Quantum Leap - Vol. 6 Kingdom Building Garnering Wealth

C014 Putting Others Ahead Of Myself

He looked at the distillers' modification and discovered that it is more constructive and feasible than before. Guess he must have thought that as time progressed, subsequent changes and upgrades would be implemented to make things easier as time passed by.

The row of mixers had been set up and he was astonished that I could think of a way that would be most effective in terms of productivity. Next, he saw the blenders and was surprised when he saw the branding on it.

"Ah, this is an electrical blender and processor visualised from my real world. It is tough enough to blend the resins into powder form. If I used any other brand, it would not last long. This low-speed heavy-duty blender could even process small pebbles like the size of the fingernail on our pinkies. Any larger the blades would be conked out.

He looked at the setup and was amazed that it could be operated by a one or two-man operation. Next, we stepped back as I swiped the whole scene to the right and the image before we changed to the Blacksmithing and smelting processes.

A huge pile of weapon scraps were on the ground waiting to be smelted. Even if we processed everything to turn out as [Refined Iron] plates, we could smelt them down again to be [Purified Iron] and this time another low furnace would visualise just in front of behind the smelter.

I further explain that once we make steel, we need a foundry with a tilting smelting pot because of the proportions of iron ore, coal and limestone had not been figured by me yet.

The ratio of the materials have to be precise in order to make [Ordinary Steel 95%], [Refined Steel 97%] and [Purified Steel 99%].

I told Hiko-sama that I would not go to [Super Refined 99.5%] and [Extremely Refine 99.99%] because at this present moment, without the right tools, no one is able to differentiate it. Even for the current iron plates, one or two glances would not make a difference except to those Blacksmiths that could appraise between the 3 classifications of Iron.

Hiko sama nodded and I said let's begin to work and I counted that we have 40 moulding sets that could make 200 plates in one go. So once we hit 200, I would visualise another 40 moulding sets to make another 200.

I asked Hiko-sama to timed the whole process to make 200 plates and I began to put the smelting pot in the middle of the bed of coals before I pumped the bellows. I then placed a considerable amount of weapon scraps into the smelting pot and watched the contents slowly glowed red hot and began to melt.

Hiko-sama waited until the scraps had been Molten down before he took the dipper and helped to pour in the contents. Every 10 moulds he filled, he would go back to the first one and using the prodder, he would leave a deep impression Mark of the company's initials, the type of iron and its purity, in the centre of the [Refined Iron] plates.

I kept pumping the bellows and adding the scrap metal and once he had filled the last 200th mould, I visualise and created another 40 moulding sets. The bellows had been pumped regularly to control the heat and contents had been constantly been refilled with scraps and drained by the help of Hiko-sama.

We worked in silence and in perfect synchronisation until we hit the 400th plate.

"How much time did we spent in this process alone, Sensei? I asked while swiping torrents of sweat that poured from my forehead and my whole gi and part of my hakama was already drenched in perspiration.

"Just slightly over 2 hours, you want to go on? As what you said, strike while the iron is hot," he said as he too enjoyed the workout very much. 2 hours on the pocket watch would mean we had spent 6 hours already in the Realm of Mind.

"Just 200 more then we take a break already," I said as sweat was dripping profusely and Hiko-sama nodded as he wanted to make sure I do bit exert myself too much.

I pumped the bellows a few times before putting in more scraps and kept doing that until Hiko sama mentioned he got 10 more plates to fill and I stopped adding the scraps.

When he had left the impression stamp on the 600th plates with the prodder, he announced to stop and by that time I had already completely done with the pumping and there was some liquid iron in the smelting pot.

"That's it, Sensei. 600 plates are nothing much. We will knock these out from the would and stack on the wooden pallet for every 500 pieces. In case we have orders to be exported out by the business department, then we would be able to supply their demand. Bear in mind, these export moves by thousands of pieces. Let's go back, Sensei."

As soon as I said that, we soon logged off from our meditative state and returned to the real world.

"Fuyoooooo...! Exhausting but very rewarding piece of work. I didn't know that the pocket watch would be slow down as well back there! I had never perspired so much...! Hard work, extremely good rewards. 600 plates, wow... You just earned 3,000 good coins, little Sensei! "Hiko-sama laughed as he called me little Sensei and I pulled a smile despite being deflated since I worked the bellows for 9 hours in the Realm of Mind. Buts it's worth every drop of sweat.

"Sensei, use your charm to negotiate the terms with the export office in the business district. Any less than 2,000 pieces, it would be based on cash payment or a form of a cheque or endorsement for the treasury to direct the payment transfer from the export office of the business district to the savings account. They can't expect you to carry 10,000 gold coins at one time go and no one would be holding so much gold in their office, right?"

"A cheque or an endorsement payment slip would indicate a direct payment of any said amount of their funds right to the saving account by indicating the payee's name."

"Ah, OK. I got it. Yes, I agree with you. No one in the right mind would keep so much gold coins in their petty cash box. So as you said, any order of below 2,000 would be paid upfront, correct? So what if they ordered 2,001 pieces?"

"Remember the tax that had to be paid? It is 10% of the value, right? So they will pay 10% less than the actual amount which amounts to just 9,000 coins. Its no problem, the material we use is free so let them have it at 9,000 gold."

"Anything between 2,001 to 5,000, they need to pay us 40% upfront and the balance 50% should be paid 30 days from date of delivery. No problem, we have other products to support. So they will remember, that we are helping them to have credit from us which means the government owes us a favour."

"Brilliant idea kid... Simply brilliant." Hiko-sama praised at the way I foresee way right into the future.

"Remember everything has to be documented like how I did with Kayu-Sam before."

"Yes, yes... I fully understand, kid. I won't put us in a jeopardy and in a situation that we can't get out from. Don't worry, kid. I'd take care of it carefully." said Hiko-sama reassuringly to me.

"Alright, Sensei... You go ahead and shower first. I'm going to put these clothes aside. I think I could even wring my sweat out from these clothes. Hahahaha. I'm going to change into a yakata first and then take a shower before resting."

"Sure, kid. I hope Mesen would be able to fabricate the skeletal frame for Seiko Tumbler already." Hiko-sama shared his thoughts with me. I told him only by next week we can arrange to meet Mesen and his nephew for lunch to discuss the terms and conditions of the lifetime contract.

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I woke up in the morning with not a slight knot in the body or with any joint pains. Today, we would be expecting 3 batches if delivery and I would be getting to work once the items arrive since my little room only could accommodate at least 6 to 8 baskets in a single time, I néed to make several trips.

I stood up and went to the kitchenette to prepare breakfast and mid-morning tea break and before that, I washed my face first with the jasmine-scented soap and immediately felt super refreshed. I stood at the doorway and soon a messenger came and I stopped him.

"I need to send a message to the shop that sells the types of essential oils." and the messenger gave a note and I wrote that I need 5 barrels of coconut oil, 5 barrels of olive oil and send it to Hiko Seiko residence with the receipt and full amount would be paid.

Then I took another note and wrote to the shopkeeper to send 6 bags of 5 kilograms of lye to Hiko Seiko residences with the receipt and full payment would be done upon receiving.

I told him where the notes are to be sent and I took some coppers with me from my bedroom to pay for his services. "Here's 1 copper each for each note, and here are 3 coppers each for your kind help to send this faster to them. Thank you, kind sir." I said as I pressed the money in his hands. He thanked me and bowed his head and made his way to the marketplace to deliver the notes to them.

"Considered my tasks for this part is done. Now to wait for the deliveries and send them to the Realm of Mind." I said as I sat at the terrace while waiting for breakfast and tea to be ready.

"You're up early, kid. I heard you ordered the coconut, olive and lye already. You really worked fast, kid." remarked Hiko-sama as he came out of his bedroom with a tussle of his hair that had been loosed by his hairband. "Huaaahhh..." he yawns as he stretched his arms. "Yesterday was really hard work, so what's your plan for me today?"

"Let's work on the main 3 ingredients today because we need to make the main mix and then carefully separate it into 15 kilograms each for the mixer. As for the flowers, we can do it when it comes later."

"That's great kid, so now, you had prepared the food for the workers? What are they having today?" asked Hiko-sama as he took one of his towels to prepare for his bath.

"Since they had yam in the mid-morning and banana in the mid-afternoon, I made sweet corn for the morning and sweet potato for the afternoon. At least there's a variation for their breaks as lunch was a standard one."

"That's good, kid. You seem to put others ahead of yourself. That's pretty decent of you and I almost didn't believe that this comes from an 11-year-old person. Haaaa... I'm going for my shower now." Hiko-sama mentioned as he walked into the bathroom.

"I wonder how long more would Hiko-sama's complete their expedition, it has been 7 days since they left. Hope they are doing just fine. As for the business proposal, I hope I could garner their help and not depending on the export department as they had a very high tax!" I thought to myself as another idea struck me as businesses engaging in exports would definitely suffer in this manner.

I decided to inform Hiko-sama sama to raise the threshold for the minimum order quantity to 5,000 pieces for the [Refined Iron] plates.

I went to my bedroom and counted the gold coins. I have a main balance of 720 gold coins not to mention bundles of silvers and coppers since I had an injection of 540 gold coins from the blacksmith last night and 200 balances from the 1st transaction.

The gold coins flowed like water the same way cash travels in my world. At least one thing for sure is that the iron plates that were manufactured was free! I decided to store the remaining in the savings account after today'66s purchases.