Chapter 128: The Blackheart Workshop
The paper mill is located downstream of the river in Lendo City, and Roy doesn't want to be dragged into a conversation because of pollution.
After obtaining a license from the Duke of Theodore, he leased a piece of land and opened a paper mill. There are many kinds of raw materials for making paper, such as logs, wheat straw, sugarcane husks, tussah silk, straw, etc., which can be easily purchased on the surrounding farms and lumberyards.
Sulphur bleach, or foaming agents, can be purchased from the Lendo City Alchemy Market.
Alchemy in this world is a matter of learning and occupation.
There are a lot of things in the raw material market, choose what you need, and find the place of origin along the vine, you can buy it in bulk.
The workers of the factory were hired in the city of Lentor, and the wages of a 10 silver coins were pitiful.
Roy only arranged for a few overseers to control the quality of the paper.
From construction to construction, it took less than a week.
After the first batch of paper was manufactured, it was shipped directly back to Demon King City.
Papermaking is not a secret, it needs space and resources, and it can't be placed in the Demon King City, and Roy has no idea of keeping it secret. But printing is different.
It's a secret, and it's been kept in the Demon King's City.
A hundred dark elf mages hired by Roy print and produce magic scrolls every day.
Large printing presses do not employ rollers, but the simplest embossing. With the mechanical energy provided by the magic motive, the gears rotate to precisely push the paper and emboss it, and send it to each black mage, who activates it.
A complete set of assembly line factory was formed.
A 50 Dark Elf Mage can activate at least 500 primary magic scrolls a day.
After Roy gave them the skin of the square dance battle group, their combat power doubled, and their daily workload was also directly doubled. Work 12 hours a day, after which these dark elves can rest.
Everyone has basic indicators, and if they don't meet the indicators, they will be locked up in a small black room.
Reel yields are pegged to cat coins.
More work, more rewards.
The number of items that can be redeemed in Lilina's Cat Shop is constantly increasing.
In addition, people who do a good job can also be promoted up the ranks, becoming workshop directors or even technical directors.
Under the distribution system and rest system of the joint force, these dark elves are enthusiastic about their work. Although it is just a repetitive and boring job, it is also very energetic.
The hard work of the Dark Elves has brought a lot of output to the scroll printing house.
Within a week of the start of construction, 30w primary magic scrolls were produced.
This is still the result of unfamiliarity with the process, resulting in a decrease in efficiency.
These 300,000 primary magic scrolls are all magic carefully selected by Luo Yi from the primary magic and have extremely high practical magic. Such as fireballs, wind blades, petrified skins, illumination, earth shields, etc.
The mass use of these spells will bring qualitative changes to the battlefield.
It's like the advent of thermal weapons.
Roy plays with the magic scroll in his hand.
It is said to be a scroll, but after compression and simplification, the final product is a paper roll the size of half a gel pen. When you use it, as long as you inject spiritual power to guide, you can release magic by breaking the paper stick.
The warehouse is already full of this thing.
Once you have something, the next thing is to sell.
This matter is naturally in the hands of the Migaka Chamber of Commerce, and after these 3 months of rapid development, the Migaka Chamber of Commerce has spread to half of the Dono Kingdom. With the rapid rise of flame wine, fast food, perfumes, and desserts, it has become a large chamber of commerce focusing on the food industry.
The impact is enormous.
Peters is in charge.
With his fancy sales strategy, he has become a popular figure in the merchant circle of the Dono's Kingdom.
As soon as Roy threw the question at him, Peters suggested the best way to do it, which was to export the scrolls through the elves.
Elves are nature's darlings, natural magicians, and it is normal for them to have so many scrolls sold at low prices, and humans will not be suspicious of the origin of the scrolls.
Roy's intention was to make trouble for Simba, so the price of these scrolls was positioned at less than a tenth of the market.
The low-level magic scroll market is in an awkward position. The power of magic is not enough to turn the tide of battle, but the price is high, and 10 gold coins and a fireball scroll are far less cost-effective than a fine iron longsword for 10 gold coins.
A low-level magic scroll is a very unflattering commodity.
Basically, only adventurers will buy it, and there are very few configurations in the army.
At most, some defensive or buff scrolls are scattered in the hands of officers. The price of this kind of consumables is too high, and with that little money, it is better to recruit more people. But if this price is reduced by more than 90%, the situation is completely reversed.
In the low-level magic scrolls, except for healing magic, all others are 1 gold coin.
The price was spoken, scaring Peters.
He stammered:
"Lord Demon King, 10% market price, it's too exaggerated! This...... You can't do that with money. ”
"Haha, Peters, do you know how much this one scroll costs?"
Roy picked up a fireball scroll and tore it with his hand, conjuring up a fireball the size of a football ball, and playing with it in his hand.
Peters took out a notepad and said:
"After you said you were going to enter the low-level magic scroll market, I went to investigate. A skilled magician can make one in as little as 2 hours. The special parchment paper costs 50 silver coins, the special potion costs 20 silver coins, and then according to the labor cost of a junior magician, it is worth at least 13 gold coins and 50 coins in 2 hours, a total of 14 gold coins and 20 silver coins. It's all at a loss. Low-level magic scrolls are the product of a magician's practice. ”
Roy Road:
"The scrolls we produce, which are equivalent to all the expenses, are only 16 silver coins."
Peters froze.
"Lord Roy, how did you do that?! God of Light is above, this is impossible! ”
"That's the power of industrialization."
The cost of pulp paper made by paper mills is almost negligible.
The magic circles are highly compressed and streamlined, and the consumption of potions is 70%+ less than that of manual hand-drawing.
As for the cost of manpower.
Those dark elves are diligent, with an average of 30 elemental coins a month, which is equivalent to 50 gold coins, less than 2 gold coins a day. And they can make thousands of low-level magic scrolls in a day.
Roy won't do it at a loss.
Selling 1 gold coin is considered a huge profit.
"You just have to find a way to spread the word, and you must let the soldiers on the front line use the magic scroll to facilitate the repulsion of Simba's invasion."
Peters, with a strange expression, hesitated and asked:
"Lord Roy, isn't Simba the Demon King? Why should you help us? ”
"Just because you're in the same camp doesn't mean you're in the same camp. Okay, you just go to the publicity, go out and buy hard, don't worry about the production, I'll say hello to Mavis, and the elves will help endorse it. ”
"Yes!"