Yesterday, after a long day of travel, and because of Steele's affairs, it was very late, so Xu Yi got up late the next day.

When he opened his eyes, the sun was shining through the room, and it looked like it was approaching noon.

"Master, are you awake?" Vivien's timid voice sounded in her ears. "It's almost noon, what do you want to eat at noon?"

Xu Yi turned over and jumped up, looking left and right, but he didn't see Steele's figure.

"Sister Steele has gone back, and she said that if you want to go to the Magic Tower today, go to her, and she has something to talk to you about. ”

"Oh, have something to talk to me about, why didn't this guy talk last night?" Xu Yi looked out the window and said to Vivian: "Don't cook today, let's go out to eat and save some time." ”

"Master, I don't need it. Vivien was surprised. "Go out and eat by yourself, I'll just have a bite to eat at home." ”

"Less nonsense, this is the order. Xu also said unceremoniously.

After spending some time with Vivian, Xu Yi knew that this little girl might have been a slave for too long, and she was always used to putting herself in a very low position, and it would take a long time to change her mind.

"Oh. Sure enough, hearing Xu Yi's tough tone, Vivian obediently responded.

After leaving home with Vivian, Xu Yi first took her to a clothing store in Bangta City to buy two sets of clothes for Vivian, and then found a random restaurant for lunch.

While eating, Xu Yi sorted out his thoughts in his mind.

The things that were in front of him were very complicated, so he had to prioritize them.

The first important thing is, of course, to ensure the production and sales of magic fans, otherwise he can't do anything without funds.

Although the sales of magic fans are still booming, Xu is also well aware that it will not be long before the market in and around Bangta City will be saturated, and the sales volume will quickly decrease and become flat in the future, and it is impossible to bring such huge profits as now.

In this regard, Xu also has two preparations, one is to update the magic fan and continue to launch new products.

He believes that when the second version of the variable-speed magic fan is officially put into production, it will bring another boom, because people are always looking for something new.

The second is to continuously expand the market.

In addition to Kalmar City, merchants from several other cities near Bangta City also came from afar to place large orders.

According to the information they brought, when the magic fans were introduced to those cities, a frenzy was immediately set off, and the first batch of magic fans brought back by these merchants to test the water were all sold out in a short period of time, so when these merchants came for the second time, they directly put forward large orders that were several times higher than the first time.

However, due to the temporary inability to increase the output of the magic fan factory, Heinze only agreed to an order of 5,000 units.

For this reason, Heinze was very annoyed, if he had known that this was the case, he should have been bold at the beginning, and expanded the factory several times, and increased the output several times, then he would be able to eat all the orders.

Xu Yi is not in a hurry, the production process of the second version of the variable speed magic fan has already been finalized in his mind.

As long as the second version of the variable-speed magic fan enters the assembly line operation, the output of the factory will increase by multiples, not to mention the order of 10,000 units, even if it is 20,000 units, 30,000 units or even more, it will still be easy to win.

Of course, there are many things that need to be prepared in order to realize assembly line operations.

This is what Xu Yi is most concerned about now.

Although Master Lanu has already manufactured a magic heading machine and a magic tooth rubbing machine, so that the screws can be mass-produced, and it also means that the assembly line assembly and production of variable speed magic fans has the possibility to be realized, but this is far from enough.

If you want to upgrade the backward overall casting process of the first version of the magic fan to the current assembly line assembly process, it is necessary to standardize every part of the magic fan.

However, it is obviously difficult to complete standardized processing by relying on human hands.

Even if Master Lanu's people all possess the same forging skills as Ranu, they will not be able to meet this requirement.

In order to achieve this, the most important thing is actually the forging machine.

For example, if the shell of the magic fan were forged by hand alone, a blacksmith shop in Bonta City would only be able to produce no more than thirty pieces a day.

Now, in order to ensure the production of magic fans, Xu Yi has almost contracted all the blacksmith shops in the entire city of Bangta.

Although there has always been work to do, which makes the people in the blacksmith shop happy, this has actually indirectly affected the order in the city of Bonta, and it is by no means a long-term solution.

Even so, the production of the magic fan housing is barely enough to supply the production of the factory, and it is almost impossible to further increase.

What's more, Xu Yi has always been dissatisfied with the craftsmanship of these craftsmen, and the standards of the fan housings they forged are so inconsistent that if they are placed in those strictly marked factories on the earth, more than half of them can be regarded as defective.

If you want a variable-speed magic fan to work on a high-volume assembly line, these fan housings simply won't fit.

"In the final analysis, Yan zhòng still lacks a heavy industry base. Thinking of this, Xu Yi couldn't help but sigh.

The establishment of the industrial system is naturally inseparable from the development and improvement of heavy industry, but for the Sainz continent, not to mention heavy industry, even light industry is only rare, and the foundation is too poor.

"Hopefully the dwarves will improve the situation when they come. ”

Xu Yi took out a small notebook and began to make preliminary plans for these things.

According to the agreement between him and the Patriarch Sluka, in three days, a hundred dwarves with exquisite forging skills will come to Bonta City and join Xu Yi's command.

In order to ensure the livelihood of these dwarves, Xu also had to build a living area near the factory, and then build two more factories.

One of them is the machine casting shop where the dwarves work, and the other is an assembly shop that is used as a variable-speed magic fan.

Because there is only one month left before the end of summer, and time is pressing, the two factories can be temporarily and simply coped with, and they will be established according to the standards of the previous magic fan production workshop.

But the dwarves' living quarters couldn't handle things casually, but he made an agreement with Patriarch Sluka, and even patted his chest in front of Master Lanu to make a guarantee.

What's more, these dwarves are the most important machine casters in Xu Yi's mind, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the foundation for the establishment of the industrial system of the entire Sainz continent is in the hands of these dwarves, and if they are not better, it will be too much to say.

"There's so much to do, and there's not enough manpower. Xu Yi frowned and looked at the dense things recorded in the small notebook. "If nothing else, the factory and the staff dormitory alone require a lot of manpower, and I don't know if Heinze can solve this problem?"

Just as he was thinking about this, Xu Yi suddenly caught a glimpse of Vivian who was eating opposite, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

"There it is!"

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"How many more slaves do you want to buy from me?" Viscount Leslie looked at Xu Yi in amazement, he didn't expect this guy to come at noon, and he made such a request when he met. "What did you buy it for?"

"Because I need a lot of people right now. Xu Yidao. "The next step is to expand the factory's production, which requires a large number of workers, and I can't hire so many people for a while, so I can only ask you to find a way. ”

Viscount Leslie's face was a little ugly: "Listen to your tone, I'm afraid there are a lot of people needed." Sue me, how many people do you want?"

Xu Yi stretched out a finger and smiled: "Let's have a hundred people first." ”

"A hundred?" Viscount Leslie opened his eyes slightly, and rebuked unceremoniously, "Do you think this is a pig? I tell you that all the slaves under my name add up to only three hundred, and if you are given a hundred, what shall I do? Don't you see that my territory is still empty and uncultivated? If I had enough manpower, I wouldn't have left so much free, and I wouldn't have been able to rent it to you. ”

Xu Yi was not moved at all, and asked with a smile: "So, Lord Viscount, you need those slaves, just so that they can farm?"

"Nonsense, otherwise what else could those guys do with it? Viscount Leslie reprimanded, and suddenly glanced at Vivian, who had been standing behind Xu Yi. "By the way, this little girl seems to be the slave you snatched from Brunei last time without my consent, right?

Swept by Viscount Leslie's gaze, Vivien immediately lowered her head in horror.

In her opinion, Viscount Leslie, the former master, was a man of all who her little slave could face.

Xu Yi frowned, and said: "Lord Viscount, first of all, I didn't snatch it by force, but negotiated the conditions with the Brunei housekeeper, and the two sides reached an agreement to buy Vivian, and you also signed the document to agree to this matter." Secondly, Vivien is my person now, and I ask you to be a little careful about your words and not use such insulting language. ”

Hearing that Xu Yi actually confronted Viscount Leslie head-on for herself, Vivien was startled, and couldn't help but stretch out her little hand and pull Xu Yi's clothes, her face full of horror.

Viscount Leslie was slightly stunned, but he didn't show his anger because he was being confronted, but instead glanced at Xu Yi and Vivian and laughed.

"Xu Yi, you're really a strange guy. For the sake of a slave, you dare to contradict me. You say this little girl is your person...... But I think she's still **, right? After following you for so long, she can still maintain her virgin body, could it be that Xu Yi is actually a good person who is completely unexpected?"

Unexpectedly, Viscount Leslie said such a **, Xu Yi and Vivian couldn't help but blush.

"Ahem...... Lord Viscount, I didn't mean that, I just ...... Forget it, there is no point in dwelling on this issue. I just want to warn Lord that you underestimate the value of slaves. Although they are slaves, as long as they have normal hands and feet and normal minds, they all have full human resource value, but you have not developed them. To tell you the truth, which you probably don't like to hear, those three hundred or so slaves are far less valuable than giving them to me. ”

Viscount Leslie was immediately angry.

"Well, then I'd like to hear how you would make the most of them if you handed them over to you?"