Just when everyone was looking forward to Xu Yi's published books and the academy he founded, Xu Yi quietly came to Anweimar City again alone.

This time, he didn't go to see anyone, and went straight to Major McConley in the military logistics department.

"Hey, President Xu, I heard that you went to the Duchy of Stantin?" Major McConley asked with a smile as soon as he saw Xu Yi. "What do you think of this Duchy of Stantin? Do you think this Duchy is hopeless at all?"

Hearing this question, Xu Yi immediately understood that he was not the only one who had an understanding of the laziness of the people of the Principality of Stantin and the greed of those upper echelons, and it seemed that this was the consensus of a bunch of people.

"It's not necessarily that it's not saved at all, but it's ......" Xu Yi shrugged his shoulders and said with a wry smile: "It's really difficult to do something over there." ”

McConley laughed and patted Xu Yi on the shoulder: "If you want to do something real, you still have to do it in our Lampari Kingdom." Especially for someone as capable as you, you shouldn't waste your time in a place like the Duchy of Stantin. ”

Xu Yi glanced at him, thinking that if the Lampari Kingdom was a vast empire with extremely rich resources like the Maro Empire and the Candela Empire, he would also be willing to develop well in the Lampari Kingdom.

But after all, the Lampari Kingdom is a small country on the Sainz continent, not to mention that the domestic resources are not particularly rich, not to mention, most of them have long been divided up by the major nobles in the kingdom, and there is no possibility of Xu Yi and Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, a newly emerged small chamber of commerce, interfering in it at all.

Just like the cooperation between the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Joseph family this time, if according to Xu Yi's true wishes, of course he hopes to be able to control the non-ferrous metal ore resources in the Lampari Kingdom in the hands of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. But he knew very well that the Joseph family would never be so generous. Therefore, the only way to do this is to provide technical cooperation. Obtain a priority supply of these resources from the family of Joseph.

As a person who has crossed over from Earth, Xu is well aware of the importance of mastering these resources.

There is no hope in the Lampari Kingdom for the time being, and Xu Yi's eyes must of course be set elsewhere.

The reason why he would rather choose to mine non-ferrous metal veins in the Black Rice Wasteland under the nose of the orc clan, and even simply ran out of the Lampari Kingdom and went to the Duchy of Stantin to buy three mines, even if he found that the Duchy of Stantin, including the Grand Duke of Stantin, was not very reliable this time, Xu Yi still did not give up, the reason is that as long as these resources in these two places are well grasped. It is very likely that Xu Yi will be completely in his own hands.

Being able to take the core energy issues into your own hands is worth the cost.

Of course, in order to do this, there is a very important problem that must be solved first.

Xu Yi glanced at Major McConley, who immediately understood, looked left and right, and led Xu Yi to a secret room inside his office.

"It's been researched so quickly?" As soon as the door was closed, Major McConley immediately looked at Xu Yi with an excited and expectant expression.

Xu Yi smiled slightly, took out a stack of drawings from his bag, and handed it to Major McConley.

Major McConley hurriedly took it, and didn't bother to greet Xu Yi. I just started flipping through it.

After two glances, Major McConley's eyes grew brighter and brighter. When I saw the end, I smiled with joy and excitement on my face.

When he had finished the last page, Major McConley slapped his thigh hard and burst out laughing.

"Great! Great! If we can use this magic trebuchet, then our army's combat effectiveness will be increased too much!"

Xu Yi smiled: "Of course." Although it has not been tested, the magic trebuchet is made entirely of new steel and powerful enough to theoretically weigh up to a tonne in theory, and it doesn't need to be readjusted for a long time every time it is fired, as is the case with traditional wooden trebuchets. According to our current preliminary set-up, the readjustment time after each launch will not exceed half a minute. ”

"That is, if the stones are fast enough, they can even launch two large stones in a minute?" asked Major McConley, wide-eyed.

"That's right. Xu Yi nodded slightly. "Plus, this is just the first version of the Magic Trebuchet. If it weren't for your urgency, I would have liked to wait until the new version of the Repeating Mana Trebuchet was developed. ”

"Repeating mana trebuchet?" Major McConley's already bright eyes brightened a little. "Is it possible to launch continuously?"

"Pretty much. Specifically, the Mana Trebuchet can complete the entire process of loading stones, firing, making adjustments, and then reloading the stones by itself, while the soldier in charge of the Mana Trebuchet only needs to put the pre-prepared stones into the ammo box. ”

"Ammo crates?" Major McConley frowned and thought for a moment, reacting to himself. "It's a box for stones?"

"Hmm. The reason why I would call this an ammo box is because in my opinion, the trebuchet's stone is its ammunition. Speaking of this, Xu Yi paused, and a meaningful smile flashed across his face. "Actually, if you really want to say it, something like a stone is not a kind of ammunition at all......"

Major McConley glanced at Xu Yi and wanted to ask, but Xu Yi obviously didn't mean to go into further discussion on this topic, and after thinking about it, he continued to ask various questions about this magic trebuchet.

After the basic questions were roughly understood, Major McConley nodded: "Okay, this magic trebuchet is very good. Although it will still need to be discussed by the generals of the military department before it can be decided, I think it will definitely be clear. President Xu, can I ask, how long will it take for your Chamber of Commerce to produce such a magic trebuchet?"

"It's not officially in production yet, so I can't give you an exact time. However, according to the estimation of the research institute, if it is officially put into production, it may take at least a week to complete one in the initial stage. ”

"How often does it take a week?" said Major McConley, shocked. "I thought it was so complicated that it would take months to make a single one at least. ”

Xu Yi smiled slightly, thinking that you can't help but underestimate the miracle that industry can create.

This is also due to the fact that the current industrial base on the Sainz continent is too weak. Even the New Flying Chamber of Commerce is far inferior to the industrial production capacity of those large factories on the planet. That's why a magic trebuchet takes a week to complete.

The magic trebuchet seemed to Major McConley to be complicated. He was shocked, but if you look at it in the eyes of a mechanical engineer like Xu Yi, the structure is very simple and not worth mentioning at all.

If it is placed in a country like the Celestial Empire on the earth, which has a complete industrial system and a relatively deep industrial base, I am afraid that it can be done in a few days by handing it over to a factory that produces heavy machinery.

And if you count mass production and assembly line operations, on average, maybe one may not even be used for a day.

Major McConley glanced at Xu Yi again. His expression was a little hesitant, and he hesitated for a while before asking, "This...... Chairman Xu, do you think our military department can produce this magic trebuchet by itself?"

Xu Yi immediately laughed.

As expected, as long as he handed over the drawings, the military department would definitely want to catch this magic trebuchet in his own hands.

But this time was different from the last time, Xu Yi shook his head without thinking about it.

"I'm afraid not. Xu Yizheng said. "Major McConley, I think you should be well aware that this magic trebuchet is very complicated, and even if we new flying chambers want to produce it, it will take a lot of work. I don't think the military department has that kind of production capacity right now. ”

"Can't we hand over all the drawings and related techniques?" asked Major McConley, reluctantly.

However, Xu also shook his head resolutely.

"No, I can't. Major, this is not the same as the production of armor weapons. The main factors in the production of armor weapons are those magic machines that our Chamber of Commerce offers. Workers only need to know how to operate it, and in general there is not much technical difficulty. But the complexity of producing this magic trebuchet far exceeds the production of armor and weapons, and even if I provided all the relevant technology, the military department would not be able to master it myself. Speaking of this, Xu Yi showed a slightly mocking smile and continued: "Besides, let's provide all the relevant technologies, although it is not impossible, but what does the military department plan to use to compensate accordingly." ”

Major McConley immediately fell silent.

Of course, he understood that the military department could rely on the power of the kingdom officials to ask Xu Yi and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to do some things according to their own requirements, and even force the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to hand over these technologies.

But if you want to get it for free, it's obviously impossible.

This magic trebuchet is extremely powerful just by looking at the drawings, and if it can be equipped to the army of the Lampari Kingdom, it will definitely greatly improve the combat effectiveness of the army, so the military department is bound to win.

However, if the attitude of the military department is too tough, it will cause dissatisfaction or even a backlash between Xu Yi and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and it will cause dissatisfaction among some big figures who pay attention to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, not to mention, just losing the opportunity to continue to cooperate with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is an extremely heavy loss.

To put it bluntly, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is now unique, and apart from them, there is no Chamber of Commerce that can do its own research and development of the magic military machinery required by the military department.

Even the concept of "magic military machinery" was first proposed by Xu Yi.

Therefore, although Major McConley was the head of the Logistics Department of the Military Department, he was still very polite to Xu Yi.

It is not only because Xu Yi is valued by Her Royal Highness the Queen of Severny and His Majesty the King, but also because Xu Yi and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce can bring what they urgently need to the military department.

After quickly reconsidering these factors in his mind, Major McConley immediately gave up the idea of asking Xu Yi and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to hand over the technology to the military department, thought about it, nodded and said, "Okay then, President Xu, may I ask...... How much are you going to price a magic trebuchet?"

Xu Yi smiled and stretched out a finger: "One thousand gold coins." ”

Major McConley immediately turned pale. (To be continued......)