Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 31 Returning to the Manor
  Returning to Brandless Manor, Purficott clearly felt relaxed.

Compared with the bustling city of Longton, Purphycott prefers the countryside and suburbs where Brandless Manor is located. She is also more accustomed to her own bedroom than the luxurious velvet bed at Windsor Castle. The bed inside was just a single bed covered with cotton sheets.

Of course, it’s not that the luxurious bed in Windsor Castle is uncomfortable to sleep on, nor is it that the royal maid is inferior to her own maid doll.

Although summer is coming, the city of Longton is obviously not as comfortable and pleasant as the countryside on the outskirts of the city. The air and dirty urban environment that have become increasingly polluted due to industrial development are not as good as the sunny Brandlees Manor.

But the fundamental reason is that Purficott doesn't like that kind of atmosphere, the kind of atmosphere where one's own luxurious enjoyment is based on the suffering of others who are literally starving to death.

She can accept that she enjoys privileges, she can also accept that she is a vested interest, and she can even accept that she is an exploiter and oppressor.

After all, the so-called hatred of the rich is always against the rich, not me.

When you are really a person with vested interests, you will wish you could enjoy the glory and wealth brought by power, status and money.

Only a very small number of great people, who have noble sentiments, great ideals, and lofty beliefs, will give up their own enjoyment and choose to fight and even sacrifice their lives for the welfare of more people.

Purficott asked herself that she was not such a person, but she could not accept that her extravagance was based on the blood and sweat of others, nor could she accept that her palace walls were made of bones!
  She may be considered hypocritical. After all, while enjoying the convenience and luxury brought by power, she is still talking about not seeing the misery of the people at the bottom. This is indeed a manifestation of hypocrisy in the eyes of some people.

But for Purficott herself, it was just her conscience that caused her to develop and show intolerance.

Although she has clearly realized that if she wants to build the shelter she envisioned before disaster strikes, it must be based on sacrifice and dedication, and even cruel oppression, but this does not prevent her from having a crush on these people. pity.

After all, before time travel, she was just an ordinary worker, and the education she received did not teach her to be superior.

And doing whatever it takes to achieve her goals does not conflict with her compassion for ordinary people.

So even though she was still moving forward with her plan, Purficott returned to her home. At least she would feel much more comfortable here, and she wouldn't have to think about the fact that the cook would get up before dawn and spend four hours making breakfast every day. There is no need to think about how many people are needed to boil the bath water, let alone how many people are needed to maintain the life she is accustomed to.

Of course, for Purficott, in addition to making herself more comfortable, there is another very important reason for her to return to Brandless Manor, which is to complete her own airship technology demonstrator.

Although she has completed the design of the airship and has placed an order with the Royal Dockyard to produce a real airship, this does not conflict with her first building a small airship to verify the technical details.

Because Purficott's order to the Royal Dockyard was only for parts, the Royal Dockyard promised to free up the slipway for her only after the parts were completed and delivered on time, and then the large airship was built on the slipway.

As for the ship that Purficott is building, she has already completed the construction of the basic hull. All that is left is the last batch of parts she ordered from Oliver, which is the power system of the airship.

Logically speaking, this part is the most important power system and should be prepared first. However, the miniature steam engine she wants has not yet been industrialized and mass-produced. It can only be made by skilled engineers and alchemists. Rub these high-precision parts and then assemble them manually. Therefore, whether it is output or production efficiency, the micro steam engine cannot improve.

Even though Purficott placed the order early, and Oliver moved her order as early as possible, Purficott still waited a full five months to receive the parts she needed.

In these five months, she has completed most of the other construction work of the airship technology demonstrator, and has completed the construction of the entire ship's hull and airbags. The only thing missing now is the power system.

After the power system is installed, the airship technology demonstrator is already capable of flying and is ready for its first voyage.

This is a small boat with a hull length of about twenty meters. It is divided into two decks and a bottom cabin. The upper deck is not much different from an ordinary ship deck and is used to store cargo and other supplies.

Of course, it can also be used for activities and observation. It is the main activity space on the airship. At the rear of the deck is the cabin for living.

As for the lower deck, a power system is installed, which is responsible for providing power when the airship sails.

The bottom tank is used to store coal, food and drinking water needed during the voyage.

In addition, this airship also has a large airbag with a length of more than 50 meters and a width of more than 30 meters to provide lift, ensuring that the airship can fly.

Although the design is more based on hot air balloons, airships are essentially different from unpowered hot air balloons.

It can not only fly at a high speed driven by propellers, but can also control the flight direction and height in the air, possessing the capabilities that an aircraft should have.

Of course, because the hull is not large enough, the amount of coal it can carry is limited. This also brings about an inherent disadvantage of this airship, that is, it cannot fly too far.

But apart from that, it can be said that this is already a very mature design. It only needs to conduct a few flight tests and collect flight data and technical parameters. This airship can be said to have completed all the design and construction work. .

But Purficott was not satisfied with this, because now her plan changed.

Since she wants to build more airships, she must consider how to control construction costs and optimize the design so that it can carry more people and obtain better flight data so that the airship can become a truly large-scale flying transportation. tool.

For now, the good news is that when building large airships, the power system can no longer use micro steam engines because the power they can provide is limited, and larger steam engines can only be used.

As for large steam engines, for the empire that has entered the industrial age, there is no problem in terms of output. There is as much of this thing as you need.

(End of this chapter)