Chapter 757 Responsibility Contracting System

After receiving the news from Angus, Tang En immediately rushed to the Magic Energy Engineering Research Institute. At this moment, a group of people in the institute were gathered around, staring at a glass bottle in his hand.

Tang En, who arrived excitedly, pushed aside the crowd and asked, "How's it going?"

"Pretty good!"

Angus looked back at him, grinned, and shook the glass bottle in his hand. The light green liquid inside was swaying slightly: "After reading the detailed records, I tried to extract some."

"How difficult is it?"

"It's not very high. After a few failures, the success rate is very high."

After a pause, Angus continued: "I feel that if the formation is prepared in advance, an alchemy apprentice with a little training can basically make it. The success rate is still acceptable."

Tang En's eyes lit up: "What about the cost?"

"That's what comes next."

Angus chuckled and said: "Originally, according to the formula recorded by Hohenheim, the material cost of a bottle of plant growth catalyst liquid was about two gold coins. However, after reading the formula, I found that there was one reaction that I happened to use before. I have been there, and I also found an improved version of the optimized formula. If you use my improved formula, the cost can be saved to less than one gold coin."

"A gold coin?"

The price may not sound expensive, but don't forget that it's just for one bottle. Tang En frowned slightly: "How much area can one bottle of catalyst fluid cover?"

"It's hard to say, it involves a very complicated formula."

Angus spread his hands: "Although the usage amount and effect of this catalytic fluid are increasing, there is an effective threshold. If it is close to the threshold, it will be useless no matter how much it is sprinkled. According to Hohenheim's statistics, one After the bottle of catalytic liquid is diluted, it can catalyze... Well, if converted into Ellington units, it would be more than 2,300 square meters of farmland."

A bottle of catalytic fluid costs one gold coin, catalyzing more than 2,300 square meters. This cost is barely acceptable.

Although it takes a lot of gold coins to ripen a large number of plants, the food production has increased, and this is the most important thing.

Tang En raised his head and said, "I need detailed refining process."

"It's all here."

Angus dismissed the others, pointed to the table behind him and said, "I have brought all the materials and equipment needed to refine the catalytic liquid. This is a complete set of equipment."

After Tang En checked it, he asked Angus to personally refine a catalytic solution, and he recorded all the steps involved in material transformation and reaction, especially the steps of raw material processing and extraction. This is important for his next plan.

"...Then the last step is to fully mix the two molten liquids in the refining array and wait for natural cooling to complete."

Angus placed the glass bottle on the shelf next to it, which contained semi-finished catalytic liquid waiting to be cooled.

Tang En stared at the information he had recorded, his mind spinning rapidly.

"What's wrong? Do you have any questions?"

"No, I'm thinking about mass production."

Tang En knocked on the table, pointed to the raw materials in the notebook and said: "The cost of Ice Mist Grass and Weeping Blood Vine accounts for a large part of the cost. If we can hire people to plant them in large quantities, the cost can be further reduced."

Angus shook his head: "Both of these herbs have very strict requirements on the growing environment. We can only hire people to cultivate them in small quantities. It is difficult to grow them like vegetables."

"If the growing environment is harsh, we need to find ways to meet their requirements."

Tang En smiled brightly. When it comes to something, if the Chinese say second, who dares to say first?

"You mean...something like a big shed in the suburbs?"

Angus immediately understood and couldn't help but feel excited: "If you can use that kind of technology to achieve mass cultivation, you may have solved a huge problem."

"Believe me, it will be fine."

Tang En knocked on the table and said: "The problem of raw materials has been solved, then there is the problem of refining... I observed the amount of raw materials when watching you prepare the melt, but this is not enough. If you want to industrialize For mass production, we need more accurate values."

"Do you mean?"

"The active ingredients of the raw materials are extracted and quantified. If they are liquids, they are expressed by volume, and if they are solid powders, they are expressed by weight."

Tang En said decisively: "Only in this way can we ensure that we will succeed in every configuration process, and at the same time, the artificial soul can complete the refining work with incomparable accuracy."

"Quantification...it's a new concept."

In the past, alchemists basically improved their proficiency through repeated experiments when conducting experiments. However, without auxiliary tools, even highly proficient alchemists sometimes failed. Perhaps someone had once had the idea to develop it. A set of weights and measures auxiliary tools, but everything disappeared with the second Chaos Invasion War, the progress of civilization was knocked back to its original shape, and everything started to develop from scratch again.

"I think you'll need a thermometer, a graduated cylinder, a beaker, a graduated dropper, and a pipette."

"what is that?"

"that's it."

Tang En snapped his fingers, and all the crystal vessels he had prepared to facilitate his refining of medicine appeared on the table: "I think you will soon learn how to use them. Now your task is to conduct the experiment It is very important to further extract and purify the raw materials used in it, separate the active ingredients separately, prepare more, and then count the quantities required for refining."

There is no doubt about the importance of plant growth catalytic fluid to the development and progress of the entire society. This kind of magical thing will probably only appear in a magical world like Purandar. If it were on earth, it would probably take a few minutes after the news is made public. It can cause the grain futures market to collapse.

Angus surrendered helplessly: "Okay, okay, I owe you. Can it be done before tomorrow?"

"As soon as possible, I will design an automated production line based on the subsequent refining steps. After your data is confirmed, I will modify the artificial soul and go directly to initial production."

Although Ice Mist Grass and Weeping Blood Vine have not yet been cultivated and must be purchased in the market, the strategic significance of the plant growth catalyst liquid is too great. If it is put into production as soon as possible, it can bring more food in one day. Tang En can't wait.

When Tang En was about to leave, he suddenly asked: "By the way, let's not just talk about the plant growth catalyst liquid. Have you forgotten the business in Hohenheim?"

"of course not."

Angus straightened his face and said: "I have already begun to analyze the technology left by Hohenheim. Believe me, if you give me a while, I will be able to thoroughly understand the technology in the King's Power Cane. When the time comes, I want to repair it." It’s more certain.”

"Well, after the matter of the plant growth catalyst liquid is resolved, you can concentrate on solving this problem."

After Tang En finished speaking, he hurried back to the Lord's Mansion: "Fiona!"

"explain."

"I need you to buy some herbs in bulk."

"Herbs?"

Fiona stopped writing, raised her head and asked, "Are there not enough medicinal materials for refining the blood of the goddess?"

"It's not the blood of the goddess, it's the plant growth catalyst fluid."

Tang En shook his head, put a list in front of her and said, "This is the list of raw materials. Except for Ice Mist Grass and Weeping Blood Vine, which are slightly more expensive, other herbs are not too expensive. How many are on the market next?" Charge me whatever you want, as long as the price does not fluctuate by more than 30%, I will eat them all."

Fiona glanced at the list briefly and found that most of them were commonly used herbs, which were not expensive. After that, she nodded: "I understand. I'll let Owen take charge of this matter immediately."

Owen was the original owner of the Potion House in Fort Casparmi. He later moved to Ellington, and later joined the Datang Chamber of Commerce and became a member of the Datang Chamber of Commerce. Now he can be regarded as a veteran employee of Tang En. Compared with before, his status and income now are not much higher.

"Not only the acquisition, I also need a group of people to plant Ice Mist Grass and Weeping Blood Vine in the greenhouse."

Tang En reminded Fiona: "I have just studied the characteristics of these two medicinal herbs. It is completely possible to simulate their living environment in a greenhouse for large-scale planting. The consumption of these two medicinal herbs will be huge in the future. , so it is best to industrialize planting.”

“We don’t have that many people available.”

Fiona was helpless: "If it weren't for Justice's help, we might still be stuck on the bus project."

Tang En frowned and said decisively: "It is impossible for us to contract all products from beginning to end. Since our manpower is really overwhelmed, we will outsource these relatively low-profit projects to those who want to make money. Contracted by people.”

"contract?"

"Yes, we hire people to teach the technology, and then they contract it, and we purchase what they grow at the contract price."

Tang En explained: "Although it seems to have increased our production costs, if you think about it, this not only reduces our labor costs, but also effectively promotes market competition. When more people grow, raw materials Naturally, supply will exceed demand, and as only we have mastered the technology for large-scale production of plant growth catalytic liquid, they can only sell it to us, and they are not afraid of leaking the technology."

"Sounds very feasible."

Fiona immediately became interested after hearing Tang En's explanation. If Tang En said it true, then many similar projects can be subcontracted out through the contracting system. As long as the Datang Chamber of Commerce focuses on the most critical ones, The technology in the finished product step can ensure that one's position remains unshakable.

"Of course it's feasible, otherwise what do you think the industrial reform of the Illus Empire I'm promoting is for?"

Tang En spread his hands: "Ellington's population is a serious constraint on our development. We need to become a product output base, not a raw material production base. After splitting the production process, hand over the parts to others to complete. It just needs to be assembled at Ellington in the end.”

The ultimate goal of this economic form is to leave all production to others, and they are only responsible for setting product standards, so that they can get the majority of product profits.

Does this business model look familiar?