Lord of Arcane

Chapter 2593 Transformation of engineering starting power
"How much does the official model cost?" Xia Duo asked.

"In terms of materials alone, it is similar to the magic stove, but the labor cost is more expensive. The total cost is about 220 gold coins. If it is mass-produced, it can be reduced to less than 200."

The cost of the magic stove is also about 200 gold coins. Today's heaters are similar to it. It can be seen how hard Jay is. At least from Xia Duo's own point of view, the iron shell outside is enough to separate the magic stove from the magic stove. up.

Not to mention that it is more complicated to manufacture. Although the labor cost of the Tower of Time is no higher than that of other places, it is not completely free. As long as there is one, it is difficult to ignore it.

Jay's ability to control the cost of mass production so well is enough to prove that he attaches great importance to and loves the career of the Magic Affairs Officer, and of course his outstanding talent is also indispensable.

"Very good! I will continue to work hard to design more magic tools for the public! In addition, the general household magic tools will be limited to 200 gold coins in the future, and the cost is too high, so don't consider it for the time being!"

Xia Duo gave his praise and encouragement without hesitation, but here he also put forward a new request. The limit of 200 gold coins is a suitable choice for the current territory.

Although the people in the land will get a lot of money for granting land, the cost in Daxia is higher than in other places as long as they don't want to live the life of the past.

Of course, as long as you are willing to work, your income is higher than other places.

The reason for doing this is mainly to balance the prices of magic items and general commodities. After all, these magic items need to be sold outside the territory, and the prices need to be unified.

If the prices and income levels are still the same as before, how can the citizens afford expensive magic items? They can't let outsiders take advantage of their citizens.

In the past, let alone 200 gold coins, even if there were only 20 gold coins, most ordinary people would have to grit their teeth to take them out. After all, 20 gold coins is more than half a month's salary for an ordinary craftsman.

For farmers, there are even more, but the agricultural output value is extremely low compared to the rapidly expanding magic industry. If there are no other ways, then farmers will never be able to afford constantly updated magic items, even if it is Cheaper civilian models.

In addition, increasing prices and income levels will also help Xia Duo to transfer wealth to the private sector more efficiently. Although some people will save money, as long as some people use it, it can also create a scale comparable to that of the mainland. An economic cycle system that adds together a prosperous territory.

Although this system is still very fragile and relies heavily on official subsidies and guidance, as long as it can continue, it will gradually mature.

At that time, with the blessing of the internal and external double cycle, the development of Daxia collar will reach another level.

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Next, Xia Duo visited some prototypes of civilian magic equipment in Jay's laboratory, some of which he had reminded before, but some of which he had not.

For example, the magic spinning machine!

Or more accurately, a modified magic-powered loom—a prototype!
"How did you come up with this?" Xia Duo asked curiously.

Since there is no cotton in Netheril or even the entire Northland, he never thought about spinning machines—in fact, there are some spinning machines in the local area, but they are far from being called machines.

Jay's weaving machine here is completely different from the simple weaving tools he has seen in the territory before, and it seems to be specially designed under the guidance of another new way of thinking.

This surprised him and made him very curious.

In this regard, Jay's explanation is——

"This is actually the inspiration I got from the steam engine, but I think the textile machine can be powered not only by the steam engine, but also by magic."

The steam engine group is also the magic affairs officer of the Daxia collar, but it is composed of many people, and also recruited a group of ordinary craftsmen to make various civilian utensils that match the steam engine.

When Jay said this, Xia Duo suddenly realized, but his view of the steam engine in the past was more of a toy. Although it had certain value, it would not be possible to use the steam engine to travel the sky and explore the plane, right?

It can become an important branch of generalized magic, but it will never become the mainstream, similar to the difference between mechanical engineering and physics on earth~
His biggest expectation for the steam engine is that the magic officers will open up a new field of engineering without smashing the steam engine itself. After all, no matter how efficient a steam engine is, its output is always limited, and it can't compare with any Mythra.

The most important thing is that the output of the steam engine is the interaction force between tangible substances, and it is difficult to adapt to the more promising field of magic.

For example, it's hard to imagine opening a portal with steam power.

The process of steam power generation and transmission hardly involves any magical elements in a narrow sense, which is also destined to never become the mainstream in a magical country.

Maybe it can be enhanced with magic, but why bother?Don't take the ready-made Kangzhuang Avenue, do you have to take the rugged path?

Fortunately, the magic affairs officers of the steam engine group are all staunch magic scholars, and they devote more energy to the research of engineering rather than the steam engine itself.

However, Hero, the original inventor of the steam engine, is still trying to improve the steam engine, but he alone is enough, and there is no need for others to get involved.

If it was said that Jay improved the loom, Xia Duo didn't quite believe it, but if it was said that it was improved by the magic officer of the steam engine group, then there was no doubt about it.

There are many outstanding craftsmen gathered in the territory, it's time to come up with something new!
However, the magic spinning machine that Jay built is not meaningless, on the contrary, Jay also opened up a whole new field!

At present, magical power sources such as Mythra cannot be directly converted into mechanical energy of tangible substances, and different energy conversion mechanisms need to be designed according to different usage scenarios.

For example, the flying technique means that the energy output by Mythra is converted into a floating spell, which reconstructs the force and inertia of matter, and has nothing to do with mechanical energy.

Another example is the war spell [Light of Annihilation]. The energy output by Mythra is also transformed into spells, which makes the entropy of the material continuously increase, so that even the original element state cannot be maintained, and it turns into nothingness. It has nothing to do with mechanical energy. .

But human beings live in this world, the first to grasp is mechanical energy, the most contacted is also mechanical energy, and the most used is also mechanical energy, except for mages of course.

As long as it involves the interaction force between tangible substances, it belongs to the category of mechanical energy, and the steam engine is the most typical example.

If a way to stably convert magical power into mechanical power can be found, the steam engine can actually be eliminated directly. Of course, in this case, engineering still exists.

Jay's magic spinning machine reflects his exploration and attempt in this area. Xia Duo is not optimistic about this kind of magic spinning machine, but he appreciates the idea of ​​power transformation in it.

(End of this chapter)