Heavenly Dao Formula

"Can you go and visit?" Xia Fan suddenly became interested. Having a factory means centralized labor, which means having workers who are completely out of agriculture, which is undoubtedly an advanced existence compared with small manual workshops.

In fact, Jinxia City's new machine building bureau has evolved into a large-scale comprehensive manufacturing plant.

"Yes, but..." Olina showed a hint of hesitation, "It's not a good place."

"How to say?"

"In the Holy Wing Islands, people who are desperate usually have two choices, either join the black street organization, or find work in the factory area. So... you won't like it there."

Having said that, Longnu still took the two of them along the way. As she said, the market area and the factory buildings are very close, and the four-wheeled carriage between the two has become the absolute main force of transportation on the street. This is a bit like the difference between a bulk store and a wholesale store. Generally, customers shop in the market area, while merchants who need to purchase a large amount of goods will go directly to the factory area to pick up the goods.

There are neither walls nor guards around the factory, but it is filled with many shacks. They seem to be transitional areas connecting the two areas. Because the sheds are made of various materials, such as felt cloth and wood boards, it looks like a sea of ​​"mosaics" when looking around.

The smell here is even worse. Garbage and black mud are piled up between the sheds, and the smelly sewage flows wantonly on the stone floor, and even seeps into some of the sheds.

"This is..." Li slightly raised his eyebrows. She saw that there were people living in the shed, but most of the people staying inside were the elderly and children. Especially children, ranging from two or three years old to seven or eight years old. One thing they have in common is that they are thin and dirty, and they are completely different from their peers in the market area outside.

In addition, in order to avoid direct contact with the dirt, people put all kinds of things on the ground, ranging from bricks and stones to linen. However, this cannot fundamentally reverse the situation. On the contrary, it will cause a lot of sewage to accumulate and further ferment and rot.

The temperature in June is gradually rising, and the smell of swill and fishy smell in the air is not to mention how strong it is.

"Families of factory workers." Olina replied, "It is empty now because most people are busy working, and everyone will come back to live here at night."

"Do you live in this kind of place..." Li looked back and forth, "It's almost like a refugee in Qiguo."

"But at least they can have something to eat."

Xia Fan remained silent. Refugees are reduced to this point because they are homeless. They clearly have a home, but they can barely survive, which is very self-explanatory.

But this is the norm in the world today.

Those who can eat and drink enough are already an extremely lucky group.

Even Jinxia City has just saved the whole people from the plight of hunger. For these people, he can only wait and see from a distance at most.

Passing through the shantytown, the three approached a factory in production.

The wagons coming from the port dumped the loads of goods on the ground, and the workers put them in baskets, climbed up a high platform, and threw them from above into a huge copper furnace.

"Those red fruits, could it be the drunken fruit that I ate just now?" Li pointed to the bright red fruits on the ground.

"It seems to be right." Olina nodded, "But the main ingredient of the jam is its seeds, and these are the original fruits shipped from the island plantation."

What Xia Fan pays attention to is completely different from that of the fox demon.

He saw a crude machine standing beside the stove. It looks like an iron tripod, the main body is a cylindrical weight, and there are two movable flywheels and a cast iron cylinder at the bottom. From the top of the tank, you can see white gas coming out from time to time, and the flywheel drives the weight to rise slowly. When it reaches the top, the hammer head will suddenly fall and smash into the copper furnace.

Accompanied by the rhythmic dull roar, tens of thousands of fruits were crushed repeatedly until they were completely broken, and the pulp and fine seeds inside flowed out.

Despite its crude construction, it did utilize steam power.

"Good afternoon, gentlemen and ladies." At this time, a well-dressed middle-aged man came over, his eyes swept over the three of them one by one, and finally fell on Olina, "My name is Philip Law. The steward of the orchard, is there anything I can do for you?"

He noticed the cyan scales on Dragon Girl's wrist.

"I'm just accompanying," Olina shrugged and pointed at Xia Fan, "You can talk to this person directly if you have anything to say."

"Is that so?" There was a flash of surprise in the other party's eyes, and he looked at Xia Fan again, "Excuse me for being rude, but what do you call me?"

No matter how poor the Orkan family is, compared to the dragonborn, as long as she inherits the blood of the flying dragon, she is born superior. Because of this, Philip was surprised that the Dragonborn would be willing to be the company of a stranger.

"The manager of this kind of place is in a sense the agent of the factory owner." Worried that Xia Fan would not understand, Olina listened to her and explained in a low voice, "He is in charge of both production management and marketing. goods."

Xia Fan blinked at her, expressing his understanding, "Good afternoon, just call me Xia Fan. What is that metal lump that hits up and down the stage?"

he asked intentionally.

"Oh, what are you talking about..." The steward smiled, "It's a product that has only recently become popular, similar to a hydraulic hammer, but it doesn't need to be built by the river, it's all driven by boiling water. Of course... Among them The principle is more complicated. If you are interested, you can consult "Frank" metalworking. "

"Are there many factories using it in Azure Castle?"

"Haha, it's only used by small factories like ours." Philip waved his hand, "There is no shortage of water in Azure Fortress. The Dragon's Saliva River is five miles away, and the real big factories are concentrated there. Water hammer It is powerful, cheap, and not easy to break, unlike this thing, which often breaks down."

Sure enough, it was similar to his intuitive feeling, Xia Fan thought to himself, as a steam engine, it was still in its early stage, and its design and workmanship revealed roughness visible to the naked eye. However, according to the other party, it has become a commodity and has become popular among small factories far away from the river. Once its inventor has capital at hand, it will only be a matter of time before the steam engine can be further improved.

Frank Metalworking... He silently wrote down the name of this industry.

"By the way, do you guys want to try Pagoda's new jam?" Philip took the initiative to start the business. "We have recently developed two new flavors, which are not yet on the market, but they will definitely be well received. And it The honey content is high, even if it is brought back to the east for sale, it will not deteriorate."

"I'm just strolling around, I don't have any plans to buy yet."

"That's no problem, we welcome you to visit the factory." The manager's enthusiastic attitude did not diminish in the slightest, "Why don't you let me take you for a walk?"

This guy... quite understands the skills of salesmanship.

Xia Fan was about to agree, when suddenly there was a loud noise from behind the factory building.