„Come, tries these two sheet irons about in the same place,” Roland said. “来,试试把这两块铁板合在一起,”罗兰说。 Anna extends the takes action finger/refers, according to the joint of sheet iron. The flame spouts from referring, connection imposes the naked eye obvious speed to melt. 安娜伸出手指,按在铁板的接缝上。火焰从指间喷出,接口处以肉眼可见的速度熔化。 „Reduces the firepower, the back comes one time again.” “减小火力,背面再来一次。” She nods, has complied. Two sheet irons assume 90 degrees splicing, was welded firmly together. 她点点头,照做了遍。两块铁板呈90度拼接,被牢牢焊接在一起。 Roland has inspected under the connection carefully, discovered that the effect is similar to such-- that he imagines together does not have any slight defect perfect welded joint. If polishes slightly, when will smelt iron the fluid trace rubs off, two sheet irons have almost not distinguished with forging body anything of casting as a whole. 罗兰仔细检查了下接口,发现效果就如同他想象的那样——一道没有任何瑕疵的完美焊缝。如果稍加打磨,将熔铁时的流体痕迹磨去,两块铁板几乎跟一次成型的锻造体没什么区别。 „Is very good, Miss Anna, was too simply terrific,” Roland cannot bear to praise sigh, „following, we also meet another two sheet irons.” “很好,安娜小姐,简直太棒了,”罗兰忍不住赞叹道,“接下来,我们把另外两块铁板也接上去。” „What is this? An iron does...... Bucket?” “这是什么？一个铁做的……水桶？” „No, this is an air cylinder,” he corrected said. “不,这是一个气缸,”他纠正说。 „Air cylinder?” Anna Confusedly redundant say/way. “气缸？”安娜迷惑地重复道。 „Right, it can be used for the packing air,” Roland is pointing at another square shape iron plank road, „saw the above pinhole? The air enters air cylinder from this pinhole , to promote piston--, the piston is one slightly is smaller than the cylinder inside diameter a point the sheet iron, it can the free movement in the air cylinder.” “对,它可以用来填充空气,”罗兰指着另一块方形铁板道,“看见上面的小洞了吗？空气从这个小洞进入气缸,推动活塞——呃,活塞就是一个比气缸内径稍小一点的铁板,它能在气缸里自由移动。” Even if Anna, in so fabricated in front of the word also to circle has fainted the head, „that these...... Air cylinder, piston what, to make what?” 即使是安娜,在如此多生造词面前也绕晕了脑袋,“那这些……气缸,活塞什么的,是为了做什么？” „Machine that to make one can move automatically.” “为了制造一台能自动动起来的机器。” Steam engine, brings the driving force that the human first Industrial Revolution has needed, liberates thoroughly the manpower and draught animal power. 蒸汽机,带来了人类第一次工业革命所需的原动力,将人力和畜力彻底解放出来。 Its schematic diagram is each mechanical dog is familiar, the simple point said, is an opening canteen of enlargement version. The steam of boiling was inducted the air cylinder , to promote the piston and connecting rod, transforms the thermal energy as the mechanical energy. 它的原理图是每个机械狗都耳熟能详的,简单点说,就是一个放大版的开水壶。烧开的蒸汽被导入气缸,推动活塞和连杆,将热能转化为机械能。 The principle is exceptionally simple, but does not represent it to be easy to make. Its difficulty lies in the stopping property of air cylinder and piston, as well as air conduit manufacture. When the metal working has not selected suffices the skill, wants by manually to hammer a qualified air cylinder simply is fantasy story. 原理异常简单,但不代表它容易制造。它的难点在于气缸与活塞的密闭性,以及输气管制造。金属加工未点够技能时,想要靠手工锻打出一个合格的气缸简直是天方夜谭。 However the Anna ability has offset the insufficiency in craft perfectly. 然而安娜的能力完美弥补了工艺上的不足。 So long as Roland designs four same sizes beforehand the sheet iron, making the blacksmith's shop casting polish, then using the l-square fixed good modeling, again to be welded by Anna, can obtain the rigidity extremely high square shape air cylinder. Had the help of witch, he does not need like the traditional producuction process, to produce the stage artillery tube boring lathe first, retreatment a circular air cylinder. Other major assemblies are also so, can make the scrap to splice first again, then, even if blacksmith's shop such small workshop, can make the complete part that Steam engine needs with joint forces. 罗兰只要事先设计好四块同尺寸的铁板,让铁匠铺浇铸打磨好,接着利用直角板固定好造型,再由安娜进行焊接,就能得到刚度极高的方形气缸。有了女巫的帮助,他不必像传统制作过程那样,先得造台炮筒镗床,再加工出一个圆形气缸。其他大部件也是如此,可以先做成小块再拼接,如此一来,即使是铁匠铺这样的小作坊,也能合力制造出蒸汽机所需要的全部部件。 In fact, before welding was invented, the people can only by the bolt or the riveted joint connect the light casting, but the cylinder block must request the smooth, conventional connection unable to achieve this obviously. 事实上,焊接被发明前,人们只能靠螺栓或铆接来连接小件,而气缸内部必须要求平滑,常规连接显然做不到这点。 What only trouble is the air conduit. Its method of manufacturing does not have anything to be special but actually, a length tappasaki to the red heat, admits in the scoop channel mold again, knocks with the hammer to the formation one after another, before this is also , installs the method of manufacturing of Flintlock barrel. But the barrel also needs afterward alignment, expands drills the rifling wait/etc., is more complex. 唯一麻烦的是输气管。它的制作方法倒没什么特殊的,将一块长铁板烧至红热,再放进凹槽型模具里,用锤子一锤一锤敲至成型,这也是前装燧发枪枪管的制作方法。只不过枪管还需要事后校直,扩钻膛线等等,更复杂一些罢了。 It troubles lies, Roland impossible called own back garden the blacksmith, witch was unable to expose temporarily, but the hammering was really not own strong point. But, he has to make Chief Knight do for somebody, oneself direct in the one side. 它麻烦在于,罗兰不可能把铁匠叫到自己的后花园来,女巫暂时还不能曝光,而打铁实在不是自己的强项。无奈之下,他只好让首席骑士代劳,自己在一旁指挥。 Like this tossed about for three days, Roland has put together first Steam engine in the backyard finally. 就这样折腾了三天,罗兰终于在后院里拼出了首台蒸汽机。 „Was you says the strength greatly infinite gadget on this?” Carter knits the brows to size up this strange machine, he first affirmed that this gadget has nothing to do with the cults ceremony. The above each iron lump is he personally installs, seems like the stove of seal. If Devil can be attracted that too not to gather the common sense by it. “就这是你的说力大无穷的玩意儿？”卡特皱眉打量着这台奇怪的机器,他首先肯定这玩意儿跟邪教仪式无关。上面每一个铁疙瘩都是他亲手装上去的,看上去就像个密封的炉子。如果魔鬼能被它吸引那也太不合常理了。 Can however one pile of iron lumps move? It looks like is very clumsy, does not have the foot, can Is it possible also fly? 不过一堆铁疙瘩要怎么动起来？它看起来就很笨拙,又没有脚,难不成还能飞？ But in the Roland eye, this seems like the crude machine is actually sending out the beauty of industry. Stands naturally again has not walked Newcomen Steam engine-- Watt Steam engine-- to improve the Steam engine route on giant shoulder he, his first trial manufacturing is the high-pressured Steam engine of belt double connecting-rod and glide valve. Its manufacture does not compare on most primitive Steam engine difficult many, the key is innovations in some mentalities. 但在罗兰眼里,这台看似简陋的机器却散发着工业之美。站在巨人肩膀上的他自然没再走纽科门蒸汽机——瓦特蒸汽机——改良蒸汽机的路线,他的第一台试制品就已是带双连杆和滑动阀门的高压蒸汽机。它的制作不比最原始的蒸汽机难上多少,关键在于一些思路上的创新。 „Later you knew.” “待会你就知道了。” Roland toward the steam box but actually a bucket of water, having made Anna light the fuel. 罗兰往蒸气室倒了桶水,让安娜点燃柴火。 After dozen minutes, the water was boiled, rumbles to tumble. Quick, in the air cylinder hears flip-flop sound, Roland knows that is the sound that the cylinder body heating inflates. The sheet iron of piston is thin, the inflation aberration come in a big way compared with the cylinder body, finally arriving firmly on vat wall. 十几分钟后,水被烧开,咕隆咕隆地翻滚起来。很快,气缸内传来噼啪声,罗兰知道那是缸体受热膨胀的声音。活塞的铁板较薄,膨胀变型要比缸体来得大,最终会牢牢的抵在缸壁上。 „Doesn't this heat the boiling water? Has not thought that also is really a stove,” the Carter whisper said. “这不是烧开水么？没想到还真是个炉子,”卡特嘀咕道。 In the air cylinder fills the steam, making Roland excited one appear. The piston starts to promote the connecting rod outward movement, when movement to apex, another connecting rod draws the glide valve, the steam inward promotes the piston. Two connecting rods come one to bring the wheel fast to revolve, increases along with the firepower, the quick speed has reached the peak. 当气缸内充满蒸汽时,令罗兰激动万分的一幕出现了。活塞开始推动连杆向外运动,当运动到顶点时,另一条连杆拉动滑动阀门,蒸汽又将活塞向内推动。两条连杆一来一回带着轮子飞快旋转,随着火力增大,很快速度达到了顶峰。 The machine exudes the grating bellow, air vent hu-hu is spitting the white clouds, has an irresistible imposing manner. 机器发出刺耳的轰鸣声,排气口呼哧呼哧的吐着白气,有种势不可挡的气势。 „This was you says...... Hides the strength in nature?” Anna asked dull. “这就是你说的……潜藏在自然中的力量？”安娜呆呆地问。 The Chief Knight whole face unbelievable, final big iron-tire was he takes the eldest child effort to install, now it actually looks like feather rapid revolving, stood even can feel the air current that the wheel aroused to head on-- this only to explain, at present the strength of this TRA lump as big as an astonishing situation. 首席骑士满脸地难以置信,最后的大铁轮是他费了老大力气才安装好的,现在它却像羽毛般飞速旋转,站在旁边甚至能感受到轮子激起的气流扑面而来——这只能说明,眼前这台铁疙瘩的力气大到了一个惊人的地步。 His bottom of heart raises gradually a restlessness. 他心底渐渐升起一丝不安。 Your highness said that it can substitute for the manpower and draught animal power, if not deceive itself, when it substitutes the horses draw the chariot, depending on this brute force, only feared that ten Knight are hard to resist. 殿下说它能取代人力和畜力,如果不是骗自己的话,当它取代马匹拉动战车时,光凭这股蛮力,只怕十个骑士都难以抵挡。 Trains qualified Knight, takes 15 years, makes a such iron furnace, actually only takes three days. Is counted the blacksmith to build the components the time, is about one week. 培养一名合格的骑士,需要15年,制造一台这样的铁炉,却只需三天。算上铁匠打造零件的时间,也不过一个星期。 It does not need to feed, did not fear that is cold and hungry, does not fear arrows and sword and spear. So long as front installs to hit the corner/horn, it can batter in the battlefield. 它不需要喂养,不怕寒冷和饥饿,也不怕箭矢和刀枪。只要前面装上撞角,它就能在战场上横冲直撞。 As the matter stands...... Traditional does Knight have the necessity to exist? 这样一来……传统的骑士还有必要存在吗？ ******************* ******************* In the evening, when Roland returns to the bedroom, once again saw Nightingale. 晚上,罗兰回到卧室时,又一次见到了夜莺。 Her time has not worn Hood, smiling sits near the table, in the hand is provoking several parchment, „looks like outside hearsay really cannot believe. Said Fourth Prince to have neither learning nor skill, is bad, in fact compares to the palace Grandmaster also to have no time to let. On this paper draws, is that iron stove blueprint? You called it for...... Steam engine, right?” 她这次没有戴兜帽,一脸笑意地坐在桌边,手中拨弄着几张羊皮纸,“看来外面的传闻果然不能相信。都说四王子不学无术,性格恶劣,实际上比起宫廷大师也不遑多让。这纸上画的,就是那台铁炉子的设计图？你称呼它为……蒸汽机,对吧？” I go, but can also keep a privacy to person, wants to come to come, wants to walk walks, you think that this is your family! The Roland unstated criticism, in the surface still calmly returned to say at heart, „is the blueprint right, but does not have the help of Anna, it also merely opens the blueprint.” 我去,还能不能给人留点隐私了,想来就来,想走就走,你以为这是你家啊！罗兰心里腹诽不已,面上仍若无其事地回道,“是设计图没错,不过没有安娜的帮助,它也仅仅是张图纸。” „What can it make?” “它能做什么？” „Many, transports the ore, to drain water and smelt the iron and forging, the place that any need big strength, it can play the role.” “很多,运矿、排水、冶铁、锻造,凡是需要出大力气的地方,它都能起到作用。” „I accepted,” Nightingale is good sheepskin paper roll, puts in the clothes robe, „in Cooperation Association also has the person who can control the flame.” “那我收下了,”夜莺将羊皮纸卷好,放入衣袍内,“共助会里也有能操控火焰的人。” „Hey--” “喂——” She beckons with the hand, stops the protest of Roland, „naturally, I am not white/in vain with your thing, you have a look at this first.” She places on a small group white thing the table. 她摆摆手,制止罗兰的抗议,“当然,我不是白拿您的东西,您先看看这个。”她将一小团白色东西放在桌上。 Roland walks, pinches with the finger, discovered that unexpectedly is one volume of paper. 罗兰走过去,用手指捏起,发现那居然是一卷纸条。 He launched gently, has swept two, „this was......” 他轻轻展开,扫了两眼,“这是……” „Confidential letter that carrier pigeon transmission uses,” Nightingale with teasing the tone said, „addressee is your Head maid Tyre, it seems like your harem is not calm and steady.” “信鸽传递用的密信,”夜莺用戏谑的语气说道,“收信人是您的侍女长提尔,啧啧,看来您的后宫并不安稳啊。” „I have not bumped her,” Roland knits the brows to say. “我没有碰过她,”罗兰皱眉道。 Tyre, in memory this female as if very much long time ago with, Fourth Prince was interested in her, helpless several harassment cannot prevail. This time comes Border Town simply to rise her is Head maid, serves itself personal, her room arranges in the next door. Has not thought that unexpectedly is the informer of Royal Brother Royal Sister arrangement? 提尔,记忆里这名女子似乎很早就跟着自己了,原本四王子对她颇感兴趣,无奈几次骚扰都没能得逞。这次来边陲镇干脆把她升为侍女长,贴身伺候自己,她的房间就安排在隔壁。没想到竟是王兄王姐安排的眼线？ Although this letter has not signed, but according to the content judgment, stems from that several biological brother and sister's writing skill most likely. In the letter writes the previous failure to make the master very disgruntled, next time when will take advantage of the Longsong Stronghold disturbance begins, does not allow to be defeated again. Good, you have succeeded actually, he thinks, otherwise do not become Roland Wimbledon. 尽管这封信没有署名,但根据内容判断,十有八九是出自那几个亲兄妹的手笔。信上写着上次失败令主人十分不悦,下次趁长歌要塞骚乱时动手,绝不允许再失败。好吧,其实你们已经成功了,他想,不然自己也不会成为罗兰.温布顿。 This letter not greatly possibly is Nightingale forge, because only then participated in this plot person, clearly knows that the first assassination plans. But Nightingale wants to kill own words, does not need such troublesome. 这封信不大可能是夜莺伪造的,因为只有参与了这场阴谋的人,才会清楚地知道第一次暗杀计划。而夜莺想杀自己的话,没必要这么麻烦。 „Do you steal from her?” “你从她身上偷来的？” „Your Head maid does not have is so stupid, she looked that planned to burn. Was only a pity she looks I behind her,” she have made the movement of making a fraudulent switch exactly, „, what to do do you plan? Needs me to help " processing " ?” “您的侍女长才没那么蠢,她看完就打算烧了。只可惜她看的时候我恰好在她背后而已,”她做了个调包的动作,“那么,您打算怎么办？需要我帮忙「处理」吗？” Roland naturally understands processing in her mouth is What does it mean, the hesitant moment, he nods finally, „troubled you.” This matter he really does not have confidence to do, „if possible...... Asks for me, who her back person is.” 罗兰自然明白她口中的处理是什么意思,犹豫片刻,他最终还是点点头,“麻烦你了。”这种事情他实在没有信心自己来做,“如果可以的话……替我问问,她背后的人是谁。” „as you wish, Your highness,” Nightingale bends the waist to salute with a smile, „that this roll drawing was the reward.” “如您所愿,殿下,”夜莺笑着弯腰行礼,“那么,这卷图纸就是报酬了。”