Magic Industrial Age.

Chapter 144: 142: Confusion (Added for volkerz)

19 Lombard Street, in the study.

Luo Yi flipped through the documents in his hand, without even looking up, and asked, "Is it because the Caroline family is running out of rails?
Douglas promised me that the quality and quantity would be guaranteed, and there would be absolutely no problem. How come such a problem occurred in such a short period of time? "

Maruna stood straight, but he smiled helplessly when he heard this, and said, "Master, let me say this, this matter really cannot be blamed on the Caroline family.

They have tried their best, but they are really helpless in the current situation. "

Luo Yi looked up and became interested: "Can you tell me more about it?"

"It's not that they produce too slowly, but that we work too fast..."

After Maruna explained it in detail, Luo Yi suddenly understood.

There were actually only two conditions that Roy put forward to seduce Douglas.

First, Loy paid for the purchase of the railway company shares, so he did not have to pay for it himself.

At that time, the shares will be transferred directly to Luo Yi, and he will also give him 2% of the shares.

In other words, Douglas could get original shares of the Northern Railway Company worth 10,000 gold teals just by talking.

Even he couldn't ignore such a huge fortune.

Of course, Douglas was a man who would not do anything without profit. After truly seeing the value of the shares, he actually paid for Gentile himself.

In other words, he is now one of the shareholders of the Northern Railway Company in name only, holding 6% of the shares.

Secondly, Loy promised to give the order for railroad tracks, the largest consumable material in railway construction, to the Caroline family.

This was something Roy had proposed, and it was what Douglas was most excited about.

There is no doubt that when building a railway, rails are the largest consumable material and also the most valuable.

Douglas has always wanted to get involved in this field. The main product of Caroline's family's cast iron factory is railroad tracks.

However, the Caroline family's cards were not strong enough, and Douglas was only a second-level magic mechanic, which was not enough in front of the real big businessmen.

As a result, the produced rails were actually sent to other large factories, where they were picked and selected. Only some of the good quality ones were kept, and the rest were returned.

In other words, the Caroline family's iron foundry was just a contract manufacturer, and was subject to all kinds of criticism and exploitation by the client.

Don't be fooled by Douglas Hill's smiling face, which always has an exaggerated smile on his face. In fact, he is extremely fed up with these clients.

It can even be said to be hatred!

Therefore, when Luo Yi proposed that he be the "Party A's father", even though he knew it was dangerous to get involved in the struggle between the nobles, he did it without hesitation.

However, although Roy was Miller's boss, he knew the importance of quality better than anyone else.

So, he and Douglas made it clear up front that any order would be given to him and the price would be the market price, and they would never ask for a lower price.

But one thing is that the quality cannot be bad!
Douglas Hill agreed readily at the time and assured him that there was absolutely no problem.

But now there is a problem. It’s not that there is a problem with the quality, but that the quantity cannot keep up.

But, as Maruna said, this matter really cannot be blamed on the Caroline family.

The truth is, the railway was built too quickly.

The workers at this stage are basically former farmers, and they still have the simplicity and diligence unique to farmers.

Luo Yi's Northern Railway Company really has no shortage of money, and the conditions it offers are really good. Not only does it stipulate working hours, it also puts a lot of effort into food, accommodation, and medical care.

The result is that a group of migrant workers found that life here was much better than at home.

Then, they repaid the favor in their own way, which was to just work hard!
In order to speed up the progress, Miller opened three locations and started work at all three locations.

In this way, the work efficiency soared, and the 360 kilometers of railway were continuously laid at a speed far exceeding the estimated speed.

As a result, there was a problem with the supply of rails!
The productivity of the Caroline family really couldn't keep up, and even with the help of the iron foundries in other surrounding cities, they still couldn't keep up.

This slowed down the construction of the railway.

Although Douglas cannot be blamed for this, it still falls on him to solve the problem.

Without much hesitation, Roy asked Maruna to prepare a carriage, and then took Mira and Gary to the Philante School of Magic.

In the Moonstone Mage Tower, Roy met Douglas, who obviously knew why Roy came.

Without waiting for Luo Yi to speak, he said, "I have already contacted the large iron foundry in the Ruhr area through the channels of the Mage Tower.

When the time comes, I will personally bring the dimensional bag and go through the Mage Tower to pick up the goods."

"I promise that the supply of rails will be restored in the shortest possible time. There will be no delay. Please make this clear to Baron Miller."

Douglas was also holding back his energy. It was his first time being the "client's dad". If he messed up, it would be a blow to his own reputation.

Therefore, he really used all the relationships he had built up over the years, not only to find sources of goods, but also to arrange for teleportation magic and dimensional bags.

This price is not low, but he knows it is necessary. Having said that, Luo Yi can't blame him, but he still said: "Douglas, I don't want to find fault with you.

I think it’s not a good idea to keep changing hands like this.”

"Our Northern Railway Company is the first stop this time and has gained a reputation. In the future, we will definitely take on more than one or two railway construction projects.

Are you sure it's not your own production capacity, but you're counting on outsiders for help?"

Since they were familiar with each other, Luo Yi was not so cautious when speaking. Douglas Hill smiled bitterly and said, "Of course I know, but upgrading the iron foundry is not as simple as you think.

That requires enough skilled workers and blacksmiths, otherwise the production capacity will not be able to keep up."

Luo Yi suddenly asked, "How is your blast furnace steelmaking going?

So far, there really hasn’t been any results at all?”

"Of course, it's not that there is no progress at all, but the most critical problem has not been solved."

"what?"

"Furnace temperature! Refining steel requires a furnace temperature that is high enough to completely melt the iron ore.

But, until now, I have not been able to find a feasible solution.”

Luo Yi became interested and asked, "Can you let me see it? I also want to see what experiments you have done after spending so much time and wasting so many materials!"

Douglas Hill hesitated a little, but finally said, "Then come with me."

As he said that, he led Luo Yi out of the living room, into the laboratory, and started to walk around.

Roy had been to Douglas' laboratory more than once. It was so messy inside that he couldn't even put his feet inside.

Moreover, the inside was filled with the smell of rust and engine oil. It didn't smell very good anyway.

However, with Douglas's active introduction, his research ideas on the topic of "blast furnace steelmaking", various experiments, and even experimental results were all presented to Roy one by one.

Then he discovered that Douglas had actually achieved some results.

If you want to melt gold and smelt iron, there are still ways in this world. Especially in magical materials, there are many additives that can increase the temperature.

Douglas tried and achieved some results. However, once he calculated the cost, he became depressed.

Magic materials have always been extremely expensive, especially before artificial breeding could be achieved on a large scale, and they were limited in number.

Its price is naturally high, and it is a bit reluctant to use it normally, let alone now.

If that magic material were really made into a commonly used auxiliary agent, Douglas felt that the steel he produced would be extremely expensive.

If the cost is high, it will naturally be uncompetitive, and there will be no need to talk about subsequent promotion.

Therefore, Douglas did not mention these immature plans to Roy.

Only now, when introducing it, I have said a few things.

This is also the current status of the development of magical machinery in this world, which is always limited by the influence of classical alchemy.

However, the more you look back, the weirder Luo Yi's expression becomes. He even keeps pacing and spinning around a machine. It seems like he has some idea that he is about to grasp, but always falls just a little short.

Douglas was dizzy by him and couldn't help asking, "Luo Yi, what are you doing around a universal power machine?
What's the matter? Just tell me directly."

Luo Yi suddenly caught up with the topic and asked, "What did you just say?"

"If you have anything to say, just tell me..."

"No, no, what about the previous sentence?"

"I mean, you're around a jack-of-all-trades..."

"Yes, yes, that's it!"

Roy finally looked up at Douglas and asked, "I noticed that all your designs require the universal power machine, but why?"

"Why do you want a universal power machine?"

“Isn’t that how it’s used???”

As soon as Douglas said this as a matter of course, he paused.

Luo Yi said: “In other words, what you are doing now is actually converting magic energy into kinetic energy, and then using kinetic energy to transform into high temperature.

In this way, you will always have to move to the next level.

But if we can directly transform the magic energy into high temperature, is there any way to deal with it?"

At this moment, Douglas' eyes lit up, like a lit torch.

　This chapter is an additional update for volkerz. Thank you for the reward of 3700 Qidian coins!

　　
　
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