Farming in the Magical World

Money is truly an indispensable topic in human society.

In my past life, I worked tirelessly every day just to survive and fill my stomach, all for that meager salary.

Even if you become an aristocrat in this life, you still can't escape the fate of making money.

Although the difficulty is different now, and we have more resources now, the amount of money we need to earn is also on a completely different scale!

Hey!

After some reflection in the study, I realized that thinking too much was useless; the things that needed to be done still had to be done.

He sighed, got up, and walked towards the backyard, intending to check on Cody's progress in developing the blower.

The last time I checked the progress was before the castle defense battle, and I don't know if there has been any progress in the past few days.

The weather had already gotten hot, and it got even hotter when he entered Workshop No. 2, since there were three furnaces burning continuously inside.

At this moment, Workshop No. 2 was surprisingly lively. Iron Hammer and his apprentice, along with Jimmy, were all squeezed into Workshop No. 2, forming a circle and commenting on something.

"Cody, you're not keeping up! You're already exhausted after just a few laps? Move aside, let me take over!"

Hammer spoke with his usual booming voice, so loud that it even drowned out the sound of Lanny pushing the door open and entering.

Seeing the group gathered together, Lenny didn't intend to disturb them, but Cody, who had been driven away by Hammer, turned around and noticed Lenny approaching.

"Master, you've arrived!"

He was riding a device similar to a modern exercise bike, but unlike modern bicycles, this device was full of retro style, almost entirely made of wood, with only the pedals made of a thick iron bar.

Hearing the shout, the others turned around and were startled to find Lanny standing behind them.

"Sir, I... we were watching Cody test something, but, we weren't slacking off!" Jimmy stammered as he explained.

Lanny waved his hand, ignoring Hammer and Jimmy beside him, and walked straight up to Cody, looking him up and down at the blower under him.

Upon seeing this, Cody immediately jumped down. "Sir, look, what's different from what you expected?"

Lanny looked it over for a long time before nodding. "Not bad, not bad, almost exactly what I thought. When was it finished?"

"yesterday!"

Cody just finished this thing yesterday and is still testing it today, but I didn't expect Lanny to come straight to the workshop.

He had actually made several versions, but each time it came out there were various problems. Either the wooden shell would crack quickly, or the pedals were not smooth enough and would always get stuck.

Because it wasn't perfect, he didn't think about letting Lanny take a look. Instead, he wanted to improve it himself first, at least to his own satisfaction, before letting Lanny inspect it.

He didn't want to leave a frivolous impression on the master, which would not be a good thing.

This version is the best so far. Thanks to the new woodworking tools, the interior has been cut very smoothly. He also discovered some patterns. For example, the gap between two parts is not as big as he thought, but rather the smaller and smoother the gap is.

Secondly, to make the human-powered blower easier to ride, he even coated all the internal parts with animal fat from the kitchen.

"Oh, you even added oil?" Lenny was a little surprised. He hadn't told Cody to do that. He didn't expect Cody to think of adding grease for lubrication!

"Well, we also grease the door bolts at home if they rattle, and I thought this would probably work too. I didn't expect it to actually work!" Cody said with some pride, a hint of smugness finally showing on his youthful face.

"Haha, you really didn't disappoint me, you actually came up with this idea!" Lenny was very happy and patted Cody's shoulder hard.

It wasn't because the other party had thought of the idea of ​​applying oil; even if the other party hadn't thought of it, he would have reminded them later.

What pleased him was Cody's initiative; he had the talent of a research and development engineer!

Hearing Lenny's praise and feeling Lenny's big hand patting his shoulder, Cody finally broke into a big smile.

"How was the test today? Can I try it?" After listening to the other party's explanation for a while, he couldn't wait any longer. He pointed to the bicycle and wanted to try it out for himself!

"The effect is okay. I adjusted that gear ratio you mentioned a few times, and now the wind power has improved significantly. It's just... a bit strenuous to pedal!"

As Lanny listened to his explanation, he also sat on the human-powered blower, grabbed the horizontal bar in front of him with both hands, stepped on the pedals, and slowly began to pedal.

Soon, he felt a slight vibration from the equipment beneath him, the air vents began to output airflow, and the flames in the furnace began to leap upwards. However, since it used a lot of wood, it was still somewhat clumsy and not as smooth as the bicycles of later generations.

As he increased his strength, the vibrations became more intense, and the wind also increased significantly, until he gradually reached his power limit, stopped accelerating, and stabilized at that speed.

At this moment, the flames from the stove had already shot up very high, and unlike the rhythmic "poof poof poof" of the bellows, they were shooting up high with a continuous "whoosh whoosh whoosh" sound!

If you listen carefully, you can hear the wooden turbine whistling inside, along with the creaking and groaning of the wooden structure.

At this rate, no one can last long, and Lanny is no exception.

Just as he was about to stop straining and relax his legs, his face froze.

It turns out that the foot pedal of this blower uses fixed wheels. In other words, even if he doesn't exert any force, his legs will still be pushed forward by the inertia of the blower.

Seeing Lenny's expression change, Cody, who was staring intently at him, was startled. "Sir, is there a problem?"

"Oh, why are the pedals fixed wheels? Why not change them to swivel wheels?" Lanny pointed out the flaw without batting an eye, but made no mention of the fact that he never designed swivel wheels when he was designing it.

"Moving wheels, fixed wheels, what are those?" Cody looked blank, not understanding what Lanny was talking about.

"You see, when I get tired of pedaling and need to rest, won't I be carried along by these pedals? If I don't let go of the pedals, won't my speed slow down quickly?"

Cody thought for a moment and nodded.

"If I release the pedal and it spins so fast, and then I want to put it back on, isn't it easy to get hit on the foot by the pedal?"

At this point, Lanny stomped his feet a few times, then lifted them up and tried to put them back down, only to be slammed into his feet by the rapidly spinning pedal.

He grimaced, enduring the pain in his foot, and looked at Cody. "See? Isn't that right?"

Cody looked at Lanny strangely. "Isn't this the proper way? Just slow down the pedal before putting it on!"

"What if the tool being made can't be interrupted and must maintain a certain high temperature continuously?" After trying it out, Lanny lost interest in sitting on it for long and jumped off.

"Wouldn't it be better if there were a way to keep my feet on the pedals, so that I could push forward when I need to exert force, and keep the pedals in place when I don't need to exert force or want to rest, while the blower continues to run?"

"Huh!" Cody's eyes lit up when he heard Lanny's words. He thought the idea was absolutely brilliant.

Could this be the difference between swivel casters and fixed casters that the master mentioned? But how should I do it?

If we only speculate based on the name, does the "movable wheel" mean that it makes the gears inside move?

But if there's an activity, wouldn't it just be a waste of time?

Also, at such a high speed, are you sure that stepping on it again won't cause the gears to break?

He discovered in his experiments that if the speed is too high, even though the gears are made of iron, the teeth can easily break.

If we only consider functional requirements, is there a way to make the gear turn straight forward to drive the turbine, and make contact with the turbine when not pedaling, so that such an effect can be achieved?

So how can this be achieved?

He vaguely felt that he had grasped something, but it was always as if he were looking through a layer of white fog, and he couldn't see it very clearly.

"Sir, may I ask how those movable and fixed wheels are made?"

After thinking for a long time, he still couldn't figure out his own thoughts, so he could only look to Lanny for help.

"We'll talk about that later; let's address the current issue first."

Lanny, however, did not intend to bring it up at this moment, since it could not be explained in a few words and required blueprints.

"Is the current RPM the maximum? Is there any room for improvement?"

After testing it out, Lanny found that the current wind power should be usable, but he still wanted to see what the upper limit of this handmade thing was.

Unexpectedly, Cody shook his head, saying that if the speed were increased any further, the turbine inside would break. He didn't understand the principle, but simply concluded that it was because the material was not strong enough, since it was just made of wood.

"The centrifugal force is too great?" Lanny understood immediately; the wooden turbine was not strong enough to withstand high speeds.

Cody seemed to have heard his mutterings and was looking at him curiously, but he didn't explain, waving his hand to let the other person continue.

Now is not the time to popularize these things. He plans to write a book on basic knowledge sometime so that Cody can study it himself.

"I was thinking that maybe if we replaced the turbine inside with one made of iron, it would be able to withstand higher speeds."

After Cody finished speaking, Hammer, who was standing next to him, turned green with anger and hurriedly shouted, "No, no, no! I can't make that thing, it's too complicated!"

He had been assisting Cody, so he had naturally seen what the turbine inside looked like. Even if he worked himself to death, he couldn't create something so complex.

"Ha ha... ..."

Lenny burst into laughter at his "you can kill me if you want" expression, and the people around him couldn't help but chuckle as well.

Only Zach stood there, completely bewildered, not understanding what everyone was laughing about. He had seen the turbocharger himself and agreed with his master; it was indeed impossible to build one!

After laughing for a while, Lenny coughed lightly to stop laughing and waved at Hammer.

"Alright, alright, don't worry, Hammer. I'll teach you a brand new forging method later, which will allow you to create more complex things!"

When Hammer heard that Lenny was going to teach something new, his bull-like eyes lit up instantly.

Lanny ignored him and, after composing himself, asked Cody again, "Any more questions? Can we start using it?"

Cody thought for a moment, looked at Lanny's expectant gaze, hesitated for a moment, and then nodded.

"There are still some problems, but it's not like it's unusable if we're going to use it!"

Hearing that it could be used, Lanny was finally relieved, thinking that this meant things had entered a semi-mechanized stage, and that he was no longer relying on pure manual labor to make things.

Ultimately, he decided to finalize the design of this blower, which can be considered the first generation of human-powered blowers.