Before Tang En took over Ellington, it had been a territory struggling at the bottom of the poverty line for a long time. The people here had to accept the exploitation and oppression of the interim lords one after another. Not only did they not have enough to eat or wear, but they also did not have many gold coins in their hands. Their lives were simply miserable.
After Tang En became the lord, his bold reforms injected vitality into Ellington. Now, the residents of Ellington had stable jobs. Although the food reserves were still not enough, Fiona, with the permission of Tang En, allocated funds to purchase food from the nearby Kasparmi Castle and the mountain city of Bein, so that the residents of Ellington could eat their fill.
More importantly, after eating their fill, they had a goal and saw hope.
The construction goals set by Tang En for Ellington gave everyone the motivation to work hard. Everyone participated and contributed their own strength, hoping to make Ellington better. This made Ellington a territory full of vitality.
However, any person on Earth who had received compulsory education knew that the food problem was the fundamental problem of a country's survival and development.
As the saying went, if Africa's agriculture was not developed, we would all need Jinkela … Bah! Food was the most important thing for the people. If agriculture was not developed and agricultural products were not abundant, no amount of wealth could make a country stable.
Therefore, Jinkela … Bah! Eating their fill was the number one pursuit of human beings!
Tang En knew very well that a country with underdeveloped agriculture could not become the most powerful country in the world. It was the same if the concept of a country was replaced by a territory.
If they did not pay attention to food production and did not store food for the people, once war broke out and the food supply was blocked, Ellington would fall into chaos without a fight. Therefore, Ellington had to be strong. The food problem could not be solved by relying on external imports. Relying on food imports was equivalent to handing over the right to survive to others.
Therefore, importing food from other cities and territories was definitely not a long-term choice.
In the world of Prandal, there was a huge gap between the bottom class and the top class. The serious lack of productivity at the bottom led to an extreme shortage of food production and supply. Therefore, not only was it expensive to buy food, but it was also very difficult.
Therefore, the reform of agriculture had to be carried out and was imminent.
Tang En did not major in agriculture, nor did he know anything about biotechnology. Therefore, it was impossible to expect him to come up with a technical revolution that was too advanced. The only thing he could do was to use the things and concepts he knew on Earth that could be used in Prandal.
As long as nothing went wrong and they could be used, he would be satisfied.
The first step he could think of was to bring out farming machines, combine harvesters, and other agricultural machines to realize mechanized agricultural production.
As mentioned before, Tang En was not a mechanical major, but he knew the general shape of these agricultural machines, their effects, and even a little of the principles behind them. That was enough.
The Prandal world had been developing for nearly ten thousand years. The social classes held the power and restrained the self-development of the people at the bottom. However, there was no shortage of talents here. What they lacked was inspiration.
What Tang En wanted to do was to be the person who broke the shackles and pass on the sparks of his ideas to them. At the same time, he wanted to share the magic power he had mastered to speed up the development of this world.
He drew the outline of the blueprint and wrote down its functions. He then wrote down the principles that he could guess and thought of at the side. Then, he handed the blueprint to the professionals, namely Brian and Edgar, who were blacksmiths, as well as Nokia and the others, who were engineers.
After handing the drawings to them, there was not much Tang En could do. He could only hope that they could reverse engineer these agricultural machines from the drawings and the "inspiration" he gave them.
Now, it seemed that the results were very gratifying.
Klotto was indeed the most powerful master craftsman in the Kingdom of Pygmies. He led a group of assistants and, according to the prototype drawings that Tang En gave them, they were actually able to reverse engineer the internal structure of these agricultural machines. He even added his own understanding and improvements in many places, making these machines more in line with the "aesthetics" of the pygmies …
Well … actually, it was the miniaturization of the cockpit.
After giving them their rewards, Tang En made Edgar and the few apprentices sign a confidentiality contract. After all, the universal alloy was a very important thing. If it was leaked, it would greatly affect Ellington's future development.
As for Brian, he could save this step.
Although this guy was a chatterbox, he still had the moral integrity of a dwarf. If his friend asked him to keep it a secret, he would not leak it even if he died.
Brian brought Tang En to the backyard, then pointed to a smaller combine harvester and said, "This is the sample we made a few days ago. Because it's almost time to harvest the crops, we prioritized the combine harvester. However, we haven't determined the power of the machine, so we haven't been able to try it."
Tang En went up to take a look. The place where the engine should have been installed was now empty. This thing was now just an empty shell.
"I got it. I can solve the power problem immediately."
"Great!"
Nokia jumped up and rushed out. "I'll go back and inform Master Klotto. He said that you must contact him when you solve the power problem!"
Tang En was stunned.
Brian shrugged. "You can understand. These dwarves have found a soulmate after meeting you. They love to study this kind of thing the most."
Before Master Klotto came, Tang En began to ponder the problem of the engine.
As he had discussed with Klotto before, although the internal combustion engine had abundant explosive power, Prandal's current processing technology could not make a usable cylinder at all. Moreover, with Tang En's reserve of knowledge, it was impossible for him to make something like an internal combustion engine, so he could only give up.
There was actually only one path in front of Tang En.
Although Prandal had electric magic and seemed to be able to use electricity, it needed to find efficient and usable permanent magnets. With efficient permanent magnets, he could use magic circles to convert magic into stable electricity to make a simple motor engine — he still understood the electromagnetic effect.
The advantage of a motor engine was that it worked through the electromagnetic effect, with less friction loss and higher energy conversion efficiency. It seemed to be a very good choice.
However, here came the problem. The difficulty of a motor engine was the high requirements of the process, and Tang En could not get the materials.
Someone said that even if there were no permanent magnets, electromagnets could be used.
It was possible, but if all electromagnets were used, how could the phase of the current be changed? This was another big problem that could not be solved. Prandal did not have a smart chip programmed to control the phase of the current.
Therefore, the only method Tang En could use was wind energy.
To make a turbo fan and then use a wind magic circle to convert magic into stable wind energy to make a turbine engine.
Because the turbine engine worked physically, it had a high loss and low energy conversion rate, but in fact, because of the discovery of the universal alloy, using wind energy was the best choice.
The light, heat-resistant mithril alloy had been found. Wasn't it an excellent material for turbo fans and combustion chambers?
There was also the magic iron alloy that was resistant to friction and corrosion. Wasn't it an excellent choice for bearings?
The high strength and toughness of the adamantine alloy was just right for the main structure of engines and various machines!
The discovery of the universal alloy would definitely be a revolution in the development of Prandal!
Previously, when he was designing the wind-powered water pump, Tang En already had some experience with it. Now, he was just complicating the design of the water pump and making it multi-level. Well, that was all.
That's right, Tang En wanted to create a turbojet engine for jet aircrafts!
Although he knew that there was a lot of complicated physics knowledge and process requirements, and it was not as simple as he imagined, but … who cared?
The key question now was whether it could be used or not, not whether it would explode, right?
Explosions were completely unavoidable in the process of scientific development. As long as it did not kill anyone (probably), the loss was completely acceptable.
"Well … If I remember correctly, the simple division is intake, compression, combustion, jet …"
Tang En muttered as he wrote and drew on the paper. First, he drew the appearance of the plane engine in his memory, and then he began to think about the internal structure. Of course, the turbine blades were indispensable. He also knew about the jet holes, but what was the internal turbine structure? What did the pressurized combustion chamber look like? What was the principle? He did not know anything about these key parts.
"(Chinese) What a dilemma …"
"Sir Lord?"
Fiona heard Tang En's nagging and looked puzzled. "What did you just say?"
"Nothing."
Tang En sighed and drew the structure of the multi-stage turbine blade pressurization that he had painstakingly remembered. He muttered, "I really want to go on strike and find a place to live. Who cares if it's a flood or the end of the world in a hundred years …"
Fiona understood this sentence and immediately became nervous. "Sir Lord, you can't think like that. You are my … our only hope!"
My only hope … This heavy sense of trust isn't a good thing.
Tang En smiled bitterly. "I know, I was just lamenting."
"Lamenting? Lamenting about what? "
At this time, Clotho's voice suddenly sounded. The next moment, Clotho rushed in with a broom on his head and laughed. "Tang En, I heard that you decided on the power source of the combine harvester? Where is it? "
Tang En got up and smiled. "Master Clotho, you came really quickly."
"Of course, if you can develop a powerful and effective power source, the technology of our Pygmy Kingdom will also benefit infinitely."
Clotho laughed. "In addition, I heard from Nokia that you have made a very excellent special material here? I am also very interested. "
Tang En waved his hand. "In that case, let us study it together, please!"
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