In the blink of an eye, it was August and it was midsummer.
The weather became hotter and when the sun came out, the Magic Fan workshop was like a steamer. Not long after, the thirty students working hard were covered in sweat.
Even if there was a Magic Fan in every corner of the workshop that kept blowing, it still couldn't cool people down.
"Sir Vice President, can you apply to Sir President to set up a large scale Frost Array here?" Ourin wiped the dense beads of sweat on his forehead, and couldn't help but complain to Heinz who was beside him.
He came from a noble family and had a good family background since he was young, so he had never suffered this kind of hardship before.
"Orin, you really are a child of a noble family.
Do you know how much it costs to arrange more than one large scale Frost Array? "Without waiting for Heinz to reply, a student on the side retorted with a cold snort.
"We only get a few gold coins a month and even if all thirty of us work together, we can only barely cover the monthly consumption of a large scale Frost Array. Do you think sir chairman will arrange one for us?"
"I also know this, but we have to work hard to obtain it."
Orin didn't mind the taunting tone of this student. Since he received a special reward from Xu Yi for improving the Magic Array last time, Orin had been in a very good mood and his mind had become much wider.
"Ke ….. Everyone, don't worry. I will report this matter to the chairman later and try my best to convince him to arrange a large scale Frost Array.
I believe that when the chairman sees how hard everyone is working, he will definitely think of a way to solve this. "Seeing everyone covered in sweat, Heinz quickly comforted them.
Because of the hot sales of the Magic Fans, the Magic Fan factory earned over a hundred gold coins a day. Calculating it like this, it wasn't impossible to arrange a large scale Frost Array in the workshop.
After all, these students were the core of the Magic Fan production and now that the weather was too hot, it had already seriously affected their work efficiency. As the manager of the factory, Heinz had to consider this problem.
Faced with Heinz's reply, the students didn't reveal any excited expressions. Even Orin just laughed and shook his head, looking like he didn't believe this at all.
That student was right, the cost of arranging a large scale Frost Array was too high. From the perspective of a merchant, they definitely wouldn't easily arrange something like this for their workers.
At the very least, they had never heard of any Chamber of Commerce decorating their workshop with such extravagant decorations.
Of course, that was just what they thought. However, when they saw Xu Yi appear in the factory, a glimmer of hope was ignited in the students' hearts.
However, Xu Yi's answer immediately dashed their hope.
"Setting up a large-scale Frost Array?
That won't do. It's too wasteful. There's no need for that. "Xu Yi shook his head and answered with certainty.
The students looked at each other, sighed in unison, and continued with their work.
"Sir chairman, I had always thought that you were different from the other merchants. But now, it seems that there isn't much difference." Ourin was greatly disappointed and couldn't help but complain.
Xu Yi laughed and waved his hand, saying, "Don't be so anxious and disappointed. Although I said that it would be a waste to set up a large-scale Frost Array, I didn't say that I wouldn't help you solve this problem."
The students curiously looked at Xu Yi again. They thought that the weather was this hot and if he didn't set up a large scale Frost Array, how could he solve this problem?
Xu Yi pointed at the rectangular iron box that he had just brought and signaled to Heinz to work with him. They set up this iron box on the wall of the workshop and then took out a Magic Crystal to put into the groove under the iron box.
Seeing Xu Yi's actions, the eyes of the students all lit up.
Could it be that this was a new magic machine that Xu Yi had developed?
"Sir chairman, what is this thing?" Ourin couldn't help asking.
"Don't be anxious, you'll know in a bit."
After Xu Yi finished his preparations, he pressed the switch at the bottom of the strange iron box.
"Ding."
After a soft sound, a faint milky white light lit up in the iron box, followed by a faint cyan light. Then, a faint humming sound could be heard from the iron box.
There were several strange openings under the iron box and there was a piece of cloth hanging from the openings. At first everyone didn't understand what use this thing had, but after a while, everyone found that the cloth began to move. It was clear that there was wind blowing from the openings.
Seeing this scene, the students were disappointed again.
"Sir chairman, isn't this just changing the appearance of the Magic Fan? What use is there?"
"That's right, we have several Magic Fans around us, but just the Magic Fans can't cool us down that much."
"That's right, you should set up a large scale Frost Array for us, otherwise we'll die from the heat sooner or later."
… …
Xu Yi revealed a smile and didn't explain anything.
After a while, Heinz and the students suddenly felt something strange.
"Yi?
That's not right, why is the wind so cool? "
"That's right, so strange.
It's clearly this hot, so why is the wind blowing from this thing cold? "
"Really, it's so cool!
This is great!
It's much more comfortable this time! "
"Ha, ha, so comfortable!
This thing is almost comparable to a large scale Frost Array! "
… …
After the students enjoyed the cool wind blowing from the strange iron box, they couldn't help asking Xu Yi about it out of curiosity.
"Sir chairman, just what is this thing?"
"That's right, why is the wind blowing from it so cool?"
"If the Magic Fans were like this, that would be great.
Everyone wouldn't need to set up a large scale Frost Array at all. "
"This thing ….." Xu Yi stretched out his voice. After he whetted the students' appetites, he kept them in suspense.
"I won't tell you for now."
"It can't be, right?
Sir chairman, are you playing with us? "
"That's right, why are you deliberately whetting our appetites? At least tell us what this thing is called, right?"
"Hei, it isn't that I'm not willing to tell you, but this thing isn't finished yet. This is just the first prototype I've developed, so I'm giving it to you to use first. One, it's to help you improve your working environment and two, it's to give you a task, which is to observe the operation of this magic machine at all times. If there are any problems or changes with it, you have to record it.
I need to collect the actual operating data and then make some targeted improvements. Do you understand? "
"It's like this, we promise to complete this task!"
"Right!
Relax sir chairman, based on how much cooler it has made me, I will definitely treat it like a treasure! "
"No, no, no, I'm not letting you treat it like a treasure, rather I'm letting you play with it as much as possible.
This is because I need to see how it reacts to various special situations, so I can test its various functions.
As for the time, I'll set it at three days for now. After three days, I'll collect all your data.
If everything goes smoothly, this thing will enter mass production. When the time comes, I'll be able to install a few more for you and guarantee that you won't feel hot. "
"That's great!"
"Sir chairman, you really are a good person!"
"No, it's a good boss!"
… …
Seeing the students jump up and down in joy, Xu Yi revealed a smile. He turned to Heinz and said in a low voice, "Heinz, I'll be going on a long trip in the next few days, so I'll have to trouble you with the matters here."
"Going on a long trip?
Where are you going? "Heinz asked in a surprised voice.
Xu Yi's eyes drifted to the west, "I'm going to the dwarf tribe where Master Lanus came from.
Master Lanus said that if I go quickly, I'll be there in a day, so I'll be there in three days.
But if I'm delayed by anything, you'll have to take care of the matters here. Other than that, you'll have to take a trip to Carmilla Magic Tower for me and tell Great Magician Camilla to help me take two more days off. "
Heinz asked in a doubtful voice, "Why are you suddenly going to the dwarf tribe?"
"Do you still remember what I said to you last time?
I've never been satisfied with the craftsmanship of the blacksmiths in Banta City and the only one qualified was Master Lanus, but there was only one Master Lanus and he couldn't satisfy my needs at all.
I seriously thought about it and discussed it with Master Lanus, deciding to take a trip to the dwarf tribe he came from.
If I can recruit some dwarven blacksmiths from the dwarf tribe, it would be a great help to my future plans. "
"Although the dwarven blacksmiths are a bit stronger than human blacksmiths, you don't need to be this strict, right?
Look at the outer shells of these Magic Fans, they were all made by the human blacksmiths in the city, I don't see any problems with them at all. "
"He, he, Heinz, this isn't me being strict, it's just that your standards are too low.
Could it be that you haven't noticed that although the outer shells of these Magic Fans look good, there are actually some small differences?
This causes the appearance of each Magic Fan that we produce to be different, both big and small.
Don't look down on these differences. You can't see it now, but when I want to make this factory into an assembly line in the future, these small differences will be fatal. "
"Assembly line?"
Even if Heinz wasn't surprised by the new words that came out of Xu Yi's mouth, he was still stunned.
"What is this?"
"I'll explain it to you when the conditions are right. You just need to be a bit more anxious, which is that all the production must be strictly regulated and standardized. There can't be any ambiguity at all."
Seeing how serious Xu Yi was, Heinz could only nod in agreement.
"Alright, I'll set off now. I hope that when I come back, I can bring back a group of dwarven blacksmiths."