Chapter 72: Tires
More than three months have passed, and the current Falling Rain Valley has changed greatly compared to when it was first developed.
Not to mention the tall and wide factories that stand at the entrance, or the neat but different styles of houses in the living area in the distance, just the sight of the several cement pavements crisscrossing the rain valley is already refreshing and shocking.
And not all of the Falling Rain Valley is full of such icy concrete roads and masonry buildings.
In all the spaces that can be seen, there are all kinds of strange plants planted everywhere.
Because it is early autumn at this time, both flowers and trees are still in the most lush period, so as far as the eye can see, there is a patch of flowers and leaves everywhere, covering the factory workshop and the road surface in the green and flowers, which looks vibrant, and also makes the scene of the entire rain valley not so monotonous and cold.
These strange plants were of course transplanted by the Nightsong tribe of Xu Yi, and for these elves who have lived in the Rainfall Forest for hundreds of years, this is exactly what they are good at.
In less than half a month, the elves used a method that Xu Yi couldn't understand to turn the Falling Rain Valley into what it is now.
Because of the elves' dedication to beauty and special talents, the current Falling Rain Valley as a whole looks more like a work of art than like an industrial base in Xu Yi's impression.
Because of the role of these plants, walking in the rainy valley, not only can you not smell the various odors wafting from the factory workshop, but also make people always surrounded by a refreshing fresh fragrance, and the whole person will feel extra comfortable.
President Pompeii jumped out of the carriage behind Xu Yi and just glanced at the scene in front of him. I was immediately blown away.
"Chairman Xu, I originally thought that the industrial base you mentioned should be full of filth. But I didn't expect it to be such a beautiful place! Even if you live here, it's much more comfortable than staying in Bonta City. ”
Xu Yi laughed: "If you are willing to become an employee of our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, then your wish will be easily realized." Oh, see the row of houses in the distance? It's a living quarters reserved for our Chamber of Commerce employees here. ”
President Pombéry glanced at the houses in the distance, hidden in the greenery and flowers, but all of them were chic in style, and couldn't help but sigh: "It's a pity that I don't have such luck." President Xu, I suddenly feel that your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce doesn't produce magic machinery. Just having such a living area can already make a lot of money. I'm sure there will be a lot of people who want to live in this environment. ”
"The problem is that I'm afraid not many people want to live more than fifty kilometers away from Bonta City, right?" said Xu Yi.
President Pompei laughed, "So, we have to make the carriage run faster." Only in this way can everyone take the carriage more conveniently and get to where they want to go more quickly. ”
"That's right. Xu Yi smiled, made a gesture of invitation to President Pompeiy, and led him to a workshop not too far from the entrance of the valley.
Walking on the road, looking at the steel mill that had already been put into production in the distance, Xu Yi couldn't help but sigh in his heart. If it weren't for the existence of this steel mill, he probably wouldn't have finally decided to sell the technology related to the magic kettle.
In fact, Xu did not have time to fully tell Sù Heinze about the benefits of selling the technology related to the magic kettle.
For example, the steel mill in front of you will make a huge profit from it.
Nearly half a month has passed since the day of the press conference. In this half month, a total of 27 chambers of commerce signed contracts with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to purchase the relevant technology of the magic kettle from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
These twenty-seven chambers of commerce have purchased the technology. Of course, they want to produce a magic kettle.
However, the material used in the magic kettle can only be silver leaf steel, and if it is replaced with ordinary pig iron, it is not only not beautiful. It is not rust-proof, and even in terms of industrial design, it is not up to standard. Therefore, as long as the twenty-seven chambers of commerce that purchased the technology wanted to produce magic kettles, they had to use silver leaf steel.
At present, only the steelmaking plant in front of the steel mill can produce this special alloy steel.
The twenty-seven chambers of commerce had no choice at all except to buy silver leaf steel through the guò Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
If this steelmaking mill has not yet been established, then relying only on the two small steelmaking mills in the Norma tribe and the Angolan tribe, the silver leaf steel produced is hardly enough for the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to use itself, then Xu will certainly not consider selling the technology of the magic kettle.
Since the steel mill was completed and put into operation last month, the monthly steel output far exceeds the combined output of the two small steelmaking plants of the Norma tribe and the Angolan tribe combined, reaching a staggering 50,000 tons!
Among the 50,000 tons of various steels, silver leaf steel accounts for more than half, totaling more than 30,000 tons.
And although the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce currently produces so many kinds of magic machinery, the amount of silver leaf steel consumed every month is only about 10,000 tons.
Now the output of this steel mill not only greatly meets the needs of the new flying chamber of commerce, but also has a sufficient surplus.
This is the main reason why Hui Yi finally made up his mind to sell the magic kettle technology.
Of course, Silver Leaf Steel is not just sold to these 27 chambers of commerce.
Because the silver leaf steel is lightweight, beautiful, and more importantly, has anti-rust function, and is extremely versatile, many chambers of commerce have consulted Xu Yi after seeing the silver leaf steel used in the automatic magic rice cooker, and want to buy this special steel.
Previously, because the silver leaf steel produced was not enough for the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to use for its own use, Xu Yi did not agree to sell, and now with the production of this large steelmaking plant, the output of silver leaf steel has increased significantly, and since last month, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has begun to sell a part of the silver leaf steel.
According to statistics, last month, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce sold a full 10,000 tons of silver leaf steel alone.
According to the selling price of 400 gold coins per ton of silver leaf steel, the steel mill reached a terrifying total income of 4 million gold coins last month just by relying on the sale of silver leaf steel.
Of course. It's not profit.
When selling Silver Leaf Steel, Xu Yi once tried to shout a high price while other chambers of commerce did not know much about Silver Leaf Steel. But these shrewd guys, while they don't know much about silver leaf steel, know all too much about the cost of smelting iron ore.
In particular, President Morgan of the Falcao Chamber of Commerce even made it public to everyone. The cost of smelting a ton of pure iron is about four hundred gold coins, so as long as Xu Yi shouts the price beyond four hundred gold coins, those chambers of commerce who originally wanted to buy silver leaf steel will retreat one after another.
In the end, Xu Yi had no choice but to set the price at 400 gold coins.
In the eyes of many people, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce actually did not make much profit by setting the price of silver leaf steel at this price, so the Chamber of Commerce, which was still hesitant, finally decided to buy it very happily.
However, they didn't know that this steel mill was using a new mechanized smelting brought by Xu Yi from the earth, and the overall cost was much lower than that estimated by Chairman Morgan.
For every ton of silver leaf steel produced, the cost paid by the steelmaking mill is only about 390 gold coins.
Although at first glance. There is not much difference between three hundred and ninety gold coins and four hundred gold coins, but when you calculate it, there is still a profit of about zài gold coins.
Last month, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce sold 10,000 tons of silver leaf steel, and it made a huge profit of 100,000 gold coins.
And if all the steel produced by this steel mill is sold, this profit can even reach a staggering 400,000 gold coins!
It is no exaggeration to say that the profits generated by this steel mill alone are even comparable to the entire household magic machinery production workshop and magic machine tool workshop combined.
Of course, at present, the market of household magic machinery and magic machine tools is still limited to Bangta City and several surrounding cities, if you wait until the magic machinery to create a larger market in the future, the market space of household magic machinery and magic machine tools is almost infinite.
And this steelmaking plant is currently the biggest function. It is still to meet the needs of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce itself, and it is naturally impossible to sell all the steel produced.
Among these needs, the tire steel structure workshop in front of Xu Yi and Chairman Pombéry is currently included.
When the two walked into the workshop, they heard a screeching sound of metal cutting.
President Pompeiy's gaze swept over the factory. But I found that I couldn't understand what the workers in the workshop were doing.
He could only see that under the influence of these workers and those strange magical machines, those steel rings and steel bars, which were not unusual, finally came together perfectly. Then it turned into a pure iron product that looked a little close to the wheel of a horse-drawn carriage, but in fact it was completely different.
President Pombéry picked up a finished iron wheel. found that this steel ring, which was about waist height, weighed at least ten catties, and he couldn't help frowning.
"President Xu. But this thing is much heavier than a wooden wheel, and it's not unlike the pure iron wheels I mentioned to you, right?"
"It's not quite done yet. Xu Yi smiled slightly, and led President Pompeii to the other end of the huge factory with the finished steel wheels.
The place sits piles of steel wheels on one side, and on the other side is the same mountain of black, round, unidentified objects.
And next to these dark and unknown objects, there were a lot of messy things that he couldn't understand what they were for.
"What are these?" asked President Pompeiy, pointing to the black things.
"If I tell you what these things are, I'm afraid you won't understand, so I can only tell you that combining all these things is the real tire. ”
Xu Yi led President Pompeiy to the end of the production line.
It happened that a tire had just been completed, Xu Yi casually carried it over, and as soon as he put it in front of him, the tire stood up steadily.
"What do you think of this tire?" Xu Yi asked, pointing to the tire on the ground to President Pompeiry.
President Pombéry frowned, looked at the tires carefully, and shook his head: "Honestly...... I do not know. President Xu, I'm not afraid that you will laugh at me, I can't understand how your tires are made, and I don't even know what these things are. You ask me how I feel...... I can't really tell. ”
Xu Yi smiled, pointed to the tire and said, "You press hard first." ”
President Pombéry was puzzled and pressed the tire, but he felt that the tentacles were soft, and the surface of the tire was slightly sunk in by him when he pressed it like this, but when he let go of his hand, it immediately rebounded and changed back to the original.
President Pompeii was amazed, looked at the tires, thought for a moment, and immediately said in surprise: "Its surface is so elastic! This is wonderful! If you walk on the road with this thing, even if you touch a little bumpy place, it will be no problem! I'm sure the carriage ride will be much more comfortable than before!"
Xu Yi laughed: "President Pompeiy is worthy of being a professional, and he understood the wonder of this tire so quickly. That's right, with this tire, we will definitely have to reduce the suffering of a lot of bumps in the carriage in the future. And the tires were far less resistant than those old wood wheels, and they would definitely run a lot faster on the road than they do now. ”
"I believe! I believe!" President Pombéry nodded excitedly, grabbed Xu Yi's hand and shook it vigorously. "President Xu, when you told me to find a way to improve the carriage, I was joking. Now that I see this tire, I finally believe that what you said is not false at all! Haha, just need to change the tires to make our carriage look great, which is really good!"
Xu Yi quietly withdrew his hand and asked, "President Pompei, are you willing to buy these tires?"
As soon as he said to buy, the excited look on President Pompery's face instantly subsided, and he glanced at the forum that was still standing on the ground, and he asked tentatively, "President Xu, how are you going to sell it?"
Xu Yi smiled and stretched out three fingers: "It's not expensive, it's just three gold coins." ”
"Three gold coins?" President Pombéry made a quick mental calculation, then smiled. "President Xu, we can discuss the price later, before that, can you let me do some tests on this tire? After all, I haven't really used it, and I'm not sure if it's suitable or not, right?"
Xu Yi smiled and nodded: "This is nature." We not only provide tires for horse-drawn carriages, but also provide bearings and after-sales guarantees. Absolutely intimate and guaranteed to never disappoint. ”
President Pombéry laughed: "I still have a lot of trust in the credibility of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. With that, he stretched out his hand to Xu Yi. "President Xu, happy cooperation. ”
"It was a pleasure to work with. ”
After shaking hands with President Pompeiry, Xu Yi suddenly had a naughty thought, and reached out and gently pushed the tire that was still erect.
The tires immediately rolled slowly and steadily on the flat concrete floor of the workshop, until they finally hit a wall in the distance and fell to the ground.
Seeing this, the smile on President Pompei's face grew even brighter. (To be continued......)