Eagle Byzantium

So Gawain gave the pirate some time and enough craftsmen to build a sail-style windmill and a Persian-style windmill. The former was located on the land bridge embankment, while the latter was erected in the Agum Market on the way to St. Paul. On the mountain slope of the college (not yet completed) - where the wind coming from the remnants of the Taurus Mountains and passing through the Mut Valley is relatively strong.

Since they are experimental in nature, the scale of the two windmills is not large. At this moment, on the land bridge, the first thing Gawain, his woman, and his female subordinates saw was the sail-type windmill, also called "tower windmill" or "tower windmill". "Crete Windmill", it looks very exquisite and beautiful from a distance - Anna sitting in the carriage couldn't help but be moved, the moist wind was flowing freely on the blue ocean. Blowing from the intersection of the Holy Sea and the Cyprus Sea, the small tower windmill was painted pure white with white mud, like a beautiful skirt. She couldn't help but think of herself from this beautiful windmill, "It She is as cute and charming as a real princess." Anna couldn't help but admire the little sunfish and the maids beside her, which attracted everyone's agreement.

This windmill has eight arms on the core axis. Each arm is reinforced with a metal cylinder, just like a ship mast. A long triangular linen sail is attached to it. When Gawain arrived, the sail was rolled up. on the column, but when Agnes gave the instruction: The pirate first used a long pole as a lever to move the top cover of the windmill. Then the surrounding craftsmen pulled on the ropes one after another, and with a roar, the sail on the first column was pulled open, and it was fully exposed to the sun and wind. Its top pointed at the axis of rotation, and its bottom stretched out - —Then one after another the sails were unfolded, and soon all the arms began to rotate in a circle with a light gurgling sound. Come on, the central axis is actually a reverse propeller wheel. After the sail is unfolded, it gently sways the plane in the wind. In this way, it can easily and beautifully use the pressure of the sail surface to drive the entire tower without a strong wind. The windmill keeps turning, the white tower body and the light yellow linen sails dancing in front of the blue sea are simply beautiful.

"Pah, pah, pah!" Before Anna could cheer, there was such a sound, and everyone looked: Kabeamiya was riding on the horse with an embarrassed look on her face, and she was busy looking to the side to guide everyone's attention. , because the applause came from the blonde widow sitting under the parasol. She was still Her face was full of excitement and joy, and now Inglina's abdominal bulge was very obvious. She was as happy as if she was having an outing to see the windmill. She turned to her friend Qise and said, "I just remembered when I saw this." , When I was in Corinth, I had a windmill like this in my manor.”

"Does it have to be like this to remember?" Mrs. Qi joked with a wry smile.

"Yes, I heard that a person's memory will be severely weakened during pregnancy." The widow replied nonchalantly, with a cheerful smile, her golden hair hanging down, and matching her green eyes, she also said Brilliant scenery.

"You foolish village woman, when your child named Messadini is born, you will have to leave it to him to use an axe." Anna teased angrily in her heart, and then she treated that child with the majesty of a princess. The pirate asked, "In other words, by binding a shovel to the arm of the windmill, the water in this swamp can be drained into the ocean?"

The pirate nodded ingratiatingly and replied yes.

"Your Highness, I have calculated that a tower windmill of a suitable size is arranged in a staggered line on this land bridge embankment. One windmill can discharge fifty to seventy modi of swamp sewage per day." Agger Nice immediately claimed credit in front of the princess.

"In other words, the staggered arrangement can drain both seawater and swamp water, and soon a large area of ​​fertile soil for farming will be formed along both sides of the land bridge?"

"You are absolutely right, Your Majesty the wise princess. Not only that, as long as a stone mill is installed in the tower windmill building, good wheat flour can be ground nearby, so that the people no longer need to use water mills, which reduces the burden of water mills. As you know, if too many water mills are installed at the upstream rapids, it will cause great harm to the downstream hydraulic irrigation, and even cause congestion. "

Then Anna sat on the shoulder cart, first looking at the vast seawater and swamps, and then looking at the mighty Alamein River zigzagging down from the mountains in the east, and then posed a problem to the little sunfish, "But Nowadays, the population of Seleucia is meager and the land is small, so everything must be used. This kind of sail windmill is said to be expensive to build, which is much higher than before. The single-column windmill that was previously rejected by Da Manzi is much more expensive, but it can drain water and grind flour. It is also the most cost-effective agricultural equipment in this area. I finally agree. But the Alamein River one. Is there really no room for improvement in terms of water power for downstream irrigation? I hope to use it to exert greater power.”

Agnes seemed to have a plan for these things. She held a roll of blueprints and talked to the princess. "Of course, no problem. Your Highness, do you see the distance between the Alaman River and the town? I plan to build a large hydraulic workshop there at a cost of about 2,000 gold coins. As long as the measurements are accurate and the river and mountain terrain are used, I can command the craftsmen to build three sections of sluices and dams, and then raise or lower the riverbed. In this way, the height difference can be used to drive three water wheels. No, three groups. I will build three water wheels in each group, so there are nine water wheels in total. The huge power generated by water-driven machinery can be used for grinding, printing and dyeing, sawing wood, leather making, paper making and even Iron can be smelted. Simply put, I will draw on the wisdom of General Agrippa and General Belisarius in the Classical Era (the two mentioned by Agnes Plani, both of whom used water power to build mills to produce a large amount of wheat flour to supply their armies. Among them, Belisarius' flour mill was straddling two large ships). Use a complete set of water wheels and workshops to cover this roaring river like a stepped tower. As long as this is completed, many residents will gather around this large workshop, and Alaman Castle will be revived soon. "

"So how long will your project last?"

"Three years!" Agnes gave a long-term plan. It seems that she has made up her mind not to return to Lesbos Island-it's very interesting here, too interesting.

The princess nodded, and Gawain beside her also looked at his "female disciple" (of course the little sunfish firmly refused to admit it) with approval and satisfaction, and he was able to independently think of a complete set of equipment economic operation models... "Pa pa pa pa", the widow sitting over there was infected by the little sunfish's ambition (of course Agnes was very proud to see the widow praising her so much), and she clapped again without paying attention to anyone else. (To be continued ~^~)