Chapter 97 Site selection and factory construction
After a hearty lunch, as the town cleaned up the mess, Mercato led Merry and Saria out of the small square.
Walking through the green fields is a completely different feeling from when I rode the steam car before.
Walking through the fields, you can see the scent of earth and grass, the chirping of birds, and the green ears of wheat at your fingertips.
Far from the hustle and bustle of the city, the roar of machinery, and the gray smoke and dust of the factories.
Murray finally couldn't help but ask, "Wouldn't it be a pity to build a factory in such a beautiful place?"
Mercator turned his head to look at the dragon boy strangely, smiled and asked, "Oh?
Facing the words of the dwarf leader in the town, the young man of the Dragon Kingdom suddenly lowered his head and fell silent.
Sariya, who was following alongside, saw that the dwarf and the dragon boy were silent, and wanted to say something, but found that she didn't know how to say it?
After a long time, Mecato said, "Actually, these days I am also wondering, is it worth building a factory in such a beautiful place?"
"I have long wondered why machinery and industry cannot serve our lives, but can only be used in war?"
"Later, I gradually understood that in order for any kind of life to survive, it is indispensable to fight against fate. ”
And in this struggle, there will inevitably be a struggle between different lives, and even between the same lives. ”
"Then war is inevitable, or it is predestined, it is an insurmountable gap between the development of life and survival. ”
Hearing Meccato's words, both Murry and Saria were speechless, or didn't know how to respond.
And the dwarf was silent for a moment, and then continued: "Therefore, since we are insurmountable, then it is better to simply face it, and it is better for us to dominate the war ourselves than to be dominated by the war passively. ”
After listening to Meccato's words, I have to admit that this dwarf leader does have some ideas of his own.
And some of his thoughts are the same as Murray's, and the two of them hit it off, dispelling Murry's worries.
After passing through a large green wheat field, we finally came to a clearing on the east side of the town.
There are no wheat fields, no trees or flowers, and it is much more barren than before.
Fortunately, there is a small river flowing through it, which also adds some vitality to the barren land.
Mecato pointed to the empty space by the river and said, "Look, does this meet your requirements?" I have been looking for a long time according to your request, and I think that only this one is the most suitable, the land here is relatively barren, and there is a river according to your requirements, and this is the downstream of the river that flows through the town, which should not affect the use of the town. ”
After listening to Mecator's introduction, he looked around carefully, and even took a look at the steam engine on his waist.
Falling down, he said to the gnome leader with some excitement: "Okay, it's really amazing, it's really a great place here." ”
Meccator smiled and said, "Okay, you can be satisfied, so the location has been finalized, when will the factory be built?"
"Anytime. As soon as the words came out, Murray felt that something was wrong, thought for a while and said: "Well, it seems that some preparations are needed, especially the need to prepare to support the kinetic energy of the factory, and several large steam engines are needed, but since there is a river flowing here, it can also replace part of the steam engines with water flows, which need to be built in advance before the factory can be built." ”
The smile on Mecato's face narrowed when he heard this, and he asked with some surprise, "If that's the case, will it take more time?"
Murray lowered his head and carefully calculated, and then said: "If we make it all by ourselves, it will definitely take a lot of time, and it is estimated that it may not be able to be completed in more than a month." ”
Seeing that the dwarf's face became worse, he continued: "But there are some things that we don't have to make ourselves, like steam engines, and some machine tools for processing, we can completely ask the black market to help, get a batch of damaged ones from other people's factories from other areas, and then I can carry out some repairs, which should be able to support the operation of the factory first." ”
Mecato thought for a moment and asked, "Do you mean to replace those old machines with those old ones?"
Murray nodded: "Yes, if you want to build a factory as soon as possible, using old machinery is the safest way, and it is very fast." ”
"The most important thing is that we can save time by building the factory with old machinery and replacing it gradually during the production process. ”
Mercato nodded in agreement: "Okay, since you think this is feasible, then follow your method." ”
Then Mecato said: "I will leave the matter of building the factory here, and I will also send someone to help you with the old machinery, but I am afraid that you will not be able to go back these days." ”
Murray didn't mind: "Well, yes, let's stay here for a few days, let's build the factory first." ”
At this time, Salia suddenly spoke, "I need a separate house in the middle of nowhere, and I need some magical research. ”
The witch's sudden request made Murry and Mercator not expect, originally thought that the witch would not ask for anything.
But after being stunned for a moment, Mercato quickly smiled and said, "No problem, I will arrange it for you as soon as possible." ”
After receiving Meccato's promise, Saria naturally stopped talking and continued to stand silently beside Murray.
Murray smiled and stretched out his hand to Mecato and said, "Then, I wish our cooperation a pleasant one, and I hope we can succeed." ”
Mercato also stretched out his hand, shook hands with the dragon boy, and said, "Okay, I hope we can succeed." ”
The people in the town are obviously very hands-on, and after finalizing the place, it took almost only one afternoon, and in the evening, a prototype of a large-scale factory has been built, and the overall structure is in accordance with Murray's requirements, and a factory that completely refers to the mechanical workshops of the Dragon Kingdom has been built.
Of course, although the shell has been erected, the interior is still empty, and the processing machinery is not yet in place.
But Murray wasn't in a hurry, and spent the afternoon drawing a water-powered kinetic machine.
After all, kinetic energy is also a crucial part of the factory, and if there is no sufficient kinetic energy, the factory will naturally not be able to produce.
After Murray saw the small river, he thought of the idea of a hydrokinetic energy machine, and personally went through field experiments, which was basically finalized.
However, although it was finalized, it was not easy to build, and fortunately, the people of the whole town helped out.
It seems that everything is going according to Murray's prediction, and Murray and the people of the town will be moving towards a new destiny.