Early the next morning, Gudern woke up with a hangover. After saying goodbye to the top military officials, he took his army back to Qingyuan Town.

On the way back, everyone did not forget to take back the erected signal station.

Although the communication signal station has the disadvantage of needing to be laid, it does not mean that it cannot be recycled after being laid. On the contrary, it can be adjusted at will.

And if the magic server is connected under a separate communication column, it can also be used as a separate communication network.

However, there is currently no solution to the problem of channel allocation after multiple servers are connected. Therefore, the entire communication network only has one server in Qingyuan Town to bear the communication role.

Two days after the expedition, the people in Qingyuan Town were still very concerned about Gudern's safety. However, when the battle situation on the front line was reported back to Qingyuan Town, everyone heaved a sigh of relief.

The good news of annihilating the orc army is something worth talking about for the entire empire.

Needless to say, there is no need to mention the reputation and prestige that his own lords and the imperial army built together.

When Gudern returned to Qingyuan Town, Hoggards specially sent a team of gryphons to escort him in the air to prevent accidents on the road.

Gudern was also very grateful for this arrangement. After all, the other party still escaped an orc, so this security preparation was still necessary.

At noon, Gudern arrived and returned to Qingyuan Town. After entering the city, his nervous and guarded heart was relieved.

Sure enough, you still feel safe in your own territory!

"Master, in the future, you should do less things like going to the front line. You ran over quietly. Do you know how worried we are, and you also know how serious the affairs in Qingyuan Town are..."

As soon as they returned to the castle, Old Joseph came over and handed over the materials of the two people while speaking with concern.

Facing Old Joseph's words, Gooden felt quite warm in his heart. Although there was a hint of blame in his tone, it was out of consideration for his safety and security.

"There won't be a next time. Unless the orcs can send another million-strong army over, this will be the last time we go to the front line in person."

Gudern took the document and spoke casually, while quickly starting to process the documents that had accumulated in the past two days.

As he checked more and more documents, Gudern suddenly paused in his hands and looked at the latest document with a look of surprise.

The surprise on his face soon turned into joy...

Chapter 182 The prototype of electricity, the secret of magic metal

I went out for a walk for two days, and the Engineering Research Institute actually fixed the power system?

Electricity is a very complex thing. From power generation to electricity application and production, there are many technologies involved.

Even if he has come up with a relatively complete knowledge system, replicating it is still a big undertaking.

At the same time, the first requirement for the development of a power system is that it operates completely without the support of magic technology.

Magic technology can be involved when manufacturing matching parts. After all, some things necessary for electricity, such as magnets, require magic to be processed.

As soon as the seats in the study were warmed up, Gooden immediately stood up and went to the institute to check their results.

As soon as they arrived at the entrance of the institute, Buck happened to come out. Seeing Gudern's arrival, he said quickly.

"Master, you came back just in time. The development process of the power system has been completed. I heard that you were back, and I was just going to find you."

"I came here just for this moment. As I walked, I said, how do you solve the problem of current intensity?"

"According to the current resistance you said, we made motor tests of different sizes, and then screened quantitatively step by step..."

While Buck was chattering, he did not forget to open the door for Gooden himself and lead him into the laboratory.

It is said to be a laboratory, but it is actually a large-space house improved from a huge warehouse.

Among them, there is an engine with diesel as the output source, and there are many experimental standard output sockets and some equipment that need to be powered on before they can be used.

In the laboratory, many researchers are sorting out the last test data, waiting for the next optimization and comparison.

Seeing the arrival of Buck and Gooden, everyone greeted them one after another.

Gudern nodded slightly in response, and then turned his attention to the test equipment in the test venue.

"Start unit one, full load is all equipment."

Buck on the side stopped his introduction after entering and directly ordered the staff to start.

The diesel generator is actually a modified version of the diesel engine. The overall appearance is similar, but many components required for power are added.

With the manual transmission of flywheel power and ignition, the diesel engine starts to work like an old-fashioned tractor.

As the piston machine continues to operate and accelerate, kinetic energy is converted into electrical energy in a specific area and begins to be transmitted. Connected to a motor, an incandescent lamp slowly begins to light up under the power transmission of the voltage converter.

The lit incandescent lamp represented the success of power transmission, and then the second motor began to rotate rapidly under the power transmission, and drove one of the conveyor belts with a load of 200 kilograms.

At the same time, there will be a lot of equipment that is slowly starting up at the same time, all of which are equipment produced by Qingyuan Town.

A diesel generator can barely run six pieces of equipment when operating at full load.

Since the current relatively mature diesel engine signal is the mini train power set used on the city wall rails, the improved diesel generator is not large.

If it can be expanded in scale and more advanced equipment added, the power generation capacity will be even greater.

"The realization of the generator set is mainly due to the help of the Materials Research Institute. Many metal elements were extracted according to your requirements, and many metal elements were found after our experiments."

"Silicon, tungsten, nickel, titanium, chromium, magnesium and other elements have been found and extracted. Although the output is very small, they can be used for core production."

Hearing that there had been a breakthrough in the material, Gooden was even more happy now.

The development of industry is inseparable from materials. Without suitable materials, it would be nonsense to develop industry.

For example, some core components of electricity need to stabilize voltage and transmit power, and they use complex multi-element blended components.

At the same time, the conversion of electricity using equipment also requires the cooperation of a large number of different metals with different properties to achieve.

The simplest example of using an incandescent lamp is to use the photothermal reaction of electricity and tungsten to emit light.

For example, more advanced LED lights, also known as light-emitting diodes, use semiconductor materials and use light waves generated by the transition of positive and negative electrodes to display and illuminate.

But right now, Gooden asked as he looked around and didn't see the most important component of the grid.

"Where are the power grid transformers? Why didn't I see them?"

"This is unit No. 1, testing the use of electricity, a stronger power grid system, next door, according to your requirements, a complete system of boosting, transmission, voltage reduction, distribution, and secondary voltage reduction. We are in the research institute A cycle has been set up inside and is now in operation...please."

Buck said, and took Gudern to the next door.

A complete set of power grid combination equipment is in operation here. In one of the diesel power rooms, several parallel diesel generators are combined into a unit to transmit power to the outside.

The operating power of each diesel engine is about 7 kilowatts, and the total power of the five engines is 35 kilowatts.

As an experimental version of the generator set, they generate enough electricity to support the lighting of the entire town, and there is still a certain amount of surplus that can be used in other aspects.

Next to the power station, a simple transformer booster is located here. Through boost conversion, power can be transmitted farther.

At the same time, electric poles have been installed near the experimental building to provide power to the building.

Of course, the power supplied by these power supplies reaches the rated power after secondary voltage reduction, which can maintain stable and long-lasting operating output.

"Has the current maximum power transmission distance been calculated?"

Looking at the operating simple power station, Gudern asked Buck with interest in his eyes.

"According to the loss calculation results, the maximum power generation transmission of this set is only about two kilometers at present. It is necessary to add and upgrade the supercharging device in the distance. There has been a breakthrough in this area of ​​research. Covering the whole town and some surrounding areas is not a problem."

The size of the power station is already very small, and at such a scale it can cover the entire town. Gooden is also very surprised by this.

After all, he didn't understand this stuff either. He just relied on the knowledge he gave to the people at the institute to learn acting skills. The technology that could be developed was all hidden, and the development to this point was beyond his expectation. .

"Well done. This thing is the core of the future electricity world. The research team will permanently retain and expand the research on related technologies. I will ask the financial department of the Ministry of General Affairs to fully cooperate."

After the inspection, Gooden was extremely satisfied with the development of the land, and then continued to ask key questions.

"How is the output of such a power station expanded and the power grid laid out? What is the price?"

"The mass production process is in progress at the beginning of the development. Preparations for mass production can be completed in just these two days. All components are in accordance with the required specifications. The cost of the laboratory's pillowcase power grid, excluding the generator set, is less than five dollars in total. Ten gold.”

"And the price of cables and wires, in addition to the original copper price, is only three silver coins per meter with the highest specifications. A wire with a normal diameter of one millimeter and fourteen meters long, including the copper price and material cost, is about five Within five silver coins."

After listening to Buck's report, Gudern looked even more satisfied.

As a power grid that needs to be popularized on a large scale, the cost of this thing must have a limit, and the prices given by Buck are also within the initial regulations and meet the mass production requirements.

"By the way, Master, speaking of this, some new materials were discovered in the Materials Department. Carrots directly blocked the entire laboratory building, and even I was not allowed to enter to understand the situation. You'd better go and take a look."

After Buck finished the introduction, he reported another incident in the institute to Gooden.

"Block the experimental building? When did it happen? Are they in danger?"

The danger level of the materials laboratory is second only to the gunpowder department of military research. After all, if you want to obtain new elemental materials, you will definitely not be able to get them without a lot of trouble.

Therefore, the materials laboratory is also one of the few experimental buildings in the institute that has a blocking mechanism and independent circulation.

"In the early hours of this morning, I didn't know until this morning that the experiment was too dangerous to happen. Everyone is fine. It's just that you are the only one who can go in right now."

Buck explained quickly, which made Gooden even more curious. What had he discovered that made him so nervous and serious?

Out of curiosity, Gooden and Buck came to the materials laboratory.

Due to the activated blockade alarm, the surrounding area has not yet been lifted. There is also a security force standing guard next to the experimental building to ensure that other personnel avoid danger from getting close.

Seeing that the person coming was Gudern, the guard soldiers saluted quickly.

Gudern nodded slightly in response, then came to the door of the experimental building, used magic to unlock the door from the inside, and opened the door.

Due to limitations in technology, the security locking devices used are all mechanical structures. Once locked, in addition to the internal opening, only Gudenglai can use a specific unlocking method to open it. Even if other outsiders want to enter, they don't know. As for the unlocking method, I can only stare blankly.

And if you want to break in by force, the alarm and destruction process will be directly triggered. Another reason why the materials laboratory building can have independent blocking and internal circulation equipment is because of the confidentiality of the materials.

In this world, there are very few metal materials developed. Gudern only found a manganese mine and relied on it to develop Qingyuan Town, let alone other more powerful metals.

Opening the metal partition door, Gooden entered the experimental building. The mechanical movement of the opening was slightly obvious, and the researchers in the experimental building also noticed it.

Gudern was the only one who could open the experimental building from the outside. Carrots's face lit up and he quickly ran to the lobby on the first floor.

"Master, you are finally back."

Seeing the other party so excited, Gudern was a little surprised and asked slowly.

"Carrots, what did you find? It made such a big noise."

"Master, before I say anything, please continue to seal off the laboratory building. This matter is of great importance."

Carotz's expression was excited and serious, which made Gudern confused for a moment. He glanced at the other party's panel to confirm that there was nothing wrong, and then followed the other party's request and sealed the laboratory building again.

And then Carrots took Gooden directly to the laboratory on the third floor to report the experimental results alone. Even his immediate boss, Buck, was refused to observe.

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