goddess of revolution

Chapter 166 Li Qi's day, the suffering of the ruled class
In the earl's territory, on the other side of the river from the dye farm, Ada's unbuilt college finally came in handy.Several large long houses similar to warehouses were built on the flat foundation, surrounded by stone walls, which looked very simple.

From a distance, you can see black smoke rising from the chimney, and when you get closer, you can hear the tinkling of hammers and the whirring of bellows.Entering the house, the voice of the craftsman yelling at the apprentice is intertwined with the busy figures coming and going, giving people a very energetic feeling.

The Long House is the production workshop of the Donomes Magic Workshop. Li Qi patrolled the workshop, frowning, as if he was not satisfied, which made the workshop deacon who accompanied him feel uneasy.

In the first stage of the Magic Gun Bidding, his Donomis Workshop won a big victory, taking a big order for a total of 1 Magic Guns. The next challenge seems to be to complete this order.After all, the delivery deadline is only half a month, which is a completely impossible task for the magic workshop of this era.

This was not a problem for Li Qi. He had considered the production capacity issue from the very beginning, and the design of the magic gun was aimed at simplifying the manufacturing process.Letting the magician sent by Rowena engrave the magic circle is just a small batch of trial production in the early stage. After the official production, it will be replaced with a mass production process. It only needs to let the magician carve the mold and let the apprentice do the post-processing.

Of course, the magician named Hrizar didn't understand this kind of craftsmanship very much. Any magic apprentice knew that the magic circle needs to be drawn or engraved from beginning to end by hand in order to make every detail perfect.

How did Li Qi do it?
Use a positive pattern mold to punch out the empty slots of the magic circle on the copper plate, and then insert softened mithril into the empty slots, and the apprentices will carry out post-processing repairs to add some details that cannot be done by the mold.

The effect of the magic circle created in this way is... well, the effect is exactly the same.It's just that the burrs or uneven distribution of the Mithril material will cause problems such as uneven distribution of the magic field.Accumulated for a long time, the copper tube responsible for absorbing the impact of magic power will lose its magic properties, or the magic circle will become invalid due to the lack of mithril material.

In the eyes of magicians, if the magic circle can't resist the erosion of time, even if it crosses the era, it will be a crime.

But after Li Qi confirmed how many times the so-called "long-term" was, he still insisted on using this kind of craftsmanship, which made Hrizar believe in his heart that this handsome and amiable frontier earl was actually more greedy than a businessman A cunning black-hearted nobleman.

Li Qi is well aware of this, and doesn't take it seriously...

The production capacity of the magic gun is limited by the magic circle. Even the most skilled magician can only engrave thirty sets of magic circles if he works sixteen hours a day.After adopting the new technology, a magic apprentice can finish more than 100 sets in ten hours.

Hrizar made the mold and monitored the quality, Artur found time to help handle the mithril, ten magic apprentices were in charge of the magic circle, and ten magic apprentices made the excitation device.

A total of more than 30 blacksmiths are responsible for inlaying the magic circle, making metal parts, and assembling the receiver.More than a dozen carpenters made non-metal parts such as gun stocks and grips.Several handymen are responsible for material and component delivery, as well as general assembly.Li Qi's Donomis Magical Guidance Workshop already has the ability to produce [-] magic guns per day, and the order for the first phase can be completed within twelve days.

The challenge Li Qi faced was the bidding for the second or even third stage. The production capacity was only part of the challenge. That was [-] to [-] magic guns, and the delivery time was at most one month.

Another part of the challenge is the cost. Li Qi doesn't think that thirty gold bushels is the price limit for magic guns.After yesterday's public election, Zold quickly recovered from his depression and came to congratulate him, saying "see you in three days" enthusiastically.

Three days..., no, two days later, it will be the second phase of the bidding meeting, and it is expected that there will be more than [-] purchases.Zold's attitude shows that he will work hard on the cost, and the price he will offer at that time must be very competitive.If Li Qi fights with the price of [-] gold bushels, he may not have an absolute advantage.After all, customers don't just look at the price, they mainly look at the cost performance.

Youzan is working on solving the challenge of production capacity, and the progress is very gratifying, and the results will be available within two or three days at most.

Li Qi was not dissatisfied with the production progress of the workshop, but was thinking about how to further reduce the cost.

In terms of labor, Hrizar, who is equivalent to the chief engineer, is a second-level magician with a monthly salary of three hundred gold bushels.Artur does free labor and does not need money. The magic apprentices are not only introduced by Aurora and Xiaolongnv, but also selected from Epsilon volunteers, and they don't cost much.The expenses of other blacksmiths, carpenters and handymen are even less, and the monthly labor is less than six hundred gold bushels.

This is just the order status of the first stage. When Youzan gets things that reflect advanced productivity, there is no need to recruit more people when receiving more orders, and of course there is no way to cut them.

Let the deacon of the workshop bring the raw material purchase list, and Li Qi is going to start with the raw material link.

"The origin stone of the activation device is so expensive! We have to find a way..."

"Mithril accounts for one-third of the total cost of materials, and this part cannot be reduced, but this unit price, tsk tsk..."

"Purple copper is also very expensive! Half the length of the copper pipe, no, why do you have to make it into a pipe? It just needs to be inlaid with the magic circle."

"The cost of black iron is also high. After all, it is the most used material. It's just iron. Why is it more expensive than ordinary copper? Make the iron pipe thinner, anyway, it's not a real gun barrel."

"It seems that Timmy has to find a cheaper source of materials. I really wish I could open mines and smelters myself."

"Wood and paint actually accounted for [-]% of the cost? Replacing the gun stock with iron bars can reduce both cost and weight!"

Li Qi sketched on the heart language paper, and finally cut out a part of the cost in the part of materials.

He then unfolded the three-dimensional design drawing on the Xinyu Atlas, starting from the design and further "optimizing" the cost.

After a lot of tossing, Li Qi nodded in satisfaction, and began to calculate again, but found that there were too many changes involved, and it was a bit overwhelming.

"Since you can get me a player and storage space, can you also get me a calculator or even EXCEL?"

He called the goddess and made such a request.

"You really think of me as your grandmother!?"

The goddess was very upset: "With your current soul strength, as long as your consciousness is focused on calculation, you can use it as a calculator!"

Li Qi said with a shy face: "It's very troublesome to be in meditation like a monk every time. Writing a small interface is just a few lines of code for you. You Zan said that you are addicted to this On the matter."

"What is addiction! Your mind is full of the electronic stench of games, and you haven't gotten rid of the low-level fun yet!"

The goddess said solemnly with a straight face: "The coding of the underlying divine power is related to the lifeblood of our revolutionary cause, how can I let Youzan fiddle with it? If I can't even understand the code, wouldn't it be the same as before, casually Who got hold of it?"

Li Qi got bored, and was about to go offline when the goddess said again: "Aren't you asking You Zan to write the spirit control magic in assembly language? I'm also very interested in the transformation of the God's Deed. Get along with it. It’s not impossible for you to want a calculator, and I’ll treat your soul as a test object and engrave it on it to try?”

"This one……"

Li Qi thought for a while, and said with a pale face: "That's unnecessary, I'd better make my own soul."

"Worried about me engraving something like 'All actions follow the instructions of the goddess'? You are so small, tsk!"

The goddess said contemptuously: "It's good to know, when you Zan and I get it done, can't you find a virtual spirit to program it yourself and turn it into a PDA?"

"Has it progressed to this point?"

Li Qi said happily: "The PDA is so old-fashioned, isn't this the spiritual terminal I conceived? When the spiritual network is completed, it will be exactly the same as a mobile phone."

"That's right." Little Red Riding Hood slapped her hands too: "Why didn't I think of it, um, yes, I'll come up with this idea! I'm good at programming! I've done this in my previous life!"

Hey, you were a code farmer in your previous life?

Goddess, you accidentally exposed your own details, Li Qi just thought about it, and then put his thoughts away, it's better not to let her realize this.

Asking the goddess for benefits failed, but knowing the latest progress, Li Qi became more motivated.

The magic gun is not a gunpowder gun in the earth world. Its structure is very simple, and the design of the new plan is quickly completed.

Li Qi found a craftsman, personally supervised the work, and then gave the task of making a batch of samples before returning to the castle.

The newborn witch Sif was arranged to recuperate in the castle. She had grown flesh and blood, and had evolved from a scorched corpse to a wounded person with [-]% burns, but her injuries were still critical, and her consciousness was still sleeping.

Li Qi was very satisfied with Karin's treatment and care, so he gave Karin an extra meal and fed several mouthfuls of blood.The scene was not so charming, Li Qi had already corrected Karin's habit of biting her neck, and only sucked her wrist.

I went back to Epsilon through the portal of the castle, and went to the Obsidian Tower first. Now the witches gather in the classroom when they have nothing to do in the afternoon, either discussing magic programming, or chatting and playing around, as if they regard themselves as students. This also made Li Qi a little more relaxed.

After inquiring about their progress in optimizing the divine arts with extraordinary assembly language, Li Qi went to Rose Witch's residence after confirming that they had made progress.

More and more Rose Witches are recovering, and they are discussing how to use assembly language to make spiders do more things.Li Qi listened to their spiritual network for a while, and made some suggestions on the fly, which made Rose Witch happy, and his purpose of this trip was achieved.

Then he went to Youzan's laboratory to learn more about the latest developments in spirit control and earth spirit control, and confirmed that the next batch of magic guns could be mass-produced in time.

Then there is a meeting with Artur to learn about his preparations for the construction of the Beta Camp Portal...

Then go to the "Epsilon City Hall" to listen to Talens's report on apprenticeship education and Epsilon Theological Seminary's work...

He also listened to Bevero's report on the food production work during this period and the preliminary plan of the food processing industry...

I also listened to reports from Stan, Gambit, and Asuna about everyone's living conditions and medical work...

Also listened to Longhammer's report on Epsilon's next phase of municipal engineering plans...

I also listened to Wilson's defense report, as well as the investigation report of the situation around the Beta camp of Captain Round Hook and Elon...

After hastily having dinner in the public cafeteria, Li Qi went deep into the grassroots again, participated in the evening study of Conrad orphans, and encouraged them to inspire the power of crimson faith on the newly built divine power terminal.

When Li Qi returned to the small courtyard, the moon was already high above his head, and he was so tired that he threw himself on the bed without even taking off his clothes.

A day's work is very tedious, very exhausting, but very fulfilling, and this feeling is really good.

It feels really good, soft, bouncy, and writhing like a rabbit.

"Fini!"

Li Qi took the little girl out of bed angrily.

"tell a story!"

Fenny has long been ready for the battle, holding a book high. The title of the book is "One Hundred and Eight Battle Angels of Heaven Mountain", originally called "Water Margin".

Li Qi said angrily: "Don't pretend to be only six years old! In the eyes of a six-year-old child, you are already a 12-year-old woman!"

Fini lay on his chest, blinking her thick eyelashes like a butterfly flapping its wings, unmoved at all.

"If you want to listen, just sit down on the side of the bed, don't keep breathing on the back of my neck, it's you, Tina!"

Then he caught a certain stalker who was squatting on the bedside, and he was still a little puzzled, weren't you two still arguing in the classroom just now?Why just shake hands and make peace on this matter?

Reluctantly, Tina showed her figure, and sat down at the foot of the bed with her head down, her ears straightened.Only when facing Li Qi and other witches, did she not feel ashamed about showing her ears.

After the three of them settled their poses, Li Qi propped up his shaky eyelids, cleared his throat, and was about to speak when there was a knock on the door.

Three beeps of tuk-tuk-tuk, at very regular intervals, as if sending a signal.

After the sound, the door was pushed open, and it was Ellie.

Knowing it was her, these three sounds meant "I'm coming"...

Ellie also held a book and rushed over excitedly. The title of the book was "The Rise of the Monkey God".

"Clang! Guss!"

She stuffed the book into Li Qi's hand, pressed it behind the previous book, and skillfully climbed onto the bed from the other side, occupying the other half of Li Qi's chest.

Fini twitched the corner of her mouth, Tina scratched her ears, and the two didn't say anything more.

Li Qi lamented, it seems that your usual quarrels are all internal contradictions of the ruling class.In front of me, the ruled class, your positions are amazingly consistent.

Li Qi is powerless to resist this kind of class oppression: "Each story takes 10 minutes, after listening to it, go to sleep immediately!"

(End of this chapter)