In fact, to be honest, Gao Wen would occasionally reflect on whether there was something wrong with the way he recruited people and built his territory, so that the people (balls/fishes/bulbs, etc.) gathered around him were so distinctive, these The abilities of guys with distinctive features are of course beyond doubt, but their distinctive features can sometimes make a good thing embarrassing. Nicholas Dan is undoubtedly an expert in this field.
This ball can even change its square, how can it be reasonable.
After this new type of printing machine comes out, it’s hard to write a credit book. You say that other project leaders are hardworking and dedicated. You can say that you are sick from overwork, so tired that you vomit blood, and you can’t get out of the line of fire after minor injuries. Write back to the Mechanical Research Institute. Just write that the director has grown twelve sides due to exhaustion. If you don’t attach seven or eight illustrations and two pages of explanatory text, you will have to suspect that the brain that wrote this article was caught by the door...
"You... you've worked hard..." Gao Wen looked at the iron ball star with twitching corners of his eyes, "After this project is over, you can rest for two days..."
"Hey, don't worry, it's a small problem, it will recover soon," Nicholas Dan seemed to have no idea how many people his current shape has scared, "Let's see how this device works first, you will be satisfied .”
Gawain tried his best to divert his attention from the twelve newly grown sides of the Nicholas egg, and began to focus on the really important things here.
The "Arcane Printing Machine", which was different from the printing machines he knew in terms of working principle, structure, and shape, was ready.
"Let's get started," Gawain nodded, "start with the initial editing. Rebecca, do it yourself."
Rebecca, who came to inspect the results with Gao Wen, had been waiting for this moment for a long time, she immediately responded happily, and then walked briskly to the small cabinet next to the arcane printing machine.
She pulled a lever on the side of the small cabinet, and a very slight buzzing sound came from inside the device, and a slight light appeared on the surface of the projection crystal inlaid on the top of the cabinet, followed by a light blue A halo appears over the top of the entire device.
It is very similar to the holographic screen of the magic network communicator that is not connected to the signal and is in standby state. The difference is that there is a circle of bright square lines on the edge of this screen, which should be the restricted area of the layout.
At the same time that the small "cabinet" was started, a crystal inlaid on a metal platform lit up at the connection between the cabinet and the main body of the printing machine. It was only then that Gao Wen realized that this was used to connect two devices. The structure is actually the "scanning device" of the arcane printing machine.
The assistant who was standing by the side stepped forward and placed a piece of white paper on which words had been written long ago on the metal platform.
In the holographic projection above the "small cabinet", the image of that piece of white paper immediately appeared. Up to here, every step is a scene and phenomenon that the magicians of this world are all too familiar with. This is nothing but illusion magic And the most common technique in crystal crafting.
But as Rebecca pressed the first button on the "keyboard" on the top of the small cabinet, Gawain saw something that had never appeared in conventional illusion magic:
In the holographic projection on the top of the cabinet, under the image of the white paper, the characters entered by Rebecca appeared.
A series of characters were quickly typed out by Rebecca, forming a sentence: "The above is the function of physical scanning, and this sentence is the function of text editing."
Then Rebecca moved a handle next to the keyboard, and there was a slight mechanical sound from the small cabinet. She continued to input characters, and new characters appeared below the previous sentence.
"Speaking of which, how did you enter text into an illusion projection?" Gawain asked this question that he had ignored before, and this question made him extremely confused: with the current progress of Cecil's rune logic, computer technology is still In the foreseeable future, the technicians have not been able to produce a magic circle capable of data processing, and Jenny has no idea about it, so how did Rebecca realize word processing on such a device
Is this a purely mechanical process? So how is the purely mechanical process transformed into symbols on the holographic projection
"Oh, this, actually, the principle is not complicated, but the structure is complicated. There are only 28 letters in total, and there are more than 30 commonly used punctuation marks. We directly made 37 letters in this cabinet. A piece of white crystal with pre-engraved characters, these thirty-seven pieces of white crystal are very small, arranged into a fan-shaped disk with connecting rods, there is a small window at the front end of the fan-shaped disk, and a thin cardboard that can move at the other end of the window , behind the cardboard is another scanning crystal that moves with the cardboard. When a rune trigger is pressed on this 'keyboard', the corresponding white crystal will be popped to the window at the front of the fan-shaped disk and activated. A black character is ablated on the cardboard and the crystal behind the cardboard will illuminate the pattern. In addition, by adjusting the distance between the white crystal and the cardboard, the size of the character can also be adjusted... "
While talking, Rebecca opened the side cover of the small cabinet, and Gawain saw the intricate and amazing mechanical structure inside. The mechanical structure was vaguely similar to the mechanical typewriter he remembered.
Rebecca continued: "However, its shortcomings are quite obvious. First, it consumes a piece of cardboard every time. Of course, this consumption is not too large, and it is acceptable. Secondly, you must be careful when typing. If you make a mistake, there will be marks on the cardboard. If there are fewer mistakes, you can return the cardboard and cover it with a black block key. If there are too many mistakes, the impact will be wasted... "
"Unbelievable..." Gawain looked at the complex mechanical structure almost in astonishment. Those ingeniously designed connecting rods, springs, gears and slide rails seemed to have a strange charm. They were the crystallization of human wisdom at the stage before digital technology appeared. , is the pinnacle of mechanical technology, he stared at Rebecca with wide eyes, "You came up with it?"
"I made it together with my assistants," Rebecca scratched her hair, "Strictly speaking, I just came up with an idea, and the design was completely done by my assistants. Two of the new magicians came from the royal capital. Craftsmen, they are very good at designing such exquisite mechanical mechanisms, but they didn't have this opportunity to design such weird things when they were in the capital."
Nicholas next to him immediately made a muffled voice: "I originally planned to get those two watchmakers to the Mechanical Research Institute, but they are more interested in magic technology."
watchmaker...
Gawain looked at the intricate mechanical structure in the small cabinet, and nodded slightly with admiration: "Very good, very good, the two of them are talents, talents like Cohen, and we need to focus on training them. Now you can continue."
"Hey," Rebecca nodded happily, "The only thing left is to pass these edited things to the arcane transfer tube, and then print them out!"
While talking, she pulled another lever next to the cabinet. With the sound of intensive parts turning in the cabinet, Gawain saw the core device in the middle of the printing press, the arcane transfer cylinder, emerge on the surface. A neat blue shimmer.
That was exactly the printed pattern that Rebecca had edited.
After two seconds of preheating and curing, the pattern on the surface of the transfer cylinder is stabilized, and then other parts of the printing machine start to operate, and the flat and white paper is sent to the center of the printing machine to cover the black "ink plate" , the transfer cylinder is pressed against the surface of the paper under the operation of the mechanical support, and is quickly brushed from left to right.
The printed paper is quickly swept away by the roller, followed by the next paper...
Amidst the sound of the printing machine running, Rebecca explained to Gao Wen its follow-up work process: "Each continuous operation can print 300 sheets, and then rest for about a minute to allow the cylinder to recharge, heat, and cure, and at the same time Replace the ink plate below to start a new round of printing, and the ink plate replaced during this process is sent to the heating table for full heating, so that the ink surface becomes flat, and then replaced after cooling.”
Gao Wen was completely attracted by the running machine at this moment, the paper that was printed quickly, the repetitive, efficient and orderly mechanical structure, and the sound of the gears and connecting rods coming from the machine. , he couldn't help but think of the scene when the first magic energy engine was started, a high-spirited emotion filled his thoughts, and he couldn't help admiring: "Good... very good, good beyond my imagination! "
"Actually, I think there is still room for improvement," Rebecca said with her proud expression of "my ancestor praised me", but she still put on a face that was not surprised by honor or disgrace. , "I think the one-minute rest time in the middle is the most wasteful. If you improve the coating formula on the surface of the transfer cylinder or the projection crystal inside, it should be able to work continuously for a longer time, and the ink plate below is used. Then it will become uneven due to ink consumption, and it must be reheated to level off and then cooled before it can be used. I think this should also be changed... "
Gao Wen heard Rebecca's words, but before he opened his mouth, he heard Hetty who was next to him break the silence: "I can't say the first improvement direction, but I have an idea for the second one. The plate is made into an 'ink ribbon' that can rotate under the ink pad? Then install a device for heating the ink ribbon and flattening the ink surface on the side of the machine, such as a hot roller, which should solve the problem. You can try the matrix of the ink ribbon The blue patterned moonlight cloth has been mass-produced in the factory now, the cost is very low and it is strong and not easy to deform."
"Oh yes!" Rebecca slapped her hands immediately, and looked at Heidi with bright eyes, "Auntie, you are amazing! Sure enough, old people have wisdom..."
Hetty: "..."
Gao Wen: "..."
"A great day, a great day," Gawain quickly reached out his hand to stop his great granddaughter before Hetty lifted up the staff with nail heads and steel edges, and looked at Rebecca again. , "In short, improvement must be improved. New machinery and equipment must have imperfections. Your own thinking is limited. You can do it with a team, and you can even listen to the opinions of workers who use printing presses in the future. Ge What do you think of this machine, Mr. Devin?"
A scholar from the capital, Godwin Orlando, who is now the head of the press and publication department, has been staring at the new printing press since he started it. He has been staring at this incredibly complex and ingenious machine. At this moment, he is finally awake. Come here, after hearing Gao Wen's words, the old scholar couldn't help admiring: "What an unbelievable thing... If only I were younger, I have to figure out how it works. But now... I want to do it most The only thing I want is to write an article and try my best to introduce this thing to everyone. Even if many people can't understand the principle of this machine, I hope they can know that there are a group of brilliant geniuses in the territory who have created such a great machine. machine!"
"Then go ahead and write," Gao Wen said with a smile and nod. "After the news about the war in Rock Fortress is over, it's time to publish something that will relax people and arouse their curiosity."
(There is a book called "I am the boss behind the scenes". I don't know if anyone has read it. The beginning may seem a bit routine and dry, but the idea is very good. You can look forward to it later. If you are in a book shortage, you can read it.)