Many people were confused by Leslie's plans for his future. Xu Yi was even more surprised.
Because Leslie actually wanted to sail the endless seas, his dream was to become the overlord of the seas!
Hearing Leslie's idea, Xu Yi almost scolded him for thinking too much.
Overlord of the seas?
He couldn't even touch the seas, how could he be an overlord!
Because of the limitations of this world's technology, they couldn't make large ships that were strong enough to sail the seas at all.
In the history of Sines, only the Kandla Empire had tried this once. They had built twenty giant wooden ships and formed a fleet to sail the seas, claiming that they wanted to explore the depths of the endless seas, to explore another continent far away.
However, this fleet had only been out for three days before they met a storm. In the end, the twenty wooden ships were all destroyed by the storm and most of the explorers died, with less than ten people lucky enough to survive.
Since then, the people of Sines had given up on the idea of sailing the seas, even turning the endless seas into a forbidden area.
Other than the people who lived by the sea who could find opportunities to fish, at other times, no one dared to take half a step into the endless seas.
Now Leslie was saying that he wanted to become the overlord of the seas ….. If he only ruled the coastal areas, it wasn't related to strength on the sea, rather it was strength on the coast.
"Xu Yi, this is the old idea of Sines, it's already outdated." Leslie looked at Xu Yi with a confused look.
"It really is strange, this Magic Boat was clearly developed by you, but now you're telling me that sailing the seas is an extravagant hope?
You have no confidence in the things you designed? "
"It is because I personally designed this thing that I know its limitations better than anyone." Xu Yi said with a serious look.
"Although I can confidently say that this Magic Boat's ability to resist storms far surpasses the wooden ships and it is much safer on the seas, it has only increased the safety from zero to one. It isn't an exaggerated increase and it can't guarantee that you can survive on the seas."
"According to what you said, isn't this thing not that much better than those wooden ships?
Then why did you spend so much effort to create him? "Leslie knit his brows, looking a bit disappointed.
Leslie revealed a look of disappointment, "I thought that with this thing, I could fulfill my dream of sailing the endless seas since I was young."
"I can guarantee that you will fulfill this dream in the future, but not now."
Xu Yi shook his head and said with a serious look, "I'll give you a more practical suggestion. First set your goals and don't think that you can sail that far right away.
Sailing the seas is something that requires experience, you should take it step by step and explore it bit by bit. "
Leslie looked back at Xu Yi, "You think that I'm an idiot?
Of course I won't be like those idiots from the Kandla Empire, immediately charging into the endless seas.
My original plan was to use this Magic Boat that you developed to explore the endless seas bit by bit.
Could it be that you think that I would charge in like a fool? "
Xu Yi couldn't help rolling his eyes.
In the end, he was just worried for nothing.
"Alright, then what are you planning to do?"
Xu Yi asked, "Our company has set the price for this medium sized Magic Boat at eight hundred thousand gold coins, I don't think that you can take out that much money right now."
"Eight hundred thousand gold coins?" Leslie was shocked.
Leslie was surprised, "It's that expensive?"
"Of course." Xu Yi proudly said.
"This medium sized Magic Boat has a capacity of five thousand tons and it can carry over three thousand tons of cargo.
This means that if it's filled with cargo, a single trip is equivalent to transporting it over a hundred times on land.
You think it's expensive?
I feel that it's very cheap. "
"It can carry three thousand tons of cargo at a time?"
Leslie looked at the medium sized Magic Boat that had finished its ceremony and was slowly moving along the blue waves of the endless seas before giving a nod, "If it's like this, it is indeed worth that much money.
But Xu Yi, it seems like my initial estimates were wrong.
Actually, what I need the most right now isn't this kind of transport Magic Boat, but rather something like the small Magic Speed Boats that can carry soldiers for battle. "
"Battle Magic Boat?" Xu Yi slightly knit his brows as he looked at Leslie in surprise.
"What?
Do you want to become a pirate? "
Leslie laughed and didn't reply.
Looking at the strange smile on his face, Xu Yi didn't ask anything else. After thinking about it, he said with a nod, "This is actually very simple, you just need to make some necessary modifications and add some weapons and defenses to it."
"Alright, I need a Magic Boat that is a bit smaller than these medium sized Magic Boats and has magic machines on it. For example, a military Magic Boat like the small Magic Trebuchet. It would be best if it could be a bit faster than this.
How about it, Xu Yi?
Can you do this? "
Xu Yi spread his hands, "I can do this, but with our company's current production capacity, we can't even make one in half a year. If you're in a rush, we definitely can't do it.
Moreover, according to your request, although the cost is much lower than the medium sized Magic Boats, it wouldn't be less than four hundred thousand gold coins per ship. Are you certain you want it? "
"I'm certain." Leslie gave a certain nod before taking out a gold note and putting it in Xu Yi's hand.
"This is the first order, I hope you can deliver it as soon as possible."
Xu Yi looked at it and found that this gold note from the Chimera Chamber of Commerce was for fifty thousand gold coins. It was just right to use it as a deposit for a small Magic Boat that cost around five hundred thousand gold coins.
But Xu Yi still didn't understand what Leslie was planning on doing.
Large ships weren't just good to buy, the maintenance costs couldn't be underestimated. If one couldn't obtain enough benefits from it, it wasn't a good thing to have these things.
Xu Yi was developing the Magic Boats because on one hand, it was to promote the development of the New Flyer's magic machines, perfecting the current magic machine industry. On the other hand, he was planning on forming a fleet to meet the urgent transport needs of the New Flyer.
If Leslie wanted to buy several military ships, if he didn't become a pirate, this thing would be a bottomless pit that he could only throw money into.
Even if Leslie hadn't been chased out by Duke Stagg, with the large financial backing of the Stagg Family, it would have been hard for him to do this kind of business.
Now that his territory had been taken back by the Lampari Kingdom's parliament, it was even more impossible for him to have this kind of financial backing.
But Leslie clearly wasn't planning on explaining his plans to Xu Yi, so Xu Yi naturally wouldn't ask about it.
Compared to Leslie who didn't care about this medium sized Magic Boat, Xu Yi cared more about it.
Being able to smoothly make this medium sized Magic Boat meant that the Xinfei merchants had made many breakthroughs in technology.
First was the engine technology.
Although the Magic Car and Magic Boat engines were both Wind Magic Engines and had the same principles, there was a large difference between them.
Whether it was in the Academy of Magic or the magic machine development center, the Magic Car and Magic Boat engines were developed separately.
Now that this medium sized Magic Boat had been made and was smoothly sailing on the sea, it meant that the Magic Boat engine had made a major breakthrough. It also meant that New Flyer's research on the Wind Magic Engine had reached a new height, which would promote the development of the Magic Car engine.
For example, during this time, with the breakthroughs in the Magic Boat engine research, New Flyer's research on the Magic Car engine had also made great progress. In their experiments, they had already made a large transport Magic Car that could transport over twenty tons.
But because of the inherent disadvantage of the Wind Magic Engine, they couldn't make any major breakthroughs in terms of speed.
They could only wait for the development of the Fire Magic Engine to make some progress.
Other than the engine, the success of this medium sized Magic Boat also meant that New Flyer had made another breakthrough in large scale magic machines. It included the most basic steel welding, the casting of large scale components, the design of large scale magic machines ….. and other aspects. They had all been greatly improved through the process of making this medium sized Magic Boat.
This medium sized Magic Boat had taken close to two years since Xu Yi proposed the concept and now it had been finished.
Even on earth, this was considered very fast.
And on these Sines that had no foundation at all, this was a miraculous speed.
Now that this medium sized Magic Boat had been launched, it would be much faster to build the second medium sized Magic Boat.
When New Flyer built their first ocean transport fleet, they would be able to transport New Flyer's goods to various places on the Sines through the endless seas.
Take the Kingdom of Ruhr as an example.
If New Flyer wanted to transport the various magic machines they produced to the Kingdom of Ruhr, because of the geography of the Principality of Constantine, they could only pass through the Black Rice Wasteland and enter the Lampari Kingdom. After passing through Banta City, they would turn south and enter the Kingdom of Ruhr.
Like this, the total distance would be close to a thousand kilometers. Not mentioning the high cost of transport, because they would have to pay a customs duty to pass through the Lampari Kingdom, the total cost of transport was very high.
Once the ocean transport fleet was built, these goods could be directly loaded onto the ships. They would make a small circle to the south of the Principality of Constantine and finally land on the southern coast of the Kingdom of Ruhr.
They didn't need to pay any extra fees and adding in the powerful cargo capacity of the Magic Boat, a single trip was equal to countless trips, which would without a doubt greatly reduce the cost.
Moreover, if they transported through the endless seas, they could easily reach the countries further along the coast of the Sines. This was very helpful for Xu Yi in spreading the magic machines produced by New Flyer to the Sines.
But New Flyer's current production capacity wasn't enough. Even if the experiment was successful, it would take several months to build the next medium sized Magic Boat.
When they could truly build an ocean transport fleet, it would be several years later at the earliest.
Thinking of this, Xu Yi couldn't help looking at Leslie with an annoyed look.
His schedule was already tight enough, and now this guy had to come and meddle in it.
This was simply a waste of time!