"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, which shows Jay's attentiveness. 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. .
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.
Jay's ability to 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 was a suitable choice for the current territory.
Although the leaders will receive a large sum of money from the land grant, as long as the leaders in Daxia do not want to live the mediocre life before, the cost is higher than in other places.
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, these magic items need to be sold outside the territory, and the prices need to be unified.
If prices and income levels remain the same as before, how can the people of the territory afford expensive magic items? They cannot let outsiders take advantage of the people of the territory.
In the past, let alone 200 gold coins, even if it was only 20 gold coins, most ordinary people would have to grit their teeth to take it out. After all, 20 gold coins is more than half a month's salary for ordinary craftsmen.
For farmers, it’s even more, but the agricultural output value is extremely low compared to the rapidly expanding magic industry. If there are other ways, farmers will never be able to afford the constantly updated magic items, even if they are Cheaper civilian models.
In addition, raising prices and income levels will also help Xiaduo transfer wealth to the people more efficiently. Although some people will save their money, as long as some people use it, they can also create a large-scale business that is comparable to many in the mainland. An economic circulation system that combines a prosperous territory.
Although this system is still very fragile and relies heavily on official subsidies and guidance, as long as it continues, it will gradually mature.
By then, with the blessing of both internal and external cycles, the development of Daxia Territory will reach another level.
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Next, Shado visited some prototypes of civilian magic equipment designs in Jay's laboratory. Some of them he had mentioned before, but some of them he had not mentioned.
For example, the magic loom!
Or more accurately, an improved magic-powered loom - a prototype!
"How did you come up with this?" Xia Duo asked curiously.
Since there was no cotton in Netheril or even the entire Northland, he had never thought about textile machines. In fact, there were some textile equipment locally, but they were far from being called machines.
Jay's textile machine here is completely different from the simple textile tools he has seen in the territory before. It seems to be specially designed under the guidance of another new idea.
This surprised him and made him very curious.
In this regard, Jay’s explanation is——
"This is actually the inspiration I got from the steam engine, but I think the textile machine can not only be powered by steam engines, but also powered by magic."
The Steam Engine Group is also the magic affairs officer of the Daxia Territory, but it is composed of many people. It also recruits a group of ordinary craftsmen to create various civilian appliances that match the steam engine.
When Jay said this, Xia Duo suddenly realized that in the past, his view of steam engines was more of a toy. Although it had a certain value, he couldn't use the steam engine to travel in the sky and explore the plane, right?
It can become an important branch of generalized magic, but it can never become mainstream, similar to the difference between mechanical engineering and physics on earth~
His greatest expectation for the steam engine is that he hopes that the Magic Affairs Officers will open up a new field of engineering without being obsessed with the steam engine itself. After all, no matter how efficient the steam engine is, its output is always limited and cannot compare to any Mythra.
The most critical thing is that the output of the steam engine is the interaction between tangible substances, and it is difficult to adapt to the broader magical field.
For example, it's hard to imagine using steam power to open a portal.
The process and transmission of steam power hardly involve any magical elements in a narrow sense, which is destined to never become mainstream in a magical country.
Maybe it can be strengthened with magic, but why bother? Instead of taking the ready-made broad road, do you have to take the rugged trail?
Fortunately, the magic affairs officers of the steam engine group are all staunch magic scholars. They devote more energy to the research of engineering rather than the steam engine itself.
However, Hero, the original inventor of the steam engine, was still trying to improve the steam engine, but he alone was enough, and there was no need for others to get involved.
Sha Duo didn't quite believe that Jay improved the textile loom, but if it was improved by the Magic Affairs Officer of the Steam Engine Group, there would be no doubt about it.
There are many outstanding craftsmen in the territory gathered there, it’s time to come up with something new!
However, the magic loom that Jay built is not meaningless. On the contrary, Jay has also opened up a whole new field!
Currently, magical power sources such as Mythra cannot be directly converted into mechanical energy of tangible matter. Different energy conversion mechanisms need to be designed according to different usage scenarios.
For example, the flying spell converts the energy output by Mythra into a floating spell, which reconstructs the force and inertia of matter and has nothing to do with mechanical energy.
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 continue to increase, so that even the original elemental state cannot be maintained and turns into nothingness. It has nothing to do with mechanical energy. .
But when humans live in this world, the first thing they master is mechanical energy, the one they have the most contact with is mechanical energy, and the one they apply the most is mechanical energy, of course, except for mages.
As long as it involves the interaction between tangible substances, it belongs to the category of mechanical energy, and the steam engine is the most typical example.
If a way to stably convert magical power into mechanical power can be found, the steam engine can actually be eliminated directly. Of course, in this case, engineering will still exist.
Jay's magic loom embodies his exploration and attempts in this area. Sha Duo is not optimistic about this kind of magic loom, but he is particularly appreciative of the idea of power transformation.
(End of chapter)
