Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 134 Subway
Ken had no doubt about this matter. He had an idea just by thinking about it, so the lord should be able to draw a design directly.

In this way, he understood why the lord wanted to recruit mechanical engineers stationed on the ship.

As for why it was not made public?

Storm Heavy Industry hasn't been made public yet, so this matter should still be in the planning stage. There's no need to rush to recruit, especially since he already knows about it.

After Josh finished speaking, he remained silent, quietly waiting for his friend to make a decision.

This was how they used to be. Ken made the plans and Josh executed them. It always took Ken a long time to make a judgment, but Josh always trusted his decision more.

After thinking carefully for a while, Ken raised his head and looked at Josh solemnly: "I join."

"Great, great! I'm telling you, we're going to make a lot of money!"

Josh jumped up from his seat happily.

Making money? That was important, but Ken knew he wasn't good at it. He was only good at dealing with machines.

"It's getting late. I need to hurry and work out the details with the others. I'll come back to you tomorrow. The sailing date is within these few days, so please make your preparations."

The two had a good relationship, so Josh didn't bother to be polite. As he spoke, he turned around, opened the door, and trotted away.

"wait for my good news!"

Ken took out a piece of fried fish and stuffed it into his mouth, then waved to his friend from the door.

The setting sun fell on the smiling faces of the two people, stretching their shadows very long.

"Dig an underground tunnel from under the manor to the eastern test site?"

Xius looked at Una opposite him and blinked.

"What's the point of this? Can't we just go directly over the ground?"

The two are now in front of the cave under the manor. The renovation of the underground palace has gradually stopped in recent days. This group of banshees who like to tinker with buildings have begun to study Zeus's plan. His plan of a passage leading directly to the Abyss has caused the banshees to argue for several days.

"Yes, sir."

As soon as Una talked about architecture, she became excited. She was no longer timid, but seemed a little enthusiastic.

"The biggest problem with your Abyssal Tunnel is ensuring it doesn't go off track. All our construction is underground, and without direction calibration, it's easy for such a long tunnel to go off track."

Zeus nodded. Indeed, this was a technical challenge on Blue Planet, not to mention that modern surveying and mapping methods might not be available here.

"So we discussed and decided to dig an underground tunnel as an experiment. If it goes well, we can start working on the passage to the Abyss."

"So you chose the route from the manor to the eastern testing ground?"

"Yes, since we're going to dig anyway, why not make the tunnel useful? I think digging a tunnel to the testing ground would be more useful."

is that useful?
Indeed, there are. Below the manor is the residence of the banshees. The banshees often go to the testing ground, and before that they all went there through the sea.

In fact, it is much faster to go through the sea. The speed of the banshees swimming in the sea is very terrifying, but there is a disadvantage -

It is not convenient for them to carry things.

Whether it was materials, daily necessities, or finished products, the banshees had trouble bringing them back from the sea. Most things were susceptible to water damage, especially materials. This often meant the banshees would arrive before their supplies, forcing them to wait.

The efficiency of the people on the island is already very high, but it can be even higher.

"So you're planning to build a passage so the banshees can push the carts for transportation?"

"Yes."

"this one"

Hughes rubbed his chin.

Why does it feel a bit like a subway?
It’s still a human-powered subway, which feels weird.

The banshees do have this kind of transportation capacity demand. Zeus thought about it and decided that since they were going to dig a subway, they might as well just get a steam locomotive.

This can be used as an experiment. The underground environment is relatively stable, and there is no need to worry about anyone damaging the rails. Even if there is a problem with the steam locomotive, it will not cause casualties - a boiler explosion can only cause minor injuries to the Banshee with a symbiotic contract and flesh and blood magic.

I feel like it's doable.

After weighing the pros and cons, Hughes quickly made a decision.

"Don't start the work yet. I'll draw you a blueprint. We can make the project bigger and build a subway section as a trial."

If this type of subway experiment is successful, it should be much more convenient to plan a railway network on the island in the future, and Hughes can completely build a subway network underground in the future.

The subway is not only used as a means of transportation, some goods can also be transported by subway.

For example, physical pollution. In the future, after the physical pollution is pumped up from the abyss, it can be transported to the factory through the subway network for combustion. This will not only avoid pollution leakage but also facilitate inspection.

Moreover, the construction of the subway is not difficult. The first subway on Blue Planet was officially put into operation during the Kangxi period. If it could be built in that era, there is no reason why it cannot be done now.

What's more, steam locomotives are almost the most stable mode of operation for steam engines. Until the time when Zeus traveled through time, there were still steam locomotives that could still operate on the Blue Planet.

These words obviously made Una a little confused, but the banshees had long been accustomed to their lord's strange ideas. He could always come up with some technologies that no one could think of. Some of his ideas even amazed Monica.

"Speaking of which, the steel mill is almost finished. The caravan will leave tomorrow and we can send Beatrice off. Once Beatrice leaves, the workers can start working in the factory."

Hughes had previously reached an agreement with Chloe to have these workers work for him - but this required getting Beatrice out of the way first.

After all, Beatrice was sent by the Candlelight Society to monitor. It would be bad if these contaminated workers were made to work in front of her and she misunderstood that Zeus was involved in some cult.

Now that the steel mill is almost completed, Xius is eager to form a caravan to go out to sea, and this is also his consideration.

Castel is too remote and no merchant ships pass by. Beatrice was sent here by a ship specially sent by the Candlelight Society. In theory, she can contact the Candlelight Society to send a ship to pick her up. As an investigator, she has this right, but she doesn't know when she will have to wait.

"Those workers are old acquaintances of mine, so I should find a chance to visit them. They're probably bored out of their minds right now."

The exile of the Candlelight Society does not mean that they are enshrined. These workers must complete various rituals and prayers of the Candlelight Society, as well as a complicated atonement process, which is very painful.

If Hughes could give them a job opportunity and earn a salary, they would be so happy.

(End of this chapter)