When Xu Yi walked into the magic machine workshop, there were a hundred dwarves working hard in the workshop.
These hundred dwarves were in charge of different jobs. One of them was in charge of producing the Magic Thread Rolling Machine and the other five magic machines needed for the Magic Fan, while the other was in charge of researching the new magic machines that Xu Yi had given them.
During this time, the focus of their research was on the Magic Harvester.
After talking to Viscount Leslie last time, Xu Yi was certain that the agricultural machines had great prospects in the Sines, so he began researching after coming back.
Because they were about to enter the autumn harvest, Xu Yi's first goal was the small agricultural harvester.
This research was divided into two parts. One was the Magic Array that Xu Yi and Stiel were researching together to drive the harvester. The other was the mechanical design of the harvester that the dwarves were in charge of.
Xu Yi's work was the most important. He had to perfectly combine the power of the Magic Array with the harvester and to do this, he needed large amounts of data. Because of this, he had been running back and forth between the workshop outside the city and the research facility in Banta City every day.
Of course there were rewards for his hard work. After this period of research, the small Magic Harvester had already taken shape. Right now in this workshop, the dwarves in charge of researching the new magic machines had already made a Magic Harvester that was only a bit similar to the harvesters on earth and were currently testing it.
Seeing Xu Yi come in, the dwarf Camby who was appointed as the workshop manager by Xu Yi came over.
"Hey, Xu ….. Oh, no, chairman, you're here to see the situation with the Magic Harvester again?" Camby raised his short and thick arm to greet Xu Yi.
"Alright, Camby, just call me by my name." Xu Yi nodded with a smile.
"That's right.
Can't you see that the wheat in the Lord Viscount's field is already turning yellow?
It seems like we'll be harvesting in less than a month.
If we don't hurry up and make the Magic Harvester before the wheat matures, we'll have to wait at least half a year. "
"Don't worry, our brothers have been working overtime these days.
You see, this thing has actually been made, but there are always some small problems. Otherwise, it can be done directly. "
"Discovering the problem now is better than having problems in the future."
Xu Yi and Camby walked to the side of the dwarves who were adjusting the Magic Harvester and carefully asked them. They found that the problem they encountered was that after the machine ran at high speeds for a period of time, there would be a clear situation where it wasn't running smoothly.
There was no need to check. Xu Yi knew that there must be something wrong with the bearings.
As expected, when he opened it, the Magic Harvester's shaft was clearly worn out, causing the shaft to be uneven, which naturally affected its operation.
Xu Yi was actually helpless about this because it was completely caused by the material of the bearing.
Because of the limitations of the iron smelting technology on the Sines, there wasn't a steel alloy that was both resistant to wear and tension that was suitable for making bearings.
Whether it was white iron or grey iron, it wasn't enough to make this kind of bearing that needed high speed friction.
Although the Magic Fan from before also needed high speed bearings, because the Magic Fan's power output wasn't that high, the pressure it created wasn't that high, so it could be handled with simple iron bearings. But if it was the Magic Harvester that needed high power, it was very easy for problems to occur.
Xu Yi couldn't solve the material problem for now, so after carefully considering it, he could only compromise. He had the dwarves add an iron ball roller in the middle of the bearing, which would reduce the friction and increase the life of the bearing.
Of course, this would also reduce the power output. So Xu Yi had to consider changing the Magic Array to ensure that the Magic Array could produce enough power.
"Ai, in the end, the industrial system on the continent is just too weak.
If it was like earth, there would be several kinds of steel alloys to choose from, how could it be this troublesome? "
Seeing the dwarves being busy again because of his small change, Xu Yi couldn't help shaking his head as he gave a sigh in his heart.
Thinking of this, Xu Yi naturally thought of the material research lab he had set up in the dwarven tribe.
Although the five hundred gold coins he promised was mostly for the hundred dwarven master blacksmiths, he still had a bit of hope in his heart.
If the dwarves of the tribe could really make a breakthrough in their material research, the five hundred gold coins he invested every month would be worth it.
Of course, as a mechanical engineer, Xu Yi knew that there was no tricks in material research at all. He could only improve it bit by bit and couldn't rush it at all.
"Forget it, the so called mechanical engineers exist to solve these problems.
Completing tasks under limited conditions is the meaning of my existence. "Thinking of this, Xu Yi habitually encouraged himself in his heart.
Then, he realized that because of this small change, he had to make corresponding changes to the Magic Array.
Thinking of modifying the Magic Array, Xu Yi naturally thought of the two girls in the office.
"Oh no, I was so focused on my work here that I almost forgot about them."
Xu Yi slapped his thigh and pulled Canbi over to give him some instructions. He then hastily left the workshop and returned to the office.
"Sorry, I was busy …" Xu Yi pushed open the office door and was about to apologize when he suddenly saw Akali and Evita sprawled on the table, concentrating on modifying the Magic Array blueprint. He immediately stopped his words.
Until Xu Yi stood at the door for a long while, Akali was probably tired and stretched herself. Then, she noticed Xu Yi.
"Eh?
Sir chairman, when did you return? "Akali asked in astonishment.
Hearing Akali's words, Evita was startled and turned to look at Xu Yi.
Xu Yi faintly smiled, "It's been a while. But seeing the two of you so focused, I didn't want to disturb you."
"What's there to disturb?"
Akali knocked her head with her small fist and complained, "Sir chairman, the blueprints you gave us are really troublesome. Evita and I thought for half a day and couldn't even complete a single one.
Do you think we're too stupid and can't even solve these problems? "
"How could that be." Xu Yi laughed.
"To tell you the truth, these problems took me several days to solve. If you can solve them all in such a short time, do you believe that I won't make you stay even if I pay you a hundred gold coins a month?"
Akali couldn't help rolling her eyes at Xu Yi, "You clearly know that we can't do it, so you're purposely giving us such a high salary to keep us in suspense."
Evita noticed something else, "Sir chairman, you mean to say that these blueprints are problems that you've already solved?
Then ….. Can you let me see the solution? "
Xu Yi shook his head, "I'm afraid I can't because the final solution is our company's secret and won't be easily shown to others."
Evita let out a disappointed sigh and lowered her head.
"Of course, if you officially join our company, then these secrets won't be secrets to you." Xu Yi said with a smile.
Akali said dejectedly, "Sir chairman, the blueprints you gave are so difficult that even if we wanted to join your company, you wouldn't want us, right?"
"That might not be the case." Xu Yi shook his head with a faint smile.
"Can you let me see your solution?"
Taking the blueprints from the two of them, Xu Yi seriously looked over them and couldn't help nodding in satisfaction.
Even if the two of them didn't give a complete solution, based on the ideas they left behind on the blueprints, Xu Yi could see that they were indeed worthy of graduating from the Lampuri Royal Academy. They had a very good understanding of Magic Arrays and the ideas they gave were of a very high level, even coming close to the solution Xu Yi finally came up with.
Moreover, based on their ideas, it could be seen that there was a difference in their personalities.
Compared to them, Akali's ideas were more active and more imaginative. There were some bold ideas in her plans that could even be considered whimsical.
As for Evita, she was a bit more normal, but it could be seen that her foundations were very solid. Every step of the solution had a solid foundation and the overall idea was close to perfect.
If Evita was given enough time, he believed that she would be able to come up with a realistic plan in the end.
After looking over these blueprints, Xu Yi was very happy.
Although these two Stiel's classmates weren't considered powerful magicians, it was like Stiel had said, the two of them were qualified for the current work of the research facility.
If they joined, adding in Stiel, Xu Yi would have three more reliable helpers, which would greatly increase the efficiency of his Magic Array research.
Thinking of this, Xu Yi put down the blueprints and met their expectant gazes. He revealed a bright smile to them and said, "I have to say, the two of you are very outstanding, completely meeting the requirements of our Magic Research Institute of New Flying Chamber of Commerce.
Now I want to seriously ask the two of you a question.
May I ask, are you willing to join our New Flyer? "