Chapter 4 The Helpless President Morgan
This is indeed good news.
After considering Xu Yi's request to rent land, His Majesty the King actually agreed to the preliminary agreement!
As for the specific details, His Majesty the King will only consider it after Xu Yi submits a detailed plan to express the purpose and purpose of renting the land.
And the premise of this consideration is also based on the fact that the New Air Chamber of Commerce can complete the first batch of farmland magic machinery within the deadline, otherwise, everything will be left unresolved.
Of course, for the New Air Chamber of Commerce, which has successfully developed a series of magic forging and pressing machines, this premise is not difficult.
Compared with the production of the magic machine tool workshop that has already been on track, Xu Yi is always more concerned about technology research and development.
The workers in the Magic Machine Tool Workshop have all changed to new workshops, and the old workshop was converted into a special Magic Machine Tool R&D workshop by Xu Yi.
Now thirteen dwarf craftsmen with the most technical experience, including Cambi and Potrulu, are in this workshop, specifically responsible for the research and development of magic machine tools.
Although the magic forging machine tools can be put into use now, this is only a preliminary success. Dwarves such as Xu Yi and Kambi feel that these magic machine tools have a lot of room for improvement.
In fact, if it weren't for the order time of His Majesty the King and the Agricultural Department, according to the views of dwarves such as Camby, it would be better to give them three months to basically complete these magic machines.
For Xu Yi, a well-known mechanical engineer on earth, he knew very well that the time it took to develop a machine tool should not be just one month, nor would it be more than three months. It was simply endless.
Even on the earth with extremely developed mechanical industry, research on machinery has never stopped. Every year, new achievements will be published.
Because for those mechanical engineering companies on the earth, only by mastering the excellent technology that is advanced enough to surpass most other companies can you get a share of the market.
Although there is currently only the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, a chamber of commerce that produces magic machinery, on the mainland of Sines, and there is no technical pressure yet, Xu Yi will never relax his requirements on this.
In fact, as Xu Yi's research on magical machinery continues to deepen, many times he no longer completely copied the mechanical theories on the earth, but would make corresponding changes based on 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.
The drilling machine on the earth mainly relies on power-driven drilling of the hard surface layer. The drilling machine developed by Xu Yi now combines the unique magic on the Synes continent and attaches several powerful fifth-level earth magic arrays to the drill bit.
With the help of these earth-type magic arrays, the drill bit only needs to be close to the surface, and the power of the magic array will be reflected, directly vibrating the soil layer or even the rock layer. It will save a lot of effort when drilling again.
The small magic drilling machine that Xu Yi used before when drilling wells in the Yege tribe was only considered a test piece, and its power is enough to drill through rock formations several meters deep. However, the medium-sized magic drilling machine that is being developed now goes further and has a more significant drilling effect.
Heinze once asked Xu Yi why he wanted to develop such a thing, because although the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce bought an iron ore, there is no sufficient funds to invest in the development of this iron ore. It can only be put on hold for the time being, and this thing cannot be used for research and development.
Xu Yi could only despise Hiince's lack of vision in his heart again.
Even if you can't use this thing yourself, some people need it.
For example, President Fuller Morgan of the Falcao Chamber of Commerce.
"President Xu, this thing is so powerful!" President Morgan looked at the huge rock that collapsed in front of him in surprise, regardless of the huge dust that had hit the ground due to the gravel. He opened his mouth wide in surprise and couldn't close it for a long time.
When Xu Yi was invited to observe the magic machinery newly produced by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, President Morgan hesitated for a long time before finally deciding to come and take a look.
But he did not expect that the magic machine called the small magic drilling machine that Xu Yi demonstrated in front of him was so powerful. In just less than three minutes, the huge stone in front of him, which was more than three meters high, four meters wide and two meters thick, turned into gravel on the ground.
As the president of the Falcao Chamber of Commerce, President Morgan saw at a glance that this huge stone is the common siderite ore in iron ore, with extremely high hardness.
If the workers in the mine used tools such as iron picks and iron chisels to break it, such a huge piece of iron ore would probably take several workers one or two hours to break it.
Just now, Xu Yi just asked two young men who didn't look very strong at all to carry this magic drilling machine and aimed at the huge semi-iron ore center and drilled all the way. Then, the huge ore that President Morgan, who had rich experience in mining, was drilled out of the middle and shattered into several petals.
Next, the two men continued to hold this magic drilling machine and drill the larger ore in a mess, and all the ore eventually turned into gravel.
The total time spent in the whole process is only more than 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 his mouth, glanced at Xu Yi, calmed down the excitement and shock on his face, coughed lightly, and slowed down his voice: "Well... this thing is indeed very good. But President Xu, it seems that your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce can't use it, right? What did you have developed this thing to do?"
Seeing the calm appearance of President Morgan pretending, Xu Yi was amused, but on the surface he said with a surprised expression: "Who said we can't use it? President Morgan, you forgot that our Chamber of Commerce bought an iron mine for auction some time ago. We developed this thing for mining. President Morgan, you Falcao Chamber of Commerce are experts in mining. I invite you here. I just want you to see if this thing is good for mining mines?"
President Morgan wanted to shake his head and say no. But the facts were right in front of him. He wanted to deny that the power of this magic drilling machine was undoubtedly slapping himself in the face, so he could only laugh dryly and nodded: "Well, it's very good."
Xu Yi had a row of hands and said excitedly: "That would be great. I can get the affirmation of President Morgan to prove that this magic machine is really good. I feel relieved. If I wanted to mine that mine, our chamber of commerce might not have enough staff 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 can't help but underestimate the mining of mines. Although I admit that with this magic drilling machine, mining ores will become much easier, mining is not just about breaking ore and mining. The subsequent ore dressing, gravel and other processes require a large number of manpower to complete. With your New Flight Chamber of Commerce..." President Morgan snorted softly, his expression was full of disdain.
Xu Yi shrugged his shoulders as if he didn't see President Morgan's expression, and said with a relaxed smile: "That's easy too. What our New Flight Chamber of Commerce is best at developing various magic machinery to replace manual labor. We can still develop some corresponding magic machinery for your ore dressing, gravel and other processes. This is not too difficult, isn't it?"
President Morgan wanted to reprimand Xu Yi Planet for thinking mining too simple, but after thinking about it, he found that since the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has developed this magic drilling machine, it seems that it is not impossible to develop other corresponding magic machinery for mines.
Thinking of this, President Morgan couldn't help but change his face, and looked at the magic drilling machine that was resting on the side after completing the work. After thinking for a while, he couldn't help asking Xu Yi: "President Xu. This magic drilling machine...you should be selling it out, right?"
Xu Yi smiled in his heart, but had a surprised expression on his face and asked, "What? President Morgan, are you interested?"
President Morgan frowned and said, "President Xu, if you weren't planning to sell me this thing, why would you call me here?"
"I just said that I want to ask for your opinion." After glanced at President Morgan's face that quickly became ugly, Xu Yi immediately changed his words: "But since President Morgan, you are interested in this thing, it's easy to say. Sell it! Of course, sell it! Our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce originally sold magic machinery."
"Okay, how much do you plan to sell this thing?" President Morgan asked again.
"Well... the price has not been clearly determined yet. But since it is President Morgan, please ask... Well, for everyone is old friends, I will give you a discounted price, calculate an integer, one hundred gold coins per unit, what do you think?" Xu Yi said.
"One hundred gold coins per?" President Morgan widened his eyes and looked at Xu Yi with an incredible look. "Why don't you just grab it?"
Looking at President Morgan's angry expression, Xu Yi blinked innocently and looked aggrieved and said, "President Morgan, this is a very fair price. Are you still not satisfied?"
"Just be fair..." President Morgan endured it, but still did not blurt out his swear words. After taking a few deep breaths, he calmed down and said in a deep voice: "President Xu, don't joke, give a real price. If I am satisfied, I will order a few from you."
Xu Yi looked embarrassed and thought for a long time before sighing, "Okay, for President Morgan's sake, I'll give you a little, ninety-five gold coins, what do you think?"
President Morgan glanced at Xu Yi, too lazy to get angry anymore, and said coldly: "A fifty gold coins are available, no matter how many more you can."
Xu Yi shook his head: "President Morgan, I can't accept this price. If you really want it sincerely, I'll give you a real price, ninety gold coins a unit, no more."
"Hmph, the cost of this machine is probably less than twenty gold coins in my opinion. It would be too unintentional if you dare to call ninety gold coins per unit. Fifty-five gold coins are the price."
"You also have to see how much effort our Chamber of Commerce has spent to develop it. Okay, the minimum is 88 gold coins."
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After some bargaining, the final price was set at 78 gold coins per unit.
President Morgan was quite dissatisfied with the price, but he had no choice but to do anything about it.
After witnessing the powerful power of this magic drilling machine with his own eyes, he must admit that if the mining machine is helped by this machine, the mining efficiency will be greatly improved, so how could he miss it? So he naturally couldn't hold on too much in terms of price.
Although Xu Yi showed a huge loss on the surface, he was filled with joy.
The material cost of this magic drilling machine is just less than a mere hardware coin.
Although the R&D cost is very high, as long as you sell enough units, the R&D cost can be gradually diluted and ignored.
So even if you use the most rigorous method, if you sell it at this price, just a new airplane chamber can get a net profit of more than 60 gold coins!
Moreover, although President Morgan only ordered a few hundred units from Xu Yi at first, he also said that if he thought it was good after use, he would continue to order in large quantities.
Xu Yi is very confident in this.
The backward technology on the Sainz continent has led to purely manual mining. How can this method be compared with mechanized operations?
As long as the Falcao Chamber of Commerce has tried the huge efficiency improvement brought by the magic drilling machine, they will ensure that they will never get rid of it again.
The preliminary discussion was made to confirm that according to convention, the two should have a meal together to contact each other, but President Morgan did not mention this at all because he had no good feelings for Xu Yi.
As for Xu Yi, there was something else, and he didn't mention it at all.
So the two of them said goodbye and left, and Xu Yi went straight to the carriage in Bangta City.
All he needs to do is to come here to welcome a group of special guests.
Chapter completed!