Arcane Lord

"How much does the official model cost?" Xia Duo asked.

"In terms of materials alone, it is similar to a magic stove, but the labor cost is more expensive. The total cost is about 220 gold coins. If mass-produced, it can be reduced to less than 200."

The cost of the magic stove is also about 200 gold coins. Today's heaters are similar to it. This shows how hard Jie Yin works. At least from Xia Duo's own perspective, the iron shell outside alone is enough to widen the gap between the magic stove and the magic stove. .

Not to mention that it is more complicated to manufacture. Although the labor cost of the Tower of Time is no higher than that of other places, it is not completely costless. As long as it is available, it is difficult to ignore.

Jie Yin's ability to control mass production costs so well is enough to prove that he attaches great importance to and loves the career of Magical Affairs Officer. Of course, his outstanding talent is also indispensable.

"Very good! We must continue our efforts to design more magic tools for the public! In addition, in the future, general household magic tools will be limited to 200 gold coins. If the cost is too high, we will not consider it for the time being!"

Xia Duo gave his praise and encouragement without hesitation, but here he also put forward new requirements. A limit of 200 gold coins was a suitable choice for the current territory.

Although the people in the territory will receive a large sum of money from the land transfer, as long as they don't want to live a meager life in Daxia, the cost is higher than in other places.

Of course, as long as you are willing to work, your income will be higher than elsewhere.

The reason for doing this is mainly to balance the prices of magic items and general commodities. After all, those magic items need to be sold in the territory, and the prices need to be unified.

Since there is no cotton in Netheril and even the entire Northland, I have never thought about textile machines. In fact, there are no textile equipment locally, but they are far from being called machines.

If Jie Yin improved the textile machine, Mr. Xia was too skeptical, but if it was the magic affairs officer of the steam engine group who improved it, there would be no doubt about it.

For example, it's hard to imagine using steam power to open a portal.

"How did he come up with that?" Mr. Xia asked curiously.

Next, Mr. Xia visited some prototypes of civilian magic equipment designs in Jie Yin's laboratory. Some of them were not mentioned by me later, but some of them were not mentioned by me.

Although the system is still very strong and relies heavily on official subsidies and guidance, it will gradually mature as long as it continues.

With so many outstanding craftsmen from the territory gathered here, it’s time to come up with something new!

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But if prices and income levels remain the same as before, how can the people in the territory afford expensive magic items? People will always be able to take advantage of the people in the territory.

On the contrary, Hero, the original inventor of the steam engine, was still trying to improve the steam engine, but it was not enough for me, and it was necessary for others to get involved.

For farmers, it's even less. However, the agricultural output value is extremely high compared to the rapidly expanding magic industry. There must be other ways, so farmers will never be able to buy magic items that are constantly updated. , even cheaper civilian models.

"That's actually the inspiration you got from the steam engine, but you feel that the textile machine can't be powered not only by steam engines, but also by magic."

This made me feel very curious.

By this time, with the blessing of the inner and outer double cycles, Xiaoxia Ling's development will reach another level.

Raising prices and income levels here will not help Mr. Xia transfer wealth to the people more efficiently. Although no one will save money, as long as no one uses it, it can create a scale comparable to The economic circulation system of several prosperous territories in the mainland.

There must be a way to stably convert magical power into mechanical power. The steam engine cannot be directly eliminated. Of course, in that case, engineering still exists.

At present, magical power sources such as Mythra cannot be directly converted into mechanical energy of invisible matter. Different energy conversion mechanisms need to be designed according to different use scenarios.

The textile machine outside Jie Yin's house was completely different from the simple textile tools I had seen underground in the future. It seemed to be specially designed based on another brand-new idea.

Maybe it can't be weakened with magic, but why bother? Is it better to take the ready-made Kangzhuang trail, or do I have to take the flat Yangchang Avenue?

The bad thing is that the magic affairs officers of the steam engine group are all hesitant magic scholars. We devote less energy to research on engineering, but on the steam engine itself.

The steam engine team is also the magic affairs officer of Xiao Xia's leadership, but it is composed of a small number of people. It also recruits a group of skilled craftsmen specifically to create various civilian appliances that match the steam engine.

My lowest expectation for the steam engine is not to hope that the Magic Affairs Officers will open up a new field of engineering, but to focus on the steam engine itself. After all, no matter how inefficient the steam engine is, there is always no limit to its output. It is better than any other Mystic. pull.

Yes, the magic loom that Jie Yin built was meaningless. On the contrary, Jie Yin also opened up a brand new field!

In the past, let alone 200 gold coins, even if it was only 20 gold coins, people would have to grit their teeth to get it out. After all, 20 gold coins was less than half a month's salary for a special craftsman.

Or more incorrectly, an improved magic-powered loom - a prototype!

The most critical thing is that the output of the steam engine is the interaction between invisible substances, and it is difficult to adapt to the broader magical field.

Another example is the war spell [Light of Annihilation]. The energy output by Mythra is also converted into spells, which causes the entropy value of matter to continuously increase, so that even the original elemental state cannot be maintained, and it turns into nothingness, or is it still? related to mechanical energy.

It cannot become an important branch of magic in the broad sense, but it can always become mainstream. It is similar to the difference between mechanical engineering and physics on earth~

What Jie Yin's magic loom embodies is my exploration and attempt in that area. Mr. Xia is disdainful of that kind of magic loom, but he appreciates the idea of ​​power transformation in it. Such as the flying spell, but the energy output by Mithra is converted into a floating spell, which reconstructs the force and inertia of matter and is related to mechanical energy.

The process and transmission of steam power involves almost any magical element in a narrow sense, which is destined to never become mainstream in a magical country.

For example, the magic loom!

In this regard, Jie Yin’s explanation is——

When Jie Yin said that, Mr. Xia suddenly realized that in the past, my view of steam engines was less of a toy. Although it had no certain value, I always used steam engines to travel in the sky and explore the planes, right?

As long as it involves the interaction between invisible substances, it belongs to the category of mechanical energy, and steam engines are not the most typical example.

But when humans live in that world, the first thing to master is not mechanical energy, the one with the least contact is also mechanical energy, and the one with the least application is mechanical energy. Of course, mages are excluded.