Chapter 148: A Magical Locomotive That Can Only Ride One Person
This time, President Pompeiy personally escorted the magic machine tools and other accessories needed for the cement factory and steel mill that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce was about to build in Sewell City.
In addition, considering that it is too far away from Bonta City, and there is also a cooperation with the Duchy of Draco, Xu Yi also plans to build a magic machine shop here now to produce some magic machine tools that are not easy to transport.
The main one is to prepare for the establishment of an arsenal.
Of course, the core part will never be produced outside of the Rain Valley.
Although the city of Sewell has the Count of Satsuma as the lord of the city, the safety is guaranteed to a certain extent, but after all, it is too close to the border of the Sark Kingdom, and if the Sark Kingdom has any intentions against the Sark Kingdom, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no problems at all.
Although the Earl of Satsuma patted his chest in front of Lord Caroline and made a guarantee, Xu Yi, out of the most cautious considerations, naturally could not ignore this.
After getting into the medium-sized magic bus in which President Pompeiy was riding with Count Satsuma, as soon as the car started, Xu Yi really felt a slight chill echoing in the car, and had to tighten the fur coat on his body.
Seeing Xu Yi's movements, Count Satsuma also tightened his neckline, turned his head to look at the environment inside the medium-sized magic bus, frowned and asked Xu Yi: "Xu Yi, President Pompeii was right just now, since this medium-sized magic bus is for people to ride, you should think more about comfort." For example, adding a magic air conditioner is much better now. Also, I don't think there is a leak in this car. ”
"It's not difficult to add a magic air conditioner, but it's not so easy to integrate it with the whole car. Xu also explained. "The R&D center of our chamber of commerce is doing R&D tests in this area, and I believe it will not be long before that. You can complete the configuration upgrade of this medium-sized magic bus. As for air leaks...... No way. Now the skills of the welders are not up to par. ”
"Speaking of which...... President Hsu. Since your Chamber of Commerce has named this magic locomotive a medium-sized magic bus, does that mean that there are also small and large magic buses?" asked President Pompei, who was next to him.
"That's right. Xu Yi nodded. "Compared with this medium-sized magic car that is approved to ride thirteen people, in our chamber of commerce's planning for passenger magic locomotives, of course, there are smaller ones, which can only carry a few people, or even only one person, and are driven by this person alone. In addition to this, there are also some larger. A large manned magic bus capable of riding dozens of people. ”
"Only one person?" said President Pompei, surprised. "Then how much do you plan to sell this ultra-small manned magic locomotive?"
"It's not decided yet. But the price of a magic locomotive is not only determined by how many people can carry, but also by many other factors. So the ultra-small manned magic locomotive you asked about may be priced at only a few hundred gold coins, but it may also be priced at tens of thousands of gold coins. ”
"Tens of thousands of gold coins?" Even the Count of Satsuma was not calm at this time. "Xu Yi, are you kidding kid? You can only sit alone, you actually want to sell tens of thousands of gold coins? Who would be stupid enough to really spend tens of thousands of gold coins to buy such a completely impractical thing?
Xu Yi smiled slightly: "Lord City, in addition to practicality, there are many people in this world who are more in pursuit of comfort and enjoyment. If you were given a magic locomotive, you could drive it as if you were at home, and at the same time have a speed of more than 100 kilometers per hour, or even 200 kilometers per hour. Are you willing to spend tens of thousands of gold coins to buy it?"
"One or two hundred kilometers an hour, how is this possible!" said Count Satsuma and President Pompeiy, who were equally surprised.
President Pompei said excitedly: "President Xu, if your Chamber of Commerce can really develop such a fast magic locomotive. Not to mention tens of thousands of gold coins, or even hundreds of thousands of gold coins, there will definitely be many people who will buy them!"
Count Satsuma frowned and shook his head slightly.
He is an aristocrat who advocates pragmatism, and the people who despise extravagantly and spend money for the pursuit of pleasure are the most despised, and he simply cannot understand the strong attraction of Xu Yi's ultra-small magic locomotive to those who pursue luxury.
But that didn't prevent him from agreeing with President Pompeiy.
At present, the traffic on Sainz Road is still dominated by horse-drawn carriages, and the maximum speed can only be maintained at about 30 kilometers per hour.
The magic locomotive developed by the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, which has a speed of only more than 40 kilometers per hour, has been greatly welcomed in the Lampari Kingdom and aroused everyone's interest.
If the New Flying Chamber of Commerce suddenly came up with a magic locomotive that could run one or two hundred kilometers in an hour, it would definitely cause a sensation in the entire Sainz continent.
On this continent, rich people are everywhere. For those people, not to mention spending tens of thousands of gold coins, even if it costs hundreds of thousands of gold coins, as long as they can have such a magic locomotive with extremely fast speed, there is absolutely no problem.
"I'd like to be able to come up with a magic locomotive like this right now. But alas, at the moment...... At least not in the next few years. Xu Yi shook his head regretfully.
At present, the magic locomotives used by the new flying chamber of commerce are all wind-based magic engines, and although this engine is very good in terms of sustainability and stability, it is slightly lacking in explosiveness.
According to Xu Yi's estimates, the ultimate power that this kind of wind magic engine can produce can probably only drive the current medium-sized magic locomotive to reach a speed of about 80 kilometers per hour, and it is difficult to break through the speed of 100 kilometers per hour, let alone reach a speed of 200 kilometers per hour.
If he wants to achieve ultra-high speed, Xu Yi currently feels that the only feasible thing is the fire magic engine.
It's just that the research and development of the fire-based magic engine is still just beginning, and there are still countless problems to be solved in the middle, and when the fire-based magic engine is really formed, incorporated into use, and the first fire-based magic locomotive is produced, even according to Xu Yi's most optimistic estimate, it will take at least five years.
If you normally estimate it, this time is probably at least ten years.
Hearing Xu Yi's answer, Count Satsuma and President Pompeiy were not only not disappointed, but relieved.
If the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce can really produce such a magical locomotive in a short period of time, then they will have to wonder if Xu Yi is still a human after all.
The convoy rounded the city of Thurwell and arrived at the newly selected production base of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce in the west of the city.
Before Xu Yi led the convoy here, a piece of factory buildings had been built in this base.
Now you only need to move the corresponding production equipment such as magic machine tools into it, and in fact, you can officially start work.
This is also the point where the continent of Sainz is more convenient compared to the earth.
Because all magic locomotives are powered by magic crystals, there is no need to have pre-arranged circuits like those factories on Earth.
As for the water problem, it is easier to solve because of its proximity to the river.
In the past few days, the dwarves such as Camby and the staff who came with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce had already placed the first batch of supplies that had been delivered.
Camby and others have even set up a small R&D center for magic machine tools, and are conducting various tests on this new working environment of magic machines in the past few days.
The test results show that due to the location of Thurwell City in the north, the winter is particularly cold, and the magic machinery will be affected to a certain extent under the influence of this extremely cold weather, the most common is the lack of power.
This is not difficult for Xu Yi, this time the convoy led by President Pompeiy not only transported a large number of required magic machine tools, but also transported a batch of various household magic machines, including a full ten magic air conditioners.
After placing these magic air conditioners around this workshop and stuffing enough magic crystals, ten magic air conditioners immediately blew warm hot air, and it didn't take long to warm up the entire workshop.
Feeling the warm wind blowing from the magic air conditioner, Xu Yi couldn't help but ask President Pompei, who was curiously looking at the surrounding situation, "Since you feel cold on the road, why don't you take out these magic air conditioners and use them first?"
President Pompeii glanced at Xu Yi in surprise.
"President Xu, are you suspicious of me? We are a professional logistics and transportation company, how can we do the thing of taking out the goods entrusted to us by customers to transport them for our own use. This will seriously affect the reputation of our chariot and horse shop!"
Xu Yi smiled, nodded approvingly, and turned to Count Satsuma and said, "Lord City, you see, the reputation of Filson's carriage and horse shop is still very good. You should really seriously consider leaving the logistics of the city of Thurwell to them. ”
Hearing Xu Yi's words, President Pombéry glanced at Xu Yi gratefully, and then looked at Count Satsuma expectantly.
Earl Satsuma pointed at Xu Yi with some amusement: "Say, what benefits did Filson Carriage and Horse Company give you to recommend them so hard?"
"I'm telling the truth, isn't it?" Xu Yi shrugged his shoulders and continued, "Lord City, I'm serious. In the future, we will have more and more connections between Bonta City and Sewell City, and after the development of Sewell City, it will have connections with other cities in the kingdom, and even with other countries and regions including the Duchy of Delaco, and a professional logistics and transportation company will be very needed to undertake these tasks. ”
"Then why don't I find one like this in Thurwell?" asked the Earl of Satsuma rhetorically.
Xu Yi glanced at President Pompeiy, who immediately patted his chest and said loudly: "Lord Earl, our Fillson Carriage and Horse Company intends to set up a branch in Thurwell City here, please Lord Earl support!"
The Count of Satsuma looked at President Pompeiy, and then turned to look at Xu Yi.
"Xu Yi, in fact, you should understand. It's just that I promised and it didn't work. In the northeastern province, we are not just a city in Thurwell. Have you forgotten what happened on the road when you came this time?"
Xu Yi's eyes flashed: "I won't give those people another chance." (To be continued......)