If you only need one "Stone Molding" service, it is indeed cheaper to ask the druid to cast a spell, if you need a hundred times of the same spell casting service, the druid will probably have to complain, because he does not have enough magic slots, and using a scroll or wand to cast this spell will inevitably lead to a sharp increase in the cost of casting!

In contrast, the mages of the Far Eastern Lighthouse can easily come up with a hundred "Stone Shaping Spells" - even a thousand are not a problem, and the spell slots are greatly dropped! The supply of spells is abundant, and the cost of service will of course become relatively low.

Why is it that an engineering mage can take out more 4-ring spell slots than a druid can provide 3-ring magic slots?

The root cause is that the druids are isolated spellcasters, and the mages of Beacon Hill are backed by the "Arcane Bank", and when they don't have enough spell slots of their own, they can apply for loans from the Arcane Bank to take out the idle spell slots stored in the bank.

As we all know, the shelf life of spell slots is very short, and they are automatically renewed overnight, and if a mage has a spell slot that cannot be used up on the same day, it is better to deposit it in the bank to eat interest than to wait for it to expire. This is how the massive number of spell slot deposits in the Arfa Bank come from, and in order to pay the interest to the depositors and make a profit, the Arfa Bank will of course have a strong incentive to lend out the spell slots in the inventory. Roland, as one of the lenders, and the government of Kolas, on behalf of him, were able to use the financial services provided by the Aoffa Bank to "concentrate the idle funds of society (spell bits) to do great things".

What counts as a "big deal"?

The construction of a 2,600-mile railway project is a typical "major event"!

Without the tens of thousands of spell slot loans provided by the Alfa Bank, how could there be enough spell casting services to solve the construction problem?

Without the support of sufficient magic, how could the government of Kolas complete such a huge project in a much more efficient way than on Earth with a mere 20,000 workers, rudimentary tools, and crude machinery, at a much lower level of productivity than Earth?

Having seen the construction on site with his own eyes, Roland understood why Matvey was confident that he would complete the construction of the Northern Railway within two years.

The power of magic is only superficial, and the perfect combination of magic and the financial services industry is the great force behind this miracle. On the other hand, if there is no "lighthouse bank" in the Far East and a relatively developed Austrian financial services industry, the Kolas government's transportation construction plan will be reduced to an unrealistic piece of paper.

Should the financial services industry be vigorously developed? This should not be a topic worth discussing, what is really worth pondering is how to develop the financial industry while remaining vigilant against it, so as to avoid the backlash caused by the vicious expansion of the financial industry. As the leader of the Central Bank of the Far East, it is Roland's unshirkable responsibility to develop the financial industry and supervise the financial industry, and it is his dereliction of duty to fail to do either of these two missions.

Also out of professional habits, Roland's thinking naturally expanded to the deep water area of "spell bit capitalization". Except for the Assanian Empire, which does not have much ground for the Arcane Bank to survive, most of the Arcane financial industries in the rest of the world today are developing rapidly, but the capitalization process of the Divine Position and other supernatural forces is relatively backward. Taking the "Magic Bank" as an example, only the "Peiluo Foundation" of the Yashan Empire can be regarded as a top financial institution, and its business style is too conservative to keep up with the trend of the times. In fact, there are far more magic casters in various countries than arcane spellcasters, and the magic bank is not as well developed as the arcane bank, which can only be attributed to the fact that the church leadership is too conservative in thinking and lacks modern financial concepts.

Roland did not want his Sindra church to repeat the mistakes of the past, and the central bank pushed the Sindra church to create a "magic bank of the Far Easterners' own" and incorporate it into the regulatory system, but it was not mature enough.

Roland's vision is not only limited to "arcane" and "magic", since arcane and magic can be connected with the financial industry, then niche spells such as psionic energy and mechanical magic can also be capitalized, transforming from "niche" to "popular". Since there is no one with insight in the world of Vares today who has come forward to try to do this, Roland, as a "time-traveler", should take on this historical mission when the time comes, just like the principle he has been adhering to for the past three years - to understand the world, and then to transform the world.

Roland spent three days on the railway site and was expected to return to Krasbourg on the morning of April 29, but before leaving that morning, he thought of something and had a small meeting with Matvey, Fawkes, and Sophie, and raised his concerns:

"Railway traffic is progressing smoothly, but at present, we have not established a communication system that matches the railway planning, and if this problem is not solved as soon as possible, even if the railway is repaired beautifully, it will be difficult to play its due role, and it will even evolve into a serious disaster area with frequent accidents!"

The three of them listened to his warning, and their expressions were different.

Matvey's brows furrowed and he pondered, it was obvious that the "father of the Far Eastern Railway" had long been worried about this issue, but because his current energy was all devoted to railway construction, he really had no time to meddle in the affairs of communication support.

Sister Sophie looked dazed, as if she didn't understand why Roland emphasized what "communication" on the railway construction site, this is the work of the postal department, what does it have to do with the railway?

"Fat Fox" Fox was also a little ignorant at first, but after all, he was a very smart person, and he quickly understood what Roland was worried about, and he was the first to break the silence after a few seconds.

"Your Highness Roland, Mr. Matvey, how is the current railway traffic in the Far East dispatched?"

"Entering and exiting the platform relies on whistles and flags, and the platforms that are far away rely on magic communication, and the purchase of 'advanced communication stones' is the largest expenditure of railway logistics, but this is not enough, we require the railway dispatcher to have the caster profession, and as a result, we will never be able to hire enough railway dispatchers!" Matvey's face was gloomy as if it was about to freeze.

"As expected......," Fawkes smiled bitterly, turned to Roland, and said, "Your Royal Highness, we all know that you are busy with official business, but you should really make a trip to Beacon Hill as soon as possible, and especially meet Master Andrei, my teacher, Mr. Anatoly, Master McManus, the chief master of the Spell School, and your old friend Master Kosygin, who may be able to get some useful advice from these masters on improving the way of railway communication and dispatch." ”

Roland was reminded by him that communication and discovery spells were mostly from the School of Shaping and Prophecy, while the spells related to logistics were mainly from the School of Spells and Change, and Beacon Mountain must have a deep technical background in these fields.