Chapter 502 Supply and demand is truth

Supply and demand is the truth!

This is why the black market exists.

For many years, Kaka lived on the largest black market in the empire [Treasure Island].

This is a small island located in the south, with only one strait to the land. Various practitioners living on the island live on the black market, such as merchants, looters, gamblers, tinkers, pharmacists, thieves and so on.

Everything that exists in the empire can be bought on Treasure Island. As long as the price can be paid, someone will put the goods on the shelves.

In fact, the empire has been cracking down on black markets everywhere. But [Treasure Island] is an overseas territory directly under the empire, which is under the direct management of the imperial capital, and is protected by the laws and legal principles of the empire. This is something that other black markets cannot do.

Because the tax brought by the transaction here is too much.

When taxes are low, the Empire overpowers the taxpayers.

When taxes are high, imperial policy favors the taxpayer.

When the tax payment exceeds the limit that the law can contain, the empire will unconditionally protect the taxpayer and become the most staunch backing of the taxpayer.

This is well known to the merchants of the empire.

Gallet Kaka was hired by a merchant to Booty Island as a tinkerer. It is not difficult to tell from the name that he is a goblin who does woodworking.

Due to the increasing number of transactions on Treasure Island and the continuous growth of talents in various industries, Gavel Kaka settled in Treasure Island.

He married a female thief and gave birth to his son Kuaijiao Kaka.

The female thief lived with the mallet for many years, until the child was named when she was eight years old. She committed an occupational disease and swept away all the family's property, and has never been heard from since.

Kuaizuo wandered the streets at a very young age. He quickly grew into a black market reseller, and later gave birth to a son with a female pharmacist who made generic drugs.

After growing up, little Kaka got her own name: Kuaishou Kaka.

The reason why Kaka got such a name is because Kaka has been dexterous in her hands and feet since she was a child, and she is especially good at delicate work.

In just a few days, he can repair a scrapped long-tail truck by himself, and he can transform a pile of scrap metal into a working heating stove, fishing bench and storage rack.

Kaka is very good at imitating and learning.

Such as some expensive mechanical items, such as mechanical pocket watches owned by nobles and rich people, multi-layered silver wine jugs, portable multifunctional belts, copper rod walnut chairs that can be lifted and rotated... These high-end and exquisite props made by the Invention Department, He can copy and repair.

In Booty Treasure Island, Kaka is known as the High Imitation Master.

Some goblin merchants began to secretly ask him to make some imitations, and add them to the expensive genuine products to confuse them and sell them.

Relying on craftsmanship, although Kaka is not rich, she is not hungry either.

The high imitation and renovation ability also brought him trouble.

He was asked to make some special imitations.

For example, drive a clockwork locomotive that will explode when it is driven, put a poisoned needle in the pocket watch, add some handcuffs and iron hoops that can be ejected in the swivel chair, and hide a wine jug with mercury...

This made Kaka shudder.

He is very clear that these things will affect some people, causing some people to disappear or die suddenly, and the follow-up will bring him endless troubles.

But employers are also very difficult to mess with, and it is difficult to refuse. The people who came forward were nominally local looters and thieves, but they were all just running errands, and behind them were big figures who held power and wealth.

Kaka felt very painful.

"Why does it have to be me? Other tinkerers and engineers can do this too."

This question made the employer laugh: "You are the best at imitating and renovating. Who is a good person in Treasure Island? You often do these jobs, don't you?"

Some also said: "Isn't high imitation just stealing other people's things? What you want is your craftsmanship. You'd better be sensible, accept the gold coins, and make things for me. It's good for us."

High imitation teacher, a title that used to represent the recognition of technology, has become a trouble for Kaka.

He finally understood.

The reason is not that other engineers cannot do it, but that in the eyes of everyone, the high imitation master is an evil goblin who steals technology and craftsmanship.

Evil imitators should do the dirty work.

The engineers in the invention department are the inventors who stand under the sun and do serious things.

Kaka has tried many times and wants to enter the invention department. He applied to start as an unpaid and overworked apprentice, and if he couldn't evaluate technical advancement, he accepted it.

But the technical officer in charge of the recruitment of the Invention Department told him: "You have to understand that the Invention Department cannot accept a person with serious misconduct. The Invention Department has created great and brilliant inventions for the empire. It is a respected temple and no one is allowed Defile the cause of the Holy Spirit here!"

"Go back to your treasure island, that's where you should be."

This hit Kaka hard.

Being born on Treasure Island is not his choice, but technology and inventions, is it true that those born in the Ministry of Invention are bright and righteous, and the technology on Treasure Island is dirty and indecent?

When Kaka was confused and distressed, his father quickly gave him a gift.

That's a little golden turtle.

In the Empire, this is an expensive and popular pet for goblins.

"Although this gift is a bit late...you need a little motivation and change, fast foot." The elderly father said: "Take it, remember that you will be responsible for its life, and you will find your own soon. direction."

Kaka raised this turtle named Little Dot. He hasn't thought about his future, but the outside world has turned upside down.

The emperor of the empire was exiled overseas, and the electors began to compete for the orthodox imperial capital in turn. The entire empire fell into uninterrupted war and turmoil.

Treasure Island can't stay out of it either.

The chaos ended with tax privileges, and troops of different numbers collected military expenses from the island, expressing that they would defend the island instead of the empire. They did not stand out for Treasure Island, but repeatedly levied taxes for various reasons and even went directly to the island to arrest people, causing many people on the island to leave and migrate one after another.

Kaka also took his father and [little one], and followed the merchants to the Resurrection Kingdom to avoid disaster.

The Kingdom of Resurrection is a young country, and the main ethnic group is the ancestors of bones.

Different from the empire, there are no old-fashioned aristocratic groups here, and there are no lords and armed forces from all over the place. As long as you work hard and produce output, you can get a unified payment from the kingdom.

Relying on her ability to learn and imitate, Kaka quickly adapted to the local area and was hired as a senior craftsman of the kingdom.

His main job is to design and test new skeleton creatures.

There are two common skeleton creatures in Resurrection Kingdom, one is bone horse, and the other is skeleton dog.

King Raymond asked: "We can't be limited to these two species. We must make full use of the advantages of bones, use bone horses and skeleton dogs, and transform and strengthen more types of skeletons. It is said in the oracle that diversity means stability."

Kaka also deeply agrees with this.

King Raymond was a tech-savvy national leader, and many of his policies were geared toward better production and manufacturing.

The Snake Empire has a small number of elites such as merchants and nobles as the main body of interest, while the main body of interest in the Resurrection Kingdom is the public craftsmen and farmers.

The entire Resurrection Kingdom is a huge machine with the country as the unit. Whether it is agriculture, animal husbandry or manufacturing, the country distributes materials and tools uniformly and recycles the output uniformly, so everyone takes it for granted.

Because the divine power of God Yao shines, and the apostle Maocao is on the side to supervise. King Raymond also set an example, with his strong personal charm and prestige, he made every effort to promote the progress of the main body of the country so as to protect the interests of every citizen.

During work, Kaka participated in the [Bone Cow] and [Bone Lizard] projects.

Although these two projects were eventually abandoned due to their poor practicability, they made him meet a like-minded friend Bucky.

Bucky was one of the kingdom's first bone mages.

Unlike most bone mages who tend to refine their spells, he pays special attention to the basics.

Without a foundation stone, there is no house.

Bucky always said: "We need more ghost beacons, more scholars, so that more people can accept and master knowledge, even the simplest knowledge. This must be done for the kingdom to complete Otherwise, farmers will always be farmers, and craftsmen will always be craftsmen. This rigid status, which is almost determined by birth, will make the kingdom unable to be full of vitality and creativity."

"We need the foundation of mathematics, language, writing and rhetoric, mining, smelting, casting, astrology, navigation... every kind of basic knowledge will meet on the way forward."

Buji went to the seminary in the world of the Yao nationality for three years, and after he came back, he became more firm in this view.

As an experienced engineer, Kaka recognized Bucky.

Many employers feel that the key to making a mechanical pocket watch is to have the most important design drawing. As long as there are blueprints, craftsmen can be found to restore them.

Not at all.

Drawings are indeed important, and the more accurate the drawings, the more useful they are.

But the craftsmanship of hand-polished parts is also important, and the final result will be much worse if the precision is poor.

Materials are also important. Taking copper as an example, the same parts made of brass, red copper, bronze and cupronickel will have huge differences in effect.

Each foundation is a stone brick, and many stone bricks can be piled up to form a flat and stable foundation.

Manufacturing is laying the foundation layer by layer, but in the eyes of laymen, it is accumulating and stacking plates one by one.

Bucky once asked Kaka: "What kind of tools do you think we need to develop more skeleton creatures?"

"It must be something that conforms to the usage habits of the ancestors of the bones, is easy to operate, and can have a lot of plasticity."

Kaka raised the bone in his hand: "I've always found it very strange, why can't bones be used as the core material to make a series of tools?"

"Since bones can be combined into skeleton dogs and bone horses, this is a material with strong possibilities. The Kingdom has rich experience in use and production. Why do you want to do the opposite and want to use wood and metal to create Replacement?"

"Compared to metal, the hardness of bone is too poor."

Bucky shook his head, and the upper and lower jaws of the skull opened and closed, making a sound without ups and downs: "Compared with wood, it is not flexible enough. Bone is a common raw material, but it cannot bear too much weight... And to make it active, the bigger it is, the more difficult it is. As you can see, skeleton dogs are easy to make, but bone horses are much more difficult, and bone cows often fall and disintegrate naturally.

"Then change the angle."

Kaka squeezed a piece of bone in his hand: "Bone is more flexible and lighter than metal, and much harder than wood. It can also be combined with each other, which naturally reduces a lot of processing procedures. Isn't it?"

makes sense.

Why not try using bone as the core material and supporting it with wood, stone and metal?

"this"

The more Kaka talked, the more he felt that it was feasible. He waved the bones in his hand: "It is not necessary to pursue skeleton creatures. Even if you just use bones to weave to construct a complete and extensible frame, you can fill it with various stuff, right?"

Bones are light enough to create all kinds of large-scale contraptions, such as vehicles, houses, ships, and even castles and fortresses.

Bucky was stunned for a moment, and then his body began to tremble: "You guy...you are right! Why didn't we expect that we have very good natural materials ourselves!"

The two hit it off and started testing their guesses.

After a lot of experiments and records, they came to an amazing conclusion.

The hardness of bones far exceeds that of wood, and the hardest skull is even more comparable to fine iron in terms of resistance to blows.

Bone hardness and flexibility of different populations are slightly different, and superhuman bones are far superior to ordinary bones in both aspects.

Inject blood elements into bone horses and skeleton dogs to further enhance the hardness and flexibility of bones. Blood elements will also make the bone structure more active.

When the [Mediation Army] officially entered the Twin Snake Empire to mediate the war, Kaka and Bucky sent the thick application "On the Feasibility, Necessity, and Decisive Impact on the Kingdom's Future of the "Bone Project"" to the king. Raymond's desk.

Kaka and Kaka waited anxiously.

One day, two days...they couldn't even settle down to read the newspaper.

After eleven full days, they received a reply from the king himself.

"I have read it. I have verified your conclusions. The kingdom approves your plan and will provide you with all necessary resources."

Kaka and Bucky were overjoyed.

They immediately began to form a research team, not only invited goblin engineers and inventors, but also invited scholars from the Yao nationality to participate.

However, a big event happened at this time.

The bone barnyard giant headed by the hero Siddhar made its official debut, killing all quarters on the battlefield of the Snake Empire, inspiring countless bone ancestors, and triggering a wave of gene sequencing.

Since the gene sequence allows a Bone Ancestor to have giant-like strength, is the Bone Project really necessary?

The Bone Project is like a sandcastle built with hard work by the sea. Facing the flexible giant evolved from the genetic sequence, it is almost full of flaws and defects.

Kaka and Bucky were hit head-on by the gene sequence and fell into self-doubt.

Does the Bone Project still exist?

Thanks: Colonel Pumpkin YH supports 500 starting coins.

(end of this chapter)