When the trajectory of magic civilization suddenly took a turn and thus embarked on the path of industrialization, the world of Helka ushered in a grand upheaval unseen in ten thousand years.This i...
Chapter 207 205: New Contract (Please subscribe, please vote)
To this day, Roy has not been able to see the full picture of the contract signed between Count Karl Raymond and the Habsburg Empire.
After all, the space inside the Holy Artifact, the Proverbs Ring, was limited. Luo Yi searched for a long time but could not find the original contract.
The information provided by the Empire was obviously reserved and a lot of content was deleted.
Luo Yi guessed that there must be some more secret alliance between them.
However, since they didn't mention it, Luo Yi pretended not to know, and didn't want to know!
What does the covenant of the previous Lion King have to do with me?
What Luo Yi wants now is to adjust the content of the contract according to his own plan.
Lord Robin Water was originally a little worried. He was afraid that Loy Lion would ask for too much and make some excessive demands!
Although he was the imperial ambassador and represented the Habsburg Empire with full powers, his rights were limited.
Fortunately, after reaching a consensus and discussing the specific content, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Because Luo Yi’s request was not for the empire to make additional investments, but to make various adjustments to the original plans.
For example, the Magic Textile Factory!
This occupied a large proportion in the original plan. Among the twenty small magic energy pools, ten were to be used to build textile factories.
According to Lord Shik Cruz, the reason they made such an arrangement was largely because textile machinery was the most mature among all magical machines.
Coupled with the abundant supply of raw materials in the flower market, it is inevitable that various textiles can be produced in large quantities.
Among the necessities of life, clothes are essential. After the cost is spread out, they are absolutely of good quality and low price.
No matter where it is shipped, it can be sold as quickly as possible in exchange for gold coins.
In fact, this is not just a plan, it has already been implemented.
Today, there are two magic textile factories built and products are exported.
Textiles were exported to the territories surrounding the Flower Territory, even to the Bonaparte Empire.
However, Luo Yi simply cut off all the ones behind.
He left two textile factories and planned to produce textiles that could be consumed internally and sold at a reasonable price.
As for the remaining magic energy pools, he moved them all to the mine.
The Raymond family currently owns one large iron mine, two small iron mines, two copper mines, and three small gem mines.
But these are only being developed now, not discovered.
After all, the Raymond family's annual demand for copper and iron was limited, and even if they mined more, they would not be able to use it all.
But in fact, over the thousand years of operation, the Raymond family has sent many people to search in the Dome Mountains, and various mineral veins have been discovered.
There is a map in the Holy Artifact, the Proverbs Ring, which has more than twenty different mineral veins marked on it.
The first one added was the rare wilderness stone mine.
However, due to the mining environment and demand, they are all hidden.
Now, Luo Yi is ready to use all that can be mined, and he also has to install magic energy pools and mining equipment to ensure mining efficiency.
Apart from that, the most common thing is railways!
Previously, according to Count Karl Raymond's plan, the entire Flower Territory was crisscrossed by three railways.
With the city of Brussels as the core, there is one line extending to the south and one line extending to the east and west.
Of course, the railway cannot be a straight line, but rather a curve connecting several large towns in the entire Flower Territory.
Similarly, with the help of railways, Count Raymond can also complete the transportation of the Knights of the Lion in the shortest time.
But when Luo Yi looked at it, he felt it was too petty.
The most important thing is that if Brussels is the core, if Flower Territory really develops, this city will bear huge pressure from population transfer.
It would not be a good thing if there were too many people concentrated at that time.
Therefore, Luo Yi waved his pen and directly circled several important strongholds within the Flower Territory.
With this as the core, three horizontal and three vertical double-track railway lines were built.
In addition, he also wanted to build railways between the various mining areas, so that the transportation of products would be much easier.
Of course, he had good intentions, but the Imperial Ambassador, Lord Robin Water, looked uglier the more he listened.
It is actually railway construction, not factory construction. In terms of trouble, material consumption and time, it is the most difficult.
If this change were to happen, the price the empire would have to pay would be excessive.
However, Roy was still reasonable.
He just finalized the plan and signed a memorandum with the empire. The actual construction will still be based on the previous plan.
Later on, when the business really develops, Xianhualing will naturally not be stingy with its investment.
Seeing that Roy was so easy to talk to, Lord Robin Water finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Unfortunately, he relaxed too early, because Luo Yi immediately asked for two more arsenals.
It mainly produces some low-end models of magic firearms and magic cannons.
In this regard, the Habsburg Empire promised to transfer some technology and help open an arsenal.
Its specific location is in Siren Port, next to Ms. Palacios's Mage Tower.
There is no way. The entire Flower Territory is flooded with knights but scarcely has mages. Ms. Palacios is the only Scourge Mage who can be considered as such.
Only with her around can we receive those manufacturing technologies, and even that is still a stretch.
However, Roy believed that since the Empire was willing to help build an arsenal and transfer some technology.
Then they wouldn't mind helping build two more.
Of course, this was his idea. The imperial ambassador obviously did not think so, and the two sides had huge differences on this point.
In the end, the conflict had to be put aside, and Lord Robin Water reported the matter to the Empire and listened to the Empire's orders.
In addition to these, there is naturally Luo Yi’s old business, the Magic Machinery Factory and the Steel Plant.
He simply moved two medium-sized magic energy pools and placed them outside the city of Brussels. He provided blueprints and asked the empire to help build two large factories.
Of course, the Magic Energy Machinery Factory does not pose a big problem, but the steel mill is still limited by raw materials.
Therefore, around the mining area, Loy chose another suitable area and built a most advanced Douglas magic steel furnace as a priority.
Luo Yi was not satisfied with this, and he reserved two magic energy pools for the future steel plant.
He knew better than anyone that with the development of magic machinery, the demand for steel was extremely high!
Therefore, when the time comes, no matter how much iron ore is mined, it can be digested.
No matter how big the steel plant is built, there will not be enough steel for a long time.
It is worth mentioning that Luo Yi also arranged a magic energy pool in the Lion Manor.
On the one hand, it can provide energy for the remote communication magic circle, and at the same time, it can also meet the energy consumption needs of the manor.
On the other hand, he wanted to build a mage tower in the manor for Lilia Lightninger.
For a mage, there is no doubt how important his own mage tower is.
With the Mage Tower, every magician can unleash combat power far beyond his current level. It is not impossible for a third-level transcendent to challenge a fourth-level natural disaster.
Moreover, every magician, when he grows to a certain level, must have his own magician tower in order to move to a higher level.
Although it is not necessary, with it, the mage's training speed will be one or two times faster, which is normal.
Furthermore, the growth of every high-level mage is inseparable from experiments, and the Mage Tower is the best experimental site.
These are the benefits that every mage knows, but why don't they build their own mage tower?
Of course, there is no money!
The Mage Tower is very expensive. If you pay for it yourself, it will cost at least 100,000 gold tyres.
Even though Luo Yi can easily come up with this money, it doesn't seem to be an exaggeration.
But in fact, for mages like Douglas Hill and Madam Linda, before they met Roy, a thousand gold teels would make them look sideways.
Besides, the two wizard towers at the Philante Magic Academy do not belong to the two third-level wizards, but to the Habsburg Empire!
They only have the right to use it.
At the beginning, Luo Yi offered a reward of 10,000 gold tyres to buy the Crystal of Arcadia, which even attracted a powerful fourth-level natural disaster to take action personally, fearing that the speed would be too slow.
This is the real price!
This is the real purchasing power of Gentil!
Therefore, Luo Yi wanted to build a mage tower for Lilia, the mechanical mage who had just entered the second level.
Not to mention others, even Lilia herself found it unbelievable.
However, Luo Yi made the final decision, and the matter was settled.
Of course, this was not included in the original agreement of the Habsburg Empire, so Roy had to pay extra.
Luo Yi didn't care about money. He only required the construction standard, which was the mage tower template that the empire had explored and was most suitable for mechanical mages.
Lord Robin Water agreed to this matter. After all, it was profitable to pay extra money, so there was no reason for him to refuse.
Even when he returned to the empire and told the news, many magicians rushed to take the job, and he could earn some money.
Finally, Luo Yi also adjusted the order of construction.
For example, the railway construction can be slowed down and there is no rush, but the mining equipment in those mines must be arranged first.
For example, the Mage Tower can be built slowly, but the magic machinery factory and steel mill outside Brussels must be started first.
Roy and Lord Robin Water spent three days discussing the revision of these treaties.
Some have already been decided and can continue to be implemented.
Some need to be reported to the empire and wait for approval from the bosses above.
The specific process is still very complicated, but Luo Yi paid the second installment of the payment in exchange for letting the Empire's professionals start working first.
It was not until then that Roy realized that the total expenditure of 500,000 gold teers was not paid in one lump sum.
Instead, the down payment is 200,000 gold tiers, and the remaining payment will be made after each part of the construction is completed and inspected.
Each payment was one hundred thousand gold tiers and was paid from the Raymond family's public account.
In other words, Loyd had to pay a total of 300,000 gold tyres depending on the construction progress.
He has now paid another 100,000 to get the mining area and the industrial area outside Brussels started.
You have to admit that the one who gave the money was the boss. Even the imperial ambassador immediately patted his chest and made a promise after receiving the money.
The Empire's technicians are the best, and the Empire's workers are the most hardworking.
Move, move now!
The first update will be published first, and the second update will be revised later!
(End of this chapter)