"Also, Lord Earl, you said earlier that you couldn't support more miners because of the lack of food, maybe Charya can solve this problem for you." After laying the groundwork for a long time, Harvey finally said the ultimate purpose of the trip.

"Oh? How to fix it? Camille's attention was still on the mechanical clock, and he said absent-mindedly.

"We can provide some of the food and mining tools to help you expand the mine."

"Really?" Camille was immediately interested.

"Of course." Harvey smiled: "Words may be false, but the full ears of wheat will not deceive, whether it is true or not, adults will soon know." As for mining tools, our lord is only interested in high-end alchemy products, and those miners' hoes and carts made from leftover materials are of little use to Charya, in this case, it is better to sell them to you at a low price, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds. ”

"It's the best of both worlds." Camille thought about it for a long time, and found that he had no loss at all in this transaction, and he also took a lot of advantage, although he had to reduce the price of ore a little because of this, but it was a surprise for him to be able to solve the food problem.

Food is always the biggest headache for all lords, and it is estimated that only the second generation of demons like Colin Vane, who is bent on magic, will be so generous.

The two parties briefly discussed the content of the transaction, and the specific details will be determined later at the time of the first transaction.

Soon Harvey left with a few retinues and returned the way he had come in a carriage.

He pulled the curtain and watched the bustle outside.

Because of the abundance of ore, the blacksmith shop in the Earl of Camille's domain was also very prosperous, and in addition to his own use, he was often able to sell iron tools to surrounding territories.

An apprentice who had been with Harvey for many years couldn't help but ask, "Master, why do we sell mining tools to Count Camille at a low price, as well as precious grain, they used to make us a lot of money." ”

"Not only is it a mining tool, but in the future, more and more goods will slowly flow into the Earl's domain."

"But...... Why? ”

"In order for them to concentrate on mining, there is no worries about mining...... Slowly, they will find out...... I'll have to mine forever. ”

The second half of Harvey's voice was already so soft that the apprentice couldn't hear it clearly.

He looked at the blacksmiths in the earldom, and thought of the serfs, and said to himself with a little joy: "There are so many people......

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Magical Federation.

The Albert Prize jury has been busy lately.

This organization, which is composed of seven high-level magicians, three high-ranking magicians, and one magister, plus the president Verne Silas himself serves as the honorary president, has always been regarded as the most authoritative academic review organization in the Western Continent and even in the entire human world.

The Albert Prize does not need to be applied for on its own, as long as it has contributed to magic and meets the selection criteria, it will automatically enter the nomination stage. Once a year, elemental theory, engineering, biology, magic, magic, and history, one place for each major, from three to five nominations.

Generally speaking, the nominees will try their best to express themselves before the actual award, such as going to various colleges to give lectures to deepen the impression of his paper.

Confident people can of course do nothing, especially those who have been famous for a long time or magicians who have already won several awards.

After all, the Albert Prize is awarded six times a year, and it is not uncommon for a group of top magicians to win multiple awards for one person, but some professional awards that are awarded once every few years may be more valued by professionals.

Of course, the Albert Award is, after all, the most influential and well-known award, and no one generally refuses.

But this is not uncommon.

Just last year, Felix's publication of "The Practical Application of the Water Elemental High-Energy Collapse Phenomenon in the Water System Spell Model" was nominated for that year, but the great magician with a maverick temperament was stunned and rejected.

Although this incident was shocking for a while, it was not too new, after all, Felix had already won the Albert Award three times, and with his status and fame, it didn't matter if he won one more time or not.

However, what no one expected was that in the second year, this situation, which had not been encountered for decades, was staged again.

Cohen Snape, a 22-year-old mid-level magician and professor at the Ilya School of Magic, also rejected a nomination for his paper on "reducing the cast time of water arrows by 10%".

Because it is also huge, and it is also easy to confirm, like Felix, he was nominated that year.

But this fledgling young magician actually made the same choice as Felix.

Rejection of the Albert Prize.

The reason is simple: Professor Cohen Snape believes that his paper is based on the proof of Laxiri's fourth conjecture and Felix's, and that neither of them has received the prize, so he has no choice but to refuse.

This reason is reasonable, but it is somewhat hypocritical.

For a while, the name of Cohen Snape began to circulate throughout the magic circle of the Western Continent, and most people thought that he was a bit of a bad guy. His Excellency Felix doesn't care much because he's already won an Albert Award, and he's qualified to refuse, but what are you, Cohen Snape, and don't you care?

Soon, however, the voices subsided.

Because a few days later, another piece of news came that Cohen Snape's other paper on the Burning Demon Pattern group could almost lock in the next Albert Award in advance.

It wasn't until this time that everyone realized.

This guy seems to be really qualified to refuse.

Felix doesn't care because he's already gotten it;

Cohen Snape, on the other hand, knows that there will be one more next year, so he doesn't care either, and at his age, he won't worry about all kinds of awards in the future.

This kind of light and light pretending to be X makes people hate and envy.

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Ilya Academy of Magic.

Principal's Office.

"Thank you, Lord Hans, for forgiving me for taking the bigger picture of the matter in mind." Colin picked up the black tea in front of him.

"How to forgive." Headmaster Hans smiled, "Mr. Snape's academic rigor and indifference to fame and fortune are worth learning from every one of our magicians. ”

Although the loss of an Albert Prize is certainly a loss for the Academy, on the one hand, it is a thesis completed by Snape independently, and the Academy has no right to interfere at all, and on the other hand, the previous thesis has already given the Academy a big advantage.

What's more, from a certain point of view, the topic effect of rejecting the Albert Award may be greater than winning the award twice.

(End of chapter)