The joint development plan with the magic prop shop seems to be on the right track, but Wang Qi has been very busy recently. He got the agreement from the prop shop and has not made any adjustments to related matters.
Recently, the exploration expedition team once again made meritorious service. In order to recognize their contribution and reduce subsequent personnel losses, Wang Qi added attributes to several of them.
It is also an opportunity to meet and receive awards, but the purpose of the action is different, and the method of adding points is also different. For the members of the exploration team, Wang Qi adds two main attributes and one mysterious value, and the resistance is not considered.
This meritorious service was due to the discovery of a cave.
Maybe it shouldn't be called a cave, but an entrance to the underworld.
The entrance is located at the northern edge of the Ice Forest, less than 50 kilometers away from the Royal City. It was discovered more than a year ago because the entrance has been sealed by natural activities. Recently, there was an earthquake with a magnitude of about three according to previous life experience, which caused damage to the entrance of the cave. It collapsed and was discovered by the team members on the return journey.
Because both Night Tribe and Sharp Blade have a considerable degree of night vision, they had already conducted a preliminary exploration of the cave when reporting back.
The part that has been discovered is a bifurcated environment that is twisted and arranged like an intestine near the appendix, with a total of five main halls.
Including supports that do not affect the sense of openness, the smallest hall area is approximately 12,000 square meters.
According to team members' estimates, the largest one is about 300 meters above the ground, with a maximum height of 50 meters and an area of 0.3 square kilometers. The preliminary investigation also ended here, because there were obvious ancient traces of intelligent life activities in this hall, and there were multiple passages. Although the remnants seemed to be old, for the sake of safety, the leader decided to disguise the entrance of the cave. Return first and then.
The more specific reason for the award is that good things were discovered in this cave group.
A group of crystals that feel hot to the touch, as well as a large accumulation of nitrogen fertilizer... are the bat poop layer.
Fertilizer is a very important thing in Wang Qi's small city. Hundreds of millions and billions of tons are welcome. Although the volcanic ash pipe is temporarily full, it can still rely solely on the fermentation of volcanic ash and domestic sewage, as well as the previously upgraded underground silicification cells. It is not balanced enough, and the growth rate of the Wangting tree is a bit slow. Therefore, finding mineralized fertilizers, including bird poop, bat poop and other characteristic cluster accumulation areas, is also an important task of the exploration expedition team.
The first and second halls of the underground cave complex are roughly the living areas of bats before the cave complex was occupied by intelligent life. The samples retrieved show that the degree of mineralization is quite high. If human beings are really going to self-destruct, it may have experienced several It’s hard to calculate accurately because there is no way to measure carbon 14.
Compared with poops, even if the fiery crystals are really valuable, it is not that important. On the contrary, the more valuable they are, the less they should touch them for the time being, because they are not ready for a full-scale magic war.
Although she didn't say it explicitly, Solaris would trade a world that was dispensable in her eyes for Wang Qi to come here, and she would definitely make him cause trouble.
In fact, as long as Wang Qi sits in the position of ruler of the Dark Land, his methods of governing the people will not require any external force to promote them, and will definitely arouse fierce resistance from the local nobles and lords.
The simplest reason is conflict of interest. A person from the industrial age knows the power of industrial production and cannot leave this direction untouched. Once touched, it will inevitably touch the foundation of the existence of vested interest groups in the world.
The daily production of dozens of tons of iron is only at a very early stage, far from achieving earth-shaking results. Wang Qi has also been deliberately restraining himself to avoid doing something too outrageous to cause the lords of other regions to share the same hatred when his military strength is insufficient. .
The underground cave complex appeared at the right time. Now we can safely and boldly build the railway and establish a serious railway organization without the headache of having to disband after it reaches Nanzhen.
There are about 80 kilometers of railway lines in the south town, city, and cave complex. Perhaps a section can be built inside the cave complex to develop resources and build shelters. These lines are enough to support a railway institutional framework that includes all functions.
The products at the china clay mining site are relatively single, and the mining scale is relatively limited. It has not yet been included in the construction plan. It would be better if Red Stone City could be included, but since there are underground caves, don't rush for now and use less drastic methods to take your time.
Wang Qi hesitated for a long time before establishing the railway bureau, but decided to use human hand-cranked cars to operate for a period of time.
Although he is an architect, Wang Qi does not have a sufficient understanding of internal combustion engines, but if the requirements are lowered, there will be many ways out.
The first choice is the wood gas engine, which uses incomplete combustion of firewood and additives sawdust and straw to produce wood gas, and uses carbon monoxide as fuel to drive the engine. There are only blacksmiths in the city, but it is not difficult to make a horizontal-bar engine in small quantities.
If you really can't even make a single-cylinder engine, there is a simpler one, the pot camel machine, which directly burns wood to heat a small boiler and uses steam to drive the machine. The basic principle of a steam engine is simpler than an internal combustion engine.
If that doesn't work, there is another way. A large Stirling engine, which is a real external combustion engine, has a worse power conversion rate. It is barely enough to reduce the labor intensity of railway staff during smooth periods.
The main problem is that these guys are too anti-feudal and are the starting point for abandoning animal power.
It seemed to be a little too cautious. As a result, Solaris complained about it when he was doing a routine function upgrade of the Wangting Tree and adding building seed types.
"Your future enemies will have higher technology than you think."
"...Cyberpunk?"
"what is that?"
Wang Qi squinted at the statue: "Can't you read the memory?"
"I rarely look, and your immune system is so strong that I don't want to put in the effort." Solaris' tomb had good reason.
Wang Qi thought it was reasonable and casually explained: "The core of cyberpunk is the high concentration of resources and productivity, which leads to the formation of a social structure with an extremely bizarre gap between the rich and the poor. This may lead to the top layer being in the information age, while the bottom class is still wandering and picking up garbage. , a life of pure manpower forging iron.”
"No, it's different. It's magic technology."
That's about the same. Magic is something that only a few people can use, and the industrial machinery he wants to promote represents the productivity of the general public.
Wang Qi suddenly changed the question: "How much time do I have?"
"Not long, not short, the sky will give you the answer."
"...Don't be the Riddler, he's very unsociable."
Solaris ignored him, as if specifically to stimulate him to take out his murderous weapon and fight with the locals.
But Wang Qi, who had completed the daily function upgrade of Wangtingshu, looked back and thought about it. There is really no need to rush. Iron production capacity has not been increased yet. There is no point in worrying about these things. The internal combustion engine can easily support a group that consumes 300,000 tons of steel annually. The current production capacity is limited, and the population is not enough for large-scale application.
The trial production of the No. 2 furnace has been started, and Elena visited it for him. According to Li Yunjie, the director of the iron plant, the maximum daily production capacity should be between two hundred and three hundred when there is no shortage of fuel and cosolvent. Ton.
But this is a long process because the initial fuel is not available.
Things will get better after the railway is laid to Nanzhen, but there are many charcoal disposal processes. Before the lack of large-scale coal transportation capacity, it is unlikely to reach the maximum production capacity. A month of running the furnace and half a month of rest and cleaning is considered very good. .
Wang Qi no longer expects to find coal mines at close range. At this stage, the iron plant is to reserve experience and talents. The No. 2 furnace is producing, and the No. 1 furnace is exploring steelmaking experience. When it is stronger, it will see if it can be connected to places with coal mines. Railways, that was the real period of great development.
Various preparations are being made here for the establishment of the Railway Bureau and the laying of rail tracks, but the Red Rock City side is restless for now.
It's a bit out of the plan, but if you don't miss the opportunity, let's bring Red Rock City under your jurisdiction.
