There was a shocking speech at the beginning, and Zhang Hao looked at the surprised eyes of everyone with some pride.
In fact, Zhang Hao had already made preparations before coming here.
Zhang Hao clapped his hands again, and immediately someone came in carrying more than a dozen boxes of things. After carrying them in front of everyone, the boxes were opened.
Some boxes contain helmets, some contain breastplates, some have back armor, and some have shoulder pads, arm guards, leg guards, shields...
"This is called a 'profile'. The Zhang family can already produce semi-finished magic weapon embryos. This will also be one of the main products of the Xuan Tie Factory in the future. In addition to providing Xuan Tie raw materials, we will also provide this finished product in the future.
Everyone is free to observe.”
Zhou Jue was the most surprised. He directly used a spell to take pictures of several helmets, breastplates, shoulder pads, etc.
With just one glance, Zhou Jue's eyes narrowed, but he saw that the surface of these so-called 'profiles' had already been carved with array patterns in advance, but no processing had been done yet.
If you want to make a magic weapon, in addition to the materials, you also need to carve a formation on the item. The formation requires considerable experience, and you must be careful not to make mistakes. This is the most time-consuming and labor-intensive part of the magic weapon refining process.
Previously, Feng Zhiling refined the flying sword for Zhang Hao, and it took more than half of the time just to carve out the formation!
In addition to the forging time, etc., 80% of the time in the process of refining the flying sword is wasted needlessly.
Zhou Jue inspected it very carefully. The formation patterns on the surface of these 'profiles' were not complete, and some key parts were not depicted. However, the main body of the formation, etc., was fully present. The material of this profile was made with a purity of up to 95%.
Black iron.
Zhou Jue slowly spoke: "Yes, with such a profile, the magic weapon refining speed can be increased by at least five or six times. But there is still a gap between the hundred times that Brother Shi said."
Zhang Hao smiled: "Brother, there is another secret that we have discussed before. That is standardization and streamlining. Has Senior Brother forgotten?"
But Zhou Jue smiled: "I really forgot about this. If I add this, it may be possible to increase it a hundred times!"
Ouyang Si became interested: "What are standardization and streamlining?"
"This is the secret of the Artifact Refining Guild!" Zhou Jue smiled, and then turned to Zhang Hao and said: "Brother Shi, although your magic weapon embryo is good, it has not been treated with strange fire during the molding process, so the quality of the magic weapon is
It will be very low. Maybe it can barely reach the magic weapon level.
Moreover, when refining magic weapons in large quantities, star fine gold is not enough."
Zhang Hao shook his head: "Brother, I never thought of building a 'complete magic weapon'. We only need to create a 'magic weapon with magic weapon quality', and that's enough.
I remember Mu Pengcheng of the Mu family once said that the spear of Her Royal Highness the Princess is a magical weapon, not a magic weapon.
Is this serious?"
Zhou Jue nodded: "It's true! To refine a magic weapon, the magic weapon formation must be indispensable, and this will occupy part of the space. If the space formation is removed, other formations can be added, and the power of the weapon can be accelerated to
Extreme.
In fact, top-notch, excellent magic weapons are not bad in power; they just cannot be enlarged or reduced, or refined.
I understand, Shidi wants to create such a magical weapon!"
"Yes, what we need is power! And it is easier to refine magic weapons. If we combine our profiles and the methods of the Artifact Refining Association, maybe we can create a real weapon armed to the teeth with black iron.
Legion!
As for generals and masters, we try our best to create real magic weapons or more powerful magic weapons for them."
"Understood!" Zhou Jue turned to look at Liu Jingming and Ouyang Si, "I assure you that as long as the Zhang family can provide enough profiles, we can produce a large number of weapons, armors, etc. at a hundred times the speed.
"
Ouyang Si said leisurely: "Master Zhou, your current task is to build the Spirit Turtle Castle and other war weapons. It has been several days, and you have not made any move. The Star Gold and the drawings of the Spirit Turtle Castle were released yesterday.
Delivered to you!"
This time Zhang Hao spoke: "We are studying the drawings of the Spirit Turtle Castle and preparing to produce suitable profiles. If everything goes well, 3,500 tons of black iron will be used to build the Spirit Turtle Castle within half a month."
Liu Jingming suddenly spoke: "Do you dare to issue a military order?"
Zhang Hao smiled: "The Zhang family still has an unfinished military order for 5,000 tons of black iron, and they don't dare to issue it again."
Zhou Jue thought for a moment and then spoke: "Under normal circumstances, it will take more than half a year to build 3,500 tons of black iron into the Spirit Turtle Castle. Well, I promise, as long as the Zhang family provides the profiles in time, I will build it within a month
mission accomplished.
If it cannot be completed, the drawings of the Spirit Turtle Castle will be returned to the country!"
Ouyang Si nodded, it was already very good.
The atmosphere reached its peak unknowingly, Zhang Hao waved again, and a guard immediately hung up a map, but it was a map of Luanci Mountain.
Zhang Hao spoke: "This is Luanci Mountain, which is the place we are about to develop. Luanci Mountain is relatively remote and has nothing. If we want to develop Luanci Mountain, we are expected to recruit 10,000 migrant workers, or even more.
The Zhang family plans to recruit migrant workers at double the market price and provide them with food, food and housing..."
Liu Jingming waved his hand directly, "Your father has already talked about this matter at the City Lord's Mansion, and I agree. But there is only one thing. If you do what you say, you must not treat the migrant workers harshly. I will always supervise it."
"Well...then next, we have to discuss the internal affairs of the Black Iron Guild."
Liu Jingming stood up directly, "Okay, then I won't disturb you."
Ouyang Si seemed to still want to stay here, but was pulled away by Liu Jingming.
Zhou Jue also stood up to say goodbye, and moved a few boxes of semi-finished armors away, saying he wanted to go back and try them out.
When the three people left, everyone immediately exploded.
Zhang Shengde shouted: "Quiet, quiet, tell me what you have to say!"
After a while, everyone asked questions in an orderly manner. Zhang Hao answered one by one:
"In the future, we can't just provide raw materials. We should also provide technology.
In commodity management, every additional processing will increase the profit by one point. We must try to increase the technical content of the commodity as much as possible under reasonable circumstances."
"As for the issue of migrant workers and wages... we need a social foundation, a popular foundation.
How to make the masses say good things about us? It's very simple, give them benefits! We will pay in the form of black iron coins; for us, there is not much loss.
In the future, as the output of black iron increases, black iron coins will continue to depreciate. Therefore, twice the wages are just the beginning, and there will be five times or ten times the wages in the future.
As we take root here, we must maintain our people’s foundation.”
"The black iron ore in Luanci Mountain is of low grade? No, that's just the surface layer. The middle and lower layers are all rich ore; I've seen it myself."
"It's already noon, let's end the discussion today. Let's go back and think about it. You can also go to Luanci Mountain to investigate. We will discuss the stock issue tomorrow."
Seeing the crowd gradually dispersing, Zhang Hao wiped away a cold sweat. Fortunately, he was prepared in advance.
Then, Zhang Hao's eyes gradually shifted to the semi-finished armor parts: without being treated with strange fire, these excellent black iron talents could only barely meet the standard of magic weapons.
What exactly is black iron? Why can strange fire, real fire, etc., give black iron, and even most spiritual materials, special properties?
Zhang Hao frowned deeply. If he could not handle the black iron, the great voyage plan would be hindered! And the traditional method of refining weapons could not meet the requirements of shipbuilding at all.
The Zhang family must develop a new method of refining magic weapons. But before that, they must understand - what exactly is black iron! What are strange fires, true fires, etc.?