"Come, hand me that sealing ring. Rand squatted pretentiously in front of an engine that was about to take shape, ignoring any aristocratic etiquette, and grabbed the flat iron ring handed by Oak with oily hands, snapped it into the groove at the joint, and applied lamp oil to avoid jamming.

Up to three days of staying up all night fighting, Rand finally made the engine roughly prototype, the cylinder block is molded with cast iron, excellent shockproof performance, and with the help of Oak, the water cooling channel is completed very smoothly, Rand on one side of the engine is installed by three ligaments to drive power, in order to cool the water pump and heat dissipation fan blades of water circulation, this is an important protection step, when the piston movement causes power, it will produce extremely high temperature, which will quickly make the cooling water in the cylinder boil, if the temperature can not be reduced in time, then the seam of the cylinder block will leak hot gas because of high temperature。

As long as this high-temperature gas touches the human body a little, it will cause irreversible damage, among all known external injuries, burns are the most difficult to heal, in this medically backward environment, burn area up to 10%, it is possible to cause shock, followed by death.

Oak was in charge of delivering tools to Rand, and he looked at the huge and strangely shaped iron lump in front of him, and he couldn't understand what it was for, but from past experience, everything the lord had made up was extremely useful.

"My lord, does this machine do a big job?" asked Oak, sitting cross-legged on the woolen blanket, holding his little face with his hands, curious.

Rand tightened the bolts, straightened his waist and rubbed his neck a little painfully, it seems that he needs to supervise the craftsmen of the empty ferry collar, about the improvement of professional technology, he is a lord, he can't always assemble the machinery by himself, once or twice, it's okay, it's a bit tiring for a long time, especially the assembly of the engine This kind of parts are numerous, and it requires extraordinarily detailed work, at the beginning of the earlier manufacturing, the craftsmen were called to help, but Rand helplessly found that the workshop of the empty ferry collar has only built simple iron tools such as agricultural tools and armor。

Craftsmen are confused about such a complex machine, and they don't know how to start, and they can't even determine the strength of the bolts.

Knowledge, Rand painfully realized that the world attaches great importance to knowledge, but countless facts have proved that only a team with strong professional knowledge can be at the forefront of the times, so he secretly made up his mind that after the engine is assembled, he must hold training courses, focusing on cultivating the professional level of craftsmen.

"Yes, it can provide a constant stream of power, it can be used for transportation, it can be used for mining, it can also be used to generate electricity. Rand nodded, and explained: "Electricity, you can think of it as a new energy source, powerful and non-polluting, and very convenient to use. ”

"Is electricity lightning?" asked Oak, stunned, "and it is said in the Hadith of the Holy See that lightning is the embodiment of God's will on earth, and together with thunder, it is called the wrath of the gods. ”

The old bishops of the Holy See are really good at making up stories, and before people fully understand the secrets of the world, they preemptively impose all kinds of powerful natural phenomena on their gods, so as to strengthen the people's reverence for the Holy See and the sacredness of the Holy See itself.

"Essentially, there are many kinds of electricity, and even the simple friction of clothing can produce a weak electric current, and an electric current of the level of lightning contains a lot of energy, which is caused by the friction of thunderclouds. ”

"But that's not what the Holy See says......," Oak cautioned, reminding him cautiously, "the wrath of the gods or something, isn't it?"

"I have long said that all supernatural phenomena can be explained by science! Rand said with some anger: "Those guys in the church are the most brainwashed, not to mention whether God really exists, even if there is a God, then the people on the continent have suffered from war for thousands of years, but I have never heard of God intervening to stop the war and recreate a better world." Rand stopped what he was doing, the poison of the Holy See in this world is too deep, even if it is enslaved and oppressed, but out of fear of unknown gods, the people can't muster the courage to resist the Pope, Rand feels that it is necessary to change people's minds, first of all, to change the minds of Oak.

Speaking of this now, it is just the opportunity to take this opportunity to talk to Oak about the question of faith, and to break the extreme sacredness of the Holy See in Oak's mind, Rand has already thought of a rhetoric.

"Let's not talk about science, let's talk about ideas. "Hell, if you really want to explain to Oak all the phenomena of God's power recorded in the hadith, I'm afraid it will take a few months, because the earthquake is God's wrath, the tsunami is God's wrath, and the mudslide is God's wrath.

Isn't there a time for God to be happy?

"All your suffering is redemption for the sins you were born with. Rand spread out his hands and tried to recall: "I remember that the first sentence of the hadith was this, and the cardinals tried to put this sentence on their lips, and I want to ask, are the people who have endured suffering, are they really guilty?"

"Maybe they will explain it in terms of past and present lives, but what I'm telling you, Oak, is that human beings are individuals composed of water and carbides, and from birth and death, it is nothing more than the maturation of cells to aging, and the dead body will slowly decay and be broken down into carbon dioxide and alkanes. ”

"There is no such thing as soul rebirth. ”

"No one is born with sin, everyone is pure and unbeatable from the moment of birth, and these so-called sins and atonements are imposed on you by the Holy See without your complete knowledge, and sadly," Rand shook his head helplessly and said. I have to admire the Pope's methods, he is indeed a clever ruler, and his method of controlling people's minds is the most direct and powerful way to control people's minds than the warlords who conquer the world by force, and it is difficult to overthrow. ”

Religious beliefs exist in any era, and there are many similar sects in the world of Rand, but none of them are as powerful as the Holy See today, and the distribution area is so wide, even covering the entire continent, except for the westernmost Shadow Mountains, the light of the Pope is almost everywhere, and even several kings have to prostrate at his feet to be baptized and canonized.