Chapter 152 Tempered Glass
Harold: "The tentative span is 12 meters, the bay is 8 meters, and the column height is 4 meters... The total length of one is 48 meters, the width is 32 meters, and 4 will be built..."
Tinari opened his eyes slightly wide in shock: ...?
He quickly responded and coughed, "Ahem... Harold, it's not cheap to build a greenhouse to grow agricultural products."
Harold: "I know, but I need more pollen."
Tinari: “Just putting up a roof can cost more than you think.”
Harold: "Well, but I don't just grow sweet flowers and mint. I'll also need the greenhouse for some of my future research. If I don't need it for the time being, I can rent it out to other scholars for a short period of time."
Tinari: ...
We have no money! Realize this now!
Tinari exhaled, and then slowly spoke with a kind smile:
"...The ceiling needs a transparent film, which costs at least 20,000 moras per square meter. This material has not yet been commercially produced.
After Fontaine announced that it had successfully synthesized this material using the remains of several kinds of elemental organisms, it also said that this material was not environmentally friendly enough, so the Fontaine Academy only produced a limited number of products based on orders from senior officials of various countries. The batch that Xumi got was almost all distributed to the Ami Rido Academy for the construction of cultivation rooms.
Of course, the Fontaine Academy of Sciences will keep a batch of stocks, but now that twenty years have passed since the successful development of this material, the stocks are estimated to have bottomed out.
If the quantity you want is too large, Fontaine will not be able to deliver. They probably have no plan to restock before they successfully improve the material. If you want to purchase a large area of transparent film, you can only spend a large amount of startup fees to ask the R&D institution to activate the relevant equipment for you.
Once they agree to start up those machines, they will definitely set a minimum production volume. No matter how much you actually need, you have no choice but to buy them all.
The transparent material used in Zen Garden is more expensive..."
Tinari felt that Harold must have not understood the specific situation and therefore dared to make such a "bold statement", so he patiently explained it to Harold in detail.
Harold: "I know what you said. Two months ago, my research was forced to stop due to the flowering period of sweet and sweet flowers and mint. I made this plan at that time.
After learning about the sources and prices of various devices and carefully comparing the cost-performance ratio, I decided to use glass as a substitute. ”
"The glass isn't strong enough." Tinari shook his head. "A bit of wind will break it."
"So I gave a little advice to glass manufacturers: heat the glass first, and when it is close to the softening temperature, immediately put it into a low-temperature liquid tank.
This simple method can increase the surface stress of glass, increase the mechanical strength and elasticity of glass, and the glass treated in this way also has a series of advantages such as wind resistance, cold and heat resistance, etc. I named this glass "tempered glass."
"...'tempered glass'?" Tinari repeated in a low voice, committing this interesting new term to memory.
After hearing my description, the glass manufacturers immediately conducted experiments. They confirmed that this method was feasible and planned to use alchemy to further improve the glass to produce large-scale tempered glass. "
"If they can really succeed, then all the plantation owners in Xumi will be able to use greenhouses - what a brilliant idea! How did you come up with it?"
Harold: "I accidentally saw the record of 'tempered glass' in ancient books. Hundreds of years ago, someone accidentally discovered that the strength of glass would become higher after 'physical quenching'.
But he just wrote this discovery in his diary and did not continue research in this direction. Fortunately, he was a well-known scholar, and his diary and research records were all recorded in the void. After seeing these records, I came up with this idea.
I think if we make good use of this principle, the cost of building a plant culture room can be reduced by more than half. I am very happy that my guesses and inferences are correct. Ahem... I am relieved. If those glass manufacturers fail in their experiments, I will be embarrassed. "
"You can always think of wonderful uses for commonplace things," Tinari exclaimed. Then he added,
"But it's not enough to just reduce the material cost of building the greenhouse foundation. After using a lot of glass, the load-bearing structure, brackets, connectors, and materials for the connecting parts...all need to be redesigned, and even the terrain needs to be re-surveyed."
"So I gave all the design work to Senior Kavi, and the design fee just offset the large amount of material fees he owed me." Haroldt couldn't help but smile with pleasure as he recalled the bargaining process.
"I feel relieved if 'The Light of Myo-ron School' is in charge of it himself. His works are highly praised for both practicality and beauty. I don't have to worry about being hit by glass falling from the sky while I'm working in your glass greenhouse."
After listening to Harold's series of arrangements, Tinari felt that his worries were completely unnecessary. At the same time, he felt that Harold was thoughtful and talented. He blinked and said in a bright tone,
"Haha, you must have prepared temperature control equipment, spray cooling equipment, fans, etc."
Harold pursed his lips: "Of course."
It’s expensive, really too expensive! I invested all the money I saved for two months.
Although Harold appeared calm on the surface, he felt a dull pain in his heart. The cheapest temperature control equipment on the market was driven by minerals rich in elemental power.
But too much elemental power would induce plants to mutate into elemental life forms, so he had to reluctantly give up this cheap and environmentally friendly equipment and instead buy a temperature regulator powered by ordinary fuel.
The technology of extracting energy from ores and applying it to various mechanical equipment has been around for a hundred years, so the development of other energy sources has almost stagnated, and devices driven by other energy sources have naturally gradually withdrawn from the stage of history. Up to now, old-fashioned internal combustion engines and steam engines have almost become antiques, dimmed by elemental energy.
He spent a lot of effort to buy an old-fashioned device that had long been eliminated from a second-hand dealer. It was rusty and had many damaged internal parts.
It took him a lot of time to hire a mechanic who was familiar with its structure, who replicated and improved it. He managed to increase the thermal efficiency from 25% to 27% while ensuring long-term, high-intensity stable operation.
This is just the initial preparation stage. In the future, he will have to consider the energy consumed by these devices. He may even have to pay a large fine for abusing energy and polluting the environment.
"...Huh? You've obviously considered everything, so why do you want to bring me into the team? Do you want me to help you take care of your sweet flowers and mint?" Tinari said with his arms crossed, looking playful.
"Is it not possible?" Haroldt asked with a smile, "If you are willing to join, I will set aside an area for you in the greenhouse after it is built, and you can grow whatever you want."
"This is indeed a proposal that is hard to refuse." Tinari's eyes sparkled.
In the Port of Ormos, in a tavern where mercenaries gathered
Many tall mercenaries turned their attention to the bar counter.
On the wooden bar, under the dim light, a pink-haired woman who looked like a petite girl held up a stack of papers and shouted:
"Attention, attention! Today is a great day, and it is also a day that will change your destiny! The kind and benevolent merchant Sangge Mahabayi has brought you a big surprise! "