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"We won't sit back and watch shipowners go bankrupt in large numbers. Since we want to promote the technology on warships to the civilian field, we need to make it truly and thoroughly popularized to the civilian population, so that it can serve the people instead of causing everyone to go bankrupt," Gao Wen laughed. Get up, "I have three preliminary plans..."

Speaking of which, he thought for a while, and then said one by one: "The first is to open up the sales and leasing channels of mechanical ships. When the time is right, we can even assist powerful private capital to establish small shipyards, and put the magical mechanical ships as soon as possible. The cost is reduced to a level acceptable to the people, so that some big ship owners or wealthy businessmen have the ability to buy and lease ships, just like the commercial use of magic vehicles;

"Secondly, for some ship owners, the government affairs department will subsidize them to renovate old cargo ships, or let them buy new ships with old cargo ships. If they are not economically strong enough, they can borrow money to buy new ships for them without interest—don't worry about this part. As for the cost, as long as the new cargo ships run on the river, the economic benefits they can bring far exceed the subsidy.

"Finally, smaller ship owners can jointly set up a transportation company, raise funds to buy ships, or transfer jobs to enter the dock freight system, each with subsidies. Now that new cities are being built in various places, there will always be job vacancies, as long as they are well settled. Work, there is always a way out.

"As for the control during the specific implementation of these plans...that's up to you."

Seeing Hetty taking notes seriously, Gawain let out a sigh of relief.

The plan is very good, but there will definitely be many problems after it is implemented. Industrialization is a good thing, but the impact in the process of transforming agriculture into industry is always unavoidable—just like the alchemy potion that bankrupted a large number of alchemists, Last year's magic vehicles also caused panic in the carriage dealers, and the current mechanical boats... will definitely impact the ship owners who rely on old-fashioned inland cargo ships for their livelihood.

In the past, more than 90.00% of the land in the southern border was controlled by other lords. A large number of alchemists and pharmacists went bankrupt. Under the rule of the Seale family, everyone is a citizen of Cecil, so he has many issues to consider.

He can only rely on his own knowledge and experience to make these shocks go through as smoothly as possible.

While Gao Wen and Hetty were thinking about the civilianization of the new technology, there was another person on the bridge who was also deep in thought.

Next to the chief control seat, Rebecca was looking at the flashing runes and silver-white levers on the platform, and Tyre beside her was carefully laying himself on the ground. Seriously stuffing the tip of his tail into the "snake ball", he couldn't help but look up at Rebecca: "Hey, what are you thinking?"

Rebecca woke up from her contemplation. She looked at Tyre, who was playing with her tail, with a look of frustration on her face: "Your magic ship has been built, but my magic train is blown up twice a day... "

——Since using the Origin Lab and no longer being afraid of cost issues and hidden dangers of explosions, the number of explosions in this girl's experiments has increased significantly.

Till tilted his head, and said casually, "What's there for you to be depressed about? I've been researching this ship with a few hundred people since last year. Isn't it normal that the result is earlier than yours?"

"Although this is the truth..." Rebecca still seemed very frustrated, "but if the train problem is not resolved, the mines on the side of the White Sand Hills will not be transported back..."

Tyre thought for a while, and retracted a little bit into the ball he wove with his tail: "Then I can't help you with this—we sea monsters are not good at making vehicles that can run on land, magician The battleship's engine unit plan will certainly not be able to be used on your train."

Rebecca looked helplessly at Tyre, who had completely turned into a ball of snakes. The Marquis of the Cecil family became more depressed than ever...

Chapter 0559 Thoughts

Sparkling energy sparks jumped between the rune organs, and the surging magic power was distributed from the power ridge to each magic energy engine. Accompanied by a loud siren, on the experimental platform hundreds of meters long , The train consisting of four sets of power carriages and a large number of complex linkage mechanisms, control systems, and energy supply systems began to move forward slowly.

On the observation tower a hundred meters away from the platform, Rebecca and the technicians concentrated on every detail of the huge, complex, and precise mechanical monster, every movement of the wheels, and every movement of the vehicle. Every roar that came out of the body.

The train traveled tens of meters, and a power carriage located in the middle section suddenly reduced its output according to the predetermined plan.

According to the design, the linkage mechanism at the front and rear of the car will react immediately, and the misplaced rune trigger will redistribute the energy supply of all power cars, and loosen the axle drive of the faulty car, so as to prevent the faulty car from disrupting the balance of the entire train. Even damage the mechanical structure of the linkage.

However, an exceptionally loud noise came from the connector between the second and third power compartments. Along with the loud noise, a bright arcane flame suddenly spewed from the magic obelisk on the top of the compartment. Immediately afterwards, the power ridge connected to the magic energy obelisk exploded—the magic power that had nowhere to be released instantly erupted from between all the rune substrates, and the two power compartments were almost instantly engulfed by a large group of flames. Devour completely.

The fireball formed by the explosion soared into the sky on the experimental platform, and slowly condensed into the word "shame" in the air.

In this virtual testing ground where costs and consequences are basically not considered, this small special effect can serve as a good warning and spur to project participants.

Countless bright and illusory lines trembled and wandered around on the platform, and the carriages and fireballs destroyed by the deflagration stagnated in mid-air one after another, showing a clear decomposition structure. On the observation tower in the distance, Rebecca Scratched his head.

"Oh my god," the Marquis said with cold sweat on her face, "Fortunately, we did the experiment here..."

Kamel on the side also made a helpless voice: "If it is in reality... Ms. Hetty will definitely go crazy."

Rebecca curled her lips, not daring to imitate the scene where her aunt hanged herself up and beat her after going crazy, she waved her hand: "Let's check the reason."

The upper layer of the observation tower immediately separated from the tower body, carrying all the technicians to the ruins of the experiment that had stagnated.

In this experimental space formed by virtual reality, everything becomes extremely convenient.

The two project leaders and a group of technicians began to analyze the cause of the failure. They carefully observed, calculated carefully, assumed, discussed, verified, and debated... For the birth of a brand new thing, people and their wisdom were concentrated on Together, they do not take strength and status as the benchmark, but pure "knowledge and truth" as the criterion, and the whole team begins to get busy.

On the edge of the crowd, Daniel, who participated in the "Cecile-style scientific research" team for the first time, looked at the scene in front of him in a daze.

This was the first time he participated in a team activity after becoming a servant of the "Outsider Wanderer". However, the atmosphere and form of this team activity were completely different from what he had imagined.

He had imagined that this would be a gloomy and depressing group, or a strict and cruel organization—this is the case for most of the secret organizations, and he had also imagined that the working atmosphere here would be tense, mysterious, full of taboos and heretical knowledge—cults Most of them are like this, but he never thought that the real atmosphere here would be like this.

These people seem to be simply pursuing new knowledge and discussing technical possibilities. In this "secret religion" established by wanderers from outside the territory, people's motivation for pursuing truth is even stronger than that of the glorious Royal Mages Association. But also simple and pure.

Daniel, who spent his entire youth and middle age in the Royal Mages Association, and spent more than ten years as a cult member in the Order of the Eternal Sleepers, is not used to this "pure" atmosphere, or in this era of the world. None of the mages and scholars here would be used to this unprecedented atmosphere. However, seeing these people blushing over a technical issue and jubilantly over a few calculation results, Daniel couldn't bear the slightest resistance.

He couldn't help but think of his youth, the days when he first came into contact with the mysteries of magic—in his faded long-term memory, it seemed that only those days still had a trace of magic. Warm and colorful.

The unknown field and the process of seeking knowledge are the most fascinating.

Beside the experiment bench, Rebecca pulled a group of twisted and deformed metal parts closer to her eyes. She shook her head: "The mechanical structure of the linkage device is flawed, too complicated, which reduces reliability..."

As she spoke, she suddenly noticed Daniel standing not far away, so she waved: "Master Daniel, what do you think?"

Daniel woke up from a short thought. He heard Rebecca's greeting and said as he walked over, "You don't need to call me Master, just call me Daniel."

Although this girl named Rebecca is still young, she is one of the first emissaries of the wanderers outside the territory, and she is also a descendant of the bloodline of the body currently used by the wanderers outside the territory. Although the reason is unknown, the master seems to regard her as a real After knowing this, Daniel will naturally be more polite in front of Rebecca.

In addition to Rebecca, the ancient arcanist named Kamel is also extraordinary. He is an ancient strongman who has survived 1000 years ago, the great magister of the Gondor Empire, and even a person who transformed himself with the power of gods. ——The same cannot be underestimated.

Compared with such a person, I, a high-level mage from the Royal Mage Association, is really nothing—even if I have taught a legendary strong man, so what?Does the Outlander lack legendary power?

The pure-hearted Rebecca couldn't imagine what the old mage in front of her was lamenting. She just asked the other party's opinion: "Daniel, what do you think is the wrong way of thinking about the magic train?"

Daniel glanced at the magical creation with a complex structure and incredible mechanical structures everywhere, and shook his head with a wry smile: "To be honest, I haven't fully understood its principle...I can only help you build a virtual It's just the environment."

Daniel is an expert in the fields of dream spells and virtual reality. He helped Kamel and Rebecca build the laboratory environment here as a consultant, but for the field of magical machinery... Although he also knows a little, he is not professional. Obviously not comparable to Rebecca.

Rebecca herself didn't expect to get any answers from Daniel, she just shook her head: "Both ways of thinking are very difficult..."

"After the power distribution, the overload and interference problems of high-power engines have indeed been solved, but the mechanical complexity and control difficulty have suddenly increased several times," Kamel said in a low tone. "It is necessary to ensure that the multiple power carriages can run simultaneously , synchronous control, but also to ensure that the entire system can be automatically trimmed after some of the cars fail, and can shield the faulty car section...With the existing technology and materials, we cannot create a reliable control mechanism."

A technician next to him couldn't help but said: "After all, the train chassis is limited, and we have too little room to play..."

"On the one hand, the large-scale power group cannot be produced, and on the other hand, the mechanical structure is complex and unreliable." Rebecca scratched her hair again—her hair was already a mess, "Maybe we should reorganize all the parameters. ..."

Daniel watched the scene in front of him silently. Although he didn't know all the secrets of the magic train when he first came into contact with this project, he understood Rebecca's distress very well——

For a project, there may be no problem in calculating data, but there will always be errors and accidents when it is applied to real objects. This is almost a problem that any technological product will inevitably encounter in the process of moving from paper to reality. His non-implantable nerve Suo has been studying for more than ten years, and most of the time is stuck at this stage.

He raised his head, and once again carefully observed the complex and huge magical mechanical creation.

This is really an incredible thing, an incredible train of thought.

Before he came into contact with the knowledge of wanderers outside the realm, he never thought that the power of magic could still be used in this form, and he never thought that when ordinary people also participated in the supernatural realm, the operation of the entire society would undergo earth-shaking changes.

Each arrival of wanderers from outside the territory has its own mission, either to create, or to destroy, or to conquer the world, or to save the world.

So this time He came... is it to create a world driven by magic technology?

I really want to see with my own eyes what Cecil, who has already popularized magic machines, looks like...

"Daniel? Daniel?" Rebecca noticed that the old mage suddenly raised his hair in a daze, and couldn't help asking curiously, "Master Daniel, what are you thinking?"

Daniel woke up from the momentary distraction. He blinked, looked at the mechanical train that had become too bloated and complicated through many transformations, and suddenly said casually: "The power of the magic train...must be placed on the train. up?"

"Where do you put the power on the train?" Rebecca said with a matter-of-fact expression, "The power is not on the train, the power... Wait, you said, the train's power can be left on the train?! "

"Ah, I just asked casually," Daniel said quickly, "because I don't understand its structure..."

"No, no, listen to whoever says something makes sense," Rebecca interrupted Daniel, "You said just now that the power should not be put on the car... Could it be put on the track?"

Listen to whoever says the truth...

For the first time in decades, Daniel heard such words.

This sentence is so reasonable.

"I don't know the structure of the magic train, but as a 'layman', I know that the purpose of your train is to use it to transport a large amount of goods from one place to another," Daniel said while thinking, " It doesn't matter whether the power is put on the car or on the track, as long as this purpose can be achieved-as far as I can see now, the large number of mechanical structures installed on the train has seriously exceeded the capacity of the car body. Stuffing things in the car can only sacrifice reliability, and if you don't put power in the car...we have many spells that can push a movable entity from the outside...such as installing a repulsion mechanism on the track or a traction spell."

Rebecca and Kamel couldn't help but glanced at each other, and they both saw a bright light in their eyes.

Carmel's is brighter.

"The power can be placed on the track. I didn't expect this idea, I really didn't expect it..." Kamel's tone was filled with excitement, "But if the power is on the track, you can also control the vehicle to move forward on the train Reverse and brake? Rely on the magic obelisk for remote control? Or... leave all control to the operator of the track?"

"...the latter is not safe. The train itself must have a way to control power, at least a way to brake. After all, it will transport people in the future. One is pushed on the track and cannot stop when something happens. No one dares to sit in the tin can," Rebecca said while thinking, "...Maybe we can disassemble the power structure? Or... Ah, I have an idea!!"

She suddenly raised her head and looked at the magicians around her who were showing thoughtful expressions.

"Everyone, get busy—we'll do it again!"

Chapter 0560 Scheme

In the lord's mansion of Cecil City, Gawain looked at Rebecca who was excitedly looking for him with a look of surprise on his face, and looked at the pile of sketches and scribbled messy plans brought by the other party: "Your... train new plan?"

"Yes, yes!" Rebecca excitedly placed the pile of things in front of her ancestor, "Take a look - the first simulation test has been successful! These are all related materials!!"

Due to the realization of the immersion chamber technology, the human brain has been able to connect with the magic net device. Now after the researchers conduct experiments in the "Origin Laboratory", the relevant information can be directly compiled into data and directly connected to the immersion chamber by a computer. It was printed by a printing machine, so Rebecca sorted out such a large amount of materials in a short period of time, and then she revised the materials according to her own ideas, and brought the things here excitedly .

Gawain only glanced at the sketches at the top of the documents, and realized that this was really a brand new plan.

The thing depicted on it... Except that the car is still a car, he can hardly recognize the other structures.

Not even the wheels...

"This is... a repulsive force structure?" Gawain was attracted by the wonderful sketch, and he immediately opened the detailed description below, and the more he read, the more surprised he was, "You directly canceled the engine... pushed the whole train to the track Over the sky? Use a repulsion generator that can adjust the direction to move forward and backward?! Energy... most of the energy is in orbit?!"

"Yes," Rebecca said triumphantly, "the mechanical structure is unprecedentedly simple, the load is borne by the entire track system, the stability is extremely high, and the damage to a single repulsion point will not affect the running of the train...Of course, this is just This is a preliminary plan, and it will definitely be adjusted when it is applied in practice.”

Rebecca talked about the advantages of the new idea one by one, while Gao Wen was completely immersed in this plan beyond his original idea.

Rebecca and her technical team actually directly overturned the basic structure of the original magic train. They canceled the engine, changed the energy source, and turned this train...into a levitation.

She designed an approximately "V"-shaped track with a concave center and a series of repulsive points on both sides at an obtuse angle. The entire chassis of the train is composed of neat and continuous steel "stress surfaces". The entire train relies on these repulsive structures to float in mid-air more than ten centimeters away from the track, and there is no need to contact the track at all. At the same time, the special V-shaped track can also preliminarily ensure the suspension stability of the train and prevent the carriage from tipping off the track during driving;

On both sides of the track, she set up a series of neatly arranged "relay piles". They are equilateral triangular metal or cement columns fixed vertically beside the track, and are at the same height as the suspended carriages. A ridgeline of the relay piles Directly facing the direction of the train carriage; on the outer shell of the carriage, a series of angle-adjustable repulsion generators are installed vertically. These repulsion generators correspond to the relay piles beside the track. When they face the rear, the train will Accelerate forward, otherwise, the train will decelerate and stop, and even reverse;

The "relay piles" on both sides of the track not only allow the train to move forward, but also serve as the second layer of insurance to prevent the train from falling off the track - no matter whether the train is moving forward or backward, it will be subjected to the reaction force of the relay piles on both sides, and the closer it is to one of the side, the greater the reverse thrust force received, this can prevent the suspended carriage from "flying" out of the track;

In order to adjust the suspension height during the train running, she also set up some additional repulsion units at the bottom of the train. These repulsion units can be controlled independently to balance the load of each carriage. When the overall load of the train is too high, the train When there is a risk of subsidence at the bottom, or when there is an accident in the entire track system, and most of the repulsion points suddenly fail, the train can also rely on its own repulsion unit to maintain suspension, or at least return to the track relatively smoothly;

"...quite...beyond my expectations..."

Gao Wen couldn't help admiring softly.

The plan of this levitating train reminded him of the "maglev" technology known in his previous life, but the two are very different in essence. At the same time, the forward power of the train in Rebecca's new plan reminded him of the magic levitation technology Crystal rail gun—the rail gun also uses the same oblique repulsion rune to push the shell forward, but in Rebecca’s plan, it is no longer the “rail” that generates the driving force, but the shell (carriage) itself. The repulsion unit...

Seeing the satisfied expression of the ancestor, Rebecca couldn't help but feel proud: "Because the thrust required for suspension comes from the track, so adding more carriages will also get more thrust, as long as it doesn't exceed the output of the unit track." The upper limit, the train can float stably with more carriages, and because there are a large number of repulsion points working at the same time, even if some of the repulsion points suddenly fail, the train will only slightly reduce its height or speed at most, and will not directly touch the rails and be damaged. "

After a pause, she continued: "According to the current power of the magic net and the interference threshold of the repulsion unit, I divided the orbit into 'knots', and the length of each 'knot' is about 30.00 kilometers. There is a complete set of repulsive force arrays in this section. Energy is supplied separately between each section, and damage to one section will not affect the others. At the same time, about [-]% of the repulsive force units in each section are 'safety margins'...

"The energy for the train running is divided into two parts, one part is the track area, which is used to suspend the carriage, and the other part is on the train, which is used to keep moving forward. Because the energy is split and a more labor-saving power scheme is used, the carriage itself The weight has been reduced, so the load of the carriage is much higher than the original plan..."

Gawain nodded slightly, listened carefully to Rebecca's explanations, and then reminded: "It's not easy to control the suspended carriage."

"Of course, you need to be more careful when turning and climbing a car in a suspended state." Rebecca nodded, obviously she had thought about this aspect, "Mr. Kamel often floats, he reminded me The turning of the carriage in the suspension scheme must be very gentle, so as to prevent the accident of touching the rail or hitting the relay pile due to inertia, so the train route cannot have so many sharp curves, and the same is true for climbing. In order to prevent the bottom from touching the rail, the slope must be Restrictions. In addition, the train must slow down when turning and crossing the ramp, and the density of relay piles on both sides of the corresponding ramp and curve must also be increased to provide sufficient power for the train at low speed.

Gao Wen couldn't think of any more questions for a while, so he lowered his head and continued to look carefully at this wonderful plan.

A magic train suspended in mid-air... There is no doubt that this is bold.

But boldness does not mean that it must be unsafe. As long as the technical means keep up, bold solutions are also very practical-especially in this world where magic power exists.

And it's bold...that's just his personal sense. Ordinary people in this world probably don't think there's any difference between a train running on the tracks with wheels and a train floating in mid-air with magic—Masters You can fly around with the levitation technique. Isn't it normal to be able to fly when it comes to magic?

Looking at it, Gao Wen suddenly realized that the feasibility of this plan still depends on an important factor: the construction of the magic net in Cecil.

Compared with the original engine train, the suspension train has a great feature, that is, the energy required to maintain its floating comes from the track.

This requires that there must be an uninterrupted magic grid power supply throughout the entire route of the train.

The energy of the engine train is all concentrated on the car, so it can run on the track that is not covered by the magic net, while the suspension train must run within the range of the magic net, otherwise it will not be able to float - precisely because Cecil The Principality continues to build the magic net, because the magic net between several major cities has been connected, so Rebecca's new plan can have practical value.

Gao Wen couldn't help sighing softly: "Infrastructure construction really determines the limit of development..."

Rebecca immediately moved her face closer: "Hey? What are you talking about, Mr. Ancestor?"

"No, I'm just talking to myself," Gao Wen pressed Rebecca's forehead and pushed Rebecca back, and at the same time he was a little curious, "But how did you suddenly come up with this plan? This plan... can be said to have completely jumped out of the past. framework?"

"It wasn't actually my idea in the first place - I was inspired by Daniel."

Gao Wen was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Daniel, who had just contacted Cecil's technical team and just learned about the magic train project, would have such a big effect: "Daniel's inspiration?"

Rebecca nodded immediately, and then explained the whole process of getting inspiration from Daniel.

A person who never knew what a magic train was, found the key to breaking the situation from an angle that no one thought of.

"Limited thinking, limited thinking," Gao Wen couldn't help shaking his head mockingly after hearing Rebecca's words, "I thought that if I reflect on myself all day long, my thinking will really broaden..."

Then he looked at the schematic diagram of the train track, and his thoughts suddenly became active: "In your plan, the track itself is fully charged, right?"

"Of course it is," Rebecca nodded, "Not only is it fully charged, but Master Kamel has also set up a small magic net relay point in each section to monitor which section is suddenly offline—— After all, the train is running at high speed, and it is too dangerous to suddenly fall to the ground in the middle."

"Since the whole process is charged..." Gao Wen touched his chin and said, "That is to say, it is possible to install the shield generator throughout the orbit, right? Will it bring too much extra load?"

"Shield generator? It's possible..." Rebecca was stunned for a moment, and then realized, "Ah, are you worried that someone will steal the metal parts on the track?"