Chapter 4 The Helpless President Morgan
This is indeed good news.
Regarding Xu Yi's request to lease the land, after considering it, His Majesty the King actually agreed initially!
As for the specifics, His Majesty the King will not really consider it until Xu Yi submits a detailed plan, indicating the purpose and use of the land he leases.
And the premise of this consideration is also based on the fact that the New Flying Chamber of Commerce can complete the first batch of farmland magic machinery within the time limit, otherwise, everything will be forgotten.
Of course, for the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, which has successfully developed a series of magic forging machine tools, this premise is not difficult at all.
Compared with the production situation of the magic machine tool workshop that has been on the right track, Xu Yi is always more concerned about technology research and development.
The workers in the magic machine tool workshop have all changed to the new workshop, and the old workshop was converted into a special magic machine tool research and development workshop by Xu Yi.
At present, thirteen dwarf craftsmen with the most technical experience, including Camby and Potru, are responsible for the research and development of magic machine tools in this workshop.
Although the magic forging machine can be put into use now, this is only a preliminary success. Whether it is Xu Yi or Camby and other dwarves, they feel that there is a lot of room for improvement in these magic machines.
In fact, if it weren't for the fact that His Majesty the King and the Agriculture Department's orders were too tight, according to Camby and the other dwarves, it would be best to give them another three months before they were basically completed.
As for Xu Yi, a well-known mechanical engineer on earth, he is very clear that the time consumed by the development of a machine tool should never be only a short month, and also not only an additional three months, but not at all. Endless.
Even in the world where the machinery industry is extremely developed, research on machinery has never stopped, and new results are published every year.
Because for those mechanical engineering companies on Earth, only if they are sufficiently advanced. The excellent technology that surpasses most other companies can only get a share of the market.
Although there is currently only the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in the Sainz Continent, a chamber of commerce that produces magic machinery, there is no technical pressure, but Xu Yi will never relax in this request.
In fact, with Xu Yi's research on magical machinery, he continued to deepen. Many times he is no longer completely copying the mechanical theory of the earth. Instead, corresponding changes will be made according to the characteristics of magic and some specialities on the continent of Sainz.
For example, the medium-sized magic drilling machine he recently asked Camby and others to develop is actually very different from the drilling machine on Earth.
Drilling rigs on earth mainly rely on power to drive drill bits to drill through the hard surface layer. The drilling rig that Xu Yi is developing now combines the unique magic of Sainz Continent, and attaches several powerful fifth-level soil magic circles to the drill bit.
With the help of these earth magic circles, the drill only needs to be close to the surface. The power of the magic circle will be reflected, and the soil layer and even the rock layer will be vibrated and loosened directly, and a lot of effort will be saved when drilling.
The small magic drilling rig Xu Yi used when drilling a water well in the Yege Tribe could only be regarded as a test product, and its power was enough to drill through several meters of rock formations, but the medium-sized magic drilling rig that is being developed now goes a step further. The effect is more pronounced.
Heinze once asked Xu Yi why he wanted to develop this kind of thing, because although the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce started an iron ore. But now there is simply not enough funds to invest in the development of this iron ore, so it can only be put on hold for the time being.
In this regard, Xu Yi could only despise Heinze's lack of foresight in his heart again.
Even if you can't use it yourself, some people need it.
For example, Fuller Morgan, president of the Falcao Chamber of Commerce.
"President Xu. The power of this thing is so strong!" President Morgan looked at the huge boulder that collapsed in front of him in surprise. He ignored the huge dust thrown up by the gravel, and opened his mouth in surprise, unable to close it for a long time.
When invited by Xu Yi to observe the new magic machine produced by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, President Morgan hesitated for a long time before finally deciding to come and see.
But he did not expect that the magic power of the small magic drilling machine that Xu Yi demonstrated in front of him was actually so powerful. It only took less than three minutes to make the building in front of him more than three meters high and four meters wide. , The boulder that is two meters thick directly turned into a ground of rubble.
As the president of the Falcao Chamber of Commerce, President Morgan could see at a glance that this boulder was the siderite ore commonly found in iron mines, with extremely high hardness.
If the workers in the mine use tools such as iron picks and iron drills to break it, such a huge piece of iron ore may not be able to be broken even if it takes several workers an hour or two to break it.
And just now Xu Yi just let two young men who didn't look very strong at all carry this magic drilling machine and drilled all the way down to the center of this huge piece of siderite ore, and then this piece of mine has rich working experience. President Morgan also felt that the thorny huge ore was drilled from the middle and shattered into several pieces.
Next, the two of them continued to hold the magic drilling machine to drill the larger ores, and all the ores eventually turned into rubble.
The total time consumed by the whole process is only just over ten minutes.
Hearing President Morgan's amazement, Xu Yi smiled slightly: "How is it? President Morgan, are you still satisfied with this magic drilling machine?"
"Of course it's full..." President Morgan suddenly stopped, glanced at Xu Yi, restrained the excitement and shock on his face, coughed lightly, and said in a slow voice, "Well... this thing is really good. .But President Xu, it seems that your new flying chamber of commerce can't use it, right? What did you research this thing for?"
Seeing President Morgan pretending to be calm, Xu Yi was amused, but on the surface he put on a surprised expression: "Who said we couldn't use it? President Morgan, you forgot, our chamber of commerce was not a while ago. We bought an iron mine at auction. We developed this thing for mining purposes. Chairman Morgan and the Falcao Chamber of Commerce are experts in mining. I invited you to come here, just to show you this. Wouldn't it be nice to use something to mine mines?"
President Morgan wanted to shake his head and say no, but with the facts in front of him, if he denied the power of this magic drilling machine, he would undoubtedly be hitting himself in the face. So I could only laugh dryly and nodded: "Well, it's very good."
Xu Yi lined up his hands and said excitedly: "That's great. I can get President Morgan's affirmation. It proves that this magic machine is really good. This way I can rest assured. If I wanted to mine that mine, we The chamber of commerce probably doesn’t have enough manpower and funds. Now that we have this thing, we can try to mine it with reluctance.”
President Morgan couldn't help but sneer and said: "President Xu, you have underestimated mining mining. Although I admit that with this magic drilling machine, mining ore will become much easier. But mining is not as simple as smashing the ore and mining it. Subsequent beneficiation, gravel and other processes, no matter which one, requires a lot of manpower to complete. With your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce..." President Morgan gently He snorted, his expression full of disdain.
As if he didn't see President Morgan's expression, Xu Yi shrugged and replied with a relaxed smile: "That's easy too. What we, the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, is best at is developing various magical machines to replace labor. You We can still develop some corresponding magic machinery to complete those processes such as mineral processing, crushing, etc. It is not too difficult, is it?"
President Morgan wanted to rebuke Xu Yiwei for taking mining too simple. But after thinking about it for a while, I found that since the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has developed this magic drilling machine, it seems not impossible to develop other corresponding magic machines for mines.
thought here. President Morgan couldn't help but change his expression. He looked at the magic drilling machine that was resting after finishing his work. After thinking for a while, he couldn't help but ask Xu Yi: "President Xu, this magic drilling machine... you should also Will it be sold?"
Xu Yi snickered in his heart, but with a surprised expression on his face, he asked, "What? President Morgan, are you interested?"
President Morgan frowned and said, "President Xu, if you're not going to sell me this thing, why did you make a special trip to call me?"
"I said it just now, I want to ask for your opinion." Taking a look at President Morgan's quickly turning ugly face, Xu Yi immediately changed his tune: "But since President Morgan, you are interested in this thing, it's easy to say. .Sell! Of course we sell! Our New Flying Chamber of Commerce originally sells magic machinery."
"Okay, how much are you going to sell this thing for?" President Morgan asked again.
"Well...the price hasn't been clarified yet. But since it's President Morgan, why don't you ask... Well, for the sake of everyone being old friends, I'll give you a discounted price, a whole number, one hundred gold coins. One, what do you think?" Xu Yi said.
"One hundred gold coins each?" President Morgan stared at Xu Yi with wide eyes. "Why don't you just grab it?"
Seeing President Morgan's angry look, Xu Yi blinked innocently and said with a look of grievance: "President Morgan, this is a very fair price, are you still not satisfied?"
"It's fair..." President Morgan endured it, but still didn't blurt out the swear words. After desperately taking a few deep breaths, he calmed down and said solemnly: "President Xu, stop joking, give me a real price, and if I'm satisfied, I'll order a few from you."
Xu Yi put on an embarrassed look, and after thinking for a long time, he sighed and said, "Okay, for President Morgan's sake, then I'll give a little, ninety-five gold coins a piece, what do you think? ?"
President Morgan glanced at Xu Yi, and he was too lazy to get angry again, and said coldly: "Fifty gold coins each, don't think about it any more."
Xu Yi shook his head: "President Morgan, I can't accept this price. If you really want it, then I'll give you a real price, ninety gold coins a piece, no less."
"Hmph, the cost of this machine is probably less than twenty gold coins in my opinion. You dare to call one for ninety gold coins. It's too dark. Fifty gold coins, that's the price."
"You also have to see how much effort our Chamber of Commerce has spent to develop it. Well, the minimum is eighty-eight gold coins."
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After some bargaining, the final price was set at seventy-eight gold coins.
President Morgan was quite dissatisfied with this price, but he had nothing to do.
After witnessing the powerful power of this magic drilling machine with his own eyes, he must admit that with the help of this machine in mining, the mining efficiency will be greatly improved. How could he miss it? Can't be too persistent.
And although Xu Yi made a big loss on the surface, his heart was full of joy.
The material cost of this magic drilling machine is nothing more than a mere hardware coin.
Although the cost of research and development is high, as long as enough units are sold, the cost of research and development can be gradually diluted and ignored.
So even if it is calculated in the most rigorous way, if it is sold at this price, just one new flying chamber of commerce can get a pure profit of more than 60 gold coins!
Moreover, although President Morgan only ordered a mere 100 units from Xu Yi at first, he also said that if he felt good after using it, he would continue to order a lot.
I am also very confident about this.
The technology on the Sainz Continent is backward, so mining is purely manual. How can the efficiency of this method be on a par with mechanized operations.
As long as the Falcao Chamber of Commerce has tried the huge efficiency improvement brought by the magic drill, it is guaranteed that they will never get rid of it again.
Preliminary discussions determined that, according to the usual practice, the two should go to have a meal together at this time to connect with each other, but President Morgan didn't mention it at all because he didn't have a good impression of Xu Yi.
As for Xu Yi, there was something else that was not mentioned at all.
So the two of them said goodbye and left, and Xu Yi went straight to the carriage shop in Bangta City.
All he needed to do was come here to welcome a special group of guests.