In the spacious conference room, Chekafu chuckled after listening to Richard's words.
"Wizard Richard, do you think I'm targeting you?"
"No, no, no." Chikafu shook his head and gave a completely negative answer, "Wizard Richard, you are overthinking. I am not targeting you, and I have no reason to target you. Everything I do is for Just organize it for consideration. I didn't know that the real owner of the mine was yours. I destroyed and killed people just to facilitate the investigation.
To be honest, if you really have no guilty conscience, you should stand upright and tell everyone that you are the owner of the mine, and then there will be no such twists and turns. "
Seeing that Richard was about to speak again, Chikafu said first: "In addition, if it is true that you did not betray the organization as you said, then you might be able to explain some of the things you used in the mine. For example, demolition of ore The 'Fire Thunder', and the 'Railway Mine Car' under construction. This is something that has never appeared before, so why did it suddenly appear in your mine? There must be some reason, right?"
"Reason?" Richard said with a calm expression after hearing the words, "Dear Inspector, if you must have a reason, it is very simple, it is my brain."
"Brain?"
"Yes, brain." Richard nodded his forehead lightly and said, "The 'fire thunder' and 'rail mine car' you mentioned in my mine were all made by me after thinking about them. It looks amazing, but in fact, it is not very profound knowledge.
For example, 'Fire Thunder', his prototype is a barrel of ignited black powder. As far as I know, on the vast sea, more and more pirate ships have begun to give up boarding battles and instead use artillery battles to rob merchant ships. They poured barrels of black powder into barrels made of fine iron, loaded them with solid lead bullets, ignited them, and fired the lead bullets to bombard the sides of merchant ships.
After several shellings, the hull of the merchant ship will be severely damaged, ranging from slowing down to being tilted and flooding. After that, we can only surrender to the pirates and let them plunder, otherwise we will be directly sunk.
The fire thunder powder used in 'Fire Thunder' is not essentially different from black gunpowder, except that I adjusted the proportions of some subtle ingredients to increase its power, which can be used to better demolish mines and mine ores. This kind of thing may be mysterious in the eyes of ordinary people, but for wizards like us, it is actually not eye-catching at all.
On the one hand, it is troublesome and expensive to make. On the other hand, its range of use is limited, too bulky, and completely overwhelmed by spells. I guess this shouldn't be a big deal.
As for the 'Railway Mine Cart', it's even less worth mentioning. Because there is nothing surprising about it. It just changes the carriage walking on the road into a carriage walking on a special rail. I believe that as long as a person is not stupid, after reading it, he can summon a few craftsmen to copy it. I even suspect that there may be such 'rail mine cars' in many places.
The reason why this kind of 'rail mine car' has not become popular is simply because it is troublesome and expensive to make. The price of manufacturing, laying, repairing, and maintaining the rails alone is far higher than the cost of ordinary carriages. To be honest, if this kind of 'rail mine car' cannot bring enough benefits with its improved efficiency, it will be a loss-making approach. In this case, no matter how you look at it, you don’t need to take it seriously. "
"Is that so?" Chikafu did not change his attitude after hearing what he said, "Wizard Richard, maybe these two things are the same as you said, and there is no need to make a fuss or take them seriously, but I still doubt that you are asking the organization Hidden motives.”
"I didn't hide it from the organization." Richard said.
"Huh?" Chikafu frowned, as if he didn't hear clearly.
"I didn't hide it from the organization." Richard said again, explaining, "Yes, I did say just now that neither the 'Fire Thunder' nor the 'Railway Mine Cart' are worth mentioning. But I also said it before , I am willing to contribute to the organization, so I have already reported the details of these two things to Wizard Popobo Vicky in documents to the organization branch."
"Are you telling the truth?" Chikafu's eyes changed now, and his face turned half red and half white, not very pretty.
"Of course it's true." Richard said calmly, "Actually, my contribution to the organization is not just these two things, but also more. For example, I made suggestions for improving the communication method of the crystal ball.
According to my suggestion, the crystal ball can use a specific flashing method to represent specific characters, thereby completely transmitting a certain length of text, allowing both parties holding the crystal ball to communicate more efficiently and accurately.
This is much more important than "Fire Thunder" and "Railway Mine Car". It allows organizations to effectively reduce work errors and strengthen long-distance information exchange.
But what makes me a little disappointed is that the organization's response to my suggestion was not very strong. Wizard Joseph just told me that it may take several years to see the effect. Then I think that my "Fire Thunder" and "Railway Mine Cart" documents should not be taken seriously, and they are probably still at the bottom of the document box. "
Chikafu stopped talking and looked at Richard with doubtful eyes. After a while, he turned to look at Canon, the steward, for confirmation.
Canon did not hesitate. He first called Joseph who was in the audience to ask a few questions, and then asked him to go to the database to collect documents.
When the two documents arrived, it was confirmed that the wizard Bobo Boovich had indeed submitted the documents about "Fire Thunder" and "Railway Mine Cart" half a month ago, and Chikafu's expression became very exciting.
At this time, supervisor Rommel, who had been "closing his eyes and concentrating", suddenly opened his eyes, first glanced at the two documents, and then glanced at Chekhov. He said nothing after that and closed his eyes again, but the atmosphere in the conference room began to change subtly.
Chikafu clenched his fists, the blood vessels under his skin protruding, and stared at Richard, taking a deep breath and slowly regaining his composure.
Opening his mouth, Chikafu said: "Okay, Wizard Richard, maybe I misunderstood you. Regarding the 'Fire Thunder' and the 'Railway Mine Cart, you really have no suspicion. In fact, what I really want to pursue is Not this, but those ore powders in the secret warehouse of your factory."
As he spoke, Chekafu bent down and with a sudden force, he lifted up a heavy lead box under his feet and placed it heavily on the top of the circular table with a "bang".
Even though the table was of good quality, it couldn't help but "squeak" a little.
Chikafu gasped a few times, then opened the lead box with a click, revealing the gray mineral powder inside, and looked at Richard with wide eyes.
"Wizard Richard, I want to ask, what is inside this? Why do you want to hide this thing tightly in the small warehouse of your factory and send many people to guard it?"