When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

Chapter 652: Clockwork Design and the Black Snake Bay Clearance Campaign

After the meeting, there was a simple dinner.

In the twilight of the evening, various priests and senior monks walked out of the Clement Hall and headed towards the dining room.

But Horn walked into the waiting room next to the Clement Hall, where Hemodine and Sissi were already waiting.

"Have you seen Mr. Leonardo's plans and drawings?" Horn sat on a hard and simple stool and asked Hemodin and Sissi who were standing in the empty waiting room.

The so-called plans and drawings were the mountain copper spring transmission system designed by Hemodine that Leonardo mastered within a month.

Based on this, he designed a construction plan for a clockwork engine and a winding dam, and even drew a blueprint of the clockwork engine.

It consists of three parts: the mainspring system, the gear transmission system and the backstop locking system.

The mainspring system consists of a main cabin about 1 meter high, which can be filled with a 300-pound mainspring. According to the data previously provided by Leonardo, it is expected to provide 5 horsepower for about 2 hours.

And the mainspring adopts a double-layer winding design, that is, the outer layer of the mainspring is used for normal operation and releases energy first, while the outer layer of the mainspring is used as backup energy storage to ensure stable output.

The inventor, named Leonardo, suggested using 15 cm thick carbon steel for the outer casing to ensure that the instantaneous energy when the spring turns would not blow away the internal components.

Normally, the mountain copper mainspring is placed on the winding dam, tightened by a hydraulic turbine, and then transported to the required winding machine or factory.

Next comes the main body of the clockwork machine and the gear transmission mechanism.

It consists of three layers of gear sets, with the diameter of the gears in each layer decreasing successively, achieving a smooth transition from high torque to stable output.

Leonardo also proposed installing a flywheel component outside the clockwork to ensure smooth and unfluctuating power output.

In fact, he learned how to use this flywheel component temporarily after arriving at Qiumu Island. Although he did not understand its principle, he still adopted this design with his strong intuition.

As for the backstop locking system, it is not a pawl, but a special ring clamp.

According to the inventor, two symmetrical C-shaped clamps are used to fix the mountain copper spring with bolts, and the opening of the clamps is fixed by a mechanical wedge.

The springs are tied up like this when transporting, and then stuffed into the engine, and finally the wedges are pulled out using the transmission system.

Of course, if you use Mithril alloy pawls, you don't need to use this bulky C-clip at all.

Horn always wanted to use Mithril Claws, but unfortunately Mithril Claws were too expensive, so he had to settle for the second best and use this cost-effective carbon steel.

"Your Majesty, forgive me for being blunt." Heimerding was not polite at all and said directly, "This plan seems good, but in fact it cannot be implemented as he said."

Horn frowned: "Why?"

"According to his design, a whole dam filled with hydraulic winders would require a large amount of carbon steel, and the total carbon steel output of Qianhe Valley this year is only 20 tons." Hai Moting stretched out six fingers, "300 pounds of mountain copper requires 1800 pounds of carbon steel, which is nearly one ton. With those messy devices, the required carbon steel is estimated to be 1.5 to 2 tons.

The total carbon steel production capacity of Qianhegu can only produce less than ten spring machines for you, not to mention that his hydraulic winding machine also requires a large amount of steel. "

Horn was a little stunned for a moment. He was just proud of being able to use so many metal resources, but how come steel was not enough at the beginning?

"That is to say, before the lightning furnace is developed, this thing has no meaning to be realized?" Horn asked suspiciously.

"I do have a suggestion." Heimoldin shrugged. "Although it is not enough to replace the Holy Wheel Machine, it does give me an inspiration." "What inspiration?" Horn asked. "Don't keep me in suspense. Just tell me directly."

Hemortin rubbed his hands, which were roughened by metal and mud, and said, "Make one or two small hydraulic winding machines and 6-pound springs. Use the same fixing clamp, but remove the reduction gear and put it directly into the long tube."

Clockwork cannon? After thinking it over carefully in his mind, Horn patted Hemodin on the shoulder and said, "Write me a feasibility report later and I'll discuss it at the regular meeting."

"No." As soon as Horn finished speaking, Sissi couldn't help but jump up and said, "If you continue with this, the R&D cost plus the manufacturing cost will be several thousand pounds, especially for your hydraulic winding machine."

As the head of the Holy Treasury, Sissi was very familiar with the financial expenditure on previous water conservancy projects.

Considering the way Horn spends money, this whole thing would cost at least 5000 gold pounds.

"No money?" Horn tried to open his big, watery eyes and tried to get away with it. "Then issue some more industrial vouchers."

"It's not that we don't have money." Sissi stamped her feet angrily, "Your Majesty, don't you think that there are only 3 gold pounds left in our treasury? You've spent almost 10 gold pounds this year! And you've also borrowed at least 8 gold pounds!"

"What are you afraid of? Internal debts don't count." Horn waved his hand proudly, "Don't be so stingy, like a miser."

"Internal debts don't count... When did you become so shameless?"

"I'm not being thick-skinned, I'm being well-educated." Horn walked over to Sissi with a sullen face, "Don't we still have 3 gold pounds? When the sugar and grain trade starts next year, both the consumption tax and direct income will increase significantly."

"But you have to at least wait until March next year to pay off the first batch of bonds, right?" Sissi still refused stubbornly, "Otherwise, if something happens to the sugar and grain trade, we still have reserves."

"Okay, okay." Horn sighed and nodded slightly. After all, Sissi's worries were not groundless.

You should know that the political structure within Black Snake Bay is also very complex, with localists, independents, guides, isolationists, and various secret parties.

From a political perspective, it is more of a primitive tribal alliance in disguise than an urban alliance.

Although the sugar and grain trade is a win-win situation, there is no guarantee that some psychopathic troublemakers will emerge in Black Snake Bay. Horn has a deep understanding of this.

If you can't pay back the bonds for a while, that would be a lot of trouble.

"How about this? You take out 500 gold pounds first to do some preliminary research and prototype design, and then you can make up the difference after March next year. How about that?"

Seeing him like this, Sissi breathed a sigh of relief, but still stared at him closely: "Your Majesty, this is not just a matter of how much money to spend. The key is that you must prioritize stabilizing our basic finances..."

"How about this, I go to Black Snake Bay in advance?" Horn scratched his head, "After the New Year's Day, I will go directly to Black Snake Bay. Is that okay?"

Before Sissi could reply, there was a knock on the waiting room door.

"Your Majesty, there is an urgent letter from Black Snake Bay."

Horn looked at the privy monk who came hurriedly, and his heart skipped a beat: "Read it."

"Lord Lulos said that a large number of nobles in the Lilac Corridor have united many demon hunters and temple knights in the name of holy war and cleansing movement, and have begun to mobilize the army. They plan to invade Black Snake Bay after the New Year Festival.

Lord Lulos hopes that you can deploy weapons and troops to support us in the name of the Holy Axis."

(End of this chapter)