Chapter 2603 Engineering starts, power transformation
"How much does the official model cost?" Xia Duo asked.
"In terms of materials alone, it is similar to a magic stove, but the labor cost is more expensive. The total cost is about 220 gold coins. If mass-produced, it can be reduced to less than 200."
The cost of the magic stove is also about 200 gold coins. Today's heaters are similar to it. This shows how hard Jie Yin works. At least from Xia Duo's own perspective, the iron shell outside alone is enough to widen the gap between the magic stove and the magic stove.
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Not to mention that it is more complicated to manufacture. Although the labor cost of the Tower of Time is no higher than that of other places, it is not completely costless. As long as it is available, it is difficult to ignore.
The fact that Jie Yin can control mass production costs so well is enough to prove that he attaches great importance to and loves the career of Magical Affairs Officer. Of course, his outstanding talent is also indispensable.
"Very good! We must continue our efforts to design more magic tools for the public! In addition, in the future, general household magic tools will be limited to 200 gold coins. If the cost is too high, we will not consider it for the time being!"
Xia Duo gave his praise and encouragement without hesitation, but here he also put forward new requirements. A limit of 200 gold coins is a suitable choice for the current territory.
Although the people in the territory will receive a large sum of money for the land grant, the cost in Daxia is higher than in other places as long as they don't want to live the rough life of before.
Of course, as long as you are willing to work, your income will be higher than elsewhere.
The reason for doing this is mainly to balance the prices of magic items and general commodities. After all, those magic items need to be sold in the territory, and the prices need to be unified.
Since there is no cotton in Netheril and even the entire Northland, I have never thought about textile machines. In fact, there are no textile equipment locally, but they are far from being considered machines.
If Jie Yin improved the textile machine, Mr. Xia was too doubtful, but if it was said that the magic affairs officer of the steam engine group improved it, there would be no doubt about it.
For example, it's hard to imagine using steam power to open a portal.
"How did he come up with that?" Mr. Xia asked curiously.
Next, Mr. Xia visited some prototypes of civilian magic equipment designs in Jie Yin's laboratory. Some of them were not mentioned by me later, but some of them were not mentioned by me.
Although the system is still very strong and relies heavily on official subsidies and guidance, as long as it continues, it will gradually mature.
With so many outstanding craftsmen from the territory gathered here, it’s time to come up with something new!
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But if prices and income levels remain the same as before, how can the people in the territory afford expensive magic items? People will always be able to take advantage of the people in the territory.
On the other hand, Hero, the original inventor of the steam engine, was still trying to improve the steam engine, but it was not enough for me, and it was necessary for others to get involved.
For farmers, it's even less. However, the agricultural output value is extremely high compared to the rapidly expanding magic industry. There must be other ways, so farmers can never buy magic items that are constantly updated.
, even cheaper civilian models.
"That's actually the inspiration you got from the steam engine, but you feel that the textile machine cannot be powered not only by steam engines, but also by magic."
That made me feel very curious.
By this time, with the blessing of the inner and outer double cycles, the development of Xiaoxia Ling will reach another level.
Raising prices and income levels here will not help Mr. Xia transfer wealth to the private sector more efficiently. Although no one will save money, as long as no one uses it, it can create a scale comparable to
An economic circulation system that combines several prosperous territories in the mainland.
There must be a way to stably convert magical power into mechanical power. The steam engine cannot be eliminated directly. Of course, in that case, engineering still exists.
At present, magical power sources such as Mythra cannot be directly converted into mechanical energy of invisible matter. Different energy conversion mechanisms need to be designed according to different usage scenarios.
The textile machine outside Jie Yin's house is completely different from the simple textile tools I have seen in the territory since then. It seems to have been specially designed based on another brand-new idea.
Maybe it can't be weakened with magic, but why bother? Is it better to take the ready-made broad path instead of the flat road?
The bad thing is that the magic officers in the steam engine group are all hesitant magic scholars. We devote less energy to research on engineering, but on the steam engine itself.
The steam engine team is also the magic affairs officer of Xiao Xia's leadership, but it is composed of only a small number of people. It also recruits a group of skilled craftsmen specifically to create various civilian appliances that match the steam engine.
My lowest expectation for the steam engine is not to hope that the Magic Affairs Officers will open up a new field of engineering, but to focus on the steam engine itself. After all, no matter how inefficient the steam engine is, its output is always unlimited.
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Yes, the magic loom that Jie Yin built was meaningless. On the contrary, Jie Yin also opened up a brand new field!
In the past, let alone 200 gold coins, even if it was only 20 gold coins, people would have to grit their teeth to get it out. After all, 20 gold coins is less than half a month's salary for a special craftsman.
Or more incorrectly, an improved magic-powered loom - a prototype!
The most critical thing is that the output of the steam engine is the interaction between invisible substances, and it is difficult to adapt to the broader magic field in the future.
Another example is the war spell [Light of Annihilation]. The energy output by Mythra is also converted into spells, which causes the entropy value of matter to continuously increase, so that even the original elemental state cannot be maintained and turns into nothingness.
Related to mechanical energy.
It cannot become an important branch of magic in the broad sense, but it can always become mainstream. It is similar to the difference between mechanical engineering and physics on earth~
Jie Yin's magic loom embodies my exploration and attempts in that area. Mr. Xia is disdainful of that kind of magic loom, but he appreciates the idea of power transformation in it. Such as flying, but making secrets
The energy output by Sera is converted into levitation spells, which reconstructs the force and inertia of matter, related to mechanical energy.
The process of generating and transmitting steam power involves almost any magical element in a narrow sense, which is destined to never become mainstream in a magical country.
For example, the magic loom!
In this regard, Jie Yin’s explanation is——
When Jie Yin said that, Mr. Xia suddenly realized that in the past, my view of steam engines was less of a toy. Although it had no certain value, I always used steam engines to travel in the sky and explore the planes, right?
As long as it involves the interaction between invisible substances, it belongs to the category of mechanical energy, and the steam engine is not the most typical example.
But when humans live in that world, the first thing to master is not mechanical energy, the one with the least contact is also mechanical energy, and the one with the least application is mechanical energy, of course, except for mages.