Just as everyone was looking forward to Xu Yi's published books and the academy he founded, Xu Yi quietly came to Anvilmar City alone.
This time, he didn't meet anyone and directly found Major MacConley in the military logistics department.
"Hey, Chairman Xu, I heard you made a trip to the Principality of Constantine?" Major MacConley immediately asked with a smile when he saw Xu Yi.
"What do you think of the Principality of Constantine?
Do you feel that there's no hope for the Principality? "
Hearing this question, Xu Yi immediately understood that he wasn't the only one who knew about the laziness of the citizens of the Principality of Constantine and the greed of the upper class. It seemed that this was the consensus of a group of people.
"It's not that there's no hope, but …" Xu Yi shrugged and smiled bitterly, "It's really difficult to do anything over there."
MacConley laughed and patted Xu Yi's shoulder, "If you want to do something practical, you have to stay in the Lampari Kingdom.
Especially for someone as capable as you, you shouldn't waste time in a place like the Principality of Constantine. "
Xu Yi glanced at him and thought that if the Lampari Kingdom was like the Malor Empire and the Kandla Empire, he would be willing to develop well in the Lampari Kingdom.
However, the Lampari Kingdom was a small country on the Sines after all. Its resources weren't particularly abundant, and most of them had already been divided up by the nobles in the kingdom. A small company like Xu Yi and the New Flyer had no chance of getting involved.
Just like the cooperation between the New Flyer and the Jole Family. According to Xu Yi's true intentions, he naturally hoped to control the non-ferrous metals in the Lampari Kingdom in the hands of the New Flyer. However, he knew that the Jole Family wouldn't be so generous, so he could only use the method of technical cooperation to obtain priority from the Jole Family.
As someone who transmigrated from Earth, Xu Yi was very clear on the importance of controlling these resources.
Since there was no hope in the Lampari Kingdom for the time being, Xu Yi's gaze naturally shifted to other places.
The reason why he chose to mine non-ferrous metal veins on the Black Rice Wasteland under the eyes of the beastmen and even ran out of the Lampuri Kingdom to buy three mines in the Stantine Duchy, even if he found that the Stantine Duchy and Duke Stantine weren't reliable, Xu Yi still didn't give up. The reason was that as long as he grasped the resources of these two places, it was very likely that Xu Yi would have complete control over them.
If he could control the core energy problem in his hands, it would be worth it even if he had to pay a price.
Of course, if he wanted to do this, he had to solve a very important problem first.
Xu Yi signaled to Major MacConley with his eyes, and Major MacConley immediately understood. He looked around and brought Xu Yi to a secret room in his office.
"You finished it this quickly?" As soon as he closed the door, Major MacConley looked at Xu Yi with an excited look.
Xu Yi revealed a faint smile and took out a stack of blueprints from his bag for Major MacConley.
Major MacConley quickly took it and didn't even call out to Xu Yi as he began looking through it.
After looking through it, Major MacConley's eyes became brighter and brighter. When he reached the end, he had a happy and excited smile.
When he finished reading the last page, Major MacConley slapped his thigh and broke out in laughter.
"Great!
This is great!
If we can use this Magic Trebuchet, our army's battle strength will increase by quite a bit! "
Xu Yi said with a smile, "Of course.
Although it hasn't been tested yet, this Magic Trebuchet is made of new steel and is very powerful. In theory, it can even hit a ton!
Moreover, it doesn't need to be adjusted for a long time like the traditional wooden trebuchets.
According to our initial design, it won't take more than half a minute to adjust after each launch. "
"This means that as long as the stones are loaded fast enough, we can even launch two large stones in a minute?" Major MacConley asked with wide eyes.
"That's right." Xu Yi gave a slight nod.
"Other than that, this is only the first version of the Magic Trebuchet.
If it wasn't for you rushing me, I wanted to wait until the new Continuous Firing Magic Trebuchet was developed before bringing it over. "
"Continuous Firing Magic Trebuchet?" Major MacConley's bright eyes became even brighter.
"Could it be that it can be fired continuously?"
"Pretty much.
To be specific, the Magic Trebuchet can load the stones, launch them, adjust them, and then load the stones again. The soldiers in charge of the Magic Trebuchet just need to put the prepared stones into the ammunition box. "
"Ammunition box?" Major MacConley knit his brows to think before reacting.
"It's a box specially used to put the stones?"
"Un.
The reason why I call it an ammunition box is because to me, the stones of the trebuchet are its ammunition. "After saying this, Xu Yi paused as a smile of deep meaning appeared on his face.
"Actually to be honest, things like stones can't be considered ammunition at all … …"
Major MacConley looked at Xu Yi and wanted to ask something, but Xu Yi clearly didn't want to talk about this topic. After thinking about it, he continued asking questions about the Magic Trebuchet.
After understanding the basic questions, major MacConley nodded, "Alright, this Magic Trebuchet is quite good.
Although it needs to be discussed by the generals of the army headquarters before it can be decided, I feel that it will definitely pass.
Chairman Xu, can I ask, how long will it take for your company to produce this Magic Trebuchet? "
"It hasn't been put into production yet, so I can't give you an accurate time.
But according to the estimates of the research facility, if it is put into production, it will take at least a week to finish one. "
"It's actually only a week?
That fast! "Major MacConley had a look of shock.
"I thought that with how complicated this thing is, it would take at least several months to make one."
Xu Yi revealed a faint smile, thinking that you're looking down on the miracles of industry too much.
This was because the industrial foundation of Sines was too weak, even the New Flyer couldn't compare to the large factories on earth. That was why a single Magic Trebuchet would take a week to finish.
This Magic Trebuchet was very complicated in major MacConley's eyes and shocked him, but in the eyes of a mechanical engineer like Xu Yi, its structure was very simple and wasn't worth mentioning at all.
If it was placed in a country like earth's heavenly court with a rather deep industrial foundation, perhaps any heavy machine factory would be able to finish it in just a few days.
On the other hand, if mass production and assembly line production were included, on average, one machine might not even be used for a day.
Major MacConley looked at Xu Yi with a bit of hesitation before asking, "This ….. Chairman Xu, this Magic Trebuchet, do you think our army headquarters can produce it ourselves?"
Xu Yi immediately revealed a smile.
As he expected, as long as he gave the blueprint, the army headquarters would definitely want this Magic Trebuchet in their hands.
But this time was different from last time, so Xu Yi shook his head without even thinking.
"I'm afraid not." Xu Yi said with a serious look.
"Major MacConley, I think that you should know that this Magic Trebuchet is very complicated. Even if it's our New Flyer, it would take quite a bit of effort to produce it. I don't think that the army headquarters has this kind of production ability right now."
"You can't even give us the blueprint and the related technology?" Major MacConley kept asking in an unwilling voice.
However, Xu Yi firmly shook his head.
"No.
Major, this is different from producing armours and weapons.
The main factor in producing armours and weapons is the production magic machines provided by our company. The workers just need to know how to operate them, so there isn't much difficulty in producing them.
But producing this Magic Trebuchet is far more complicated than producing armours and weapons. Even if I give you all the related technology, the army headquarters wouldn't be able to grasp it themselves. "
After saying this, Xu Yi revealed a taunting smile before continuing, "Then again, although it isn't impossible for us to give you all the related technology, what does the army headquarters plan on using as compensation?"
Major MacConley immediately fell silent.
Of course he knew that the army headquarters could rely on the power of the kingdom to request Xu Yi and New Flyer to do things according to their requests, or even force New Flyer to give them the technology.
But if they wanted to obtain it for free, it was clearly impossible.
This Magic Trebuchet was very powerful just from looking at the blueprint. If they could equip it with the Lampari Kingdom's army, it would definitely greatly increase the battle strength of the army, so the army headquarters had to obtain it.
But if the army headquarters' attitude was too strong, it would cause Xu Yi and New Flyer to be dissatisfied or even retaliate. It would cause the dissatisfaction of some important people who cared about New Flyer. Not to mention losing the chance to cooperate with New Flyer, it would be a very large loss.
To put it bluntly, New Flyer was unique right now. Other than them, there wasn't a single company that could develop the military magic machines that the army headquarters needed.
Even the concept of "military magic machines" was something that Xu Yi had proposed first.
So even if major MacConley was the head of the army headquarters' logistics department, he was still very polite to Xu Yi.
It wasn't just because Xu Yi was valued by her highness Seveni and the king, it was because Xu Yi and New Flyer could give the army headquarters something they urgently needed.
After quickly considering these factors in his mind, major MacConley gave up the idea of asking Xu Yi and New Flyer to give all the technology to the army headquarters. After thinking about it, he said with a nod, "Alright, Chairman Xu, may I ask ….. how much is your company planning on charging for each Magic Trebuchet?"
Xu Yi raised a finger with a smile, "One thousand gold coins for one."
Major MacConley's face turned ashen.