1041.The first order from Alpha’s “hardware department”
1041.The first order from Alpha Company’s “Hardware Department” (page 1/2)
Chapter 1043 The first order from Alpha Company’s “Hardware Department”
The Council of Steam Lords is not just a governing body that manages the population.
In the social structure of halflings, this organization is also an organization that includes planning and creation..
They will plan the production plan for the cities owned by halflings at the beginning of each fiscal year, and supervise the next generation of steam lords to plan a continuous short-term for their tenure when each generation of steam lords is passed on. goal, to ensure that the steam lords will always lead their tribe under the guidance of rationality..
To achieve such a goal, the creative organization directly under the control of the Steam Lord is naturally huge..
In fact, Professor Malcolm once calculated that the production capacity of the manufacturing institutions directly managed by the steam lords accounts for more than one-third of the production capacity of the entire halfling population. This means that in the unique social structure of the halflings, Steam Lords have near-absolute control over supplies and production.
This is also the basic condition why the Halflings have not experienced any large-scale civil strife in the past thousand years..
They have a very powerful regulatory government agency, although in most cases, this government behaves quite low-key and has been trying to reduce its presence..
For human civilization that is still in a feudal society, the social structure of halflings is completely incomprehensible and even impossible to imitate. The origin of this structure is the order deeply rooted in the souls of halflings. It is more like a tailor-made social machine.
It simply cannot be recognized and understood by others outside this system.
Of course, the above conclusions all come from Professor Malcolm's conclusion when he introduced the halflings to Murphy. It would be difficult for Murphy, a vampire who has played too much with knives and whose intelligence has deteriorated, to understand these complicated political things..
After all, he was slow to learn Tris's complicated psychic knowledge, let alone think about these political issues..
The reason why I say the above is just to draw a conclusion: if Murphy wants to cooperate with halflings to create something new, then the best way is to directly cooperate with the steam lords..
Such as now！
When Minks' manned walker parked in front of the industrial area of Port Chardeau, Murphy, who stepped out of the vehicle, saw a giant machinery factory..
The surface area of this thing is as big as a town, and the underground area is about the same as the surface..
During the previous mechanical chaos in Port Chardeau, many manufacturing equipment, including this factory, also went out of control. However, after the players recaptured the mechanical brain, the Steam Lords restored operations here as soon as possible..
During this period, various components and weapons that supported the northern war were produced by this industrial area..
“You are not the first foreign leader to be invited to visit our machinery factory, but I think your coming here means a lot to us. It’s not that we deliberately hide the secrets here, it’s just because the big shots who visited here before know about it. Very important, but completely unable to understand the true meaning of the existence of these machines.
Over time, we will no longer open this place to outsiders..
In order to avoid having to rack your brains to explain the operating principles of various machines to them every time, in most cases, it is difficult for the invited guests to understand those engineering concepts.
For them, simply explaining that there is an 'elf' in every machine that drives the levers and gears may be the most perfect answer that is in line with the engineering principles in their minds..”
Minx led the way with his mechanical cane, and while telling the long-lasting "foreign leader joke" among halflings, he guided Murphy to get on a device similar to a sightseeing car, and after starting it, he walked along The track entered the busy and noisy manufacturing area ahead..
Murphy wasn't amused by Minks' joke.
He carefully observed the structure of the halfling's factory and compared it with the factory in another memory of his..
There are not many similarities between the existence forms of the two sides. After all, the level of mechanical technology development in the other world is higher than that of the halflings. Excluding the influence of unscientific psychic factors, the level of production skills of the halflings is roughly equivalent to that of the other world. In the era when the world's steam engine and internal combustion engine alternate.
It may seem backward, but based on the current overall technological level of the Old Continent, the existence of this factory is already at the Zentraedi level..
Because of their weak individual strength, halflings took the "automation" factor into consideration at the beginning of the design. In this site that is planned into different areas, halfling mechanics will never appear in the work that can be done with machines..
Those machinists are mainly responsible for operating machinery and planning production.
Watching the giant equipment driven by the power provided by the golden steam furnace produce sets of industrial standard parts in an ingenious way, and then feeding them into the next machine in the linkage of complex machinery and then starting again. The processing scene is really shocking, and people can't help but feel a sense of "big industry"..
If the big bosses of the "Explorers" guild were asked to watch here, they would definitely come up with at least a hundred improvement plans. However, the halflings would definitely not adopt any of them..
It's not that halflings are arrogant, it's just that the future development of the two worlds is ultimately different..
When the magical gold-burning powder is added to the power furnace, the steam utilization rate exceeds the efficiency of the internal combustion engine. The production method adopted by the halfling people today is already the optimal solution obtained through hundreds of years of accumulation and improvement..
Although they both play with machines, their starting points are different from the beginning..
Concepts can be exchanged, but there is no need to copy textbooks. The experience of another world is not completely suitable here. This has to be said to be a disappointing but also exciting conclusion..
“So, how much production capacity did you use to make those batches of Berserker rifles and various military supplies for us?？”
Murphy turned around and asked：
“Is there ten percent?？”
“To be precise, the actual production capacity is only about 6% of the total production capacity of this machinery industrial zone that we spent two hundred years building. However, including the man-hours spent on designing and transforming the production line, it far exceeds this number..”
Minx explains：
“The aliens' firearm design concepts are different from our weapon design ideas, but we must admit that in terms of making killing weapons, the gap between us and the aliens' research level is at least two generations..
They turned gunpowder weapons into works of art. We can't compete with them in this regard, but the complete industrial system they have is like a treasure trove..
When I heard that you were planning to put the 'Explorer' Guild's base in Port Chardeau, I felt deeply excited about it. This means that we will be able to exchange experiences with our counterparts in other worlds and let the sparks of wisdom shine with each other. burst into mind.
But it is very difficult to build an industrial zone of this size in Transia..
Even with the help of the Mechanicum, you will need a lot of energy and resources, so I suggest you take your time..
Really necessary items can be manufactured in Port Chardeau. We are happy to do the manufacturing and will sign an intellectual property protection agreement. There is no need to worry about us leaking our technological secrets to other countries..
I guess the business you want to do with us is also related to this？”
“Yes, I want to order a batch of special-purpose engines in Port Chardeau..”
In the industrial sightseeing car, Murphy leaned on the sofa and explained：
“This is related to the research and development of advanced weapons in Transia. We want to create an aerial vehicle that has been proven effective in other worlds to replace airships, or to assist and improve the current war mode of airships to perfect our air combat system..
The designers of Transia Arsenal have already come up with drawings, but due to productivity constraints they cannot put them into research and development. I have found another key item for mass production of this weapon in the Elf Kingdom, but when it comes to power, psychic support cannot be used. , we can only use the experience of another world..
It's not that the power furnace you are using now is not good enough, it's mainly because you can't bring a pile of coal in the air to light it.？”
The vampire lord spread his hands and said helplessly：
“The special oil used for dragoons is too expensive and cannot be used on a large scale. Unless the halflings can find a way to reduce the cost of that mixed oil, they can only use the experience of outsiders and start using it. Produce exclusive aviation fuel.”
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