Chapter 154: Amazing Steel Production
That's it, four or five days passed.
On a sunny morning, Andorra sought out Jiang Feng.
"I've learned a lot from the past few days with you, but good times are always short-lived. A hundred years ago, an old family with me was in trouble, and the token I had left behind was awakened. I am ready to travel to the Kadiren Empire, and if I have the chance, I will come back again to exchange academic questions with you. Andorra said respectfully.
At first, Andal just regarded Jiang Feng as a rookie wizard with abundant resources, but in just a few days, this idea disappeared.
Jiang Feng, who has three-star wizard knowledge, has a much better understanding of witchcraft and magical elements than Andorra in all aspects, and many problems that Andorra couldn't figure out before are so simple in front of Jiang Feng, if it weren't for the inability to put down his face, Andorra really wanted to worship Jiang Feng as a teacher.
The self-esteem of wild wizards is even more arrogant than that of academic wizards, both for their own people and for mortals. As can be seen from the fact that he kept his promise a hundred years ago and intervened in the conflicts of ordinary people, Andorra is not your average face-loving.
Facts have proved that with Jiang Feng's ability, not only can he fool the aborigines, but even if he is a wizard who crosses the border to fool the mysterious side, there is nothing wrong with it. Of course, from Andorra, he also gained a lot of money, and many of the conjectures that were originally imperfect were also perfected into practical theories in the exchange.
"Do you need me to give you a ride?" Jiang Feng asked with a smile.
"It's a long way to go, so you don't have to."
As he left, Andorra rode a fast horse from the town hall.
After a few days of getting along, Jiang Feng also felt that this wizard should be relatively close to normal people in the circle of wild wizards, without the quirks of most wizards, and the language is also very decent, the only bad habit may be to be casual, for property outside the wizard world, it is never the habit of asking the owner's consent when using it.
Like the fast horse he rode away, and the can of coffee beans he left with him.
However, Jiang Feng didn't take it to heart, he was also a freewheeling and informal person, so he wouldn't be angry about this little thing.
In addition, in the past few days, under the guidance of Andorra, he started meditating with the "Basic Meditation Method", and he obviously felt the progress of his mana and spiritual power, which was many times stronger than his previous stupid method.
Shortly after Andorra left, good news came from the steel mills, the number of blast furnaces had increased from five to ten, and in order to meet the needs of production, Du Wei had recruited a new group of apprentice blacksmiths as workers.
With the steady increase in production capacity, the production of flintlock pistols exceeded expectations due to the production of assembly lines, and the first smoothbore guns produced by the assembly line were finally launched. The parts produced from the steel mill not only have extraordinary advantages in standardization, but also have an extraordinary pass rate, and the cost is far lower than that of the traditional craftsmen produced by the industry alliance.
Jiang Feng approached Lenbert and gradually reduced the city hall's orders for iron accessories to industry alliances, and instead raised orders for wood products such as grips and gun stocks. The apprentices of the alchemy workshop also worked overtime, assembling musket accessories and sampling samples to test the performance of muskets.
In the absence of the popularization of rifling technology, even the accuracy of flintlock pistols is not much higher, and the performance of muskets is mainly tested to see if the barrel material can withstand the chamber pressure of gunpowder blasting. After all, blast furnace steelmaking is still an unheard of new technology for the world, and any new technology needs a certain period of running-in from research and development to popularization.
Similar to Jiang Feng, who often runs to the alchemy workshop, after moving from Crocodile Island to Boulder City, Du Wei has not been idle.
After the registration of the "Flying Shuttle" Chamber of Commerce, Jiang Feng injected 500,000 UBS funds into the Chamber of Commerce, from the office to the staff of the Chamber of Commerce, there were not many things that Du Wei needed to do personally, but he would still go to the steel mill every day.
There is no particular reason.
Looking at the fire and the black smoke, he would stand there for a long time.
The tinkling sound in the factory seemed to have some kind of strange magic, which made him intoxicated.
Perhaps this is the kind of aesthetics that only capitalists can appreciate.
Even he didn't know how to describe the feelings in his heart.
……
Outside the city, black smoke fills the sky, and the red brick chimney rises above the walls. The soldiers who walked past the nearby city walls would always cast curious glances over there, and if they didn't know that it was the sorcerer's property, they would definitely come forward to investigate.
It's not just the soldiers on the city walls who are curious about this building, but also the merchants who pass by the Great Stone City.
About a hundred paces away from the steel mill, two men in rich costumes stood on the side of the dirt road, looking at it from afar. The merchants who have been walking on the continent of Aditya all year round are no strangers to the bearded old man standing on the left-hand side.
That man was none other than Flens, the president of the Coldwind Castle Chamber of Commerce and a well-known timber merchant.
Due to its proximity to the forest, the wood produced is known for its durability. His chamber of commerce mainly helped the local lords to process wood into ballistas or arrows, which were then sold to other regions. Basically, wherever there is a war, there are footprints of the Coldwind Castle Chamber of Commerce.
As the president of the Chamber of Commerce, Florence has not left Coldwind Castle for several years, and this time he came to Boulder City to find business opportunities from the War of Succession, and on the other hand, to visit his old friends.
However, on his first day here, he was attracted by the strange structure outside the city walls. When he asked his old friend, President Charles, about his confusion, Charles patiently explained to him.
“…… It's a wizard's property, and while I'm interested in the structure inside, I'd advise you not to bother with the idea of being there. See the crossbowmen on the city walls? If you don't want to be shot into a sieve, it's best to stay away from there. Charles said.
As the two were talking, at the entrance of the brick and stone factory, several goblins, under the supervision of workers, loaded the newly baked parts onto the caravan. When he saw the boxes of iron parts, a flash of light flashed in Ference's eyes.
When he saw boxes of parts being transported out of the factory, finally filled with three caravans, and drove slowly in the direction of the city gate, Ference could no longer contain the shock in his heart, and looked at his friend and exclaimed in a low exclamation.
"Unbelievable...... Is it all iron? ”
"It should be." Charles nodded, "The iron ore brought in here every day can fill six caravans, and batches of wood are burned here to make charcoal, and no one knows what is going on inside, and every evening there will be batches of iron tools shipped out of it." ”
After hearing his old friend's words, Ference swallowed and foamed.
Iron parts were also needed to make siege engines and crossbow arrows, and although he had not been an apprentice in a blacksmith shop, he still knew something about the production process of a blacksmith shop.
If those wooden chests were full of iron...... Or to be more specific, arrows for crossbow arrows, just this product full of four caravans would not have been possible even if the entire blacksmith shop of Coldwind Castle worked for a month!
If all it was swords and armor were there......
France's expression was a little subtle.
Arming a heavy armoured corps in one day is like opening a hanging.
"It's unbelievable that so many parts are produced from here every day, could it be that the wizard has cast a spell on the blacksmith inside?" The beard shook, and Fluns muttered to himself.
He couldn't think of anything other than a sorcery golem who didn't have to eat and didn't know how tired he could have such magical effects.
"Who knows?" Charles shrugged, "Merchants throughout Boulder City want to figure out what's going on inside, but it's a wizard's property, and you know what happens if you offend a wizard." ”
Smacking his lips with envy, Ference noticed a strange symbol on the caravan passing by him.
It's like an oval-shaped egg, surrounded by a silver halo......
What exactly is this drawing?
"Shuttle...... Chamber of commerce? What is that? Fluence whispered.
"The newly registered Chamber of Commerce, the president of the Chamber of Commerce is said to be the agent of the wizard. For some reason, the wizards of Boulder City seem to be quite interested in this kind of mundane thing. Charles shook his head and said, "Now the chambers of commerce in the entire Boulder City are worried that if the production capacity of this factory continues to expand, and not only produces iron pipes, but also swords and the like, their blacksmith shops will all go out of business......
Don't worry at all, it's bound to happen.
Ference was sure that his instincts could not be wrong.
Take his Coldwind Castle Chamber of Commerce as an example, if he were to choose a supplier, he would definitely choose to be in the company of this kind of "monster". The higher the output, the lower the cost, this is the common sense of this era, even if the quality is slightly inferior, he can bear it, because if he produces one more crossbow arrow, he can earn one more silver coin, and this business is not capped.
Now that the Aditya Continent and the Norren Continent are at war, no matter how many weapons are produced, there will definitely be no market.
"What's the name of the president of the Chamber of Commerce?"
"It seems to be called Du Wei...... What's wrong? Charles glanced at his friend curiously.
However, Ference didn't explain anything, just shook his head.
"Nothing."
It's a bit difficult to meet a wizard, and even if you want to, the other party won't necessarily be interested in him. But the guy named Du Wei is different, as long as the other party is also a businessman, then the two of them can find a common language.
With Du Wei as the starting point, maybe you can visit this magical wizard.
Ference's heart was on fire.
From the parts that were shipped to Boulder City, he saw a new way of making money......