On March 15th, Ben, who was immersed in the ruins, suddenly heard Sophia mention that the workshop was about to be completed, and the mage who came to be interested put down the drawing tools in his hand and took Sophia to the east of the city to see how to use boiling water to drive the operation of the machine.

Padmila Hill itself was located in the eastern part of the city, not far beyond the walls of the palace was the city walls, and beyond the walls was the newly built workshop area, and Ben Kaul was the first person to visit with Rand and the first to hear that he was going to build a workshop area here.

After a week of construction by magic elves, barbarian blacksmiths, and many craftsmen, a row of tall stone houses has been erected outside the city walls.

The largest stone house is what Rand said

In the "steam-powered" room, as soon as you enter the room, you will see a large salt boiling pot on the burning pit, almost the same process as in the salt mine, but the upper part of the pot is different, the closed lid is connected to several pipes, and the thickest one leads to the next room.

"The whole steam power room is divided into two parts: the boiler room and the power room, and this room can continue to be put into the boiler in the future" Rand saw that he was interested, so he took the initiative to visit,

"The boiler room here is made of coal, and a fire-based magic fairy helped us draw runes to increase the temperature of combustion. Boiling hot water to generate steam is sent through this large pipe to the power room next door. ”

"I still don't think boiling water is as effective as leyline energy," Ben looked at the boiler and shook his head, in his opinion such a design was too rudimentary,

"The worst thing you can do is to use some transformation circles to directly convert coal into driving force"

"And such a good magic circle? Can you make one? Rand asked casually.

"How can I have this ability, there should be a few legends in the Tower of Purity who can make it." Ben laughed himself when he said this.

"Don't you think I'm unrealistic again?"

"If I could easily invite the legend of the Tower of Purity, I wouldn't have to toss this water boiler" In the power room, the cylinders and other cylinders were wrapped in a huge shell, and the internal structure could not be seen at all, only a few pipes could be seen extending out of the room.

Two of them are steam output pipes, and the other is a power take-off pipe, and the power shaft in the pipe connects the gears of the power room to the crankshaft of the blacksmith's workshop.

Following the huge pipe, Ben finally came to the door of the blacksmith with Rand, the blacksmith workshop has 5 stations, the power hammer on the station is connected to the crankshaft through the gearbox, the power hammer has 5 power adjustments, the blacksmith furnace on one side has wind and fire runes, and there is a flowing pool on the other side of the station that can be quenched and cooled down at any time.

There are already 4 demon blacksmiths in the blacksmith workshop forging tools at their workstations, and the whole workshop is constantly sending out

The sound of "bells".

"That's what the boiler you designed was for?" Ben looked around the room, finally staring at the hammer, thinking about something.

"Yes, my idea is to disassemble the process as much as possible, and preferably so that every step can be completed by the non-demon" Watching his design become a reality, Rand pointed to the open space on the side with pride on his face

"In the future, there will be an additional automatic grinding wheel here, and if necessary, I will add another workshop or a group of boilers to do grinding work."

"Where does the smoke from these iron furnaces go?" Ben asked casually as he looked at the chimney passage that bulged up over the wall.

"At present, there is only a preheating function, and the inlet water in the boiler room will have a first heat exchange with the flue gas, and then a second heat exchange with the steam pipes outside the boiler room"

"And then the smoke is gone, but the steam can continue to be used in the bath?" The mage kept combing the Silk Road.

"Yes, but this is because the industrial area here does not require much humidity, and in the northern textile workshop, the power spinning wheel and steam can also play a humidifying role" Rand was very excited when he saw the workshop he was personally involved in, pointing to the many parts,

"These are all imperial capital goods, there is a large factory obsolete equipment, the structure of these parts is fine, but the runes are old, I found someone to take them down, and let a few of them redraw the runes."

"Instead of asking the Magister to repair the old ones, it is better to buy new parts stamped and printed in bulk, so these are cheaper for me. Not only that, but if Jonny and the others really think of a new magic furnace or a new transmission in the future, they can replace the boiler or cylinder, which can be replaced. ”

"Interesting," Ben walked out of the blacksmith door, looking at the public bath not far away.

"It's the most interesting thing I've ever seen in you, each device has only one function, and each rune is the simplest, but the combination can do such a complex job."

"It's still a credit to Kuryagan," Rand pointed to the tall barbarians on the side,

"He has Human, Barbarian, and Dwarven blood, and was an excellent blacksmith when he was in the salt mines, and only he can understand the boiler drawings I draw."

"Hey, hey, hey" Kuryagan scratched his head embarrassedly when he heard Rand mention himself, he had a natural awe of mages and lords like everyone else, and no one dared to interject when he saw them chatting.

"Ah, I see" Ben smiled slyly, and didn't seem to hold back the good words.

"You can always find the right people to do the right work, like Kuryagan can do a good blacksmith's workshop, like Lannya can find someone to do a good job of mushroom cultivation, but you can't find someone to do the craft."

"How"

"The only thing that can be done well is related to eating" Ben Kaul summed up that among the techniques of public relations in the palace, Rand was successful in planting fermented bean curd, vinegar, pickles, and mushrooms, but papermaking, brick-burning, soap, and pottery all encountered different problems

"Those are all caused by the instability of the process, and the production quality of industrial products will gradually improve with the process of craftsmanship and the proficiency of workers until it is stable" Rand knew in his heart that Ben must have known this, and he was making fun of himself as a foodie.

"The coal mine in the northern part of the salt mine is estimated to require more than 300 people to mine, and you have to arrange at least 2 boilers there, without fuel you can't realize all your current ideas, but you need more people and money to realize it" joke aside, Ben still has to remind Rand that the population of the territory must be replenished.

"Makoto and Lannia already told me two days ago, I'll figure it out." In terms of population and money, Rand is also very helpless, so he can only figure it out slowly.

One morning, Ben Kaul looked around the eastern Workshop area, including the leather workshops and the newly dug sewage pond, but did not make any comments, in his words, not wanting to interfere with Rand's train of thought.