Chapter XXXVI Funding Issues
"Oh?" Mel blinked, as far as he knew, Annelot hated Joffrey, the eldest prince, how could she agree with him this time? Could it be that after an amnesia, Annelot's impression of Joffrey had changed?
"But what I call the threshold is not the same as the threshold in the mouth of His Highness Joffrey. Anne Lot continued.
"And I wonder what Miss Anne's threshold is?" Joffrey was in a good mood when he heard Anne Lot's approval of his idea. But when the Frost Maiden changed her mind, Joffrey frowned. Although he still covets Annelot's beauty now, he is far less fanatical than he was at the beginning. This woman turned out to be an attribute ability like his brother, and that alone was enough to make Joffrey hostile to Annelot, just as he was to Regner.
"I believe that the students we are looking for should not be considered in terms of their origins, but should be carefully evaluated for their abilities and talents. Only after making sure that they are truly capable of becoming a qualified mage will we put our hearts and souls into cultivating him. This is what I call the threshold. Anne Lot replied.
"So, Miss Annelot. Joffrey smiled and asked, "I wonder where your money comes from?"
"If you want to make money, even a low-level mage has the ability to obtain a considerable amount of wealth. Anne Lot voiced her thoughts: "I am also not in favor of letting the Empire pay for the daily expenses of the students anymore, and let them solve it all on their own." β
"But Miss Annie, you should also know that the so-called 'low-level mage' in your mouth must be at least level six to have the ability to collect money. What do you let those low-level apprentices who are less than level six do? This period is the period when they are the least profitable and the most expensive. Joffrey didn't let it go.
Anne Lott thought for a moment and replied, "As I said before, the academy recruits apprentices who are truly gifted and capable. If this premise is in place, it will only be a matter of two or three years for these students to reach the sixth level. β
"But the question is, what do you want them to do in the past two or three years?" asked Joffrey, "as you can see, even if you ask Master Andrew to take out another copper plate, he will think that you are cutting his flesh." β
"In two or three years, apprentices can take out loans to the Chamber of Commerce or do odd jobs at the Academy. If that's not enough......" Anne Lott said this, and even suddenly blushed slightly: "Then let Regner take care of it!"
"Ahh
"Why, don't you want to be responsible?" Anne Lott turned her head to stare at Regner.
"I'm willing to ......," Regner laughed, "but the problem is that I don't have the money......"
"That'......" Anne Lott thought for a moment, and then she remembered that as long as she played a little trick on this guy, he would do whatever she wanted.
Get your feet wet?
"Then I don't care!" said Anne Lot, stiffly, "Anyway, let you figure it out!"
"Okay...... Regna wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, and then reluctantly agreed. Since Lady Anne has said so, let's find a way! Anyway, there is a lot of information in the MIA, and if we make good use of this information, we may not be able to find any way to make money.
"I disagree with that. Joffrey couldn't help but feel a little jealous when he saw Annelot, who was known as the Frost Empress, acting pettily towards Regner. He spoke, "Lord Regner is the Chief of Military Intelligence. His own identity is extremely sensitive, and if he uses his position to seek benefits, I am afraid that he will end up with other people's tongues. β
"yes, girl, that's not a good idea. Mel also made a rare objection to Annelot.
"......" Anne Lott was silent, in fact, she knew that this method was too child's play.
But having lost most of her memory, Annelot barely remembered what she had thought about her previous plans for the Magic Academy. She had wanted to quit the dean, but one thing in her memory reminded her that she had to be the dean in order to help Regner.
Because of this memory, Anne Lot had no choice but to go through some of the documents she had written before, and then try to remember what she had planned to do before. But before she could think everything through, Mel had already begun to discuss the next step. That's why Anne Lott came over hard.
Actually, Anne Lot herself didn't understand, why did she have to help that guy? I don't care about what I thought about before, but from my own point of view now, isn't this guy just a nasty ghost who stalks him? Why?
Anne Lott couldn't think of it, but she just felt the need to do it. It doesn't seem to be the effect of memory, but an instinct...... Has it become a habit to help him?
Anne Lott couldn't figure out these questions, but instead her mind became more and more confused. That's why she just came up with such a rather naΓ―ve solution.
"Do you have any other solutions?" Mel asked in a low voice as she looked at Annelot.
Annelot's amnesia was not publicized, and Mel only made a brief report to Ralvin, telling him that Annelot's memory had been affected to a certain extent due to the poisoning, but not to a large extent, and it basically did not affect her daily life.
Mel also had a headache when he looked at Annelot's troubled appearance, and he also knew that from a long-term perspective, Annelot's proposal was undoubtedly more correct. But the problem is that now that the empire's finances are on the verge of collapse, what can be said about the long term if they can't even survive in the short term?
"I can make money on my own to supplement the expenses of the college. Anne Lott held back for a long time and only came up with such a solution. After all, these problems came too suddenly, and if she was prepared, Anne Lot would have been able to deal with them calmly, but she had lost this part of her memory. For her to come up with a way to make money enough to cover the expenses of the Academy of Magic in such a short period of time, if Anne Lot really has this ability, why should Andrew be the Chancellor of the Exchequer?
"Yes, it's a method, but it's not enough. Joffrey was a little aggressive at this point, which made Regner frown.
β......β
After another few minutes of silence, Regner looked at the three people present, and then couldn't help but sigh. Truth be told, Regner had been with Annelot for so long, and it seemed that this was the first time he had seen Annelot being forced into words to the point where she was speechless.
Regner didn't know how Annelot, who had always been unhurried, would react to this situation. So he kept silent, wanting to see what she would do. But now, Regner couldn't take it anymore.
"Everyone. Regna stood up: "I want to ask everyone in the room a question. β
"Don't sell it, stinky boy, just ask!" Mel's eyes widened, but the old guy was actually quite relieved to see Regnarken take the initiative to stand up.
"I wonder what His Majesty's original intention was when he established the Academy of Magic?" Regner asked with a reassuring look at Annelot.
"Naturally, it is to follow the example of the Stoke Empire and teach magic semi-openly in the form of an academy, so as to train more combat mages or theoretical magic researchers for the empire. Joffrey spoke.
"That's good. Regner nodded, he looked at Joffrey and asked, "Then did Your Majesty say that this academy must be for profit?"
"Naturally, no. Joffrey shook his head, and he continued, "But you have to understand that the Academy of Magic itself can't function without financial support. In other words, money is not our goal, but it is our necessity, and it is more important than the purpose in some way. β
"I understand that. Regner nodded: "Then in that case, it will be easy to do." Master Mel, boy has a solution here, I don't know if it's appropriate. β
"Whether it's suitable or not, you speak out first and listen to it. Mel looked at the twinkle in Regner's eyes and knew that the boy was holding back some bad water.
"As I asked before. Regner smiled and said, "When Your Majesty founded the Academy of Magic, the ultimate goal was to cultivate magical talents for the empire. From this point of view, there is no doubt that Anne's admissions policy is more in line with His Majesty's requirements. On the other hand, the question raised by His Royal Highness Joffrey regarding funding is also something that we have to consider. β
"So what? do you have a good solution?" Mel couldn't help but ask.
"My approach is simple. Regner smiled: "That's two methods, use them together!"
"Use together?!" Everyone was a little puzzled, what is the way to say this? Can you let those commoners and nobles enjoy the same living conditions? Even so, how should the fee system be formulated?
"Yes, together. Regner spread his hands: "You see, we have two academies of magic, one of them is in the east of Melindel and the other in the west. Since the two colleges are not next to each other, why use the same admissions system?"
"You mean to have one academy for the children of the nobility and another for gifted commoners?" Mel guessed Regner's intentions.
"That's it. Regner winked at Mel and nodded, "I don't think those noble young masters want to live with these commoners, right? The students of an academy are either rich or expensive, and everyone is a young master with a lot of money. The students of the other academy are all malleable talents in the field of magic, they may be from average backgrounds, but once they are given enough support, they will all become excellent mages. That's my train of thought. β
"But you still haven't solved the problem of funding that civilian academy. Joffrey sneered, pulling the question back away.
"The solution is simple. Regner looked at Joffrey with a conspiracy triumphant expression: "That part of the money, from the noble academy!"