26th April 1574
While traveling on the horseback through the night was simply impossible due to how high of a risk it posed for the horses to trip, doing so on the river wasn't that much of a trouble. As long as one was willing to waste his manpower of people constantly making sure that the shore was far enough while the waterway was deep enough, moving through the river was pretty feasible.
Yet, with how only the rchants were scheduled to co soon with the supplies from Sandomir that would let the developnt of this place finally reach the stage on which I could produce most of the simple stuff locally rather than relying on the external source for all sorts of products, I couldn't help but wonder what made them go for such lengths to travel overnight!
Was it the Governor's influence or direct order backed up with enough gold to convince them it was a worthy investnt of their ti after assessing the risks? Or maybe they sohow sneaked enough peaks at what was going on back when they ca here for the last ti to realise the potential that this place held in both the short and long term?
Just like later ages would prove in a rather brutal way, industrialisation was a process that could be compared to a sink for the resources during its growth stages, inducing a huge growth and developnt to all the areas subjected to its influence, only to turn into a complex and efficient machine literally shitting out more wares than the local population and traders could move and use for themselves, forcing the governnts to look for the new ways to dump all of the products made in the urbanised areas.
Yet with no competition in place that could compete with anything produced by my projects, I didn't have to worry about saturating the market, as my aim, in the long run, was to invest a huge portion of the product back into the developnt, only leaving enough wares for the others to buy.
In this way, while the areas in which I would invest, rather than ever facing the problem of spreading their products around the world, would simply dump this task on the others while turning into a forced modernisation drive for literally the rest of the world! By the ti I would move from the steam engines to the diesel ones, I would open the gates of my factories and dumb all the remaining stock in the hands of those interested of replicating my steps.
Did soone want to buy the blueprints for the efficient blast furnace? Sure! But by the ti he would build one, my lands would be already using industrial-grade arc furnaces! Did soone want to build his own table saw? Not a problem! But by the ti it would be completed, my lands would already have fully automated production of planks in all shapes one's heart could desire!
Even though so might think that this entire situation would only start to really happen when I would reach so later stages of developing the industrial technology, but just from the simple fact that even before the governor could see the steam horse mark one operating, I was already doing everything I could to fine-tune the details for the pressure steam horse engine so that I could have it done before either Elia or Jan would finally reach this place proved that as the technology would be put in use, the speed of progress would only accelerate!
"Have soone go and greet the rchants. If everything went as I hope it would, they will bring all sorts of tools that we were lacking those past few days. While I hope it won't happen, if there will be any problems, feel free to call for ."
Rather than wasting my ti by dealing with those profit-oriented bunch, I would much rather see the forms filling up with the liquid tal even if one droplet at a ti, or even just go to my tent and catch up on my missing sleep.
As for the missing materials, with how even I never expected to finish the first type of steam horse so soon, I simply didn't bother myself with ordering them back when I was in Sandomir myself. With the limited space on the barges that took us to this area, there was no way to fit all the chains, blades and other elents that would allow to replace the fragile parts we made on the spot from what we had on hand.
For example, using the hemp rope to power up all the chanisms connected to the steam horse was a bad idea to say the least. If the resistance offered by the receiving machines was a bit too big for the rope to handle, rather than moving it around, it would simply slide on it with not enough traction to keep it moving.
On the other hand, when using a simple chain to connect any two machines together, just by adding small pins to the wheel that powered the entire thing, I could make sure that as long as the chain held itself together, the two machines would continue to work to the best of their ability!
But as my thoughts once again road free through all the tasks I had to finish and the perspectives on the developnt for the future days, yet another shout forced out of my dreamlike state back into the harsh reality.
"Sir! I think you should co here right now!"
Just what could've happened for those craftsn that went to et with the rchants to call out so soon? Even a single look to the river was enough for to realise that the ships didn't stop their travel yet, so how co there could be any troubles requiring my attention?
Was I simply too nice to my workers and craftsn working under to the point they started treating as their equal that they could call to even the simplest of tasks?
With the slight anger slowly helping to push the thoughts of my warm bed aside, I made my way to the shore, only to freeze in place as soon as I saw a familiar face lingering atop the ship's deck.
What the hell was he doing here?
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