Lord Harland.

Chapter 225 Rolling Bearings
Although the cost of making steel is very high, the magic alchemy furnace can smelt metals with high temperature, and it is very convenient to use. Even though the cost of making steel in a blast furnace is much higher, it is also suitable for research on metal materials.

After the magic alchemy furnace was built, Li Cha immediately established the Metal Materials Research Institute.

He personally served as the director of the research institute, made Butler an independent researcher, and recruited two magic apprentices, a few students who graduated from Henan Primary School, to set up the framework of the metal research institute.

Then the Metal Research Institute, according to Li Cha's request, began to study various alloy processes.

There are iron mines in the territory of Harland, and some associated mines such as manganese, tin, chromium, and zinc can be found.In addition, you can also buy some copper ingots from Jonathan Duchy.

There are enough materials to experiment, and the first two alloys are classic, copper-tin alloy and manganese-iron alloy.

Alloy technology has always existed in the plane of dawn, but using a magic alchemy furnace to refine alloys not only has a low output but also a very high cost, and can only be used to cast some key parts, such as gears, bearings, and so on.

Several of the great nobles in the Kingdom of Grant have mastered copper-tin alloys, aluminum alloys and other alloy processes, and can manufacture some bronze and aluminum products with superior performance.

Richard discovered very early on that some of Grant Kingdom's craftsmanship was higher than that of the Middle Ages, and some were even worse than that of the Middle Ages.

Because of the relationship with the magical alchemy furnace, the alloy technology of the Dawn plane has developed rapidly, and many of them have reached the level of the seventeenth century.

The super magic alloy produced by the magic alchemist, the performance of the material even exceeds that of the 21st century.The only disadvantage is that the output is too low to be universal.

Although the Harland Territory has blast furnace ironmaking and crucible steelmaking technology, it has been producing low-end products. In the past few years, it could not produce various alloys, and it needed to purchase some gears and bearings from outside every year.

Now that there is a magic alchemy furnace, ferromanganese alloy is produced, and most of the metal parts can be produced by themselves, which will save more money.

In addition, Richard is also preparing to manufacture rolling bearings.Today, Harland's technology level can actually manufacture rolling bearings.

Cages, balls, and steel rings can be cast by smelting molten steel, and then manually polished. Although the manufacturing cost is higher, they can bring about a high efficiency improvement when used in some key parts.

After using rolling bearings, the efficiency of vehicles will be greatly improved, and the manufacture of four-wheeled carriages can also be put on the agenda.

If rubber tires are added, a four-wheeled carriage can carry several tons of goods.

A small number of four-wheeled carriages have appeared in Nolan, the capital of the Kingdom of Grant. There are mature designs that can be copied. The difficulty of manufacturing four-wheeled carriages is also not high, but most of Harland's territory is mountainous, which is more suitable for two-wheeled carriages.

There is no patent law in the Grant Kingdom. Once the rolling bearings are successfully manufactured, it is not difficult to imitate the appearance of the cottage. As long as you are willing to invest a certain amount of gold coins, you can succeed in the copycat.

The key difficulty is to manufacture wear-resistant manganese-ferro alloys and iron-chromium alloys.If you want to master the ratio of the alloy, you still need to smelt the metal many times and invest a lot of cost.

At least in the few years since the rolling bearings were manufactured, Harland's territory should be able to earn a lot of money.

The manufacture of rolling bearings is a great impetus to the development of industry.In addition, the manufacture of four-wheeled carriages can not only be sold in Black River Fort, but also the caravans in Harland's territory can use four-wheeled carriages to transport goods in the plains, and the efficiency of transportation will be significantly improved.

Even if the sale of carriages cannot bring too much profit to the territory, Li Cha decided to promote the development of this industry.

If this industry can bring thousands of gold coins to the territory a year, it is considered a success.

Because of the need to use magic crystals to provide energy, the cost of using a magic alchemy furnace is still very high.

Li Cha has always had an idea, hoping to arrange a magic circle that absorbs magic energy.

This kind of magic gathering array is not uncommon on the plane of dawn, but the cost of setting it up is very high.

The magic tower built by the tower of death has a magic circle at the bottom that gathers magic power.

But if you want to arrange such a magic circle, you need to use a magic core of a legendary monster as the core.

Such a high threshold makes it difficult to popularize the magic gathering array. Only large magic organizations have the strength to build a magic gathering array.

Such a magic gathering circle is also the core of the mage tower.

Through the magic knowledge he has mastered, Richard has had many discussions with magicians such as Sophia and Wendy.

In most areas of the Dawn Plane, the magic energy particles in nature are very thin. It is very difficult to gather the free magic energy particles. It is necessary to draw a large number of magic runes and use a lot of magic materials. Investment It would take at least a few million gold coins to make it possible.

Besides, the efficiency of the magic-gathering rune circle is not very high, and there is no good prospect.

Even if the core of the legendary magic core solves the problem of mana storage, the energy absorbed by the magic tower every day is enough to release more than a dozen mid-level magic, which is not as easy to use as two or three mid-level magicians.

The effect of gathering magic circles is actually not as good as training a few magicians.In the spiritual power space of the magician, there is an efficient magic gathering circle.

In addition to the magic circle, if you want to replenish the magic energy in an area, you need to find a magic well.

The magic well is the place where magic energy naturally gathers, which is equivalent to the spiritual vein in the world of cultivating immortals.The magic wells in the Dawn plane are basically controlled by large forces.

There are two magic wells in the Eagle Mountain Range, but it is a pity that they are controlled by legendary professionals.It is obviously impossible to seize the magic well from the legendary ogre and the legendary black dragon relying on the strength of the Harland family.

In the Grant Kingdom, only Nolan has a magic well, and it is still controlled by the Grant Wizards Association.

The magic power released by the magic well is strong or weak.

According to the information in the records, Li Cha knows that the magic energy provided by the magic well is only equivalent to a diesel generator with a power of 60 kilowatts, which is equivalent to about 30 kWh of electricity.A better magic power well provides a huge amount of magic energy, which is equivalent to 60 billion kWh of electricity.

The electricity consumption of 60 billion kilowatt-hours seems huge, but in fact, a small town with some industrial and mining enterprises consumes more than 60 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity a year.

There is only one magic well in the entire Dawn Continent that can provide magic energy equivalent to 60 billion kilowatt-hours, and it is the city of thousand towers, the capital of the Magic Kingdom of Makholm.

Even the magic power well controlled by the Holy Glory Empire doesn't have that much magic power.

For the Dawn plane, mastering the magic well is the most advanced productivity. All large magic organizations choose to build near the magic well.

Li Cha had never seen a magic well, so he couldn't figure out why the magic well was formed.

If you figure out this problem, you can try to artificially create a magic well.

If the use of magic power benefits ordinary people, the Dawn Plane will develop into a developed magic civilization.

For the Harland Mages Association, the study of magic wells is still too ambitious.Li Cha needed to do the work at hand well first, and in late September, the rolling bearing was finally manufactured successfully.

Using the manufactured rolling bearings, the speed of the carriage is much faster, especially on the flat stone road, it is very easy to pull several thousand kilograms of goods.

In addition, rolling bearings can also be used in many machines. With rolling bearings and alloy gears, the industrial capabilities of the territory have also been improved.

Because of the acquisition of the new territory, Richard dispatched a large number of prospectors to start exploring the minerals in the new territory.

Soon there was a new harvest, and a new iron ore was discovered. This is an associated ore, which not only contains a large amount of iron, but also has a lot of zinc and tungsten associated ores. Through spectral research, new rare elements have also been discovered. Fill in the periodic table of elements written by Richard.

It's a pity that no super magic metal has been found in this mine for the time being. Although the value is not small, it is still not as important as Iron Mountain Fort to Harland's territory.

Beginning in mid-August, the demarcation of the new territory was completed.Richard moved all the slaves rescued in this war to the new territory.

The new territory was developed almost from scratch, with logging being the main work in the first year.

A large amount of wood was transported through the river to important castles such as Heihe Fort, Sophia Fort, Vic Fort, and Malte Fort.

There are a large number of barracks in Graveson Castle for people to live in, saving Richard a lot of money.

This year's key construction project in the territory is mainly the foundation excavation project of the Flower Castle.

There are a lot of wild roses and roses near the bustling castle. Roses are useless, but roses can make perfume.

It's just that perfume needs to be marketed in big cities.

According to the current situation of Chenxi defending the crown, the market is controlled by others, even if the perfume is produced, it may not have any profit, I am afraid it can only make a little hard money, and the big profit is eaten by the nobles of the capital.

After all, it is not a world of free trade. Local protectionism is extremely serious. The same kingdom does not have an overall market. The commercial competition of the kingdom's nobles is often accompanied by violent conflicts.

Rockefeller hired soldiers to assassinate commercial enemies, and DuPont invited the entire family of his competitors to fly on an earthen plane. Barbaric capitalists like them are regarded as civilized people who pay attention to food in the Dawn Continent.

Look at the Harland family and the Cisse family, because of the competition in the liquor trade, they actually fought a brutal liquor war. The two viscount families died thousands of people, but in the end they both lost.

The Harland family gave up the liquor market and lost their monopoly position in the liquor industry. The Cisse family also failed to make a profit, and even formed a powerful enemy.

The three-year peace agreement between the two will expire next year.

Now without the help of the Huo Lan family, it is absolutely impossible for Richard to renew the contract.

Three years are about to pass, and the status of the Harland family and the Cisse family is quite different.

The Cisse family did not stand on the victor's side in last year's battle for the throne, their territories were cut in half, and their titles were reduced to baronets.The current strength of the Cisse family, although it still controls a population of 10,000+, is only slightly stronger than the baron family.

The Harland family stood on the side of the victors, developing extremely rapidly, adding more than 1 square kilometers of territory, and increasing the population by more than 7 by exchanging food for population and rescuing slaves captured by orcs. There were more than 14 newborns born in two years by the end of the year.

Once the three-year peace contract ends, according to Richard's character, he must take revenge on the Cisse family.

When the two noble families clashed, it would be a matter of life and death for the Cisse family.

By September of this year, the Cisse family had sent word everywhere, willing to apologize, nod and admit defeat, and only hoped to resolve the conflict with the Harland family.

Liquor trade can earn more than 1 gold coins per year, and was once the most important income in Harland's territory after steel.Now being beaten by the Cisse family, Li Cha has already spread the word that without the compensation of 50 gold coins, the Harland family will not forget this hatred.

As the three-year peace contract is about to expire, the Harland and Cisse families are now divided into strengths and weaknesses.

Even if there is a territory between the two families, it is difficult to mobilize the army.The Harland family can also organize an elite team of professionals to attack the members of the Sisai family and hunt down the high-level officials in the Sisai territory.

In addition, an all-round commercial attack can be launched to capture all the markets of the Cisse family.

In addition, Li Cha can also let a small army disguise as bandits, attack villages in the Xisai family territory, burn food, and rob people.

In short, even if they do not directly fight territorial wars, the Harland family has enough means to manipulate the Cisse family and make this family gradually decline.

The competition among nobles is so cruel.

To blame can only be blamed on the Cisse family's failed political speculation and choosing the wrong enemy.

Now that the Huolan family has lost power, the Xisai family has lost the support of the nobility in the capital.It is impossible to continue to rely on the power of the capital to suppress the Harland family.

The relationship between the upper class cannot go through, and external forces cannot be used.

Baron Cisse Boye summoned the high-level officials of the territory, and said solemnly: "The Harland family now has an army of more than 5000 people, and there are also monster cavalry under their command. Far surpassing us. The balance of strength between the two sides has changed greatly. Resolving conflicts with the Harland family is already the fundamental question of whether the Cisse family can survive?
Let’s talk about it, how can we resolve this contradiction?My opinion is that everyone contributes some funds, whether it is military expansion or compensation, the Cisse family must be united in order to overcome this difficulty. "

After hearing this, David Cisse immediately said angrily: "Who caused all this, if you didn't push behind it, Ronin dared to buy people from the Harland family?

Now the liquor market doesn't get much, but it has formed a powerful enemy for the family. If this matter is not handled well, the Xisai family may be wiped out.

There was civil strife in the kingdom last year, what did I say, don't get involved in it.You don't listen to my words at all, you must mix with the remnants of the Venus family like Charlemagne and Harden, and participate in the civil war in the kingdom.What was the result? King Roger won the victory. Half of our territory was taken away because of our participation in the rebellion. If our territory is still there, even if our strength is weaker than the Harland family, the situation will not be as out of balance as it is now.

You are the patriarch of the Xisai family and the person directly responsible for the current tragedy of the Xisai family. Don't you need to be responsible?Do you still have the face to call everyone to a meeting, let us spend money and effort, and continue to let you sit on the throne and lead us? "

Dawei is a fifth-rank knight, just in his forties, although his strength is weaker than Baron Cisse, he is younger than Baron Cisse.

In the past few years, Boyi relied on his reputation, and of course he was able to suppress Dawei, and Dawei dared not disobey his orders.Even in order to avoid being targeted by his uncle, Dawei joined the Wild Lion Legion early, expressing that he had no intention of competing for the heir to the territory.

However, in the past two years, Boye has made a series of stupid tricks, leading to the demotion of the Cisse family and putting the Cisse family in a very dangerous state.

The current Baron Boy Cisse has lost prestige in the family.Cisse family members like David didn't want to hear what he said.

(End of this chapter)