Mo Bei was really surprised that there were magnetite mines here, and there was also a lack of copper mines in the mining area. With these two things, he could convert the evil wind in the sky into electric energy, and then make an electric furnace!
If it can be realized, the progress of their plan may be accelerated many times!
After settling down in the smelter, he explained the general principles of the generator to Perona. After hearing that this could save gems, Perona felt that this was definitely the greatest idea she had ever heard so far.
The principles of generators and electric heating furnaces are actually very simple. The biggest technical difficulty is probably the copper wire used to generate electricity and the electric heating wire in the furnace.
Through Conrad's order, some craftsmen were immediately dispatched from the smelter to start studying the production of copper wire.
Mo Bei only gave them a general idea, which was to heat the copper strips and gradually draw them into thin wires, which should ensure uniform thickness and not break.
The craftsmen tried for two days to cast a suitable mold and find out the optimal stretching temperature. The softened copper strip was gradually passed through the mold with smaller and smaller holes, and finally the copper wire that satisfied Mo Bei was pulled out.
Another day later, a windmill was erected on the wall of the smelter.
Three wind blades made of death beetle wings turned into afterimages in the howling wind. Driven by a belt, the copper wire-wrapped movement was driven at three times the speed to rotate steadily in the center of a circle of magnets.
Thousands of copper wires cut the magnet's magnetic field continuously and at high speed, like hundreds of rivers flowing into the sea, converging the current toward the copper cable connected to the brush.
"Hahahahaha!!!"
Mo Bei held a copper cable in each hand and stepped on the lightning to resist the halo. It was actually able to have an effect on this electric shock.
The electric current was repelled from the body by the power of the halo, spreading and jumping along the armor and hair tips, crackling, but this guy was still laughing loudly in the dense arc, looking like a scientific madman who was doing electric shock experiments on himself. .
All the friends looked on and were shocked and speechless, not because Mo Bei was unharmed under this electric shock, but because this device could really produce electrical energy driven by the wind as he said.
As mages, Ned and Perona were particularly affected by the inner shock, and they could gather together without the guidance of mental power or magic circle. . No, this guy Mo Bei generated such a huge amount of electricity out of thin air. . It's an absolute heresy! !
Power generation requires metals with weak resistance, such as silver and copper. There may be better choices in this world. Mo Bei really wanted to try the metals that God had found in the treasure house before, but they were too expensive to part with. After all, this kind of thing is To be mass produced.
When it comes to converting electrical energy into thermal energy, the opposite is true. Metals with high resistance, high melting points, and strong oxidation resistance are needed.
The ideal electric heating wire should be an alloy containing nickel, chromium, aluminum, etc., but the processing of such alloys is beyond Mo Bei's knowledge, so it can only be found from the existing metals in the smelter.
The craftsmen tried metals with high melting points one by one. After the electric brush was burned out more than a dozen times, they finally identified a metal with a natural green-gold color called ice iron, which basically met the requirements for making electric heating wires.
The longer and thinner the metal wire is, the greater the resistance it generates. However, considering the tolerance during heating, the heating wire in the furnace cannot be made too thin, and this high melting point metal wants to be like copper. It is also extremely difficult to process it into filaments under such conditions.
Circles of electric heating wires forged from ice iron were placed in the furnace. After being powered on, they began to glow and heat. A quarter of an hour later, the temperature inside the semi-enclosed furnace finally rose to a terrifying level, as bright as the sky above the desert. The sun is hard to look at.
After five or six days of hard work, the world's first electric furnace was finally built. The craftsmen listened to the hum of the wind blades outside, and their faces looked a little dull under the light inside the furnace.
There is really no need for fuel or gems to smelt, and the heat supply is very stable, because the howling winds of the Galewind Land never stop.
The ore that has been ground and screened is slowly changing in the crucible. In the past, this process cost money every second, and some ores needed to be calcined for a long time, which made people anxious just to watch.
Now the expressions on the faces of the craftsmen are both excited and enjoyable, as if they are watching a hot dance in a special tavern, and it is free.
"grown ups."
The captains of the family guards who had returned to Kartim City to get the gems approached Mo Bei and whispered:
"The families of these craftsmen have moved to the inner city in the past two days. I will have a good talk with them later to ensure that this smelting technology will not be leaked."
Mo Bei's eyes narrowed when he heard this, he looked at the dozen or so craftsmen who were still unaware and looking at the furnace with excitement, and only replied:
"Be kind."
"Don't worry, sir. Those who are useful to the family will not be treated unfairly." The guard captain promised.
These guards were entrusted with the task of transporting gems. They were obviously the group of people Conrad trusted the most. Their current attitude of completely obeying orders from Mo Bei and others was also following Conrad's wishes.
But it was not Mo Bei's order to move the families of these craftsmen to the inner city, but these people's independent actions. If they can be treated kindly, it would be in line with Mo Bei's ideas.
Secrecy is also a must. Next, he plans to make a lot of money from the Virgil family and the Chamber of Commerce by collecting electricity bills!
This is why money is brought by strong winds!
In the following period, one can see wind turbines rising one after another in the vast smelting plant every day. People who don't know only find it novel, but as each gem-gathering furnace is replaced by It was transformed into an electric furnace, and the news inevitably spread to the ears of the other two families.
This was like a thunderbolt from the blue above the heads of Virgil and those wealthy businessmen. However, the dozen craftsmen who mastered the technology and every facility were under strict protection and surveillance. No matter what, they used spies to investigate. Even if they can't steal, they can only come to the door one after another, asking to see Conrad.
Mo Bei's plan to collect electricity bills went very smoothly, because the price he asked was not illegal. It only cost 70% of the consumption of gem smelting. No matter how unwilling they were, the two families could not refuse.
This kind of payment is actually the same as funding the enemy, but if you don't accept it, the gap will only widen, because Conrad's smelter does not need to consume gems at all.
What made the two families even more angry was that a large amount of copper ingots and ice iron had been purchased by the Conrad family in the past few days. They had already paid a large sum of money when laying copper cables and modifying the furnace.
Occasionally, Mo Bei would see the other two families setting up windmills in the same direction. He looked at them with a telescope and burst out laughing.
It is impossible to get electricity even by tying copper cables directly to the pillars of ordinary windmills. . Unless it thunders. . .
Um. . There are also magic circles arranged under the windmill. . You still lack some imagination. .
As gold coins and various goods of equivalent value continued to flow to Mo Bei's inventory, the nooses around the necks of the two major families were slowly tightening.
What he wants to do is not just make money.
