Bad road conditions were a common phenomenon in this pre-industrial fantasy world, and the bumps in the journey caused the carriage travelers to suffer, so it was only natural that people had the motivation to change the situation, and to act on it long before Roland had the idea, and to get a satisfactory solution.

What kind of solution?

It's still the old way of being very "Vares-specific" - the technology is not enough, and the magic makes it up.

In fact, Roland has also experienced this kind of shock absorption firsthand, for example, when he accompanied Nikita to the Advanced Trial not long ago, he rented a carriage in the small town of Rubik's Cube Island to apply magic to receive shock absorption, and frankly, the ride experience was quite comfortable.

However, the problem is that the number of casters is too small and the casting price is too expensive, so the cost of this enchanted shock absorbing technology will naturally remain high. Even with the Arfa Bank's ample spell slot loans, a factory could be built to enchant wheels, and the wheels produced would only be affordable for the wealthy, and would not help improve the travel experience for the masses.

In fact, rubber tires were also very expensive at the beginning of their invention, and the first person on earth to buy pneumatic tires was named Luo Lie, an English aristocrat, and four tires cost him forty-four pounds and two shillings! This is obviously not something that ordinary people can afford, but one of the great advantages of technology over magic is that it is easy to popularize, as tires enter the stage of industrial production, the cost is quickly reduced to a price that ordinary rental carriages can afford, and magic has always been the specialty of a few elites, unless the utopia of universal spellcasting is realized, the cost of enchantment is unlikely to be reduced to the point of mass industrial goods.

It is on the basis of these considerations that Roland is convinced that the promotion of the "Familiar Star Tire" as a very practical invention in the Far East and throughout Vares has a bright commercial future. The only problem is that although the "star quality" itself is almost inexhaustible like sunlight and air, and there is no cost, it is not easy to find a psychic ability that can extract the star quality, which has a similar bottleneck to the enchantment technology, if the star quality production capacity is insufficient, the tire cost cannot be reduced, I am afraid it is difficult to gain an advantage in the competition with the enchanted wheel.

"Eugene, is the efficiency of extracting astral essence related to the class level of the psychic ability?" Roland asked.

"This doesn't have much to do with it, as long as you can enter the state of 'spiritual energy concentration', you can master the skill of extracting star quality with a little training, as for the extraction efficiency, after mastering the operation skills, it is actually about the same, this is not difficult, even if you are a novice, you can extract at least 10 pounds of star quality per minute." Eugene smiled and continued, "It's much more efficient if you can show psionic abilities, like Tier 1 abilities." There is a variant of creating a small astral construct', which does not inject temporary life into the construct, but can permanently preserve the astral mass that was originally used to shape the construct, and you can obtain at least 100 pounds of astral mass in just 3 seconds, for which you only need to pay 1 point of psionic energy, if all the psionic points are used to display this ability, the amount of astral mass created each day is considerable, and it is in this way that my apprentice and I prepared sufficient and free building materials for the construction of the Lord's Mansion in the Silver Sky and the Church of Sindra. ”

Eugene's apprentice is also at least a level 5 psychic warlock, with no less than 25 psionic points, and if he focuses on producing astral mass, he can produce at least 2,500 pounds per day, how many tires can be made after mixing iron powder? Roland calculated the production capacity of Star Tires a little, and immediately realized that this industry has a lot to offer - the cost of Star Tires is definitely much lower than Enchanted Wheels!

"Mr. Eugene, how many apprentices do you have? Now that they don't have to build houses for people anymore, I'm going to invest in a factory in Silver Sky that specializes in the production of cooked stars, and hire them to work for a higher salary than if they were to be an architect. ”

"There are a total of twenty-four young 'Shapers' who are studying with me now, but they still have an errand in the Demon Crystal Smelter, and I can only transfer a maximum of ten people to assist in running the Star ......Essence Factory," Eugene looked embarrassed, "If I can recruit more psychic abilities, even primordial talent awakeners who don't have psionic classes, I can train them to master the skills of extracting star essence." ”

"Then we will put up a notice on the bulletin board of the Silver Sky Plaza, and recruit psychic supernatural people with high salaries to work in the Star Factory!" Otto interjected excitedly, "There is such a large flow of people going out of the Great Teleportation Array every day, even if you are one in a thousand, you can always recruit enough people. ”

"It's not that simple, Mr. Otto, the problem is that we can't really offer a high salary that satisfies the psychic psychics." Eugene explained with a wry smile, "The star tires invented by His Royal Highness Roland are designed for ordinary carriages, so the price cannot be too high, correspondingly, the profits of the star quality factory can only rely on small profits and quick turnover, and the wages of workers cannot be too high, how can it attract those who are arrogant and arrogant?" My apprentices, for example, were willing to accept a low salary because they still needed to learn about abilities from me, and I didn't charge them a copper plate for tuition. ”

Roland listened to Eugene's explanation and couldn't help but think of the "apprenticeship system" on Earth. Apprentices studied with their master for a number of years, during which time they were required to work for the master for free to cover their tuition, and the Psychic Warlock was passed down according to a similar system. Eugene is too busy to teach more apprentices, so where can he find psychic supernatural workers to serve as cheap labor?

Roland thought about it and felt that instead of hiring outsiders, it would be better to train child labor himself. Coincidentally, Silver Sky happens to have a large group of energetic bear children with psionic talents......

"Mr. Eugene, I can help you hire a group of psychic supernatural people to work in the Star Factory, and you only need to pay the hourly wage according to the standard of a beginner apprentice."

"Oh? There is such a good thing, how many people can be recruited in total? Eugene asked in surprise.

"No less than 100 people." Roland gives a conservative estimate.

"So much?!" Eugene couldn't believe his ears, "How can there be such a good thing in the world......"

"Don't be too happy, these psychic abilities are still children, learning is the first priority, they can't work full-time, they can work at most two hours a day in the Star Factory, and they have to give them a holiday on weekends." Roland Zhengshi prescribes two rather harsh conditions.

"No problem! Two hours is enough! "After all, talent is in short supply, and Eugene is not picky.

"Then it's settled, the business model of the Star Essence Factory is modeled after the Magic Crystal Smelter, I will raise the funds for the construction of the factory, you will organize the production and manage the staff, and the cooked Star Essence produced will be calculated at the price of 1 silver thaler per pound, and I will be responsible for all the purchases, how about it?" Roland asked Eugene.