I Became The Chief Of A Primitive Village

Chapter 966, Preparing for Large Transportation Vehicles

Translator: Silavin

“Shaman, where are we going now?” Yu Ying asked innocently.

Yu Ying had really broadened her horizons. Previously she had only cooked at the Yong’an Building and was completely unaware of these matters.

Only today did she realise that the Shaman had already developed so many good things, each one astonishing.

“Now we’ll go look at the improved version of the steam engine,” Su Bai said with a smile.

Ever since developing the steam engine last time, he had constantly wanted to improve it. The last steam engine took quite a lot of time for smelting iron. Before the next eternal night arrived, the steam engine definitely had to be properly improved.

This was so that they could develop weapons and have better odds against those greatly changed Ferocious Beasts.

“Steam engine? Improved?” Yu Ying didn’t quite understand. Better to think about what to make for dinner tonight.

“The steam engine improved this quickly?” Sha Lan instantly felt it was inconceivable.

Su Bai nodded faintly and said, “As long as there’s a prototype, actually improving it isn’t particularly difficult.”

*Clop clop clop…*

Over ten minutes later, the group arrived at the steam workshop, preparing to look at the newly improved steam engine.

Ever since the first steam engine was developed, the Flame Dragon Tribe had established the steam workshop. This place was mainly used for developing steam engines.

This was Su Bai preparing for future steam cars, trains, and even steamships and airships.

Only with steam engine improvements would they have the qualification to develop even more technical inventions.

These things were also necessities for improving quality of life. With these things, everyone’s travel would be very convenient.

Going from one place to another would be very easy. It was the modern city life Su Bai wanted.

“Shaman, the improved version of the steam engine is ready,” Ban immediately came forward.

He was the person in charge of the steam workshop. His open-minded thinking was one of the main reasons he became the person in charge.

Most importantly, he was only in his twenties, meaning there were even more miracles waiting for him to create.

“Good. Show me the operation,” Su Bai nodded.

“Yes.” Ban immediately nodded, turning to have the workshop colleagues operate the steam engine.

The workshop people pulled off the Animal Hide covering the steam engine. A massive object instantly came into view.

Its appearance wasn’t much different from a large iron box, about the size of a bathtub.

The setup on top was simple: just composed of several gears and a piston movement device forming a motion apparatus.

On the other side was a relatively large boiler, occupying over half the steam engine’s space.

Besides this, there were several switches for controlling the steam engine’s operation, as well as a forced shutdown switch, in case something went wrong with the steam engine and it could not be shut down.

“Shaman, please move further away. I’m afraid of some accident occurring,” Ban felt it was better to be safe.

Even though they had already experimented many times, he did not want any accident to injure the Shaman. The Shaman was the Flame Dragon Tribe’s greatest existence.

“En.” Su Bai led the young women back some distance.

*Buzz buzz buzz…*

*Clang clang clang…*

The steam engine immediately began operating. The water in the boiler was heated very hot.

The steam also began driving the gears to operate. The piston movement similarly moved up and down, left and right.

The whole operation was like a precision-calculated machine.

“Shaman, we’ve improved this steam engine many times, all according to the design drawings you’ve provided.” Ban ran over happily. “Mainly we improved the loud noise, and also its lifespan. Also, one person can operate it… ”

He rattled on about a whole bunch of things. Overall, it was much better than the previous steam engine.

“Let’s call it Steam Engine Number Two. Number One is to be dismantled and destroyed. Use Number Two as replacement, and produce several more afterwards to replace the work.” Su Bai instructed.

After learning that Steam Engine Number Two’s Kerosene Fruit consumption was less, he had to take Number One down.

Although Kerosene Fruits came from plants and could be picked at any time, unnecessary waste should be avoided.

Who knew if these Kerosene Fruits would develop problems later. Better to save more if possible.

Su Bai was even planning to have people try cultivating Kerosene Fruits.

Later when the Flame Dragon Tribe became a city, or even a kingdom, there would be even greater demand for Kerosene Fruits.

“Yes, Shaman,” Ban immediately responded.

“By the way, besides producing Number Two, I hope you can continue optimising the steam engine. What I want is a smaller size. It’ll have great uses later.”

Su Bai continued instructing. The current steam engine was too large and really inconvenient.

If such a large steam engine were installed in a car, how large would the car have to be to incorporate this steam engine?

Overall, it would be too cumbersome on the road, and not very convenient to operate.

“I’ve also thought this way. Recently I’ll definitely work hard to develop a small-scale steam engine,” Ban said without hesitation.

“Making it small might be simple, but the performance definitely can’t be reduced. I don’t want the engine’s operational function to become worse after the size decreases.” Su Bai instructed.

Ban instantly felt the challenge had arrived. Although he felt there was suddenly a lot of pressure, at the same time he also felt very excited.

Because this represented a greater challenge. If he truly succeeded in making it, his sense of honour would also increase.

“Rest assured, Shaman. I’ll definitely complete the task excellently,” Ban immediately responded.

He began secretly competing with himself internally, thinking he must develop this new thing in the fastest time possible.

“Don’t put too much pressure on yourself. You have plenty of time. At least another year or two,” Su Bai said gently.

Although he very much wanted to rapidly invent trains, cars and other such transportation vehicles, current conditions were still unfavourable for them to be adopted.

Never mind the many obstacles in the great forest, just the raw materials alone were very difficult to find in large quantities.

They still had not discovered large amounts of iron ore. Wanting to manufacture steam trains required large amounts of iron ore to have the materials for laying railway tracks.

So, they still needed to slowly plan out what to do in the future, just waiting to find large amounts of iron ore.

“Shaman, trust me. It won’t take this long. I think there’ll be results before the snow season arrives.” Ban said confidently.

Su Bai smiled slightly, turning to leave and saying, “Good. Next it’s up to you.”

“Yes. I absolutely won’t disappoint you, Shaman,” Ban responded excitedly.

Su Bai left without looking back. Encouragement was the greatest motivation to give a person.

Yu Ying watched from the side with rapt attention, her heart suddenly feeling the Shaman was so gentle.

Towards everyone, he was always like this.