The document in Tang En's hands was a report on the construction of the airship towers. Ever since the plan had been set, the first batch of airship towers under construction had already entered the final stages. Alinx and Ellington's towers had already been completed, and the necessary facilities had already begun to be built.
Many sensitive merchants had already sensed that the towers might be up to something big. They had already taken the initiative to apply to the surrounding shops, planning to take a gamble.
But now, there was still no news about the airships, which was the main operating force. Of course, Aurelia was anxious.
Tang En was quite surprised. "That's quite efficient."
"Of course. After Ellington and the City of Silver formed an alliance, the City of Silver has now released the restrictions on mages. Now, with a bit of effort and a bit of money, you can hire mages. It won't take much time to build these buildings."
Aurelia nodded slightly. This was perhaps the happiest thing for her in recent days. The alliance between the City of Silver and Ellington had inadvertently revealed to the outside world that the City of Silver was on the side of the Irus Empire. With the City of Silver's prestige and power, it was enough to deter many people with ill intentions.
What was even better was that after the restrictions on mages were lifted, many things that used to be troublesome became much simpler. For example, the construction of the aviation tower, which used to take tens of thousands of workers several months to complete, now only took a few days with the help of mages to complete the main construction work, and the subsequent details were much easier to deal with.
In addition, Tang En had a cooperative relationship with the mages of the City of Silver. Those mages were more than happy to help Princess Aurelia. This was related to their performance ratings. After the assessment, they could exchange for real benefits. How could they not be enthusiastic?
"The airships mainly depend on the efficiency of Gear City. It won't take long for us to build the main frame."
Tang En thought for a moment. "I can transfer some people to help over there. With the help of Haste, the first batch of airships should be completed soon, but …"
"What?"
"The most important thing isn't the airship, but the supporting personnel."
Tang En shrugged and said, "The operation of airships requires the support of complete laws and regulations. We need to set up a new air traffic control department to plan and manage the operation of airships. Secondly, we need professional flight attendants, who need to be trained from the beginning. Then, we have to deal with a series of issues related to the benefits of airships. It's very troublesome to manage and distribute these derived benefits."
"As for the airship's pilot and guards, that's not a problem."
There was no need to think about the Airship pilots. The first batch of pilots would definitely be dwarves. They were the only ones who could learn how to pilot the Airship in the shortest amount of time. The next batch of human pilots could be slowly trained later.
As for the guards, as long as there was a high salary and a guarantee of safety, there would definitely be people willing to be the guards on duty. They could even transfer some of the active military to form a corresponding guard team.
The benefits of airships were simply too great. The convenience and safety of air transportation would change the existing transportation environment. Although the cost of transportation would increase, due to the greatly improved safety, there would be no need to spend a lot of money to hire guards. This would save a lot of money, greatly increase the efficiency of transportation, and shorten the trade cycle. Overall, the cost of airships would decrease by a lot. It would definitely become the first choice of long-distance transportation for merchants, so they had to be fully prepared.
Aurelia helplessly said, "I think I'll leave the training to you. We don't have any experience in this area."
"Take it slow. I don't have time to train flight attendants."
Tang En spread his hands. "But there are a few suggestions that are very good. Uniform skirt, high heels, and black stockings. They're definitely good."
Aurelia glared at him. "You only know how to think about such nonsense all day!"
"What are you thinking about!"
Tang En cried out, "I'm giving my opinion very seriously. I'm trying to raise the charm of the flight attendants and attract passengers. At the same time, I'm also trying to create a job opportunity for those girls who have no future!"
"Tsk! Do you think I don't know what you're thinking? "
Aurelia spat. She was sure that Tang En was definitely thinking dirty thoughts.
"Right now, the private Mana Sedan has just been launched, and its popularity won't die down for a while. The airships can be put on hold for now. There's no need to be too anxious. Of course, the construction of the aviation towers in the other cities doesn't have to be stopped. They can continue to be built. When the aviation routes are planned, they can be put into operation directly."
Tang En pondered for a moment before saying, "Right now, we can organize a group of reliable people to receive training … How about this, you organize a group of people. These people will be the foundation of the aviation department in the future. I'll transfer a group of people from Kloto to give them preliminary training. At the very least, they have to understand the basics of airships. Other things aside, we need people to buy and sell tickets, right?"
"Okay, we'll do as you say."
Aurelia agreed very quickly this time.
"As for the private Mana Sedan, remind the traffic control department to pay attention to the punishment and education of those people. Try to further reduce the accident rate."
"What do you mean by 'reduce the accident rate'? I want to reduce the accident rate to zero!"
Tang En smiled and said, "Don't be too demanding for a zero accident rate. In the current environment, that's basically impossible. It's fine as long as we can reduce it as much as possible."
Even on Earth, where artificial intelligence technology was mature, and all cars were equipped with automatic vehicles to avoid passers-by, they could not completely eliminate traffic accidents. You could never stop people from courting death, let alone Prandal.
Unless there was a sudden technological explosion, a breakthrough in artificial intelligence technology, and every car was equipped with it, the accident rate would not be reduced much.
Fortunately, the people in Prandal were still honest. The poor knew that their lives were thinner than paper and would not get close to cars. The strong knew that they could not be killed and were not afraid of being hit …
Now, they were afraid that someone would have a flash of inspiration and give birth to a professional "pengci". It was really quite troublesome here without surveillance … Well, perhaps this worry was unnecessary because the nobles were not afraid of the commoners coming to pengci …
After returning to Ellington, Tang En immediately looked for Klotto and told him about the training. Klotto readily agreed to transfer a technical team from Gear City to Alinx for professional training.
The training of the flight attendants was now directly handed over to the etiquette experts of the royal family. They did not need to know anything else. They only needed to master the royal etiquette and let every passenger feel at home. It was enough for them to receive the highest treatment.
"My friend, your precious brain shouldn't be used in these places. It's too wasteful."
After arranging things, Klotto directly nagged at Tang En. "This kind of thing is simply a waste of your talent. If you have the time, why don't you come and take a look at the new armor we've developed …"
Tang En looked at Klotto's broom with interest. "New armor? What's there to see? "
"Of course there is. This new armor is different from the previous ones. It was developed according to your previous suggestion."
Klotto chuckled. "Are you coming?"
"Could it be —"
A light flashed in Tang En's mind, and his eyes lit up. "— I have to go!"
The excited Tang En followed Clotho to his exclusive research lab. Speaking of which, ever since the research environment of the Magical Energy Engineering Research Institute had been continuously upgraded, the perfect research environment, outstanding technical capabilities, and advanced equipment support had all made Clotho unusually obsessed.
Now Klotto was almost always here, and he did not go back to Gear City much.
As soon as he entered the research room, Tang En saw a simple set of half-covered armor placed in the middle of the room. It was an unfinished experimental product, about the height of a person. It was not even painted, and there were many gaps in the structure. But even so, Tang En could still see some knack for it from its overall appearance.
Tang En was very surprised. "This is magic kinetic armor!?"
"No, to be precise, it's just a semi-finished product. It can barely be called an experimental model."
Clotho corrected Tang En, walked to the front, bent his finger, and knocked on the surface of the armor. He said, "There are still a few problems that we haven't found the optimal solution to, but the performance of this experimental armor is already very good. I dare to swear that the day this thing is born, the whole of Prandal's war situation will be completely changed!"
Tang En touched the cold metal armor, and could not hold back the excitement in his heart. "What are the functions now?"
"First is the quick wear function."
Klotto opened a cover on the arm of the Magic kinetic armor and gently pressed it. Then Tang En saw the back of the armor open, and there was a space for the user inside. Because it was an experimental model, there was no comfort adjustment at all. The internal space looked very rough, and there was no need to think about how comfortable it would be to equip it.
"With the help of the alchemists under Miss Histisa, we asked them to develop a small artificial soul, which can easily control the switch of the armor. As long as you press the button on the sliding cover, you can quickly equip it."
After saying this, Klotto paused before saying, "But considering that there might be damage or mistakes in the future, the position of the button needs to be adjusted."
"Next is the output of the power."
Klotto pointed at the backpack like thing on the back of the Magic kinetic armor and said, "We tried our best, but we could only reach this point in terms of performance and size. Currently, the power output of this Magic Engine is limited. After testing, the power of a punch is equivalent to the power of a Silver Grade First Order Heaven's Revelation … …"
Silver Grade First Order? Although it didn't reach expectations, it was already very powerful!
"Other than this, there is also this very important function."
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