Chapter 45 Researcher in the research lab
It was already afternoon when he finished the meeting with Heinz and the others. The rainstorm was smaller than before and there were traces of light beams poking through the dark clouds.
Xu Yi hesitated a bit before braving the heavy rain to head back to Banta City.
He didn’t immediately head back home, but rather he came to a small silent building in west of Banta City.
This was the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s research laboratory.
According to Xu Yi initial plans, this magic research laboratory should have been built with the factory, allowing instant exchanges between the research lab and the factory.
But based on the special circumstances of the Sines Continent, with magicians always considering themselves higher than others and adding in the fact that the first researcher was a beautiful young girl like Still, Xu Yi rented this little building separately to be the research lab.
After Akali and Evita joined the research lab, Xu Yi wanted to rent out separate residences for them. Who would have thought that after the two saw the environment of the little building, they directly decided to live in the research lab.
Xu Yi naturally wouldn’t reject them, so this quiet little building was not only the magic research laboratory, it was also considered the dorm for the researchers.
When the door was opened, Akali’s round face appeared.
Perhaps she never thought that Xu Yi would brave the large rain to come here, but Akali was scared. After she reacted, she invited Xu Yi in.
Coming into the room, Xu Yi looked around and found that the living room of the house was quite disorderly. Not only were blueprints thrown all around, all kinds of magic material was placed all over. Other than this, there were several pieces of girl clothing scattered on the ground, with even a few pieces of underwear among them.
Seeing Xu Yi look around, Akali’s face turned red. She quickly picked up the clothes on the ground and she threw them into the bedroom. When she came out again, she had a very awkward smile on her face.
Xu Yi also smiled not minding it at all.
Actually when he had gone to university, because he had been on day duty, he had gone to several female students’ dorms and found that they were not as clean as he had imagined at all. Rather, they were just as dirty as male students and some of them were even more dirty than male students.
After that, Xu Yi knew that female students weren’t that different from male students, there was also a separation between lazy and diligent.
Akali had a very open disposition, so her randomly throwing things around was not that surprising to Xu Yi.
Seeing the smile on Xu Yi’s face, Akali misunderstood that Xu Yi was laughing at her. Although her face was a bit red, she still couldn’t help giving a snort and glaring at Xu Yi, “Sir chairman, why did you suddenly come here for? Is there something you need?”
“Un, there is. Where’s Evita? Call her over as well, I have a research task for you.” Xu Yi said.
Hearing that it really was for work, Akali forgot her anger from her shame and had Xu Yi wait as she ran upstairs.
Watching her rush off, Xu Yi couldn’t help shaking his head.
This Akali, she really was a child who had just graduated, she really didn’t understand anything about this world.
No matter what, he was still considered a chairman. After coming here, she actually didn’t even pour any tea for him and she just left him here alone.
Xu Yi casually picked up a few blueprints from off the ground and gave a slight nod.
These blueprints were related to the Magic Harvester they were currently researching. Based on the Magic Arrays draw on the papers, it seemed like they were already making progress on Xu Yi’s request.
It seemed like she and Evita had been working very hard lately, otherwise it was possible for them to have this kind of progress in this short period of time.
According to their current speed, they should be able to finish the core Magic Array for the Magic Harvester very soon. That way, there would be enough time for the magic machine workshop to work with the Magic Array and do plenty of practical experimenting.
There were sounds of footsteps from the staircase. Xu Yi looked over and instantly his eyes lit up.
Akali had a quite careless disposition, so she wouldn’t care that much about her appearance in the research lab that was basically the same as her home. Not only did she mess up the living room, she didn’t even tidy herself up.
Evita was completely different. Even if she was wearing a simple set of clothes made for wearing around the home, she had meticulously tidied herself, not showing a single bit of mess on her entire body.
She was already delicate looking and had a gentle aura. Adding in this kind of dress, compared to Akali, she was clearly more conspicuous.
Xu Yi had a look of praise in his eyes as he waved his hand at the two of them, “Come, I’ll show you your research assignment.”
Evita slightly knit her brows, “Sir chairman, we are still currently researching the Magic Array for the Magic Harvester.”
“It won’t conflict. This assignment can wait until you’ve finished researching the Magic Harvester and it is much simpler compared to the Magic Harvester, so it won’t take much time. Come, take a look.” Xu Yi smiled as he gave them the blueprint he had just shown to Heinz’s group of three.
Evita and Akali carefully looked over this blueprint and nodded at the same time.
“This is indeed much simpler.” Akali pointed at the blueprint and asked, “Chairman, can you tell me what this thing is used for? This is a simple Magic Array, I can’t see anything special or powerful about this.”
“That’s right, this thing is very simple, but you can’t look down on this thing. Perhaps each family will use this thing in the future.” Xu Yi replied with a smile, “Come, I’ll explain this to you……”
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After around fifteen minutes, Akali and Evita had finished listening to Xu Yi’s explanations and they looked at Xu Yi with shocked gazes at the same time.
“Chairman, just what is going on in your head? Why do you always have such strange creative ideas?” Akali actually planned on lifting her hand to rub Xu Yi’s head, but smartly stopped herself.
“Akali, stop speaking nonsense!” Evita reprimanded her, “Sir chairman is naturally different from normal people, otherwise Still wouldn’t have……”
Evita suddenly stopped.
“Still wouldn’t have what?” Xu Yi asked curiously, “This fellow must be talking about me to you guys behind my back, right? Is it bad things about me?”
“No, no, of course not.” Evita quickly waved her hands, “She just…..just…..It isn’t bad things about you, really! You have to believe me! Sir chairman is such a good person, how could Still say bad things about you?”
“Is this considered you giving me a large good guy card?” Xu Yi rubbed his nose in a depressed manner, “Forget it, it doesn’t matter what she said. You should focus on studying and finish researching this thing as soon as possible. According to my plan, I want to begin producing this product by the beginning of next month. Do you think you can finish researching it before then?”
“The beginning of next month? That is in half a month……” Akali tilted her head to think, “It should not be a problem. We only need a single week to finish the Magic Array for the Magic Harvester. This thing is this simple, I think we can finish it in a week.”
Evita also gave a slight nod, “I also feel it won’t be a problem.”
“That’s good, I can be assured then.” Xu Yi stood up again and looked around before asking, “That’s right, how have you been during this period of time? Are you lacking anything? If you need anything, just ask. If there is anything that is inconvenient talking to me about, you can also tell Still and have her solve it for you.”
“We’re not lacking anything, we’re doing quite well here.” Evita waved her hand. She looked out the window and asked Xu Yi, “Sir chairman, are you planning to leave? The rain is quite big right now, how about you wait here for a while? You can also solve some problems for us. We’ve encountered a few problems in the past few days, but it isn’t related to the Magic Array at all. It should be like you’ve said, it’s related to the machine itself and we don’t understand much about this. So if you can explain this to us, I think the results of our research will be much better.”
“That’s right, there are indeed many parts that feel very strange.” Akali also said, “For example, the Wild Wind Array on the Magic Harvester, why is it so small? This will also make the Wild Wind Array much weaker. Also, why did you request for the wild wind speed to not decrease? This is very hard to control, Wind Magic Array are unstable to begin with. Although the solution you used in the Revolving Wind Array of the Magic Fan was quite good, I feel like it could be changed like this……”
Seeing the two excited for knowledge, Xu Yi thought about it before nodding, “Alright, I’ll use this chance to explain a few fundamental problems I considered when I was designing the magic machines. That way when you are performing magic research in the future, you can consider these issues and it will make your research much easier.”
“First, I’ll tell you why it is called a magic machine. The magic inside of the so called magic machine is not the magic magicians use, but rather it refers to using magic as a driving force. To put it simply, it is using magic as an energy to create motion. The core of the magic machine is to use the magic created by the Magic Array as a driving force, so the Magic Array is the core power source of a magic machine. As for the machine, whether it is the Magic Fan or these machines, they can all be considered normal machines. The most important part of magic machines is combining the magic power source with the machine itself, allowing the magic to perfectly drive the machine and complete a set task. This point will rely on some mechanical knowledge. Let me start from the relatively simple Magic Fan……”
Chapter 46 Magic Harvester being released
Perhaps it had been suppressed for too long, but the rain either didn’t fall or it continued to rain for half a month before stopping.
When the weather finally cleared, the sun showed itself in its full glory, burning bright for an entire day. Everyone was stunned to find that the weather wasn’t as hot as before where it made people want to lay down all day.
After all, it was already the end of August and the final bit of summer.
There has been an excessive bit of rainwater in this period of time, so the wheat on the farms underwent a wild period of growth. After the weather had been clear for two days, all the green from the farms before had turned a golden yellow. Looking at it, with the golden waves rippling in the wind, it looked quite magnificent.
For a Sines Continent that didn’t have a developed production system, a world which couldn’t even guarantee that every person could be warm and fed, the harvest of each year was very important. No matter what country it was, everyone would put down everything on the important harvest day and focus completely on the harvest.
The Lampuri Kingdom was in the southwest of the Sines Continent, having two harvest seasons each year, with the fall harvest being the most important. So when the wheat fields matured, the entire kingdom became a scene of harvest and naturally Banta City was not an exception.
But this year, there were some places that weren’t the same as before.
To the west of Banta City, in a large piece of land that belonged to Viscount Leslie, because he had planted his crops a bit early, over half the field of wheat had already matured. It was now time to rush and harvest all of this.
According to traditions, Viscount Leslie would send out all the slaves under his name and even send all his guards to help with the harvest. There were many times when even children had to participate.
After all, the harvest completely depended on manpower. If a single extra person was sent, it would mean that the harvest would end a bit earlier.
Often times, everyone hoped that the sky wouldn’t suddenly be filled with a large rainstorm like before, otherwise that would mean that the year’s harvest would be over.
But it was different this year. Although Viscount Leslie did the same thing as last year, leading all the servants of the viscount manor to hold a sacrificial ceremony to the gods, he didn’t announce for all the slaves and servants to begin harvesting. After he cut the first ear of wheat for symbolic purposes, he directly moved to the side and adopted a look of watching the fun.
This filled the hearts of all the Banta City nobles on the side with wonder.
It was already very strange that Viscount Leslie would invite them all here to watch the sacrificial ceremony, but now that Viscount Leslie was like this…...Just what kind of tricks was Viscount Leslie up to?
While everyone was filled with doubt, there was suddenly a large sound from behind Viscount Leslie that instantly attracted everyone’s gaze.
In front of everyone, a strange machine being pushed by a large men came out from behind Viscount Leslie.
This machine looked very strange. There was a giant rectangular iron box in the front and the front of the box was open, revealing a line of iron plows that kept turning, looking very fierce.
There was a giant iron stand in the middle of the machine that was covered in iron, that was constantly releasing a sound from inside, as if there was something there that kept shaking.
At the bottom of the stand were two giant iron wheels that were half the size of a normal person. Looking at it, this wheel had clearly been specially made. Not only was the wheel as thick as half a child’s arm, there were also grooves on it that seemed like it would be used to stabilize the machine in the dirt.
But to many people, this was clearly unnecessary.
Based on the fact that the cart could easily dig into the dirt, this machine was at least several hundred pounds.
The end of the machine was quite simple, there were only two handles. It allowed the man to tightly hold them and control this machine as he wished, as he moved forward.
“Viscount Leslie, what is this thing for?” A noble standing beside Viscount Leslie couldn’t help asking him.
Viscount Leslie revealed a faint smile, “There’s no meaning in saying it, you’ll know if you just watch.”
Hearing this response, the nobles that wanted to know the answer could only helplessly focus back onto the machine itself.
That large man was carefully pushing the strange machine onto the fields. He turned back to look at Viscount Leslie and seeing him give a nod, he pulled out a white cloth to place over his mouth and nose before putting a cloth bag over the opening of the machine. Then he pushed down on the switch with his hand and the machine made a large sound as he slowly pushed towards the field.
The surrounding nobles were all shocked. This machine looked this fierce, if it charged over like this, wouldn’t it flatten the wheat that was so hard to grow?
Even if Viscount Leslie had a large territory, he could only grow this much wheat. To waste it like this, this definitely was something he shouldn’t do.
In front of everyone’s confused and shocked gazes, the front of this machine had already reached the first outer row of wheat.
The iron plows rotating at high speeds easily swallowed the grains and it disappeared into the machine.
Strange sounds came from the giant box and after a while, several nobles with sharp eyes found that something seemed to be spurting out of the opening of the machine. The empty cloth sacked was filled up a bit.
The machine continued to advance through the field and something kept being spurted out the opening in the back, causing the sack to fill up bit by bit.
When the large men went around the field twice, the cloth bag was already filled and the man stopped the machine.
Viscount Leslie waved his hand and two slaves came from behind him, changing out the cloth bag of the machine and putting in a new bag.
The large man continued to push the machine over the field to harvest the wheat while the two slaves brought the full cloth bag in front of Viscount Leslie.
Without waiting for Viscount Leslie’s agreement, some nobles on the side had already come over.
A noble looked down and called out in surprise. He reached out to grab a handful and he had grabbed a handful of small red wheat grains!
Seeing this scene, the other nobles couldn’t hold it in anymore and reached their hand in. There wasn’t a single person who didn’t grab a handful of wheat grains.
Seeing the wheat grains without any shells in their hands, the nobles simply didn’t dare believe their eyes.
“This…...How is it possible? It was clearly stalks of grain in the field, how could it suddenly turn into grains of wheat?” A noble said to himself in a confused voice.
“That’s right, how was this done? Viscount Leslie, you wouldn’t have already filled the bag with wheat grains to fool us, right?” Another noble clearly didn’t dare believe it.
Viscount Leslie was too lazy to explain it to them and pointed at the machine that was still harvesting in the field.
Everyone looked over and found that the bag that had just been changed had already been filled again.
The two slaves brought the bag over and in front of everyone’s gaze, they found that this bag was also filled with small grains of wheat.
If someone said that Viscount Leslie was fooling them, no one would believe it.
First, Viscount Leslie had no need to do this. Second, the nobles at least had some understanding of farming and naturally they could see that the wheat grains in the cloth bags had been newly harvested. It was impossible for Viscount Leslie to put in wheat that had been harvested before to fool them.
But…..Just how was this done?
Clearly the wheat had been growing in the field, but once the strange machine swallowed it, it turned into grains of wheat?
“I say…..Viscount Leslie, this wouldn’t be made with some kind of magic, right?” A noble couldn’t help asking.
Viscount Leslie laughed, “You’re not wrong, this really is a bit related to magic. But it’s wrong if you want to say that it was completely made with magic. Have you ever heard of such convenient magic?”
Everyone shook their heads.
“Alright, I’ll tell you all. This thing is called a Magic Harvester and it is used to harvest wheat. What about it? After you have seen it, what kind of thoughts do you have?” Viscount Leslie excitedly looked at everyone around him.
Everyone looked at each other before they looked back and gathered around Viscount Leslie with smiles, as one person asked, “Viscount Leslie, we’re all old friends. Tell me, do you have many of these machines? Can you lend me two to use?”
Hearing this person say this, the other nobles all reacted.
“That’s right, lend me one as well. It’s time to harvest the wheat on my territory. Your machine is this amazing, it is simply too easy to use!”
“That’s right, we’re all old friends, can you lend me some to use as well?”
“What is called borrow? You bunch of greedy fellows. Viscount Leslie, I don’t need to borrow. If you have many of these, directly give me a price and I’ll buy two of them.”
“That’s right, I can also buy them. With this thing, it’ll be much easier harvesting the wheat. Look at this speed, wouldn’t you be able to harvest a large patch in just an hour?”
“I think you won’t even need an hour. It has to be said, this thing is just too easy to use. Viscount Leslie, if you have extras, sell them all to me, I’ll buy as many as you have!”
“Baron Rover, you have such a small territory, what are you buying all those machines for? Then again, this machine is so amazing, I can tell there definitely aren’t many of them. Viscount Leslie, you have to sell to me first! Don’t forget, in the spring harvest last time, I lent you a hundred slaves to help.”
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Seeing the excited appearances of the surrounding nobles, Viscount Leslie laughed as he turned to point at a person behind him.
“It’s fine if you want to buy this machine, but you should look for him, not me. This machine of mine was bought from him.”
The nobles turned their heads in a stunned manner to see a smiling Xu Yi.
That smile, it was like a tiger that had been starved for three days suddenly being sent a large piece of meat to its mouth.