123 – Duties of Designers and Managers
“Wooooow~!”
Pix welcomed the owner whom he had not seen in a long time.
Pix, which was created solely for its owner, carefully analyzed its owner to see if there were any abnormalities through thermal checks and facial analysis.
The master was very healthy!
“You bastard. How have you been doing?”
Pix clings to himself wearing a small lord’s cloak.
Ed patted the head of the cute Pix that greeted him.
I then asked what issues there had been in the territory so far and how much progress had been made on the matters I had instructed.
“Weuuung~!”
Soon, Fix showed statistics and graphs on his screen and informed us of the achievements and issues so far.
And Ed, who was reading this in detail, eventually smiled.
I really like the results that Fix and Adela have achieved.
“The steel mill will be here soon. Construction robots definitely work.”
“Weuuung~!”
A construction robot capable of towing heavy equipment, soldering, welding, and cutting with various arm modes.
Thanks to this, the efficiency and speed of work have improved tremendously.
In addition, by using dwarven craftsmen with accumulated engineering knowledge through long experience as work team leaders, it was possible to allocate the right manpower without overlapping work processes or movement lines.
We are extracting the best efficiency.
“The personnel change was done by Lord Elmar?”
“Wooooow~”
While Fix was working on industrialization.
Adella, who was Ed’s guardian, was working hard to strengthen her inner self.
A ‘temporary police force’ was organized to stabilize the city’s security, and a distribution team was also operated to effectively distribute food.
It focused on stabilizing the territory’s residents suffering from various crimes and famine.
Thanks to this, the territory was regaining stability day by day.
“Hmm. “It’s going smoothly.”
This is a situation where the territory is running smoothly even without confidence.
However, that didn’t mean we could just sit still and play.
Ed changed into his work clothes and started walking around the factory.
This is for intermediate inspection.
All factories, all facilities, and all equipment here were designed by him himself, so he had an obligation to check whether there were any problems with his designs.
Something that deviates from the design intent can happen at any time.
“I guess we need to supplement the safety rules? “If you do safety checks like that, an accident could occur.”
“Sorry, my lord!”
“What are you sorry about? “This is all my first time.”
And Ed’s patrol was definitely effective.
After touring and inspecting the factory.
This is because the maintenance of the factory or equipment you designed may be slightly different.
‘It’s natural.’
And in a way, this was natural.
This is the first time in history that such a large-scale factory has been operated, and there are very few dwarves who can fully understand its design intent.
‘I have to patrol frequently.’
So Ed decided to stick to his role as a designer and manager.
It seemed that periodic audits and retraining were necessary, at least until the factory he had built was running stably.
That is also the duty of the manufacturer that originally developed the product.
“Lord Fix!”
At that time.
Someone called Ed in an angry voice.
When I turned my head in the direction of the voice, several dwarves who were working as foreman were approaching me with angry faces.
Ed asked, tilting his head.
“What’s going on?”
“I just can’t understand it! “I’m talking about the equipment you designed!”
Equipment I designed?
Ed looked at the blueprint presented by the dwarf.
Looking at where he was holding his hand, it was a part made only with modern mechanical engineering.
Soon, he spoke in a voice full of dissatisfaction.
“Kuhm. First of all, your design is great! I’m also amazed every time I look at the blueprint? I feel a sense of self-destruction because I feel like I am lagging behind human technology, but at the same time, I feel respect for it. “How can such a structure be thought of and created?”
First of all, the dwarf praised Ed.
He is the ‘Blacksmith of Salvation’ who saved the Dwarf Kingdom, so it is difficult to criticize him unconditionally.
However, what I will say from now on was the dwarf’s true intention.
“But, how about changing the blueprint for this part as I suggest? I just don’t understand the need to pursue such a complicated and difficult method. “Look here.”
The dwarf said so and pointed to the part Ed designed.
And began to explain what the problem was here.
In summary, it could be designed easily enough with ‘magical engineering’, but Ed deliberately designed it in a complicated way to make it require a lot of work.
“Okay, so insert the mana stone here and then apply the control technique. If we set the unit to 1 piete and add a few more mixing techniques… Wouldn’t we be able to completely replace your complicated blueprint?”
The dwarf said that and smiled.
It’s like, ‘How are you? It was as if he was saying, ‘Isn’t what I suggested better?’
As he is also a dwarf who received the title of ‘craftsman’, he is very confident and stubborn, so he directly challenges Ed’s blueprint.
“···This is a very interesting opinion!”
But Ed seemed to welcome the challenge.
No, a very excited person was staring at the dwarf with lewd eyes, as if looking at a naked newbie.
Soon, Ed exhaled excitedly and spoke to them.
“Now…! W, don’t do this here…! Let’s go to my temporary office. “I’ll explain everything!”
“······.”
The dwarves swallowed their saliva with tense faces.
***
2 Hours.
Ed’s lecture had already been going on for two hours.
The dwarves barely nodded their heads with exhausted faces and were sweating profusely.
“Now…! You said that the part you mentioned earlier was made by replacing CNC with technology, right? Oh, before that, what is CNC? It is an abbreviation for ‘Computerized Numerical Control’. In controlling a machine tool, the position, angle, distance, speed, etc. Of the entire or part of the machine being controlled is numerically determined by numerical processing instruction data. It means controlling. Are you listening?”
“Ah… That’s right… I’m listening.”
“What did I say earlier? “What is CNC?”
“Uh… Control the ball value…? Machine tools… that is, measuring distances…”
“Haa… If you don’t understand CNC, it’s hard to understand my design. “I’ll say it one more time, so listen carefully.”
Ed once again began to explain the concept of CNC.
He continued his lecture enthusiastically, even drawing pictures on the class board.
However, the dwarves’ heads were already on the verge of exploding.
-Knock knock.
At that time, someone knocked and came into Ed’s temporary office.
It was David, Ed’s second assistant.
He, who was in the final stages of alopecia areata, smiled as he looked at the dwarves tearing out their respective hair.
Then he bowed his head politely to Ed and submitted his report.
“I brought 8 glasses of cool Tamsan drinks as instructed by the owner.”
“Master? “Just call me by my name.”
“No. I have decided to have Edgar Fix as my master. The master is the master.”
David said that and served the dwarves eight glasses of soda he brought on his stand.
After giving a polite greeting to Ed again, I looked at the dwarves with gloomy expressions.
I raised the corners of my mouth and muttered to myself.
‘Is it really just this much suffering? It won’t even be of interest to the master. It’s been a while since you had so much to teach, so you were excited.’
Jinseong Mechanical Engineering, Ed.
That’s why Ed was always hungry.
An intellectual who can debate the pros and cons of engineering knowledge comparable to his own.
“Okay then, let’s start by drinking slowly. The term I will explain next is DLC, which refers to an amorphous form of carbon that is harder than iron. So, at this point, you should have an understanding of non-crystalline, and what is non-crystalline…”
But there was no intellectual in this world who could compare to Ed.
He has no one to show off his academic knowledge to the fullest.
“···· If defined in academic terms, it means that the arrangement of a plurality of atoms or molecules is determined by a lack of periodic regularity and is in a somewhat unstable state. However, the concept of atoms or molecules is unfamiliar, right? “First, I need to explain atoms and molecules!”
Ed was very excited.
I rarely had the opportunity to fully display my academic knowledge due to the lack of questions from club members, but thanks to the dwarves flocking here to protest, I was able to have the opportunity to do so.
For the first time in a long time, he was able to unravel a lot of his old knowledge.
“···Ah…”
The lecture lasted for 5 hours.
***
1 Week later.
Now no one refuted or questioned Ed.
Even dwarves who took pride in design and production would cough and run away when Ed’s shadow wandered around.
“The results are certain.”
However, after patrolling the factory for a week and providing intensive training, we were able to achieve some results.
Most people began working in line with their own design intentions.
I couldn’t find any errors or tricks.
Ed smiled happily as he looked at the factory and equipment operating as FM.
“Two weeks until the end of class…”
And, the end of the academy semester was approaching.
After the eventful first semester, vacation, a period of personal training, begins.
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However, Ed decided to visit the academy at least for the remaining two weeks.
Anyway, the ‘Battleship Project’ was approved by the imperial family, giving him the right to miss class at any time, and his grades are already top-notch, so even if he misses class, there is no problem with his grades.
“I guess I should also abstain from the evaluation.”
We also decided to skip all evaluation matches held in the last week.
Since the academy’s strongest cadet was already either him or Isabella, there was no need for him to participate in the evaluation competition to maintain his ranking.
Ranks are just numbers; what matters is the actual benefits.
“Dreadnought.”
So Ed decided to focus on the dreadnought.
To conquer the ‘Sea Wall’, which has never been explored in the past dozens of episodes, wouldn’t it be necessary to take a battleship along?
As this is my first time entering a magical singularity, I plan to go there properly prepared.
You don’t know what dangers lurk there or what rewards await you when you conquer it.
***
Another week later.
The end-of-semester evaluation competition was in full swing at the academy, but Ed was still in his territory.
This is because a total of 38 mechanical robots are busy supervising the construction of a steel mill in a smooth manner.
“Montes! Further back! No! Further back! “Pull it out!”
Ed is leading the elite engineering corps and general engineering corps aboard mechanical robots and is working hard to build a steel mill.
To build a dreadnought with a displacement of 18,410 tons, a steel mill capable of producing large quantities of high-quality steel is essential.
However, Ed had 38 construction robots, and the steel mill was being built at a much faster rate than Hyundai’s founding period.
The steel mill, which originally had to take several years to be built, was abbreviated into months.
All of this was thanks to the labor revolution.
“From now on… 3 Weeks.”
Ed was predicting that the steel mill would be completed in the next three weeks.
Considering the fact that construction robots will continue to be added for the remaining three weeks, it appears that the project can be completed with just three weeks of hard work.
“Gardner! “I have to align myself with Tom!”
Now the high point is just around the corner.