Those who would pursue the same specifications as the microscopes used by Fen in the life course must also be students of the life course, or the assistants of these people.
As the saying went, it was easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. After using something convenient, who would have the patience to go back and use the primitive Arcane Eye microscopic method that had no additional functions and even needed to be calculated by oneself to adjust the magnification? The work of research and observation was so heavy, wasting time on these trivial matters was simply like a crime.
But for other mages who were just curious and wanted to explore this new knowledge, the investment in the early stages was much more conservative. Whether it was the microscopic method of the Arcane Eye or the microscopes developed by others, they were much cheaper than the microscopes produced by the silver bearded dwarves. It was enough to be used as an entry-level model. As such, the market for the dwarves' microscopes was further compressed.
Because of this change, Marit began to complain about her best friend again. For Freya, such a change was also unexpected. Her calculations were not wrong, what she miscalculated was the situation beyond the numbers. So when she was complained, she could only grit her teeth and bear with it.
But because the money they earned before was too easy, almost all of it was squandered by the silver bearded dwarves. Fortunately, there were people who took care of their food and shelter. But if they wanted to continue the research of the peaceful armed forces, they had to find other sources of funding. Or ….. find that ruthless human to provide them with money and manpower.
Considering the fact that they went out to explore and almost sold their own experience. A few dwarves discussed for a while, then found Lin and asked if there was a way to solve it. They were just asking, there would be no problem.
For this kind of mentality, a certain someone really wanted to use the consultation fee of an Earth lawyer to talk about it.
Although the details of the dwarves' recent situation were not clear, the general situation was seen by Lin.
The money they earned was not spent in vain, but for the peaceful armed forces, they made a bunch of test products of power sources, which were the engines modified from the airship Sid. Among them, there were engines that were purely powered by authority, some that used refined oil, some that used hybrid power, and of course, there were also engines that used a modified version of magic gasoline.
After the finished engines were collected for testing, the dwarves put them aside. When the printing press began to be sold in large quantities, they also needed a power source to drive the whole machine, so they bought some low-horsepower engines from the dwarves and installed them on the engines that were purely powered by authority, more or less helping them to digest some of the inventory. But compared to them, who had no plan, this amount of sales was not enough.
The reason why they didn't dismantle and recycle these experimental engines was because the silver-bearded dwarves were too good at utilizing the properties of metals and understood what they were building. Therefore, they would use different magical metals at different key points. As a result, there were at least a dozen types of magical metals in one engine, which were used on hundreds of parts and scattered in different parts.
If it was like on Earth, where different parts were locked together with screws, then to classify them, one would only need to take everything apart and classify them one by one. However, they used magic molding to glue magic metals of different materials together into a whole. It was completely different from the welding and riveting techniques on Earth.
However, the price was that it was extremely difficult to separate and recycle the metal. It was only slightly easier than the separation and purification of alloys on Earth. In addition, Jermaine would occasionally take out the old things and compare them with the new ones, so the number of engines built increased.
Faced with the dwarves' problem, the first thing that came to Lin's mind was to activate the assets, which meant to find a way to help these engines find a way out.
According to the development of civilization on Earth and the technological tree of many predecessors who had traveled through time and space, the first thing to be built after the steam engine was invented should be a steam train. When the steam engine or subsequent power devices were developed and successfully miniaturized, cars would be built.
But first, there were already steam engines and even internal combustion engines in the land. On the goblin Totokani's primitive airship, there was an internal combustion engine that had already taken shape but was not very reliable. At the same time, there were also rail trains developed based on this, but they were also not very reliable. In particular, due to the danger of magic beasts running rampant in the wild, laying semi-permanent tracks was like inviting magic beasts to hunt for food on a regular basis.
Lin did not intend to develop trains. Not to mention that it was a project with a huge investment and a long payback period. If it was not an official project or had no official background, it would be impossible to play with it. However, as an engine that was going to be installed on peace weapons, its size was already enough to be used on cars.
As for the car project, it had actually been planned for a long time. At that time, he had just left Wulian City and sat in a carriage without springs or shock absorbers. When his butt hurt from sitting, he started to design the car. In fact, it was just a record of the things in his memory. After that, there were continuous additions. It was just that he had not really done it all this time.
After all, it was not his profession and he was not that confident, so he did not dare to start work. Of course, the other reason was that he was wandering. Other than drawing blueprints and talking on paper, where would he have the time to calm down and build a car? Until today, when the silver-bearded dwarves took the initiative to come to him.
In the small meeting room, he operated the Coffin System's file space, found a file with the number '1903', and threw it to Jermaine.
Although the silver-bearded dwarf was not like Lin Sanjiu or the Lich, who could directly see the feedback of the program operation in his expanded field of vision, he was also not like the two girls, who could use special magic stone glasses to do the same thing. However, they also developed accessories with similar functions for the same function.
It was an earring pendant that emitted a green fluorescent light, made with a green-eyed Magic Stone. A standard sized Magic Stone was knocked into four pieces, and each of them made one. The reason why such a high-quality Magic Stone was used to make this small accessory was to avoid using up the power of the Magic Stone to read data other than words, such as pictures or videos, which would cause the accessory itself to collapse.
So when he saw Lin's action of throwing the virtual file to him, Jermaine skillfully opened his Magic Mirror screen, copied the file into three copies, and sent them to the three of his tribesmen. The other three did the same and opened the file to browse.
For cars, the most Lin knew was a bunch of nouns that had no use for building cars. Things like V6 engine, horizontal horizontal, four-wheel drive, front drive, mid-engine … If he was a car enthusiast, he could talk about a bunch of these nouns. But how to build a car? He did not know.
Or he knew the appearance of a car, from sports cars like Lamborghini and Ferrari, to off-road vehicles like Hummer and Jeep, and even some futuristic cars that appeared in sci-fi movies. But even if he knew these, he still could not build a car, only a pile of car shells.
As for the internal structure of a car, Lin did not know in detail, and could only recall some important points. Just like before when he improved the engine, he could only give a rough outline and direction, and the rest could only rely on test products to verify his ideas, slowly improve, and slowly perfect the performance that he wanted.
And for a self-powered industrial product to be called a car, it must have at least the following parts: the most important chassis, engine, transmission system, suspension system, steering system, braking system, and wheels.
Although he had not actually built a car, he had assembled and played with some high-end remote control cars, so he could still describe the basic structure. What Jermaine and the others were looking at was a blueprint of a car and a description.
Originally, he thought that the few silver-bearded dwarves would be shocked when they saw this artistic design that transcended their time. They would yell and shout, kowtow, and hug someone's leg, begging to be accepted as a follower. In fact, when they looked at the document, their faces were full of confusion, and some even had a look of disdain.
Jermaine carefully peeked at someone from behind the Magic Mirror screen and asked, "This thing, can it be done?"
The person who was asked this question was so angry that he laughed. The four basic needs of humans, clothing, food, housing, transportation, and cars directly changed people's perception of transportation. Not to mention, the related industries affected the livelihood and lives of many people, and it was not an exaggeration to call it the locomotive of the industry.
But after all, it was something that the mysterious land did not have, and these few silver bearded dwarves were inexperienced, and lived in a closed environment for a long time, so they could only calculate the things in front of them, and could not predict the possible future development. So it was not surprising that they would have such an attitude.
No matter what, the silver bearded dwarves were considered to have a very long lifespan in the mysterious land, with an average age of three to five thousand years. After living for so long, it was easy for their brains to not work. In comparison, the four dwarves in front of him were considered to be proactive.
So in response to Jermaine's worries, Lin Xiang thought about it and said, "How about this. Anyway, I originally planned to build a car, and I will entrust you with the research and development work, and at least make a finished product in the end. I will provide the basic design documents, and the funds needed for research and development. After your design is finalized, all the design drawings will be shared by us, and the patent ratio will be 40% for me and 60% for you. You will be in charge, and I will pay you an extra sum of Kiel (2000 gold coins) as remuneration. "
Someone thought that he had made a very generous offer. But Jermaine said shyly, "Big brother, you see, can't we get more money?" As if afraid of angering someone, the dwarf hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I'm not greedy, I want more, I just hope that the money can be more. On the other hand, it doesn't matter if the patent ratio is less. "
Looking at the dwarves' panicked appearance, Lin Yi was angry, but also amused. He had never seen such a request that did not want the golden hen, and was satisfied with just a little bit of money.
But he could not blame them for acting like this. In the beginning, in order to guard against the goblin Totokani, he had used the airship Sid, which he had invested a lot in, and ran away. So other than signing an unequal contract, he also had a lot of backup plans. These things were not hidden from the dwarves.
Moreover, he was not someone who was easy to get close to. In addition, a while ago, Freya had taken one of the six rings. This matter had not been completely settled among the dwarves, and there were even some who thought that he was sowing discord.
Speaking of which, it was because they did not trust him enough. If they were to be blamed, it would be their paranoia acting up, and they would always wonder if they had been cheated like the goblin. It seemed that the day of parting ways was not far away. Sighing in his heart, Lin Xiang asked, "Then what kind of conditions do you want? Tell me. "
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