This is indeed good news.
Regarding Xu Yi's request for leasing land, after considering it, His Majesty the King actually initially expressed his agreement!
As for the specifics, His Majesty the King will not really consider it until Xu Yi submits a detailed plan stating the purpose and use of the land he rents.
And the premise of this consideration is that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce can complete the first batch of farmland magic machinery within the deadline. Otherwise, nothing will happen.
Of course, for 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, which is already on track, Xu Yi is always more concerned about technology research and development.
The workers in the magic machine tool workshop were moved to the new workshop, and Xu Yi converted the old workshop into a dedicated magic machine tool research and development workshop.
Currently, thirteen dwarf craftsmen with the most technical experience, including Canby and Botru, are responsible for the research and development of magic machine tools in this workshop.
Although the magic forging machine tools are now ready for use, this is only an initial success. Both Xu Yi and Canby and other dwarves feel that these magic machine tools have a lot of room for improvement.
In fact, if His Majesty the King and the Department of Agriculture's orders were not too tight, according to Canby and other dwarves, it would be best to give them another three months for these magic machine tools to be basically completed.
As for Xu Yi, who is a well-known mechanical engineer on the earth, he knows very well that the time consumed in the development of a machine tool should never be only a short month. It is also not just an additional three months, but not at all. Endless.
Even on Earth, where the mechanical industry is extremely developed, research on machinery has never stopped, and new results will be published every year.
Because for those mechanical engineering companies on earth, only those who have mastered it are sufficiently advanced. Only with excellent technology that surpasses most other companies can we get a share of the market.
Although there is currently only Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in Sainz's continent that produces magic machinery and there is no technical pressure, Xu Yi will never relax in this regard.
In fact, as Xu Yi's research on magical machinery continues to deepen. Many times he no longer completely copies the mechanical theories on earth. Instead, corresponding changes will be made based on the characteristics of magic and some special features on the Sainz continent.
For example, the medium-sized magic drilling machine he recently asked Canby and others to develop is actually very different from the drilling machines on earth.
Drilling machines on the earth mainly rely on power-driven drill bits to drill the hard surface layer. The drilling machine currently developed by Xu Yi combines the unique magic of Sainz continent, and has several powerful fifth-level earth magic arrays attached to the drill bit.
With the help of these earth magic arrays, the drill bit only needs to be close to the surface. The power of the magic circle will be reflected, directly shaking the soil and even rock layers loose, which will save a lot of effort when drilling.
The small magic drilling machine used by Xu Yi when drilling water wells in the Yege tribe could only be regarded as a test product. It was powerful enough to drill through rock formations up to several meters deep. However, the medium-sized magic drilling machine being developed now goes a step further, drilling The effect is more significant.
Heinze once asked Xu Yi why he wanted to develop such a thing, because although the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce had acquired an iron mine. But now there are simply not enough funds to invest in the development of this iron mine, so it can only be put on hold temporarily. This thing will not be used after it is developed.
Xu Yi could only once again despise Heinze's lack of foresight in his heart.
Even if you don't use this thing, there are many people who need it.
For example, President Fuller Morgan of the Falcao Chamber of Commerce.
"President Xu. This thing is actually so powerful!" President Morgan looked at the huge boulder that collapsed in front of him in surprise. He didn't care about the huge dust caused by the falling gravel. He opened his mouth in surprise and couldn't close it for a long time.
When Xu Yi invited him to observe the new magic machine produced by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, President Morgan hesitated for a long time before finally deciding to take a look.
But he didn't expect that the magic machine called the small magic drilling machine that Xu Yi demonstrated in front of him was so powerful. It only took less than three minutes to drill the machine in front of him, which was more than three meters high and four meters wide. , the huge boulder up to two meters thick turned directly into rubble.
As the president of the Falcao Chamber of Commerce, President Morgan could tell at a glance that this boulder was the siderite ore commonly found in iron mines and was extremely hard.
If workers in the mine were to use iron picks, iron drills and other tools to crush such a huge piece of iron ore, it would take several workers an hour or two to break it.
And just now Xu Yi just asked two young men who didn't look very strong at all to carry the magic drilling machine, drill all the way down to the center of this huge siderite ore, and then this piece of mine work experienced President Morgan also felt that the huge and troublesome ore was drilled out from the middle and shattered into several pieces.
Next, the two men continued to use the magic drilling machine to drill through the larger ores, and all the ores eventually turned into rubble.
The total time consumed by the entire process is just over ten minutes.
Hearing President Morgan's exclamation, Xu Yi smiled slightly: "How is it? President Morgan, are you satisfied with this magic drilling machine?"
"Of course..." President Morgan suddenly stopped talking, glanced at Xu Yi, suppressed all the excitement and shock on his face, coughed lightly, and slowed down his voice and said: "Well... this thing is indeed very good. But President Xu, your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce doesn’t seem to have any use for it, right? What’s the purpose of developing this thing?”
Seeing President Morgan's pretended calmness, Xu Yi felt funny in his heart, but on the surface he made a surprised expression and said: "Who said we can't use it? President Morgan, you forgot, our Chamber of Commerce was not We acquired an iron mine at the auction. We developed this thing just for mining. President Morgan, your Falcao Chamber of Commerce is an expert in mining. I invited you here just to show you this. Wouldn’t it be nice to have something for mining?”
President Morgan wanted to shake his head and say no, but the facts were in front of him. If he denied the power of this magic drilling machine, he would undoubtedly be slapping himself in the face. So he could only laugh dryly and nodded: "Well, it's very good."
Xu Yi lined up his hands and said excitedly: "That would be great. It can be affirmed by President Morgan. It proves that this magic machine is really good. Then I feel relieved. If we originally 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 barely try to mine it.”
President Morgan couldn't help but sneer and said: "President Xu, you underestimate the mining of mines. Although I admit that with this magic drilling machine, mining ore will become much easier. But mining is not just about crushing the ore and extracting it. The subsequent processes such as mineral processing and stone crushing require a lot of manpower to complete. With your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce..." President Morgan hummed softly. He made a sound, his expression full of disdain.
Xu Yi shrugged as if he didn't see President Morgan's expression, and replied with a relaxed smile: "That's easy too. What our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is best at is developing various magic machines to replace human labor. You We can still develop some corresponding magic machinery to complete the mineral processing, gravel and other processes. This is not too difficult, is it? "
President Morgan wanted to reprimand Xu Yi for taking mining too simply. But after thinking about it, I found that since the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has developed this magic drilling machine, it does not seem impossible to develop other corresponding magic machines for use in mines.
Think of this. President Morgan couldn't help but change his face. He looked at the magic drilling machine that was resting after completing its work. After pondering for a moment, he couldn't help but asked Xu Yi: "President Xu, this magic drilling machine... you should be able to do the same." Take it out and sell it, right?”
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 weren't going to sell this thing to me, why did you make a special trip to call me here?"
"I just said it, I want to ask for your opinion." Glancing at President Morgan's face that quickly turned ugly, Xu Yi immediately changed his words: "But since President Morgan you are interested in this thing, it's easy to say .Sell! Of course we sell magic machines.”
"Okay, how much do you plan to sell this thing for?" President Morgan asked again.
"Hmm... We haven't set a clear price yet. But since you are asking about it as President Morgan... Well, since we are old friends, I will give you a preferential price. Calculated in round figures, it is one hundred gold coins per unit. , what do you think?" Xu Yidao.
"A hundred gold coins each?" President Morgan stared at Xu Yi with wide eyes and an expression of disbelief. "Why don't you just go and grab it?"
Seeing President Morgan's angry look, Xu Yi blinked innocently and said aggrievedly: "President Morgan, this is a very fair price, are you still not satisfied?"
"To be fair..." President Morgan endured it, but still did not blurt out the curse words. After taking a few deep breaths, he calmed down and said in a deep voice: "President Xu, stop joking. Give me a real price. If I am satisfied, I will order a few units from you."
Xu Yi put on a troubled expression, thought for a long time, and then sighed and said: "Okay, for the sake of President Morgan, I will give in a little, ninety-five gold coins per unit, what do you think?" ?”
President Morgan glanced at Xu Yi and didn't bother to get angry anymore. He said coldly: "Fifty gold coins per unit. If it's more, don't even think about it."
Xu Yi shook his head: "President Morgan, this price is unacceptable to me. If you really want it sincerely, then I will give you a real price, ninety gold coins per unit, no less."
"Hmph, I think the cost of this machine is probably less than twenty gold coins. You dare to call it ninety gold coins. That's too shady. Fifty-five gold coins is the price."
"You also have to see how much effort our Chamber of Commerce has put into developing it. Okay, the minimum is eighty-eight gold coins."
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After some haggling, the final price was set at seventy-eight gold coins per unit.
Chairman Morgan was quite dissatisfied with this price, but he had nothing to do.
After witnessing the powerful power of this magic drilling machine, he must admit that if this machine is used in mining, the mining efficiency will be greatly improved. How could he miss it? There is no way to be too insistent.
Although Xu Yi looked like he had suffered a big loss on the surface, he was happy in his heart.
The material cost of this magic drilling machine is less than five gold coins per unit.
Although R&D costs are high, as long as enough units are sold, R&D costs can be gradually diluted until they are negligible.
So even if we calculate it in the most rigorous way, if it is sold at this price, just one new aircraft can make a net profit of more than 60 gold coins!
Moreover, although President Morgan initially only ordered a hundred units from Xu Yi, he also said that if he felt good after using them, he would continue to place large orders.
Xu Yi is very confident about this.
The technological backwardness on Sainz's continent has resulted in mining being done purely manually. How can the efficiency of this method be comparable to that of mechanized operations
As long as Falcao Chamber of Commerce has tried the huge efficiency improvement brought by the magic drilling machine, it is guaranteed that they will never be able to get rid of it again.
After preliminary discussions, it was determined that according to the usual practice, the two of them should have a meal together to connect with each other at this time, but President Morgan didn't mention it at all because he didn't have a good impression of Xu Yi.
As for Xu Yize, he had other matters, which he didn't mention 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 needs to do is come here to greet a group of special guests.