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"We'll know if we can experiment with it, but I think the second Rune Group is ready to be used." Chen Feng said, shrugging.
"Indeed, these four Rune can solve many problems on their own, so their combination isn't very meaningful," Tang San said after thinking for a moment.
Xiao Wu raised her hand and asked, "So, we're going to combine the Fire Elemental Rune with the other three Rune to create devices with different effects?"
"I have two solutions to this problem," Chen Feng, holding up two fingers.
"Huh? Two kinds?" The crowd was puzzled.
"Yes, I call the three types of Rune other than the Fire Elemental Rune Output Rune. The first option is what Xiao Wu said: use the Fire Elemental Rune and the Output Rune to form a two- Rune Group, and then repeatedly connect them to form Rune Ring. The device made in this way can absorb Fire Element Energy and then use this energy for forging and other work." Chen Feng said, retracting one finger.
"And what about the second one?" Dai Mubai asked curiously.
"The second approach is to separate Elemental Rune from Output Rune. Elemental Rune are used solely to create energy devices, while Output Rune are used to create specialized working equipment, connected by Soul Guidance Material. I call this Modular Design."
Tang San quickly understood the two options and asked, "Which option do you support more?"
"I prefer the second option. I think specialized equipment categorized by type is simpler and clearer. Also, separating the energy equipment not only makes planning easier, but it can also be expanded to increase energy absorption efficiency without affecting the working equipment. In addition, I can't be sure if there will be interference between different Rune, resulting in efficiency loss. Of course, this is just my logical thinking; we'll have to conduct experiments to determine the specifics," Chen Feng said, sharing his thoughts.
Xiao Wu scratched her head; she was already feeling a bit dizzy from listening.
Ning Rongrong thought for a moment and asked a crucial question, "Xiao Feng, where do you plan to start? Previous experiments could be conducted on a small scale and didn't consume many resources, but this kind of experiment is different. It requires not only land and people, but also minerals."
"Indeed, this is a problem. The experiment to finalize the plan can still be scaled up, but once the plan is finalized and put into production, there's no way to continue on a small scale. That's why I gathered you all here." Chen Feng nodded.
"Why don't we just do it on our Fief?" Ma Hongjun suggested.
Tang San stroked his chin and said, "That depends on whether there are large-scale mineral deposits on our Fief. If there are, that's fine; if not, it'll be difficult. It's best to build forging equipment around the mines. This is a much faster production speed than the old days when blacksmiths wielded their hammers."
Although he was a blacksmith, he gradually realized the power of industrialization during his conversations with Chen Feng. He roughly estimated that the Soul Power Engine from last time alone could increase the forging speed by several times or even more than ten times.
However, Tang San did not expect that his estimate was too conservative. When the industrial production line was actually started, the productivity of a single blacksmith would become negligible.
"Such a big place, there must be some minerals, right?" Ma Hongjun said, sitting on a stool and resting his chin on his hand.
"Don't get your hopes up too high. The new hospital was built by Grandpa Niu Gao and his team, and the funding came from Dad. Dad went there to check it out when it was being built, but he didn't find anything good," Ning Rongrong said, waving her hand.
"Uh, is it possible that Sect Master Ning has too high a standard?" Ma Hongjun raised an eyebrow.
"If it's ore, Dad wouldn't overlook it," Ning Rongrong dismissed the possibility.
"So, at least for now, no minerals have been found there. Should we get some professionals to expand the search area?" Oscar suggested.
"I can ask the Power Clan to go and take a look over there, but I can't guarantee they'll find anything," Tang San said.
"Let's leave the Fief for now. It would be best to choose a mining area with a high concentration of Fire Element." Chen Feng said, as he took out three chairs and had himself, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing sit down.
"Finding mining areas is actually easy to solve. The Douluo Continent is so vast, we can always find suitable places. The main problem is that these places are usually controlled by the state, which makes things a bit more difficult," Dai Mubai raised a new question.
Zhu Zhuqing glanced at Chen Feng and said, "If it's just Fief, it's not so bad, especially barren lands like the borderlands. But places rich in mineral resources are usually quite important, and acquiring them won't be easy."
Chen Feng nodded slightly. He knew that Zhu Zhuqing was right. Whether in feudal times or modern society, and regardless of whether industrialization has taken place, mineral resources are always very valuable.
Leaving aside precious metals like gold and silver, metals like copper and iron, which can be used for production and construction, are also quite valuable. After all, people always need to use metals to make production tools, such as knives, axes, sickles, and hoes.
Therefore, he had already had an idea.
"I plan to start a company."
"A company? What's that?" Xiao Wu asked, puzzled.
"Simply put, it's a special form of organization. It's an economic organization that makes a profit by providing goods or services, operates independently with a profit-making purpose, and you can think of it as something like a chamber of commerce," Chen Feng explained.
"Oh, oh." Xiao Wu nodded, seemingly understanding.
Ning Rongrong seemed to understand some of it. "Xiao Feng, you want to cooperate with the Heaven Dou Royal Family? They provide the minerals, you provide the technology, and then the profits are shared?"
"That's pretty much it, but in terms of profits, I'd prefer to divide it into many shares, like 100,000 shares, so that people involved in the company's development can hold different numbers of shares based on their respective contributions," Chen Feng said with a smile.
"Oh?" Ning Rongrong's eyes lit up. "That's a very novel way of allocating resources. Can the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect participate?"
"Of course, this requires a huge amount of capital, which is beyond the reach of most people."
Ning Rongrong smiled. She had heard her father, Ning Fengzhi, mention that Xiao Feng had a grand reform plan. Ning Fengzhi was willing to support this outstanding junior's plan, but he also realized that reform would bring risks, especially for a top power like the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect from the old era. For them, the best thing to do was to stay the same.
However, Ning Fengzhi was no ordinary person. Rather than following the old ways, he was more willing to seize the opportunity and let the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect ride the wave of the new era.
After all, this reform was initiated by his juniors, so Ning Fengzhi had a better chance than others. Therefore, he spared no effort in supporting Chen Feng's plan, just to help the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect obtain a valuable ticket.
Ning Rongrong relayed these words directly to Chen Feng Chen Feng didn't make many promises at the time, only saying that there would be an opportunity.
Now, Ning Rongrong knows that her opportunity has arrived.
"Can we... be of any help?" Oscar asked hesitantly. He felt that compared to the Heaven Dou Royal Family and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, he couldn't do much in this matter.
"Of course we can help." Chen Feng stood up, smiling at everyone. "As my partners, you were among the first to embrace my ideas. How could you not be of help? If the company is truly established, it will need manpower in every aspect."
Given the current level of education and cultural literacy in the Douluo Continent, it would be quite difficult to build a mature enterprise. The only way forward would be through gradual training and education, and the members of Hydra are the first batch of seeds.
It's not accurate to say it's just training and education, because Chen Feng didn't specialize in this in his previous life, so we probably also need to add exploration, and everyone grows and progresses together.
Everyone understood Chen Feng's meaning. While they were excited, they were also somewhat hesitant, unsure whether they could achieve what Chen Feng expected.
"I feel... I don't think I'm up to it," Xiao Wu said, scratching her head.
"Don't lose faith, Xiao Wu. Although I came up with the concept of a company, I'm not entirely sure how it should operate. We're all feeling our way across the river," Chen Feng encouraged.
"Hehe, it's mainly because I don't like to use my brain much." Xiao Wu smiled sheepishly.
"It doesn't necessarily require using your brain. A chamber of commerce has many positions, such as management, bookkeeping, and sales. Xiao Wu, you can find a position that suits you," Ning Rongrong said.
"That makes sense, thank you Rongrong," Xiao Wu said, suddenly realizing.
Seeing that no one had raised any further questions, Chen Feng spoke up, "Business matters need to be handled gradually. I brought this up mainly to give you some preparation. What I really want to talk about today is still Rune."
"Speaking of Rune, Xiao Feng, I've come up with your idea." Tang San took out three Metal Ball from the Jade Snow Ice, each with a metal Metal Ball attached.
Seeing the somewhat familiar shape, Chen Feng raised an eyebrow. "Is this the explosive device you made?"
"Yes, I didn't do too many. I used a few in the experiment, and these are the only ones left," Tang San said.
Xiao Wu took one from his hand and played with it, saying, "To be honest, I feel this thing is pretty weak."
The others nodded in agreement, clearly having witnessed the explosive effects of the device.
"It's not as good as my First Soul Skill," Ma Hongjun commented sharply.
Chen Feng took one, examined it for a moment, and asked, "How do I use this?"
"It's pretty simple, just tear off that metal ring and throw it away." Xiao Wu pointed to the ring on the Metal Ball.
"I'll give it a try." Chen Feng pulled off the metal ring and threw it towards the open woodland. The others didn't even react defensively, clearly not believing that the Metal Ball could affect them.
And that was indeed the case. The Metal Ball exploded in the woods, but only created a small crater in the ground, and the explosion itself was not very loud.
"What's the principle behind it?" Chen Feng asked Tang San, ignoring the power of the Metal Ball.
"It's the one you mentioned last time. I put the Lightning Yuan Stone powder into a small glass container. When the metal ring is torn off, the spring will pop out the metal plate it's attached to, shattering the glass container and squeezing the Lightning Yuan Stone powder onto another metal plate engraved with Rune," Tang San explained.
Chen Feng understood, "After the spring pops out, the two metal plates will stick together?"
"Yes, more accurately, it's squeezing."
"I see."
"How do you think we should increase its power?"
"Naturally, we should start with Rune. You're using a single Rune, right?"
"That's right, it seems I should replace it with Rune Group," Tang San said suddenly.
"Yes, and another thing is that the Lightning Yuan Stone powder could perhaps be replaced with Lightning Elemental Rune, which would optimize both the manufacturing process and stability," Chen Feng suggested.
"That makes sense. So, dismantling the Lightning Elemental Rune will be my next task. By the way, what were you trying to say earlier?" Tang San asked.
"What I want to talk about is the possibility of enhancing the Tool Spirit," Chen Feng said solemnly.
Ning Rongrong's eyes lit up, and Meng Yiran also looked expectant.
"How can we do that?" Ning Rongrong didn't ask if it was possible, but directly asked how to do it.
Because in her eyes, there was nothing Chen Feng couldn't do once he said it.
Chen Feng didn't keep him in suspense and said directly, "Of the three Output Rune I obtained, one of Rune is for Quenching. It can not only be used for metal Quenching, but according to my knowledge, it can also affect Martial Soul."
"So you think it can be used to enhance Tool Spirit?" Tang San asked.
"Yes."
"It sounds feasible. Are there any successful examples?" Tang San then asked.
"So far, there are only successful cases of Quenching Martial Soul with Fire Attribute, but I want to extend this success to other elements."
"But the Rune for the other elements haven't been deciphered yet," Tang San said with some helplessness.
"Yes, so we can try Fire Attribute Tool Spirit first," Chen Feng nodded and said.
He had been looking forward to this for a long time. Back then, he used the Foundation Building Method to create the glorious era of Biological Spirit. Now, it's time for Tool Spirit to catch up with the version.
"If it's Fire Attribute, Rongrong and I probably wouldn't be suitable as test subjects," Meng Yiran said somewhat hesitantly.
"Actually, even if your attributes match, you're not suitable to be the first batch of test subjects," Chen Feng said with a smile.
"Why?" Meng Yiran, somewhat puzzled.
"Is it because their Martial Soul are too outstanding, making it difficult to observe obvious experimental phenomena?" Oscar guessed beside her.
"You guessed right." Chen Feng gave Oscar a thumbs up. "Since we're designing an experiment, the experimental phenomena must be obvious enough. Therefore, the first batch of experimental subjects should ideally have low-quality Martial Soul, or even zero Soul Power."
"Zero Soul Power?" Ma Hongjun's eyes widened. "How can we conduct the experiment without Soul Power?"
"Indeed, from what I know, Rune need to be engraved on the body, and having zero Soul Power does present a challenge, but I've thought of another approach."
Chen Feng paused for a moment, then uttered four words.
External devices.