Chapter 169: Visiting the Factory

"That goes without saying; if you have need of it, we are willing to provide help in this regard. After all, not everyone can complete a patent quickly, and if you go through the Wisdom Church's channels... the speed will be very fast." Harriet took a business card out of his briefcase, "If you have needs in this area, you can contact me at any time; I am willing to provide help."

Taking the business card, Xiao Chen asked: "It seems you brought craftsmen to the grocery store to do business?"

"To procure some supplies. By the way, if there is a demand, can you do custom work?" Harriet also had a headache regarding the tools those craftsmen required; after all, not all tools could be procured and transported over from the Royal Capital.

"You can provide the blueprints, and we will see if we can manufacture them. Our steel mill also produces some tools, though they might not necessarily match the models from the Royal Capital."

"I know, I know. I'll go call those two craftsmen over right now." Harriet had intended to go out the door, only to see that the two craftsmen had already been introduced into the bookstore.

"Teacher Liu, it's good that you're here. They need this kind of tool, and we don't have it right now." Preschool looked troubled, "These guys need some things like a Milling Machine, and how could we possibly produce that? I told them they should have it transported from the Royal Capital, but they said the Royal Capital doesn't have any extras right now either."

"Shouldn't this kind of machinery be produced as much as possible?" Teacher Liu looked disbelieving.

"They say it's a requirement of their internal heritage; in short, it cannot be brought out. Every machine has a dedicated craftsman passing it down from generation to generation..." Preschool spread his hands, "Anyway, they only came to Tana City because they lacked tools. They originally thought the Wisdom Church would solve this problem, but they didn't expect it couldn't be solved at all."

To put it bluntly, this was an accident involving two novice craftsmen who hoped to overtake others on a curve, only to find they couldn't overtake at all.

Teacher Liu had no choice but to take the blueprints and look them over with a frown.

"Isn't this just the most basic Milling Machine? Logically speaking, Zhongshan Laoren and the others have already built one; after all, to manufacture their Engine, they also need this kind of Milling Machine. It's just that it's for our own use, and there's no way to sell it to these craftsmen." Teacher Liu continued, "The point is, it hasn't been patented yet."

"That's perfect, we'll just entrust the application." Preschool said to Harriet, "Principal, we have a matter we would like to entrust to you."

"You can just say it directly, as long as it's something I can help you with." Although he couldn't understand what those people were saying, Harriet felt this must be a very important matter.

Especially the expressions of those two craftsmen, which had already revealed something.

Preschool's Tana Language was not yet very fluent, so after thinking for a moment, he said: "We have the tools these two craftsmen need, but they might be different from the conventional tools in the Royal Capital. We need to apply for a patent, otherwise..."

"If the patent doesn't pass, can these two craftsmen not use them?" Harriet said with a frown.

"Yes, after all, they are craftsmen." Preschool knew that on the matter of patents, Harriet possessed some privileges.

For example, providing some convenience regarding time.

Hesitating for a moment, Harriet nodded. Now was exactly the time when people were needed; if these two craftsmen couldn't forge items due to a lack of tools, then why had he gone to such lengths to recruit them?

They could utilize their advantages to forge weapons, which was exactly the talent he needed.

Not to mention some Formations, which also required the nimble hands of craftsmen.

"No problem, but we must first confirm if the tools can be used normally. Rest assured, we will absolutely not infringe upon your rights." Harriet was a Bishop, after all; he had no need to fall out with the Xiahui People over such a matter.

Especially since the Xiahui People in Tana City were very important; all the major churches were actively vying for the help of the Xiahui People.

Hearing this, Preschool walked straight out of the shop and waved at a carriage.

There were always carriages parked on Store Street, and these drivers were well aware that these "businessmen" on Store Street would not be stingy with the fare.

Even if the starting fare for a carriage was 1 Side.

"Let's get in the carriage first and see if that Milling Machine meets the requirements. If it does, at worst we'll just let these craftsmen work in our factory; after all, we need to use that machine ourselves anyway." Since the other party had given a promise, Preschool didn't need to make things difficult for them; as long as the business could be facilitated, that was all that mattered.

Besides, if those two craftsmen could be kept, it would only be beneficial and not harmful to the players.

Chen Zhi, who was observing from the shadows, was very puzzled. He didn't understand when someone of Harriet's status had become so close to the players.

Even in front of Yezi, Harriet put on the air of a charlatan.

But in front of players like Teacher Liu, Harriet seemed much more humble.

Could it be a question of knowledge?

Watching Harriet follow the players to their factory, Chen Zhi was still keeping an eye on these players.

He had already realized the power of the Sun God Cult and did not want to experience the power of the Wisdom Church.

One had to know that his little players couldn't even log in recently.

And as for himself, every time he thought about his body that had undergone Purification, he would feel itchy all over.

Yes, just itchy, because that bit of pain was about the same as an itch to Chen Zhi.

At first, Chen Zhi would feel it was very painful when players were injured, but after it happened many times, Chen Zhi had become somewhat numb to it.

"This is your factory?" Stepping on the clean and tidy cement ground, Harriet was somewhat surprised by the capabilities of these Xiahui People.

If he remembered correctly, this factory had existed for a total of only about three months.

Although it didn't take much time to build an ordinary factory, the scale of this factory made Harriet feel very surprised.

The tens of thousands of square meters of the Nongzhuang seemed to have been planned out; there were places for storing timber and places for storing iron ore.

Besides that, there were furnaces for firing bricks and refining charcoal, blast furnaces for refining steel, and workshops for manufacturing tools.

The employee dormitories were also built in rows, planned in a very orderly fashion.

No wonder this place could accommodate quite a few refugees from Gannaer; after all, everything here seemed to have a template, planned with a bit too much order.

"It's still under expansion; our factory is still a bit too small. We are also preparing to lease the manor next door. That manor isn't suitable for growing crops, and the manor owner has already discussed it with us. As soon as this batch of crops is harvested, this manor will be... Mr. Andrew's." After thinking for a moment, Preschool used Andrew to represent these Xiahui People, "Although we are in charge of everything here, Mr. Andrew is the owner of the entire factory."

"His eye for things is indeed quite good." Harriet was somewhat envious of Andrew's luck; finding such a reliable group of workers was not easy.

It was no wonder these Xiahui People could operate such a factory, "Andrew must be a very capable Administrator; everything here is very orderly. No wonder he makes money on whatever he invests in."

"If Mr. Andrew heard you praising him like this, he would definitely be very happy." Tuorsuo said with a smile, "This is our production workshop; there are some young people inside learning how to manufacture Screws."

"Can young people just learn these things? You have craftsmen too?" Harriet said with some surprise.

"Not really, but as long as one is willing to study, it's definitely possible with these things. And we also have blacksmiths, they just haven't taken the exam to become a craftsman." Tuorsuo dismissed it; he didn't know how secretive the training of a craftsman was in the Federal.

For the Wisdom Church, although there were ways like patents to restrict the production of certain things, technology was the most important thing.

Without technology, even with a patent, one could not produce the desired items.

The two craftsmen followed Tuorsuo into the interior of the factory; everything here was very novel.

Some teenagers were casting Nails, and other young people were manufacturing Cutting Tools.

These were orders for Tana City; the Nails were used for building houses, and the Cutting Tools were orders from the War Church.

Inside, some young people were operating Machine Tools to perform simple tool production.

Although the players' technical level was still at a very elementary stage, the players had not fallen too far behind in terms of tools.

They were even more advanced than the tools of the Federal Craftsman Association.

Those players had realized that they first needed to have suitable tools before they could manufacture things like precision instruments.

Over the past three months, these players have gradually produced things from their own hands, starting from ironware, to steel, then to an axe, a screwdriver, and finally a manual lathe and a manual grinder.

Although these tools are backward and even crude, for the players, the sense of accomplishment is extraordinary.

Especially for those players who are inherently interested in industry.

Seeing someone arrive, You Sun put down the work in his hands and greeted Tuorsuo.

"Why are you here? Is there a problem with yesterday's order?" You Sun wiped his hands, walked over, and saw several strangers.

Those two craftsmen seemed to have just reacted, pointing and gesturing at the tools they were using.

"Not at all. This is Bishop Harriet of the Wisdom Church, and these two are craftsmen from the Royal Capital. They need a milling machine, so I took the liberty of letting them come into our factory to complete the order." Tuorsuo blinked at You Sun, "I heard they took on some special work, and I felt it was necessary..."

"Okay, I understand." You Sun did not know Harriet. In fact, most players have limited contact with NPCs. Players like You Sun usually do not go to the urban area of Tana City, so they do not get to see those bishops.

Although one can recognize these people from various PVs on the game forum and videos from other players, You Sun does not have a deep impression of them.

This is, of course, also because the Wisdom Church does not easily come into contact with commoners; even basic teaching for those Tana People is completed through those students.

People with status like Harriet do not casually come into contact with commoners.

Teacher Liu, who was on the side, heard the two craftsmen studying the lathe nearby and simply stepped up to demonstrate it.

Most of these tools are hand-cranked and very tiring, but the workpieces processed are perfectly fine.

At the very least, they are more regular and have stronger interchangeability than the parts handcrafted by those craftsmen.

It is just that because of the precision level, they either need polishing or have a short service life.

"This is too amazing."

"The tools in the Royal Capital aren't even this easy to use. No wonder they wanted to bring us here."

"My god, this is simply a manufacturing paradise."

In the players' factory, they saw many tools they had never seen before.

Heaven knows they originally only hoped to get a processing table that could be used for clamping workpieces, but they ended up seeing such advanced things.

These are even more suitable for processing than the old antiques in the hands of those old craftsmen.

Although they could not understand each other, it did not hinder Teacher Liu from communicating with these two craftsmen.

Thinking back to when she went to the countryside to provide support, she had also encountered many similar workers. Many of them could not speak Mandarin and did not even know many characters, requiring Teacher Liu to patiently teach them.

However, their earnestness did not lose to anyone.

This made Teacher Liu recall the days of her youth.

At the same time, she felt a heartfelt sympathy for these two craftsmen.

They were already craftsmen, people who were considered very glorious in the eyes of outsiders, yet they had never even seen these most basic tools.

One can only say that some places in the game are still not realistic enough and the development is not balanced enough.

"Like this, then like this, and then like this, and it's done." Teacher Liu's Tana Language is not standard, but it is enough to deal with these two craftsmen.

Just as Harriet and Tuorsuo were discussing orders, production issues, and the stay of these two craftsmen, these two craftsmen were already wishing they could take Teacher Liu as their master.

Looking at their sincere attitude, it was as if she were looking at those workers from the past.

This made Teacher Liu very gratified.

By the time Harriet reacted and realized he should discuss things with these two craftsmen, these two craftsmen were already dead set on staying here.

Merely because the tools here were more convenient and handy.

"Fine, you may stay, but you will need a workshop. I mean, you still need to maintain a certain level of independence when you are producing things related to Formations and Dharma Artifacts." Harriet was somewhat hesitant. Although these Xiahui People had not awakened and did not even possess the conditions for awakening, what if?

After all, this involves some Formations and secrets of the Wisdom Church. Of course, things that can be put outside to be produced are not considered complete secrets.

"There are plenty of rooms here, but we also need to use these machines regularly. You see..." Tuorsuo saw Harriet's hesitation and suggested, "They can take some key things to the workshop to do, but the processing work still has to be done in the factory here."

"No problem." Harriet made a concession.

He still felt that these Xiahui People could not understand such complex craftsmanship, even if their factory looked large and clean.

(End of chapter)