Arcane Lord

"Wow!"

Both formal mages and apprentices cheered in the workshop. Although it was just a one-week performance doubling and a reward of 50 gold coins for each person, it meant that Xia Duo recognized their work day and night these days.

After promising a reward, Xia Duo brought the topic to trial production. He shook the crystal ball in his hand and asked everyone: "Since qualified products have appeared, what is the current yield rate?"

As soon as the words came out, the originally lively workplace suddenly became quiet, and the atmosphere became a little tense. Tilak opened his mouth, as if he didn't know what to say, so he winked at Dean desperately.

Dean was also winking at the others. How could these people's little moves be hidden from Xia Duo, but he had already been mentally prepared for the trial production situation.

He had even been prepared for the failure of the trial production. Now that qualified products have appeared, it is considered a success. As for the yield rate, he will slowly improve it in the future.

He was just asking casually. Seeing that the atmosphere in the room was a bit tense, Xia Duo comforted everyone, "You can figure out the process flow clearly in such a short period of time and produce a quality product. I It’s already a surprise. No matter how low the yield rate is, I won’t blame you, but now you should at least let me have a bottom line!”

After talking about this, Tilak, Dean and others were a little embarrassed. They exchanged glances, and finally Dean, who had the closest relationship with Sha Duo, explained:

"We started trial production research three days ago and have now completed the first qualified product. During this period, we have failed countless times. However, since mithril and some five-color gems can be reused, the real consumption is the depreciation of the alchemy circle, encapsulation The crystal and crystal softener used, converted into a yield rate, is about one-tenth.”

After speaking, Dean added hastily, "But now that the process flow has been determined, as long as the proficiency level increases, the final yield rate will definitely remain above 90%."

"Then how much does it cost to produce a qualified communication device?" Xia Duo asked again.

"We only estimate based on the current process flow and a yield rate of more than 90% -"

Having said this, Dean glanced at the apprentices and mages on the production line, "If you exclude labor costs, the cost is very close to the price of the material itself."

After saying this, Xia Duo immediately understood, and it was also his original expectation.

The emergence of the production line incorporated apprentices into the production process, greatly reducing the work of formal mages, which accounted for most of the price of magic items in the past.

In serious cases, it can even account for more than two-thirds. (Of course, the practice of doubling and doubling by some black-hearted mages is not included in this, only normal market conditions are included)

But now, less money needs to be paid to the official mage for a single magic item, and the cost has been greatly reduced, coupled with the low-cost advantage of the [Permanent Magic] technology itself.

It is foreseeable that as long as Xia Duo is willing, these communication instruments can be sold for "cabbage" price.

"very good!"

Sha Duo praised again, then looked at the production line with only a dozen people including official mages, and asked Tilak, "How many people are needed for a complete production line? How many apprentices and mages?"

The answer to this question had long existed in Tilak's mind, just waiting for Shado to ask, "Currently we have divided the entire production process into 19 processes. The optimal configuration requires 17 apprentices and 3 formal mages."

Xia Duo nodded, "I will ask Mayor Thain to send the people over as soon as possible. Before that, you first improve the production process, sort out the production manual, and arrange training as soon as the people arrive!"

"knew!"

Next, Chateau asked Tilak to arrange a relatively complete production process. After finishing it, he left the 021 workshop that was destined to be remembered by history - at least the history of the Tower of Time.

…

After that, Xia Duo still did not return to his residence. He had just watched the trial production process. He could not sit still and wanted to get all the people ready to start the production immediately.

After passing through the portal and arriving at Savile Territory, Xia Duo went straight to the town hall.

The "cloud and mist special effects" attached to [Soaring in the Clouds and Driving the Fog] attracted the attention and discussion of many guarding soldiers, but Xia Duo's mind was not on this at all. He was thinking about why the old apprentices had not been recruited yet.

It's just that Xia Duo walked around the town hall. Except for a few clerks, he didn't find the shadow of Thain. Since he would continue to process the spell book for a while, Xia Duo didn't waste his spells on Thain, but found the town hall. The guard soldier asked:

"Sam, do you know where Mayor Thain is?"

"Sir, Mayor Thain has gone to the military camp." Guard Sam replied honestly, while another soldier next to him looked at him with envy. Occasionally he glanced at Xia Duo and showed awe. .

Xia Duo ignored the little action of an ordinary soldier. He was looking for Sam purely because among the soldiers at the door, he was the only one who knew Sam and knew his name.

Knowing the whereabouts of Thain, Sha Duo was about to leave when he suddenly thought of another question, so he asked again, "Has Mayor Thain summoned anyone recently?"

"No."

"That's it!"

Xia Duo stopped asking. Anyway, he would know when he saw Thain soon, so he flew towards the military camp through the clouds and mist. Behind him came the proud voice of Sam, who had just been honest and polite:

"Do you know? I have known Master Xia Da since he was an apprentice. At that time, he -"

As the distance went away, the sound gradually faded away and became the background noise of the environment. Xia Duo couldn't help but laugh when he thought about the short paragraph he had just heard.

He had indeed known Sam a long time ago, but the situation at that time was similar to today. He just exchanged a few words. It was only now that his identity had changed that he became a talking point for others to show off.

…

Arriving at the top of the military camp, Xia Duo ignored the ordinary soldiers who were suddenly alert and then quickly relaxed. His eyes were already attracted by Thain and Keyan who were chatting in front of a barracks.

What are you doing?

With a trace of doubt, Xia Duo landed directly in front of the barracks. The slight movement of the soldiers just now obviously failed to attract the attention of the two people. It was not until Xia Duo fell that the two suddenly separated.

"Lord Shada, why are you here in person?" Thain said in surprise.

Keyan's expression on the side was a little subtle. He didn't dare to look at Xia Duo, but glared at Thain, as if he was regretting not beating him up just now.

However, due etiquette was still in place. After inviting Xia Duo into the house, Ke Yaen carefully asked Xia Duo's purpose, "Sir, what are your orders?"

"Don't be nervous. I just want to ask Mayor Thain when the people I want will be gathered."

However, before Thain could speak, Keyan exclaimed, "Ah - is the person Thain is looking for really the person you want?"

The expression is too exaggerated! Bad acting!

Sha Duo made a silent evaluation in his mind, but he really pretended that Ke Yaen didn't know anything about it, "I don't know what Thain told you, but I do need a group of old apprentices who have come out of the Tower of Time in recent years. Then What's the situation now?"

When he said the last sentence, Sha Duo turned his attention to Mayor Thain.