Magic Industrial Age

Loyd admitted that he had somewhat underestimated the Raymond family's prestige in this land.

Millennia of accumulation, countless generations of inheritance, Flower Collar was almost engraved with the Raymond family's mark.

That was a sense of identity deeply rooted in blood and soul, so much so that an order from Earl Loyd could make them drop their weapons, return to their villages, and become farmers again.

Know that dropping their weapons was tantamount to betting their lives on the nobles' mercy.

Yet, they did so without hesitation!

On the other hand, the nobles, having received Loyd's request to maintain the existing system, were not stingy with the surplus grain piled up in their warehouses.

With food, soup kitchens, and hope for survival, the chaos subsided at the fastest speed.

Of course, although Loyd was based in Brussels, he wasn't doing nothing.

Through Reagan Durant's trade system, Hick Cruz's administrative staff, and Grand Knight Commander Alfonso Zeke's knightly class, he monitored the implementation progress of the three decrees almost constantly.

It wasn't that some knights didn't comply or were indifferent, and Loyd would send people to knock on them at the first opportunity.

The result was that in just a week, it was as if the decrees had been transmitted everywhere, and all the aftermath had completely subsided.

Frankly speaking, this speed was astonishing not only to Loyd but even to the vassals.

They were shocked to discover that this illegitimate son was not only a cultivation genius, nor was he just threatening with words, but he also had considerable skill in managing the territory.

In a week, just a week, Flower Collar seemed to have returned to its original calm.

However, Loyd knew that the challenge had just begun!

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Night!

Study.

Lilia gently pushed open the door, tiptoeing in, her fair little feet making no sound on the carpet.

Behind the desk, Loyd was busy at work, writing quickly with a quill pen, seemingly unaware.

Lilia crept up behind Loyd, raising her hands, ready to startle him, but her eyes changed when she saw the drawings.

Under her gaze, an unknown magic-powered machine leapt onto the paper from nothing.

Beside it were many drawings of parts, with various data marked.

However, she looked at it for a long time and couldn't figure out what this machine could do.

Just as she was puzzled, she suddenly felt her body rise into the air, spin around, and finally land in a hot embrace.

It all happened so suddenly that Lilia let out a series of exclamations before she came back to her senses and met Loyd's smiling face.

She couldn't help but hit him repeatedly, saying, "I'll let you scare me! I'll let you scare me..."

Loyd grabbed her wrist and chuckled, "Didn't you scare me first?"

"So, you noticed me just now? It seems you're not focused on your work?"

Loyd rolled his eyes: "I'm a combat professional; if I couldn't notice such a big commotion, that wouldn't make sense!

It's you; I waited for a long time and didn't see you make a move, forcing me to strike first."

Lilia also rolled her eyes like Loyd: "Wasn't it because I saw you drawing new blueprints again and got engrossed in them.

I looked at them for a long time and didn't know what this machine was for. Can you tell me?"

As she said this, Lilia wiggled in Loyd's arms.

Brussels was like spring all year round, and it was the hottest August.

So, Lilia wore a silver-white knitted silk nightgown, thin and cool.

As she wiggled, she touched a forbidden area, and Loyd suddenly felt his body heat up, and his breath became scorching.

Seeing that Loyd's eyes were wrong, Lilia quickly wanted to jump up, but Loyd grabbed her back.

His hand went along the nightgown, reaching inside, and whispered, "The little lamb has come to the door, and you still want to escape?"

"Lilia, you must think too little of me?"

"No, no, I'm here to tell you that the refractory material has been found..."

"That's not urgent, not urgent!"

"Then tell me about your magic-powered machine. I want to know what it does!"

"This is even less urgent."

"Then what is the most urgent?"

"Don't you think the Raymond family is too thin on manpower right now?"

"But, we haven't, haven't..."

The study was a good place and could actually serve many functions.

Loyd and Lilia were active here for more than an hour, from the carpet to the sofa, to the desk, to the bed.

Finally, Lilia couldn't take it anymore and begged repeatedly before Loyd let her go.

Nearly two hours later, the two sat at the desk again, Loyd holding Lilia in his arms again.

But at this time, Lilia was weak, her face flushed, and her eyes were full of charm.

She glared at Loyd and said, "I've tested the refractory material you wanted, and I've produced the refractory bricks you mentioned.

I calculated that the steelmaking furnace can reduce the input of some magical materials, and the overall construction cost can be reduced by 30%."

At the beginning, Loyd arranged projects for both Lilia and Douglas.

Douglas's steelmaking furnace had been successful and put into production with great investment and tireless research.

Lilia's refractory material, however, was delayed due to her father's illness and subsequent events.

But this was Lilia's project, and she never gave up, especially after coming to this Lionheart Manor, settling down, and immediately picking up the previous data and experiments.

Perhaps it was luck, but in just a few days, there was a breakthrough.

The refractory material she found was a very special kind of rock with a very high melting point, high hardness, and high thermal stability.

It can maintain extremely high strength and stability in extremely high-temperature environments, and it is also resistant to oxidation, corrosion, and high wear resistance, among other advantages.

In other words, molds made of this material can be used to cast various required shapes in one piece simply by pouring molten iron into them.

Rails and plate armor are the simplest, as are cannons, the four beams and eight columns of cars, chassis, and other large castings.

It is worth mentioning that the distribution of that kind of rock is relatively wide, and you can definitely find it in the Dome Mountains.

It can be said that the benefits of having this refractory material are more than just a little bit.

Loyd's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he couldn't help but kiss her, saying, "My teacher is the best!"

"Hate it, stay away from me!"

Lilia didn't give him a chance to continue, but pulled over the drawings Loyd had drawn and asked, "Then tell me what this magic-powered machine is?"

Loyd also looked at the drawings, the top one of which was a machine several meters long, lying there, with a four-jaw chuck on one side and a top on the other.

He paused slightly and said, "Lilia, don't you think the current mechanical processing is still too simple?"

Lilia became interested and asked, "Tell me more?"

Loyd said, "Even if you find a refractory material, you can make various molds.

But that's actually only suitable for large items, at most producing skeletons, but what about small parts?"

"For a machine, the skeleton is the foundation, but the most difficult to manufacture are actually these parts, which are numerous and difficult to make."

"Take the Lightninger Magic Machinery Factory as an example. Blacksmiths and coppersmiths account for 80% of all workers.

The reason is that those gears, connecting rods, bearings, and even the shell, have to be knocked out little by little."

"This is too time-consuming, and the quality is unstable.

So, what we urgently need are some machines that can quickly process parts."

"I collectively call this kind of machine-making machine a processing machine, which can be used to change the size, shape, properties, and state of processing objects."

"In my vision, this should be a whole set of machines, including lathes, milling machines, planers, grinders, boring machines, drills, etc., which can meet all mechanical processing methods."

"Of course, that's too far away. The first one I'm designing now is a lathe, fully named a metal cutting lathe!"

Lilia brought the drawing to her eyes, her expression a little unbelievable, and she asked, "Then tell me, what kind of structure should this be? How exactly do you use it?"

Loyd rummaged around and put several drawings side by side, saying, "This is the front overall schematic diagram.

It includes the bed, headstock, feed box, carriage, tool holder, lead screw, feed rod, tailstock..."

"Of course, this is the mechanical part. As for how to add the magic part, you have to put your mind to it."

"As for its working mode, my idea is to make the spindle rotate at high speed, driving the workpiece to rotate,

and then control it through the carriage to make the tool holder realize longitudinal feed, transverse feed, and rapid movement feed..."

"The main consumable is the tool, which needs to be extremely sharp. I mean, you can use those high-hardness magical materials..."

"You ask how to produce gears?"

"This, the lathe really can't produce gears. It's mainly used to process shafts, discs, sleeves, and other workpieces with rotating surfaces."

"The gears you mentioned have to be made with a milling machine. Come, look at this drawing. This is a milling machine."

"In my design, its main components include the bed, beam, spindle, workbench, rotary table..."

"Its working principle?"

"That's what I think, you see, as long as it moves, this, this, that, that..."

Dozens of drawings were explained one by one. Loyd was so dry-mouthed that he wanted to exercise again several times.

It's a pity that Lilia didn't give him a chance at all, but stared at a pile of drawings, her eyes getting brighter and brighter.

In the end, she didn't even sleep, but left Loyd alone in an empty bed and ran to study machinery.

What Loyd gave were basic versions, plus the power system and control system, which was not an easy task.

The second update will be revised later, wait a moment!