
Sam finished assembling the machine and checking if it was working properly. This machine is a manual press machine.
The press machine is used to make objects from sheet metal. Hydraulically operated engines are used to make car frames and other car parts. Large-scale ones are even used in the manufacture of some aircraft parts.
Manual press machines are small-scale versions that operate on human power. This manual press machine is used to make objects that are small in size and do not require high accuracy in dimensions.
The one in front of Sam was a manual press machine, but it was slightly larger in size. Basically a manual press machine will be small enough to be used directly by humans, because the power that can be done from human hands is limited and cannot be used to make large objects.
But Sam's manual press machine is big. It's as big as a hydraulic press in the model world. Why did he make it in this size? Because, humans here can make the necessary effort to operate this machine.
The machine has two columns on both sides that are mounted on a solid metal base. The pedestal not only supports the column, but also has a work retaining device which is also a mold. These prints have the form the final product must be made.
Then there will be an upper die which is the reverse form of the lower die. It can be moved and the column acts as a guide for its vertical movement.
There are wheels over the whole frame. It's parallel to the ground. When the wheel is rotated, the top mold moves downward and when it is rotated in the opposite direction, the top mold will move upward.
The top and bottom molds will be shaped in such a way that if one has a cylindrical hole, then the other will have a cylindrical bulge with almost the same dimensions. The mold if put together will fit.
So, when a piece of sheet metal is placed between the two and a force is applied to the mold, the sheet metal will turn into the shape in which the mold is designed.
For example, if the dice with cylindrical and hollow protrusions. The final product will be shaped like a cylindrical cup. This operation is also called drawing operation.
After making sure the machine was fine, Sam took out a fire bronze sheet from his storage. Why is fire bronze in sheet form? Fire bronze is a soft metal and is mainly used to make metal covers. It has a good affinity with fire element energy. Since the metal did not have any major properties suitable for making weapons and armor directly and just to make some additional products, the craftsmen were unwilling to make much effort to refine the ore directly.
Therefore, the artisan tower would let the young apprentices practice fire control by refining this type of ore and they would sell it in this processed form.
Sam took a round cut that had been cut before and placed it on top of the workpiece holder. Then he held the wheel and started to turn it around. The upper mold started to move and soon the printing of small metal sheets began.
Sam pulls the upper mold and releases the metal pieces on the work stand. Now the workpiece is in the shape of a small cylindrical metal cup.
Metal cups have a diameter of four inches and a depth of one inch.
He turned towards Watt and Jack before taking out a large piece of fire bronze. There are some circular marks on that sheet.
"The two of you only have one thing to do until nightfall. Scissor the sheets and use the machine to make these hollow cups.
After one sheet is completed. Replace the dice with another set. There are other sheets with different dimensions and you should make them too in the same way. If you find a problem with the machine, you can meet me."
After saying his part, Sam left without looking back. Jack and Watt exchanged glances and started working. At first, they were really interested. Make a shape from the sheet with one press. Although the engine was very different and they had never seen it before, they felt it was quite efficient. But after a while, they get tired of doing the same thing over and over again.
Meanwhile, Sam goes to the room and enters the divine dimension. He took out a crystal bamboo plant and began to plant it in the various elemental zones. This crystal bamboo plant is quite unique in nature. They actually, do not have any special characteristics. They were basically neutral, but if they grew in a place that was abundant in fire element energy, they would change color and obtain the fire element energy characteristics. Then the bamboo can be used for short-term preservation of fire element consumables.
This crystal bamboo was mainly used to present wine with spiritual energy. That means, the fire element spiritual wine, can be presented in the fire element crystal bamboo and the wine effect will be maintained and will not be lost for a certain time. Bamboo will lose this effect once it is removed from the tree.
Right now, Sam was in the corner of the neutral zone in the divine dimension where he planted ten bamboo plants. He dug a hole near the plant and buried all the carcasses of the poisonous animals. He laid out a formation to supply them with abundant spiritual energy. Generally this crystal bamboo will grow very fast. They will reach their full limit in just twenty days and for Sam it will be ten days.
Sam came out of dimension and started preparing for tonight.
When night fell, two birds soared in the sky and created a sleepless night for all the guards in the Western region. The novice overseer of the Black Pond felt his world collapse. In one night all the information networks of the Black Pool in the western region were lost. Now, he had also joined the search together with the Eastern region overseers.
But this time the problem was not simple, the supervisor of the supervisor was also alerted and came to the conclusion that someone was eyeing them. When the matter was brought to the manager of the Black Pool, he immediately became alert and confused.
"How can they get the details of the members? Even if they had spies, no one in the organization knew all the details of the members. How do they know these details?" A middle-aged man shouted at the highest floor of the Black Pool restaurant. This man was the one who offered Sam a VIP card when he visited.
"Boss, even we don't know the full details of the members. We only deal with our respective territories. You are the only one who knows all the details and if you do not tell them yourself, there is only one way for them.to get these details." When he finished, the manager opened his eyes wide.
"No, they can't." He immediately stood up and went to the next room. He went inside and opened another secret door where there were several shelves with scrolls. He went through the shelf and shouted furiously.
"TIDAAAKKKK..."
He immediately returned to the room and looked at the four people with eyes full of anger.
"They stole our monthly report. Other than the five of us, no one else knew where the monthly report was. Who's spies?"
When the four people heard the manager's words, they immediately panicked. They did not dare to react to deny first. Instead, they just stood there in silence. After a short silence, the manager spoke again.
"I'll give you a week. You better find out who the spy is. Otherwise, I'll kill all four of you." His voice was cold and cruel.
"Yes the boss." The four of them immediately said in unison and left.
At the same time, Sam and Jack were sitting in the study and talking to each other.
"We're not going to do anything in the next few days. Right now, the entire organization would fall apart. They may have found out about the missing scroll and they will investigate. They will be busy investigating and restructuring. " Sam said while Jack nodded in understanding.
"Piggle shadow." Sam called.
Three small shadows floated up and appeared on the table.
"The next two days, you will be responsible for finding the meeting place of these Novices. I need details on what time they'll have this meeting."
After he finished, he sent Jack and went to his room to enter the divine dimension. On the second floor there are over a hundred cylindrical cups made by Jack and Watt. He stared at them helplessly.
Then he started drawing runes on the floor. He needs to write everything down. When he finished with the first writing, he said to himself.
"I have to master etching as soon as possible." Then he continued drawing another inscription circle.
Sam spent all his time in the tower for ten days. That meant one day had passed outside and the night had come again.
Sam came out of the tower and went to the crystal bamboo where he buried a carcass nearby. Bamboo crystals have grown to a size large enough.
Sam took out the cauldron with the poisonous mixture he made and took out an awful lot of liquor.
Then he made a small hole in the bamboo section, he put down an ordinary small bamboo tube and started pouring poisonous liquid into it. After the passage was half full, he observed some resistance and he used wind energy to remove the remaining air from the passage and force the liquor into it.
After which, he filled the hole with some green leaves.
What Sam did was to use Chinese techniques, to distill the liquor inside the bamboo to get a unique taste. But he used this technique to make poisonous liquor.
Once one part is complete, he starts filling the other part in the same way.
When he was finally done with this task. He returned to the inscription work. He went on and on with the same writing again and again. He only finished when there was only one day left for the banquet.
Sam went to look at the bamboo section and started collecting liquor. All the time, he tried his best to control the wind around him so as not to get infected from the smoke.
After collecting all the liquor into the container, he climbed onto the second floor of the tower and saw two piles of cylindrical cups. He was tired of thinking about what he should do now. He only has ten days.