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#657 - Clockwork design and the Black Snake Bay cleanup campaign

After the meeting, a simple dinner was held.

In the afterglow of the evening, the archpriests and high-ranking monks walked out of the Clementine Hall and headed towards the dining hall.

However, Horn entered the waiting room next to the Clementine Hall, where Haimoting and Cici were already waiting.

"Have you both reviewed Mr. Leonardo's proposal and blueprints?" Horn asked Haimoting and Cici, who were standing in the empty waiting room, as he sat on a hard, simple stool.

The so-called proposal and blueprints were the result of Leonardo figuring out Haimoting's mithril clockwork transmission system in just one month.

Based on this, he designed a set of clockwork engine and winding dam construction plans, and even drew the blueprints for the clockwork engine.

It consists of three parts: the mainspring system, the gear transmission system, and the non-return locking system.

The mainspring system consists of a main compartment about 1 meter high, which can be filled with 300 pounds of mainspring. According to the data provided by Leonardo, it is expected to provide about 5 horsepower for 2 hours.

The mainspring adopts a double-layer winding design, that is, the outer mainspring is used for normal operation and releases energy first, while the outer mainspring serves as a backup energy storage to ensure stable output.

This inventor named Leonardo suggested using 15 cm thick carbon steel for the outer shell to ensure that the instantaneous energy when the mainspring rotates will not blow up the internal components.

Usually, the mithril mainspring is placed on the winding dam, and the water turbine is used to tighten it, and then transported to the required clockwork machine or factory.

Next is the main body of the clockwork machine, the gear transmission mechanism.

It consists of three layers of gear sets, and the diameter of the gears in each layer decreases sequentially to achieve a smooth transition from high torque to stable output.

Leonardo also suggested installing a flywheel component outside the clockwork machine to ensure that the output power is stable and without fluctuations.

In fact, he temporarily learned about this flywheel component after arriving at Autumn Dusk Island. Although he didn't understand its principle, he still adopted this design with his strong intuition.

As for the non-return locking system, it is not a pawl, but a special ring clamp.

According to the inventor, two symmetrical C-shaped clamping pieces are used to fix the mithril mainspring with bolts, and the opening of the clamping piece is fixed by a mechanical wedge.

When transporting, the mainspring is tied up like this, transported to the engine and then inserted, and finally the wedge is pulled out using the transmission system.

Of course, if mithril alloy pawls are used, there is no need for this bulky C-clamp at all.

Horn always wanted to use mithril pawls, but unfortunately mithril pawls were too expensive, so he had to settle for second best and use this extremely cost-effective carbon steel.

"Your Majesty, excuse me for speaking frankly," Haimoting said bluntly, without any politeness, "This plan looks good, but in reality, it cannot be rolled out as he said."

Horn frowned: "Why?"

"According to his design, the entire dam is filled with hydraulic winding machines, which requires a lot of carbon steel, and the total output of carbon steel in Qianhe Valley this year is only 20 tons." Haimoting stretched out six fingers, "300 pounds of mithril requires 1800 pounds of carbon steel, which is close to one ton. With those messy devices, the required carbon steel is estimated to be 1.5 to 2 tons.

The total carbon steel production capacity of Qianhe Valley can only produce less than ten clockwork machines for you, not to mention that his hydraulic winding machine also requires a lot of steel."

Horn was a little stunned for a while. He was just proud of being able to call so many metal resources, but how come the steel is not enough again as soon as it starts.

"That is to say, before the lightning furnace is researched, this thing does not have the meaning of realization?" Horn asked suspiciously.

"I do have a suggestion." Haimoting shrugged, "Although it is not enough to replace the rotary holy machine, it has given me an inspiration."

"What inspiration?" Horn asked, "Don't keep me in suspense, just say it."

Haimoting rubbed his hands, which were scratched rough by metal and mortar: "Make one or two small hydraulic winding machines and 6-pound mainsprings, and also use this fixed clamp, but cancel the reduction gear and put it directly into the long tube."

Mainspring cannon? After carefully searching in his heart, Horn patted Haimoting on the shoulder: "Write me a feasibility report later, and I will take it to the regular meeting for discussion."

"No." As soon as Horn finished speaking, Cici couldn't help but jump up and said, "With your set, the research and development costs plus the manufacturing costs will be several thousand gold pounds, especially your hydraulic winding machine."

As the head of the Holy Treasury, Cici knew too much about the financial expenditure on hydraulic engineering before.

With Horn's extravagant spending habits, this set would not be able to stop without 5,000 gold pounds.

"Is there no money?" Horn tried to get away with it, trying to fool him with his "watery" eyes, "Then issue some more industrial bonds."

"It's not a matter of not having money." Cici stamped her feet anxiously, "Your Majesty, don't you think that we only have 30,000 gold pounds left in the Holy Treasury? You have spent almost 100,000 gold pounds this year! And borrowed at least 80,000 gold pounds in debt!"

"What are you afraid of? Internal debt is not debt." Horn waved his hand boldly, "Don't be so stingy, like a miser."

"Internal debt is not... When did you become so thick-skinned?"

"This is not thick-skinned, it is thick learning." Horn walked to Cici with iodine on his face, "Isn't there still 30,000 gold pounds? When the sugar and grain trade starts next year, consumption tax and direct income will increase a lot."

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"But you have to wait until March next year to pay off the first batch of bonds, right?" Cici still stubbornly refused, "Otherwise, if something happens to the sugar and grain trade, we still have reserves."

"Okay, okay." Sighing, Horn nodded slightly, after all, Cici's worries were not groundless.

You must know that Black Snake Bay also has a very complex political structure internally. There are local factions, independent factions, traitors, isolationist hermits, and various secret parties.

From a political point of view, it is not so much a city alliance as a primitive tribal alliance in the guise of an alliance.

Although the sugar and grain trade is a win-win situation, it is not guaranteed that some psychopaths will emerge from Black Snake Bay to stir up shit. Horn has a deep understanding of this.

If the bonds cannot be repaid for a while, then the fun will be great.

"How about this, you take out 500 gold pounds first to conduct some preliminary research and prototype design, and then make up for it after March next year, how about it?"

Seeing him like this, Cici breathed a sigh of relief, but still stared at him: "Your Majesty, it's not just a matter of how much money is spent, the key is that you must give priority to stabilizing our basic finances..."

"Otherwise, how about I go on a southern tour of Black Snake Bay in advance?" Horn scratched his scalp, "I will go directly to Black Snake Bay after the New Year's Day, is this okay?"

Before Cici could answer, the door of the waiting room was knocked open.

"Your Majesty, urgent letter from Black Snake Bay."

Horn looked at the privy monk who rushed over, his heart jumped: "Read."

"Lord Lourdes said that a large number of nobles in the Lilac Corridor, in the name of holy war and clearing operations, have united many demon hunters and Templars and began to mobilize troops, which are expected to invade Black Snake Bay after New Year's Day.

Lord Lourdes hopes that you can allocate weapons and troops in the name of the Holy Axis to support."