Necromancer: Becoming a God from a Lord

Several simple workshops with ceilings were built on the flat river beach pier of the Ice Field River.

Dozens of technical workers drawn from the Ministry of Industry were busy inside, and the sound of jingling and knocking was constantly heard.

The alchemy camel beast pulled a truckload of shipbuilding materials that had just been sent from the steel mill and sent them to the workshop to be neatly packed.

Under the leadership of Reiner, several blacksmiths have used steel bars to piece together the basic outline of the hull - the pointed cone-shaped bow. While reducing the resistance of the ship, it also takes into account the effect of ice-breaking sailing in winter. The middle section of the hull is slightly wider, which can increase transportation. The load area is narrowed but square, making it easier to install the steering rudder linked to the magic power unit.

The entire boat is about six meters wide and has a length of thirty meters. It is longer than the conventional inland sailing hull. It completely abandons the part of the mast sail and uses only wooden frames to temporarily piece together an unformed cockpit. Use the magic power core that is sent to the subsequent installation.

In order to waterproof and bond the hull, a normal wooden boat generally uses resin and fish bladder glue, but the iron boat designed by Harvey obviously cannot copy this method. Even if it is made with extremely strong adhesive rubber fruit, it is very likely that the effect of bonding steel cannot be achieved. , resulting in the iron ship falling apart at any time as soon as it gets water.

So Reiner had to go on the battle himself, using his ability to manipulate the alchemy soul, led several working alchemy beasts, waved magic welding guns to weld the steel bars of the iron ship firmly, and then sent pieces of thin pieces from the foundry The iron plates are spliced ​​on the hull frame, and a strange-shaped iron ship is pieced together by welding with bare hands.

All the metal materials used on the hull, Chris used rubber pectin to coat them in advance, which can effectively protect and rust, so that this strange ship will not be quickly made. Rust-breaking and scrapped.

"Can this thing really float in the water?" Although Reiner strictly followed Harvey's instructions and personally completed the assembly and welding of the iron ship, he still did not dare to believe it completely, "Sir, if... If the water sinks to the bottom as soon as possible, we have to salvage it. The steel bars and iron plates on it cannot be wasted in vain."

Chris, with several alchemist apprentices, burrowing around in the hull that was about to be completed, wondering what methods were being made. Hearing Reiner's voice, he couldn't help but poke his head out and smiled, "You follow me." Lord Harvey has been in such a long time, why don’t he believe in his wisdom so much? I believe 100% that this ship can float in the river."

He jumped out of the cabin, took off his gloves and walked to Harvey and Reiner, "Sir, the magic power unit and the transmission steering wheel have been installed."

Harvey nodded and smiled with satisfaction: "Let the workers apply a layer of rubber pectin on the hull. After the hull is dry, we can start going into the water and trial voyage immediately."

The technical workers who were transferred to the shipyard were completely confused about their work content over the past few days, so they could only obey the command of the territory manager Reiner and Chris, a technical consultant of the Ministry of Industry, and spent most of their time participating in some handling brushes. The simple work of glue is not enough to be inserted in ship welding and manufacturing.

When they heard the lord's order to put together the huge iron pig trough that had taken a few days to push it into the water, they all stood still in amazement.

The temporary shipbuilding shed was temporarily demolished on the side of the river, and a large number of rolling wood transported after polishing were laid on the inclined ramp dug out at the bottom of the iron ship in advance.

The workers dragged the ship with thick iron chains to prevent it from slipping too quickly in the water. If the ship hits the bottom of the river head facing down, it will be in vain.

After everything was ready, more than a dozen working alchemy beasts firmly pulled the iron chains of the fixed ship. After Reiner gave the command, the alchemy beast slowly loosened the wound metal chain, and the bottom of the iron ship began to slide on the rolling wood, sending out The harsh metal rubbing sound.

With a loud bang, the iron ship slid into the river smoothly. The water line he drew on the hull in advance was immediately submerged by the water surface, but the entire hull was still about one meter exposed on the water surface, which was considered insignificant. erroneous estimates.

Everyone, including Reiner, looked at this scene in amazement. The iron pig trough, which was heavier than a stone, did not sank directly into the bottom of the river with a gurgle, but staggered on the surface of the river. stand up.

In early autumn, the ice field river flowed very fast, and Harvey immediately called Reiner to command the alchemy beast, and tied the iron chains that were dragged to the ship to firmly tied to the cement piles poured in advance to prevent the new ship he had just built to be like this. The river water washed away.

Asdaren, who has always been taciturn in crowded occasions, finally couldn't help but speak, and the shock in his tone was hard to hide: "Why? Why can metal float in the water? Did you engrave some special magic on the bottom of the ship Matrix?”

Chris, who had been chasing Harvey and asked about the principle of it, couldn't help but start to show off his knowledge proudly, "Why can't metal float in the water? Mr. Asdaren, you should follow the adults like me. Learn some new knowledge from the current era, instead of keeping in the ancient historical classics, not all phenomena that ordinary people cannot understand can only be attributed to extraordinary means... Sometimes the wisdom of mortals can also transcend magic The power of

This guy Chris...he didn't feel ashamed of copying my comments at all.

Harvey explained concisely: "Density... As long as the structure density of the ship is smaller than that of water, it can float on the water surface, which has nothing to do with whether it is wood or metal."

Asdaren did not ask too much, and fell into thinking silently. Harvey shook his head with a wry smile and continued to instruct Chris to direct the workers to finish the hull.

Although the hull and skeleton are welded with steel steel, the cabins and decks inside the hull cannot be made of metal. They still need to be delivered from the logging factory in the traditional way and processed and planed in advance. The planks are laid out.

The waterproof and corrosion-resistant treatment of wood is also used to apply and paint it with universal rubber pectin. This technical worker has long been familiar with it. He carefully stepped on the built-in sampan and boarded the iron ship. He found that the iron pig trough was nothing at all. After the danger of overturning, work immediately started vigorously.

Harvey also led Reiner and others onto the iron ship, and then he realized that when he was designing the ship, he seemed to only consider the main purpose of transporting and carrying goods, and did not pay much attention to other supporting facilities. He was a little careless. .

The cockpit part located at the stern is too simple, with only a wooden shed less than a few square meters in size. A large hole was taken out of the ground deck in the shed to connect to the magic power core installed in the lower cabin. and a rudder transmission designed by Chris.

"Rolling this wheel will allow the iron ship to drive normally in the river at the expected speed and direction, without the need for the help of sails, just consume liquid magic energy like a magic car..." Chris talked endlessly to Lena He introduced the control system of the iron ship with Asdaren, which was provided by Harvey, who provided ideas and ideas to let Chris take over the design and manufacturing.

Reiner stroked the wooden rudder and asked in surprise: "Then... this ship can only operate the sailing alone, and it does not require any sailors and helmsman at all. This is incredible."

Although that's the case, after it is really put into use, it is still impossible to drive a metal ship dozens of meters long on the rushing ice field river alone.

According to some popular science knowledge about ship navigation that Harvey learned in his previous life, the minimum staffing standards for a small modern ship require at least one captain, first mate, and sailor. If you want to meet the needs of night navigation, you need to add one. The sailor on duty rotates, while the captain and the first mate take turns driving the ship.

In addition, if you have to sail long distances, you have to arrange a technician who knows how to repair and operate the core of magic power to serve as the chief engineer of the "magic version". Otherwise, once the power unit is broken down due to a failure, the iron-shelled ship will be shut down. You have to get out of control and run into the beach and run into the reef.

However, Harvey has no long-distance plans yet. After all, this ice field river that can pass through the territory is the farthest part of the river valley outpost. However, it is a day and a night away, so you don’t have to worry too much about power failure. .

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After the military terminal of the River Valley Outpost was built, the North Army no longer had to sit on the slow-moving war beasts when it was stationed. It would take a boat to go straight downstream for less than half a day to reach the outpost, which was much more convenient and fast. .

Harvey greeted Chris over, readjusted the design of the cabin part, and added a heating boiler and glass windows to the stern cockpit. Otherwise, in the middle of winter, even if the ship could sail on the river, he would stand. The people driving in the cabin will also be frozen into ice.

"After all the finishing work is completed, choose a good day and officially test the voyage! Just drive from the territory pier to the valley outpost, and you can also test its navigation speed."

...

After explaining all the follow-up work, Harvey returned to the territory castle.

As soon as I sat at the desk, before I could drink a sip of water, the magic brain instrument sent a reminder to receive the message.

【Astrologer: Mr. Kel Thujad, are you there? We have arrived at the town of Jackdaw on the border of St. Valen as requested by observer Mr. Neumann. When will we meet you? 】

"It's so fast..." Harvey couldn't help but sigh, "I just used the identity of the observer half a month ago to ask them to come to St. Valen. Unexpectedly, they didn't really delay for a moment. , rushed to Jackdaw Town quickly."

However, he did not intend to invite the two high-level spell casters from the forum to come directly to the pioneering leadership. This would easily reveal his embarrassing identity that was not high-level, and many situations in the territory still need to be kept confidential for the time being.

Disguised as the Observer Neumann, they came to Jackdaw Town, but wanted to cross the Federation to rebuild an additional network of relationships - "Astrologers", "Eye of Illusion" and "Misins Unicorn" These three are not spell casters with the background of the Federation, but independent magicians who are backed by the Seven Wizard Kingdoms and are from the ancient wizard family.

[Kel Thujad: I'm very sorry, my experiment is currently in a critical moment. You may need to linger in Jackdaw Town for a few days. I will contact you again as soon as possible to determine the time to meet. 】

[Astrologer: No problem, we have plenty of time, we can wait, but... there is one thing I may need to tell you in advance... on our way to Jackdaw Town, we found that the church had sent an armed investigation team, and they were targeting you. Your true identity has been leaked by an informer within the Federation! ]