Wearing black silk for a foreign woman

Lind looked at the long objects on the table with great excitement. They were clearly guns.

Since the next opponent is a knight, as a time traveler who is a doctor, Lind naturally has to learn from his excellent predecessor, Dr. Richard Gatling. This doctor, in the spirit of a compassionate doctor, invented the classic Gatling gun.

If you want to deal with knights, I think it would be more appropriate to use a machine gun.

Of course, Lind knows that he has to eat one bite at a time and the technology tree has to be developed bit by bit. At least Lind doesn't expect to come up with black silk right now. It's not realistic to invent a machine gun directly, so he should make a single-shot one first.

Therefore, Lind told his ideas and requirements to Linus, Ilufa and other local technical talents, and tried to see if there was any way to overtake through the magic curve. After all, saltpeter was too scarce on the island of Aivozhen, and clean and hygienic saltpeter fields had not yet been built because of insufficient manpower and too many things to do.

"Your idea really amazes me." Looking at Linder fiddling with these prototypes, Linus said flatteringly. "Use the expanding air, or other similar principles, to launch a sharp little iron nail from a sealed iron tube. This power is enough to break most armor at close range!"

"In order to achieve the effect you requested, my wife and I have tried several solutions, but they all have a common problem."

"what is the problem?"

“Not durable.”

Chapter 392 Industrial Products

"According to your request, Madam and Miss designed several different designs. Madam's wisdom is so profound, worthy of being the saint of the former magic god Mamiel. In just one day, she designed four different magic runes."

"The young lady is also very good. Although she is still young, inexperienced, and does not have a deep understanding of magic, it is precisely because of this that she can think of a completely different design plan from the madam."

"Madam and the eldest lady proposed a total of six plans for magic runes. I have also made all six plans. They are all here."

Linus explained to Linder his work content and achievements during this period, and showed his work to Linder.

With the experience of the magic energy machine, Lind no longer insisted on completely copying the technologies of the world before the time travel. Instead, he tried to make requirements and then let the local talents of this world realize them in this world's way.

The success of the magic energy machine allowed Lind to see the possibility of overtaking others. Using the magic energy hand instead of boiling water greatly reduced the manufacturing precision requirements of the magic energy machine, and there was also an unexpected benefit, no air pollution.

If it is a steam engine, no matter what it burns, it will inevitably produce pollution. As for pollution, although we can take the path of polluting first and then controlling it, wouldn’t it be better if it didn’t exist in the first place?

Since it was successful once, Lind hoped to replicate it on the gun. In order to avoid affecting the thinking of the natives of this world as much as possible, Lind also described the structure of the gun in a relatively general way, omitting many details, such as the propellant that serves as the power generator.

Lind played with the six guns in front of him. Since they still used the three-point-one-line aiming method, just like the crossbow, the overall structure was very similar to the rifles in his previous life. He picked up one of them, weighed it in his hand, and then made an aiming motion.

"The one in your hand is Miss Alisa's design," Linus explained immediately. "It is also the only prototype among the six that does not fire physical bullets."

"Not firing physical bullets? Then what to fire?" Lind was stunned.

"Please allow me to demonstrate." Linus said, taking the prototype gun from Lind.

This gun was the shortest among the six guns. Linus held the gun in his hand and aimed at the dummy not far away.

Pull the trigger, and a laser-like ray shoots at the dummy, leaving a melted hole.

"The Blazing Ray is a fire-type line-level magic." Linus explained. "The butt of the gun contains a fire-type Shalomanite, and the end of the barrel is a fire-type line-level magic rune. It is powerful enough to penetrate unenchanted armor."

"Not bad!" Lind was very satisfied with the effect of the weapon. "Any other questions?"

"Not durable." Linus scratched his head helplessly. "Like I just told you, this work is very not durable. The magic power of the salaman stone inside can only support firing ten rounds."

"Then can't we just replace the Salamandra? Don't we have enough stones?" Linde frowned.

"Of course I thought of that, but..." Linus continued. "In order to ensure sufficient power and accuracy, the size of the magic rune must be controlled very precisely. The current size is the most suitable. I have adjusted it repeatedly, but at this size, in order to achieve sufficient power, the magic rune must be slightly overloaded. In this way, the most important magic rune will be damaged after a short period of use."

"Oh? Then how many times do you think you can launch it?" Lind asked.

"If I can control the interval between each launch and give the magic rune enough cooling time..." Linus lowered his head and thought for a moment. "I'm afraid it can only be used for forty years."

"……How many!?"

"Forty years."

Linder looked at Linus expressionlessly.

"Sir?" Linus felt a little uneasy when he saw Linder's eyes.

"Wait a minute." Lind felt that he couldn't keep up with Linus's train of thought. "In your opinion, how long can a weapon be used?"

"If it's an ordinary weapon, such as a sword, it won't take long before several swords are broken in one battle. But if it's a magical weapon, it must last at least two generations." Linus said in a matter-of-fact tone.

Linde almost couldn't catch his breath.

"Master." Lind grabbed Linus's shoulders and said in a serious tone, "Can you increase the power of the magic rune to a level of about 10,000 or 20,000?"

"Of course you can, but the service life of the magic rune will be greatly shortened." Linus frowned.

"Master Linus." Linder stared into Linus' eyes. "What I need is not a handicraft that can be passed down as a family heirloom for three generations or even used for hundreds of years, and eventually become part of a legend, but an industrial product, an industrial product that can be consumed."

"What I want to do is industrial products that can be mass-produced and continuously consumed. For industrial products, as long as their service life can meet the requirements of use, that is enough."

"If this industrial product can be used for dozens or even hundreds of years, then it is a failure."

Linde looked into Linus' eyes and spoke word by word. Linus was stunned to hear Linde's theory, which was almost contrary to his professional philosophy.

"Oh, Oslo..." Linus was so shocked that he subconsciously chanted the name of the God of Machinery. As a magic rune craftsman, since he entered this industry, Linus has been striving for all his works to be able to be used for dozens or even hundreds of years.

"Want to know why?" Lind could see the confusion in Linus's eyes. "What I want to make is industrial products, which are mass-produced using the same standards and processes. Industrial products will not only be mass-produced, but also mass-updated, as long as there are no problems with the industrial chain."

"New technologies will continue to emerge and replace old ones. However, if industrial products are used for decades, hundreds of years, or even thousands of years like traditional magic props, users will have no motivation to replace them, causing technological development to stagnate."

“Product obsolescence is also part of technological progress.”

Linus was stunned and speechless by Linde's rebellious theory. He even had the urge to shout "heresy", but considering his job, Linus held back.

Even a blind person could see that Lord Ilufa doted on Linde, and people would believe that they had an improper relationship between a man and a woman.

After calming down a little, Linus became thoughtful.

It seems... makes sense!

Chapter 393: Elisa Rifle

Linus is different from other craftsmen. He is a magic rune craftsman. His job is to make items related to magic, that is, magic props.

Because magic has been sanctified for various reasons, the magic rune craftsmen who are engaged in the manufacture of magic props have also developed a different culture from ordinary craftsmen. The belief in Ocelot, the god of machinery, is one of them, as well as the machine soul. Magic rune craftsmen generally believe that there is a sacred mechanical soul in the magic machine, which is used to explain some strange phenomena that they cannot explain.

For example, magic runes that run inexplicably and shouldn't work in theory.

Now, Lind's theory has stirred up a huge wave in Linus' heart. Lind's theory is subversive to the magic machine manufacturing concept that Linus has been exposed to in the past.

If someone else had said this to Linus, he would have swung his hammer and hit him on the spot, but he couldn't do that now. Firstly, Linder was his superior, and secondly, Linus was sure that even if he attacked first, the young baron in front of him would be able to knock him down first.

Then, Linus carefully thought about Lind's theory and felt that it made some sense.

In the Holy Empire and even the entire world, all magic props are regarded as extremely precious things. Every magic-related creation is considered an extremely precious luxury item, and is often passed down from generation to generation.

Heirloom swords, armor, rings, amulets, and even clothes. A pair of underwear with enhanced runes has been passed down from generation to generation for hundreds of years. This is not a joke, but a real thing that happened.

This is common sense among magicians and magic rune craftsmen. Magical creations are meant to be used for a long time, starting at fifty years. In addition to the sanctification of magic, there is another important reason, which is the scarcity of magic materials, especially magic crystals of various properties.

But are magic crystals scarce now? At least not now. In the warehouse next door, the extremely precious magic crystals of the four attributes are sold by the pound like piles of stones.

Although Linus is a magic rune craftsman, he is not stubborn. His unique identity as an illegal rune craftsman who does not know magic determines that he is unlikely to stubbornly abide by the so-called iron laws of magic rune craftsmen. When Linder mentioned the service life of magic props and the renewal of magic, Linus realized that Linder was right.

In the past, Linus realized that there were better solutions for the magic runes on some magic items, but because there was no need to replace them and the materials were expensive, they had to continue using them.

The reason why magic props become heirlooms is not because of their long lifespan, but because they have to be used for a long time because of their high cost. If a magic device can be produced in a stable and large-scale way in a cheap way so that everyone can use it easily, why should it be passed down from generation to generation?

Linus felt that his thinking suddenly became broader.

"You make sense." After Linus opened his mind, he looked at Linder excitedly. "Indeed, we don't need to deliberately pursue the durability of magic weapons, at least not here."

"If it is a slight overload, according to my calculations, if the Fiery Ray Magic Rune of a gun can be cooled in time, it can probably fire about 10,000 rounds." Linus thought. "If you want to achieve the rapid burst you requested, that's fine, but in that case, if you use it continuously once, the magic rune may be damaged and melted."

"That's okay, just replace the magic rune." Linde smiled. "Is the thing I gave you useful?"

"It's useful. Very useful." Linus nodded, but his smile was a little bitter.

No matter whether one is a magician or a magic rune craftsman, one must first learn drawing before learning magic, and they are required to draw freehand, with at most a ruler without scale. This made Lind speechless, as this was a completely deliberate artificial restriction.

Just like the so-called craftsman spirit

After witnessing Elisa's magic drawing process and Effie's one-to-one replica, Lind was certain of one thing: magic runes could be mass-produced mechanically.

As for the specific method, ruler and compass drawing can greatly reduce the difficulty of drawing magic runes. Then, how to mass-produce magic runes? Lind thought of printing and steel stamping.

The magic runes were stamped on objects like a steel stamp, and the principle was not complicated. Linus's engineering department now has two machines, which Linder named the magic rune stamp machine. The ruler and compass drawing plus the steel stamp greatly shortened the production time of the magic runes, which originally took a very long time to manufacture.

"That's it. I'll adopt this plan. The magic rune can be overloaded. I don't need it to last for a century. Ten thousand rounds is enough." Linde fondly stroked the magic gun in his hand. "Improve it as I said and strive for early mass production."

"Yes, sir."

"What about the others?" Lind looked at the other guns.

"Others include ones that use wind magic, and ones that use fire magic, but the difference with this one is that the others all require live ammunition," Linus replied.

"Live ammunition... Which one do you think best meets my requirements? From the perspective of cost and power, etc."

"In that case, I recommend this lady to you." Linus smiled and picked up one of the guns. "Use the lady's wind magic rune and shoot live ammunition."

Under Linus' introduction, Lind tried the remaining five guns one by one. Unlike the first one, the remaining five were all capable of firing live ammunition.

Compared to the first one, the remaining five have different problems, such as not being powerful enough, making too much noise, etc. They also have a common problem, the crosshairs are not good enough.

There is no way. There are no rifling and the bullet is round, so it will start Brownian motion not long after leaving the barrel.

Another problem is barrel explosion, especially when using fire magic runes. According to Linus, it is very easy to explode.

After trying all of them, Lind made the decision to use the first gun as a template to start mass production, and to produce dozens of them first. Lind wanted to show those knights what it meant that times had changed.

As for the name of the gun, Lind thought about it and decided to name it directly after Elisa, the Elisa Rifle, without even asking Elisa's opinion.

After the plan was finalized, Linde left with satisfaction. After Linus respectfully sent Linde away, he looked at the equipment in the room and felt a sense of melancholy.

"Standardized, mass-produced, and replaceable industrial products?" Linus muttered to himself, feeling a little bitter. "Magic is no longer sacred."

Chapter 394: Sister and Younger Sister

Early in the morning of a new day, Ranna woke up to the sunlight coming in through the window.

"Hmm..." Sitting up from the warm bed, Ranna stretched beautifully. Halfway through the stretch, Ranna suddenly opened her eyes wide, the feeling next to the bed was different from before.

He suddenly turned his head and looked to the side, and his sister, who was supposed to be lying next to him, was gone.

Ran Na instantly became nervous, threw off the quilt and rushed out. When she opened the door, the first thing she saw was her sister preparing breakfast.

"You're awake, sister." Hespan, who had yellow hair like wheat ears and a typical country girl's appearance, greeted her sister at the door enthusiastically. "Wait a moment, breakfast will be ready soon."

"Hespan! Put it down! You are a patient! You need to rest!" Ranna ran over excitedly and gently but firmly took the small pot from her sister's hand.

"I'm healed now, sister, you're exaggerating." Hespan complained, raised her feet on the chair, lifted her skirt to reveal her calves. "Look, it's completely healed."

Hespan's calf was bitten by a jackal when he first landed on the island. Later, due to lack of medical care and medicine, the wound became infected and sepsis developed. If he hadn't met Lind in time, Hespan would have been dead now.

Although she was a country girl, a village girl from Batoran, and only fifteen years old, she did a lot of physical work on a daily basis. However, despite the heavy work, Hespan's calves looked surprisingly healthy, with round curves, which met the requirements of some people with special hobbies.

The only flaw is that there is a scar on Hespan's calf, which destroys the overall beauty.

"Hey! Pay attention to your image!" Ranna yelled at Hespan and hurriedly pulled down Hespan's skirt. "You are an adult! Pay attention to your image!"

"What does it matter? There are no outsiders here anyway." Hespan said disapprovingly.

"Anyway, I'm completely healed now." Hespan did not put her feet on the chair to lift her skirt like she did just now, but instead pulled her skirt up to reveal the wound on her calf. "And you see, the wound is very small, Master Linde is awesome!"

It was a blessing to be alive, and Hespan was mentally prepared to have an ugly scar on his leg. However, the wound was very small, which surprised Hespan.

It is a woman's nature to love beauty, and this applies to women from the age of eight to eighty. The reason why Hespan's wound was so small was not only because Lind cleaned the wound thoroughly, but also because Lind used intradermal suture, so the scar was very small.

Looking at the scar on his leg, Hespan's face was full of gratitude. Ranna could even see some special feelings on Hespan's face.

This girl, can't be...

"Sister, let's eat!" After showing off enough, Hespan took the pot from her sister and put the food on a plate.

The sisters' breakfast consisted of oatmeal porridge and black bread, in addition to meat, which was distributed daily in the camp.

Since the serfs working in the camp have not yet been freed and are still based on a points system, supplies are still distributed uniformly. Every day, everyone will first be allocated food according to basic needs, and then additional food will be allocated based on the workload.

Originally, if you wanted to eat meat, you had to work and do your job well, but Lind also added that people who were injured or sick could eat extra meat, so the Hespan sisters were able to eat meat.

And today is the last meal of meat.

"When they distributed food yesterday, they said that I had recovered from my illness, so starting tomorrow, they will no longer provide meat," Hespan said while eating porridge.

"Yeah, I know." Ranna nodded.

"Sister, do you think you can really be a female knight?" Hespan asked in a low voice.