Chapter 76: The Steam Engine
And just like that, Emily took up residence in the shelter. At first, she was not used to it, clamoring to return to the tree, but after a few days of adaptation, she found that the life of civilized people was unexpectedly convenient, so she left the habits of half-elves behind.
After all, you can't enjoy a bubble bath in a treehouse, and Emily, who tried it once, fell in love with the feeling of being surrounded by aroma and happiness. There were also the kind of bedding and beds that the whole person could sink into, and all kinds of delicious food that Emily had never seen before, although it was a little lonely to not see her father and sister and everyone in the village, but at least until the novelty passed, Emily was very happy.
Of course, but there is no such thing as eating and drinking for nothing.
In this alien world where there is no labor law, Jiang Feng is not soft at all when it comes to employing child labor.
Especially when Jiang Feng discovers that Emily has the ability to communicate with plants, and can accelerate the growth of plants through communication with plants. Chatting with the plantation's crops every day has become a daily routine for her.
In the early morning, Iran, who wiped her wet hair with a towel and hung her mask around her neck, was about to go to the cement kiln.
When she came out of the shelter, she happened to see Jiang Feng at the door, squatting with his big henchman called Hammer, fiddling with a large pile of metal parts.
Out of curiosity, Yi Ran walked over and took a second look and asked.
"What is this?"
"Steam turbines, used to drive ships," Jiang Feng said briefly, "You should have something like this there, I thought you could recognize it." ”
"Who has nothing to do to stare at this thing, not to mention that we don't need this old-fashioned antique for a long time, and we use an oil-burning internal combustion engine."
"How can this be done, making this thing is a necessary skill for a traverser." While directing the steel hammer to use a wrench to button the screws in the correct position, Jiang Feng said to Yi Ran with a smile, "It seems that your cultivation is not enough. ”
"What are the necessary skills, who loves to learn them." Yi Ran pursed her lips and said disapprerovingly, "Speaking of which, what are you doing with this kind of old antique?" Level 3 civilization should always have some convenient transportation, right? ”
"Sophisticated instruments and advanced technology are designed to help us solve problems that we couldn't solve before, rather than trying to refine some trivial details and complicate what would otherwise be simple. Why bother to put an antimatter engine on it when I could get this ship out to sea with a charcoal-burning steam engine? Jiang Feng said in a casual tone, "After all, you still don't understand what civilization is. ”
"Wait, going to sea? Are you going to get out of here? Ira was surprised.
"That's right, because I promised someone one thing, I may be away for a while, but it shouldn't be long." Jiang Feng said, "I hope that when I come back, I can see a complete shelter...... At least don't get too bad. ”
"Am I the kind of person who can do vandalism? You might as well say these things to that little ghost. Ira said impatiently.
"Emily? She doesn't have that chance, and I wouldn't be stupid enough to leave her here and let her spoil my orchard while I'm away. Jiang Feng smiled and said in a relaxed tone.
"Thank goodness for that." Ira breathed a sigh of relief.
Emily is like a kitten, curious to see something new. That quirky little head always has an insatiable amount of bad ideas, and although it is not malicious, it always causes trouble every now and then.
Ira can't stand this kind of feisty imp the most.
Although she seems to have forgotten selectively, she is a little ghost herself.
Losing interest in the bulky machine, Ira turned and headed down the hill.
However, before she had taken two steps, she suddenly stopped and turned around, as if she remembered something.
"By the way, thank you."
"What did you suddenly thank me for?"
Scratching her cheek with her index finger, Ira looked to the side with an uncandid expression.
"When I first crossed over here, I was disheartened, especially when I saw that there was only a small flame left in my ability, and I couldn't accept that I was so weak. But now, I've finally regained a little bit of how I used to feel. ”
As she spoke, a flame popped out of Ira's fingertips.
The flame was like a cheerful elf, shuttling between those slender fingers.
"Although I still can't compare my power with before, I can clearly feel that my control over flames is even stronger than when I was in the wasteland before!"
"I'm tired and exhausted every day, and I burn my hands if I'm not careful, I couldn't understand your intentions at first, and I thought you asked me to burn cement, just using my ability to do things for you......"
"Now I finally understand your painstaking efforts."
"Thank you."
The five fingers closed and extinguished the flame, Yi Ran took a deep breath and bowed deeply to Jiang Feng.
“……”
Looking at Yi Ran with a sincere face, Jiang Feng didn't speak, his expression was a little subtle.
Kid, you're not wrong about me, I really just want you to help me get some cement......
Of course, these words are destined to be spoken only in the heart.
This beautiful misunderstanding, let it continue to misunderstand.
After Yi Ran left, Jiang Feng continued to direct the steel hammer to assemble the steam engine, but he was thinking about other things absent-mindedly in his heart.
The changes that happened to Yi Ran provided him with a new way of thinking, even if he didn't know the method of meditation, he could improve the two attributes of spiritual power and mana by constantly releasing spells.
It seems that in the future, it will be necessary to put a few rounds of corrosive acid on the steel plate before going to bed to consume some excess mental energy, which also happens to help sleep.
In this way, Jiang Feng was busy until the afternoon.
Under his tireless efforts, the steel hammer that was originally scratching his ears and cheeks against a pile of parts finally became a journeyman. Even without Jiang Feng's guidance, he was able to follow the steps prompted on the drawings to assemble this pile of parts into a complete steam engine.
"The sink is filled with water, coal is added to the combustion chamber, the boiler is ignited, here is the pressure gauge, and when you see the red line, the pointer stops at the position of the red line, and you twist the knob to open the valve, and then the piston can move, so as to drive the rotation of the axle. The rivets in key parts must be tightened, otherwise they may collapse and fly out, causing serious safety accidents. While explaining the principles of the steam turbine to the steel hammer, Jiang Feng taught him a little bit of basic mechanical motion laws.
Early theories of physics were born from these simple natural sciences.
Looking at the steel hammer that was touching his chin and falling into deep thought, Jiang Feng nodded with satisfaction.
If he really thinks seriously about the mystery at this time, then the future of these his people will be infinitely bright. Although he came from a higher civilization and could teach these Samuns a lot, a civilization that does not know how to think will never be able to move from ignorance to prosperity in the true sense.
"Leave these steps to your apprentices," turning off the valve that controlled the pressure, Jiang Feng patted the big bronze guy next to him, "Although I only need one of this thing for the time being, I hope you can all learn it." ”
After speaking, Jiang Feng glanced at the sky and saw that there was still some time before it got dark, so he walked down the mountain.