The theatrical performance was a great success.
Three performances of "Cinderella" were performed in two weeks, and many locals watched it more than once. If the first performance was only watched by so many people under the publicity and notice, the next two performances were completely self-published. Some even went to the city hall to ask when the fourth show would be played.
Such a response made Roland overjoyed. Everyone was completely attracted by the story, and almost no one raised any objection why it was a witch who helped Cinderella. When next month's "Midnight Rooster Crows", it will be almost a special show for poor people, and I don't know what the serfs will think about the witches who help them in the play.
What is also gratifying is that the crew settled down in the town and accepted the existence of witches. After three performances, Irene took the initiative to find Roland and asked him why the accompaniment suddenly sounded during the performance, and Roland introduced the echo. gave her.
Under the secret observation of Nightingale, although Irene was shocked, she did not show any disgust or disgust. After she came back to her senses, she became very curious. She asked questions around the echo, and asked her to demonstrate the phantom sound technique several times. . So, Echo also joined the crew and became a master of music behind the scenes. In order to avoid accidents, Irene would rehearse with Echo alone only when she needed to match the sound effects, and the rest of the crew didn't know about it. There is no doubt that the next drama will reach a new high in sound richness.
Another good thing is that the castle is about to usher in the era of running water.
The towering water tower stands in the backyard of the castle. The tower body is welded by iron frame and is triangular. The top of the tower is connected to an iron bucket with a diameter of two meters and a height of three meters. There is a floating ball valve in the bucket, which can control the height of the water surface very conveniently. The tower was welded by Anna, then covered with an anti-rust coating by Soraya, and finally, with the help of Hummingbird, most of the weight was removed so that it could be erected and installed on a pre-cast concrete base.
Due to the height of the castle, the water tower in the backyard is higher than the one by the Chishui River, approaching twelve meters, almost equal to the top of the castle. In order to prevent it from collapsing, Roland also added connecting walls to the tower to connect the water tower and the castle into a whole.
The steam engine is set outside the backyard and is used to supply water to the water tower, which comes from the well in the backyard of the castle. After careful calculation, this is already the third generation of steam engines, and the biggest improvement is that the noise pollution is greatly reduced.
Gaskets are installed on each connection point of the steam engine. This light blue gasket is exactly the color of Soraya's painting of the sky. It is very soft and flexible, which greatly reduces the vibration and noise of the machine when it is working. . The inside of the cylinder and the edge of the piston are covered with grass color, which reduces air leakage and improves work efficiency. Vibration-prone parts, such as exhaust pipes, were all replaced with coated hoses.
In order to prevent the steam engine from being exposed to the sun and rain and further isolate the noise, Roland also built a small house around it. The actual test results show that even when running at night, the noise of the machine will not wake up the sleeping people in the castle.
However, Roland's attempt to make the steam engine feed automatically ended in failure. He originally envisaged that the fly ball of the steam engine governor would control the shutter of the wooden box. When the steam pressure dropped and the flying ball was closed, the shutter would be opened, allowing the wood in the wooden box to roll into the furnace, but in this case the governor must Do it very big, otherwise the weight of the fly ball will not be able to drive the valve. After thinking about it, Roland decided to give up. The wooden box is filled with firewood at most once, and it has to be filled manually after use. It is better to arrange for people to fill the water tank regularly every day.
The last step is the installation of water pipes including faucets, showers, pipes and corresponding drain pipes.
Since the castle is not like a new brick house in the community, there are still holes left, and the roof and walls made of stones make it very troublesome to transform. This step took nearly a week. For a better and happy life, Roland personally directed Carl Convert one room on each of the second and third floors into a bathroom.
Soraya's new ability played a key role again. After the drainage pipes were laid with cement, a thin layer of grass was painted, which not only played a waterproof role, but also felt like walking on the grassland when walking into the bathroom. above. Inspired by this, Roland simply asked her to paint the entire room. The ceiling is an empty blue sky and clouds, the four walls can see the valley and greenery in the distance, and the four walls of the bathtub are crystal clear, like jewels.
On the day the water system was running, the prince called all the witches into the bathroom to experience the great result.
The backyard tank was already full of water, and he turned on the faucet, and the water poured out down the pipe.
"Starting today, there is no need to lift water from the well," Roland announced proudly. "There is no need to return the bath water every three days. Just stand under the shower and flip the switch."
"Huh? Where did the water come from?" Lightning stretched out his tongue and licked the endless water droplets, "It's pretty sweet."
Maisie stuck her head out from under Lightning and did it over and over, "Sweet goo!"
Roland held down the third Nana, who wanted to bring his head closer, "Anyone who wants to drink water must boil it before drinking it. The water that flows from here can only be used for washing hands and bathing."
"This is... the siphon principle, right?" Anna looked at Roland, her lake blue eyes sparkling.
"What is that?" Hummingbird asked, raising his hand.
Under the training of Teacher Shuju, the witches in the class have now developed the habit of raising their hands to ask questions.
"In Elementary Physics, it is said that when the liquid level of two containers is different, a pipe is used to connect the two liquids, no matter what shape the pipe is, under the action of the liquid's own gravity, there is always a tendency to keep the liquid surface level. "Anna explained as she recalled, "We are at a lower position than the water tower, so the water is constantly flowing here."
"Exactly," Roland praised. He is a genius who can relate what he has learned to practice.
"What about this one?" Nightingale pointed curiously at the shower head hanging high, "Why does it have so many holes at the bottom?"
Roland turned the valve and let the tiny water droplets spray out, "For the convenience of taking a shower. As long as you stand under the shower, you can easily wash your body by yourself."
"So, you spent a week in the castle just to make you feel more comfortable in the bath?" Lily curled her lips and whispered, "As expected of a noble who likes to enjoy luxury."
"Lily!" Scroll frowned.
"It's alright," Roland waved his hand, expressing that he didn't mind, "Pursuit of enjoyment is one of the driving forces of human progress, and of course I am no exception." (. If you like this work, you are welcome to come and vote, yours Support is my greatest motivation. Please come.)