Karl Marx pointed out in his magnum opus Capital that the hallmark of the first industrial revolution was "making machines with machines", and the type of machines specifically used to "make machines" was "machine tools (machine tools, machine tools)".

However, in real industrial production activities, people will also find a common phenomenon - high-precision machine tools used to manufacture machines, which themselves may not be mass-produced in an industrial way. On Earth, people often rely on the manual skills of skilled craftsmen to solve this problem, and even in the 21st century, some of the delicate parts of space rockets still have to be polished by the hands of masters. In the world of Vares, faced with the same dilemma, the great value of magic comes to the fore, and the specific application process Matvey has just demonstrated in class.

What does this mean?

In Roland's view, this means that the caster will not only not be eliminated by industrial production, but will become increasingly important as industrialization progresses, and the caster's mission in the large industrial chain is to handle special materials and machine precision machine tools, which Matvey calls the spire of the "industrial pyramid".

Roland fully agrees with Matvey's assertion that magic is a subtle craft that is closely linked to individual talent. The fact that different mages cast the same spell is likely to have different effects makes it difficult to mass-produce and standardize magic in an industrialized way, but magic can and will provide a strong "first impetus" for industrial mass production! The essence of Mr. Matwi Wittgenstein's lecture is to make a rigorous and vivid argument of the above phenomenon, which provides a theoretical basis for the close integration and mutual promotion of magic and industry.

An hour of instruction is fleeting. The whistle sounded leisurely, announcing the recess.

Matvey, who strictly adhered to his own schedule, announced that he would temporarily suspend the class and continue with the next practical lesson after a 10-minute break.

After an hour of intense study, most of the students seemed a little tired, so they took advantage of the break to bask in the sun in the courtyard and get some fresh air.

Roland and Nikita also walked out of the classroom with the crowd and took a slow walk in the shade of the trees.

At this time, there was a sound of brisk footsteps behind him, and the mayor's daughter chased after him with a gust of incense.

"Your Royal Highness, Sister Nikita, what do you think of listening to Mr. Matvey's class?" Isabel asked with a smile.

"This old man is very serious in class, and it is said that he does not charge tuition, which is even more rare." Nikita said lightly. As for what Matvey said in class, she didn't comment on it, and in fact she wasn't very interested. Matvey's emphasis on how magic should serve industrial mass production is a sacrosanct tenet for the mechanic, but in the eyes of the mage, it's simply putting the cart before the horse.

"I really don't understand why you mechanics and mechanics and trick warlocks force noble magicians to bend down in the service of industrial production, are those factory owners and workers honorable masters, and spellcasters have become lowly handmaidens?" The more Nikita spoke, the more angry she became, and the concepts she had cultivated in the mage's family since she was a child were seriously offended, and she couldn't help but utter the wild words that were enshrined by the caster class: "Magic is everything, everything is for magic!" ”

Isabel was startled by Miss Mage's excitement and stuck out her tongue and didn't dare to say more.

Roland could understand why Nikita was overreacting. There is an irreconcilable deviation between the values of the mage and the warlock of the mechanism. Mages pay attention to the mystery of magic itself, as for what use this spell is for ordinary people, what benefits it can bring to the public, and whether it has commercial value, most mages do not pay much attention to it, and even think that it is vulgar to consider these things, while the mechanism warlock just pays more attention to the practical application of magic, to put it bluntly, this is the difference between the concept of theoretical researchers and engineers.

In order to ease the tension between Miss Mage and Miss Trap Warlock, Roland smiled and changed the subject.

"I thought that the industrial production of watches and clocks was still far away, but after listening to Mr. Matvey's lecture today, my mind changed and I felt that achieving this goal was just around the corner."

"Actually, that's what I'm inviting you to listen to." Isabel touched a nail in Nikita's place, but found resonance in Roland, and said excitedly: "Since His Royal Highness Roland intends to promote 'Xaar watches' as a trump card product to the national and even international markets, for this reason, it is necessary to transform the current workshop model of hand-made watchmaking into a clock factory with higher production capacity, in order to process clocks on the factory assembly line, a large number of technical problems need to be solved, especially the core of the clock - the balance spring system, which has very high requirements for precision, It is impossible to cut the parts that meet the standards by the existing machining methods, and to realize the industrialization of the 'balance spring system', it is necessary to use the power of magic to achieve the industrialization of the 'balance spring system', so we have to use the power of magic, and what the teacher teaches in the classroom today is precisely for His Royal Highness Roland to achieve the goal of industrialization of watches and clocks pointed out a feasible path! ”

"Very well said!" Roland couldn't help but applaud the foresight of the mayor's daughter, "Isabel, I originally only wanted to hire you as a technical advisor to the watch factory, but now it seems that your talent is not limited to the technical level, but also has unique insights into organizing production and managing the factory, if Mr. Ferdinando does not object, I would like to hire you as the chief designer and director of the Caron watch factory, and all the big and small things in the factory are up to you." ”

"Ahhh It's not a joke, is it? Isabel's eyes widened with excitement, and her pretty face flushed.

"Of course I mean it." Roland put away his smile.

"It's a little too ...... What a surprise! Isabel circled around the tree, "the biggest leader I've ever been in my life...... It's just the class leader in the class, you ask me to run a factory, can I do it? ”

"I give you power, and how you use this power depends on your own understanding." Roland smiled slightly, "I suggest you ask your father about this issue, Mr. Ferdinando has been the mayor of the town for so many years, and he must have a lot of management experience to pass on to his precious daughter." ”

"Yes, no matter what, I am also the daughter of my 'official fan' father, who has inherited a little bit of his character, and I can't help but get excited when I think of having the opportunity to be a factory director and manage hundreds of subordinates." Isabel smiled gratefully at Roland, "Thank you Your Royal Highness the Prince for giving me this opportunity, I'd be happy to try it, and if you mess up, don't blame me!" ”

Roland smiled and shook his head. It was he who chose Isabel, and even if he really messed up, he could only blame himself for not knowing anyone.