuels such as coal and oil. Without these fuels, burning wood alone would not provide much power.

The lack of metal will also seriously restrict the manufacture of steam engines.

Of course, the steam engine was not without potential, and the reason was no less simple - Liszt had a fiery dragon!

When the little fire dragon grows up, the fire dragon super demon can be released at will, and at that time, there will be a steady stream of magic power The little fire dragon acts as fuel.

Then go to the legendary continent to grab a few more iron mines.

Steamers, it's really possible to get them!