Chapter 1043 The first order of Alpha's "Hardware Division".

The Council of the Steam Lords is not just a governing body that governs the population.

In the social structure of the halfling, the organization is also an institution that encompasses planning and creation.

At the beginning of each fiscal year, they plan production plans for halfling-owned cities, and oversee the next generation of Steam Lords to plan a continuous short-term goal for their tenure as each generation of Steam Lords succeeds, so as to ensure that Steam Lords always lead their race under the guidance of reason.

To achieve such a goal, the creative institutions under the direct jurisdiction of the Steam Lord are naturally large.

In fact, Professor Malcolm has calculated that the production capacity of the manufacturing facilities directly managed by the Steam Lords accounts for more than one-third of the production capacity of the entire Halfling population, which means that in the unique social structure of the Halflings, the Steam Lords have almost absolute control over materials and production.

This is also the basic condition for the halflings that have not had any large-scale civil strife in the last millennium.

They have a fairly strong regulatory government agency, although for the most part, this government is quite low-key and has been trying to reduce its presence.

For human civilization that is still in the feudal society, the social structure of halflings is completely incomprehensible and even imitable, and the origin of the birth of this structure is the order that is deeply rooted in the soul of halflings, and it is more like a tailor-made social machine.

It simply cannot be recognized and understood by anyone outside the system.

Of course, all of this comes from Professor Malcolm's epilogue when he introduced Murphy to the halfling population, and it would be difficult for Murphy, a vampire who has played too much with knives and has degraded his intelligence, to understand these complex political gadgets.

After all, he was slow to learn even the intricacies of Tracy's psionic knowledge, let alone think about these political issues.

The reason for all of this is to conclude that if Murphy is going to work with the halflings to create something new, the best thing to do is to work directly with the Steam Lords.

Like now!

When Minks' manned walker stopped in front of the industrial area of Port Chardo, Murphy was greeted by a giant machine factory.

It was the size of a town on the surface, and its underground surface was about the same size as the surface.

During the mechanical chaos in the previous Port of Chardor, many manufacturing equipment, including this factory, also went out of control, but after the players recaptured the mechanical head, the Steam Lords resumed operations here as soon as possible.

During this time, all the components and weapons that supported the war in the north were realized by the industrial area in front of them.

"You are not the first foreign leader to be invited to visit our machine shop, but I think your presence here means a lot to us. It's not that we're trying to hide the secrets here, it's just that the big people who have visited here before know that it's important, but they can't understand the true meaning of these machines.

Over time, we won't be able to open this place to outsiders.

Lest they have to rack their brains every time to explain how various machines work, and in most cases, it will be difficult for the invited guests to understand those engineering concepts.

For them, simply explaining that there is a 'little elf' in every machine that pushes the levers and gears is perhaps the perfect answer that best fits the engineering principles they have in mind. ”

Minks led the way with his mechanical cane, telling the time-honored "foreign leader joke" among the halflings, guiding Murphy to a sightseeing car-like contraption and into the busy and noisy manufacturing area ahead of him.

Murphy wasn't amused by Minks' joke.

He carefully observed the structure of the factory of the halflings, and compared it with the factory in another memory of his own.

The existence of the two sides is not too similar, after all, the degree of development of mechanical technology in the other world is higher than that of the halflings, and the production skills of the halflings are roughly equivalent to the alternating era of the steam engine and the internal combustion engine in the other world.

It seems to be backward, but in terms of the current overall level of science and technology in the Old World, the existence of this factory itself is already at the level of Zenith.

Because of their individual strength, the halflings were designed with "automation" in mind, and in this site, which is planned as a different area, there will never be a halfling mechanic who can do the work that can be done with machinery.

Those mechanics are mainly responsible for operating the machinery and planning production.

Watching the giant equipment propelled by the power provided by the gold-burning steam furnace produce a set of industrial standard parts in an unsophisticated way, and then send them into the next machine and then re-process them in the linkage of complex machinery, it is really shocking, and people can't help but have a sense of "big industry".

If the bigwigs of the "Explorer" guild were to be watched here, they would definitely come up with at least a hundred improvement plans, however, the halflings would definitely not adopt any of them.

It's not that halflings are arrogant, it's just that the future development of the two worlds is different after all.

In the case that the miraculous gold-burning powder can be added to the power furnace to make the steam utilization rate surpass the efficiency of the internal combustion engine, the production method adopted by the halfling people today has been the optimal solution obtained through hundreds of years of accumulation and improvement.

Although they are both playing with machinery, the starting points of both sides are different from the beginning.

Ideas can be interconnected, but copying textbooks is not necessary, and the experience of another world does not fully fit here, which has to be said to be a disappointing but also expectant conclusion.

"So, how much capacity did you use to make those Berserker rifles and all kinds of military supplies for us?"

Murphy turned around and asked:

"Ten percent?"

"To be precise, the actual production capacity is only about six percent of the total production capacity of this machinery industrial zone that we have spent two hundred years building, but the man-hours spent on designing and renovating the production line are far more than that."

Minkx explains:

"The Alien's gun design philosophy is not the same as ours' weapon design philosophy, but we have to admit that we are at least two generations behind the Alien's level of research when it comes to making killing weapons.

They have turned gunpowder weapons into works of art, and we can't compete with them in this regard, but the well-established industrial system they have is a treasure trove.

I was thrilled to hear that you were going to be home to the Explorer's Guild in Port Chardo, which meant that we would be able to exchange experiences with our peers from other worlds and let the spark of wisdom burst into each other's minds.

But it was difficult for Transencia to build an industrial area of this scale.

Even with the help of the Church of the Machines you will need a lot of energy and resources, so I suggest you take your time.

Necessary items can be manufactured in the port of Chardo, and we are happy to manufacture them and sign agreements for the protection of intellectual property rights, so we don't have to worry about us leaking our technological secrets to other countries.

I guess the business you're going to do with us has something to do with that? ”

"Yes, I'm going to make a batch of engines for special purposes in Port Chardo."

In the industrial sightseeing car, Murphy leaned back on the couch and explained:

"This is related to the development of advanced weapons in Translasia, we want to create an air vehicle that has been proven to be effective in another world to replace the airship, or to assist and improve the current war mode of the airship, so that our air combat system can be perfected.

The designers of the Transencia Arsenal have already come up with the drawings, but due to the limited production capacity, they cannot be put into research and development, and I have found another key item for the mass production of this weapon in the Elven Kingdom, but when the power cannot be supported by psionic energy, I can only use the experience of another world.

It's not that the power furnace you're using now isn't good enough, it's mainly that you can't bring a pile of coal in the air to light it, right? ”

The vampire lord spread his hands and said helplessly:

"The special fuel used for the dragoons is too expensive to be used on a large scale, and unless the halflings can find a way to reduce the cost of that kind of mixed fuel, they can only use the experience of the otherworldly people to start using the exclusive aviation fuel."

"This can't be done for the time being."

Minks shook his head and said:

"The liquefaction of the gold crystals alone is a terrible technical difficulty, and the Brass Dwarves have provided us with a huge amount of money to study it before the fall of the Brass Fortress, but nothing has been achieved.

After all, it was formed by the infection of subspace forces in the physical world, and the desire activities that would be triggered when its form changed were very dangerous.

As for the production of a special engine, I need to look at the drawings "

"I brought it."

Murphy pulls out a roll of blueprints from his psionic bag.

It's a hand-drawn thing, something Murphy sends images to Penny's database, and the robot prints them 1:1 with his steady hands.

Minks took it and took a look, and was a little troubled by the complexity of the structure of the high-thrust engine.

It's not that halflings can't make delicate things, and the internal structure of the walking machine alone also amazes the bigwigs of the other world, but the problem is that the "exquisiteness" of halflings is more reflected in the design ideas, and their current industrial model does not deliberately pursue the miniaturization of complex machinery similar to aircraft engines.

Unable to reduce the size, the halflings had a crude and simple solution, expanding the size of the plane until it could accommodate a giant engine.

This is clearly contrary to the industrial philosophy of another world.

"The engines used in this fighter jet were created 80 years ago by people from other worlds, when they experienced two real world wars and involved the whole world in terrible wars, and the death toll alone reached tens of millions"

Murphy said something, and Minks looked up, his eyes widened and said:

"Take less? How many people died? Millions? That's equivalent to exterminating the gnoll five times? Are there so many people in their world? unimaginable"

"The current population of the people has exceeded 8 billion, master, and all the populations of our old continent combined are not even 500 million, and the life of the fish people and the new continent is estimated to be only one-tenth of them."

Murphy complained:

"As I said, the civilization level of both sides is not in the same dimension at all, so you don't have to feel sorry for our backwardness, we are only at a stage of development in the history of their civilization, if we can survive the malice brought about by the invasion of chaos, then sooner or later we can also reach that level.

Not to mention those distant questions.

With the level of this engine alone, can you make it? ”

"Yes! But retrofitting the production line takes time. ”

Minks looked at the drawings carefully and replied after several minutes:

"The initial production capacity will definitely not go up, and it will take at least half a year to mass production, and this is still when we are only responsible for the engine, and it will be equipped with weapons and oil formulas that need to be used."

"The Transians will take care of the weapons on the other side, the assembly plant will also be on our side, the elves will be the raw material suppliers, and the humans will be responsible for the screws. As for the fuel problem, I have heard that there are natural crude oil lakes in some remote areas of the Genoa Peninsula, but the half-people have discovered the burning of gold, so they have not made any efforts to study that.

Luckily, our foreign friends also have a whole set of oil industry tech trees that we can refer to. ”

Murphy clapped his hands and said:

"Once this weapon is mass-produced, we will be able to control the skies, and flying will no longer be the prerogative of vampires.

Of course, this is just the beginning!

If we want to face the endless generation of bulls, ghosts, snakes, and gods from the chaos and chaos side in the future era, we also need more advanced weapons, and in the case that life forms cannot evolve in a short period of time, we can only arm our warriors with as powerful weapons as possible.

When subspace creatures invade this world one day in the future, they will face an army of mortals armed with intelligent weapons.

In order to achieve this goal, I also needed to order a batch of artillery in the port of Chardo.

It's not a petty thing like a mortar, it's a true god of large-caliber warfare, and our friends from the other world will share their advanced artillery crafting techniques with the halflings, as well as a series of mechanical items they have selected that are suitable for our current level of technology.

I think this is the position of halflings in the continental civilization system in the future.

A group of pacifists who have the resources of war in their hands, and these things in your hands can be guaranteed not to be misused on a large scale.

Of course, our friends from the other world share these precious powers with us to help us fight against the powerful enemies of civilization, not for us to use these weapons to kill each other.

I do hope that the Steam Lords will stick to their bottom line and not become a tool for careerists to use. ”

"We will."

Minks put away the drawings and said solemnly:

"Awakened by the war, we are more aware of the preciousness of peace, and I assure you, Governor Murphy, the weapons of the halflings will not be used in the civil wars of the continental civilizations."

"Very well, I trust you in your integrity, Your Excellency."

Murphy sat up and took the fourth-generation arithmetic orb in his hand, which had been eliminated, and said to Minks:

"I have been working to elevate the experience of the Gentile presence in our world, in which the Orb of Computing plays a very important role in communication, and now that you have mastered the ability to manufacture it in batches from the knowledge left by Old Bach, it is better to produce this advanced thing in large quantities.

I want 10,000 to replace the interface for my warriors.

And, of course, there is also a personalized customization service, and the gold content of the fourth-generation orb is enough to guarantee a comfortable personal setup, right? ”

"Absolutely."

At the mention of his old profession, Minks immediately brightened, and he said:

"I've heard from Brother Flywheel about the needs of the Gentile for the Orb, and if you're sure that you're going to place such a large order, I'll make changes to the original template for the fourth-generation Orb.

With the removal of unnecessary features and the addition of a connection mode that allows you to interact with vehicles, Warriors will be able to use their next-generation Computing Orb to manipulate a variety of mechanical vehicles without having to learn complex engineering theories.

Our vehicle factory has also received a lot of orders from the People's Army to produce a vehicle called a 'motorcycle' for them, and we are actually more interested in trucks, but it is said that the Winter Wind Vehicle Factory in Transencia has already completed that project.

The five-pair wheeled lieutenant colonel had been trying to get us to take orders for a war vehicle called 'Tank', but the positioning of that thing overlapped too much with the walker. ”

"Then we might as well think differently."

Murphy winked and said:

"Combining the tank's firepower platform and high protection with the dexterity of the walker, a new type of weapon is produced that is more in line with our operational needs. In this regard, the industrial tycoons of the otherworldly people must be very interested, and I, a layman, will not express my opinion here.

Finally, what do you think about the 'oracle' of the Creator? ”

"What else can I see?"

Minks sighed and said:

"I can't let Twilight take back those weapons that are used to protect the world and cause disaster, so after the Songhai Empire opens its borders, Brother Flywheel and I will take the time to travel there to assist the Gentiles in completing the reboot of the Solar Ship and other Creator technologies.

I am confident that we can both gain valuable lessons from this.

Dusk is our enemy!

The wars and tragedies of the Genoese Peninsula have put the halflings in a position to fight them to the death, and we are willing to participate in anything that can stop their ambitions.

I also received a message from Bach Jr. last night.

I know what she's going to do, and I'll fully cooperate with her search in the Explorers' Guild.

I deeply regret that Princess Chuchut blamed us for bringing the White Devil into their land in the name of an expedition.

If it turns out that the organization that we halflings formed to explore the mysteries of the world has become a hotbed for the scourge of twilight, then trust me and the other lords in this matter, Governor Murphy.

You don't need to do anything, we'll execute the excommunication of the Explorers' Guild with our own hands! ”

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