In the Earldom, across the river from the Dye Farm, Ada's unbuilt academy finally came in handy. On the flat foundation of the www.biquge.info of the Pen "Fun" Pavilion, several large long houses that resemble warehouses were built, enclosed by stone walls, and looked very simple.

From afar, black smoke could be seen rising from the chimney, and closer could hear the clanging of hammers and the whirring of bellows. Entering the room, the sound of the craftsman scolding the apprentice is intertwined with the busy figures coming and going, giving people a very energetic feeling.

The long house was the production workshop of the Donomis Magic Workshop, and Li Qi walked around the workshop, frowning and not looking very satisfied, which made the workshop deacon who accompanied him uneasy.

In the first phase of the bidding for the Magic Guns, his Donomis Workshop won a big order, winning a large order for a total of 12,000 magic guns, and the next challenge seems to be to complete the order. After all, the delivery deadline is only half a month, which is a completely impossible task for the magic guide workshop of this era.

This was not a problem for Richie, who had already taken into account the issue of production capacity at the beginning, and the design of the magic guide gun was aimed at simplifying the manufacturing process. Let the magician sent by Rowanna carve the magic circle by hand, but it is just a small batch trial production in the early stage, and the official production is replaced with a mass production process, and only need to let the magician carve the mold and let the apprentice carry out post-processing.

Of course, the magician named Hrizal did not understand this kind of craftsmanship, and any magic apprentice knew that the circle needed to be drawn or engraved by hand from beginning to end in order to make every detail perfect.

How did Richie do it?

Use a male-patterned mold to smash the hollow groove of the circle on the copper plate, and then insert the softened Mithril into the hollow, and the apprentice will carry out the later trimming, adding some details that the mold can't do.

The magic circle made in this way is completely effective...... Well, the potency is exactly the same. It's just that the Mithril material is burrs or unevenly distributed, resulting in problems such as uneven distribution of the mana field. Over time, the copper tube responsible for absorbing the impact of mana will lose its magical properties, or the circle will be rendered ineffective due to a defect in the Mithril material.

In the eyes of magicians, if the magic array cannot resist the erosion of time, even if it crosses the era, it is simply a crime.

However, after confirming how many shots the so-called "long-term" was, he still insisted on using this process, so that Herizal decided in his heart that this fair-eyed and amiable border earl was actually a black-hearted nobleman who was more greedy and cunning than a merchant.

Li Qi knew this and disagreed......

The production capacity of the magic guide gun is limited by the magic circle, and even the most skilled magician, working sixteen hours a day, can only carve thirty sets of magic circles. With the new process, a magic apprentice can make more than 100 sets in ten hours.

Herizal makes the molds and monitors the quality, Artur finds time to help with Mithril, ten magic apprentices are in charge of the circle part, and ten magic apprentices make the activation device.

In total, more than thirty blacksmiths were responsible for setting circles, forging metal parts, and assembling machine cases. More than a dozen carpenters make non-metallic parts such as butts and grips. Several handymen are responsible for the delivery of materials and components, as well as for the overall assembly. Richie's Donomis Magic Workshop already has the capacity to produce 1,000 magic guns per day, and the first phase of this order can be completed in twelve days.

The challenge for Li Qi is the second and even the third stage of the tender, and the production capacity is only part of the challenge, that is, 780,000 magic guns, and the delivery time is at most one month.

Another part of the challenge is the cost, and Richie doesn't think that thirty gold bushels is the price floor for the magic guide gun. After yesterday's election, Zolde quickly recovered from his frustration and came to congratulate him, enthusiastically saying "We'll see you in three days."

Three days...... No, two days later, it will be the second phase of the bidding meeting, and it is expected that there will be more than 20,000 purchases. Zold's attitude shows that he will work the cost, and the price he will come up with when the time comes, it will be very competitive. Li Qi will fight for the price of 30 gold bushels, and he may not have an absolute advantage. After all, customers don't just look at the price, but the main thing to look at is the cost performance.

The production capacity challenge, Youzan is working on to solve, and the progress is very gratifying, and the results can be obtained in two or three days at most.

Li Qi is not dissatisfied with the production progress of the workshop, but is thinking about how to further reduce costs.

In terms of labor, Herizal, who is equivalent to the chief engineer, is a second-level magician with a monthly salary of three hundred gold bushels. Artur is free labor and does not need money, and the magic apprentices are introduced by Aurora and the little dragon girl, as well as selected from Epsilon volunteers, and they don't cost much. Other blacksmiths, carpenters, and handymen had even less overhead, and the monthly labor was less than six hundred gold bushels.

This is just the order situation of the first stage, and when Youzan gets something that reflects the advanced productivity, there is no need to recruit more people when he receives more orders, and of course there is no way to cut it again.

Let the deacon of the workshop bring the raw material purchase list, and Li Qi is ready to start with the raw material link.

"The source stone of the excitation device is so expensive! I have to think of a way......

"Mithril accounts for one-third of the total cost of materials, and this part can't be reduced, but this unit price, tsk......"

"Copper is so expensive, too! The copper pipe is halved in length, no, why do you have to make it into a pipe? It just needs to be inlaid with the magic circle. ”

"Black iron also costs a lot, after all, it is the most used material. It's just iron, why is it more expensive than copper? Make the iron pipe thinner, it's not a real gun barrel anyway. ”

"Looks like we're going to have to ask Timmy to find a cheaper source of materials, and I'm really eager to open my own mine and smelter. ”

"Wood and paint even account for 3 percent of the cost? Replacing the butt with iron bars reduces both cost and weight!"

Li Qi sketched on the heart paper, and finally cut out a part of the cost in the material part.

He then unfolded the three-dimensional design drawing on the heart word atlas, starting from the design, and further "optimized" the cost.

After some tossing, Li Qi nodded with satisfaction and began to calculate again, and found that there were too many changes involved, and it was a bit too much to calculate.

"Since you can get me a player and storage space, you can also get a calculator or even EXCEL, right?"

He called out to the goddess and made such a request.

"Do you really think of me as a portable grandmother!?"

The goddess was very unhappy: "With your current soul strength, as long as your consciousness focuses on calculation, you can use it as a calculator!"

Li Qi said with a shy face: "Every time I have to be the same as a monk, it's very troublesome." Programming a little interface is just a matter of a few lines of code for you, and I've heard from Yuzan that you've been obsessed with it lately. ”

"What is addiction! Your mind is full of the electronic smell of games, and you haven't gotten rid of low-level fun yet!"

The goddess said with a stern face: "Codinging the divine power at the bottom is related to the lifeblood of our great revolutionary cause, how can I let You Zan tinker with it? If I can't even understand the code, wouldn't it be the same as before, and I will be manipulated by anyone casually?"

Li Qi was bored, and was about to go offline, when the goddess said, "Aren't you asking Youzan to write the Soul Control Divine Technique in assembly language? This involves the transformation of the Divine Contract, and I am also very interested in it, and I am working with it." It's not impossible if you want a calculator, so I'll take your soul as a test subject and engrave it on it?"

"This ......"

Li Qi thought for a while, and said with a pale face: "That's not necessary, my soul is still better for myself." ”

"Are you worried that I will engrave something like 'all actions are instructed by the goddess'?

The goddess said disdainfully: "It's good to know, when you and I get it done, can't you find an ethereal spirit to program it yourself and turn it into a PDA?"

"Has it come this far?"

Li Qi said happily: "How old-fashioned is the PDA, isn't this the mental terminal I conceived? ”

"Oh yes", Little Red Riding Hood also slapped his face: "Why didn't I think of it, well, yes, I'll get this idea! I'm very good at programming! I've done this in my last life!"

Hey, you were a coder in your last life?

Goddess, you accidentally penetrated your own details Oh, Li Qi just thought so, and pinched off his thoughts, or don't let her realize this.

Asking the goddess for welfare failed, but knowing the latest progress, Li Qi was more motivated.

The magic guide gun is not a gunpowder firearm in the earth world, the structure is very simple, and the design of the new scheme was quickly completed.

Li Qi found the craftsman, personally supervised the work, and then gave the task of making a batch of samples, and then returned to the castle.

The newborn witch Sif was arranged to recuperate in the castle, she had grown flesh and blood, evolving from a charred corpse to a wounded person with a burn area of 100%, but she was still a dying level injury, and her consciousness was still asleep.

Richie was satisfied with Karin's treatment and care, and gave Karin a makeshift meal and several mouthfuls of blood. The scene was not so beautiful, and Li Qi had already corrected Karin's habit of biting her neck and only sucked her wrists.

After returning to Epsilon through the portal of the castle, and going to the Obsidian Tower first, the witches now gather in the classroom when they have nothing to do in the afternoon, either discussing magic programming or chatting and fighting, as if they were students, which also makes Richie a little more relaxed.

After asking them about their progress in refining their magic in the Extraordinary Assembly Language, and making sure that they were all making progress, Richie went to the Rose Witch residence again.

More and more Rose Witches are recovering their health, and they are discussing how to use assembly language to make spiders do more. Richie listened in their psychic network for a while, and casually offered some advice, which made Witch Rose happy, and the purpose of his trip was achieved.

Then he went to Youzan's laboratory to learn more about the latest progress in the spirit control magic and earth spirit control, and confirmed that he could catch up with the mass production of the next batch of magic guide guns, and he also let go of his heart that was still a little hanging.

Then it's time to meet Artur and learn about his preparations for the construction of the Camp Beta portal......

Then go to the "Epsilon Town Hall" to listen to Tarance's report on apprenticeship education and the academic affairs of the Epsilon Theological Seminary......

He also heard a report on the work of grain production during this period and the preliminary plans of the food processing industry......

They also listened to reports from Stan, Gambitt, and Asuna on their living conditions and medical work......

Also heard a briefing by Longhammer on the next phase of the Epsilon municipal engineering plan......

Wilson's defense report was also heard, as well as a reconnaissance report on the situation around Captain Roundhook and Captain Elon's Camp Beta......

After a hurried dinner in the communal cafeteria, Litch went down to the grassroots to attend the evening study of Conrad's orphans, encouraging them to inspire the power of crimson faith in the newly built Divine Power Terminal.

By the time Li Qi returned to the courtyard, the moon was already high above his head, and he was so tired that he threw himself on the bed without even taking off his clothes.

It's a good feeling to have a tiring, tiring, but fulfilling day.

It feels good, soft, bouncing, and churning like a rabbit.

"Finney!"

Li Qi angrily took the little girl out of the bed.

"Tell a story!"

Fei Ni had been waiting for a long time, and held a book high, the title of which was "One Hundred and Eight Battle Angels in Heavenly Mountain", originally known as "Water Margin".

Li Qi said angrily: "Don't pretend to be only six years old! In the eyes of a six-year-old child, you are already a twelve-year-old woman!"

Finney leaned on his chest, blinking her thick eyelashes like butterfly wings, unmoved.

"If you want to listen, just sit down on the edge of the bed, don't keep snorting at the back of my neck, it's you, Tina!"

Then he grabbed a certain stalker who was squatting at the head of the bed, and wondered a little, didn't you two just quarrel in the classroom?

Tina's figure reluctantly showed her figure, and sat down at the foot of the bed with her head down, but her ears were straight. It was only in the face of Li Qi and the other witches that she was not ashamed to show her ears.

The three of them posed, and Li Qi propped up his shaky eyelids, cleared his throat, and was about to speak, when there was a knock on the door.

Tuk tuk tuk three times, the interval is very regular, as if sending a signal.

The door was pushed open after the ring, and it was Ellie.

Knowing that it was her, these three sounds mean "I'm coming......

Elle also held a book and rushed over excitedly, the title of the book was "The Rise of the Monkey God".

"Boom!

She shoved the book into Richie's hand, pressed it behind the previous one, and skillfully climbed onto the bed from the other side, occupying the other half of Richie's chest.

Finney twitched the corners of her mouth, Tina scratched her ear, and the two said nothing more.

Li Qi lamented, it seems that your usual noise is an internal contradiction of the ruling class. There is a striking unanimity of your position in the face of me, the ruling class.

Li Qi is powerless to resist such class oppression: "Ten minutes for each story, go to bed immediately after listening to it!"