A horse carriage slowly drove out of Banta City's west gate and gradually sped up, quickly heading to the western suburbs of Banta City.
Xu Yi and Heinz were sitting across from each other in the carriage. Heinz was holding a rough map of Banta City in his hand and was currently explaining something to Xu Yi.
"Look, this is Viscount Leslie's territory, it should be close to a thousand hectares. Over half of it is uncultivated land and Viscount Leslie has promised us that we can choose a piece of uncultivated land to rent."
Xu Yi only looked over the map before reaching out to point at it, "There's no need to pick, it's here."
"Here?"
Heinz looked at the place Xu Yi pointed out and after thinking about it, he said with knit brows, "This place isn't that close to Banta City and there isn't anything nearby, so it might not be convenient to live here."
Xu Yi gave a shrug and said with a faint smile, "It's better if there isn't anything here, it's more convenient for us to plan.
You have to know, drawing on a blank piece of paper is much easier than drawing on a piece of paper covered in drawings. "
"But like this, the cost will be higher than expected." Heinz still knit his brows.
"The initial investment is necessary." Xu Yi nodded and drew another circle on the map.
"Actually, if possible, I even want to rent this large piece of uncultivated land."
"This large piece?"
Heinz said in a stunned voice, "That won't do. Just renting a hectare of land means that we have to pay Viscount Leslie a hundred gold coins each year. If we rent such a large piece ….. Not to mention over ten thousand gold coins a year, it would still cost several thousand gold coins.
Then again, we only need a small workshop right now, how could we need such a large piece of land? "
Xu Yi revealed a faint smile, "Heinz, could it be that you're satisfied with just opening a small Magic Fan factory?"
Heinz looked at Xu Yi in astonishment. Could it be that this guy had even greater ambitions?
Just yesterday, Xu Yi had found Heinz and told him that he didn't need to worry about finding a suitable place to rent in Banta City because Xu Yi had his eyes on an empty piece of land on the outskirts of the city. He was planning to build a factory there and focus on producing Magic Fans.
During this time, Xu Yi had Heinz's nephew Alex help him with a small market survey. According to the results of the survey, Xu Yi estimated that the demand for Magic Fans in Banta City was between three to five thousand units and there were less than five hundred units sold. This meant that there was still a large market for several thousand units.
Moreover, this number was only limited to Banta City. Even if the conditions of the families in the villages outside Banta City couldn't compare to Banta City, they would still have a certain demand for Magic Fans.
If the range of Banta City was included, Xu Yi boldly estimated that there would be over ten thousand Magic Fans required!
It was because of this number that Xu Yi was determined to increase production.
If he wanted to increase production, renting a warehouse in Banta City was too limited. So Xu Yi aimed at the outskirts of the city and prepared to build a Magic Fan factory.
After some research, he finally set his eyes on the territory that belonged to Viscount Leslie in Banta City.
Of course, to increase production, other than the location, the most important thing was people.
Xu Yi looked down at the stack of materials in his hand and his lips curled into a smile.
Half of this stack of materials were thirty sets of personal information and the other half were thirty contracts.
These things were the harvest of his trip to the Baron Rickto Magic Academy.
After his hard work, director Shearer finally allowed Xu Yi to recruit students from the Baron Rickto Magic Academy to work for him. However, director Shearer didn't openly support this, he just didn't oppose it.
Then Xu Yi worked hard in the school and finally recruited thirty students that met his requirements.
The level of magic of these students wasn't high, at least not a single one of them could compare to Xu Yi.
However, as students of Baron Rickto Magic Academy, they had a solid foundation in the basics of magic arrays, and they had a certain amount of experience when it came to creating magic arrays.
As for the Revolving Wind Array inside the Magic Fan, even if it had been specially modified by Xu Yi and was rather complicated, it was still a low level Wind Array in the end, so it wasn't that hard to draw.
When Xu Yi recruited these students, the only thing he wanted them to do was draw Magic Arrays.
Although this was a simple and boring job, it required a certain level of magic power.
When making the five hundred Magic Fans, Xu Yi had asked his colleagues in the lab to help him. However, he was preparing to produce close to ten thousand Magic Fans, so it was impossible to rely on just ten colleagues.
Compared to this, hiring these thirty students was much more suitable than finding those ten colleagues.
First, these thirty students weren't as reserved as the ten colleagues. They didn't hesitate to sign a contract with Xu Yi, creating a clear employment relationship between them and Xu Yi. This allowed Xu Yi to not worry that it would affect the production.
Next, after Xu Yi asked the ten colleagues to help him make the five hundred Magic Fans, he paid each of them five gold coins and a Magic Fan as a reward. As for the thirty students, he had already discussed this with them. After each of them finished drawing the Magic Array for a Magic Fan, he would pay them two silver coins as a reward. The cost could be said to be greatly reduced.
Actually when Xu Yi gave them this pay, he was a bit worried that these students would think it was too low. But he never thought that after the students heard this pay, they would all be very excited. They even kept praising Xu Yi for his generosity.
The final and most important point was that compared to his colleagues in the lab, these students who were still studying at the magic academy hadn't formed a fixed mindset yet. They didn't have that many prejudices when it came to using magic.
On them, Xu Yi could instill his mechanical engineering knowledge from earth into them and let them learn from the beginning.
If there were a few students who had talent for magic machines, that would be a valuable asset.
If there were more and more magicians like this in the future, then Xu Yi's idea of creating a complete industrial system in the Sines would no longer be just a dream … …
The horse carriage suddenly jolted and Xu Yi was jolted out of his seat, instantly interrupting his thoughts of the future.
"We're almost there." Heinz on the side reminded him.
Xu Yi opened the curtains and looked out. He found that the horse carriage had already left the large road that led west from Banta City and was on a bumpy dirt road that wasn't smooth at all.
Feeling the intense tremors from the carriage, Xu Yi couldn't help knitting his brows.
"This road is too bad."
Heinz said with a bitter smile, "Of course, this is a wasteland that no one has opened yet. It's already not bad to have a small road that can allow horse carriages to pass through."
"This won't do.
Heinz, how much would it cost if I were to build a flat road from the place we have marked out to the road just now? "
"Build a road?" Heinz was surprised. He looked down at the map before replying with a bitter smile, "This isn't cheap.
Even if it's just the simplest of repairs, I'm afraid it'll cost hundreds of gold coins. "
After pausing, he couldn't help saying, "Actually, although this road is a bit bumpy, it's enough for horse carriages to pass through. We don't need to spend money to build a new road, right?"
Xu Yi shook his head, "No, this road must be built.
The Magic Fan itself doesn't have a high craftsmanship, so perhaps it doesn't have a high requirement for transportation, but our future products will become more and more precise. With this road, it's very easy for problems to occur during transportation. "
Heinz curled his lips. He found that he didn't understand what Xu Yi meant by "craftsmanship", "follow-up", and "precision", so he couldn't keep persuading him.
But this matter was led by Xu Yi, so he didn't have the right to decide. So he gave up on persuading him after thinking about it.
The horse carriage continued to jolt on this road for a bit before slowly coming to a stop.
Xu Yi and Heinz jumped out of the horse carriage. Looking around, they found that this place really was desolate. Other than the surrounding weeds, they couldn't see anything else.
Seeing this desolate appearance, Heinz couldn't help being a bit disappointed. Xu Yi, on the other hand, wasn't surprised at all.
On earth, he had gone to countless industrial areas that had yet to be developed and those industrial areas were several times more desolate than this place. After they were developed, it wouldn't take long for them to become a bustling area.
Although this place was very desolate right now, he believed that as long as he kept investing, this place would become bustling sooner or later.
"May I ask if you are mister Xu Yi and mister Heinz?" A small and thin old man appeared out of nowhere.
"Hello Butler Brunei, I am Heinz and this is my partner Xu Yi." Heinz quickly came forward to greet him.
"Xu Yi, this is Viscount Leslie's butler mister Brunei."
Xu Yi looked over this ugly looking old man and gave him a bow.
Brunei rolled his eyes that had more white than black. After looking over Xu Yi for a while, he nodded and said, "Alright, since you're here, then take a good look.
Sir Viscount said that although he didn't plan on developing this place, since it is his territory, he can't just give it to others to use.
No matter what you want to do on this land, you have to inform Sir Viscount first. Do you understand? "
Looking at Brunei's arrogant appearance, Xu Yi couldn't help feeling angry and finding it funny.
If this was on Earth, the owner of the land would be overjoyed if a developer like him was willing to pay to rent this wasteland.
If this was Sines, Viscount Leslie had already taken his money and this butler Brunei still had this arrogant appearance. It was like this land wasn't rented by Xu Yi, but rather was given to him by Viscount Leslie.
Xu Yi naturally didn't reveal anything on his face. He just nodded to show he understood and then went to look around.
Xu Yi was very satisfied with the results of his inspection. The geology of this land was very good and the terrain was very flat, making it very suitable for building a factory.
The most important thing was that there was a ten meter wide river beside this land and there was a small forest on the other side. Whether it was materials or water, it was very convenient.
The only problem was that the transportation wasn't very convenient. Of course, this was also considered by Xu Yi.
Building roads to ensure transportation was the most important thing for building a factory.