Looking at the furnace in front of her, which was only four or five meters high, Claire was a little speechless, and the memories of the steelmaking furnace in her previous life began to emerge in her mind.

The magic steelmaking furnace of the empire in the previous life, the specific production process Claire is not clear, but Claire, who has visited the steelmaking factory, has clear guidance, and the magic steelmaking furnace is far more advanced than the one in front of him, with a higher degree of automation, and more lightweight.

At the very least, there were no tall chimneys on the Empire's steelmaking furnaces.

And the steel-making furnace he saw in Lanxing, a pure technological creation, and the chimney that is often tens of meters high or even hundreds of meters high is far from being a product that can be manufactured in the present world.

The four or five meters tall chimney in front of her, covering an area of less than twenty square meters of steelmaking furnace, really made Claire feel a little nondescript.

Malone didn't notice Claire's fugue and triumphantly introduced Claire's classics to her.

"I carved fire attribute runes on the bottom to make the furnace produce more high temperature, and at the same time, I carved wind attribute and earth attribute runes around the furnace to make the furnace burn more vigorously and become stronger and less easily destroyed.

After my retrofit, this furnace now requires only a small amount of fuel to make steel, which can save a lot of wood. ”

"Hmm," Claire asked, nodding her head. So the stove doesn't need to be replenished with extra magical energy? ”

"How is that possible!" Ma Long patted the working steel-making furnace, and a red light flashed in his hand, and he didn't seem to be afraid of being burned at all. "I'm here in the furnace, I added magic crystals, and used them to power the runes."

Malone pointed to a raised spot on the stove and introduced it to Claire.

"There are three low-level magic crystals placed here, as long as one magic crystal is guaranteed to supply energy to the steelmaking furnace, the other magic crystals can be taken out and charged at any time. Of course, it is also possible to have a mage come here to directly charge the magic crystal, which will not have any effect on the operation of the furnace. ”

Claire's eyes lit up when she heard this, this was already very close to the level of the early empire in her previous life, she really didn't expect that Ma Long would have such a talent.

"How much can we produce per day now?" Claire was concerned about another important issue.

"This—" Ma Long's smile froze, and he looked at the several craftsmen who accompanied him.

Ma Long had been talking before, and in front of the magician, naturally there was no part of a few of their lowly craftsmen interjecting.

Several craftsmen glanced at each other, and an old man with gray hair and beard walked out and introduced Claire.

"Back to the lord, if the raw materials are sufficient, we estimate that the daily output should be two hundred groups."

Claire glanced at the old craftsman and found that although the other party looked old, the whole person looked very energetic, the rough robe could not hide the strong muscles, and the two hands had obvious calluses, and at first glance he was a person who was often engaged in manual labor.

Group that is the unit of measurement in this world, 1 group is almost equal to 0.3 catties in the previous life, and 200 groups of that, that is 60 catties of steel production a day.

Well, to be honest, it's not much, but at the moment it should be okay to meet the needs of the musket to make it.

"Can the output be increased without guaranteeing raw materials?" Claire asked, her eyes sweeping not only over Malone, but also over several craftsmen.

Malone thought about it, shook his head and said.

"I don't think so, this furnace is almost like that, if you want to increase the output, you can only build a new furnace, and this furnace is not too big. As long as you have enough money, I'll make you a bigger one! Ensure that the output is sufficient. ”

Claire didn't speak, glancing at the craftsmen.

After glancing at Ma Long, the old craftsman said with a smile on his face.

"The magician is right, the furnace itself has this output, even if we don't rest all day, we can't improve much, at most we can reach three hundred groups, which is the sky. Adults want more steel, so it is better to recruit more craftsmen and build more furnaces. ”

"That's right." Claire asked, reaching out and knocking on the furnace. "And how much does such a furnace cost?"

When it came to the cost, Claire obviously noticed that Marlon's face was a little unnatural, and several craftsmen lowered their heads, and no one dared to look at Claire.

This made Claire suddenly chuckle in her heart, and she had a bad premonition.

Sure enough, Malone's next words dispelled Claire's idea of preparing to build a bunch of steelmaking furnaces in one go.

"Ahem, my lord." Ma Long's eyes wandered, staring at the steelmaking furnace. "This steel-making furnace is not even half a magic instrument, and this price will naturally not be cheap.

But don't worry, I use the cheapest magic materials, and I'm trying to save you money, and at the same time, I carved these runes myself, and I can also save a lot of money! ”

"Getting to the point!" Claire interrupted Malone's boasting and said dissatisfied. "Just say how much it is, don't worry, I'm not bad for money!"

Hearing Claire say this, Ma Long's eyes lit up instantly.

"Eh, really? My lord, I'm relieved if you say that. In fact, the cost of this stove is not expensive, less than 1,000 dinars! ”

"Hmm..." Hearing Ma Long's first half of the sentence, Claire relieved her mind and was ready to listen to a reasonable price, but when the final price came out, Claire's eyes instantly widened as big as copper bells.

"Not expensive? A thousand dinars? Hehe... It's really not expensive! ”

There was some sarcasm in Claire's tone, what is the concept of a thousand dinars, which is enough for Claire to arm a squad of elite soldiers, and actually change to such a stove with a daily output of dozens of catties?

It is said that playing industry burns money, but it is not burned like this.

In these years, the landlord's family has no surplus grain.

Malone obviously heard the mockery in Claire's tone, and his tone became a little aggrieved.

"My lord, this is really not expensive, such a large magic artifact, the price of less than a thousand dinars is really affordable, you know, many small objects I made in experiments before cost hundreds of dinars.

Don't worry, my lord, I have no experience this first time, and if you want to build a similar steel-making furnace and wrap it around me, I guarantee that it will be completed within eight hundred dinars. ”

Good guy, a few hundred dinars for experiments, Claire shook her head, glanced at Malone with a sigh, and finally understood why this product was so poor, no wonder she was in a hurry to run to herself. Could it be that in his eyes, I am like a stupid son of a landlord with a lot of money?

However, the price of a steelmaking furnace of 800 dinars does not seem so unacceptable.

Thinking about the future development of the territory and the construction of the army, there should still be a shortage of steel, so why don't you build a few first.

"Okay." Claire gritted her teeth, faced Marlon's expectant gaze, and made a promise to Marlon. "Then work hard for you to build two more."