Both formal mages and apprentices cheered in the workshop. Although it was only a doubling of performance in one week 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 rewards, 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 prepared for the failure of trial production long ago. 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 again, "You can figure out the process flow clearly in such a short period of time, and also 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 looks, 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 saying that, Dean hurriedly added, "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.
"Just based on the current process flow and the yield rate of more than 90% -"
Having said this, Dean glanced at the apprentices and mage on the production line, "If the labor cost is not included, 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, only the 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 formal 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 seen the trial production process. He could not sit still and wanted to get all the people ready to start production immediately.
After passing through the portal and arriving at Savile Territory, Shado headed straight for the town hall.
The "cloud and mist special effects" attached to [Soaring in the Clouds and Driving the Mist] attracted the attention and discussion of many guarding soldiers, but Xia Duo's mind was not on it at all. He was thinking about why those old apprentices had not been recruited yet.
It's just that Xia Duo walked around the town hall and found no sign of Thain except for a few clerks. Since he would continue to process the spell book for a while, Xia Duo did not waste spells on Thain and instead found the town hall.
The guard soldier asked:
"Sam, do you know where Mayor Thain is?"
"My lord, Mayor Thain has gone to the military camp." Guard Sam replied honestly, while another soldier next to him looked at him with envy. He occasionally glanced at Xia Duo and showed awe.
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Xia Duo ignored the little action of an ordinary soldier. He was looking for Sam simply because he only knew Sam among the soldiers at the door 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 courteous:
"Do you know? I have known Master Xia Da since he was an apprentice. At that time, he——"
As the distance goes away, the sound gradually disappears and becomes the background noise of the environment. Thinking of the short paragraph he just heard, Xia Duo couldn't help laughing.
He had indeed known Sam very early on, 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 brag about.
…
Arriving at the top of the military camp, Xia Duo paid no attention to 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 is this 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 of them suddenly separated.
"Lord Shada, why are you here in person?" Thain said in surprise.
Ke Yaen's face 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, the due etiquette was still there. 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 need will be gathered."
However, before Thain could speak, Keyan exclaimed, "Ah - the person Thain is looking for is really what you want, sir?"
The expression is too exaggerated! Poor acting!
Sha Duo made a silent evaluation in his mind, but he really pretended that Keyan didn't know, "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, Xia Duo turned his attention to Mayor Thain.