865 Inventions
"The host was amazing! I guessed it right at once! ”
Frost Sorrow clapped her hands and praised Arthas loudly, attracting Moella? Copperbeard gave him a strange look.
"Hmph...... Of course! Don't you see that the surface of these rails is so smooth? This reduces drag, and the steam engine head is running up and down a lot faster than your wagons, you know? ”
The dwarf Tarex continues to sell his knowledge.
"But...... So why make such an iron lump? How much can this thing hold? Wouldn't it be better to run on the rails in a light carriage drawn by horse? ”
Arthas asked, confused.
"It's really stupid to say that you humans are stupid, I thought you were better than other humans, but I didn't expect you to be stupid...... Do you really think the key point of the railway is on the tracks? I mean, of course, the rails are also crucial, but the most important thing is the steam head. ”
Pygmy Tarex said loudly.
"Steam...... Head? What do you mean...... This thing is not a carriage, but a ...... Something that runs with a carriage? What's in it? Horses? ”
Arthas stood up and stepped into the head of the steam engine, and looked at it carefully—as if he didn't see a horse's feet peeking out from under the big one?
"Stupid! Horse? What era is it now? It is the era of rapid development of science and technology! Who can see even a horse on the street in Nomorigen? I'm telling you, once this big guy gets moving, it's going to be able to generate at least a few thousand horses! ”
Pygmy Tarex said loudly.
"Thousands of horses? That...... Won't you be able to catch up with a dragon? ”
Arthas said in surprise.
"Of course! In front of these machines. What dragons...... None of them are opponents! You say you're from the kingdom of Lordaeron in the north? What a coincidence, my colleague Rex recently went to the north, as if to help humanity fight the war...... He brought with him the latest weapon that we had researched at Nomorigan. With such weapons...... None of those dragons were opponents. ”
Tarex the dwarf said proudly.
"Well, I've seen that kind of weapon, it's really powerful, but ...... Not as powerful as you say...... How does this thing run? By magic? ”
Arthas remembered the "cannons" that the gnomes had provided for the Alliance—and although the cannons that the dwarf artisan mechanic Rex had attempted to use to bombard the gates of the Greyman's Wall, the cannons mounted on naval warships did offer a new idea for naval warfare.
"Magic? Ha! That kind of pediatric stuff...... Don't you understand? None of the magical gnomes deserve to live in Nomorigan, they only deserve to go to places like Dalaran...... This thing is much more powerful than magic, and it's not complicated to manipulate. A dwarf, or a human, is enough to manipulate this machine. ”
Pygmy Tarex said.
Arthas nodded subconsciously, but soon felt that something was wrong - what do you mean by "a human can manipulate"? How do you feel that this little man is cursing?
"I'm going to show you idiots...... If you want to give your rusty brains a little more useful knowledge. Come up with me and have a look! ”
Tarex said aloud, and then followed a small iron ladder to the steel steam engine.
"Let's go, Frost. Let's go ahead and have a look. ”
Arthas pulled Frost Sorrow as he walked over to the steam engine. Then he said.
"Father, let's go up and have a look!"
Moella? Copperbeard also spoke with interest to Magni? Copperbeard said - she didn't quite understand what the dwarf was saying, but she wanted to follow along, to see if this guy was bragging.
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Alexandros? Mograini and Alfred? Naturally, the two paladins of Abydis followed Arthas into this big guy called "Steam Locomotive Front" - although Lady Frost doesn't have to worry too much here, but Alexandros? Mograini had a bad impression of the dwarf, and he felt the need to be on guard.
"Hey! How did you get so many people in? Don't you move, you know? If this thing is broken, the railway will not be repaired! ”
The dwarf Tarex stood by a large large box for a long time, and then looked back to see Arthas and the others. Hurriedly warned loudly.
Arthas ignored the little man's words, but looked around - the so-called "steam head" did not seem complicated. Underneath it are rows of flat wheels, and the platforms on the wheels are mostly empty, with only the front and rear fenders set up.
The place where the dwarf Tarex stands has two levers, and an improvised seat. There was an opening in the large box in front of him, and there seemed to be some ash or something in it.
"What's this big box?"
Arthas asked with interest.
"Big box? It's a furnace, the furnace understands? ”
Tarex said disdainfully, and he walked over to the edge of the "furnace", where a large pile of goods was piled up, and a canvas was covered with it, not knowing what was underground.
With a "snort", Tarex ripped off the canvas, and Arthas saw that under the canvas was a pile of wood that had already been split into pieces.
"What are you doing with all this wood?"
Arthas asked curiously.
"You'll find out later...... Hey, Magni, come here, shovel some wood into this furnace. ”
Tarex was holding the king of Ironforge as if he were ordering a servant.
"Okay!"
Magni? Brass whiskers had no shelves, so he rolled up his sleeves, went to the wood, pulled out the shovel that was inserted in the wood, scooped up a spade, and sent it into the furnace.
Tarex took the tinder from the pocket of his overalls, lit a wad of flotting paper, and threw it into the stove.
The flaming paper soon ignited the dry wood, and the fire in the furnace grew stronger.
"Don't stop, get some more wood in."
Tarex vs. Magni? Brass said.
"Okay!"
Magni? Brass replied loudly, and then sent some wood into the furnace - he was the king of the dwarves of Ironforge, and the most brilliant smith in the entire Danmoro snowfield, and he was the best at how to make the furnace fire in the furnace strong.
Soon, the fire of the furnace burned the entire walls of the furnace red, and at the same time Arthas heard a strange noise—gurgling, as if boiling water was bubbling.
Arthas looked up at the source of the sound—and he realized that he had just missed something—and above his head was a huge iron box with a chimney. (To be continued......)