Chapter 150 Magic Trebuchet

While everyone was looking forward to Xu Yi's published books and the academy he founded, Xu Yi quietly came to Anweimar City again.

This time, he didn't go to see anyone, and went straight to find Major McConley at the Army Logistics Office.

"Hey, President Xu, I heard that you went to the Principality of Standing?" Major McGonley asked with a smile when he saw Xu Yi. "What do you think of the Principality of Standing? Do you feel that this Principality is completely useless?"

Hearing this question, Xu Yi immediately understood that it was not only him who knew about the laziness of the citizens of the Principality of Standing and the greed of those in the upper echelons. It seemed that this was the consensus of a group of people.

"It's not at all rescued, but..." Xu Yi shrugged and smiled bitterly: "It's really hard to do something over there."

Maiconley laughed and patted Xu Yi on the shoulder: "If you want to do something real, you still have to be in our Kingdom of Lampari. Especially someone with strong abilities like you shouldn't go to Stan. A place like Ding Duchy is a waste of time."

Xu Yi glanced at him, thinking that if the Lampari Kingdom was a big empire with a vast territory and extremely rich resources like the Marlow Empire and the Candela Empire, he would also like to develop well in the Lampari Kingdom.

But Lampari Kingdom is a small country on Sainz Continent after all, and domestic resources are not particularly rich, most of which have long been divided up by major nobles in the kingdom. Xu Yi and Xinfei A new small chamber of commerce such as the Chamber of Commerce has no chance of intervening.

Just like the cooperation between the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Joseph family this time, according to Xu Yi's true wishes, he certainly hopes to be able to control the non-ferrous metal mine sales resources in the Lampari Kingdom in the hands of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. But he knew very well that the Joseph family would never be so generous. Therefore, it can only take the form of providing technical cooperation. Receive a priority supply of these resources from the Joseph family.

And as a person who came from the earth, Xu also knew very well the importance of controlling these resources.

There is no hope in the Lampari Kingdom for the time being, and Xu Yi's eyes will of course be directed elsewhere.

The reason why they would rather choose to mine non-ferrous metal ore veins in the black rice wasteland under the eyes of the orcs, and even ran out of the Kingdom of Lampari to buy three mines in the Principality of Standing, even if the Principality of Standing is discovered this time. Including Grand Duke Standing, it is not very reliable, and Xu Yi still did not give up, the reason is that these resources in these two places only need to be well grasped. It is very likely that Xu Yi will be completely in his own hands.

Being able to control the most core energy issues in your own hands is worth it, even if you pay some costs.

Of course, in order to do this, we must first solve a very important problem.

Xu Yi winked at Major McConley, Major McConley immediately understood, looked left and right, and took Xu Yi to a secret room inside his office.

"Did it come out so soon?" As soon as the door was closed, Major McConley immediately looked at Xu Yi with excitement and anticipation.

Xu Yi smiled slightly, took out a stack of blueprints from his bag and handed it to Major McConley.

Major McConley hurried over to take it, but he didn't even bother to greet Xu Yi. Just started to read it.

After two glances, Major McConley's eyes became brighter and brighter. When you see it at the end, there is a smile of joy and excitement on your face.

After reading the last page, Major McConley slapped his thigh hard and laughed.

"Great! Great! If we can use this magic trebuchet, then our army's combat effectiveness will be greatly improved!"

Xu Yi smiled and said: "Of course. Although it has not been tested, this magic catapult is made of new steel, and the power is strong enough. In theory, the maximum catapult weight can even reach one ton! And it does not need to be like traditional wood. A trebuchet takes a long time to recalibrate every launch. Based on our current initial setup, the recalibration time after each launch is no more than half a minute.”

"In other words, as long as the stone is fast enough, it can even launch two large stones in one minute?" Major McConley asked with wide-eyed eyes.

"That's right." Xu Yi nodded slightly. "Also, this is just the first version of the magic trebuchet. If you hadn't urged it so urgently, I would have waited until a new version of the burst magic trebuchet was developed before taking it."

"Burst of magic trebuchets?" Major McConley's already bright eyes brightened a bit. "Can it be fired continuously?"

"Almost. Specifically, the magic trebuchet can complete the entire procedure of loading stones, launching, adjusting, and then loading the stones, while the soldiers in charge of the magic trebuchet only need to put the stones prepared in advance into the ammunition. Just in the box."

"Ammo box?" Major McConley frowned and thought for a while, then reacted. "Is it a box specially used to put stones?"

"Yeah. The reason why I call this an ammunition box is because, in my opinion, the rock of a trebuchet is its ammunition." After saying this, Xu Yi paused, and a meaningful smile flashed across his face. . "Actually, if I really want to say, things like stones are not ammunition at all..."

Major McConley glanced at Xu Yi and wanted to ask, but Xu Yi obviously didn't want to talk about this topic in depth. After thinking about it, he continued to ask various questions about this magic trebuchet.

After getting a general understanding of the basic issues, Major McConley nodded: "Okay, this magic catapult is very good. Although it still needs to be discussed by the generals in the military before the final decision can be made, but I think it should definitely pass. President Xu , can I ask, how long will it take for your chamber of commerce to produce such a magic catapult?"

"It has not been officially put into production yet, so I can't give you an accurate time. However, according to the estimates of the research institute, if it is officially put into production, it may take at least one week to complete one in the initial stage."

"It only takes a week? So fast!" Major McConley looked shocked. "I thought this thing was so complicated that it would take at least a few months to make one."

Xu Yi smiled slightly, thinking that you might underestimate the miracles that industry can create.

This is also because the current industrial base on the Sainz Continent is too weak. Even the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is far inferior to the industrial production capacity of those large factories on the earth. This results in a magic trebuchet taking a week to complete.

This magic catapult seemed very complicated to Major McConley. It shocked him, but in the eyes of a mechanical engineer like Xu Yi, the structure is very simple and not worth mentioning at all.

If it is placed in a country with a well-established industrial system and a relatively solid industrial foundation, such as the Celestial Dynasty, I am afraid that it can be done in a few days if it is handed over to a factory that produces heavy machinery.

And if you include mass production and assembly line operations, on average, one unit may not be used for a day.

Major McConley looked at Xu Yi again. With a hesitant expression on his face, he hesitated for a while before asking: "This... President Xu, this magic catapult, do you think our military department can produce it by itself?"

Xu Yi immediately laughed.

As expected, as long as he handed over the blueprint, the military would definitely still hope to capture this magic trebuchet.

But this time was different from the last time, Xu Yi shook his head without thinking.

"I'm afraid not." Xu Yi said sternly. "Major McConley, I think you should know very well that this magic catapult is very complicated. Even if our new flying chamber wants to produce it, it will take a lot of effort. I don't think the military has such a production capacity now."

"Isn't it okay to hand over all the drawings and related technologies to us?" Major McConley continued to ask reluctantly.

However, Xu Yi still shook his head firmly.

"No. Major, this is different from the production of armored weapons. The main factor in the production of armored weapons is those magic machines provided by our chamber of commerce. The workers only need to know how to operate it. Generally speaking, there is not much technical difficulty. But the production The complexity of this magic trebuchet goes far beyond the production of armor and weapons, and even if I provide all the relevant technologies, the military cannot master it by itself." Speaking of which, Xu Yi showed a slightly mocking smile and continued. : "Besides, it's not impossible for us to provide all the relevant technologies, but what does the military plan to use to make corresponding compensation."

Major McConley fell silent immediately.

Of course, he understood that the military could rely on the official power of the kingdom to ask Xu Yi and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to do something according to their own requirements, and even force the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to hand over these technologies.

But if you want to get it for free, it is obviously impossible.

This magic catapult is extremely powerful just by looking at the drawings. If it can be equipped in the army of Lampari Kingdom, it can definitely greatly improve the combat effectiveness of the army, so the army is bound to win.

However, if the attitude of the military is too tough, it will cause dissatisfaction or even a rebound from Xu Yi and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, which will arouse the dissatisfaction of some big figures who pay attention to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. , is a very significant loss.

To put it bluntly, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is now unique. Apart from them, there is no other chamber of commerce that can develop the magic military machinery required by the military by itself.

Even the concept of "magic military machinery" was first proposed by Xu Yi.

Therefore, although Major McConley was the head of the military logistics department, he still behaved very politely to Xu Yi.

Not only because Xu Yi was valued by Her Royal Highness Princess Sevigny and Her Majesty the King, but also because Xu Yi and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce were able to bring what they urgently needed to the military.

After quickly reconsidering these factors in his mind, Major McConley immediately gave up the idea of ​​requiring Xu Yi and Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to fully hand over the technology to the military. After thinking about it, he nodded and said, "Well then, President Xu, may I ask... how much does your chamber of commerce plan to price a magic catapult?"

Xu Yi smiled and stretched out a finger: "One thousand gold coins."

Major McConley immediately turned pale. (To be continued..)