Volume 4 The Rising Star of the Imperial Capital 13 The Imperial Capital Water Project 02
First, decide what you want to do. Xu Zheng immediately thought of two, the first was from his own personal storage space to think of the small personal storage props mentioned in the alchemy manual, which have become absolutely resounding, similar to space rings, necklaces or something, small and convenient personal storage equipment that can be carried around. The second is to use the magic array to solve the problem of water shortage caused by the arid and rainless climate of the imperial capital.
Storage props are not big in shape, they are only related to the person, and it seems to be easy to do. Then Xu Zheng realized that the difficulty of opening up space was not as easy as he imagined, and it was even more difficult to condense the complicated magic array into these small props. It seemed impossible to do it before the miniature carving process could be done to reduce the level of the magic array and the magic array to a higher level and streamline them, so Xu Zheng gave up and turned his goal to the problem of water source.
The imperial capital of Zion is currently short of water, and all the water used by the residents comes from the moat canal and a distant river outside the city of Zion. First, it is difficult to obtain water, and secondly, the cost of water is high due to evaporation consumption on the way and in the middle of the way. However, the artificial lake outside Samuel Castle does not have a lot of water reserves, and it has to be used as a war readiness, except for solving the water problem of Samuel Castle, it is completely powerless to do anything about the water shortage in Zion.
So, is there another way to solve the water problem?
In the past, cities used to draw water from rivers and lakes and purify it, and then transport it to households, factories, and other places where there was a need for it.
Xu Zheng was inspired by this and pushed it backwards.
First of all, the metallurgical level of the Aris continent was sufficient to make pipelines for transporting water. It didn't even involve two dwarves to do this, and the casting and forging techniques of the Bladed Blacksmith in Zion City alone could make pipes for transportation. As long as a complete water supply system is built in Zion, it is possible to build a water supply system in an otherworldly city. In this way, it can be done by simply investing in the cost of building and laying the pipeline. The cost of this process formation. It can be solved by the savings in water transportation costs and other water shortages. So, the cost is not an issue.
To form a water supply system. Not only must there be water storage equipment, but also water pressure must be formed, and there is water pressure in the entire water supply system in order to supply water. In a previous life, this problem was solved by a pumping machine driven by an electric motor. But this is the other world. Technology has not developed to the level of widespread use of electric power, Xu Zheng thought about it, and only by building a high-altitude water tower can the problem of water pressure be solved.
Then there is the water source, which Xu Zheng has already thought about, just use a large water system condensation array to extract water elements from the air and condense them into water. Its velocity of water formation. It only depends on the ability of the magic array and the density of the water element in the air. Moreover, according to the theory of magic, the distribution of magic elements has the property of automatic replenishment, and when the content of a certain magic element in a place decreases, the magic element will automatically flow to the place with a low content to compensate. Re-establish the balance. This is equivalent to getting a steady stream of water from the air, as long as it is not too fast, and the balance is too badly damaged. It will all compensate automatically.
In this otherworld, which is close to the original ecology, the concentration of magic elements is not a problem, Xu Zheng can clearly feel when he is practicing the Heavenly Dao Technique, this otherworldly time and space, not only is there enough aura, but there are also many inexplicable powers. After learning magic through meditation and learning from Garcia, the magic hand knows that these powers are exactly what are called magical elements.
Again. The concentration of the water element and the humidity of the air are two different things, the lack of rain and drought formed by the terrain and climate does not mean that the density of the water element in the air is low, Xu Zheng asked Garcia to find the magic element and measured, Zion's magic element content is very balanced, and the content of various magic elements is comparable to the average content of the entire Aris magic element, and the source is not a problem. It is possible to obtain water by condensing the water element with a magic circle.
When I thought of this, the water tower and the magic array were linked, that is, the magic array could be built on the water tower, so that the built water tower could have three functions, storing water, and using the magic array to obtain water sources while providing water pressure, killing three birds with one stone. The key is to design a high-power water gathering magic array.
Thinking of this, Xu Zheng immediately began to experiment.
First of all, he drew a water system condensation array with a diameter of two meters, and because it was an experiment, Xu Zheng only took one-tenth of the area of the water tower.
After the drawing was completed, he took out five first-order water element demon cores, put them on the five corners and activated them for an hour, and found that their efficiency was lower than he imagined, and it took an hour to condense two buckets of water, which could not even meet his personal requirements.
Considering that if you use secret silver to cut down the magic array, and then use alchemist's oil to mix low-grade star wood powder as the material for drawing the magic array, the effect can be increased by four times, reaching about eight barrels per hour. It is not impossible to choose better materials to improve, but the results of these efforts, especially when drawing a magic array of more than thirty meters in such an area, will increase geometrically, and the cost will be overwhelming. Therefore, it can only be improved from the formation.
After thinking about it for a long time, Xu Zheng took the water element condensation array as the main array, and at an angle of one hundred and twenty degrees on it, drew a wind condensation array in each of the three directions, and then centered on the center of the main array, a wind whirlwind array covered by a radius of two-thirds of the place cooperated with three wind condensation arrays as second-order auxiliary arrays, and spread the magic elements above the main array to rotate, speeding up the update speed, thereby increasing the condensation speed.
After this improvement, once the entire array was activated, a whirlwind of non-stop rotation shrouded the sky, and the condensation speed accelerated a little, reaching the appearance of fourteen barrels in one hour.
After thinking about it, Xu Zheng added magic links in the center of the three wind system magic arrays, and connected the three wind system arrays into a whole, which made the efficiency of the entire formation system a little better.
Seeing that the tangent triangle formed by the three magic links already had the rudiments of the earth-based magic array, and thinking of the earth-born water, which had the meaning of the mother earth, he gradually added this three-shaped shape to a perfect earth-based cultivation array, and activated it with three first-order earth-based demon cores alone.
At this time, the entire condensate system with the water system condensation array as the core has begun to take shape, and the results of the test have reached the appearance of eighteen barrels of water per hour, which is not slow. If the entire magic array is enlarged to the area of thirty meters initially set by Xu Zheng, counting the loss, the entire effect can reach about one hundred and sixty barrels in an hour, filling a water tower of two thousand cubic meters, as big as a day.
Xu Zheng is still not satisfied with such a speed, after a water tower is put into use, it is impossible to store water and not release water. Most of the time, the process of converting water and using water is carried out at the same time, and the speed has to be increased.
After thinking about it, he couldn't think of any good way to increase the speed of transformation, Xu Zheng had a headache, left the magic array on the ground, and went to draw the construction structure of the water tower.
Xu Zheng was very familiar with the structure of the inverted cone umbrella water tower, and quickly drew an inverted cone umbrella water tower twenty meters above the ground, and marked various parameters on it, before turning back to the magic array system. After looking at it for a long time, he still couldn't find a good way, so Xu Zheng gave up for the time being, planning to continue the next day.
The next day, after going to Mr. Garcia's place for a turn, Xu Zheng walked into the alchemy laboratory with a bite of the scallion bread baked by Farofa, and saw Forrester squatting on the ground, looking at the magic array system on the ground and pondering.
Xu Zheng handed over the breakfast brought to Forrestal, and the two masters and apprentices nibbled onion bread together, drank the hot juice from Uncle Hughes, and even squatted on the ground in the same posture, studying the magic array on the ground.
In the aroma of green onions and juice, the two masters and apprentices slowly ate their breakfast, but they threw all their minds into the magic array. Forrester finished the bread, licked his fingers, and said, "I don't see any use for this formation other than converting the water element into pure water. The design idea of the whole array is very good, especially the idea of using the whirlwind array to promote the flow of magical elements is very creative. ”
Xu Zheng smiled: "It's used to convert water." He smiled and said what he thought.
Forrester frowned and said, "I haven't thought about using magic to gather water to improve the water shortage problem in the imperial capital. It's just that after it is turned out like this, it is put in a large pool for everyone to use? And if you only take water from the pool, it will definitely not be fast, and if the conversion speed is too fast, the excess water will overflow, which will not only be wasted, but also troublesome to dispose of. I've been looking into this for a long time. ”
Xu Zheng took the sheepskin that drew the water tower yesterday and said, "What I'm worried about now is the problem that the conversion speed is not fast enough, not the problem of excessive conversion." Look, if you use such a thing to store water, because of the height difference between it and the ground, there will naturally be water pressure, and then use pipes to connect the water to each household, and close the exit with a gnome's angle valve, open it when you use it, and the water will come, and when you don't use it, turn it off, and the water will be cut off, isn't it very convenient?"
Forrester took the sheepskin and didn't understand it after reading it for a long time, but he understood Xu Zheng's intentions, and his face couldn't help but change for a while, and after thinking about it carefully, he was not only greatly admired, but also praised: "You are just full of strange ideas." In this way, the problems of water storage and transportation are solved, and the key is the speed of water conversion. ”
Xu Zheng nodded: "Yes, I just don't think the speed of conversion is fast enough." ”
Forrester thought about the operation of the entire water supply system repeatedly, and the more he thought about it, the more convenient and easy to use it became, and he couldn't help but get excited, and said, "It's really a good thing, how did you come up with it?"
Xu Zheng smiled and replied to the question: "This is called the tap water system." If the magic circle is transformed fast enough, Zion's water problem will be greatly improved. At the very least, domestic water can be partially solved, so as not to conflict with agricultural water use, and make the already scarce water source more stable. ”
"Tap water, tap water. Forrester muttered a few times, and felt that the title was apt. chuckled, "This name is also interesting." Come, let's study this together. ”
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