Magic Industrial Age

Last year, after the magic-powered forging hammer initially took shape, Loy had pointed out two directions for Lilia to explore further.

The first was the stamping machine, not to mention the die-casting technology.

The second was the individualization and integration of the magic-powered forging hammer, which required directly grafting energy and magic patterns onto the machine, using 'magic crystals' as the energy source.

The benefit of doing this was that it would eliminate the need for magic pools in the future, making it much more convenient to move, relocate, or use.

It could be moved anywhere and used!

However, as it turned out, this path was not feasible.

The reason was simple: on the one hand, the technical requirements were too difficult to achieve.

The magic pool drives the magic-powered forging hammer through a universal power machine, which is the conversion of magic power and kinetic energy.

In other words, to truly achieve integration, a magic crystal and a set of power conversion systems would have to be added to the small magic-powered forging hammer, which would make it too bulky.

Secondly, the customers of Lightninger Magic Machinery Factory were either mechanical factories like Damon's or mechanical mages who found it worthwhile to study and use.

Neither of these lacked magic pools, universal power machines, or magic power, so individualization and integration were really unnecessary!

As it turned out, even Loy, despite his knowledge, had to be grounded in reality.

The saying 'practice is the sole criterion for testing truth' holds true.

Damon's factory now has six magic-powered forging hammers installed, and the number of hundred-forged steel weapons it can produce each month has reached an astonishing hundred or more.

In fact, he has already gathered blacksmith masters and is preparing to attempt the level of ten-thousand-forged weapons.

If he succeeds, even if he takes it to the capital, it can be put up for auction at the highest level.

Such weapons have reached an astonishing level in terms of the retention rate and circulation efficiency of battle qi within the cloud patterns.

Even a legendary powerhouse would be worthy of it.

Accurately speaking, legendary powerhouses may have more powerful divine artifacts, but they probably haven't seen this kind of pure weapon.

The only recorded ten-thousand-forged weapon in history was created by a dwarven blacksmith master who spent his entire life and a full twenty-three years to forge it.

But now, with the magic-powered forging hammer, Damon feels that he can hope for this almost impossible thing.

If he succeeds, his mechanical factory will definitely become famous.

However, although Damon praised the magic-powered forging hammer, he also had one major complaint.

That was the six knobs for 'up, down, light, heavy, slow, and fast,' which had to be activated with magic power each time they were used, making them unusable for the blacksmiths.

As a result, when folding and hammering an ingot of iron multiple times, they had to ask the mage apprentice to help adjust the height and strength over and over again.

Once or twice was fine, but after many times, the mage apprentice became annoyed, and the blacksmith masters became even more annoyed, greatly reducing efficiency.

For this reason, Damon not only complained many times, but also became truly ruthless.

He even spent a lot of money to hire teachers from the Magic Academy to teach the blacksmiths magic knowledge and basic meditation.

Moreover, he promised that as long as any blacksmith could learn basic meditation and independently control the magic-powered forging hammer, he would give them a raise!

He would give them half the salary of a mage apprentice, which would definitely be a great attraction for a group of blacksmiths.

Look, look, Damon was forced to start spending his own money on job training, which shows how desperate he was.

And Douglas Hill's in-depth optimization and iterative updates to the magic-powered forging hammer focused on these knobs.

He wanted to invent a knob that ordinary blacksmiths could use!

Obviously, he had succeeded!

Looking closely, there was magical fluorescence flickering on the knob, constantly, obviously without the need for magic resonance to drive it.

Loy was also pleasantly surprised and turned to ask, "How did you solve it? Tell me about it?"

Loy asked this almost instinctively, but Douglas Hill looked melancholy and didn't speak for a long time.

"Is it inconvenient to say? Or does it involve some profound technology that I wouldn't understand?"

Douglas opened his mouth, but still didn't speak, but Lilia turned around and said, "It's not that it's inconvenient to say, but that it's actually too simple to explain."

Loy was stunned: "Lilia, why are you here too?"

"I've always been here. The Gu Yue Magic Tower is too boring. I can learn more here."

Lilia didn't want to say more, but pointed to the knob of the magic-powered forging hammer and said, "Actually, it's worthless to say. The previous knobs required magic power to be infused and induced each time they were used, so that they could be linked and used.

But as long as you slightly change your thinking and maintain the circulation of magic power without letting it break, can't you use it?"

"So simple?"

"Yes! It's that simple. At most, it will cause some magic power waste, but compared to the convenience of operation, it's nothing!"

Loy didn't understand: "If it's so simple, why has it been troubling us for so long?"

"Perhaps it's because mages look down on Muggles?!"

This was Douglas Hill's answer. He had returned to normal and said, "I'm going to apply for a patent for this device and write a paper to send to the Imperial Ministry of Magic.

Although it's just a small invention, I think it can solve many problems and is worth publishing in the Imperial Journal!"

"If we want magic machinery to develop rapidly, we must expand our team, so this kind of Muggle-proofing setting should be eliminated from the root."

Loy looked at Douglas with admiration and said, "If you write this in your paper, I'm afraid some people will think you have ulterior motives!"

"But this is conducive to the development of magic machinery, isn't it?"

"Yes!"

"Okay, you can handle these things. But…"

Loy seemed to have thought of something and smiled 'hehe', saying, "From today onwards, our Lightninger Magic Machinery Factory's magic-powered forging hammer can be considered to have developed to the third generation.

Third generation! Hehehehehe, we can make money again!"

In the Lightninger Magic Machinery Factory, the original machine is considered the first generation, independently developed by Lilia, and there is only one currently, in Damon's mechanical factory.

The second generation refers to Douglas's optimization, mainly in terms of magic arrays and magic pattern layout, saving 30% of the material costs.

Needless to say, all current production is of this generation.

The final third generation is this one!

"Make money?"

Douglas was stunned and asked blankly, "Can this make money?

I was thinking of taking some time to replace all of Damon's switch knobs, so that they can operate more easily in the future."

Loy looked inexplicable and asked, "Replace? Why replace them? Why should we replace them for him?"

"The second and third generations of magic-powered forging hammers are clearly two different products. In the future, customers can have the second generation if they want the second generation, and of course they have to pay more if they want the third generation!"

"The second generation sells for 1000 gold Thalers, so the third generation should sell for 1200 gold Thalers, isn't that too much?

As for upgrades, of course, that's another business.

Just tell Damon that for a friendly price, add 100 gold Thalers per machine, and our chief designer, Mr. Douglas Hill, will help him upgrade and optimize, solving the problem."

Douglas Hill was stunned. Even with his cunning, he felt that this was not a fair thing to do.

"This, this isn't very good, is it?"

"What's not good about it! You've been researching for so long, time, energy, materials, doesn't that cost money?

It's only natural that we should get some compensation from our customers for solving the problem!"

"Only in this way will we have the motivation to research, and in the future, we will invest more, and magic machinery will have greater development.

Tell me, where am I wrong?"

Douglas was confused. He blinked, scratched his head, and said after a long while, "I always feel that you are sophistry.

But well, I think what you said seems to make some sense!"

Lilia summarized in one sentence: "Profiteer!"

Immediately, Douglas and Loy looked at each other and laughed, and the laughter echoed throughout the laboratory.

Loy never thought of himself as a gentleman. He was not stingy with money, but he knew the importance of making money.

So, he was a profiteer, without a doubt!

And Douglas Hill was actually a different kind of magic machinist, with a very bad reputation, ridiculed by others.

But his sincerity towards magic machinery was beyond doubt.

At this moment, they actually had a bit of sympathy for each other.

Of course, Loy came with a mission, so he put aside the matter of the third-generation magic-powered forging hammer and took out his drawings.

One was about blast furnace steelmaking, which had high technical requirements and involved the conversion of magic power and thermal energy, so he gave it to Douglas Hill.

The other was about the stamping machine. The mold was not a big deal, but the main thing was to find enough high-temperature resistant materials.

This was relatively less difficult, so he gave it to Lilia Lightninger.

The two were stunned after receiving the information.

Lilia even asked, "So, are we researching a new subject already?"

Loy took it for granted and said, "Of course, do you still want to stand still?"

"The world of magic machinery is so vast and boundless, it's just getting started now, and you want to be lazy?"

"Let me tell you, what you have in your hands are all epoch-making magic machines.

As long as they are manufactured, what we will gain is not only money, but also status.

Even thousands of years later, we will leave a strong mark in history books because of these magic machines, and countless descendants will sing our deeds."

"So, for these reasons, can you still sleep?"

Douglas Hill looked at the information in his hand, then at Loy, and then at the information in his hand again.

He said, "I clearly know that you are using me as a coolie, but I am actually excited about it!"

With that, he turned around and left, decisively, even a little eagerly!

Lilia also came to Loy, raised her head, took the information, and also turned to leave.

Loy suddenly discovered something and quickly said, "Lilia, my love, I'm here to take you back?"

"No, I can concentrate on research here. If I go home, you always make trouble.

So, I'm not leaving."

"Don't, don't, you can't leave me behind!"

The capitalist's methods!