Chapter 571 Development
In a manor south of Carroll City, a large shed that once served as a warehouse is brightly lit.
This is the property of the big merchant Cod. The shed and several surrounding houses used to be warehouses, used to store the fodder for the horse team and the temporary turnover of goods. However, since the spring of this year, the warehouse has changed its role - big merchant I bought five magic wagons in one go and set up a new-style team. The original horse-drawn wagons were cut by 50% at once, and the remaining wagons were also deployed to the hands of the merchants in the countryside. The reduction of wagons resulted in the required forage. The reduction of the old warehouses was transformed into new facilities - workshops and laboratories.
Wearing a thin coat and combing his hair meticulously, Cod walked into the large shed. The magic spar lamp hanging on the roof of the shed glowed brightly, making the interior bright as day. The wide space in the shed was surrounded by chest-high low walls. It is divided into several areas, and the newly purchased simple machine tools are running happily in each area. The sound of metal parts hitting and the hum of the magic mechanism are mixed, and there is a wonderful smell of grease in the middle - big businessman Through these sounds and smells, I went straight to the compartment at the end of the aisle.
Several young people in short robes were busy in front of the workbench. When they saw Cod appear, they turned around and saluted, Cod quickly waved his hand: "You don't need to salute - just do your own thing. ."
Several young people returned to their previous jobs, and Codd came to the workbench and watched these people busy.
These people are all the apprentices and rune craftsmen that he recruited at a high price-apprentices and craftsmen themselves are not expensive employees, but they have studied in the academy run by the Government Affairs Office, and they have also passed the certification of magician technicians. , which is enough to double their worth.
Hiring these people is expensive, but the role they perform is well worth the money in the eyes of big businessmen.
On the workbench, a once complete magic device has been dismantled into a pile of parts, several rune substrates and a series of control, power supply, and linkage mechanisms are neatly spread out, and each part is labelled. Their functions are marked, and there are a lot of manuscript papers and scrolls stacked on the side of the workbench, which are full of dense calculations and records. Ordinary people just glance at them, I am afraid they will faint.
"Sir, we have completely disassembled the M-2 universal magic terminal, and figured out the purpose of all the rune substrates," a young magician with short hair and messy said to Cod, "now we are based on the rune. Using logic to calculate the power and interference coefficient of the ice pick substrate, we think that as long as its projection area is properly adjusted, coupled with a box with better thermal insulation, it is completely feasible to create a container that can preserve food..."
"Very good, very good," Cord nodded again and again, "is there any difficulty?"
Another young man said: "We need a more stable source of magic power - the previous magic net units were purchased old goods,
And some of them have already begun to be damaged, and it is really unusable. "
"Don't worry, I've asked Parr to buy a new magic net unit. This time it's no longer used, it's all brand new."
"Then it's fine."
The technicians returned to work, and Cod continued to stand by the workbench, watching them busy around a pile of runes, manuscript papers, and formulas.
He could only understand a small part of it, but that didn't stop him from being immersed in it.
An attempt to "advertise" Carroll's specialties has been a success since winter, with local merchants having become champions of the wizarding industry and its by-products, and his new "advertising" this spring Cod's family know-how company is his second attempt in this new era.
It looks like this attempt will also be a great success.
The emergence of the magic industry has changed the way of production, and as a successful big businessman, Cod saw more than just changes in the way of production during the promotion of the magic industry. After purchasing his first Magic Vehicle, and after experiencing first-hand the power and efficiency of a Magic Vehicle, he realized how useful this incredible thing could be - an ordinary person, an ordinary person like him , how unimaginable is it that you can hold those levers to control a machine with infinite force?
For Cod, the biggest impact of purchasing the magic car from the lord is not how powerful those cars are, but the fact that "magic can really belong to ordinary people" itself.
He opened up his mind, and also saw business opportunities from the price of the magic car.
Magic car, magic net communication, large machinery... These things cannot be copied and produced by his ability, but what about smaller ones? Simpler?
The Council of State officials didn't forbid him to do it, that's it.
His method is very simple, and it even seems almost comical in the eyes of a real magician - he bought a universal magic terminal from the store directly operated by the Government Affairs Office, then dismantled it, and used his own extremely limited rune. Knowledge, according to the basic courses taught in the college textbook, patchwork together the hot rune group, energy group and a sunken iron plate together, and then put a pot on the iron plate, boiled A pot of undercooked vegetable soup.
The vegetable soup was the worst thing he'd ever eaten in his life, but he couldn't be more proud of the stupidly shaped "heating table".
He then signed up with the Cod Family Communication Company.
He couldn't rely on buying the magic terminal from the store and disassembling the parts to produce his own product - that would only make a loss, so he went to all the departments of the government office and bought a rune that was half scrapped due to overproduction. pressing machine;
Without a technician, he went to school to copy a full set of basic courses in rune logic and mechanics (there was still a shortage of printed books at that time, and there was no way to buy textbooks in the school), and he took the literate family and chamber of commerce. The young man studied for half a month and repaired the scrapped machine tool;
He used his prestige and connections, and spent a lot of money to hire a few young people with a magician's license - these are the ones in front of him;
He bought a lot of magic devices, the magic devices produced by the Cecil Machinery Manufacturing Institute and the Magic Technology Research Institute, from general-purpose magic terminals to agricultural water pumps, machinery, and even expensive magic web communicators. But they are all dismantled into parts;
He built his own "new factory", built his own "laboratory", and even built a simple small machine tool with the workers - driven by an outdated piston-type magic energy engine, which could only It is used to drill holes in metal plates, but the efficiency is much higher than that of manual work.
This is his "Cod Factory", but it is not the first factory he built. His first factory is actually further north, next to his mansion, but due to a rune out of control accident, the factory Most of it was burnt down, and the nearby residents also panicked, so he had to transfer all the equipment and personnel here.
All of this cost him nearly half of his fortune. The wealth he has accumulated since he started business has been poured into these machines and workshops like water. Many people think that he is crazy, that he was stunned by the dazzling vision of the magic web broadcast. mind, so that at a young age, I still have to do this kind of risky thing...
But in the end, his first batch of magic heating stations sold 2,000 sets - the slightly wealthier upper-class citizens could not refuse this convenient thing, not only because it was novel and easy to use, but also because it got rid of firewood and firewood. A smoky life is a sign of decency.
These "products" of Cod are actually very simple in principle. Just like the original stupid method, he bought a complex magic device, and then disassembled it to see what simple technology he could master, or go to Research courses taught in schools for ideas and approaches.
The magic technology at this stage is not so complicated. There are many basic principles that can be understood and controlled by ordinary people, and the civilian field is so blank that any slightly more convenient invention has a huge use. The first thing Cod has to do is to find the "demand point" for civilian use.
His method is not complicated - just study the lives of nobles and extraordinary people, study the convenient and comfortable parts of their lives, and then find a way to realize it in magic technology.
The nobles and extraordinary people in this world have always lived a comfortable and convenient life, and the convenience is beyond the imagination of commoners.
They have magical lighting, the comfort of artificial temperature and humidity, instant communication, artificial intelligence servants, and can enjoy any food in any season...
As a big businessman who came from a commoner and became rich by doing business, Code not only knew the living conditions of commoners, but also experienced the lifestyle of the upper class. He took this advantage to the extreme and found countless business opportunities——
Mages can heat food with magical flames, and he can create heating tables for civilian use; Mages have constant spring-like spells in the Mages Tower, and he can create similar effects with rune boards and ventilation ducts; nobles If we can eat ice cubes in summer and fresh meat forever, then he will create a cheap and convenient container that can also make ice cubes and preserve food...
The success of the Cod Family Business has also attracted the attention of others. Now, in Carroll and the surrounding areas, many businessmen are also active. They are all preparing their own companies, and many familiar people have come to find them. Codd asked for experience, and people seemed to finally notice this should be obvious:
Magic brings convenience to life, and whoever brings convenience to life can seize business opportunities.
A burst of voices came from the gate of the factory building. Cod looked up and saw his eldest son Parr and several workers were pushing a scooter in - they were carefully guarding the contents of the car, and they were caught. What they were protecting was a large box packed with wooden slats and straw rope, and the mark of the Cecil Rune Foundry could be seen on the large box.
Bought back the new Leyline Cell Array - laboratory grade.
Cod quickly greeted him, and at the same time beckoned the nearby workers to come to help unload the goods, but the eldest son Parr pulled him aside, this young man who had just returned from the city center had a deliberately unpredictable look on his face: " Father, there is news for you..."
Cod glanced at his son: "What news?"
"Duke Cecil already knew about your company and what you were producing, guess what happened?"
Cord suddenly became nervous.
what happened?
He seemed to suddenly realize that there was another risk in what he was doing, realizing that what he was contacting and copying was the lord's rights-although he was only tossing some simple "small areas" in the "small areas" that the lord did not take care of. "things", but the act of dismantling the magic device produced by Cecil, creating new machines, and hiring magic technicians...isn't it a taboo?
Although the officials of the Government Affairs Office did not stop themselves before, although Cecil's law does not seem to prohibit such acts, although the lord has always said that he must strictly follow the law, but... After all, this involves the lord, the lord Do you really obey those laws? Would he be annoyed by his bold actions?
For a while, Cord thought about a lot of things, so much that he forgot that the advertisements he put on the magic net must have been reviewed and approved by the Cecil Supreme Council, and Parr noticed his father's nervousness. , The young man burst out laughing, and took out a piece of paper that was carefully rolled up from his arms: "Father! The order of commendation signed by Duke Cecil!! And you are about to be canonized as a knight! !"
Cod was stunned for a moment, and froze in place for a while.
Two seconds later, he suddenly snatched the award from Parr's hand, opened it with trembling hands, and read the words on it carefully.
At the end of the commendation order is the canonization order.
He watched it over and over, and finally noticed the uncontrollable smile on Parr's face.
"You guy, you dare to tease your father!"
"Oh, father! Don't forget your chivalry!"