Struggle in the Steam Age

Shumei's busy schedule only lasted for a few minutes and then stopped, because the things Lawrence wanted to draw were not very complicated, and there were only 21 parts in total.

　　 "Very good, tomorrow I will go to the factory to try to make this thing." Looking at the drawing in front of him, Lawrence nodded with satisfaction. "With the strength of that group of workers and the equipment of the factory, it shouldn't be difficult to make this thing."

　　 "Is it this thing, I think it should be okay." Early the next morning, Lawrence took Sefei straight to Jimmy's house where he went yesterday. Unexpectedly, when they walked to the door of Jimmy's house, they found that Jimmy was standing at the door of the house wearing overalls, saying goodbye to his wife and their children.

　　 "Dad, I wish you all the best today." The little girl who looked only five or six years old stepped forward and kissed Jimmy on the cheek, then said to him with a smile.

　　 "Dad's work today will be very smooth." Jimmy touched his daughter's hair and said. "I will bring you some pickled herring when I come back."

　　 When the father and daughter talked, they looked very warm, but the other boy who looked ten years old and the middle-aged woman who should be Mrs. Jimmy also had some worry on their faces.

　　 "Good morning, Mr. Jimmy." At this moment Lawrence stepped forward to say hello, and then he asked. "Excuse me, are you going now-"

　　 "Oh, Mr. August, and Miss Coburg, good morning!" Seeing Lawrence and the others coming by, Jimmy immediately took off the felt hat on his head and bowed to them. "I'm going to take care of the machines. If those machines are not maintained, they will be as immobile as rheumatic joints when you use them again."

　　 "It's well done, and what you have done is very valuable." Lawrence said with a smile, "Now go and gather the workers. We have work to do."

　　 "This is simply great." Jimmy's face showed a big smile. "I'll call those guys over now, please give me 15 minutes."

Saying that Jimmy trot and ran down the muddy road, after he ran away, Jimmy's daughter looked up at Lawrence and they asked, "You are my father's boss. My father shouldn't be right now. Lost your job, right?"

　　 "Of course not." Sefil knelt down and gently touched the girl's brown curly hair and said seriously. "I believe that since Lawrence decided to start work today, he must have found some way to keep the factory running."

　　 "That would be great." A bright smile appeared on the little girl's face, then she turned her head and said to her mother and brother who seemed relieved. "Dad won't lose his job this time, and we won't be kicked out of the house."

　　 Looking at this scene before him, Lawrence suddenly felt that everything he was doing now was very valuable. A smile was involuntarily put on his face.

　　 Soon, Jimmy gathered the workers. Then the workers crowded Lawrence and the two of them towards the factory, and everyone looked hopeful.

　　 "What we are going to do today is this thing." After entering the factory, several boiler workers and mechanics began to check the drive shafts, pulleys and machines in the factory. Then we went to the power room next to the factory to start the steam engine. The others stand in their respective positions.

　　 "This is what we are going to make today." Lawrence put the drawing on the drawing shelf. "Let's see if this thing can be made?"

　　 "No problem." Jimmy and two other senior mechanics approached the drawings and studied them carefully. "In the whole picture, only the thin copper tube with the spring and the flint is a bit difficult, and then I don’t know where to get the flint. Other things are done very quickly. If everything goes well, eat at noon. Things can be made during the meal."

　　 "You don't have to worry about flint, I'll take care of it." Although there is no cerium-based flint mixed with a variety of rare earth metals in Lawrence's previous life, there are many magic substitutes.

　　 Just when the workers began to busy making molds and processing metals. Lawrence started to make flint and steel in the factory manager's office.

For him, making flint is very simple. With the help of Syfiel, Lawrence took out a peanut-sized ruby ​​that contained fire elements and smashed it into powder with magic, and then merged it with several other things into a piece. In a steel ingot about the size of a red brick.

　　 Soon, a steel ingot flashing red light appeared in front of the two people. Lawrence then asked the workers outside to feed in a small wire drawing machine to draw the steel ingot into steel wire, while Seyfeld quickly used a magic knife to cut the steel wire into a flint that was smaller than a grain of rice.

　　 By noon, the first batch of parts has been made. All the workers who had no work on hand did not care about eating the lunches sent by their relatives. Instead, they all squeezed on a workbench and looked at the thing in Lawrence's hand.

　　 With the ding sound, the small metal box that could fit into the palm of an adult male was thrown away by Lawrence, and then he wiped the flare wheel with his hand, and a cluster of flames emerged.

　　 "What a beautiful lighter." All the workers who saw this scene exclaimed in amazement. After working in the machining position for a long time, they still have some ability to appraise this kind of mechanical products. They can naturally see that the lighter in Lawrence's hands is better than all the non-extraordinary fire-lighting items on the market.

"But is this thing really bought?" Suddenly there was a hesitant voice among the workers. Just as Jimmy was about to refute, Lawrence raised his right hand to stop him, and then jumped onto the chair and said to everyone .

　　 "This is something designed by a member of the Federal Science Association." Lawrence cheered everyone up. For him, who had a Zippo lighter in his previous life, it was not that difficult to replicate this classic product in this world. At the same time, he also believes that this thing can definitely sell well.

　　 The reputation of members of the Federal Science Association is still very loud among ordinary people, so everyone’s morale was aroused after taking out their identities. After a simple breakfast, everyone immediately started to work in full swing.

　　 There are not many materials left~www.wuxiahere.com~ but it can be said that it is more than enough to produce lighters. According to estimates, the existing materials can produce at least 2,000 lighters.

　　 "The question now is, how do we sell these things." Seeing everyone busy in front of them, Saifei asked quietly next to him. "It can't be sold on the street by those small vendors."

"That will definitely not work. If this is the case, these lighters can't sell for a good price. In the process of selling lighters, we can't just sell a lighter itself, but also a culture and an attitude to life. Let others think of ours. The lighter subconsciously feels that this is a high-end product and a status symbol.” Lawrence started to flicker Sefei with the marketing content he had seen in his previous life.

　　 Of course, this can't be regarded as pure flicker. During the previous contact with some wealthy people, Lawrence discovered that most of the wealthy people in the White Eagle Federation now want to flaunt their nobility after they have money, but they do not have the background of aristocrats. So these people often show off their wealth and status by buying and buying.

　　 To put it bluntly, this group of wealthy people did this purely to use their wealth to raise their status. But the effect was not good. What these upstarts did looked more like a group of rude upstarts in the eyes of the old nobles.

　　 And Lawrence, who has experienced another world network era, naturally knows what is needed from these people, so his plan now is to package this lighter as a status symbol and sell it to the rich.