When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

Chapter 1240 The Concept of Airships

The arrival of summer always makes people drowsy.

However, compared to last year's sweltering heat, which forced Horn to work from home, this year is much cooler.

The previous renovations and alterations to the Holy See building have been effective, not only adding ceiling fans but also adding cooling pipes designed by engineers.

After being cooled and disinfected, the groundwater will pass through pipes above the fan, moisten the fiber pad, and then evaporate, absorbing heat and turning into cold air that sinks.

It sank right near the fan and was blown throughout the room, making the room cooler.

It would never have been this extravagant in the past, but this year the Ether Spire finally achieved full-day power supply.

The ether pump will continuously draw ether every day and then spread it throughout the city via the giant clock.

Sylph made a bold statement, allowing Horn to use her freely.

Many single monks of the Holy See now sleep in the Holy See Building, which has beds, showers, and air conditioning and fans.

Going back to live in a cramped apartment would be unbearably hot.

Because it was so unseemly and a violation of discipline, Madeleine had to come and kick people out every few days.

However, according to the visiting reporter from Art Forest, it was simply that the monks of the Holy Alliance lived in the office for work, and the cardinal personally came to send them home to rest so as not to make them too tired...

Sitting at my desk, the fan occasionally blew up a corner of the paper.

Horn sat at the table, leaning back in his chair, his hands outstretched as he examined a design drawing.

On the design drawings, a lifelike airship leaps off the page.

It consists of two parts: an upper part is a floating airbag, and a lower part is a hull the size of a small sailboat.

As you can see, the designers have ingeniously incorporated clockwork cannons at both the bow and stern, with a paddle wheel on each side for propulsion.

In addition, the tail fin and tail rudder on the airbag can be controlled by ropes for easy steering.

The drawings were entirely hand-drawn, with many data points left blank. Rather than being drawings, they were more like a visionary blueprint.

The designer's drawing skills are superb; although it is just a product of imagination, it is drawn as if it were real.

Seeing that Horn remained silent, Leonardo grew restless: "Your Majesty, what do you think?"

Have you estimated the data?

"The engineering data is in a table, on the third page."

Horn picked up the third sheet of paper from the table, looked at it for a while, and then said, "Don't you think you drew the hull at the bottom too big?"

“It’s big, it can hold a lot of people and goods, is there a problem?” Leonardo scratched his head.

According to Horn's conventional thinking, shouldn't an airship have a large airbag and a small hull?
But the truth is, in Leonardo's design sketches, the hull was not much smaller than the airbags.

“Not too big.” With her brass legs covered in black stockings moving, Shilov walked from the front of the table to the back. “Our estimates and tests show that it should be just right.”

“Yes, right?” Horn wavered when he heard Sylph say the same thing.

This time, he really did make the same mistake of being a product of his previous life. The air in this world obviously doesn't need to follow the principles of airships from his previous life.

Light gas is obviously a gas with a lower density than air and has an inherent alchemical property of "rising".

Regardless of Horn's understanding of the laws of physics, it will rise.

This alchemical trait is somewhat similar to the "Light" alchemical trait of Mithril.

Horn had previously seen a patent for a mithril alloy that, once refined, was lighter than mithril and the other refined metals combined.

Because the lightness of mithril is based on its volume!
If the volume is small enough and infused with magic, this strange phenomenon of weight inversion can even occur (note that it is weight, not mass).

It has to be said that alchemists have been living the high life since the unlimited supply of ether began.

Properties that alchemists couldn't previously achieve are now described by a single word by alchemists: "extra".

As long as there's enough energy, even the most outlandish alchemical rituals might succeed.

Leaving aside the alchemical properties of orogen's "energy-storing" properties, now even refined orogen is appearing. According to Sylph's report, alchemists have begun refining concentrated fluorite to create flashbangs to kill vampires.

Because the research of the Soridor clan shows that vampires not only fear the sun, but also strong light.

That will burn their skin and make them feel dizzy.

With that in mind, Horn immediately asked, "Have you calculated how high this airship can fly?"

"I've calculated it, it's about three thousand meters, which is 1,500 to 2,000 meters higher than the vampire's highest flight altitude."

This intelligence, too, came from the Bloodtraitor Soridor clan.

However, this is only a theoretical value. Vampires are not incapable of flying to a height of 3,000 meters; it's just that at that height, they cannot maintain stable flight in strong winds.

If it is a windless day, they can manage to fly to an altitude of about 3,000 meters.

Shilov picked up where Leonardo left off: "This airship can fly at an altitude of 500 to 3000 meters and cruise at a speed of 40 to 60 kilometers per hour."

We have two applications, civilian and military. The military application involves firing a smaller, more agile weapon, which will be faster.

"Let's talk about the civilian part first," Horn said, looking down at the blueprints and documents.

"For civilian use, we plan to open a northern air route, crossing the Dragon Sleep Mountains and heading to the Furnace Plateau."

One southern route crosses the Green Dragon Forest to reach the pioneering lands.

Airships like this certainly can't carry too much weight, so they must be used to transport high-value goods.

For example, transporting clockwork guns, clockwork cannons, moon mercury, etc., in exchange for monster meat, rare herbs, or alchemical substances (adamantite and mithril).

In addition to crossing the Dragonsleigh Mountains to support Norn, the northern route also served the purpose of connecting with the dwarves.

On the Furnace Plateau, there is still a group of dwarves who are unwilling to cooperate with vampires.

With the mindset of uniting all forces that can be united, Horn prepared to provide them with assistance.

Of course, it was also to obtain the refined gold from the Forge Plateau region, which the Holy Alliance has indeed failed to produce to date.

The southern route is easier to understand: use clockwork guns to trade for monster meat in Fran, and use clockwork guns to trade for herbs in the frontier.

Currently, with the war between the Royal Court and the Empire, spice trade revenue has plummeted, while revenue from firearms such as clockwork cannons has been steadily increasing.

"What about military applications?"

"It's very simple. Use small airships for reconnaissance and large airships as rapid support units and assault platforms for Shadow Raven sergeants."

“Oh.” Horn immediately connected the dots to specific military applications, his eyebrows first relaxing and then furrowing. “Are the airbags safe?”

"Yes, light air is not an overly intense gas. Unless you use a special potion or an alchemist, it is difficult to react quickly."

"What if a vampire were to use a blood gun?"

“Your Majesty, please take a look.” Leonardo pointed to the design drawings. “Inside, the air sacs are not filled directly with light air, but rather there are hundreds of small air sacs filled with light air.”

Even if more than a dozen are shot through, it will not affect flight and hovering for a short time.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured, this time it's different from my Tai tanks and enemy armored vehicles; I have given this matter considerable thought."

Leonard was afraid that Horn would recall the grudge about the tank, so he almost swore an oath.

Shilov added, "Now we can give his tank a try too."

"Huh?" Horn turned his head sharply. "Didn't you object to his idea of ​​building that tank?"

"Times have changed. Besides, why don't you ask where the airship's power source comes from?"

“Yes,” Horn suddenly realized the problem, “We’re not even producing enough lunar mercury, where are you going to get your power source?”

“Your Majesty,” Leonardo laughed, “have you forgotten about the Starforged Gear?”

(End of this chapter)