"The first power stone has already been made?" Before he reached the table, Lu Kuan asked impatiently.

The two of them raised their heads in unison, and were about to salute, but Lu Kuan had already stopped the two with a wave of his hand: "Say it directly." ”

"It's done, but there's still room for compression in terms of cost." Will said directly, then looked at the wooden bird.

The wood bird didn't say anything, but Lu Kuan's gaze fell on a fist-sized red energy stone on the table, and asked, "How long does it take to make such a big blue energy stone?" ”

Wood Bird poured out this time: "If I cooperate with Will, I can make one piece in a day, and when I become proficient in the future, I should be able to make five pieces a day, and this technology is not advanced, how can there be fifty or sixty mages in Rune City who can make this, but it will take time to train them." ”

Hearing this, Lu Kuan probably thought about it in his heart, and he was a little sure that this speed was not slow, and it could even be said to be very fast.

Because in addition to the daily operation of the factory here, the energy stones are basically dormant at ordinary times, and they will wake up when necessary, to put it bluntly, the energy stones are not urgently needed now, but need to be hoarded as soon as possible.

Thinking of this, Lu Kuan looked up at the bald mage: "What about the cost?" ”

Wood Bird coughed and said in a light tone, "Twenty thousand gold coins are needed at the moment. ”

"Poof!"

Lu Kuan kept on being okay, and the number of 20,000 gold coins came out of the bald mage's mouth, directly making Lu Kuan spurt out a mouthful of old blood.

"What the hell!? That's it! Or blue!? ”

Lu Kuan clutched his chest, his eyes about to pop out.

A piece of 20,000 gold coins, then how much does it cost to form a high-level golem army in the future, does it start at five million?

Even if a power stone can fight for two weeks, it will be 10 million a month, and 100 million plus a year, not counting the cost of the bottomless pit of the gods, and the cost of making golems in the factory......

Lu Kuan felt a little dizzy.

Xiao Wei was scared in his heart, and although the bald wooden bird looked calm, he also lowered his head, knowing that this cost frightened the big lord of his family.

Don't look at the big lord usually spends a lot of money, but that must be spent, only a few core personnel in Rune City know that their big lord is a super iron rooster, no, it's an alloy rooster.

Meng Ge next to him turned his head when he heard this, and said angrily: "What are you doing, old deer, you are shocked, you are scared to death!" ”

"Ahem......"

Lu Kuancha noticed his gaffe and coughed awkwardly, but this pain in his flesh could not be relieved for a while.

The rest of the room couldn't help laughing, and said in their hearts that it was Mongo, and at this time he told the high lord to shut up.

"Don't worry, sir, there is still room for compression of this cost,"

Will felt: "The first attempt, no experience, a lot of materials are wasted, there are a few steps of the process is not necessary, we are trying to make the second piece, if it goes well, the cost should be controlled within 10,000 gold coins." ”

At this time, Lu Kuan had already calmed down, calculated an account in his heart, and was silent for a few seconds before he got up and smiled.

"It's okay, take your time, the R&D phase must be expensive, I understand this,"

Lu Kuan took a deep breath, and then asked, "How long will it take to produce a stable output, can you estimate it?" ”

"This ......"

Will scratched his head and looked at the wooden bird, and the bald mage lowered his head and pondered for a moment before saying, "Two more experiments will be about the same, because the methods are available in ancient books, we just need to be familiar with the actual process, but we need to further reduce the cost and even improve the quality of the power stone...... I can't guarantee it. ”

Now the two of them are only blue products, and the gods use dark red top-grade power stones, according to the preliminary estimate of the wood bird, the difference in the total energy of the two is at least 10 times, and the instantaneous output efficiency is at least 5 times different.

It's not a star, it's a qualitative difference! But this thing still can't be solved, who has a way to make Woodbird and Will's level jump directly to 60?

This is a question that needs to be carefully decided, whether to concentrate the funds and manpower to research the high-grade power stones, so that the actions of the gods have no worries, or to master the proficient blue power stone technology as soon as possible and start making ordinary golems?

Lu Kuan sat at the table, and the image in his field of vision changed to a detailed map of the flow of funds in Rune City for a while, a topographic map of the entire creeping jungle for a while, and then jumped back to the troop deployment map of Rune City.

Seeing that the Great Lord was deep in thought, the people in the room consciously quieted down and did not disturb Lu Kuan's thoughts.

Lu Kuan exhaled out of the system's clipboard and wrote and drew quickly, and for a while, only the rustle of the tip of the pen across the paper was left in Lu Kuan's ears, and the occasional sound of turning the pages of the book.

After more than ten minutes, Lu Kuanchang exhaled, threw away the pen and moved his wrist, and he already had a decision in his heart.

"Mongo, Rhône"

Lu Kuanchong beckoned to the side, and the little halfling immediately ran over, and the dwarf also turned around: "You guys listen together." ”

At this time, there were Will, Woodbird, Rona, Mongo and Celia in the room, as well as Menggo's two maids, Biler and Sileer, who all showed solemn expressions when they heard this, and their eyes were focused on Lu Kuan.

"I know you all have doubts now, now the military strength of Runeterone City is already very strong, there are powerful regular armies, there are elemental armies, etc.,"

Lu Kuan's arm rested on the back of the chair and looked at everyone: "As long as it develops step by step on the current basis, Rune City is not afraid of foreign invasion at all, but I have always insisted on throwing a lot of money into it, expanding the elemental pool, recruiting troops in various places, and the Golem Factory here......"

Everyone really thought so in their hearts, but in Rune City, everyone was absolutely convinced of Lu Kuan, and the orders of the Great Lord naturally had to be absolutely obeyed, so no one expressed their opinions on this basic policy.

Anyway, it's useless to say it, Lu Kuan will still be arbitrary, just like when he built a trade route.

Seeing the expressions of several people, Lu Kuan laughed.

"Because I always have a sense of crisis, the continent of the gods is not peaceful, dynasties rise and fall, how many heroic cities and even civilizations have been annihilated in the long river of time, not to mention, the demon invasion hundreds of years ago, the living beings are devastated, and there is no grass......"

"Except for humans, a short-lived species, all other races should have vivid memories of the scene at that time,"

Lu Kuan continued: "So I want everyone to remember that the first thing in Rune City is always trade, and only when trade is developed can there be good days; But trade is developed to make itself stronger, why should it be strong? Because you are strong, you don't have to worry about the end of your good days. ”

Lu Kuan said these words to everyone for the first time, and everyone listened thoughtfully, I have to say that with Lu Kuan day and night, everyone has subtly agreed with Lu Kuan's point of view, so now it sounds like he is saying what is in his heart.

"So I decided to give up the research and development of red gemstones and steadily promote the technical maturity of blue gemstones." Lu Kuan paused and said.