Gandalf nodded towards him and said:

"No problem. Our latest equipment can automatically purify this kind of basic waste treatment."

Louis nodded.

The mayor of Ryan City who was traveling with us asked curiously, "Why do we need to use the waste disposal equipment of the White Tower?"

Louis said, "Is the disease rate in your Ryan City high? Especially respiratory diseases, which should be very frequent?"

The city chief nodded and said, "Yes, this is the case. This phenomenon is particularly evident in mining areas."

Louis said, "Pneumoconiosis?"

The city governor was stunned for a moment, then said, "Is that another name for oripathy?"

Louis nodded and said, "Lane City is a major iron ore and coal mine supply area, and there is a large amount of ore dust in the mining area."

"Working in such an environment for a long time will cause mineral dust to accumulate in the lungs, eventually leading to pulmonary fibrosis nodules."

"If you stay in this environment for a long time, it's hard not to get this disease."

In the past, some people who did not understand pneumoconiosis believed that the harm of pneumoconiosis could be greatly alleviated by simply washing the lungs.

But in fact, the fatal harm of pneumoconiosis lies in the nodules caused by pulmonary fibrosis.

In the terms of the game, it means directly reducing the upper limit of your health bar.

Louis continued to ask: "How long has it been since the sky in Ryan City was blue?"

The city chief said, "It's been more than fifty years. The pollution caused by mining and smelting is still too great, not to mention the elemental pollution caused by mining magic stones."

Louis said, "Sure enough, I had guessed this when I was chatting with Sir Gandalf before. I deliberately directed the new technology in this direction just to guard against this."

The Star Continent is different from the previous life. Because of the existence of spells and spell-like spells, professionals have almost no in-depth understanding of the medical industry.

In other words, the medical practitioners in the previous life were replaced by priests in this world.

The advantage is that when it comes to treating trauma, star priests or other professionals with healing abilities have a unique advantage.

The downside is that for most professionals, their healing methods rely entirely on the "I think" power of magic.

Knowing what it is but not why it is will inevitably greatly affect the stars' understanding of the microscopic world.

No one really cares about the harm caused by pollution.

Especially in this world, there are professionals who possess extraordinary powers.

They are more resistant to pollution, so they are less able to empathize with ordinary people.

But in this world, the largest number of people are ordinary people.

Even if there are some problems in the lives of ordinary people, as long as they are not big problems and the number is not large enough, it is really difficult to attract the attention of the upper class.

Sir Gandalf said, "Let me tell you about this."

The old wizard stroked his beard with a smile on his face. "You should all know that the White Tower now has the technical support of His Royal Highness Louis, and with the technical donation of the Todd family, our waste treatment equipment [Dragon Pattern No. 1] has been successfully produced."

When talking about this, Gandalf couldn't help but smile proudly.

Dragon Pattern No. 1 is completely different from previous waste treatment equipment.

Before the appearance of Dragon Pattern No. 1, waste treatment equipment was more of a combination of upgraded garbage sorting equipment and nuclear waste purification equipment.

But Louis knew very well that in addition to garbage and nuclear waste, there were many more types of pollution that were difficult for people in this world to realize.

For example, wastewater from the metallurgical industry, large amounts of polluting gases produced in magic experiments, potion making, and alchemy projects.

For various reasons, these things have not been well controlled so far.

Many people don't even have the slightest idea about this kind of pollution.

Including the mayor of Ryan City, although he has a basic understanding of pneumoconiosis, he can only attribute the problem of pneumoconiosis to mining.

As for why mining can cause pneumoconiosis, he does not have enough knowledge.

Similar problems exist in the fields of alchemy and potions.

Lack of knowledge about the microscopic world. This was Louis's understanding after he actually visited the major professional associations in the Enther Empire.

So when he asked Gandalf and others to develop the relevant technology, he consciously cultivated a group of special slimes that could deal with various sewage and waste gases.

Special slime: muddy water slime.

——This is a slime that has undergone targeted breeding and has the same [Iron Stomach] + [Pica] as Rimuru.

And it is a variety specifically designed to deal with polluted water sources.

It is different from the round spherical shape of ordinary slime.

When the muddy water slime is on the ground, it looks like a pool of liquid spreading out.

If it doesn't move, ordinary people would just see it as a pool of light gray water.

Similar to this are floating slimes that are specifically designed for gas purification.

It is a slime that looks like a jellyfish and will float away if the wind blows.

Of course, the largest number are Louis mineral slimes.

Clay slime, iron slime, lead slime, silver slime...

These slimes with extreme characteristics, which were artificially created through laboratory cultivation, were all devoured by Rimuru.

To be precise, it is a replacement.

Remember how Rimuru successfully separated the light slime from the giant slime by increasing the power of the great sin of greed? During this long period of time, Louis did not stop developing Rimuru's potential.

This was especially true after he discovered that Rimuru was able to replace the normal slimes in his body with new ones.

He and Beatrice glanced at each other.

Beatrice's eyes flashed with a hint of amusement.

It is open and aboveboard for our little prince to take advantage of us.

The White Tower has now established a mage project team dedicated to breeding giant slimes.

The purpose of this project team is to cultivate various special slimes.

Then verify the difference in the power of the giant slime that is eventually evolved by different slime ratios.

The good news is that different slime ratios will give different evolved abilities.

The bad news is that currently only Rimuru has the ability to separate other synthesized slimes from his body.

So later, in addition to being used by the mages to study the bionic technology of [Dragon Mark No. 1], Rimuru also needed to serve as their trial and error tool.

Otherwise, the effect of the ratio can only be confirmed once each giant slime is cultivated, and even the Enther Empire cannot withstand such consumption.

It’s too expensive.

Someone like Rimuru, who can repeatedly disassemble and assemble accessories and then combine them again, and have Louis confirm the effect of the combination, is the best choice at the moment.

That's why Beatrice readily agreed to the application.

Huabaita’s resources are used to cultivate Louis’ trump card.

Up to now, the types of special slimes in Rimuru's body have exceeded 4,000, and the number of special slimes has exceeded 8,000.

Even Louis himself didn't know the exact number and type of special slimes in Rimuru's body.

Not to mention Beatrice.

If we really want to check it out, we need Master Bai Ta to integrate the experimental records to know the current ratio.

Because the number of various organic and inorganic slimes cultivated in extreme environments is increasing.

Now Rimuru's [Metal Manipulation] has also undergone some changes.

In the past, it could only manipulate ordinary metals such as iron and aluminum, but now it can also manipulate some conventional magic metals, liquids and even soil.

A random [Transform Rock] spell? No, now as long as Louis has enough mana and the corresponding materials around him, he can change the surrounding terrain at any time.

If the purpose of the Giant River Plan and the Diversion Plan is to train a group of mage engineers for the battlefield while using work as a substitute for relief.

Then Louis is probably the final destination for this group of mage engineers.

Although his magic power is far from enough and his destructive power is still insufficient now.

But he is definitely on the right track.

Mobile battlefield fortress + terrain tampering expert + demolition professional + mobile pollution source + mobile super-large waste treatment equipment + heavy tank.

This is Rimuru’s current position.

Now its functionality is becoming more and more terrifying.

Thinking of this, Louis looked at the city governor and said:

"The equipment from the White Tower will be delivered as soon as possible. I will then send a group of adventurers over to assist with the cleanup."

Of course, the ones sent over were himself and the Moonlit Cat Group.

In the future, Louis will travel around the heavily polluted cities in Enther as Caesar to clean up the local pollution.

Then the mages of the White Tower will take over the follow-up work and transport the new Dragon Mark No. 1.

"Let's go and see the artificial Milky Way in Ryan City." said Beatrice.

Louis nodded.

The group ran towards the artificial Milky Way.

When the carriage stopped, Louis looked up into the distance.

Seeing the huge ditch, like a long snake crawling among the mountains and rivers, extending all the way to the distance, his eyes showed shock.

This scene really resembles the large-scale water conservancy projects of the previous life.

Beatrice also exclaimed: "It's better to see it in person than to hear about it for a long time. Although I have taken a few glances at it when I came to Ryan City before, I am still filled with emotion when I really stand here."

The mayor of Ryan City smiled and nodded:

“After the successful excavation of the Endless Canal, the situation in Ryan City where water is as expensive as oil has been alleviated to a great extent.”

A hint of longing appeared on the city governor's face.

The river water diverted by the Giant River Project is too important for them.

Beatrice looked at Louis, "Louis, is everything okay?"

Louis looked up at her, smiled and nodded:

"Of course, after all... we need Ryan City to get moving next. Is that ok with you all?"

Move? The officials following them showed a hint of confusion on their faces.

The next moment, they felt as if their scalps were electrified and exploded instantly.

"I need the steel machine of Ryan City to run at full capacity to meet new challenges."

Beatrice said calmly.

Everyone looked at each other with shock in their eyes.

What does full firepower mean?

Currently, Ryan City basically maintains the lowest level of metallurgical industry. One reason is that the current production cost is too high, and the other is that even if it is manufactured, there are not so many market vacancies.

The city chief reacted immediately and saluted:

"Your will. Once the diversion plan begins, the entire city of Ryan will continue to offer fire and steel to the empire."

Louis added: "What are you talking about? We have reached a strategic cooperation with the Republic of Tunisia."

"By then, the flow of materials between the two countries will become more frequent, and a large amount of market demand will be filled."

"The metal materials in Ryan City are good stuff, and there is still a lot of demand outside."

The city governor smiled brightly:

"Yes, your will!"

Play is play, joke is joke, but don’t joke about Ryan City.

Those present now are core members, and they are not fools.

In today's Ryan City, the empire needs them to take action, so there are only two possibilities.

The first is that the empire is preparing to declare war on other countries.

The second is that the empire is preparing to support other countries in going to war.

Only war can digest the huge amount of mineral resources today.

A diversion plan is needed to provide a diversion route specifically for Ryan City.

For the city of Ryan, which has been stationed in the north, either one represents supreme glory.

…

After determining the layout of Ryan City, Louis finally showed a smile on his face.

After getting on the carriage, Beatrice also said with a smile: "In this way, another war machine of the empire has begun to enter the state of mobilization."

She looked at Louis and said:

"After that, it's up to you to attract attention."

"Your Meyer home can start operating at full capacity."

Louis smiled and said:

"Yeah, I can finally go all out."

…

The next day, Louis rushed back to Enser without stopping, transformed himself into Mayer, and started the second step of the Mayer Chamber of Commerce's plan.

A day later, with the promotion of the Meyer Chamber of Commerce, Meyer's third business organization - Meyer Home - was officially exposed.

Yes, Meyer Home Furnishings is actually intended to replicate the business model of IKEA in its previous life.

In the past, many people attributed IKEA’s success to its unique geographical advantages.

They believe that Sweden in the past was a typical third type society.

Such a country, with its good welfare, modernization, democracy and concern for the environment, ultimately created IKEA's unique corporate culture and brand culture.

But when Louis was doing his homework, he learned more about IKEA's operating model.

From a business perspective, it is not the design of IKEA's products that makes it successful.

If we only look at it from a design perspective, many of IKEA's designs may not be as good as those of domestic Lin's Wood Industry.

But every IKEA product strictly follows three major principles.

Value for money.

communicate.

Narrative.

These three principles together constitute IKEA's core competitiveness.

Anyone who has used IKEA products knows that IKEA's product functions pay careful attention to detail.

In ordinary homes, narrow and long shelves are rarely developed.

Because compared to the large storage racks that are commonly found in regular households, such long and narrow storage racks are too niche and it is difficult to make enough money.

But for IKEA, they never lack this kind of home furnishings that can fill in the gaps.

In addition, the overall design style is simple and beautiful, without too many fancy decorations.

For example, a mug sold by IKEA costs only 2.9 yuan.

Its handle is very small and the cup body is very short, shorter than the average mug, which doesn’t look very good.

It seems that this product has obvious design flaws.

But the core reason is that IKEA considers the cost-effectiveness of the products.

Competition in many industries eventually turns into competition on price-performance ratio.

For example, for Android phones, most domestic brands will launch a dual-camera full-screen phone priced around RMB 1,000.

The goal is to occupy the high ground in the sinking market by relying on cost-effectiveness.

Even in many industries, the strategy of cost-effectiveness can prevail.

In the past, the common practice in the furniture industry was to focus on raw materials and distribution processes.

Go to cheaper and closer sourcing locations to purchase raw materials.

Or through technological improvements and the development of more efficient machines and assembly lines.

But these practices all have drawbacks.

The fact that products come from different places means it is difficult to unify standards.

In the past, New Hope Milk had repeated scandals because it was unable to unify milk product standards, resulting in uneven quality, and eventually the upward trend came to an abrupt halt.

IKEA has chosen a very smart approach.

They directly reduce a series of subsequent manufacturing, transportation, logistics and other costs through design control.

Under the rigid constraints of production and logistics, costs can be reduced by improving the efficiency of each link without reducing product quality.

Take the mug just now as an example.

The handles are designed to be smaller so that they can be stacked one inside the other when packing, saving more space.

The cup body is designed to be shorter because this height is just enough to fill the entire container tightly.

Since its birth, this mug has undergone three improvements.

The first version could only accommodate more than 800 cups.

But in the latest version, more than two thousand cups can be placed.

Just looking at the transportation efficiency, it has more than doubled.

IKEA launches many new products every year, many of which are not completely new designs, but improvements on old products.

For example, a bookshelf without the legs.

Because for many bookshelves, table legs are not necessary.

Removing it can save transportation space and also reduce a production line dedicated to producing table legs.

A typical cost-reduction and efficiency-increasing operation.

In order to improve logistics efficiency, IKEA never provides assembly services.

They were all dismantled and sold for parts.

Obviously, compared with finished home furnishings, unassembled parts can save more transportation space.

So here comes the question.

Will such a home made of parts reduce the user experience? After all, assembling home furnishings is not an easy task.

This brings us to IKEA’s second principle in designing home furnishings: the principle of communication.

Cognitive psychologist Donald Norman proposed: "The essence of design is communication, that is, conveying the purpose through appearance."

Norman believes that a good design must be used so that people can understand how to use it the first time they see it, and incorrect use is simply impossible.

For example, if a door is meant to be pushed outwards, simply remove the door handle so that people can’t pull it in.

Then install a metal plate at the handle position to tell others that this door is pushed outwards.

Almost all IKEA home furnishings meet this communication principle.

(End of this chapter)