Chapter 90: Three-masted Sailboat (Part 1)

Chapter 90: Three-masted Sailboat (Part 1) After listening to Bruno’s explanation of the term “bomb”, everyone present felt a heavy pressure.

Because...what Bruno described was a weapon that had never appeared in this world.

This type of weapon is different from the enchanted weapons previously made or researched, because those enchanted weapons are simply strengthened and upgraded based on the original weapons.

As for bombs, there were absolutely no precedents to draw on, so these mage apprentices had to rely entirely on themselves to explore and develop them.

To create a brand new weapon from scratch, is this the entry test given by the Earl? After hearing Bruno's request, Light couldn't help but grit his teeth...

This is indeed an... extremely difficult task!

"At the same time, since bombs are disposable consumables, it is particularly important to reduce the cost of making bombs as much as possible while developing them!"

Bruno paused, looked around, then lowered his voice and added seriously: "Especially when it comes to the use of magic crystals, we must try to save them as much as possible! Looking at the entire Idar Territory, I only have one magic crystal vein! If I use one today and one tomorrow, wouldn't it only take a few hundred years to use it up?"

Wright nodded quickly, agreeing with it.

"When making bombs... the most important things are two aspects. One is safety. You must have proper safety measures to avoid explosions during the development process. The other is to control the power of the bomb when it explodes. On this issue, you'd better have a measurement standard and understand the different methods of making bombs of different powers."

"This is because, in some special cases, a bomb with a bigger power is not necessarily better. On the contrary, a bomb with a slightly smaller destructive power can produce a better effect."

Bruno was talking from the side while Arnel, Wright and others wrote it all down in small notebooks.

Since arriving in Idar Territory, these mage apprentices have also been using this white paper as thin as a cicada's wing.

The biggest advantage of this kind of paper is that it is easy to carry. You can just put a few sheets of it in your pocket and write down any new ideas you have.

Although I don't know how much this kind of paper costs, just looking at the thin material, I can guess that it is expensive.

It is said that... the Earl almost sold all his belongings and spent all his wealth to make these new papers...

A large part of the raw materials needed were rare raw materials imported from the Kingdom of Basel, and the price of a piece of paper was almost half a month's wages for an ordinary civilian...

However, such precious paper was piled up in the laboratory in the Almis Mountains as if it were free, for these mage apprentices to use at will.

Thinking of this, the mage apprentices who were writing on white paper felt warm in their hearts.

Seeing how cautiously the wizard apprentices used paper, Bruno knew that the rumor he had spread earlier about paper being extremely expensive had played its due role.

After all... in this era with such a low literacy rate, writing with a pen is mostly something that only nobles or mages do.

Therefore, at least for now, the potential customers of paper are mostly very wealthy guys, so Bruno must first create the illusion that paper is particularly precious.

Then, he could squeeze more money from those stingy nobles.

This is just like the whiskey and vodka sold in Idar County. The consumer groups of vodka are mainly passing mercenaries, merchants and craftsmen with some spare money, and other lower-class people who have decent living conditions.

Whiskey, on the other hand, is much more expensive than vodka, and its main customers are wealthy businessmen and local lords and nobles.

Through such product marketing strategies, the liquor produced in Idar Territory can generate more profits.

To be honest, is the cost of these two distilled spirits really that different?

Of course not!

However, if other nobles knew about the wine they drank, and other common people at the bottom of the society would also drink it, how could they show their uniqueness as nobles? Therefore, the nobles were not only drinking wine, but also showing their dignity as nobles!

Regarding the topic of bombs, Bruno only pointed out a few key points and areas that the mage apprentices needed to pay attention to, and then let them develop it on their own.

After all, the principle of the bomb does not sound difficult, but the difficulty lies in how to use magic arrays and other magical components to create a magic bomb that is unique to this world.

Just like Bruno's previous life, almost everyone knew the formula for black gunpowder, but if you really traveled through time, could you make it? I'm afraid that even if you knew the formula, you wouldn't be able to make it, because you don't know what sulfur and saltpeter look like.

In fact, according to Bruno's original idea, he was going to take a shortcut and directly purchase the enhanced gunpowder formula and its related raw materials in the system mall.

However, below the column related to gunpowder, there was a line of small red words that made Bruno give up this idea.

[Note: This product is not compatible with the world system]

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It was not until this time that this magical world revealed to Bruno its differences from the Earth.

Since he couldn't use gunpowder from Earth, Bruno could only entrust the task of developing the bomb to these wizard apprentices.

At the same time, Bruno also plans to send more guards to the Almis Mountains to ensure the safety of the laboratory.

Only after sending these mage apprentices away did Bruno finally find time to activate the system again.

The completion of the construction of Namur Fortress brought Bruno a huge fortune of 150 brilliant points. With money in his heart, he naturally had the confidence to browse the system mall.

Bruno has been drooling over the various products displayed in the system mall and has been coveting them for a long time.

Coupled with the threat from the pirate leader Kelvin Plateau, Bruno urgently needed a reliable warship blueprint to resist the pirates from the Kingdom of Basel.

The system mall provides a variety of shipbuilding blueprints, from the simplest small wooden valves to ironclad ships of the industrial age, all kinds of blueprints are for sale.

Bruno naturally turned his attention to the three-masted sailing ships that were common in the sailing era.

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Thanks to "Nicholas Wang Gebi" for the reward! Awooo! The author accepts everyone's criticism and will work hard to write, and has already uninstalled Steam! But the author is still in school, and the speed of writing is slow, 4k+ a day is really a lot! Crying...

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