Chapter 483 I declare that this place is called the Holy Court

Although there are nearly a hundred star-cast gears in the Mechanical Palace, there are only sixty suitable gears that can be used in industrial production.

Four clockwork stone cutters can produce 60 to 80 cubic meters of bricks per month, enough to pave a 40 to 50 meter long street.

Six were turned into clockwork sawmills, producing 500 to 600 cubic metres of timber per month.

Currently, the floor tiles on Autumn Dusk Island are all cut by stone cutting machines, while the building materials for the workers' temporary wooden houses and farmhouses in the countryside are all cut by clockwork sawmills.

Seven are used as clockwork textile machines, which are basically the original reel spinning machines modified to have the mechanical power of a clockwork wheel.

This clockwork reel spinning machine was modified by Shilov to have 500-800 spindles and could produce hundreds of yards of linen every hour.

These textile workshops can produce a total of 7000 to 9000 yards of linen each month, which is enough to consume the entire flax production of Qiumu Island and still have two months of idleness left over.

Horn has calculated that each clockwork-powered textile workshop covers an area of ​​about 800 square meters and requires 20 to 30 operators to monitor yarn quality, repair yarn breaks and replace spindles.

If a handmade workshop wants to achieve the same effect, it will need 150 spinning machines, 60 looms, and 230 weavers, and the area occupied is about the same.

But this is a personnel gap of nearly ten times.

The more than 7 yards of linen they wove are just enough to fill Qiumu Island's clothing market this year.

Since people of this era have always worn the same piece of clothing for ten years, now that it is already available, the market demand on Qiumu Island is estimated to be reduced by half next year.

The beastman kingdom in Daze Township is also switching to growing flax, which will result in an increase in flax supply next year.

The excess can only be consumed internally by the beastmen or exported to the market in Langsander County.

Horn can foresee that the market price of linen clothing will be reduced to about 80% of the original price next year.

These are just three clockwork weaving workshops.

If the problem of raw material supply can be solved, Horn will grit his teeth and expand to thirty. While maintaining the original price, the textile industry of Qiumu Island alone can meet the market demand of the entire Thousand River Valley.

By then, it would really be just one street on Qiumu Island that would shock the entire Thousand River Valley.

Unfortunately, the manufacturing method of Starcast gears remains a mystery.

Of the remaining Star-cast gears, ten were turned into rotary pumps and nine were turned into jib cranes.

“This set of three things is basically used for dredging rivers.”

Holding the wooden railing of the embankment bridge, Horn looked towards the muddy river in front of him and could see the three clockwork machines on the spot.

Needless to say, the rotary pump was of great interest to Horn, and his attention was mainly focused on the jib crane.

It is about 8 to 12 meters high and is located in rows on both sides of the river.

These jib cranes are made entirely of oak and fir, and their L-shaped metal parts and black iron rivets shine with a dull luster even on a semi-rainy day.

The overall appearance of the jib crane is like a tower, with a single arm extending from the top of the head. The arm is equipped with a pulley block and is connected to the rotary machine through ropes and hinges.

The most eye-catching thing about this thing is the wooden sculpture of the trinity of Dinosaurs, Machinarium and Horror on the top of the crane tower, and a cross made of white animal bones hanging on the rotating arm.

The wood is matched with metal components, and it is even wrapped in leather, on which there are blood-red alchemical symbols.

Because of its appearance, Horn was sometimes afraid that it would suddenly collapse.

This unique aesthetic of rags and wildness was as shocking to him as the human-faced statue of Huoge when he first saw it.

It's over! The thing he feared the most happened...

The people of Black Snake Bay and the beastmen are mixed together!
Later, whenever Horn met him on the street, he couldn't say anything and could only avoid him with a gloomy face.

Although the appearance was poor, he had to admit that this thing was indeed very reliable.

At this moment, the alchemist was using a large clockwork key to crank the handle to start the holy wheel machine. As the roar of the wheel sounded, the ropes and hinges were all stretched straight.

The laborers riding in wooden baskets were lifted from the river to the ground by a crane, swaying and talking and laughing.

In the past, when Horn came to inspect, they didn't mention people, but baskets of dirt.

The laborers pushed wheelbarrows and transported the fertile silt to the lakeshore of Dazexiang, where the beastmen would use it to fill the swamps and connect roads.

Without this jib crane, they couldn't even clear the silt entering the river mouth.

Of the remaining twenty-four Starcast gears, seven are used for the clockwork-powered hammer, responsible for forging plate armor and firing rods.

Nine more were installed on the clockwork lathe.

Wheeled lathes are used to manufacture components for barrels.

Screw lathes are used to turn threads to make screw firing rods. Wood and stone lathes are used to make high-end furniture.

The last eight were left in the Mechanical Palace, responsible for the operation of the Mechanical Palace itself, and for Shilov to research and design the machinery.

Thinking back on what he had seen and heard on Autumn Dusk Island during this period, Horn suddenly understood why Shilov had suggested naming the town on Autumn Dusk Island the Holy Court.

The springs click, the gears roar, and the Holy Father turns the wheels, creating a city where machines replace human labor.

If this city is not called Holy Court, then what should it be called?

Walking in the rain, Horn was about to say something with emotion when he was interrupted by Chap who came in a hurry:

"Your Majesty, the opening ceremony is ready."

Armand ignored him and just looked into Horn's eyes. Horn waved his hand and said, "Since we are ready, don't keep everyone waiting any longer."

Returning to the high ground on the shore from the embankment, the important figures of Daze Township are waiting.

Not only officials of all levels on Qiumu Island, elders of all ranks, officers and students were present, but also farmers' representatives, the beastman queen and others.

The moment Horn appeared, everyone present cheered.

Horn waved and greeted everyone as he walked up to the podium that had been set up in advance.

“It took us nearly a year and a lot of sweat and blood to build this dam and start the dredging project.”

"To thank everyone who has worked hard during this period, I would like to invite everyone to applaud for a minute and cheer for the hard work of those working on the river."

Amid the cheers of the people, everyone present raised their hands above their heads and cheered continuously, with the sound of clapping becoming one and the same.

As for the laborers, they puffed out their chests with pride, some blushed, and some cheered.

"All right..." Horn pressed his hands together. "It's admirable that you've put in the work, but we still have to test the results of this work. We have to take it out for a walk to see if it's a mule or a horse."

"That's right." The person assigned by Armand immediately took over the conversation.

"Now, let us pray collectively and then ask the Holy Father to make the ruling."

Horn crossed his fingers over his chest and gave a proper prayer.

After everyone stopped talking, he nodded to Chap and knocked on the table with a wooden hammer:
"Officially open!"

The wooden gate, which was filled with heavy soil, slowly rose up. When it was halfway up, everyone could see with their naked eyes that the wooden gate was shaking.

Although the workers were very careful, one of the wooden gates was still tilted by the surging lake water and could not be retracted. They could only watch it shattered and left.

It was as if a chariot was traveling across the sky, and Horn could hear the sound of its wheels rolling through the air.

The Nanze Lake, which already had a high water level, began to shake. The huge water pressure passed through the hole, squeezing the water and causing it to burst.

Even the entire venue began to shake, and a few sharp-eyed people even saw a large number of cracks appearing on the embankment.

Fortunately, the mortar-reinforced dam finally held up, at least withstanding this impact.

The lake water surged forward, carrying mud and sand with it. The soil that had been deposited for hundreds of years screamed and rolled away under the waves that had nowhere to hide.

The depression and pain that had been accumulated in Nanze Lake for a hundred years were now being released along the stone embankment, washing away the black mud that seemed to be blocking and suppressing her forever.

The black muds would never have imagined that the calm lake water would one day become so violent. It was as if the workers had lit a fire in the lake with a clockwork machine.

As the white waves plunged into the black mud, the water swayed on both sides, washing the river channel.

The originally filthy river channel drained away little by little, and the turbid lake water became clear.

The fishy smell and muddy smell dissipated with the wind, and all Horn could smell was the fresh smell of water vapor.

Nanze Lake, no, Daze Township is about to be reborn.

Facing the stunned crowd, Horn stood on a large dark rock.

Amid the roar of the lake behind him, he opened his arms. The wind blew the clothes on his back close to his body, and his sleeves rustled with a sound like flowing water.

"Although this may be a little sudden, I hereby declare that I will officially cast my 11,537 votes for the name 'Holy Equipment Court' in the name change proposal for the town of Autumn Dusk Island!"

"From now on, the town of Qiumu Island is officially renamed--"

"Holy Court!"

(End of this chapter)