flstandardbreds Chapter 152 Song of Industry
Chapter 152 Song of Industry
The roaring factory still belongs only to Amerancy. The former wilderness is now covered by steel towers, and the man-made factory buildings house the machines, ushering in a new era.
The massive steel mill smelts ore mined from northern mines, the converter pours the molten steel into casting ladles, and the conveyor belts send the steel ingots to the next process.
Alice endured the scorching heat as she walked through the factory. The group walked along a high corridor with a wide view. Many of them were entering a steel plant for the first time and realized for the first time how steel was smelted.
The Ruhr Steel Complex is the crown jewel of the Amerlane steel industry. This massive industrial park, centered around several steel smelting complexes and connected by railways and park roads, produces almost 50 percent of Amerlane's steel, with an annual output of over 2.8 million tons. Some specialty steel is also produced within this park.
From the rudimentary blast furnaces in Trian to the newly commissioned Ruhr steel complex, Alice has witnessed and driven everything. She reached out and touched the wrought iron frame, beneath which were busy workers. Their heavy canvas uniforms barely kept out the heat, but they also evaporated their sweat to the extreme.
The arduous work leads to the rise of the entire nation. Steel production determines a nation's strength. The steel produced by a rising power will be used to protect the dignity of its people and to contribute to the prosperity of the entire society. This steel will be used to manufacture machines, tools, houses, cars and airplanes, ships and railways.
When Alice takes the little train to the other side of the factory area, another artery of industry is the coal industry, which is also an important industry in the region. The Ruhr region is rich in coal and iron ore, which makes this place a huge industrial chain of coal and steel complex. Coal is mined from the mine and transported by rail to its first destination - the distillation plant under the operation of mechanical equipment.
Under the action of thermal decomposition, the moisture in coal is evaporated. As the temperature rises, the coal gas and tar inside the coal are released. These coal chemical products each have their own destinations, while the product of dry distillation—coke—is used in the metallurgical industry, contributing to the national metals of America.
From the miner's first swing of the pickaxe to the blasting of explosives, ore was extracted from the ground. Alice witnessed it all. Today, mining has become a profession that millions of people rely on for their livelihood, and every aspect of this process has been a revolution.
Beyond these modern industries, ancient and unique new industrial sectors are also flourishing in Amelansi, including the magic industry, a unique industry of this planet and this world.
Alice once studied magic and magic crystals. In this special world, magic is everywhere, but the condensation of magic becomes magic crystals. These purple crystals sparkle in the sunlight, and the size of the crystal represents the magic it contains.
This mysterious substance has two properties. In its demonic state, the magic crystal has a crystalline structure and can release magic power under the guidance of magic circuits.
After fully demonstrating its magic power, the magic crystal becomes inactive, thus becoming a so-called "waste magic crystal," which is a plastic-like state that only has the ability to guide magic but does not have the ability to store magic power.
However, the priority of magical science and technology in Amelansi is not actually very high. Although the magical industry has invented the magical radio device and magical circuit system that Amelansi relies on for communication based on magical theory and technology, magical technology can only be said to be the tip of the iceberg in the face of the vast industrial sector.
Unlike other countries that try every means to obtain magic crystals, Amelanxi uses magic crystals not only by adopting standardized magic crystal energy storage bodies of various specifications, but also by releasing the energy of magic crystals, turning them into deactivated magic crystals.
These deactivated magic crystals will be liquefied in a magic furnace, a furnace that uses magic to melt them, and then cast into the shape they should be, such as long magic optical fibers.
These slender magical optical fibers are the most widely used magical components in Amelansi. These transparent products, which have the same properties as modern optical fibers but are much cheaper, are widely used in magical circuits in Amelansi, from the PRC152 magical individual radio to the Sky MK2 magical anti-gravity core.
According to Alice's estimates, the technical requirements of the magic industry are likely higher than those of the non-magic industry, because so far, no circuit has been able to control the stability and energy efficiency of magic.
The size of a magic circuit directly determines where it can be used; the more intricate the magic circuit, the higher the level of manufacturing required.
The magical flying broomstick of the Imperial Capital Magic Association is like this. There has only been one unique piece in a thousand years because no one has been able to create the broomstick with its dense magical circuits inside and out. These tiny magical circuits have magical wires, magical resistance, magical reaction units, as well as basic magical frameworks and control units.
It took the magic master fifty years to make this broom, and the final product could only fly 500 meters in a single flight and ascend to a height of less than fifty meters.
Conversely, what about magnification?
The Magic Sky MK2 is a case in point. Magic doesn't just appear out of thin air. The anti-gravity core needs a magnet to provide power and also requires related circuitry. However, the level of technology in the Middle Ages couldn't support the manufacturing of all of this. Neither machining nor materials science could support the widespread use of magic devices.
If traditional magic was something magicians studied for their own convenience, then Amelansi's magic engineering was like a group of electronic engineers with magic skills around the apprentice level using transistor structures to create magical electronic circuits.
Inside the magically enchanted factory, workers in rubber protective suits were using dryers and soldering pens to attach components to magical baseboards at steel and wood tables. Rare white tungsten halogen provided them with illumination overhead. All magical equipment was prohibited, making the place feel like an electronics factory on Earth.
The components enter the workstation via conveyor belt and flow downstream like a stream. Although the current linear speed of the Emerald Magic Production Line can be described as slow, it is simply mythical from the perspective of other countries.
Amelansi is producing practical magical artifacts at the speed of firearms production! You should know that magical artifacts are high-end custom-made items. In the history of this planet, magical artifacts were once the king's amulet, the hero's sword, and the saint's staff. They were treasures that were once kept secret by various countries.
However, Amelanxi's magic device, which was deployed on the battlefield, was already on a completely different level.
In the industrial age, magic is undergoing a quiet transformation, not only in magical artifacts. With the Imperial Magic Academy now part of Amelansi, magic apprentices and magicians are being impacted by new tools and ideas.