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The railways all over the country of Yu, the roaring machinery in the factory, the aircraft flying all over the sky, and the iron-clad ships cleaving the waves on the sea

Li Ang recovered from the endless reverie, and asked in a deep voice, How much is the cost?

Well

Su Feng rummaged on the table and picked up a piece of manuscript paper with round water stains on the bottom of the teacup, 600,000 guan, one set.

How many?!

Li Ang raised his voice subconsciously, Six hundred thousand?!

You must know that the living expenses of a family of three or four at the bottom of the Yu Kingdom are only one hundred yuan.

A consumption level of 200 Wen a day is considered well-off.

600,000 guan, enough for a well-off family to live for 8,000 years.

It's expensive.

Su Feng said with a cheerful smile: This should be the project with the highest research and development expenditure in the academy in the past two hundred years. The ship built by Dr. Gongyang Deming in Dengzhou is only 20,000 to 30,000 yuan, and I am his 30,000 boats. times.

High cost is not a good thing.

Li Ang couldn't laugh or cry at Su Feng's aggressiveness, and asked, Why is it so tall?

Consumables, labor.

Su Feng spread his hands and said: It's not without reason that the god evil cloud was eliminated by the monks, its effect is strong, the effect of a talisman is equivalent to a current talisman.

But the disadvantage of instability is too fatal.

Even if one wrong stroke or one ink dot is wrongly written in the scriptures, the monk himself and everything within a radius of ten feet may be blown up to the sky.

After it is written, it is also unstable, and may be triggered in advance due to changes in the external aura at any time.

In order to be able to engrave the gods and demons on the metal plate constantly,

Tantai Siye convened more than a dozen doctors of Talisman, repeatedly discussed the practice, drew blueprints,

Then, Cui Yixian, the master of swordsmanship, used his control power as a sword master in the Candle Heaven Realm to carve hollow-out clouds on the thick and thick gold plate, with the error of all strokes not exceeding one-tenth of a human hair.

For other parts, in order to be able to adapt to the impact of the aura of heaven and earth, high-grade materials are used as much as possible.

Even if it is not pure gold or mountain copper, it is still a high-quality metal that has been forged with great effort.

Adding up the odds and ends, the cost piled up to 600,000 guan.

After finishing speaking, Su Feng paused for a moment, and muttered in a low voice: Tsk, when I invented the clock back then, I only asked the mountain chief for a total of 2,000 guan, which is really a big loss.

Li Ang is still immersed in the figure of 600,000 guan. With such a high cost, let alone a school, the entire court of Yu Kingdom has to be mentally prepared to cut the meat if they want to produce one.

Can the cost be lowered?

Li Ang asked euphemistically: Six hundred thousand is really expensive, I'm afraid no one can afford it except the imperial court.

It's not just that no one can afford it. In Chang'an Ghost City,

6000 guan can make a professional assassin work hard, 60000 guan can make monk Xunyun take someone's life.

Yes, it is possible. If the metal material is greatly reduced, the parts are mass-produced by the workshop, and the Yunlu is carved by the talisman master of Xunyunjing, the cost can be reduced to about 50,000 guan.

Su Feng squinted his eyes, rubbed his chin, and calculated: The prototype machine with a cost of 600,000 coins has a service life of 50 years. As long as there is aura fluctuation, it can operate in even the harshest environment.

As for a mass-produced machine with a cost of 50,000 yuan, after about five years of operation, large-scale replacement of parts is required.

After ten years of operation, the most important Shensha Yunlu board will be broken directly. If it is not replaced, it may blow up at any time.

The cost of 50,000 guan, plus the daily cost of 50 guan talismans, is still within the tolerance of many merchants.

Li Ang himself comes from an ordinary family, and he is very familiar with the cost of private labor. The wages of a laborer at the Weizhou Wharf range from 100 to 150 yuan a day.

In the Suzhou textile workshops, experienced female textile workers were paid 180 to 250 Wen a day, not including meals.

Assuming that the working efficiency of the engine is equivalent to a hundred laborers, the final cost is calculated

Li Ang paused, The two are almost the same.

Well, the weight of the fifth-generation engine is still too heavy, and it is still a bit difficult to install it on the aircraft.

But it is more than enough to fit on the loom.

In places like Suzhou and Hangzhou where workshops are dense and labor salaries are high, there may be some merchants who buy it first and try it out.

Su Feng nodded and said: The textile machine technology in Xuegong is very mature, I plan to hand over this part to Ou Zhiyuan and the others.

My own project is the Risheng railway locomotive you mentioned earlier.

He paused, and said with a wry smile: Although Shan Chang's old man's knowledge of Neo Confucianism is not very good, his understanding of spiritual energy is really the best in the world.

When I reported the cost before, he just glanced at the drawings and said that it was impossible for the engine to be installed on the plane.

I had no choice but to redraw a blueprint of the locomotive according to your idea of ​​Risheng, and the old man felt that it was feasible, and finally agreed to approve the money.

Alas, in the next few months, there will be no time to rest.

Dr. Su, those who can do more work. If the railway locomotive can really be realized, it will come from all over the world.

Whether it is the movement of goods or the circulation of people, it is a hundred times and a thousand times more convenient than in the past. This is a great cause that truly benefits the country and the people, and its value is even higher than that of the Grand Canal.

Li Ang said sincerely that Su Feng is a real genius. The spiritual energy machine he invented has deviated from the foreign technology tree that Li Ang is familiar with, and entered an unknown field.

Hey, I hope.

Su Feng poured another cup of tea with a smile, and asked casually: By the way, there are two months left before the academic exchange will end. It's a pity that you have been in Suzhou and didn't participate much.

Do you want me to waive the homework of my course for you, so you don't need to make up?

Anyway, you can get full marks in the final exam.

Isn't that good?

Li Ang didn't know whether to laugh or cry, By the way, I read the notice at the gate of the academy, there is another competition today?

Well, the audition for the group arena.

Su Feng nodded and said, The opportunity to go to Zhanquan for further study is the first prize of this academic exchange. Even our academy hopes that students can go to Zhanquan to see it.

The scores of previous math, agronomy, and debate activities have come out,

What follows is all about comparing the cultivation levels of disciples from different countries.

That's it.

Li Ang thought for a while, according to the rules, the group arena will be divided into two levels,

One level for listening to the rain environment, one level for the cloud patrol environment,

Because of the protection of the ring, students can fight with all their strength, and the scene will be extraordinarily spectacular and beautiful.

How about going to have a look this afternoon?

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Outside Chang'an City, Haotian Taoist Temple, courtyard.

Cardinal Xinxiu was still drinking tea.

His palms are extremely steady, without any unnecessary movements, even if it is simply making and pouring tea, there is a strange and peaceful atmosphere, as if he is an inseparable part of the world.

Tread Tread.

The sound of footsteps from far to near,

Yu Feiyu and Shangguan Yangyao walked into the courtyard, and respectfully spread out a curled note on the table in front of Cardinal Xinxiu.

The cardinal.

Yu Feiyu nodded respectfully, This is the top-secret information sent back from Haotian Taoist Temple on the southern road of Yu Kingdom——

The medicine invented by Xue Gong Li Ang in Suzhou is suspected to be able to treat malaria.

Cardinal Xinxiu paused slightly, but in the next moment, he returned to his normal state, pouring tea calmly, I see.

Yu Feiyu opened his mouth slightly, subconsciously wanting to remind the importance of this news, but when he thought of the identity of the other party, he had to close his mouth, exchanged glances with Shangguan Yangyao, silently exited the courtyard, and came to the other side of Haotian Taoist Temple.

. Cardinal, what does this mean?

Shangguan Yang Yao couldn't help asking: Should we take action on behalf of Mount Taihao? That's malaria!

I know.

Yu Feiyu also frowned. Malaria is not only the number one disease that endangers Yu country, but also the disease that kills the most followers of Haotian in the world.

If the artesunate mentioned in the secret letter can really cure malaria, it will bring huge influence to the academy.

Just imagine, people from all over the world use all the medicines labeled as Xuegong, and they regard Xuegong as a benefactor who helps them escape from suffering. Where will Haotian and Taihao Mountain be placed?

Taihao Mountain can allow different forms of religion to spread in all countries in the world, because those religions first recognize the supremacy of Haotian,

Whether it is Buddha, sage, or prophet, they are all created by Haotian and follow the rules established by Haotian.

The academy is different, they also admit the existence of Haotian on the surface,

But the more people who advocate Confucianism, the more obvious the heresy in their bones.

They are curious, doubtful, and even question and explore the existence of Haotian.

This is unacceptable to Tai Haoshan.

And Li Ang is a representative figure of Neo Confucianism.

Yu Feiyu is a disciple of Cardinal Juyu, and Shangguan Yangyao is a disciple of Cardinal Sacrament.

As the top officials of Taihao Mountain, they can better understand what it means to treat tens of millions of people with medicine.

Yu Feiyu turned his head, as if he wanted to see the man at the other end of the Taoist temple through the bricks of the wall.

What is Cardinal Xinxiu thinking?