Chapter 183 (2/2)

Nowadays, with generators and wires, the road wasn’t too far before the castle could enter the electrical age ahead of its tiuely resten-wire carbonized-bamboo filaments were commonly used to produce incandescent And bamboo wasn’t a rarity, in the forest south of the Redwater River there were a lot to be found

However, what Border Town currently neededfacilities The quantity of their iron production was directly related to the scale of their , which were both needed for the survival of the town

“Are you painting a… tower?” Nightingale sat at the table and asked curiously

“Almost,” Roland nodded, “but it is inside is empty and it can be filled with fuel and ore It has the same function as a shaft furnace and can be used to s iron

This was upgraded version of the ancient blast furnace, a vertical shaft furnace

To learn about Lesya’s plan for a shaft furnace Roland had visited the construction site and had taken a look, to tell the truth, with the exception that its capacity was too small, and the temperature it could reach was too low, its structure had been very close to a blast furnace, and if Soraya hadn’t evolved herthe town the possibility to produce fire bricks, Roland had intended to build a dozen of such shaft furnaces

But nohere they had refractory brick, they naturally should consider a furnace which could reach a higher teher output than the blast furnace

The height of the new shaft furnace was nearly eight h to have as much as four times the capacity than the old shaft furnace The furnace was tower shaped, and its largest part was three , he had installed some brackets at the bottom The furnace walls were relatively thin, with a thickness of half a meter and the innermost layer would be made out of Soraya’s heat-resistant firebricks At the sah which a steaine would continually provide fresh air

In order to ine, Roland had also designed a set of auto equip rail and a movable door at the bottom of a unique material cart

With the help of a steaine the cart would climb to the top of the furnace, there the buckle at the botto open the pouringthe fuel or ore into the furnace For this era, this systearded as the best possible method

Unlike the old shaft furnaces with their large openings and low heat, his new furnace, once it started production wouldn’t stop for a long tih they would have to continuously feed it with fuel and ore, its output would beas they construction five or six of these furnaces the town’s pig iron production would be multiplied

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When Roland finished drawing all the blueprints, he rubbed his sore wrists and then took a box out of ones of the table’s drawers and pushed it to in front of Nightingale

The startled Nightingale didn’t knohat to expect, “This is…”

“Ah… I had intended to give it to you at an early ti the pattern took some time, after all, I’m also not extremely skilled with the machines in the factory,” Roland smiled, “You should open it and take a look”

On his words, she stretched out her hand to open the box, and was unable to suppress a gasp of surprise

Looking inside she sao revolvers which were completely different from the prototypes used by Carter The two pistols were made out of shi+ny silver and polished so much that she could see her own reflection within Furtherraved with delicate patterns, on top of the barrels he had even engraved Nightingales name: “dedicated to Veronica”

This idea had already been in Roland’saround those inconvenience flintlocks from before, the newly developed revolver was quite perfect for her Whether it was their security or their firing rate, it was all of a high level And now, after giving such powerful weapons to the hands of an agility type like Nightingale, Roland was already looking forward to the results

“Thank you,” with a big smile on her face she picked up the two pistols, ju position “Will you teach me how to use them?”

“Of course,” Roland nodded, seeing Nightingale in her white assassin outfit coupled with a gorgeous and dazzling smile, made him instantly understand what itthe as you are able to sneak at the target side, you only have to pull the trigger and shout : ‘it’s high noon’”

TN: Explanation to the siphon principle; Light bulbs with bamboo filaments