Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 35 A useless device

For someone to survive in an environment of minus 40 degrees Celsius, if it were in the past, Oliver would have thought that this person was mentally ill.

After all, who would think about living in an environment of minus 40 degrees Celsius?

Even the Inter and Frost people living near the Arctic Circle only live in warmer areas where plants can grow on the surface in summer.

No one is really mentally ill enough to live in an eternal permafrost area covered with ice and snow even in summer. Even food is scarce in that kind of place, and it is basically impossible to survive.

Even Rorschach, who liked to exile people to such places, only exiled criminals to Hipponia.

Although the winter there is indeed extremely cold in the literal sense, it is still possible for people to survive on the whole.

But according to Purficott's calculations, even the summer in Langton three years from now will be comparable to the winter in Hipponia. To survive in this environment is no more than trying to survive in the wilderness in the Arctic.

"Because of this, our work is particularly important." Purficott explained to Oliver, and also told him what to do next: "The empire has realized the seriousness of the problem, although those nobles are still It's a waste of time arguing, but we can take action first.

Her Majesty the Queen has given me special powers. The so-called Arctic scientific expedition plan is just a cover, a cover used to conceal our true purpose.

Under the pretext of conducting Arctic scientific expeditions and establishing permanent research stations, scientists will be able to develop and research related cold-resistant materials and insulation building technologies.

At the same time, an outpost is established in the New World to test these technologies and evaluate how humans will survive in extremely cold environments. "

"So, Your Majesty, you want me to follow you to the New World, is this the reason?" Oliver cleared his mind, his shrewd businessman's mind came online again, and he quickly understood the situation in front of him and the opportunity he had speculated about. One thing.

Needless to say, this is indeed an opportunity that if you miss it, you will get up and give yourself a slap in the face if you dream about it in the future.

But again, if you really miss this opportunity, there will be nothing to talk about in the future.

Oliver didn't think that he, just a businessman, could survive in the extremely cold environment of dozens of degrees below zero.

The experience of going to Hipponia was already the worst memory of his life. He never thought that he would have to experience that terrible white hell again.

However, fate often likes to play nasty jokes on people. Now the whole world will become that terrible white hell, and Oliver doesn't think he can escape.

So he quickly regained his composure and asked Perficott: "Then, Your Majesty, where should we start?"

"Just call me Brandlis as before. I'm not used to being called Baroness." Purficott thought about it for a moment, and then said to Oliver: "I already have some ideas about how to deal with the doomsday disaster. With a comprehensive plan, you don’t have to worry about this.

The ancient East divided people's daily needs into four aspects: clothing, food, shelter, and transportation. We actually start from these four aspects when dealing with doomsday disasters. I have entrusted the Department of Alchemy and Physics of Langton University to develop and research cold-resistant materials. At the same time, the Department of Engineering is also working on how to quickly build houses in extremely cold environments, so there is no need to worry about the issue of 'living'. The scientific research capabilities are sufficient to solve this problem. "

"If you can have a warm hut that can resist the cold wind, then even the extreme cold will not be so difficult." Oliver nodded slightly at this.

Having been to Hyponia, he knew clearly that in that cold environment, if there was not even a shelter that could prevent wind and keep warm, there would be no need to consider the issue of survival, and he would freeze to death.

"Besides 'living', the remaining 'clothing' is the simplest, but obviously in extremely cold environments, 'clothing' does not simply mean clothes." Purficott has a comprehensive plan for all this , but she wanted to hear Oliver's opinion at this time, so she asked him: "Do you have any good ideas about this?"

Faced with Purficott's inquiry, Oliver thought for a while and said: "I have been to Hipponia, and the caves there are extremely cold. To fight against that kind of cold, you not only need to keep warm, but also need to be protected from the wind."

Although he was unwilling to recall his experience, Oliver still expressed his views to Perficott, because he understood that in addition to being a test for him by Perficott, Oliver could also save more people.

"So fur is the most suitable choice?" Purficott looked at Oliver and stared at him with a deep look.

However, Oliver shook his head and said negatively: "Although fur keeps people warm, it makes people move inconveniently in the extremely cold environment like Hipponia, and we can't give everyone a fur coat.

I remember that a small heater was sold on the market two years ago. It was light and could be hung on the body. If that kind of thing could become popular..."

"Is this what you're talking about?" Purficott took out a small metal box from the cabinet on the side, then shook his head and said, "I paid attention to this thing when it first came out on the market, and I also paid attention to it. There was research into it, but it was very impractical.”

With that said, Purficott handed it to Oliver.

After taking over this small device, Oliver fiddled with it for a while, and then he understood why Perfectcott said it was not practical.

With Oliver's vision, he could tell at a glance that it was created through alchemy, and his judgment was confirmed after he opened the device.

The inside of this device is a complex mechanical structure like a clock, with a groove in the middle and some ashes inside.

"The principle of its operation is to place ignited coal or charcoal in this groove, and then use the internal complex mechanical structure to maintain the slow burning of the charcoal or coal, thereby steadily releasing heat." Purficott told Oliver He explained, but the expression on his face was quite contemptuous: "The device inside it allows the heat released when the fuel is burned to be maintained within a radius of one meter around this small device. A piece of anthracite as big as a fist can probably support This thing burns for an hour.

I have calculated its manufacturing cost, and without considering the use of the Philosopher's Stone, it costs about twenty gold pounds, and a brass hand warmer that can be held in hand, even the most beautifully made and hand-warming stove on the market. The most expensive one only costs five pounds.

And the former requires an alchemist of at least Union level, while the latter only requires a skilled coppersmith. "

(End of this chapter)