In a manor house south of Carroll, the lights are brightly lit in a large shed that once served as a warehouse.

This is the property of the big merchant Cod, the shack and several houses around it used to be a warehouse, used to store the forage of the horse team and the goods of the temporary turnover, but since the beginning of spring this year, the warehouse has changed its role - the big merchant bought five magic carts in one go, formed a new convoy, the original horse-drawn wagons were cut by fifty percent at once, and the remaining carriages were also transferred to the hands of the merchants in the countryside, the reduction of the carriages led to a decrease in the amount of forage needed, and the old warehouses were transformed into new facilities- workshops and laboratories.

Dressed in a thin coat and meticulously combed with his hair, Cod walked into the shed, where the magic crystal lamps hanging from the roof of the shed glowed brightly, making the room as bright as day, and the wide space of the shed was divided into areas by chest-high low walls, and the newly purchased improvised machine tools were running happily in each area, the sound of metal parts crashing and the hum of magic mechanisms mixed together, mixed with the strange smell of lubricating grease - the great merchant passed through these sounds and smells, and made a straight way to the compartment at the end of the aisle.

Several young men in short robes were busy at the workbench, and when they saw Cord appear, they all turned around and saluted, and Cord quickly waved his hand: "Don't salute - just do your own thing." ”

A few young men returned to their old jobs, and Cord came to the workbench and watched the men go about their business.

These were all mage apprentices and rune craftsmen that he had recruited at a high price—apprentices and craftsmen were not expensive employees themselves, but they had studied at the academy run by the government hall and had obtained a magic technician certificate, which was enough to double their value.

It costs a lot of money to hire these people, but the role they play is totally worth it in the eyes of big businessmen.

On the workbench, a once complete magic guide device has been disassembled into a pile of parts, several rune substrates and a series of control, energy supply, and linkage mechanisms are neatly spread out, each part is labeled to mark their function, and on the side of the workbench, there are also a large number of manuscript papers and scrolls, which are full of dense calculations and records, ordinary people just look at it, I am afraid they will faint.

"Sir, we've completely disassembled the M-2 Universal Wizard Terminal and figured out what all the rune substrates do," a short-haired and messy young wizard technician said to Cord, "and now we're calculating the power and interference coefficient of the Icepick Substrate based on rune logic, and we think it's perfectly feasible to make a container that can hold food as long as the projection area is properly adjusted and a box with good heat retention......"

"Very good, very good," Cod nodded repeatedly, "is there any difficulty?" ”

Another young man spoke, "We need a more stable source of mana - the previous magic net units were all old goods that were acquired, and some of them have begun to deteriorate, which is really unusable. ”

"Don't worry, I've asked Parr to purchase a new magic net unit, this time it's no longer old goods, it's all brand new."

"That's fine."

The technicians returned to work, and Cod continued to stand at his workbench, watching them busble around a pile of runes, manuscript paper, and formulas.

He could only read a small part, but that didn't stop him from being immersed in it.

Since the winter, attempts to "advertise" Carroll specialties have been so successful that local businessmen have become champions of the magic industry and its by-products, and his new company, Cod, this spring, is his second attempt in this new era.

It looks like this attempt will be a success as well.

The emergence of the magic industry changed the way of production, and as a successful big businessman, Cod saw more than just a change in the way of production in the promotion of the magic industry. After purchasing the first magic car, after experiencing the power and efficiency of the magic car, he realized how useful this incredible thing could be—how unimaginable it was for an ordinary person, an ordinary person like him, to control an infinitely powerful machine by holding those levers?

For Cord, the biggest shock to him from the Lord's purchase of magic cars was not the strength of those cars, but the fact that magic could really belong to ordinary people.

He opened his mind and also saw a business opportunity in the price of the magic car.

Magic guide car, magic network communication, large mechanical ...... These things could not be copied and produced in his abilities, but what about the smaller ones? Simpler?

Officials in the government department did not prohibit him from doing this, but he could do it.

His method was so simple that it even seemed comical to a real magic technician - he bought a universal magic terminal from a store directly operated by the government department, then dismantled it, and used his extremely limited knowledge of runes to connect the scorching rune group, energy group, and a dented iron plate in it against the basic courses taught in the academy textbook, and then put a pot on the iron plate to cook a pot of half-cooked vegetable soup.

The vegetable soup was the most unpalatable thing he had ever eaten in his life, but the stupid shape of the "heating table" made him extremely proud.

He then registered the company Cod.

He couldn't rely on buying a magic terminal from the store and disassembling parts to produce his own product - that would only be a loss, so he went to all the departments of the government department and bought a rune press that was half-scrapped due to overproduction;

There were no technicians, so he went to the school and copied a full set of basic courses in rune logic and mechanics (at that time, there was still a shortage of printed books, and there was no way to buy textbooks in the school), and he took the literate young people in the family and the chamber of commerce to study for half a month, and repaired the scrapped machine tools;

He used his prestige and connections, and spent a fortune to hire a few young men with a magic technician's license—that's what he was looking for;

He bought a lot of magic devices, from Cecil Machine-Building and the Magic Technology Research Institute, from general-purpose magic terminals to agricultural pumps, machinery, and even expensive magic network communicators, but he disassembled them all into parts;

He built his own "new factory", built his own "laboratory", and even built a rudimentary little machine tool with his workers - driven by a obsolete piston magic engine, which could only be used to drill holes in metal plates, but it was already much more efficient than manual labor.

This is his "Cod Factory", but it is not the first factory he built, his first factory is actually a little further north, next to his mansion, but due to a rune out of control accident, most of the factory was burned down, and the nearby residents also panicked, so he had to transfer all the equipment and personnel here.

All this cost him nearly half of his fortune, and the wealth he had accumulated since his business was poured on these machines and workshops like water, and many people thought that he was crazy, that he was carried away by the dazzling illusions of the magic web, so that he had to do such a risky thing at his age......

Eventually, however, his first batch of magic heaters sold 2,000 units—a convenience that the slightly affluent upper class burghers could not refuse, not only because it was new and easy to use, but also because living away from firewood and smoke was a symbol of decency.

The principle of these "products" of Cord is actually very simple, just like the original stupid method, he buys a complex magic device, and then disassembles it to see what simple techniques can be mastered by himself, or he studies the courses taught in school to find ideas and methods.

At this stage, the magic technology is not so complicated, there are many basic principles that can be understood and controlled by ordinary people, and the civilian field is so blank that any kind of slightly more convenient invention has a huge use, and the first thing Kede has to do is to find the civilian "demand point".

His method is not complicated - it is to study the lives of nobles and transcendents, study the convenient and comfortable parts of their lives, and then look for ways to achieve them in magic technology.

The nobles and transcendents of this world have always lived a comfortable and convenient life, and the degree of convenience is beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

They have magical lighting, artificial temperature and humidity comfort, instant messaging, AI servants, and can enjoy any meal in any season......

As a big businessman who was born in a commoner and became rich by doing business, Cod not only knew the survival of the common people, but also saw the way of life of the upper class, and he gave full play to this advantage, which was equivalent to finding countless business opportunities-

Mages can heat food with magic flames, and he can create civilian heating tables; The mages were able to create a similar effect with rune substrates and ventilation ducts by constancing the seasons of spring in the mage's tower; The aristocracy could eat ice in the summer and eat fresh meat forever, so he had to make a cheap and convenient container so that it could also make ice cubes and preserve food......

The success of the company has also attracted the attention of others, and now, in Carroll and the surrounding area, many businessmen are also active, they are all preparing their own companies, and many acquaintances have come to Cod for experience, and people seem to have finally noticed this should be obvious:

Magic brings convenience to life, and whoever can bring convenience to life will be able to seize business opportunities.

A sound of voice came from the gate of the factory, and Cord looked up to see his eldest son, Parr, with a few workers, pushing a cart with a few workers - they were carefully guarding the contents of the cart, and what they were protecting was a large box packed of wooden slats and straw rope, on which the marks of Cecil's Rune Foundry could be seen.

The new Magic Net Unit Array was bought back – lab grade.

Cod hurried up to greet him, beckoning nearby workers to come and help unload the goods, but the eldest son, Parr, pulled him aside, and the young man who had just returned from the city center had a deliberate hint of incomprehension on his face: "Father, I have news for you......"

Cord glanced at his son, "What's the news?" ”

"Duke Cecil already knows about your company and what you're producing, guess what's going on?"

There was a sudden tension in Cod's heart.

What happened?

It was as if he suddenly realized that there was another risk to what he was doing, and that what he was touching and copying was the rights of the lord - although he was just tossing some simple "gadgets" in the "small realm" that the lord did not take care of, the act of disassembling the magic device produced by Cecil, building new machines, and hiring magic technicians was ...... Is it some kind of taboo?

Although the officials of the government department did not stop themselves before, although there did not seem to be a regulation in Cecil's law prohibiting such behavior, although the lord had been saying that he would strictly follow the law, he ...... After all, this involves the lord, and will the lord himself really obey those laws? Would he be annoyed by his audacity?

For a while, Cod thought about a lot of things, so much so that he forgot that the advertisements he placed on the magic web must have been approved by Cecil's Supreme Government Office in the first place, and Parr noticed his father's nervousness, and the young man suddenly laughed, and took out a piece of paper that was carefully rolled up by the quilt from his arms: "Father! Order of Commendation signed by the Duke of Cecil!! And you're about to be knighted!! ”

Cod was stunned for a moment, and froze in place for a moment.

It was two seconds before he snatched the commendation from Parr's hand, opened it with trembling hands, and read it carefully, word by word.

At the end of the commendation order is the order of canonization.

He looked at it over and over again, and finally noticed the smile on Parr's face.

"You guy, you dare to tease your father!"

"Oh father! Don't forget your chivalrous demeanor! ”