Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 90 New Technologies

Purficott didn't tell Samantha how she was going to make her brother a knight.

Although considering Purficott's current identity and status, as well as the situation facing the entire empire, even if Purficott really used human body to make it on Samantha's brother, it would not be a big deal.

As long as the other party hides in the New World for a few years, these things will be nothing when the end comes.

After all, the main influence of the Knights Association is still in the empire. Due to the lack of knights in the New World, the power of the Knights Association does not extend here.

Especially in recent years, with the advancement of military reforms and the establishment of a new military system, the collapse of the knight system has also determined that the influence of the knight association is no longer as good as before.

So if you really want to say it, Purficott is indeed worthy of the Knights Association.

It's just that she and Samantha are not familiar with each other, and a guard knight's flag bearer is not to the point where Perfectcott can take the initiative for her.

Therefore, Purficott only planned to give her brother a chance, a chance to prove himself.

If it doesn't work, the most you can do is make him a metal prosthetic leg so that his limbs are intact, which would be the most benevolent and righteous thing to do.

Samantha had no objection to this. After all, it was originally a hopeless thing. Now Purficott is willing to give her brother a chance to become a knight. This is beyond expectations.

As for whether her brother could become a knight in the end, Samantha didn't particularly care about it.

Originally there was no chance at all, but now an opportunity is presented to him. If he cannot seize the opportunity, there is no need to talk about becoming a knight.

After finishing this matter, Purficott also inspected the entire dock and returned to the White Gem.

As for the plantation manor, it is already being demolished, and the land will be leveled later to build warehouses and supporting storage facilities.

These tasks are all carried out by the indigenous people on the island, who are very enthusiastic about these things.

However, the specific construction afterwards still depends on the construction company that Purficott asked the Governor to contact. At most, these aborigines can only serve as construction workers and do some superficial manual work.

After returning to the White Jewel, Purficott took a short rest and had someone make her a jam pie, and then got back to work.

The name Sweet Berry Island is not wrong. The berries produced on the island do taste very good. Even if they are made into jam, they still have that unique sweet aroma.

Purficott liked this quite a lot. In the past two days, in addition to tasting fresh fruits, she had people make desserts using these berries in various ways.

The chef on the White Jewel is indeed very capable in this regard. Although his craftsmanship is not very good, he still knows a lot of dim sum styles. Especially he knows how to innovate on his own, which makes Purficott quite fond of him. appreciate.

Sweets are still very important to Purficott. This is not to say that she is particularly fond of sweets. Although Purficott does like to eat sweets, the main reason is that eating sweets is helpful when using a lot of brain. To supplement brain consumption.

She has been studying her newly acquired technology these days, and she does need to replenish sugar for intense brain use. The reason why Purficott is so interested in this newly acquired technology is not only because it is related to the unlocking of the subsequent functions of Jade Record, but also because Purficott sees the potential of this technology and feels that it has great potential.

Therefore, she hopes to understand this technology in a short period of time and then put it into practical application as soon as possible.

Compared with the mechanical logic technology that Perficott obtained before, the technology recorded in the Jade Record is undoubtedly much simpler. Not only is the difficulty of the knowledge simple, but also the finished products and application scope are simpler. few.

The reason why I say this is because the technology that Perficott obtained is actually an additive with a very special effect, which can even be said to be a bit weird.

It is non-toxic and harmless, even colorless and odorless. Just adding it to water can increase the density of water by 20% in the liquid state, and the specific heat capacity remains unchanged. When the water temperature reaches 100°C, the water will still evaporate into water vapor.

It's just that the volume of water vapor is twice the evaporation volume of liquid water absorbing the same amount of heat under normal circumstances.

In short, in the past, one liter of water could turn into 1.6 cubic meters of water vapor at normal temperature and pressure, but now this number has become 3.2 cubic meters.

Except that the density of water has increased by 20%, nothing else has changed.

At first glance, this technology may seem like a joke. After all, if the volume of steam doubles, what's the big use? You can't use water vapor to burn others to death, right?

But in fact, the technology seemed outrageous to Purficott, and so did its potential applications.

If worked well, it could even delay the arrival of the second industrial revolution and the rise of the internal combustion engine.

The reason is also very simple. Purficott plans to apply this technology to steam engines, so that the steam engines can generate more pressure, thereby improving the efficiency of the steam engines considerably.

After all, the power of a steam engine depends on the amount of steam it produces. Now it can burn twice as much steam using the same fuel as in the past. This is a powerful invention that is enough to bring the steam engine into the second revolution.

Although this technology is good, it is not easy to apply it well. After all, once this special additive comes out, it means that all steam engines must be readjusted and may even be redesigned.

You must know that the additive does not change the specific heat capacity of water. The same fuel as the original can burn twice as much steam. The cylinder pressure of the steam engine increases, which will greatly affect the power curve of the steam engine and bring more safety. questionable.

Although the steam engines of this era were not able to achieve high pressure due to the poor sealing of the cylinder due to manufacturing technology and process problems, doubling the amount of steam would still cause the steam engine to produce more steam during operation. Danger.

Therefore, when Perficott was studying how to make additives, he also needed to improve the steam engine so that it could adapt to new working conditions.

This was not difficult for Purficott, but it was laborious.

Although it was just an improvement to the existing steam engine, rather than asking her to design a new machine, the change in working conditions caused all the data to be recalculated, and the workload was still huge.

Even though Purficott brought a small difference engine and a hand-operated calculator with him on the ship, the calculation efficiency was very high, but there was still a large amount of data to be calculated, and the workload was huge.

(End of this chapter)