Chapter 406 Working Population
The fact that the Minister of Magic was thrown into the Atlantic Ocean was a joke, especially when accompanied by a newspaper photo. A group of wizard reporters who were following the migration of mermaids happened to be working on the beach that day, and they saw a wizard falling from the sky at high speed, and reached out to help while filming the process. The Minister of Magic was drenched with seaweed on his head, and his embarrassed appearance was recorded.
Qian Jing stuffed the newspaper to Feiqi and said, "She has always maintained the image of a strong woman, but this time she has suffered a major blow, especially since she will start running for the next Minister of Magic in half a year." Those who broke away from the faction are now clamoring that such people do not represent the image of wizards and are not eligible for re-election. β
"Let them make trouble, what does this have to do with me?" Feige glanced at the photo and the text underneath, and returned the newspaper to Qian Jing.
"It's still a bit related. The order for the toy wand was cancelled because of this incident, and a lawsuit is now underway for the compensation stipulated in the contract. They want to pay their debts, which is impossible. But don't worry, more orders will follow, and you're knocking on a market of three billion people. β
"Well, why is that? Has the Minister of Magic's down-and-out appearance spread far and wide, affecting three billion people?"
"Not really. It's just that what you did just hit the arrogance of the wizarding world that has become more and more arrogant recently. They are secretly influencing and interfering in our affairs, causing trouble and sabotage in some places, and trying to use this means to affect the pace of our development. Although you did it unintentionally, you did give us a breath, and you had a good reputation when you came home. In this way, the toy wand entered the list of innovative product promotion, becoming the only three toy products in it. β
"You just say how much production you need. β
"White Flag's analysis data, 100 to 2 million, every month, it is best to have a new product launched within half a year. If there are new products every six months, then a very good wave can be formed, and the sales will continue to be promoted and increased like a tide. Qian Jing said: "The factory in the fishing port city can be expanded, and some parts that do not have too much technical content can be outsourced to further reduce costs and improve quality." Let professional people do professional things, the essence of division of labor and cooperation is like this. The most important thing about a toy wand is the rune board, and the production pressure is all on you. β
"Knowing that, I will increase my production capacity as soon as possible. Feige then asked, "What kind of teleportation node you are talking about?"
"Oh, yes, this is it. Qian Jing handed over something like a seal, and then said: "The goods you want to send are packaged, affixed with a nameplate, and then use this to knock on it, and it can be transmittedβthis is like a postmark." When shipping, I will ship you some standard boxes and blank shipping nameplates, and you can just take them and use them. It's all recyclable and doesn't cost much. β
The raw materials sent from the earth will be automatically transferred to the loading and unloading area of the Toy Wand Workshop, so that Qian Jing will not need to make a trip every time. It's the same with Feige, he doesn't need to show up every time he makes a delivery. He did a simple calculation, if he could reach two million shipments per month, then the profit of the Toy Wand Factory would exceed the current annual income of the Empire. It's not that the Wand Factory is so big, it's that his empire is too small at the moment.
His empire did not have enough manpower to support the expansion of production. The mage has to give priority to the teaching of the magic school, then the Knights of Hell, and in third place are the working groups of various places. By the time it was the turn of the Royal Magic Workshop, there were only four magic users left. None of them were good students, and each of them had just mastered the simplest of magic and meditation. Unless they are able to strengthen their own learning and training, they can only stay in the magic craftsman, and it is difficult for them to become magicians.
Feige needs at least forty of these people to get the production to the level of two million. That meant that the next two years of the wizardry school graduates would be dragged to the workshop, which meant that the Hell Knights and the Working Group could not be strengthened, and his empire could not be expanded. If it can't be expanded, it will be difficult for the number of students enrolled in the magic school to increase on a large scale, and the chain reaction will become a chain trapped on Feige's body.
According to the original plan, after this year's graduation season, depending on the situation of the graduates, Feige will start a new round of expansion, trying to recover all the territories of the former Hoya noble United Kingdom. After the spring planting, each team received twice as many people, and they had to spend more than half a year training these people by hand. The newly trained people, after mastering the basic skills of daily work, will join the graduates of the magic school, which is the new working group.
"Okay, I'll find a way to solve the problem of processing capacity, and I won't miss this good opportunity. β
"It's great that you have this idea!"
Qian Jing walked away with a satisfied smile, leaving the problem to Feiqi. What to do with the gap in the number of mages? This is the first magic item workshop, and there is only one product at the moment. In the future, there will be more such workshops and more products, and if you wait for the magic school to accumulate at the current rate, then you must make a trade-off.
But as an ambitious adult, Feige didn't want to choose, he wanted them all! Because this matter had a lot to do with magicians, he went to a magic school and summoned Liz and Thunder White over. I wanted to get some advice from them, but I didn't expect the two of them to be in conflict.
Ever since Thunder White had taken two spell books from Feige, she had devoted herself to studying and researching. When she felt that she was not enough, she wanted to ask for someone from the magic school. The magicians who can devote themselves to research are now all teachers in the school, how could Liz let them go? Thunder White then set his sights on the new class of graduates, but the priority was to ensure that the school had enough teachers, which was Feige's request. The establishment of a study group was also a requirement of Feige.
So, both of them pointed the finger at Feiqi and asked him to say who was more preferred.
"I'm here to ask for someone, the Royal Magic Workshop needs more magic craftsmen, and I'm going to expand the production of toy wands. β
This time, Liz and Thunder White were not satisfied. One widened his eyes, twelve pupils staring at each other, and the other stood up with a slap on the table and said, "Are you saying that the toy wand is the most important?"
"Do you want to discuss things, or do you want to compare with each other, sit down!" Feige sighed, and then said, "Staring at the table won't solve the problem at all." β
"I knew I couldn't solve the problem, but the school couldn't afford it. "Teaching magic is much harder than teaching people to read and write, and it requires constant follow-up on the student's situation, often requiring one-on-one instruction," Liz said. Now all the teachers are so busy that they have basically reached their work limits. Not only can't teachers be transferred, but there is also no way to add more students. The previous plan prioritized securing schools and could gradually alleviate the current situation. If it changes, there is a high chance that something will go wrong. β
"I'm the only one in the research group, and this is definitely not going to work. Thunder Bai hugged his arms and began to play tricks: "Anyway, it just won't work!"
"Do you think it's possible for the church to support some people?" Thunder White asked, "Study your magic spells, some of them also involve magic runes, and there are still some commonalities in them. And bring in the pastors of the church, through whom they can consult the church's books. The Church has been training priests, paladins, and inquisitors, and they have developed a whole set of practices that can be used as a reference!"
"You're taking my job over, but you've made a small mistake. Liz said: "After being selected by the goddess of truth and wisdom as a race of gods, the Tibetan women also sent some people to study in the church, hoping that they can develop in the church and help their compatriots in the future." From their feedback, I can confidently say that the school of magic is more capable of teaching than the church. The materials and methods here are more efficient and practical β and of course more tiring, and require literacy as a foundation, which is slightly more demanding. β
"Ha, if the magic school doesn't need a priest, can't it be sent to the magic workshop? Anyway, they can also meditate and have mana, can't they also use the Xia Ni spirit engraving machine?"
Fei Qi calmed down and thought about it, and then had to admit that what Thunder White said made sense. The core of the Xia Ni Spirit Engraver is to use the skills of magic to make magic rune foil with the soul power of spirit coins. As for the "magic skills", many of them are also Fei Qi's borrowing of the magic skills of the goddess and integrated into the system of magicians. Even if the priest of the Temple of the Goddess does not learn magic runes, as long as he studies and figures it out, he can use these techniques. They also consume mana, which can also be recovered in a meditative way.
Technically, pastor is a viable option, but not politically. If you look at the problem from the perspective of the Emperor, the current relationship between the Revy Magic Empire and the Church of the Goddess is only superficially peaceful, and there is still a gap between mutual trust. In this case, Feige needs to maintain a sufficient advantage. He doesn't want the church to point fingers at him, because that would likely create friction and even conflict. At present, he has this advantage with his own combat power, and if the technology of the Xia Ni Engraving Machine is mastered by the church, relying on their (temporary) advantage in the number of priests, it may give them the illusion that "I can show my skills" and create friction.
If Fitch wiped out or swallowed the church, he didn't need to care about it. But after all, it is the church of the goddess of truth and thunder, and the goddess's kingdom is still guarding the borders, whether it is from the perspective of feelings or practical interests, the church is not Feiqi's goal. Thinking of this, he shook his head, not wanting the church to be involved.
"If I only teach the most recent techniques and don't care about the knowledge. Liz, how long do you think it will take to train a magician?"
"Teaching only the tricks will be problematic. Without the corresponding knowledge, the caster will develop fear, nervousness, and great unconfidence, which can easily lead to soul trauma. Rogers fainted because of his lack of knowledge to control him. Liz shook her head: "If you don't care about the consequences, as long as you are skillful, a month should be enough." β
Basic spellcasting techniques include adjusting breathing, concentrating, staying focused, and forming runic impressions with your mind. The skill of magic lies in sharpening the magic runes, forming the rune tracks, until finally having the magic matrix. The operation of the spirit engraving machine does not require a complete magic matrix, nor does it need to form the content of the rune foil with the mind, but only needs to communicate with the spirit engraving machine to form a few key runes, which can be connected into a launch control spell. If you only teach this and rely on a lot of practice, even if you know only a little about it, you will eventually be able to learn to draw a scoop with a gourd.
"It's very dangerous. If meditation can't keep up, the lack of knowledge and other skills will damage the mind and soul of such a caster, and risk turning him into a fool. Liz warned. "Who do you want to test on?"
"Fallen people. "There are people in hell who have sold their souls, and some of them deserve their sins, some are pitiful, some are pathetic," said Fei. I'd like to try to do this with them. β
Thunder White said: "I still don't understand, is the magic workshop important? The vice principal has already said that this method is dangerous, you use those people, isn't this an evil move?"
"Then let them follow the other demons to attack other worlds and satisfy their desire to burn and loot?" Feige said, "The magic workshop is indeed important, and the wealth it generates is all for the development of the empire, as well as for the construction of magic towers and the study of spells. Without the Magic Workshop, I wouldn't have the money to do these things. If I insist on doing it, I will have to extort or use the evil means of mind control to gather the wealth of the world. Thunder White, as long as it is necessary, I will do it. I don't have a choice. β
"If you use someone who has fallen to hell, then I agree. His Majesty the Emperor is right when he says that it is better to let them work than to let them kill people, and they can live longer. "But there's one thing, aren't these depraved people very dangerous? Besides, who has the manpower to teach them now? Not a single student can be placed!"
"I'll let the barbars and the little devils manage them, and I won't show mercy. "As for teaching them, there's a graduate who can be a teacher, and I don't have a single student at hand. Thunder White, can you take this task?"
"I'm going to teach the degenerates of hell and make them do dangerous jobs, are you sure you think so, Your Majesty?"
"Barb demons and little devils are also dangerous, and so are those who have fallen, so your spell ability and physical fitness are strong enough to reassure me a little. And Liz also said that the school really can't draw people. "I can teach, but it's hard for me to say, it's not going to be very good, at least not better than you," Feige said. Wouldn't it be nice that you could teach you how to do it and devise a way to reduce the risk of problems?"
Lei Tingbai thought about it carefully and asked, "Do you have any requirements?"
"Compress it to three weeks, preferably two weeks. Don't feel sorry for them, the kindness you show will be seen as weakness by them and bring you danger. In fact, the tougher you are, the more comfortable those people will be - the hellish class is used to having too many of these stinking problems. Feiqi said, "If you can complete this task, you can pick three of this year's batch of graduates of the magic school and join your research group." β
"Then I want the best three. Thunder Bai saw that Feige and Liz agreed, and then added: "Your Majesty, three weeks of craftsmen is too strict, I have a small request. I wanted to devise a follow-up method so that they could slowly eliminate the risks that come with quick success. Can you give them time to continue studying?"
"Yes. But I can only promise you to give them this method and explain the benefits. I don't care if they learn or not, and I suggest you leave it alone. Fitch pointed to his chest and said, "They are under the influence of hell and cannot be treated with common sense. β
"I see. I don't have a problem anymore. Thunder White looked at Feiqi's heart and said.