The Lord Who Wants to Be Emperor

Altria was very considerate to ask Aslan to receive Duke Durandal, but Aslan was itchy.

"Old guy! Why not go shopping for two more days."

After Aslan cursed, he instantly transformed back to the gentle and elegant Marquis of Aslan.

After the two parties met, they treated each other for more than half an hour until Aslan asked someone to prepare a dinner. Duke Durandal asked, "Marquis Aslan, on the way here, I saw that there were a lot of neighborhoods. This kind of magic props called public magic words."

Aslan nodded, and said casually: "Yes, what's wrong?"

Duke Durandal had personally used it, although it could only be used in the Merlot area for the time being, it still shocked him.

He could really hit the hotel where the family caravan was staying. After asking about the caravan, Duke Durandal realized the importance of the mobile phone.

Long-distance communication, for ordinary people, is at most easy and convenient to contact. After all, before the appearance of magic telephones, the postman profession appeared in the Merlot area very early, and it was full-time to send letters to various places.

There is no postman profession in other regions. Most of them are brought by small caravans that bother to travel between the two places. The cost is about ten or twenty copper coins. This is also one of the amateur small businesses of small caravans in many places. For the ghostwriting and other professions that spawned, a letter is sent, and a few also cost dozens of coins.

Therefore, sending letters is not a small expense for families with poor family backgrounds.

So when the public magic phone comes out, the charge is not expensive, only two copper coins per minute, but it can contact relatives far away in time, which is much cheaper than sending a letter.

A lot of the content in the letter, if you use it directly, you can finish it in a few minutes, and the two parties can also communicate directly, which is faster and more convenient.

But for the nobles, writing letters is indeed very cheap, but the efficiency is too slow. As for the flying pigeons, the mainland does not have this technology. As for the deployment of magicians in various places like the judges, it is too expensive, even if it is too large. Nobles can only use it when things are urgent.

But for such cheap long-distance communication, Duke Durandal must understand clearly and see how far the farthest transmission distance is.

"I don't know what's the maximum distance of that thing?"

Aslan’s eyes flashed, and he said with a smile: “Laying the magic word line includes the establishment of a base station. The maximum propagation distance is two hundred kilometers, but the price of building the base station and laying the magic word line is very expensive. Can be promoted in Merlot."

Duke Durandal couldn't help but laughed. The transmission range of two hundred kilometers was enough to cover the entire Kyoto, and he believed it would soon be popular in the entire Kyoto aristocratic circle.

"Marquis of Aslan, how much money will it take if we cooperate to build such a magic word network in Kyoto?" Duke Durandal asked directly.

Aslan pondered for a while, and said without hesitation: "It costs at least half a million gold coins to build a base station, plus at least 600,000 gold coins to lay the magic line to cover the entire Kyoto."

Duke Durandal furrowed his brows slightly, and he never thought that a set of magic words would cost so much money, and one set would cost millions of gold coins.

"The Marquis of Aslan, I am very puzzled, how long will it take for your public mobile phone facilities to recover the cost?" Duke Durandal asked.

Aslan suddenly smiled triumphantly.

"Public mobile phones 2 copper coins per minute seem to be wrong. The actual purpose is not to make money, but to expand the customer market. You should notice how busy the mobile phones are every day, basically 24 hours a day without stopping. In 1440 minutes, 2880 copper coins are equivalent to 28 silver coins. This is the charge for public magic phones. About twenty public magic phones have been built in the entire city of Merlot, and the income in one day is more than five gold coins."

"This is still in order to make it easier for ordinary people to contact their families. I reduced the price by half. The price of private mobile phones is even higher, four copper coins per minute. Now the number of private mobile phones in Merlot has exceeded 500. Taiwan, private magic phones are used frequently or not as much as public ones, but they can’t stand a lot. As long as there is one-tenth of the revenue of public magic phones every day, you can earn more than a dozen gold coins every day, and you can do it in one month Make a profit of 600 gold coins."

Aslan said with a smile.

Duke Durandal shook his head and said: "600 in a month, and only 7,200 gold coins in a year, which means that it will take at least a hundred years to pay back, and the maintenance of base stations and lines during this period also requires funds. You are not with me, Marquis of Aslan. joke."

Aslan naturally understood this, and said lightly: "Indeed, this is based on the number of mobile phones, but what if the number of mobile phones reaches a thousand or even ten thousand?"

As soon as he said this, Duke Durandal's eyes widened, and he instantly understood Aslan's meaning.

Small profits but quick turnover, when the magic phone can be popularized in the homes of middle-class people, the monthly increase in income will be even more terrifying.

Compared with the previous investment, that is simply a huge profit.

"Marquis of Aslan, in Kyoto I often hear Dean Yitzhak mention that you are the most proficient business person in the Kingdom of Cleveland. I didn’t take it every time I heard it before, but after today’s conversation, I believe it now. It's no accident that you can manage the barren Merlot area to its present scale." Duke Durandal said admiringly.

Aslan followed with a few words of humility.

"Marquis of Aslan, we partnered to win the entire Kyoto Mohua communications business. I will pay 60% of the initial capital, and you only need to pay 40%. Then I will also pay the land. Of course, the charge price will also be set by me. You will still be responsible for the line maintenance. When the time comes, the revenue will be divided into six and four. I will be six and you will be four." Duke Durandal said decisively.

"Good!" Aslan agreed without any hesitation.

Aslan did not suffer any losses. After all, in the Kyoto of Connaught University, the relationship needs to be managed. If Aslan is going to open up the market, no matter how convenient the magic phone is, it is impossible to establish it. It is Sarah alone. The family hurdle can't be passed.

The strong dragon does not crush the ground snake.

If you want to spread the mobile phone business to the Kingdom of Cleveland, you must have a powerful nobleman to cooperate. As for the Royal Academy of Magic, it is actually more in the interest of Aslan, but it is only handed over to the Royal Academy of Magic. Curved roads can easily be cracked.

After all, the Royal Academy of Magic is equivalent to the Chinese Academy of Sciences in the Kingdom of Cleveland, and there is no problem in cracking certain magic techniques.

Of course, the technology that can crack the magic wave and the magic phone does not mean that the Royal Academy of Magic can produce it.