Magic Industrial Age.

Chapter 208 Chapter 206: Douglas's research direction (please subscribe, please vote)

Three days later, Roy and Lord Robin Water finalized a new contract, and the negotiations came to an end.

The Imperial Ambassador, Lord Robin Water, needs to send the contract back to the Empire in the shortest possible time and submit it to the Cabinet. It will only be considered completed after the Cabinet approves and finalizes it.

Of course, there may be some back and forth and negotiations during this process, but this is normal.

Luo Yi believed that the empire would tolerate some of his small willful requests for the sake of its established goals.

It is worth mentioning that Lord Robin Water’s contact with the empire was not established by making a trip himself, as that would be too slow!

Instead, the Scourge Mage had some means of remote communication, and through some props and magic circles, he sent the contract directly back.

This method obviously has a certain price, but it is really fast!

On the contrary, it will take sufficient time for the top brass of the empire to review, evaluate, discuss and finalize the contract.

The Habsburg Empire was huge, and there were many things to do every day. It would not be an exaggeration to say that the cabinet members were "busy with a lot of things to do every day."

Flower Territory is just one of their moves and it is not worth their constant attention!

However, it is a good thing that Lord Robin Water did not leave.

As long as he didn't leave, the empire's workers and technicians could move at the fastest speed.

It is worth mentioning that although this person did not leave, Mennon Becker finally built the communication magic circle and left angrily.

The arrival of Lord Robin Water was not only to bring a fourth-level natural disaster mage to protect his own safety,

He also brought along Master Mennon's granddaughter, Christina Becker.

He was a mechanical mage wearing thick glasses and was no more than twenty years old. In terms of level, he was already at the second stage LV8 level, more powerful than Lilia.

Moreover, he is also an expert in the mining of magical machinery, and she worked hard to get him to be assigned abroad this time.

As a result, now her grandfather wanted to take her away, and she was naturally unhappy.

The grandfather and granddaughter had a big quarrel, and the result was that Master Mennong was of course unable to do anything with his granddaughter.

He had to nag Luo Yi many times, forcing him to guarantee the safety of his granddaughter.

Of course Luo Yi refused to guarantee it. As a result, a third-level extraordinary wizard did not care about the three fourth-level wizards next to him and threatened a count.

It’s quite a wonder!

Finally, Luo Yi had no choice but to agree. There was no other way as he still had to count on this old man to build a magic communication circle!

As the saying goes, it's better to cross the river and then destroy the bridge. But there is no way to destroy the bridge if you haven't even crossed the river.

However, Roy was not willing to suffer any loss, so Menon Becker agreed to give him a 20% discount for any help he gave Roy in building the communication magic circle.

Moreover, you have to be on call at any time and be the first in line.

However, no matter how angry the old man was, he couldn't leave that day.

Because Douglas Hill had to stay for a day to catch up with Roy.

It was also on this evening that Douglas found Roy regarding a new research topic, and the two sides had an in-depth discussion and communication.

……

In the study,
Douglas Hill placed a magic crystal lamp burning magic crystals on the desk.

A soft and bright light bloomed, illuminating the huge study as bright as day.

He took out a pile of papers, dragged a stool over, sat opposite Luo Yi, and said, "Come on, come on, tell me about the topic we are going to study later.

Don't tell me you don't have any ideas, and don't tell me you are not prepared. I have not delayed a single moment on your matter.

So, if you lose your brother's business, I will bite you to death!"

"If you have any good topics or good ideas, throw them to me. Ten or eight are not too many, and three or five are not too few."

At this moment, Douglas Hill's face was full of hope.

However, Luo Yi did not speak immediately. Instead, he closed his eyes slightly, with hesitation on his face.

Douglas Hill waited for a long while, and finally couldn't help but said: "Loy, you are an earl now, with a noble status, so you are going to put on airs with me?"

Luo Yi rolled his eyes: "Use provocation at this time, okay?"

"It's not good or bad, as long as it's useful!"

After a pause, Douglas continued, "If you are worried that I will take credit for your work and not share the profits of the magic machinery I create, then why don't we sign a contract now?"

"Just like before, let's make money together, okay?"

Luo Yi waved his hand and said, "You know that's not what I meant! If we really wanted to maximize our benefits, we wouldn't even be sitting here together.

It’s just that I’m still a little unsure about your new research direction.”

"If you're not sure, just speak up and we can discuss it together."

"That's okay too!"

Luo Yi nodded, paused for a moment, organized his words, and then said: "In fact, when it comes to choosing a research topic, I think the three most important things are:

First, it is in line with the current situation. Those disaster-level mechanical mages will definitely be able to come up with a lot of powerful things.

But, is it useful?

If it cannot be popularized and is not suitable for ordinary magic gunners, it is equivalent to nothing! " "Secondly, it is demand! Only when there is a huge demand and it is a necessity can it be accepted by the public. "

“Finally, it needs to be high quality, inexpensive, cost-effective, and able to be mass-produced.”

"So, based on these three criteria, I have selected a few directions. You can take a look first."

Having said this, Roy pulled the paper next to Douglas, took out a quill pen, and began to write casually.

And the first thing he wrote down was, surprisingly, daily necessities!
"Daily necessities?! How do you mean that?"

"Miller told me about the Empire, the capital of the Habsburg Empire. You should know something about it, right?"

Douglas curled his lips and said, "I haven't been there. That's the imperial capital. Do you think a little wizard like me is qualified?
Of course, I do understand a little bit!"

"It is rumored that there is the only super-large magic energy pool in the empire, which is directly connected to all the street lights and lighting systems in the entire city."

"Every night, when the street lights are on, they look like stars on the ground from afar!"

“Also, all the houses in the imperial capital are connected to magic energy. By turning on the switch, the magic crystal lamps can be lit up.

In other words, in that place, without magic power, even the lights cannot be turned on."

As he said this, his eyes lit up and he asked, "What do you mean?"

Luo Yi took over the conversation: "That's right, since magic energy can be used to light lamps, can it also be used for other purposes?

For example, regulating the temperature in a room.”

"Can we design a small magical machine that can be installed indoors to provide warm air in the winter and cool air in the summer?

In this way, the indoor temperature can always be maintained at a level suitable for human body, which will be very popular, right? "

“Also, it’s a hassle for us to take a hot shower now. It’s not easy to boil water and maintain the water temperature.

But what if we could invent a machine that could directly heat cold water to a certain temperature and maintain it?

When you want to take a shower, it would be convenient to just open it, right? "

"Similarly, as long as it can be heated by magic energy, can we design a stove that can be driven by magic energy and steam and cook food at will?"

"In this way, can we greatly reduce the time spent on chopping wood, lighting fires, and so on?"

“Machinery, after all, is meant to make people’s lives more convenient so that they can feel happy.

Don’t you think this is worth studying?”

Douglas' eyes lit up: "You are right, absolutely right. Besides, I think these are not difficult to achieve!"

After a pause, he looked at Luo Yi again and asked, "Since you have such a good idea, why did you hesitate before?"

Luo Yi rolled his eyes and said, "Because the empire only has one imperial capital."

“It’s not easy to find a city completely covered by magic energy from other places.

Therefore, this daily life field definitely has development potential in the future, but now it is still too early!"

Douglas immediately wilted and said, "What you are talking about is too far-fetched. I want a project that can make money.

Luo Yi, I'm not stingy, but Lilia needs you to help him build the mage tower, but I can only rely on myself.

So, I need something that can be turned into cash quickly, like a magic hammer and steel furnace!"

"Then I have a second idea, Douglas, have you ever thought about getting involved in the field of engineering machinery?"

Douglas frowned slightly and asked, "Construction machinery? How do you say that?"

"It's very simple! Nowadays, the empire is mining everywhere, and the ores obtained always need to be transported, screened, filtered, crushed, and even classified.

Each of these links can actually be designed into a machine driven by magic energy, but they need to be designed according to the actual situation, which is a bit troublesome. "

Luo Yi paused, thought for a moment, and began to draw on the paper again: "Let's not talk about those with individual designs, let's talk about the general types, such as this excavator."

Luo Yi was very fast. In just a few seconds, the outline of an excavator appeared on the paper.

Although there is no specific data, the general appearance is revealed. There are tracks under the cab, a long swing arm, and a large bucket!

"The magic excavator is definitely a good helper for excavation. It is very useful whether it is for building houses, leveling the land, mining, clearing roadblocks, etc."

"The average person has so little strength. One shovel of this is enough to keep a person busy for an hour or so."

"Believe me, as long as you develop this, even if it's just a prototype and its function is not very good, those contractors will rush to your factory to fill it up."

"By then, you can continuously update and iterate your optimization based on their feedback data, and you will be able to firmly occupy half of the market share in the construction machinery field."

Douglas couldn't help but jump up and said, "This is good, this is good! I will study this!"

As he said this, he raised his head again, met Luo Yi's eyes, and narrowed his eyes slightly.

He said: "Luo Yi, Luo Yi, do you have any good ideas that you haven't put forward yet?"

"Tell me, tell me about it, I'll use it as a reference and then decide which field you want to get involved in?"

Luo Yi pursed his lips and said, "I actually have a new field here, which I developed from scratch."

"I call it the Magic Telegraph!"

　The third update, read it tomorrow morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)