569: Chapter 569: The Hand-Rolled Lathe Debuts 569: Chapter 569: The Hand-Rolled Lathe Debuts It only took a day for Zhao Guang to produce five machine tools all by himself.
The speed of preparation was much faster than so factories, demonstrating the formidable power of alchemy.
At this ti, so people from Earth who had already been tad appeared in this warehouse, with both Xi Fei and Qiao Miya having arrived here.
As for Miller, that fellow was so busy that he had no ti to spare.
Coscola was in the sa boat, with the constant increase in the size of the army throwing Coscola’s recent managent into utter chaos.
Having never managed such a large number of people before, Coscola was finally facing his inadequacies.
But there was no helping it; he had no choice but to learn and experint on the job since his master had entrusted him with this task.
Perhaps after so ti, Coscola would be able to get everything straightened out.
But now, Coscola was even busier than Miller; one could say he was the busiest person in the entire territory.
“See?
These are the machine tools I just made.”
“Master’s machine tools don’t seem to be electric-powered.” Soone noticed the absence of any wires around.
“Of course they’re not electric; look at these magic circuits, you can think of them as a special kind of wire.
These are powered by magic, but operating the machine tools themselves is no different.”
Machine tools, after all, are just about starting and stopping, along with adjusting so settings.
The role of a person is to make sure the workpiece is machined just right, and that’s enough.
“You all know how to use this equipnt, right?” Zhao Guang said to the rest.
“I do,” soone raised their hand and said, but most of the others looked embarrassed.
These were tools used by workers, even if they were for skilled technicians, not everyone knew how to operate them.
“Good, those of you who know how will teach the others.
Once our workers have learned, they can start using them.
Next, I’m going to talk about so issues with simple machinery, who among you knows how to make them?”
There were fewer responses this ti, but Zhao Guang didn’t mind; as long as there were so who knew, that was enough.
“Then I’ll leave it to you.
From now on, you few will be responsible for research and design.
Don’t disappoint .”
These people breathed a sigh of relief, they were originally ant for this kind of work.
It was only because they followed the wrong person that they made many mistakes; now that they were back to their old profession, they felt greatly at ease.
The others were sowhat apprehensive, especially those whose expertise was not in this area.
It was clear that Zhao Guang intended to develop industry to so extent, but he was not planning to build an industrial system.
This ant that many of the jobs would need to be done by people from Earth.
He didn’t plan on teaching too much to the locals, at least not for the ti being; this could reduce their usefulness.
They genuinely feared that if they beca useless, the master might just kill them on the spot—an entirely possible scenario.
After all, in the master’s eyes, they were scum, the kind whose death would not be mourned.
“Master, may I give it a try?” Suddenly, Xi Fei raised her hand and spoke loudly.
“You want to try?
Go ahead, it’s not very easy to control.”
Even so, Xi Fei picked it up quickly.
After all, being a magician is a magical profession, and their cognitive abilities were not sothing an ordinary person could compare with.
Seeing the speed of her operation, it seed she would be able to handle even a five-axis machine tool just through her own control.
But Zhao Guang reconsidered, since for the mont, he had no need for that level of machinery.
He would look for so more skilled designers later, preferably in shipbuilding or perhaps automotive.
Zhao Guang had no intention of developing on a large scale, but mass production was not a problem.
Most importantly, his territory’s developnt currently demanded these items.
Once Xi Fei had learned, Zhao Guang left Qiao Miya there to learn as well and to manage the people.
There were also subsequent workers to consider, who all had to sign a special contract ensuring not a word leaked out.
Zhao Guang had to ensure that even if soone else got hold of his machines, they would be unusable.
“What a pity, it would be good if I could manufacture so anti-theft or self-destruct chanisms.
I’ll research it later; I rember there’s quite a bit in magic that’s related to these things.”
Just as Zhao Guang stepped out, he saw Jeana running towards him.
“What’s up, any new results?” Zhao Guang asked with a smile.
“No, a ssage just arrived from the Imperial City; it seems there’s a new task.” Since none of the important people were around, Jeana had to take it herself.
Everyone knew that Jeana, like Xi Fei, was one of the earliest to follow Zhao Guang.
Perhaps due to her young age, she wasn’t specifically in charge of anything, but her authority was certainly significant.
Especially in influencing the Lord, she was beyond compare to ordinary people.
With no one else available, this important docunt had to be given to Jeana.
Zhao Guang himself hadn’t expected that just gathering people for a mont would coincide with a task from the Imperial City.
After taking the docunt, Zhao Guang read it and frowned.
“What is it, Master?
Is the task very troubleso?
If so, we can refuse it, right?”
Given Zhao Guang’s status and strength, he could very well decline certain tasks.
Zhao Guang shook his head, “No, I can’t refuse this one.
After all, it’s the first task since my breakthrough, and it will represent my attitude towards the Empire.
If I decline, who knows what those people will think.”
This was crucial, and Zhao Guang had to take it into account.
“Besides, this task is quite interesting; it’s just a bit troubleso.”
Indeed, it was troubleso, as it looked like his production line would need to expand once more.
“What’s the task?
I heard it’s about our currency.” Jeana spoke.
Zhao Guang nodded lightly: “It’s about currency, but the King has entrusted with the production of currency, that’s all.”
“The King entrusted you with the production of currency?
Other alchemists could handle that.” Having the master do it was a waste of his ti, a major misuse of his talents.
“Not ordinary currency, aluminum currency, actually.
The King believes that aluminum currency is very good and wants to issue it throughout the Empire.
The price offered is also fairly good; I can make a big profit from it.”
The King was using gold to trade, which, in this world, seed to be sowhat on the low side.
Generally, alchemists wouldn’t accept such a deal, as it would be a loss-making business.
But for Zhao Guang, it would be extrely profitable, and the amount of gold he could earn from this was unimaginable.
After all, for such a large empire, even if it was just a portion of the currency, the sum would be significant.
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