Lord of Arcane

Chapter 696
"Wow!"

Both formal mages and apprentices in the workshop cheered. Although it was only a weekly performance double and a reward of 50 gold coins per person, it meant that Xia Duo affirmed their work day and night these days.

After promising the reward, Xia Duo brought the topic to the trial production again. He shook the crystal ball in his hand and asked everyone: "Since there are already qualified products, what is the current rate of good products?"

As soon as the words were out of his mouth, the originally lively workplace fell silent, and the atmosphere was 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 other people. How could these people's small actions hide it from Xia Duo, but he had already been prepared for the trial production situation.

He even prepared for the failure of the trial production. Now that there are qualified products, it is considered a success. As for the yield rate, it will be improved slowly in the future.

He was just asking casually. Seeing that the atmosphere in the room was a little tense, Xia Duo comforted everyone, "You can figure out the process flow in such a short period of time and make a qualified product. It's already very unexpected, no matter how low the good product rate is, I won't blame you, but now you should at least let me have a bottom line!"

Having said all this, Tilak, Dean and others were a little embarrassed, and they exchanged glances, and finally Dean, who had the closest relationship with Xia Duo, explained:
"We started the trial production research three days ago, and now we have completed the first qualified product. During this period, we have failed countless times, but because Mithril and some five-color gemstones can be reused, what really consumes is the depreciation of the alchemy circle, packaging The crystals used, as well as the crystal softener, are converted into a good product rate, which is about one-tenth."

After finishing speaking, Dean hastily added, "But now that the process flow has been determined, as long as the proficiency improves, the final yield rate will definitely be maintained above 9%."

"Then how much is the final cost of producing a qualified communication?" Xia Duo asked again.

"Only based on the current process flow and a yield rate of more than 9% -"

Having said that, Dean glanced at the apprentices and mages on the production line, "If labor costs are not included, the cost is very close to the price of the material itself."

Saying this, Xia Duo immediately understood, and it was also his original expectation.

The emergence of the production line has incorporated apprentices into the production process, greatly reducing the work of formal mages, which was the bulk of the price of magic items in the past.

More seriously, it can even account for more than two-thirds. (Of course, the practice of some black-hearted mages doubling and doubling is not counted in it, it is only counted as normal market conditions)

But now, there is less money to be paid to a formal mage for a single magic item, and the cost has been greatly reduced, plus the low-cost advantage of the [Eternal Magic] technology itself.

It is foreseeable that as long as Xia Duo is willing, these communication instruments can be sold at "cabbage" prices.

"very good!"

Xia Duo praised again, then looked at the production line with a total of a dozen people including official mages, and asked Tilak, "How many people are needed for a complete production line? How many are apprentices and mages?"

The answer to this question has long been in Tilak's mind, and Xia Duo asked, "Currently we divide the entire production process into 19 processes, and the optimal configuration requires 17 apprentices and 3 official mages."

Xia Duo nodded, "I will ask the mayor of Thain to send people over as soon as possible. Before that, you should first improve the production process, sort out the production manual, and arrange training for the job as soon as the person arrives!"

"understood!"

Next, Xia Duo asked Tilak to arrange a relatively complete production process. After watching 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 didn't return to his residence. He had just watched the trial production process, so he couldn't sit still.

After passing through the portal and coming to Savile Territory, Xia Duo went straight to the town hall.

The "cloud and mist special effects" attached to [Riding the Clouds and Mist] attracted the attention and discussion of many guards, but Xia Duo didn't think about it at all. All he could think about was why those old apprentices hadn't been recruited yet.

It’s just that Xia Duo walked around the town hall, and except for a few clerks, he didn’t find Thain’s shadow. Since he would continue to process the spell book later, Xia Duo didn’t waste spells on Thain, but found the town hall. The guard soldiers asked:
"Sam, do you know where Mayor Thain has gone?"

"My lord, Mayor Sain has gone to the barracks." The guard Sam replied honestly, while another soldier beside him looked at him with envious eyes, occasionally glanced at Xia Duo, and showed awe in his eyes .

Xia Duo ignored the small actions of an ordinary soldier. He was looking for Sam purely because among the soldiers at the door, he only knew Sam, and he knew the other party's name.

Knowing Sion's whereabouts, Xia Duo was about to leave when he suddenly thought of another question, so he asked again, "Has Mayor Sion called anyone recently?"

"No."

"That's it!"

Xia Duo didn't continue to ask anymore, anyway, he would know when he saw Thain in a while, so he flew towards the barracks again, and the proud voice of Sam, who was just honest and honest, came from behind:
"Did you know? I've known Lord Shadoot since he was an apprentice, when he—"

As the distance went away, the sound gradually disappeared and became the background noise of the environment. Xia Duo couldn't help laughing when he thought of the short passage he had just heard.

He did know that Sam very early, but the situation at that time was similar to today, he just said a few words, but now that his identity has changed, it has become a talking point for others to show off.

……

Arriving at the top of the barracks, Xia Duo ignored the ordinary soldiers who were suddenly on guard and then quickly relaxed. His eyes were already attracted by Thain and Ke Yaen who were tugging in front of a barracks.

What is this doing?
With a hint of doubt, Xia Duo landed directly in front of the barracks. The slight movement of the soldiers just now obviously failed to attract the two people's attention. It was not until Xia Duo landed that the two suddenly separated.

"Master Xiaduo, why did you come in person!" Thain said in surprise.

On the other hand, Ke Yaen's face was a little subtle, he didn't dare to look at Xia Duo, but glared at Thain, as if he was regretting that he hadn't beaten him up just now.

However, there are still proper etiquettes. After inviting Xia Duo into the house, Ke Yaen carefully asked Xia Duo why he came, "My lord, what are your orders?"

"Don't be nervous, I just came here to ask the mayor of Thain, when will the people I want be gathered."

However, before Thain could speak, Ke Yaen exclaimed, "Ah - the person Thain is looking for is really what you want, my lord?"

The expression is too exaggerated!Poor acting!

Xia Duo made a silent evaluation in his heart, but he really regarded Ke Yaen as ignorant, "I don't know what Sean told you, but I really need a group of old apprentices who have come out of the Tower of Time in recent years. What's the situation now?"

When he said the last sentence, Xia Duo turned his gaze to Mayor Thain.

(End of this chapter)