"Wait a minute, you're saying that now all your goods are transported to Northcap by carriage? An ordinary carriage with four wheels and two horses? Wooden wheels, one meter
How wide and two meters long?"
Boludo hoped to get a negative answer. He now only expected that the mages had built a magical large carriage, which was enchanted and could travel thousands of miles a day with just one horse. Even if the person pulling the carriage was a head, he would have to eat one for every meal.
He can accept even awesome monsters!
After all, using a wooden carriage to transport groceries to a ship sounds like using a small water pipe to fill a swimming pool and using a 1M dial-up network to download romance movies. Isn't that funny?
However, Garland showed a baffled expression.
"Of course it's this ordinary freight carriage. Otherwise, what else could it be like?"
At this time, Bolu only felt a sense of despair in his heart. Are the mages too careless? With such strong personal abilities, why can't they make some tools? Can't they build roads properly? Or is it because their personal abilities are too strong, so
Can’t think of making tools?
"I just think that this port is so important. Since all the materials sent to Star Island have to go out to sea from here, why not improve the transportation capacity of the carriers? For example, the ones pulled by Warcraft can run very fast and be enchanted when necessary.
Can you still cross the river? Is there a two-story building?"
Garland suddenly realized: "What are you talking about? No one has studied it, and the results are very good. The only problem is that it is too expensive. The value is not proportional to what can be done. Otherwise, every carriage must be enchanted."
?Even we couldn’t afford it. So it was demolished later.”
Even the mage lord, who was full of rich temperament, thought it was too expensive. Bolu decided not to ask them how they wasted materials. It might make him angry to death because he was not willing to use copper. He just silently gave the mage a message in his heart.
They were labeled as failing in engineering.
He sighed: "Okay, then tell me where the ore is first?"
"In the mountains 200 kilometers southeast of the port."
“Are there waterways for transportation?”
"No. I am familiar with the road to the mining area. I will project it for you."
Having said this, Garland stretched out his hand, and small blue light spots flew in the air like fine sand, quickly showing the appearance of a sand table.
On this blue illusory sand table, a fairly flat road runs from the port to the mountains in the southeast. The road goes through the plains and mountain valleys. Although it looks like a detour, it is not the worst thing about Polu.
The expected kind of road that winds over steep cliffs.
Polu thought to himself: "It looks okay this way, at least there aren't many uphill and downhill sections."
The carriage fleet transporting goods is naturally not a fool. Since the tools are simple, they will choose a better road. After so many years of trying, the current road should be the most suitable for heavy-duty goods under the current conditions.
As he thought about it, Bolu became stunned in front of the sand table.
Garland noticed that Bolu suddenly became dazed. He turned to look at Zhu Yiwei: "This... why did he suddenly become dazed?"
"It's okay. He's always like this. He'll be in a daze when he thinks about things. He'll wake up later when he figures out a way."
Garland had no choice but to continue supporting the existence of the sand table.
At this time, Polu, who was facing the sand table, had fallen into a strange state of concentration.
"This area is a mineral processing plant. Stones and mud are screened out and then loaded into trucks. Which railway or road should be used first? It seems that a railway can be built here, and it may not be difficult, but the construction period of the railway is too long.
Before it can be repaired, we still have to find other ways to make do. The freight carriage is too backward."
"The wharf is terrible. How can it be efficient? If we want to improve the transportation capacity, the transportation and loading and unloading channels of the wharf must be carefully planned. And how is loading and unloading on the wharf now? I don't even have a squirrel cage crane.
I didn’t see it, you can’t really rely on your muscles to carry it, right?”
Polu turned around and looked at the pier outside the window. The ant-like flow of people were carrying various goods and moving slowly on the congested pier.
"...It's sad, it's sad! That's not how you use enough manpower! He needs more than just transportation tools! What kind of transportation bottlenecks? This entire terminal is full of bottlenecks!"
Finally making up his mind, Bolu raised his head:
"Garlande, there is something I don't know whether to say or not."
Garland looked confused, but still said to him politely: "Is there any way?"
"I would like to ask first, does Xingdao expect Northcap to improve the efficiency of material output?"
Although this question was a bit far from the current dilemma, it was indeed a headache he was currently having. For Zhu Yiwei's sake, he decided to give a little more trust and answer this question.
He knew his sister. If this alchemist was just an ordinary person who was brought here because of a mission, Zhu Yiwei would definitely not show such a casual side.
"We are very much looking forward to it. Xingdao has been suffering from insufficient material transportation capacity all year round. However, we have no cost-effective way to change this. The demand for any material on the island can be said to have no upper limit."
After hearing his answer, Polu showed a look of understanding. Masters are all big spenders, and the place where Masters gather is naturally a bottomless pit of resources - only food consumption is relatively small.
"I thought Xingdao didn't care about cost at all... In this case, we can at least achieve a common goal. To improve the output efficiency of Northcap Port."
"That's right."
"But at the current Northcap Port, all I see is primitive human handling and train transportation. It is difficult to dock at the port. The berths are limited and the basic conditions are too poor. I don't know how you plan to improve efficiency?"
The proud young man seemed a little annoyed, although he did not think of any good way to solve this problem.
But after all, this was a face-to-face criticism of his work. He looked out the window, not intending to answer this question, but the thing outside the window was like a black hole, with (in his opinion) a huge cargo ship loaded with supplies.
He hesitated for a moment and thought in his mind:
"Look at this big ship. Maybe the alchemist does have some ideas in terms of transportation? That's right. Organizing so much steel into a big ship is a very complicated task."
"And the island attaches so much importance to cargo ships. Perhaps as he said, Xingdao's current thirst for supplies has reached a certain level?"
He recalled the delivery list in recent months - the demand for crystals has increased significantly, and even part of the food quota has been reduced for this reason!
Thinking of this, he suddenly recalled some hints that his father had not noticed when he asked him to take over the port because of his resistance because he did not want to be a so-called mage lord stationed at the port.
"Wait a minute, is this the real reason why my family asked me to take over the management of the port? They hope that I can further improve my material delivery capabilities and get a higher evaluation in the initial stage of management?"
He felt that he had figured something out, and the antagonism in his heart gradually dissipated. He turned around and said to Polu: "Then do you have any good ideas?"
Polu began to express his thoughts in a serious tone:
"It's like this. As the demand for Xingdao increases, more and more experiments are carried out. The capacity bottleneck of Northcap will soon become a major factor restricting the further development of Xingdao. The port will be transformed to make it a more efficient port.
The high cargo window has become a problem that we must face up to now."
"Port construction is a very complex system issue. I wonder how much decision-making power you have over the reconstruction of the port?"
"As long as the volume of material transportation increases, the transformation of the port cannot be called a problem at all. Moreover, our manpower is very sufficient recently. It is the right time to carry out port transformation."
Bolu was stunned: "The manpower is very sufficient recently?"
"Yes, the towns in the west have been very harassed recently. Many people have fled to the largest port city in the north. They have nowhere to stay and wander around begging, creating a series of problems and putting great pressure on our urban system. If
It can help them find jobs, or at least stutter, and my headaches can be alleviated a little bit."
Polu showed a professional smile:
"I wonder if you have ever heard of a service that falls from the sky called labor export?"
"What's the meaning?"
"Quite simply, the recent influx of refugees in Northcap. I hope to be able to hire them."
There was a hint of sincerity on Garland's face.
"To tell you the truth, skilled craftsmen have already found jobs. These people are only a little bit capable at most. Are you sure you want to hire them? They can't enter the alchemy workshop."
"It doesn't matter, Ta Island has just started construction, and there are many jobs there that ordinary people can do."
Polu thought to himself: "This man is quite honest. I'll plan a port for him."
Although Polu doesn't fully understand how a modern port is managed, it is still better than the current small fish port.
Garland ended his thinking and answered Bolu's question.
"I personally don't have a problem, but I think it's better to let the council review the price comparison."
"Okay, let's continue talking about the port issue. What types of goods are transported to Star Island?"
When the morning sun came through the window again, there was a large wooden model on the long table in the living room.
As soon as Zhu Yiwei saw that the two of them had entered working mode, she sneaked out long ago, leaving only the two of them to work all night.
Garland had an expression of ecstasy on his face as he forcibly supported his body. He looked at Polu, who was still in good spirits: "Is the alchemist's physical strength so good?"
"I move iron plates every day and get a lot of exercise. Okay, this is the general port functional area. Materials from the south are first collected in the distribution area, and then classified into the warehouse. They are sent directly to the port area from the central conveyor track.
The current berth design in the port area can be expanded, and the piers will be completely redone. Manpower loading and unloading will be eliminated, and all will be replaced by cranes in the future. I will hire all the extra manpower from the piers. I call this a one-stop service."
"That all sounds great, but how much does it cost to hire workers to renovate it?"
Garlande looked at the model in front of him with anticipation and pain.
"Perhaps we can change our thinking? How about if Tadao comes to renovate the port for you, the crystal ore that is useless to you can be paid to us as a reward?"