Chapter 163 Fire Prevention, Theft Prevention, and…
"Tempered glass, senior." Harold smiled and felt that his tone was a little wrong. He thought to himself that the senior even made a typewriter with voice input, so wouldn't it be normal to use some elemental power to make the glass elastic?
"If it's this strong... then it should be no problem to use this 'tempered glass' for the greenhouse's ceiling and surrounding walls," Kavi nodded slightly and said thoughtfully.
"But the strength of the roof structure, the connection between the main arches, the materials of the columns, the drainage structure, etc. all need to be carefully designed. Also, the terrain... I'm going to go to the area near the site you found to investigate first. If the terrain is suitable, I'll consider the follow-up matters."
"I leave it to you, senior," said Harold.
Kavi: “No problem. It’s quite challenging to use new materials in design, but I will definitely build it strong and artistic within your budget!”
"Senior Kavi is really reliable. Every time he talks about architectural design, he behaves like a senior." Harold praised.
"I usually act like a senior too!" Kavi yelled in dissatisfaction.
Harold smiled and nodded slightly: "That's why I said 'special' - Mr. Bushell, I'll trouble you to provide the corresponding building materials."
"Of course, these are all provided free of charge. Mr. Kavi can make suggestions for improvement at any time when building the model. Our employees are also looking for ways to make tempered glass stronger. The next step is to stick the two pieces of glass together and use special element agents to bond them in the middle to provide shock-proof, explosion-proof and sound-proof functions." said Bishel.
Kawi's eyes lit up: "Is this glass really that strong? Then it is suitable for display windows for storing valuables, such as store display cabinets, medicine storage cabinets in health homes, etc. It can also be used for doors and windows of private homes. Hey, this gives me a new design idea!
Last time, the client wanted me to design an affordable crystal palace for him. Now his fantasy can really come true! And I also know how to design the theme of "Road to Heaven" which I have been unable to find the idea for.
Harold, I am grateful for your help again, you are truly my muse!"
Kavi said with great joy.
"After you graduate, please make some practical equipment when you have time. Let me borrow your knowledge." Haroldt said half-jokingly.
Kavi nodded solemnly: "Okay, I will."
Harold: "You don't have to be so serious, Senior."
"Of course, how can a senior take advantage of a junior?" Kavi said seriously, and then he changed the subject and asked,
"Harold, that new type of glass can't be used in greenhouses? Why don't you wait until Mr. Buechel has developed it?"
"Well... it's possible, but I don't think it's necessary. Xumi rarely has strong winds and heavy snow, so the strength of tempered glass is generally sufficient.
If I want to build a greenhouse in Mondstadt in the future, I might consider using this double-glazed glass," Harold replied.
In fact, there is also a cost issue. This double-tempered laminated glass is much more expensive than ordinary tempered glass. Currently, this type of glass interlayer either uses glue or special element agents.
There is no synthetic glue on the continent of Teyvat. The residents of Teyvat either use natural glue such as rosin and bone glue, or modified fish glue. The former has weaker adhesion, and the latter is as expensive as elemental potions.
He wants to replace all the tempered glass in the greenhouse with double tempered laminated glass. The price difference is enough for him to build two more greenhouses of the same size. He is rich now, but this is not how he builds things.
"Oh, then it's better to use tempered glass. When you want to build the greenhouse to the snow-capped mountains, come back and find me," said Kavi.
"Okay, there is a lot of room for development over there. If your design can make effective use of that piece of land, maybe everyone will call you a 'miracle architect' in the future."
Although he knew that Kavi was joking, Harold continued with his joke.
Kawei nodded happily: "Then you, Senior Kawei, have too many titles - well, let's not talk about this. Take me to your laboratory in the afternoon. I want to take a good look."
Thinking of the budget provided by his junior and the practical new materials, Kavi was ready to work hard to make his junior's greenhouse a landmark building in the chemical city.
The two of them ordered a small batch of materials for model making here, then returned to their residence without stopping, and then transferred directly to the research institute from Elhaisen's study.
Dixia was no longer surprised by the "magic tricks" that happened every now and then in front of the laboratory. She greeted the two people calmly and continued to extract the nectar.
Kavi greeted Dishia, then took the toolbox temporarily stored at Harold's place and rode his pack animal to the residential area.
After Kawi left, Dishia said to Harold while taking notes: "Recently, your senior has been coming to your lab more often than a couple in their honeymoon period."
"When you have the opportunity to teleport instantly, especially when the other side is connected to a commercial street, you may run more frequently, Miss Dixia."
Haroldt choked her with a smile before explaining, "Senior Kawi is here to build a greenhouse for me. When the greenhouse is built, we will have mint and sweet flowers blooming all year round.
At the end of the year, I will purchase a batch of lily flowers from my business partners. Including the newly bred small lily flowers, the total amount of our experimental materials will exceed 400 for the first time next year.
Do you know what this means, Miss Dixia? You will definitely be able to work ten hours a day in the future. Let us work together to contribute to the cause of science."
Dixia: “Ah?!”
She wanted to spit at Haroldt, but she felt that if she did so, she would definitely be pressed to the ground by Harold and his trickster, so she could only curl her lips in dissatisfaction:
"Then you have to give me a raise."
"Don't worry, you know my character." Harold said with a smile, "How is C18?"
"Not bad. I fed it today, but it seems to have stopped growing. It has maintained a height of two meters and one meter for three days." Dixia said.
"...Really? It does have a genetic defect, but the fact that it can survive for a month is beyond my expectation. Well... I didn't expect that I would get a big surprise before graduation." Haroldt said with emotion.
"But its situation is completely contrary to your assumption," Dixia crossed her arms.
"You crossbred the Cheat Flower and created a Cheat Flower that can spit both fire and lightning, and has super strong resistance to two elements. Isn't this doubly dangerous?
If the people in the Ministry of Education find out, your research funding will be gone, right? And those few disciplinary officers who are watching you, will they detain you as a dangerous person?"
Dixia looked at her employer with concern: "Fighting with the disciplinary officer during the employment relationship is also within my responsibility.
But if you need it, tell me in advance and I will find a retreat route in advance."
"It doesn't matter. The subsidy from the Ministry of Religion is not necessary for me now. I have some savings, so you don't have to worry about me not being able to pay your commission.
There is no need to worry about the disciplinary officer. This level of research is unlikely to attract the attention of the sage. I know my limits.
If C18 is stable, we can try to use it as the female parent and the ice-attribute flower as the male parent for hybridization experiments." Harold said.
"We still need to give the pollen a 'plastic surgery', right? But I can't add both fire and lightning elements to the pollen at the same time." Dixia said.
Harold: "Remember what I told you about the maternal inheritance of plants? You don't need to attach two elements at the same time.
According to the experience of scholars in my hometown, pollination can be successful if pollen similar to that of the male parent is used... In theory, this is correct."
"Theoretically again," Dixia muttered, "Last time you said,
"By crossing a fire-attribute and a lightning-attribute lily, you can get a harmless lily that can't use elemental power properly." You ended up creating a super dangerous monster!"
"There's nothing I can do. The traits of the hybrid offspring are not something I can control. But I believe that as long as you continue to cooperate with my experiments, sooner or later you will see the kind of deceptive flowers in my theory." Harold looked innocent.
"Well, you're definitely better at this than I am.
But why did you crossbreed the Fire and Thunder attributed Cheat Flower with the Ice attributed Cheat Flower? Would you be able to get harmless hybrid offspring this way?"
Dishia asked curiously.
"No, that shouldn't work. According to the research theory of the Element Theory School, the variable three is not very good. It is difficult to achieve a balance among the three elements in most cases, especially when the three elements are fire, thunder, and ice.
But maybe we can cultivate a flower with three elements and maximum elemental resistance." Harold put his hand on his chin, thinking.
"…with three elements?! What's the use?" Dixia couldn't help asking.
"Moving it to the entrance of the institute can prevent yellow hair." said Haroldt.
Anti-yellow hair? What does that mean?
Dixia was stunned by these incoherent words. After carefully recalling the "yellow hair" in Harold's interpersonal relationships, she couldn't help but ask, "What do you mean, you want to be on guard against your senior?"