Chapter 278 A Weapon for Strengthening the Country Two in one, seven thousand five hundred words When Captain Hook and Chuck Werewolf, dressed in short clothes, jumped on the front of two steam locomotives, one after the other, the two Hogwarts Sorting students acted as temporary "drivers".
In fact, the driver's job is very easy to do, and it is basically a straight and unobstructed distance from the square to the gate of the college.
As long as the front of the car starts, stops when it reaches the place, and then the front of the rear of the car starts again and drives back.
Captain Hook and Chuck the Werewolf acted as coolie shovels and coals.
Chen Daolin remembers that when he first bought the head of a steam locomotive in a museum in the real world, he once heard people in the museum introduce the operation of this kind of steam engine.
When running, it is necessary to constantly add coal to the boiler, one shovel after another.
Moreover, it is said that in the early days when this kind of steam locomotive was widely used, this kind of cooter had a technical standard, and the requirement was to shovel 27 shovels of coal in one minute.
Only those who meet this standard can be hired.
This requires extremely strong physical strength, and those magic students in the magic academy can't do this job, so they have to let the two muscular male guards around them play in person.
What kind of person is Hook, that is, an athlete who fights with the wind and waves on the sea, and a fierce man who can split the mast of the sailing ship with a short knife, not to mention Chuck, a werewolf, orcs have always been known for their physical strength and infinite strength.
Everyone watched as the steam engine began to hum, smoke billowed from the chimney, and Hook filled the boiler with a shovel in his hand And then the wheels really started to spin slowly This time, there was an uproar In this world, this purely mechanical power has never been shown or seen Seeing that this long series of carriages, driven by the front of the car, really drove slowly, those spectators and guests all exclaimed Especially Dean Hugo of the German Academy, this fat old man's body shook violently, and he couldn't even stand still Then, the great alchemist looked at Chen Daolin deeply, and silently walked to his seat, his steps even a little staggering, reaching out to hold his seat, and slowly sat down.
His actions were in stark contrast to the others: many of the aristocratic guests had even taken it anymore and rushed up in droves, chasing after the long line of carriages, amazed.
Even the magic teachers and professors in many of the academies, as well as the elders of the committees, couldn't sit still.
Dean Kurche, who was still in a daze on the sidelines, this gray-haired old man, whose face was originally pale and iron-blue, suddenly turned red, so red that he was almost dripping blood.
He stared at the front of the car for a long time, and finally stomped his foot hard, flew after the old Kurche, and at this moment actually ran faster than a rabbit Angulo of the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce danced with his hands, and the fat man was almost about to cry out in madness Self-propelled, this is truly self-propelled You don't need manpower, you don't need the power of livestock, you just walk on the land What is it called Land boating, land boating A full twenty tons of things were easily dragged and transported, and once such an artifact came out, what a shock it would bring to this world Angulo's heart was already on the verge of madness, and his mind began to make all sorts of calculations frantically The Pompeii Chamber of Commerce started as a military supplier, and as the largest military supplier in the empire, the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce was naturally responsible for supplying part of the military food supply.
The fat man knows very well how much it costs in the process of transporting military food supplies The land area of the empire was extremely vast.
In order to confront the Orc Empire and maintain the deterrent effect against the Orcs on the northern border, the Kaspersky Line in the north must maintain a large army all year round However, the north is not the grain producing area of the empire, and more than 100,000 troops are stationed in the north, and these troops are not engaged in production, they are standard professional soldiers.
The fact that the empire did not do anything like Tuntian proved that a long-term operation of this kind of thing in Tuntian would greatly reduce the combat effectiveness of the army, so more than 100,000 troops were stationed in the north, and a large amount of grain needed to be transported from the south to the north every year The grain-producing areas in the south are thousands of miles away from the north Traditionally, transportation has relied on the carrying capacity of requisitioned men, coolies, and livestock.
But the cost is too good The grain itself has a shelf life, and if it is not eaten for a long time, it will rot and deteriorate.
The transportation from the south to the north, a long journey of thousands of miles, along the way relying on people to pick up the cart, the people in charge of the transport, on the way to eat part of the grain, and the livestock pulling the cart to consume a part.
In terms of cost, for every kilogram of grain transported to the north, three kilograms must be consumed on the way Although with the gradual development of the empire's maritime industry, and the establishment of seaports on the eastern coast of the Kaspersky Line in the north, inland canals were also opened, which could transport grain by sea to the northern estuary, and then transfer it to the inland.
Shipping is much less economical than traditional manpower and animal power.
However, this efficiency is still not satisfactory.
First of all, the Kaspersky Line is the military defense line of the northern part of the empire.
The border between the Roland Empire and the Orc Kingdom runs from east to west, and the thousands of miles of inland river transportation can only be sent to the eastern part of the coastal area, and further west, there is no inland river that can be used, and it still has to be transported by land.
Not to mention the high cost, it also has to take up a lot of manpower and livestock manpower.
The finances of the empire were wasted a lot every year for this.
Although attempts have been made to develop food production in the north, due to special reasons such as climate and land, food production in the north has not been satisfactory and it has not been able to achieve local self-sufficiency.
In addition to transporting grain and grass supplies, other military products are also a headache.
For example, the transportation of armor, weapons An army has to have a lot of wear and tear of weapons and armor equipment every year, and they have to be constantly replenished and replaced, and transporting these things to the north naturally consumes a lot of capacity.
Some people may say, "Isn't it possible to recruit local blacksmiths to produce them locally?"
But local production also requires iron ore to make iron locally, and iron does not always fall from the sky out of thin air.
At the same time as transporting a cart of iron ore, you have to transport a cart of grain.
Food was given to the people and livestock to eat on the road.
Yes, mages can do the same, and having a mage load a large amount of goods with a storage ring and riding a broomstick can quickly transport a large amount of supplies from one place to another.
However, don't forget, this kind of thing is only for magicians In the entire human world, there are only a few thousand magicians, and most of them are low-level mages who do not have too strong abilities And the magicians with a little bit of strength are all dragged so much that they almost look at people with their nostrils.
Is it possible to let more than a thousand magicians, do nothing, and all change careers to help the imperial official courier?
What magician would be willing to put down his magic cultivation and come to do such a thing And Chen Daolin's "truck that can walk on its own" soon made the shrewd Angulo see the business opportunities and the huge wealth contained in it It can walk on its own, it does not require manpower and animal power, and the carrying capacity of the transport, from the current point of view, seems to be very satisfactory, and the twenty tons of goods can be easily pulled The fat man's eyes were very vicious, and he could already see that this kind of "self-propelled car" only needed a few people to control it, and as for the coolie like Hook, who was shoveling coal with a shovel, it would cost much less than a mule and a horse.
At this moment, Angulo did not run to follow the carriage to watch the excitement like others, but his eyes were staring at Chen Daolin tightly, as if he was looking at a hen that could lay golden eggs And at the same time, what made the fat man vigilant was the attitude of the woman from the tulip workshop.
Fiona was also not far away, staring at Chen Daolin tightly, this woman's cheeks were flushed with excitement, her eyes were full of surprise, looking at Chen Daolin, she almost wanted to swallow his whole person This kind of talent, but actually let the damn fat man of the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce snatch it first, absolutely not, Professor Darling's mind God knows how many wonderful ideas there are, not to mention that even if he doesn't make anything new anymore, it's just this truck that can walk on its own, and the wealth contained in it is enough to make Fiona weak when she thinks about it Transportation, this is related to the national economy and people's livelihood of an empire This is not just something to make money, but a powerful weapon When she thought of this, Fiona felt even more hot all over her body, and she immediately commanded her subordinates to tie up this Darling Professor directly Just as she was thinking about it, she felt a chill, and Fiona turned her head to look, and saw that Angulo's fat man was staring at her coldly, with a cold light in his eyes, and he looked very vigilant.
Fiona sneered disdainfully.
Hmph, with the strength and status of the Tulip family, such a powerful weapon, where can Angulo, a fat man, hold in his hands No, this matter has to be reported to the family immediately, and the eldest lady is in charge.
Such a major event, if it is reported in a timely manner, can be regarded as a great achievement With the mysterious personal friendship between the eldest lady and this Darling professor, maybe this great god can be pryed directly from the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce.
When the time comes, in terms of meritorious deeds, he can be regarded as meritorious, and he will enter the eyes of the eldest lady, so in the future The more Fiona thought about it, the more her eyes flashed gold, and she only felt that she had taken the initiative to put down her shelf and come to see Chen Daolin a few days ago, this decision was really correct, although she was still slightly unconvinced at the time, after all, with her identity as the head of the tulip workshop, even the palace could enter, but she deigned to take the initiative to ask for a young magician, and the feeling in her heart was really not very good.
But now it seems that if it weren't for the easing of relations with Professor Darling that day, where would there be such a harvest today Professor Darling made this competition, but he made a lot of effort to fill twenty tons of supplies, as well as these two hundred guards, but they were all the favors he brought from Tulip's family, which can be regarded as a real win In fact, this series of trains went back and forth, and did not really go ten times.
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After only five trips, Chen Daolin signaled to his students: You can stop.
Moreover, in the process of transportation, the goods on the car were not unloaded and replaced with people.
Anyway, this cargo is loaded, and you can see at a glance whether you can load people on the car, and you can deliberately load people to run a few back and forth Isn't this rubbing salt in the wounds of the elders of the Academy of Magic?
That's not how you slap your face.
Chen Daolin still wants to continue to fight in the magic academy in the future, if he makes a mortal enemy, it will be more than worth the loss.
"Dean Hugo, look, this competition can end here" Chen Daolin walked in front of Hugo with a smile.
Dean Hugo was still sitting there and didn't get up, and when he heard this, the branch dean raised his head and looked at Chen Daolin with complicated eyes for a long time, and then he exhaled heavily.
The number two person in the magic academy actually stood up slowly, and then grabbed Chen Daolin's hand with both hands He held his grip very tightly, and his tone was extremely solemn "Professor Darling, on behalf of the German Academy, I solemnly apologize to you" Dean Hugo's voice was a little astringent, but his attitude was very clear: "What you have created today is by no means too miraculous" As he spoke, Hugo looked with firm eyes at several of the academy veterans who were also sitting in their seats.
And in the distance, Dean Couche had already walked back in despair.
The old man had just trotted all the way to follow the convoy three times back and forth, and there were actually some mud spots on the originally plain and spotless mage's robe.
This stubborn old-school figure of the academy muttered to himself as he walked: "How to do it, how to do it" Fortunately, Dean Hugo saw that Kurche's mood was wrong, and quickly went up and grabbed Kurche hard, then forcibly pressed him back to his seat and sat down, and quickly took out a bottle of magic potion from the ring, unscrewed it, and poured it into Kurche.
This is a bottle of mana replenishment potion that can instantly restore the consumption of mental power.
And Kurche's dejected appearance was obviously too bad, haggard, and crumbling.
After pouring a bottle of magic potion down, Kurche was reborn in a moment.
He wiped the potion from his beard vigorously, and then looked up, his eyes gradually brightening.
Then he suddenly stood up, rushed up in a few steps and grabbed Chen Daolin's hand: "Professor Darling, tell me quickly, what kind of power is used in this self-propelled car, how and how to do it?"
Chen Daolin smiled slightly, took out his hand without moving, and bowed deeply to Kurche, Dean Hugo, and the other academy elders.
"Deans, Commissioners, Elders."
Chen Daolin's voice was neither humble nor arrogant, and he said slowly: "In today's competition, I have no intention of trying to subvert the tradition, I just want to exert the power of magic in the rest of the fields and make it more prosperous."
I just hope that you can see a new direction, some new possibilities.
I don't mean to erase tradition or deny the authority of magic.
As I said at the beginning of the competition, there is no winning or losing in today's competition, only academic exchanges.
As for Dean Kurche, it would be a great pleasure to be interested in my class on magic mechanics, and I welcome you to visit my laboratory at any time, as I need an experienced and respected magician like you to give me some valuable guidance on the road to combining magic and mechanical powers.
The doors of my laboratory are always open to you."
Kurche opened his lips, and then the old man suddenly made up his mind, and bowed to Chen Daolin, and said with a straight face: "Professor Darling, you and I will talk about friends with Taoism in the future, although I have a lot of complaints about you a few days ago, but today's matter, I am really convinced, no matter what, I am very interested in your magic machinery class, and I will definitely be present to listen to the class when the class starts tomorrow."
Chen Daolin smiled slightly, deliberately touched his nose, and said with a wry smile: "Ming said that he can't start classes" After a pause, he shook his head and said: "Everyone, I have another competition the night after tomorrow, I'm afraid tomorrow."
Everyone then remembered that in two days, it would be New Year's Eve.
Dean Hugo laughed, and then exclaimed, "I almost forgot."
But after the New Year, when Professor Darling restarts his classes, we old fellows will definitely be there to listen.
In my personal capacity, I would like to congratulate you, Professor Darling, on your results in today's competition.
In addition" Speaking of this, Dean Hugo looked at Chen Daolin's eyes and said slowly: "The results of the three contempt games have been carried out for two games and there is no dispute, so I don't have to compare them when I look at this third game." ” When these words were spoken, everyone in the academy had embarrassed faces and expressions.
In today's two competitions, the conservatives can be said to have lost a lot, and everyone can see that Chen Daolin actually won these two competitions without dispute.
Even if the conservatives can win a game in the third game, they will not be able to turn the tables on the big picture.
In short, in today's competition, Chen Daolin has already shaken the conservatives in the academy in one fell swoop, even if there are still people who are unconvinced, but they can't say a word.
Hugo's words came out, and Chen Daolin also had this intention.
Seeing that the conservatives of the academy have been convinced, if they don't give up, they have to tear off other people's faces, it will be a real break, and you can't be like this.
He hurriedly bent down and smiled: "What Dean Hugo said is good.
I don't think this third test will have to be done again.
It's been spent so much effort, and everyone must be tired and, I still have a little selfishness, but I still have a big competition, and I'm still a little apprehensive in my heart.
I can save some energy today, and I can go down and prepare for the day after tomorrow. ” As soon as Chen Daolin said this, the faces of many elders looked much better.
I have to say that this young Professor Darling is just a man who can talk and behave Chen Daolin said that the third "test" does not need to be done. cleverly replaced "competition" with "experiment", as if today's incident was not a battle at all, but a magic experiment within the magic academy, which left face for the conservative side who lost the big defeat.
Even Kurche, looking at Chen Daolin's eyes, was a little more friendly.
But the old guy still shook his head and whispered, "Hey, Professor Darling, you are a great genius and have a bright future, but why waste your time competing with those stupid samurai."
Wouldn't it be a waste of your precious time to do such a boring thing, hey, alas" Chen Daolin is not angry, he has roughly grasped the surname of this Curche dean, old-fashioned and stubborn, and a little unreserved, but in fact, there is nothing bad about it, and the person is quite simple.
Although these words are a little unpleasant, they are actually a kind exhortation.
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Chen Daolin smiled: "I have some other ideas for the competition in the future, otherwise, it would be too cheap for us to be a dignified magician and do some stupid fights with those warriors."
It's just that I have some special plans, but I have to do such a stupid effort. ” These words complimented the status of the magician, and several bigwigs listened to it and became more and more comfortable.
Then Dean Hugo made a loud announcement: This is the end of today's "magic test".
This announcement made many guests feel a little unsatisfied, and many people couldn't help but ask: Didn't you say three games?
But after all, Dean Hugo's status is here, the number two person in the Academy of Magic, in this place, people with a higher status than him can be counted on two hands.
The people present did not dare to be presumptuous in front of him.
Many guests had no choice but to disperse, but before leaving, Chen Daolin sent each other one by one, many powerful and powerful people, all pulled Chen Daolin to have a good greeting, just the banquet invitation after the New Year, Chen Daolin received more than a dozen, and there were some women and girls from aristocratic families, secretly sending autumn waves, which also made Chen Daolin secretly feel beautiful.
Although Lao Tzu is not handsome, it seems that he is also very marketable It's just that when facing Luo Daer, the smug smile on Chen Daolin's face finally disappeared.
"I'm going back" "Oh."
"I'm living in the house, if you have time, remember to come and see me."
"Oh."
"Frey said you were living in my house at the time, and you left a few things behind."
"Oh."
"I'm still thinking about Barossa and Xia Xia a little.
When you come to see me, take them with you. ” "Oh."
"Are you just talking?"
said Rodelle, raising an eyebrow.
Chen Daolin looked at her, but when the words came to his lips, they became: "Hmm." ” Luo Deer's face turned blue, she glanced at Chen Daolin deeply, then took a deep breath, looked at no one on the left and right, and then said in a low voice: "I know you must think that I am messing around and causing you trouble."
But I'm telling you that if I don't do this, I'll really be finished this time, and this is the only way to save myself, and Darling, I did it a great favor in disguise."
"Busy" Chen Daolin was stunned.
I suddenly cried and laughed in my heart: You made Lao Tzu "happy to be a father", and said that you helped me a lot "I can't tell you in detail now" Rodelle's eyes were a little anxious: "If you are free, come to my house tomorrow afternoon, I have something important to say to you" Chen Daolin sighed and nodded casually.
But I had already made up my mind in my heart: Lao Tzu would never go Seeing off the troubled Rodelle, Chen Daolin saw Rose in the distance and squeezed his eyes at him, and then the big head smiled and left.
The fat man Angulo was on the side, but he stared at Chen Daolin like a dog guarding food, Fiona's woman saw the posture of this fat man, and knew that even if she wanted to do something, she would not have a chance today, so she had to walk up to Chen Daolin's side and said with a smile: "Professor Darling, congratulations on your fame again." ” Chen Daolin smiled politely: "Where, thank you for Miss Fiona's great help." ” "I'll ask Professor Darling to get together again, then" "I won't dare to refuse."
Chen Daolin nodded immediately.
People did themselves a favor, and took the initiative to come up to show goodwill, if they refused to go thousands of miles, it would be too ignorant of human feelings.
When Fiona left, she deliberately glared at Angulo like a demonstrator.
Finally, Angulo, who looked aggrieved, walked up to him, opened his mouth, and stopped talking.
Chen Daolin knew that he couldn't treat his big financier too badly, so he smiled and said, "President Anguluo, this is a resentment against me."
Then he took the initiative to explain: "I asked Miss Fiona for help to show justice.
After all, everyone in the academy knows the relationship between you and me, and if I ask you to come forward, even if I win, I will be criticized, so" Angulo immediately smiled and said: "No need to explain, Professor Darling, you and I are working together, this peerless workshop can maintain our common efforts, needless to say, you and I take care of it."
Chen Daolin smiled: "After the end of the martial arts competition the day after tomorrow, the sword of the Force will be officially promoted, I will free my hands, and there will be some ideas next, and then we will plan slowly." ” Angulo was a little anxious, and couldn't help but point to the students in the square who were busy preparing to pull the two steam locomotives away: "This self-propelled truck" Chen Daolin smiled, looked at the fat man meaningfully, and then suddenly said leisurely: "Brother, how valuable my self-propelled truck is in your eyes."
"A powerful weapon" Angulo made an evaluation without hesitation.
"Hmm."
Chen Daolin nodded: "But I haven't perfected it yet, what you see is just a half-finished product that is not a test product."
Then he said slowly: "When this thing is really completed, I'm afraid it will take a lot of time."
And" He looked into Anguluo's eyes and said in a low voice: "This kind of sharp weapon can strengthen the country and benefit the people, so brother, do you think that after His Majesty the Emperor knows about it, he will allow such a thing to be in the hands of a private chamber of commerce, and it is absolutely impossible to grasp this kind of thing in his own hands." ” When the fat man heard this, his body shook, and he suddenly woke up from his hot head.
"I got this thing out, and I didn't plan to take it into my own hands."
Chen Daolin shook his head.
Angulo's heart suddenly moved, and he remembered something: "Darling is a martial arts competition the day after tomorrow, you see, do you need me to do something, for example?"
Speaking of this, a hint of cruelty flashed in the fat man's eyes The current Chen Daolin is simply a big gold mine in his eyes, and now this gold mine has to carry a knife to cut people, where is he willing to do it In Angulo's meaning, that little cub named Anthony directly found someone to kill the richest man in the empire like him, the imperial merchant, and killed a martial arts champion like this idol star, it was like pinching an ant to death.
Chen Daolin laughed: "You are too nervous, since I dared to do this, I am naturally sure, don't forget, our Force sword, but we still have to rely on him as a foil." ” After a pause, he asked again: "I dragged you to prepare something, but everything is ready" The fat man hurriedly nodded: "All the things you ordered, where do I dare to slack off things, but Master Kang personally created it" to be continued
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