It's still quite cool in the morning in the Northland in March, and the people here are still wearing thick clothes.

Charles didn't expect that he would come to the Forge Holy Land again in such a form after being away for more than half a year.

He jumped out of the cabin-like cabin, took the card handed to him, and gave him a perfect score.

"I'm sorry again, Olympus. Charles recursively the dragon that transported them all the way from the south to the north.

"You're welcome. Olympus took the card, "It is our aim to provide satisfactory service to our customers. ”

After the shivering guests in the crew compartment came out, Olympus once again took to the sky with the crew compartment.

Early in the morning, the early risers of the Forge Sanctuary and its surroundings saw the spectacular sight of ten dragons flying in formation in the air at the same time.

The elves are afraid of the cold, and after a night of high-altitude flight, only Charles can still be alive in the elf delegation, and the other elves have not come back to their senses yet.

"You're so generous!" a deep voice sounded behind Charles, "how much does it cost?" ”

Charles turned to the dwarf who had come to greet them, "It's a pleasure to see you again, His Majesty the Pope. ”

As a result, Pope Dagger Bryant looked at Charles's face and asked, "Who are you?"

Charles's face darkened, so he took out his mask and put it on.

"Oh, your nose is back!" the dagger slapped Charles on the shoulder, but Charles didn't move.

"Yo, I'm getting stronger. He Dou Dagger looked at Charles a little surprised, "Let's go, you and your men go to rest first, and we'll talk about something tomorrow." ”

Not far away, a row of carriages had been parked, ready to take the visitors to the hotel to rest.

Charles naturally agreed, and as soon as he explained to Edward, who had come to his senses, he was pulled away by the He Dou Dagger.

Sitting in the Pope's carriage, Charles asked curiously, "Your Majesty, where is Brigitte, is she not there, why are you here to meet us?"

The Holy Maiden is in charge of diplomatic affairs, and it is generally her job to greet foreign guests. Today, it was the Pope himself who came, which makes no sense.

He Dou Dagger said: "Brigitte and Locke have gone to the west for guests, and it is estimated that it will be a long time before they return. I'm here to pick you up, and those bean sprouts aren't worth it for me to come in person. ”

Charles was genuinely afraid, "How can I deserve your personal reception." ”

"If I think it's worth it, then you're worth it. He Dou Dagger said indifferently, "I see that you are quite energetic, are you going to rest or to go for a walk?"

Charles replied, "Today I want to be a little busy with personal matters, and I plan to buy a little technology. ”

"What are you going to do?" asked He Dou Dagger, "don't tell me that you want to buy concrete production technology yourself." ”

"Not this one. Charles explained: "Not long ago, I partnered with two elves to start a company that produces vehicles, and our new product has been designed, but we have encountered some technical difficulties in mass production. ”

"What's the big deal?" He Dou Dagger thought that Charles was dragged to a workshop as a wronged man, "Give me the list of technologies, and I will help you find someone, and when the time comes, I will let them come to you, and you will talk about the specific treatment yourself." ”

After receiving the pamphlet handed by Charles and the contact information of the Wright sisters, who had come with him, He Dou Dagger said to him, "Let's wait to go to the proving ground, the design you left before you left last time is now being experimented." ”

"You built the excavator?!" Charles asked in surprise, "so fast?"

"It's kind of a prototype. He Dou Dagger was a little proud, "But there are still many problems that have not been solved." ”

"This is also very powerful, how long has it been, only half a year. Charles exclaimed. At the beginning, he and Diana made a schematic diagram and structural diagram of the excavator and handed it to He Dou Dagger, but they didn't expect them to have results so quickly.

Charles's carriage detached from the convoy and headed towards the industrial area.

The carriage walked for a while to an open field, and when he got out of the car, Charles saw a small excavator digging the dirt out of a dirt pit.

The mini excavator does not have a running gear yet and is now being mounted on an iron shelf. The outside of the cockpit, which is more than a meter long and wide, is unobstructed, and a dwarf sitting in the position is controlling the steel arm with an arm length of about three meters by manipulating the push lever.

And the most pitiful thing about this excavator is that when its arms need to turn, several dwarves behind the control room push a steel "tail" of the control room like a grinder to turn.

Charles looked at it from a safe distance for a few minutes and found that the excavator's arms were quite flexible, with a short response time to the driver's operation and plenty of strength.

"How's it going, isn't it?" asked He Dou Dagger.

"It's amazing. Charles said heartily.

He Dou Dagger asked him, "Do you want to go up and try it?"

Before Charles could answer, he asked the driver above to get down, and then pulled Charles into the cab.

Charles was glad that he was small now and sat just right in the dwarf's chair.

Seeing Charles tinkering with the joystick, the driver said a little nervously on the side, "Don't break it." ”

"Go cool!" He Dou Dagger scolded the driver, "If it weren't for him, where would this excavator come from for you!

The driver's neck shrunk and slipped to the side.

Charles tried the three putters in front of him, which controlled the boom attached to the chassis, the stick on the boom, and the bucket on the stick.

As soon as he pushes the rightmost lever, the connecting rod that controls the boom will extend out of the sleeve and push the boom forward. As soon as his hand was released, the pushrod was reset by the spring, and then the boom stopped. When he pulls the actuator back, the link retracts into the sleeve and returns the boom to its previous position.

If he wants to steer, then press the left and right pedals, and after stepping on it, the light will turn on behind him, and the dwarf who controls the direction will push the excavator in the corresponding direction, push it into place, release the foot, and let the light go out.

In his previous life, he had learned to play with the master who drove the excavator a few times, and he quickly skillfully dug a shovel of soil in the ground and poured it closer to him.

But he didn't turn, so there was no need to bother the guys.

"How's it going?" asked him.

Charles nodded and said, "It's more flexible than I thought it would be, and it's also very powerful." ”

He flattened his steel arm, jumped out of his seat and walked to the side, knocking it a few times.

"It's steel. He said.

"That's not it. He Dou Dagger said proudly, "For it, we have been busy for more than a month, and we failed more than 20 times before we researched it." If this steel is used to make weapons and armor, those people will have to break their heads. ”

Charles nodded, pouring and forging such a large steel structure, even with the use of hydraulic forging hammers and the magic of unscientific dwarven craftsmen, the dwarves must have spent a lot of effort.

On the eastern side of the earth, other kingdoms really can't make such large steel components. Even in the Rurik Kingdom, it is not easy to make it.

"What about their production and cost?" Charles asked, "can they be standardized and mass-produced?"

"The output is okay, and at present, you can get about 20 sets a month in full production. He Dou Dagger said that Charles and Diana could get a little royalty for the excavator produced as agreed, "The cost is moderate." I don't think it's a big problem if it's a standardized production. ”

Then Charles came to the connecting rod, which was the component he was most concerned about. The excavator he had seen in his previous life was hydraulic, but this excavator was clearly not.

"How do you control the linkage here?" Charles patted the linkage.

He Dou Dagger sighed at this time, "This is one of the hardest parts of this machine, in fact, we haven't solved this problem. ”

"The magic active substance in this is the technology of the demons, and the ones in it are still deducted from the golem puppets of the demons sent by the Philingen Kingdom some time ago and reprocessed. ”

Charles blinked, he had heard about this material once in the dream forum in the Rurik Kingdom, just like the electroactive polymers in his previous life that deformed when electricity was applied, this kind of magical active substance could also deform when magic passed. The former golems of the Rurik Kingdom used this material to simulate muscles.

Charles felt that it was a waste of this kind of material to be used only to simulate muscles, and it was difficult to make a multi-cylinder engine out of it.

He Dou Dagger pulled Charles into the distance at this time, and after seeing that there was no one around, he whispered to him: "Charles, I think you should know the relationship between the elves and the west side. ”

Charles nodded.

He Dou Dagger continued: "You go back and help me talk to Victoria, see if she can help us set up a line with that side, we want to purchase this material in large quantities." ”

Charles thought for a moment, then agreed. He could even bypass Victoria's side and use the Dragons as an excuse to contact the west. No wonder why the Pope greeted him in person today, it turned out that he was asking for help.

Seeing Charles nodding, He Dou Dagger smiled, and he said, "Now there is a big problem with this excavator. ”

He Dou Dagger paused for a moment, then looked at Charles.

Charles continued his words and said, "You can't move, right, this steel guy can't be pulled by a car." ”

He Dou Dagger nodded, "That's right, so we're going to use the Golem puppet and equip it with spider-like feet. ”

Charles opened his mouth and found that this seemed to be feasible, he had seen the spider excavator on the Internet, it was used in complex terrain, but the style of the excavator was a little wrong at that time.

"Didn't Brigitte and Locke go west?" At this time, Charles remembered the whereabouts of the Holy Maiden, and they followed Alexei to the kingdom of Rurik.

He Dou dagger "hehe" twice, "They went by the normal route, and when they got here, they would all talk." ”

Then he said: "According to calculations, if the excavator can meet the design requirements, it can double the work efficiency in mining and farmland water conservancy construction." ”

Charles believed in their calculations, after all, the advantages of the machine were too great. If his ancestors had gotten the excavator out, Artoria wouldn't have had to dig ditches.

After He Dou Dagger finished speaking, he pulled Charles to the carriage, "Let's go, I'll take you to the factory area to visit again, and I'll hold a banquet to entertain you in the evening." ”