Chapter 288: 'One Thought'
The 'energy delivery pipe' of the magic energy furnace is not really a 'pipe', it can be said to be a kind of conductor, a conductor with the ability to restrain energy, making it difficult for it to escape.
Just like the 'circuits' on Earth, after experimenting with various materials, the Arcanists of the Arcane Empire have found the cheapest material of all—copper!
Generally speaking, mages don't waste their energy on such cheap materials, after all, everyone knows that if you want to make magical items, you need very expensive materials, at least materials that contain magical power.
Just like everything in the world is composed of 'elements', some materials have a high 'elemental activity' and contain magic power, which can be very good magic materials, while some things have a low 'elemental activity' and can't contain half of the magic power, only some of these things can become barely qualified magic materials, and the rest are waste for mages.
'Gold and silver' are not only a kind of wealth for mages, but also a kind of material that can barely be used.
In addition, all kinds of gems, all kinds of rare wood, all kinds of monsters, bones, fur, scales, and the blood of magical creatures are all good magic materials.
But these materials all have one thing in common, and that is their 'preciousness', and their 'price' is proportional to their preciousness!
None of these things are suitable for use as raw materials for the manufacture of 'energy pipelines', and the price of these things is still very high after the Arcane Empire opens the astral channel, at least if they are used as 'energy pipelines', even the deep-pocketed Arcane Empire will feel distressed.
After thousands of trials, the Arcanists finally got a 'barely usable' material, which was 'copper'.
Copper is not very conductive, at least there are many materials that are much better than copper, but copper has a constricting property that can condense energy, and is cheap enough to do the work of 'energy transport'.
'Pipes' are just the words of the world of Assatom, and according to the maid, these should be called 'lines', because these 'energy pipes' are actually made up of three copper wires that are entangled, and do not even need insulation and protection.
The Magic Energy Furnace in Wende City needs to be connected to the giant elemental pool in the factory area, which is the 'Connecting Line'!
However, unlike Earth's 'wiring', Arcanists need to manipulate the Furnace to sense other energy sources, and make minor adjustments to the Furnace and the energy source, and then 'connect the line', and wait until the connection between the Furnace and the energy source is completed.
Both the Magic Furnace and the Giant Elemental Pool can be used for 'wireless power', but the mana will escape in the air, and it is difficult to accurately supply energy to the energy supply unit, so the air connection method has been abandoned from the beginning.
With the completion of the Mage Tower, the city of Winder City has become closer to the 'Factory District'.
To the south of Wende City is the farmland, to the north is the road to Overwatch and the still-unhidden Valley Plantation Zone, to the east is the New Town, then to the Mage Tower area, and then to the 'Factory District' and the 'Experimental Zone'.
The factory area is adjacent to the river called the 'Onyx River', and to the south of the factory area, that is, the upper reaches of the Onyx River, is the 'dock' of Wende City, through which merchants who come to Wende City to do business can travel to the Principality of Eagle in the south or the Kurt Kingdom in the west.
The Agate River is a tributary of the Orff River system that eventually flows to the 'Inland Sea' of the Slo Mendes continent.
The maid has already planned the design of the sewers in Wende City, and the sewage from the sewers will be discharged to the lower reaches of the Onyx River, which is the northeast of Wende City.
This is a huge project, and at least the sewers of Winder City will be repaired before the next step can be carried out.
The construction of the giant elemental pool also has this in mind, and the maid doesn't want to revert back to the dirty appearance of other cities with the expansion of Wende City, which was originally neat and clean!
The construction of the Giant Elemental Pool would provide the mages with enough magic to quickly build the sewers - yes, the maid just wanted the mages to participate in the construction of the sewers, otherwise it would take more than ten years to build such a huge sewer system with the technological level of this era!
But with the help of the mages, the maid not only built the 'water purification plant' in a few months, but also laid water supply pipes and placed piston pumping machines in Wende City.
If it weren't for the fact that production capacity couldn't keep up and there weren't enough pipes, there wouldn't just be piston pumps on every street corner in Winde City.
Although some sewer repairs were made in the process of laying the water pipes, otherwise the streets of Wende City would not be so clean and tidy, but it was only a few minor adjustments and the addition of some sewage ditches.
Now that the Magic Furnace is connected to the giant elemental pool in the factory area, it means that Wende City is about to be 'connected' to the factory area, and the maid's plan has taken a big step forward.
Not only because the next step of urban construction can continue, but also because she is about to open the 'factory area'!
Bang!
"Serra, you're going to open the 'Factory Zone'?!"
The civil servants not far from the 'lord's office' stiffened slightly, and the goddess not only slammed open the door of the maid's office, but the sound was so loud that they could all hear it......
But it wasn't the reckless behavior of the goddess of wealth that frightened them, after all, this was not the first time.
They did!
The civil servants glanced at each other, lowered their heads and continued to work, this is not something they can mix with for the time being, they are all 'civil servants', if the factory area is really going to open, then there must be some preparations, and those preparations must be done by them.
They just knew it in advance, out of the way, out of the way......
The maid didn't raise her head, but her left hand raised and pointed, "Close the door!"
Latinia glanced at the door behind her, closed it obediently, and when she turned to look at the maid, who had already raised her head from the complicated affairs and stretched.
"Sela, you're going to open up the factory district?" asked the Goddess of Fortune again, only this time she didn't have the same surprise as before.
"Yes......" the maid rubbed her aching shoulder, "but not now." ”
"Why?" asked the goddess of fortune again.
She didn't understand why the maid was about to open the factory so soon, according to her guess, even if Serena wanted to promote the development of human society, it would be gradual, first to promote economic development, and then to promote the development of the productive forces of the entire human society, after all, except for Wende City, no one or any organization could master this power called 'industrialization'.
"Let the businessmen be greedy, and by the way, promote the economic development of the society!"
The maid's answer was completely unexpected by the goddess of wealth, and she was stunned for a moment.
“...... What?"
The maid lazily cupped her cheeks, and pointed to the chair opposite her with the other hand, "You sit down first, and I'll talk to you slowly." ”
Latinia sat down, her face precipitated, her expression focused, as if she were about to listen to the 'oracle'.
"I started out with a lot of manpower, like a foundry – it started out as a group of small blacksmiths, but after using the assembly line, they were much more efficient because they had to focus on the boring stuff and didn't have to think about anything else. ”
"I said at the beginning, I don't need a 'blacksmith', I just need a 'worker', their skills are difficult to improve, but our productivity has increased, and this is called a 'factory'. ”
"I opened the factory area to provide an idea for the Chamber of Commerce—"
The maid suddenly curled the corners of her mouth and chuckled: "An idea to become a 'company'!"