"Electricity..."

Upon hearing Yang Bolin's words, Ma Ning pointed to a set of power generation equipment not far away and said:

"Shopkeeper Ma, do you see that item over there?

It's called the Electric Array, the name might sound a bit awkward, but it's a characteristic magical artifact of our Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Race.

According to our habits, its technical name is a 2000-kilowatt generator set, and there are two of them in total.

Under normal circumstances.

The electricity output from one generator set is sufficient for the continuous operation of the antennal array.

This generator set requires an energy source called diesel, with about one liter of diesel producing approximately 3 kilowatt-hours of electricity.

To maintain one array's normal operation, it needs about ten thousand kilowatt-hours per Damo Day."

From a theoretical perspective.

The conceptual heat value of one liter of diesel is 1.3515, and that of one kilowatt-hour of electricity is 0.1229, dividing the two gives the theoretical electricity generation value.

Thus, theoretically, one liter of diesel can produce about ten kilowatt-hours of electricity.

If you search online, you will eventually reach the answer of 9.8 kilowatt-hours.

But in reality, this is incorrect, and the difference is significant.

Because diesel generators have something called conversion efficiency, also known as power loss.

Generally, the conversion efficiency of diesel generators is 30%-40%, so in reality, one liter of diesel can generate about 3.5-4.5 kilowatt-hours.

Sometimes, certain encyclopedias can be quite misleading, many niche pieces of knowledge are blatantly wrong, yet cannot be corrected.

Back to the topic at hand.

The main power consumption modules of the antenna equipment are the antenna body, the control console, and the air conditioning temperature.

Sometimes, the power consumption of the air conditioning even surpasses that of the main body.

Take, for example, the most famous local Qian Nan Celestial Eye.

Since the collapse of the Arecibo Radio Telescope, Qian Nan Celestial Eye is now one of the few remaining celestial eyes in the world, with quite a reputation.

It covers a total area of 250,000 square meters, with a diameter exceeding 500 meters, undertaking extremely important tasks.

Incidentally.

The entrance ticket for Qian Nan Celestial Eye is only 50, with a daily limit of 2000 visitors.

If given the chance, everyone can go take a look, it's much more interesting than the long-legged girls online.

During full load, the Qian Nan Celestial Eye consumes 0.83 kilowatt-hours per second, nearly thirty thousand kilowatt-hours a day.

About 60% of this is used for cooling.

When the Celestial Eye observed the Orion Nebula, the equipment temperature could reach nearly 200 degrees!

The antenna array prepared by the rabbits for the Yang Family covers an area of just over ten thousand square meters, about one twentieth of the Celestial Eye.

Plus, it mainly functions as a relay signal rather than observation, so its daily power consumption is only more than 700 kilowatt-hours.

The rest of the base station equipment's power consumption adds up to about 700 kilowatt-hours as well.

Of course.

The "daily" here refers to local time, so the values Ma Ning reported are cumulative values based on a Damo Day, that is, the local daily average x7.

"Ten thousand 'kilowatt-hours' of electricity per Damo Day... meaning it requires three thousand 'liters' of diesel?"

Yang Bolin stumbled a bit over the quantifiers, then asked:

"Shopkeeper Ma, I wonder how much a liter of diesel costs?

Or rather....

How many liters of diesel can one Spirit Stone purchase?"

Upon hearing this, Ma Ning's eyes flashed with a hint of brilliance, and a pure, sincere smile appeared on his lips:

"Shopkeeper Yang, to be honest with you.

Diesel is a very scarce resource, and even behind the Celestial Moon Mountain Range, the quantity isn't large.

Regarding the cost... well, let's not talk about it.

In short, if you need it, I'll give you a familiar discount.

One Spirit Stone... twenty liters!"

Ma Ning then paused and added:

"Shopkeeper Yang, I can assure you.

As long as the antennal array operates normally, you can use remote calling functionality as much as you like!

As many times as you want, for as long as you want!"

Yang Bolin's eyes shifted slightly as he calculated internally.

One Spirit Stone for twenty liters of diesel.

One Damo Day's oil consumption is about one hundred and fifty Spirit Stones.

Truth be told.

The price isn't cheap, it equals the monthly expenses of an average small city family, one and a half times over.

But accounting isn't just about looking at expenses.

Firstly, according to Ma Ning.

The daytime Damo Day energy can be supplied by solar panels, with only the nighttime Damo Day requiring electricity.

This means only half the days in a year need generator power, totaling around 4000 Spirit Stones annually.

4000 Spirit Stones.

Equates to using a Thousand-Mile Sound Transmission Talisman only four times.

Whereas the antennal array's normal operation provides unlimited usage opportunities...

Purple Treasure Pavilion has over seventy medium to large branches and nearly a hundred small branches throughout the southern region.

And even more traveling merchant teams and caravan companies, etc.

Yang Bolin has served as the Shopkeeper of Purple Treasure Pavilion for over thirty years, not knowing how many business opportunities have been missed due to the lack of first-hand information.

Some business deals aren't significant, so subordinates are reluctant to waste Sound Transmission Talismans.

For example, a city famous for a specific Spirit Plant is wiped out by a beast tide, causing that Spirit Plant to slightly rise in price in the short term.

There is indeed profit, but only a slight increase at best.

If handled properly, it could result in a few hundred to a thousand Spirit Stone profit.

Deducting for the Sound Transmission Talisman and labor costs, it may not be profitable, and could even lead to losses.

Thus, most subordinates would choose to ignore this information, giving up small earning chances.

Also, some branches without Sound Transmission Talismans completely miss out on the possibility of a significant .

In the past thirty years.

The former situation happened almost dozens of times annually, and with the increased frequency of beast tides in recent years, it's not uncommon to appear a hundred times in the vast southern region.

The latter situation is rare, but every time it's a significant opportunity.

On average.

Purple Treasure Pavilion missed at least ten thousand Spirit Stones worth of business opportunities yearly, and that's a conservative estimate.

Now, for just 4000 Spirit Stones, such a large portion of business could be captured...

Would Yang Bolin do justice to his position as the Chief Shopkeeper of Purple Treasure Pavilion if he didn't act on it?

More importantly...

Just like reselling happiness sticks, this communication device could also be traded!

Although Yang Bolin hasn't formulated a detailed plan yet.

In the past few days, a vague idea has started to form in his mind:

There are hundreds of merchant associations frequently coming and going or stationed in Ziqiong City, and these associations have one or two branches, more or less, in other towns.

What if he offered them the chance to communicate for 100 Spirit Stones each time?

Each association has different channels, completely capable of spotting some small but profitable business opportunities.

As long as forty people use it annually, the antennal array's costs could be completely offset!

With this thought, Yang Bolin had no other objections:

"No problem, Shopkeeper Ma.

Let's proceed with the trade as per your quoted price."

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