After a long journey yesterday and being tossed around late into the night because of Stiel's matter, Xu Yi woke up very late the next day.
When he opened his eyes, the sunlight filled the room and it seemed like it was close to noon.
"Master, you're awake?" Vivian's timid voice sounded in his ears.
"It's almost noon, what do you want to eat for lunch?"
Xu Yi jumped up and looked around, but he didn't see Stiel.
"Big sister Stiel has already gone back. She said that if master wants to go to the Magic Tower today, you should look for her. She has something to discuss with you."
"Oh?
Something to discuss with me?
Why didn't that fellow say anything last night? "
Xu Yi looked out the window and said to Vivian, "Don't cook today, let's go out and eat. We'll save some time."
"Master, I don't need to." Vivian said in a surprised voice.
"You can go out and eat, I just need to eat something at home."
"Stop wasting words, this is an order." Xu Yi said without any politeness.
After being with Vivian for a while, Xu Yi knew that perhaps because this little girl had been a slave for too long, she was used to putting herself in a very low position. If he wanted to change her mind, it would take a long time.
"Oh." As expected, hearing Xu Yi's strong tone, Vivian obediently agreed.
After leaving home with Vivian, Xu Yi first brought her to a clothing store in Banta City to buy two sets of clothes for Vivian before finding a restaurant to have lunch.
While eating, Xu Yi organized his thoughts in his mind.
There were many things in front of him right now, so he had to prioritize these things.
The most important thing was of course to guarantee the sales of the Magic Fan. Otherwise, if he lacked funds, he wouldn't be able to do anything.
Although the Magic Fan's sales were hot, Xu Yi was very clear that the market in Banta City and the surrounding areas would be saturated soon. The sales volume would quickly decrease and become flat, so it wouldn't be able to bring in as much profit as it did now.
Xu Yi had two plans for this. One was to upgrade the Magic Fan and keep releasing new products.
He believed that when the second version of the Variable Speed Magic Fan was put into production, it would bring another wave of popularity because people would always chase after new things.
The second was to continuously expand the market.
Other than Karma City, there were merchants from the other cities near Banta City that made large amounts of orders.
According to the information they brought, when the Magic Fans entered those cities, it immediately created a wild wave. The first batch of Magic Fans that these merchants brought back to test the waters were all sold out in a short period of time. So when these merchants came the second time, they directly placed orders that were several times larger than the first time.
But because the Magic Fan factory's output couldn't be increased for now, Heinz only accepted five thousand orders.
Heinz was very annoyed because of this. If he knew earlier, he would have been a bit more bold from the beginning. He would have expanded the factory by several times and increased the output by several times, which would have allowed him to take in all the orders.
Xu Yi wasn't in a rush, the second version of the Variable Speed Magic Fan had already been decided in his mind.
As long as everything went smoothly, the second version of the Variable Speed Magic Fan would enter the assembly line and the factory's output would increase by several times. At that time, not to mention a trivial ten thousand orders, even if it was twenty thousand, thirty thousand, or even more, it would still be easily taken.
Of course, to realize the assembly line, there were still many things that needed to be prepared.
This was what Xu Yi cared about the most right now.
Although Master Lanus had already made the Magic Capping Machine and the Magic Thread Rolling Machine, allowing the screw bolts to be mass produced, it also meant that it was possible to realize the assembly line of the Variable Speed Magic Fan, but this was far from enough.
If he wanted to take the backward casting process of the first version of the Magic Fan to the assembly line of the current assembly line, he had to standardize every part of the Magic Fan.
As for the standardized processing, it was very hard to accomplish with just manpower.
Even if Master Lanus' clansmen all had the same forging skills as Lanus, they still couldn't satisfy this requirement.
To achieve this, the most important thing was the forging machines.
For example, the outer shell of the Magic Fan. If they relied on manpower to forge it, a blacksmith shop in Banta City could only make no more than thirty pieces a day.
Now in order to guarantee the production of the Magic Fan, Xu Yi had taken out all the blacksmiths in Banta City.
Although there was always work to do and the people in the blacksmiths were very happy, this had already affected the order of Banta City, so it definitely wasn't a long term plan.
Even like this, the output of the outer shell of the Magic Fan was barely enough to support the production of the factory. It was impossible to increase it any further.
Not to mention that Xu Yi wasn't satisfied with the craftsmanship of these blacksmiths. The standards of the outer shell of the Magic Fan that they forged were too different. If they were placed in a factory on earth that had strict standards, most of them would be considered defective products.
If he wanted to mass produce the Variable Speed Magic Fan, these outer shells wouldn't be suitable at all.
"In the end, it's still a serious lack of a heavy industrial foundation." Thinking of this, Xu Yi couldn't help giving a sigh.
The establishment of an industrial system naturally couldn't be separated from the development of a heavy industrial system. But for the Sines, not to mention a heavy industrial system, even a light industrial system was rare. Their foundation was just too lacking.
"I hope that those dwarves can change this situation after they come."
Xu Yi took out a small book and began to make preliminary plans for this matter.
According to his agreement with chief Siluka, in three days, there would be a hundred dwarves with exquisite craftsmanship that would come to Banta City and become Xu Yi's subordinates.
In order to protect the lives of these dwarves, Xu Yi had to build a living area near the factory. Then he had to build two other workshops.
One of them would be the main workshop for the dwarves and the other would be the assembly workshop for the Variable Speed Magic Fan.
Because there was only a month left until the end of summer, time was tight. The two workshops would be crude for now and they would be built according to the standards of the Magic Fan workshop from before.
But the living area of the dwarves couldn't be casually built. He had already made an agreement with chief Siluka and had patted his chest in front of Master Lanus to guarantee this.
Not to mention that these dwarves were the most important craftsmen in Xu Yi's mind. It wasn't exaggerated to say that the foundation of the Sines industrial system was in the hands of these dwarves. If he didn't treat them a bit better, it wouldn't be right.
"There are too many things to do, there's far from enough people." Xu Yi knit his brows as he looked at the dense list of things in his little book.
"Not mentioning anything else, just the workshop and the workers' dormitories need a large amount of people. I wonder if Heinz can solve this matter?"
While he was thinking about this, Xu Yi suddenly saw Vivian burying her head in her food and his eyes instantly lit up.
"Got it!"
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"You want to buy a few more slaves from me?"
Viscount Leslie looked at Xu Yi in a daze. He never thought that this fellow would come in the middle of the day and make this kind of request upon meeting.
"What do you want to buy them for?"
"Because I need a large amount of people right now." Xu Yi said, "Since I need a large amount of people right now.
I don't have a way to hire that many people right now, so I can't hire that many people right now, so I can only find you to think of a way. "
Viscount Leslie's face was a bit ugly, "Based on your tone, you need quite a few people.
Tell me, how many people do you want? "
Xu Yi stretched out a finger and said with a faint smile, "Let's start with a hundred people."
"A hundred?" Viscount Leslie slightly narrowed his eyes and reprimanded without any politeness, "Do you think this is a pig?
You think you can get a hundred just because you say you want a hundred?
Let me tell you, there are only three hundred slaves under my name. If I give you a hundred, what would I do?
To be honest with you, I still want to buy a few more slaves.
Can't you see that there is still a lot of empty land under my name that hasn't been cultivated?
If I had enough people, there wouldn't be this much empty land and I wouldn't be able to rent it to you. "
Xu Yi was not moved at all as he asked with a smile, "That means that sir Viscount needs those slaves just to have them cultivate?"
"Nonsense, otherwise what would those fellows be used for?
They're just some slaves. "Viscount Leslie reprimanded before suddenly looking at Vivian who had been standing behind Xu Yi the entire time.
"That's right, this little girl seems to be the slave you stole from Brunei without my permission last time, right?
What?
You've tasted the sweetness from her and now you want to buy some more slaves to use? "
Viscount Leslie's eyes swept over her and Vivian immediately lowered her head in fear.
In her eyes, Viscount Leslie's previous master was high up, he was not someone a small slave like her could look at.
Xu Yi knit his brows and said with a serious look, "Sir Viscount, first, I didn't steal her by force. I discussed the conditions with Butler Brunei and bought Vivian after both sides reached an agreement. You also signed the document to agree to this.
Second, Vivian is now one of my people, so I ask you to pay attention to your words and not use this kind of insulting words. "
Hearing that Xu Yi was actually going against Viscount Leslie for her, Vivian was shocked. She couldn't help reaching out her little hand to pull on Xu Yi's clothes as her face filled with fear.
Viscount Leslie was a bit surprised, but he didn't look angry because he was being contradicted. Rather he looked over Xu Yi and Vivian before revealing a smile.
"Xu Yi, you really are a strange fellow.
For a slave, you actually dare to contradict me.
You say that this little girl is one of your people ….. But I think she's still a virgin, right?
She's still a virgin after following you for this long, could it be that Xu Yi is a good person that I didn't expect? "
He never thought that Viscount Leslie would say such a thing. Xu Yi and Vivian's faces couldn't help turning red.
"Ke ….. Sir Viscount, I didn't mean that. Only ….. Forget it, there's no meaning in talking about this.
I just want to remind the Sir Viscount that you're looking down on the value of slaves too much.
Even if they are slaves, as long as their hands and feet are normal and their minds are normal, they have complete value as human resources. Only you haven't developed them yet.
I'll say something you won't like to hear, but those three hundred slaves in your hands are far less valuable than giving them to me. "
Viscount Leslie was instantly filled with anger.
"Alright, then I want to hear. If I give them to you, how will you display their value?"