Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 269 You are here to do engineering, what kind of wonders do you want to create?
Make the new furnace bigger?
Xius looked at the researcher with some confusion.

He originally planned to make the furnace bigger. If it was too small, it wouldn't be able to fit the polluting monster.

Besides, this furnace will supply power to the entire island in the future. It is a long-term project, so it is reasonable to design in more margin.

With this thought in mind, Xius opened the drawing handed to him by the researcher, but after just a glance, he almost threw the drawing away.

What's this! ?

"You want to hollow out the entire Castel and turn the middle into a giant furnace?!"

Only then did Zeus remember that these researchers were still followers of the Fire Moth, so it was normal for them to have some radical ideas.

But this is a bit too radical!

"Yes, sir. According to my calculations, this is the most efficient approach. We can simply remove the steam engines from the factories and instead use steam pipes to uniformly supply steam burned in the furnaces. This will not only improve efficiency but also transfer risk—the number of boiler operators and corresponding safety officers in each factory can be reduced."

What he said was actually quite right. Unified management could effectively reduce risks, and according to Castel's speed of development, such a huge amount of energy might be needed in the future.

And there is another advantage to this.

Others may not know, but Hughes understands the future development direction. In the future, Castell will definitely have an electrification industrial revolution.

The central furnace boils water, which not only supplies steam, but also allows for the convenient installation of steam turbines in the future. The biggest difference between it and ordinary steam engines is that steam turbines are more suitable for power generation.

Human technology is essentially about boiling water. Most of the thermal power plants on the Blue Planet use steam turbines to generate electricity. According to Hughes's plan, the amount of electricity that Castel will use in the future should be considerable.

So although the plan proposed by this researcher seems outrageous, it is actually quite feasible if you think about it carefully.

Just use more steel.

"My Lord, there is another benefit to doing this." The researcher added fuel to the fire when he saw that Xius was actually tempted.

"If the furnace is large enough, the network system can be used. The current network system only serves as a passage for movement, but if this furnace is built, it can be used directly as an inspection port, leading to various parts of the furnace, greatly reducing construction time."

Kill two birds with one stone.

The webway under Castel can now be said to be well-connected. The webway plan was proposed very early, and the banshees have been repairing it intermittently. Especially during the war, when the ground was completely reduced to a battlefield, the webway system successfully demonstrated amazing results.

It was obviously just an ordinary passage, but it greatly improved the flexibility of mobilizing soldiers. Before, the outer fortress was breached, and it was almost impossible to evacuate the soldiers inside. However, with the help of the webway, the Crusaders preserved a large number of manpower, which made it possible to defend the cathedral later.

Kyle and his team even rescued the unconscious banshee through the underground webway. If there were no webway, it would be impossible for their team of mortal crusaders to carry the heavy banshee back from the battlefield.

"and"

The researcher spoke again, this time with a rare hesitation: "If Castel installs a power system in the future, this furnace will provide sufficient power."

Castel installed power system?

It took Hughes a moment to understand what the researcher was talking about. He wanted to give Castel, the entire island, some extra power!
What is this? The Wandering Castel Project? As expected of a fire-chasing moth, this is way too far-fetched. Is this how advanced his thinking is?

"My Lord, we are trapped on the island this time, and Castel was almost drowned by the sea. I thought..."

"If Caster could move, whether by sailing like a ship, walking like an animal, or flying through the sky like the Skyshroud Beast, this desperate situation could be avoided."

It really is.

Hughes was silent for a moment, then spoke with some difficulty, "Your idea is good, but have you ever considered the magnitude of this undertaking? Installing a power system for Castel—I won't even mention how to separate Castel from the underlying bedrock, but the power required to move it is simply insane."

"The amount of energy the Pirate King can provide is truly incredible, sir." A hint of fanaticism was evident on the researcher's face. "This represents the pollution of the entire Storm Ocean. This is a force that could change the world. Using it solely to supply the island's factories is a bit of a waste."

Hughes swallowed.

You know what, this is really quite attractive.

The Pirate King successfully gathered all the pollution of the Storm Ocean onto himself. If he could use it successfully, not to mention making Caster stand up, even making him fly might not be impossible.

Humans study controlled nuclear fusion for the sake of infinite energy. If he could really lock the pollution of the entire Ocean of Storms into a furnace, then
The eternally burning sun may be within reach.

His heart was pounding. Who could resist such temptation?

"You, you go back first. I have this plan. Building such a large furnace now is a huge undertaking and the feasibility is still not very high. I..."

Xiu Si felt his lips dry. He looked at the researcher from the Fire Moth Chaser, gritted his teeth, and whispered, "You refine it a little bit, and I'll figure out the rest."

The researcher's face lit up with joy, and he turned around to leave, but was stopped by Xius.

"Wait a minute, what's your name? I'll have someone check in with you later to learn about the progress."

"Tartaria, you can call me Tata. I grew up in the western part of the empire—now it's been destroyed by war."

Hughes nodded.

If the huge furnace was just an engineering challenge, then moving the Pirate King was a sheer daring act. No one knew how to move this behemoth back and stuff it into the furnace.

All of Hughes's ideas are actually not much different from putting an elephant in a refrigerator: hang the Pirate King up, move the Pirate King back, stuff the Pirate King into the furnace, and light it on fire.

Yes, his original plan was so simple, with only some arrangements that were not even ideas. When trying to implement it, the people of Castel found that it was actually more difficult than they had imagined.

The first thing is how to hang the Pirate King.

The Pirate King is now like a queen ant. Although it does not have much attack power, its huge size means that it is not something that can be easily manipulated. Just how to tie a rope to it is difficult for the banshees surrounding it.

(End of this chapter)