Chapter 27 Micrometer
Agnes’ cold words reached everyone’s ears with the special magic of the elf race, stunning everyone.
Looking at Agnes’ beautiful calm face without any expression from the distance, everyone could feel that Agnes was speaking the truth.
Thinking about how Agnes might disappear from this, causing the elves who had finally shown themselves to humans to disappear, everyone became unsettled.
“No! Young miss Agnes, we definitely didn’t mean to insult you, you mustn’t misunderstand!”
“That’s right, we really just want to see you, we definitely don’t think of you as a monster. Really!”
“That’s right, you’re an elven girl who is as beautiful as an angel, how could anyone see you as a monster? That person must definitely be blind!”
“Right, right, young miss Agnes, you mustn’t go. It was hard enough for me to see the legendary elves in my life, how could you just leave like this?”
“Young miss Agnes, please stay. No matter what request you have, we will agree, alright?”
“Right! We’ll all listen to you. No matter what you say, we will do!”
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Seeing everyone around her begging her, Agnes was a bit surprised. She wanted to turn back to Xu Yi for advice, but she remembered what Xu Yi had just told her, so she focused herself and continued without any expressions, “I left my tribe to come live in the human world because the elder hoped that we elves could live in peace with humans, which means this is the elder’s test. So I hope that you humans can treat me normally, I just want to see if humans can live normally with elves. If you all keep acting like this, the experiment will fail.”
“Good! We’ll support you. Young miss Agnes, we’ll treat you like a normal human from now on!”
“Right, you are just a human girl who is a bit special. What do you think about this?”
“Un, just a human. Of course, you are a beautiful human girl.”
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“Alright, if you can do this, I can stay.” Agnes gave a slight nod, “Other than this, I want to give you all a serious warning. Chairman Xu is my friend and if you insult chairman Xu in front of me again or disrespect him, I will take it as an insult or disrespect to me. I will use all my power to punish that person, please remember this!”
Everyone was stunned again before a person shouted out, “Alright! Disrespecting chairman Xu is disrespecting young miss Agnes! Whoever dares disrespect chairman Xu in the future, I will be the first one to go against him!”
“Me too!”
“Me as well!”
“Me too……”
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“I hope that you humans can keep your promises.” Agnes nodded, “Please leave this place immediately, me and the Frestech Chamber of Commerce staff still have work to do, so we hope you won’t bother us.”
After saying this, Agnes immediately used her Shadow Stealth Spell and disappeared in front of the crowd.
Everyone looked at where Agnes disappeared and after being stunned for a bit, they suddenly cried out in shock.
“Wa! Young miss Agnes is too cool! I really love her to death!”
“That’s right. So elven women were actually this handsome, there aren’t any girls like this among us humans.”
“That’s right, I really like her more and more! I’ve decided! I will change the goddess in my heart from young miss Still to young miss Agnes!”
“You fickle fellow, you simply are a disgrace to us humans! Humph, I won’t be like you. From this day forth, there will be two goddesses in my heart!”
“This fellow, you have the face to talk about me? What does it mean to have two goddesses in your heart? Are you a player?”
“Pei! They are the goddesses in my heart, how is it related to being a player? I’m not hoping that anything happen with them, I’m just silently supporting them in my heart because I like them.”
“That’s more like it. Alright, I’ll also do the same……”
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The crowd slowly disperse as they discussed this and after a while, there were only several dozen fellows who didn’t give up remaining at the factory. Xu Yi couldn’t help shaking his head.
If he didn’t have the experience of seeing crazy fans from earth, he really didn’t know how to deal with this.
After returning to the office, Ankhto and Camby looked at him in a daze.
“Chairman, is this alright?” Ankhto pointed outside in disbelief, “I thought those fellows were crazy and wouldn’t leave no matter what you or young miss Agnes said. I never thought that after young miss Agnes scolded them, they would actually leave so obediently! This…..What does this mean?”
“It doesn’t mean anything, you just don’t understand the thoughts of crazy fans.” Xu Yi waved his hand, “Alright, now that the people surrounding the factory have been taken care of, we can work like normal. Ankhto, did you see the orders for the Magic Bread Makers? Do you think that you can finish them within the given time?”
Ankhto calculated it before revealing a difficult expression.
“This…...Sir chairman, aren’t there too many Magic Bread Makers? To make over fifty thousand in just a single week, even if our workshop doesn’t do anything else and only makes Magic Bread Makers, we can’t finish this.”
Xu Yi gave a bitter laugh, “Not just you, even I didn’t think that the number of Magic Bread Makers would be this terrifying. Thinking about it now, other than the Magic Bread Maker having a greater use than the Magic Rice Cooker, Agnes’ advertisement might have been a bit too useful.”
For an elf that humans hadn’t seen in a long time to appear at the product announcement for the Magic Bread Maker, this matter seemed to have caused a stir in every part of the Lampuri Kingdom.
When everyone heard the news of this elf, naturally they would know about the product announcement the Frestech Chamber of Commerce held and also the star of the announcement, the Magic Bread Maker.
It had to be said, for the many families of the Lampuri Kingdom who mainly ate bread, the Magic Bread Maker was a very useful household magic machine.
And the other companies of the kingdom naturally saw the opportunity here. So less than a day after the product announcement, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce received over a hundred thousand orders.
There were fifty thousand orders that were requested to be finished in a week, which was something that was basically impossible.
“Ai, in the end, our company’s factory is a bit too small and we can’t greatly increase our production efficiency.” Xu Yi gave a sigh before patting Ankhto’s shoulder and saying, “Just do your best, I’ll make adjustments to the order. When the magic machine workshop develops the automatic production magic machines, our production efficiency will be increased several times and you won’t need to worry.”
Xu Yi had Ankhto not worry, but Camby on the side revealed a look of worry.
“Chairman, you say it so easily, but the automatic production magic machines are just too hard. Me and my brothers have researched this for nearly a month and our progress as been small. To really completely this, we don’t know how long it’ll take.”
“What? You met some kind of bottleneck?” Xu Yi asked in a curious voice, “Didn’t I teach you all the skills necessary before? Also the Magic Array has already been finished, you just need to design a structure that can support it, so is it hard?”
“It isn’t hard per say, but the problem is……” Camby scratched his dishevelled hair and said with a bitter look, “Chairman, for the structures of automatic magic machines that you’ve taught us, you’ve added in some measurements that we can’t understand……”
“Can’t understand?” Xu Yi was surprised. Then he remembered that the fine tuning for the automatic magic machines that he requested from Camby and the others were very high, far surpassing that of the basic magic machines. So he labelled the blueprints like he did on earth, using very small units.
But to the people of the Sines Continent, although they had the same large units of measure as his previous world, using the same basic unit of meters, their accuracy was far lacking.
In terms of lengths, the Sines Continent’s smallest unit was centimeters, so there was no millimeters and there was no need to mention nanometers.
And the automatic production magic machines had a high requirement for fine tuning, usually measuring in millimeters, so this could go beyond what Camby and the other dwarves knew.
Thinking of this, Xu Yi understood. ｂｅｄ𝚗ｏ𝚟𝚎𝚕.𝚌𝚘ｍ
He was just copying his mechanical engineering knowledge from earth and had completely forgotten the situation on the Sines Continent.
This was because Xu Yi had been focused on how to present Agnes to the humans, so he had neglected all of this.
“This was my fault.” Xu Yi honestly admitted, “I only requested a higher precision, but I forgot to explain what is means. How about this, I’ll make a Vernier Scale in my free time for you and then I’ll make a micrometer later. With these two things, you should understand the precise measurements I’m giving you.”
“Vernier Scale? Micrometer?” Camby and Ankhto looked at each other, not understanding what these meant.
But since they came to the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, they had heard many words they didn’t understand from Xu Yi, so they weren’t surprised.
“Un, these two things are very basic, but also very important tools for measurement. Our company will have a higher and higher requirement for accuracy in the future with magic machines, so we have to have these two tools. You also need to grasp how to use it and also let the workers learn how to use them.”
Xu Yi said before knitting his brows and realizing a problem he had ignored.
Since creating the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, he had always used his inspiration to propose magic machine one after another to the research facility and Camby. Although using his strong foundations in mechanical engineering to give concrete ideas and even creating some blueprints, he had never told them about design standards.
These things were the most basic of basics for mechanical engineers and didn’t need to be explained, but for the people of the Sines Continent, this was a completely new territory.
Thinking of this, Xu Yi stroked his chin as he muttered to himself.
“It seems like I need to write a book.”
Chapter 28 What attitude does the Stagg Family have
His thought of writing a book was suddenly interrupted by something.
It couldn’t be considered sudden either. When Viscount Leslie left Banta City, this matter, or this person was definitely coming, he just didn’t know when they would come.
At the end of April, a cavalcade came to Banta City from Anvilmar City.
The one in that cavalcade was Viscount Leslie’s successor, which was also the new lord that the Stagg Family had sent for their territory in Banta City, Baron Belil Stagg.
The Frestech Chamber of Commerce had rented a hectare of land from the Stagg Family. As the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s chairman, it was reasonable for Xu Yi to pay him a visit as soon as possible.
But when he talked to Butler Brunei who Viscount Leslie had left in Banta City, he learned that the Lord Baron had just arrived and had many important people to see. He didn’t have time to see Xu Yi right now, so he had him wait first.
Xu Yi was instantly stunned before asking Butler Brunei with knit brows, “Are these the words of the Lord Baron?”
Butler Brunei replied without any emotion, “Yes.”
Xu Yi’s brows knit even tighter.
If Butler Brunei were conveying the words of Baron Belil Stagg, it meant that the other side was completely looking down on Xu Yi or was openly revealing hostilities towards him.
No matter which one it was, it wasn’t something that Xu Yi wanted to see.
And from the angle of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, compared to strangely being hostile towards them, Xu Yi hoped that this was the baron looking down on him.
It was fine if he looked down on him or was just arrogant, but it was very troublesome if he was hostile.
Thinking of this, Xu Yi then asked, “Butler Brunei, did the Lord Baron mention my name or our Frestech Chamber of Commerce?”
Butler Brunei looked up at Xu Yi and after pausing, he slowly nodded, “Yes, when I was making my report of the territory, I mentioned your Frestech Chamber of Commerce and the Lord Baron learned of your existence.”
“Then what attitude did the Lord Baron have?” Xu Yi kept asking.
Xu Yi thought that Butler Brunei wouldn’t seriously answer this question, but after Butler Brunei thought about it, he suddenly stood up straight and said with a look of disdain, “There are many small companies in Banta City, I really don’t know why that fellow Leslie places such importance on this.” After saying this, Butler Brunei restored his uncaring appearance and said, “These were the words of the Lord Baron.”
Xu Yi looked at Butler Brunei in surprise for a bit before seriously saying, “Thank you.”
Butler Brunei nodded and remained silent.
After leaving the manor Viscount Leslie left behind, Xu Yi entered his horse carriage and ordered the driver to head towards the City Lord’s Manor.
As the carriage continued, Xu Yi fell into his thoughts.
Although he didn’t know why, Butler Brunei’s actions had surprised him. He had shown Xu Yi Baron Belil Stagg’s real thoughts, which would be a very big help to Xu Yi in making his decision.
According to what Butler Brunei showed hi, this Lord Baron should have learned of Xu Yi and the Frestech Chamber of Commerce from Viscount Leslie.
He could even infer from his words that Viscount Leslie might have specially told him some things about the Frestech Chamber of Commerce or Xu Yi before he came to Banta City.
As for the Lord Baron’s response of not sparing a glance, this was because to him, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce wasn’t one of the big companies of Banta City, so it wasn’t worth entering the eyes of a junior from the Stagg Family like him.
Xu Yi didn’t expect the new lord to be as open as Viscount Leslie, having the same appreciation and support for him and the Frestech Chamber of Commerce. But be just hoped that the new lord didn’t have any special goals.
For example, according to what Viscount Leslie said, if the Stagg Family noticed the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s potential, they would decide to move against them. They would send a smart lord who would use the land the Frestech Chamber of Commerce is currently renting and the powerful influence of the Stagg Family to swallow the Frestech Chamber of Commerce bit by bit.
“Ha, ha, ha, ha…...Xu Yi, you really are thinking too much.” Count Sean Samo broke out in loud laughter as he pointed at Xu Yi and said, “I say, Xu Yi, should I say that you’re thinking too highly of yourself or too lowly of yourself?”
Xu Yi looked at Count Sean with a confused look. He didn’t understand why he would react so strangely after he came to him for help.
“What does this mean?”
“In terms of thinking too highly of yourself, you think the Stagg Family would actually specially send someone to deal with you and your Frestech Chamber of Commerce? You have to understand, the Stagg Family is one of the top families in our Lampuri Kingdom, even if it is me, I can only look up to Lord Duke Stagg. For such a giant, who is only second to the Lampuri Kingdom’s royal family, would they need to specially deal with a small Frestech Chamber of Commerce?” Count Sean asked with a smile.
“This…..Although our Frestech Chamber of Commerce isn’t big, I have to admit that there’s still some value. Not only are our product revenue margins high, our prospects are very wide, so it wouldn’t be strange if the Stagg Family set their eyes on us?” Xu Yi asked in an unconvinced voice.
Count Sean shook his head with a faint smile, “Although you’re completely right, Xu Yi, you have to see reality. Even if your Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s prospects are broad, you are just a small company who earns less than five hundred thousand a year. This isn’t worth mentioning at all to the Stagg Family, why would they send someone to specially deal with your company?”
“Not afraid of everything, just afraid of if.” Xu Yi said.
“You have to thank that fellow Leslie for this. If it wasn’t for him helping you hide the truth from the Stagg Family, your worries would have become a reality.” Count Sean said with a deep sigh, “Even now I still don’t understand why he helped you this much, actually even thinking of things in long term.”
“Viscount Leslie helped me hide the truth?” Xu Yi was surprised. He thought of Viscount Leslie’s advice from before he left and he understood.
It seemed like Viscount Leslie never reported his appreciation for the Frestech Chamber of Commerce to the Stagg Family and had even lowered his evaluation. This caused the Stagg Family to have the wrong evaluation of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s worth, causing them not to place any importance on it.
The three hundred slaves from the Stagg Family last time was proof.
According to Viscount Leslie’s warnings, Xu Yi didn’t let those three hundred slaves touch the core technology of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce. He just had those slaves work on some simple assembly work.
Those three hundred slaves had already left the household magic machine workshop and the Stagg Family didn’t send anyone else after that.
But Xu Yi was still a bit confused.
“Even if Viscount Leslie hid this, our Frestech Chamber of Commerce has quite the fame in the kingdom. It is impossible for the Stagg Family to not investigate us, so why do they have this kind of attitude?”
“This was the second thing I said. Xu Yi, you’re looking down on the Frestech Chamber of Commerce too much.” Count Sean stopped laughing and after a pause, he said with a serious face, “Although the Frestech Chamber of Commerce isn’t big right now, you have met the king and have signed the cooperation agreement with the agricultural department representing the king. When the agricultural department announced this, your Frestech Chamber of Commerce had already become famous among the nobles. Because the king wants to popularize the agricultural magic machines through the agricultural department, they have to cooperate with your Frestech Chamber of Commerce. Of the nobles in the kingdom with land, they can’t avoid cooperating with your Frestech Chamber of Commerce. The Stagg Family is the large noble family with the most land in the kingdom, so they are the first ones the king’s plans apply to. It could be said that everyone is paying attention to them right now, so of course it’s impossible for them to move against your Frestech Chamber of Commerce at this time.”
Xu Yi was surprised, “Then why does the new Lord Baron look down on our company?”
Count Sean thought about it before replying, “According to my contact with Baron Belil, perhaps it is because his personality is like this. As for why the Stagg Family would send him here, that is a matter of the Stagg Family and I can’t reply for you.”
Xu Yi considered this before slowly nodding, “Alright, I understand. Many thanks for the Lord City Lord’s advice.”
According to Count Sean’s analysis, the Stagg Family should still be paying attention to the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, but they didn’t have a clear understanding of its true value.
Perhaps to the Stagg Family, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce is just lucky. They were relying on some agricultural magic machines they developed to receive the king’s recognition, which resulted in this large order.
In the end, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce was just a very small company.
According to Baron Belil, it was just a small company that couldn’t even stand at the top of Banta City.
If the Frestech Chamber of Commerce was like the Falcao Chamber of Commerce with influence all over the Lampuri Kingdom and having the Jole Family behind, there would be no need to mention the Stagg Family paying attention to them.
As for the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, they weren’t qualified.
“Should I be happy or disappointed?” Xu Yi revealed a bitter smile.
Count Sean patted Xu Yi’s shoulder and said with a faint smile, “Don’t think that much. You just need to know that I like you and your company very much, it is the same with that fellow Leslie. His majesty’s attitude isn’t very clear, but based on the attitude of her highness queen, his majesty should also favour you and the Frestech Chamber of Commerce. When the agricultural magic machines spread across the kingdom, your Frestech Chamber of Commerce will have a true foundation in the kingdom. Anyone will have to consider it if they want to move against you, will you still need to be worried with this foundation?”
Xu Yi considered it before nodding with a smile.
“The Lord City Lord is right, as long as we finish this matter, we won’t need to think about anything else.” Xu Yi looked at Count Sean and seriously asked, “Lord City Lord, I’m very grateful for your support towards me and the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, but why are you supporting us like this?”
“You can’t even understand this? No wonder that fellow Leslie said that you were an idiot with politics, he wasn’t wrong at all.” Count Sean said with a sigh, “It’s very simple. First looking at it from a wide perspective, I’m hoping that our Lampuri Kingdom will become stronger, so I support his majesty.”
“Second, from my personal point of view, your Frestech Chamber of Commerce has already recruited five hundred workers and their income is quite good, which is enough to solve the daily problems for five hundred families. This is very helpful in stabilizing Banta City. Moreover, according to your plan, your Frestech Chamber of Commerce will hire several thousand or over ten thousand workers in the future. If this becomes real, our Banta City citizens will quickly become rich and it’ll be much easier for me as a City Lord. And if this result was achieved, wouldn’t my status in the kingdom also increase?”
Xu Yi understood. If this was on earth, this was called political achievements.
Indeed, according to his plan, with the development of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, the Banta City residents would be freed from the farmlands and would invest into industrialization.
When all of Banta City was placed on the track of industrialization, the citizens would all have decent incomes and everyone’s basic livelihood would be easily guaranteed.
For the Lampuri Kingdom that wasn’t strong and where many people couldn’t eat their fill, this was a dazzling achievement.
Thinking of this, Xu Yi couldn’t help saying to Count Sean, “Lord City Lord, it’s a good thing the Stagg Family doesn’t favour our company like you, or that if that I worry about might become real.”
Count Sean revealed a faint smile, “Your Frestech Chamber of Commerce is under my eyes, who understands it better than me? As for your worries, just give them up. The thing you need to do now is to properly develop the Frestech Chamber of Commerce. Remember, as long as you become stronger, you have nothing to fear.”
Xu Yi gave a strong nod.