Release that Witch

47. Chapter 47 Markets and Cycles

    This week, Border Town is still calm.

    According to Iron Axe and Brian, the strength and quantity of Evil Beast’s will gradually increase as the Months of Demon continues. Taking advantage of the current defensive pressure, Roland once again sent a dhow filled with ore to Willow Town.

    Northern Slope Mine With the introduction of the steaming machine, the number of workers has fallen by half, while production has steadily increased and has now recovered to the level before the landslide. Manpower has been greatly saved by the machine.

    At the same time, Roland made a preliminary reform of the mining site production system, from the original fixed salary to the variable floating salary. He asked Barov to calculate the average daily output of the previous years, set as the standard, and each time he increased the production of a certain share, he would get a reward, and he found that there was an extra reward for the gem mine. This move effectively promoted the enthusiasm of workers, and the entire mining site was in full swing.

    With a surplus in his hand, Roland naturally wants to do something.

    In addition to incorporating the steam unit into the production plan, he also plans to manufacture a batch of manual machine tools.

    Machine tool This thing has a long history. Generally speaking, it is essentially a tool table for processing appliances. So the anvil can be seen as the most primitive machine tool – hand-fixed, hand-built.

    It’s better to do it by hand, but it’s too inconvenient to fix it by hand, so people put a buckle or groove on the table to fix the parts being processed. For example, the early hoist guns and the barrels of the flint guns were manually knocked out on the grooved anvil.

    Later, the manpower tapping and milling can no longer meet the processing needs, the machine tool is differentiated, according to different uses, using different fixing methods and processing tools, manual and mechanical linkage, effectively improving the pure manual output The disadvantage of different strengths.

    Roland considered manual milling.

    Although the milling machine has a variety of functions, it is mainly used to machine the involute gear, so the structure can be simplified accordingly, only a pair of slots for fixing the toothed disc, and a rotating steel disc. The special shape grinding disc specially used for cutting the gear can be easily manufactured with the help of Anna. The top of the grinding tool is polished into a ladder shape and heated to a red state. The iron strip is used to pull out the impression and then immersed in water for quenching treatment. A custom grinding disc with a high stiffness can be obtained.

    After the key problem was solved, Roland immediately recruited Carter to hire two carpenters to build the base of the milling machine for himself, and Anna continued to manufacture other metal parts in the backyard of the castle.

    It must be said that with Anna, metal processing becomes as easy as pinching mud, especially after she is proficient in the retraction of the flame. Now the initial processing of the small pieces is that she uses the both hands to pinch out the general shape. Roland sighed when he saw the other party melting the iron ingot into a thick molten iron and then licking it.

    Without the witch, these plans in his mind may have to be delayed for more than a decade.

    Two days later, the first simple milling machine appeared in the backyard.

    Roland didn’t have time during this time. Painting gear can be regarded as his old business. He designed a gear group to speed and stabilize the output of the Steam engine. The corresponding toothed disc has been released, and the milling process can be carried out only after the milling machine is assembled.

    Gear is not new, most of the world’s mines rely on livestock to pull the wooden gear and winch mechanism to drain, this time, Chief Knight finally feels satisfied – so many times for the prince of the prince, so I can understand each other this time. What are you going to do?

    Roland also brought him three blacksmiths and their apprentices to learn about the use of milling machines in the yard. He is impossible to personally operate these machine tools every day, so it is necessary to train a group of professional workers.

    After the people finished the ceremony, Roland began to demonstrate how to use the milling machine to process the gear.

    He didn’t mind playing a senior fitter in front of everyone. In fact, there are all kinds of princes in this era, and there are many hobbies. In addition, there is a wind review that has not been adjusted before, and there is no pressure to operate the machine tool.

    The Chief Knight was responsible for helping him dump the warm lard – in the age when there was no oil lubrication, replacing it with lard was a bit wasteful, but it was better than nothing. These lard are drenched through the grinding disc and dropped into the porcelain pot below, which can be used repeatedly.

    Roland first marks the teeth on the toothed disc at the designed angle, and then erects the chainring and fixes it on the workbench. Then pull the disc to the top of the chainring, align the score line, and step on the pedal. The pedal drives the wooden wheel and transmits the power to the grinding wheel shaft through the belt.

    He then held the disc handle by hand and pulled it down gently. The rotating disc was slowly cut into the chainring at a 90-degree angle.

    Since the material of the toothed disc is pig iron and the grinding disc is a quenched steel, it is not very laborious to cut the tooth marks. The scene was filled with the smell of lard, and the blacksmiths and apprentices who had not tasted the meat for a long time were swiftly mouthful.

    After the demonstration, the contract is signed. Border Town’s business is still in its infancy, and industry is even more difficult to talk about. Whether it’s a Steam engine or a machine tool, there won’t be a phenomenon in which companies are rushing to buy them immediately after they are built. In this era, most people are not aware of the great significance of these things, and the potential business value. Therefore, Roland can only actively promote the use of machinery.

    In the contract, he stipulated that the blacksmith shop using the milling machine needs to process at least one set of gears per week. The required materials are provided by the castle, and the processing fee is 10 silver dragons. At the same time, the mechanical use fee of 2 silver dragons must be paid every week. Because this set of machine tools is not for free use by the blacksmith shop, but more similar to renting.

    After entering the Months of Demon, the business of the blacksmith shop has also dropped a lot. At this time, there is a chance to make money, or the order that the Prince has personally accounted for. The people naturally have no objections. At the same time, Roland told them that this is only the first milling machine, and will continue to produce several units in the future. Interested parties can apply to City Hall.

    “His Royal Highness, why not write the processing fee for the eight silver dragons directly on the contract?”After the blacksmiths left, Carter asked inexplicably.

    “The numbers are the same, but the meaning is not the same,” Roland explained. “This is probably the first commercial lease contract in Border Town. I need to set an industry norm.”

    The Chief Knight wiped his forehead, and the Highness of Fourth Prince seemed to start talking nonsense again, but he already had experience with it. As long as he put on a serious listening, His Royal Highness would continue to explain.

    “With a good beginning, a virtuous circle can be formed. Currently only I need to buy gear, so I provide the machine tool, they pay the manpower, and the reward is also the employment reward. In the future, when other people have this kind of demand, they will realize that buying machine tool for their own production will earn much more than the hiring fee, “Roland paused,” so that in the face of new things, they can first avoid the risk in the way of production, I can also get a return on loan, and the development of new things is decided by market demand. This is a virtuous circle. ”