"Bang ......"

The iron minecart follows two smooth tracks and automatically exits the mine.

The cart was loaded with clods of dirt and ore, and a gray-robed apprentice magician stood on the attached pedals, waited until the minecart reached the crowd, reached out and flipped the switch, and slowly stopped.

"The ride is fairly stable, but the speed could be increased a little bit."

Wald made an evaluation from the side, then turned to the lord beside him and said, "My lord, you ...... look."

"Very good."

Colin's usual encouragement was followed by a question, "Such a ...... How long does the magic block run? ”

"If you run it at full capacity continuously, it will take about 24 hours, and then you have to disassemble it, replace it, and take it to the workshop to recharge the basic magic device."

A stand-alone magical device similar to a "battery" was made using the reagent method, and after several experiments, it was officially installed on a minecart.

At the beginning, Colin had a headache and thought of a name, so he let Wald and the others discuss it and decide it for himself, and finally he chose the name "Magic Energy Block", referred to as "Magic Energy Block".

The energy conversion rate of the basic magic device has now increased from 18% to 22%, and although Wald originally claimed to reach 35% within five years, it does not seem to be that long at the current rate.

22%。

Colin is already very satisfied with this value, after all, the efficiency of the average fuel engine in the previous life was only about 30%.

But the world's biggest headache is fuel.

The Twilight Fortress now has only two types of fuel for its basic magic devices, wood from cutting down trees, and Blackstone purchased from surrounding territories.

Either way, it's not very rich.

Although it is similar to the coal on earth in all respects, the high price caused by the scarcity of reserves makes it difficult to become a major source of industrial fuel like coal.

On the one hand, the burning effect of wood is far less than that of blackstone, and on the other hand, cutting down trees is also a problem.

Logging teams are already working day and night, but timber still has to be supplied to the construction industry, and as the surrounding woods are over-deforested, the logging teams have to move farther and less efficiently.

Magic energy is not electricity, but the principle is more or less the same.

A "basic magic device" is similar to a generator, while a "magic block" is a battery or battery.

Colin was glad that Chaya's energy industry flew directly from its primitive state to "electric", but unfortunately it was still not as efficient as the fuel engine.

All he could do was continue to improve efficiency while looking for more fuel.

"Lord Olivia."

Colin turned to the elf lady and asked, "What do you think?" ”

"You humans are always able to make these strange things, and I remember that Aloyd, in addition to going to your teacher, liked to run to Gilman, and he was especially fond of all kinds of machines." Olivia laughed, "But it's certainly a good idea to be able to use it to save manpower." ”

Colin had thought that Olivia would more or less say that this thing was not natural, but he still underestimated the bottom line of the elves' flexible principles.

Olivia seemed to see what he was thinking, and smiled: "If you ask me if this destroys nature, my answer is: yes, it will definitely destroy nature, so elves will never do anything like that." I don't like the smoke from burning in your workshop, but it's your choice. ”

In the logic of the elves, no race can really threaten nature, so nature does not need anyone to protect it at all, and the behavior of human beings to destroy nature will eventually eat themselves, but this has nothing to do with the elves, as long as they do not directly threaten them, the elves are too lazy to care.

Colin and Wald had designed the workshop with as much thought as possible not to affect the elves' living space, but Olivia was still able to see what was happening in the workshop.

"Please rest assured." Colin smiled: "Environmental protection is related to every race, every person, although the impact is very small at present, but I will pay special attention." ”

Olivia nodded indifferently.

Thinking that Elloyd actually liked machines, Colin was speechless.

It's not like an elf's hobby at all.

"If His Excellency Aloyd has such a hobby, after a while, maybe you can invite him to come to Xia Ya to have a look, this place will definitely attract him more."

Being able to be invited by the teacher to bless himself, Aloyd's strength will definitely not be bad.

It would be a good thing if the druid could be "kidnapped" as well.

The current high-end combat power of the fortress is actually not weak.

Glenn;

Olivia;

Rupert Cotton.

All three of them have Magister-level strength.

But Colin didn't mind having a few more of them, especially Aloyd, who blessed him, and from a personal point of view, Colin missed him a lot.

Olivia looked at the minecart in front of her and nodded, "That kid will love it here." ”

"Do you think kobolds have the intelligence to operate this minecart?" Colin turned the conversation back to the moment.

Olivia thought for a moment and said, "Make that wrench a little bigger, and then demonstrate it in front of them a few more times, and let them try it a few more times on their own, it should be taught." ”

Colin understood.

It is not possible to teach these little ones in words, but they can be reflexively taught the relationship between the operation of the minecart and the wrench.

It's like training a dog.

As the two spoke, a group of kobolds chattered around the self-running minecart, looking very interested.

"You can rest assured that this is given to Belinda, she is now communicating smoothly with these kobolds."

"Thank you."

……

……

Daeron leaned over and looked at the nearby Akibara City in front of him, and then looked back at the endless stucco road, and the twilight city that had long since disappeared, and a sense of accomplishment came spontaneously.

The only two cities in Xia Ya were connected by him by a road.

Two paths, to be exact.

Interestingly, the road, which consisted of two rails and was named "Railway" by the lord, was laid earlier because of the more manpower involved, although it started later than the stucco road.

The railroad is more technically difficult, and Daren was also involved in the official operation of the Magic Energy Rail Minecart a few days ago.

He couldn't help but be excited when he thought that in the future there would be a tin car speeding between the two cities.

But honestly, that's going to take a little bit of time.

After all, the rail minecart is still different from the train, the former uses magic energy blocks, which have less power and less complexity, but the train is equipped with a basic magic energy device, which is directly driven by fuel, which is more powerful, but also more complex.

When Darren sighed, he saw several people coming out of Akibara City.

(End of chapter)