Seeing Lisanna so high-spirited, Carl didn't want to discourage her too much, so he said, "Since you insist, the price of a standard engineering construct is about 200 to 500 gold coins. This is just the cost of materials. If the labor cost is included..."
"Ah! I was wrong, I was wrong! Brother, please help me for free!"
Before Carl could finish his words, Lisanna was instantly defeated.
Her current pocket money is all given by Karl, two gold coins a month.
As long as you don't spend lavishly on luxury goods, this money will definitely be enough for food, drink and entertainment.
"Why is it so hard for me to make money? You and Nia can just sit at home and people will give you money!"
With a sad face, Lisanna buried her head in Ashe's broad arms. She originally wanted to find Hope, but Hope's real body was not here, so she had to settle for the next best thing.
"Who told you to only think about being a lousy ranger! The easier it is to get a job, the lower the threshold. If you can do what others can do, how can you be competitive in the market?
Although Nia's alchemy technology and my mechanical technology are not the best in the world, they both have their own advantages. Others cannot easily imitate them. And since there is demand in this area, they will take the initiative to come to you and give you money."
After teasing Lisanna a few times, Carl waved to Alan.
"What materials do you have in your camp now?"
Alan thought for a moment with a dull look in his eyes, then gave Carl a very vague list.
"Wow, there are too few materials. I originally wanted to transform this floating island, or at least expand its area. Now it seems that I can only use local materials."
The floating island that Lisanna and Hawkman had their eyes on was in the shape of an inverted mountain, with a conical base made of rock and fairly fertile soil on top.
But in terms of living conditions, it is not even as good as Tina's hometown.
When Carl saw this place for the first time, he knew that this floating island would have no development at all if it did not undergo some transformation.
As for why the Eagle Man and the Sky Pirates fought to the death for this thing...
Carl is a man who owns a giant spaceship, and he will create a demiplane later. Just because he doesn't like something doesn't mean others don't like it either.
Blinking twice, Alan asked dully, "What do I need to do?"
Carl looked around and gave an answer that Alan didn't expect: "Dig the soil!"
Before he could ask more, Carl took the initiative to explain: "The shape of this floating island means that only a small part of the land is available for you to use. But if you transform it into a disk or saucer shape, as long as you master the skill of quickly changing the direction of your own gravity, you will have twice the living space. You Eagle people should be very good at this skill."
Alan pounded his palms in sudden realization and nodded repeatedly, already conquered by Carl's suggestion.
When their homeland still existed, the Eagle people built their houses quite casually, with the center of gravity of the houses facing all directions, and it was not uncommon to have six houses built on one foundation.
At this moment, Lisanna, who had just been lying sadly in Ashe's arms, interrupted and said, "Fly! This island should be equipped with a flying function!"
Considering that the ranger organization formed by Lisanna was essentially to intervene in Eclipse Harbor, Carl nodded in agreement.
As a ranger, he will definitely engage in guerrilla warfare!
"Master, Eclipse Port has sent people over."
After taking a look at the enemy who had already retreated, Carl said, "I have something else to do. We'll discuss the other details later. I'm leaving now."
After saying that, one mechanical doll after another went offline.
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"Mr. Carl, I'm here on behalf of the Lord of Eclipse Harbor. We would like to ask you for advice on the industrial manufacturing method of war beasts. As you know, the elemental tide will come soon, and the gargoyle army from the earth elemental plane should invade in large numbers. We need to prepare countermeasures before then."
In the reception room where Udyr and Ashe had just been received not long ago, Carl sat high in the seat controlling the mecha, looking at the visiting djinni envoys from the lower left and listening to their stories that no one would believe.
Although the alien vortex directly above Eclipse Harbor does occasionally produce monsters from the earth elemental plane, according to Carl's understanding, there is no pattern in it, and the envoy's statement is just a way for him to save face.
"Mr. Envoy, even in the main plane, how to mass-produce magic props is still a problem that cannot be solved in the short term. The mechanical body of the war beast is easy to deal with. As long as there are materials and the assembly line is used, it can be produced quickly.
However, brains as wetware cannot be easily obtained, and each brain needs the cooperation of spellcasters such as machinists and mages to be transformed into wetware.
Industrial mass production... If there really was such a method, the final battle in the main plane wouldn't have lasted a hundred years."
To be honest, even if Carl had such a method, he would not give it to Feng Juling.
He had already passed on the method of making war beasts to the Wind Giant and the Cloud Giant, but the Wind Giant himself did not trust his technology and wanted to wait and see the performance of the war beasts first. As a result, he fell behind step by step, allowing the Cloud Giant's military strength to catch up with them in a short period of time.
Now he's actively coming to him to ask for better technology to produce war beasts? Humph! He's arrogant at first but respectful later. It's hilarious to think about it!
"Well, then technology that can speed up the manufacturing process a little bit will also be fine. We can use the current foreign population settlement area as an exchange!"
Although Carl's answer did not surprise the wind giants, the envoy still felt a little disappointed. He gritted his teeth and finally offered a very tempting condition in exchange.
"Tsk, isn't this a colony? Logically, only villains would seek to expand colonies on other people's territories, right? Hmm~ It seems that's not entirely true."
After thinking for a moment, Carl answered with some embarrassment: "In terms of machinery, I can only provide you with a few mature production lines. As for the brain, which is the raw material of wet parts... How much research have you done on the School of Necromancer?"
When the envoy heard Carl say "mature production line", he felt a little disappointed, because this thing could not make up for the disadvantage of the Wind Giants and Cloud Giants in the speed of armament manufacturing. At most, it could only prevent the gap between the two sides from widening.
But when the envoy heard the term "School of Necromancy", he was a little confused.
He racked his brains but couldn't figure out what this had to do with the brain.
Seeing several wind giants like this, Carl shook his head helplessly in the mecha and replied, "Have you heard of cloning? The machinist and the necromancer can cooperate to mass-produce brains. In this way, you don't have to worry about wetware. I can help you find relevant talents in the main plane.
Hmm~, what do you think of the champion of the Spirit King Competition? He is a very good necromancer. "
Looking at the Wind Giant who seemed to have been enlightened, Carl gave a proposal that sounded very feasible.
(End of this chapter)