The subject is not very difficult, but it doesn't seem to be much different from the first task in the tower that Duke received, it is all about the role of spiritual materials in the structure of the spell model.

So after receiving the assignment, Duke asked Mulali to recruit a spiritual apprentice.

"Only five spiritual apprentices are enough."

"Yes, sir."

In this research group, Duke didn't plan to get too many people, and he could barely maintain the group's normal experiments.

If it weren't for the fact that he was learning the knowledge in the field of card making, he would have just gone out and done it alone.

A good study of communication technology and film and television technology is enough for him to gain fame and fortune, and it is more than enough to build his own mage tower.

Drink tea.

Look at the newspapers.

In the past few days, the local newspapers have reported on the invasion of the insect tide, and the death of three arcane mages at one time is a huge blow to Shenjiao City.

The Cuihai Valley Exploration War also suffered heavy losses, and the appearance of the Black Jade Horseshoe Crab Dragon directly caused all the fifteen safe camps to evacuate.

Before the hunting of the Black Jade Horseshoe Crab Dragon, no arcane mage dared to camp in a safe camp.

The mercenary groups also retreated to Snake Head Town, not daring to go to Cuihai Valley to hunt without permission, without the protection of the arcane mage, the mercenaries went to Cuihai Valley to deliver food to high-level spirit beasts.

"The invasion of insect tides is not all bad things, for this city, the black jade horseshoe crab dragon relied on the pressure of the bloodline to gather a large number of spirit insects in the surrounding area and drive them to death. It is equivalent to clearing the threats around the city in advance and obtaining a large amount of arable land. ”

Newspaper commentators always have a new interpretation of the insect influx.

Duke disagrees: "It's not difficult to hunt spirit beasts, but the reason why Shenjiao City doesn't expand outward is that the population can't keep up. ”

Heijiao River is equivalent to the area of a province, but the population is only the size of a city.

It can't be developed at all.

In the final analysis, the expansion of the Seven Towers Federation over the years has been too ferocious, although it is said that it has entered the industrial age of rapid development, but the abolition of the aristocratic exploitation system is still short, the life of the people at the bottom has not been improved for a long time, and the baby boom outbreak is not enough.

The Federation of the Seven Towers originated from the Stormwind Empire.

At that time, the Stormwind Empire was still an empire based on knights, and the arcane mages were suppressed, so several arcane mages left the empire to build a foundation in the jungle.

Later, the Seven Towers Federation was established, but at that time, the Seven Towers Federation was only the ruler changed from knights to arcane mages, and the system was no different from the Storm Empire - the Storm Empire was knights enslaving civilians, and the Seven Towers Federation was arcans enslaving civilians.

In short, no one treats civilians as human beings, tortures and kills them at will, and even uses them as experimental subjects.

It wasn't until they went farther and farther on the spiritual arcane path that the arcane mages became more and more horizontal, and the territory they occupied became bigger and bigger.

Only then did they slowly reform the system, improve people's livelihood, and prohibit the exploitation of commoners by the aristocracy.

Duke took a sip of green tea and thought in his heart: "It seems that the development of the spiritual arcane realm is full of fire, flowers, and the Seven Towers Federation has also become the most powerful human power, but the progress of sinking to the bottom of society is still not fast enough. ”

"Based on the history I know, the Erudite Tower was initially ranked at the bottom of the list, and it wasn't until hundreds of years ago that it rose to the fifth position it is today."

"Aside from the Tower of Ofa and the Tower of Stars, which only stand in the Holy City of Ofa, among the five local towers, the Tower of Erudition can rank third, which is higher than the Tower of Faling and the Tower of Observation."

The seven towers of the Federation of Seven Towers are the power structure of the Federation.

The Tower of Offa has the highest status, followed by the Tower of Alliance, the Tower of the Stars third, the Tower of the Elements fourth, the Tower of Erudite the fifth, the Tower of Observation the sixth, and the Tower of Faling at the end.

"As the most direct authority connecting the top and bottom of society, the Erudite Tower has not done a good enough job!"

Put down the newspaper.

Duke walked over to his lab table and began to study the 1-ring slide card.

He had been studying the slide card for a while, and he could draw the spell model of the slide card with his eyes closed.

"So the corresponding loop where the slide card can emit light is this part." Now he is ready to analyze the function of each part of the loop, "Does the luminous structure in the Spirit Wind Lantern also use the function of this part of the loop of the slide card?" ”

Thinking of this, he immediately rang the rope bell.

Mulali was still recruiting spiritual apprentices, and it was Andre, the attendant, who heard the rope bell, knocked on the door and came in and asked, "My lord, what do you command?" ”

"Go to the equipment department and help me get some spirit lanterns."

"Okay."

Not long after, Andre returned with five spirit wind lanterns, and after Duke got the spirit wind lanterns, he directly disassembled one of them.

The wick has a special energy loop that activates when psionic energy is injected.

"It is very interesting that the energy loop of the wick is an incomplete ring, or a section of the interception ring, and the rest of the part is chiseled out of an energy line in the most direct way, which is firmly welded to the core to ensure the successful operation of a ring."

A regular ring with the ability to function on its own.

Incomplete rings require human intervention to function.

The "core" of the spiritual artifact is an incomplete ring, and the required part of the complete ring is intercepted and its operation is stimulated by artificial means.

"If I take the loop of this core, modify it a little...... No, no, no, I don't need to modify the loop of the core, I just need to add a fixed reflector to the outside of the lampshade, and then put a shell on it, isn't this just a flashlight! ”

Sometimes it's not the technology that restricts the generation of a new thing, but a little inspiration.

The erudite scholars of the Seven Towers Federation could easily invent the Spirit Wind Lamp, as well as various household lamps. But I didn't expect to fix the light path for them, so that the light gathered to illuminate a small area and become a flashlight.

"I'm used to using the Spiritual Wind Lamp, and I almost forgot to invent a flashlight." Duke laughed to himself, his sand hawk had a flashlight on it.

However, I rarely use it, so I forgot about the flashlight idea.

Before he was promoted to Arcane, he thought about inventing the flashlight, but he had to wait until he was promoted to Arcane before he could register a patent.

Otherwise, it is easy to be robbed.

Dangdangdang.

Mulali knocked on the door and came in: "Sir, five spiritual apprentices have been recruited, one of whom is the leader of your previous research group, Dras. The lab and consumables have also been applied for you, and Lab 3 on the fifth floor is being cleaned up. ”

"Let Dellas continue to be the leader of the team and lead the team to do experiments...... When the lab is packed up and the consumables are in place, I'll go over. ”

"Oh, okay."

"That's right, little Lili." Something suddenly occurred to Duke.

Mulali immediately responded, "Sir, what do you command?" ”

"Invite your aunt and uncle over for dinner tomorrow night."

"Okay."

By the afternoon, when the laboratory was cleaned up and the consumables application was approved, Xiaoyi had already sorted out the experimental plan for Duke.

According to the experimental plan, Duke quickly assigned tasks to the research team, and everything went in an orderly manner.

"Dras, help me lead the group."

"Your Excellency, please rest assured that Dras will lead the team to carry out the test mission in strict accordance with your arrangement."

"Well, we worked well together before, and I'm sure it will be the same this time." After Duke arranged the task, he became the shopkeeper.

Wait until the next day.

Duke had already made a shoddy flashlight, and he had slightly modified the Psychic Lamp, keeping the cartridge and the card connector.

The flashlight is as thick as a thigh.

But it is indeed a qualified flashlight, which can concentrate the light on one point, and it is several times stronger than the light of the Spirit Wind Lamp.

Duke held it in his hand and tossed it, very satisfied: "Improve the appearance, and then write a patent invention application, and then go to the Erudite Tower to apply for a patent." ”

At night.

Aunt Virginie made a table of dishes.

Butler Morris and Mulali welcomed in at the door of the villa, bringing in Mr. and Mrs. Yupirs and Mulus, who were carrying red wine as souvenirs.

"Auntie, uncle, sir is waiting for you in the room."

"Mulali, you're tall again, and now you're taller and more attractive." Mulus said with a smile on her niece's shoulder.

After speaking, he attached it to Mu Lali's ear and whispered: "Our Mu Lali is already a big girl, but she has not learned to show the charm of a mature woman, and she has time to go to her aunt's house, so that her aunt can teach her how to become more charming." ”

Mulali blushed suddenly, but she didn't refuse her aunt.

After the dinner began, Duke talked to Eupiers about the matter: "I'm planning to set up a company, but I don't have the right people to manage it for me, so I'd like to ask you to do me a favor and support some of my managers." Of course, investment is also welcome. ”

"Of course it's okay to support the managers." Upils agreed, "I don't know what you want to run when you start a company, sir?" ”

"Spiritual weapons, some spiritual weapons that I invented myself."

"Sir turned out to be a polymath." Yupirs was amazed, but not so surprised, after all, the omnipotence of the arcane mage has become the consensus of ordinary people.

However, the polymath in his mouth is not a polymath title, but a nickname for a polymath.

"I invented a gadget, but it's very interesting, and there should be a lot of market." Duke briefly talked about the idea of the flashlight, "I call it a 'handy lamp', which means a portable lamp, which is more suitable for hand-holding than a spiritual wind lamp. ”

He had the physical object, but he was too embarrassed to take it out.

The main thing is that the first version of the handlamp he designed was too rough and ugly to handle.

But even if it was a simple description, after a brief thought, Yupils's eyes lit up: "Like a car lamp, right, Mr. Duke, this is a great invention, and in some cases it should be more practical than a spirit lamp." ”

Handlights are indeed very similar to car lights.

But no polymath thought of removing the headlights and using them in his hands.

"How's that, Mr. Upils, are you interested in investing?"

"Very interested!"

Before the dinner was over, Duke and Upiers finalized the cooperation, although the company had not yet been established, Upiers decided to take out an initial investment of 800 gold dragons to obtain 15% of the company's shares.

At the same time, Duke did not forget his little assistant: "I will reserve 15% of the investment quota for your father, the same 800 gold dragons, Mu Lali, send a letter to your father as soon as possible, welcome him to send someone to negotiate investment." ”

Mulali smiled sweetly and nodded vigorously: "Sir, I'm going to write tomorrow morning." ”

After the dinner, Upiers said solemnly: "Mr. Duke, the funds will arrive in three days, and as for the managers, I will go to the company tomorrow to make arrangements, and let them come to prepare the new company for you as soon as possible." ”

"Bothered."

"Haha, it's all for the Golden Dragon."

After the Yupirs left, Duke called his bodyguard captain Vivien again: "If I'm not mistaken, you said before that your father worked in a mercenary group?" ”

"Yes." Vivien replied, "The Boiling Water Mercenary Regiment, of which my father is the deputy leader. ”

Vivian's father is the illegitimate son of Vikas's mentor, he has no talent for the three seas, he is just an ordinary person, and he was arranged by Vikas to work in the Boiling Water Mercenary Regiment and become the deputy head in charge of logistics.

"I remember the head of the boiling water, named Vesk, was your uncle?" Duke asked.

Vivien nodded silently.

"Your father must be uncomfortable working under Vesk." Duke asked again.

Vivien nodded silently.

Vesk is the legitimate son of Vikas's assistant, so he obviously won't be so polite to his brother who is an illegitimate child.

Vivien also suffered a lot of discrimination from an early age.

Duke then said: "Let your father come and help me, in my new company, if he can come up with eight hundred gold dragons, I will also give him fifteen percent of the company's shares." ”

Vivien looked up and glanced at Duke in surprise.

A trace of gratitude flashed in his eyes, and then he nodded heavily: "I will tell my father to let him come to work in your company." ”

"Very well, this is a family." Duke smiled and patted Vivien's hand.

Vivien didn't dare to look Duke in the eye and twisted her head to the side, but she didn't take her hand away, and a blush appeared on her fair face.

……

"Sir, the money has been received, a total of 55 gold dragons." Mulali exchanged the public account Linglong card.

She went to the Union Tower to collect the reward for Duke for resisting the invasion of the bugs. The corpses of the spirit insects left by the insect tide have been cleaned up and converted into money, part of which is distributed as a reward to all the arcane mages, knights, and mercenaries who participated in the exhibition.

"Well, hard work Xiao Lili, take a good rest in the office, and by the way, practice meditation, your recent progress is very weak."

"I know." Mulali stuck out her tongue.

As a spiritual apprentice, Mulali is actually very talented, but she doesn't have the perseverance to work hard, and she thinks about being lazy when she has a little time.

"By the way, boss, I received a reply from home, and my father hinted that he couldn't get out of his body and couldn't come to Shenjiao City, but my mother and uncle would come over together, and they should be there in the afternoon to discuss investing in a new company."

"Well, you go pick them up and eat together in the evening."

"Okay."

Looking at the girl who was cheering and jumping up and down when she walked, Duke couldn't help but smile and shake her head: "It's still a child." ”

In his hands, he was pounding the metal material with his fighting spirit to make a more delicate handlamp.

Because it is necessary to leave a card machine interface for installing the soul storage card, the handlamp cannot be made very delicate, and it still looks a little thick.

However, compared with the portable Lingfeng lamp, the hand-held lamp is undoubtedly much more exquisite.

"The fighting spirit is really easy to use, my hands are more fierce than electric welding and hammering, and the metal is as obedient as mud in my hands." Duke looked at the metal material, which he had hammered into the desired shape, and was very satisfied.

By the time the end of the day, the portable lamp finally took shape.

The adult arm is thick, the length is about the same as the arm, and the overall lamp head is slightly larger, and the card core of the original Lingfeng lamp is placed.

There is a card machine interface at the tail, and the card slot can barely insert a 1-ring storage card.

Taking out a psionic card from the drawer, Duke inserted it directly into the card slot of the lantern, and then pressed the button.

The light of the lamp head flickered, and then a bright pillar of light shot out in the office.

"Beautiful, no different from the flashlight on the earth, the follow-up improvement in shape and energy consumption, it can basically be finalized and listed!"

That night, Duke entertained Mulaly's mother and uncle at Villa 17 at Beverly Manor, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Ypiers.

The matter of the Eight Hundred Golden Dragon Investment Company was basically not mentioned, as the current patriarch of the Black Snake family, the Muhans couple did not care about this bit of private money at all, even if Duke asked for it in vain, they were willing to give it, not to mention the investment company.

"Shakron, what are you doing in Serpent's Head Town?" Duke asks about Mulari's uncle.

"Vice-captain of the Serpent's Head Knights, Mr. Duke." Shakron is a 1-ring knight who is a vassal of the Black Snake family.

"It's good."

Originally, Duke wanted to recruit Shacron and work in his new company, but thinking that he was a vassal of the Black Snake family, he still forgot it, the Black Snake family was even more short of people than him.

In the evening, Mrs. Sasha stayed at the villa, sharing the same room as Mulari.

Duke wanted Shakron to stay overnight, but Shacron was taken away by Yupils, and it was rare to come to Shenjiao City, and he would definitely go outside to be chic.

The next day was the weekend, and Duke had another dinner at the villa.

In addition to Sasha, Sacron, Eupiers, and Mulus, there are Vivien's parents, Vial and Mirona, and several managers of You's clothing company.

Register the company, sign the share agreement, and in just one day, the company has been established.

"The giant of light means that our company will rely on the magic weapon of the hand lamp to show its strength in the field of light source and grow into a giant!" Duke smiled and said the meaning of the company's name, which drew a round of applause from everyone.

Vivien's father finally chose to resign from his position as the deputy head of the Boiling Water Mercenary Regiment and come to the Giant of Light Spirit Company as the general manager.

The financial manager is Mulus.

Other positions are either filled by managers supported by Youshi Garment Company or recruited from the public.

Duke only holds the title of consultant, and is not prepared to participate in the running of the company, and he does not have the time and energy to worry about the development of a small company.

On the second day of the company's founding, he went to the Polymath Tower.

"Lord Duke, I am your personal guide, do you need any help?" After Duke showed the blue magic card representing the arcane mage, the Erudite Tower sent a beautiful female staff member to serve him.

"What should I do if I want to apply for a patent?"

"According to the patent law of the Seven Towers Federation, you need to submit an application, description, claims, abstract, drawings and other documents to the Boxue Tower...... After receiving the application, we will gradually review and approve it within one year and announce it to the public. ”

"Within a year?" Duke frowned.

The exclusive guide explained with a smile: "You are a distinguished arcane master, so your patent application will be reviewed within seven working days, and it will be announced to the public immediately after the review is passed, and you will be issued an invention patent certificate." ”

"Okay, help me apply." Duke motioned to his entourage and handed over the relevant materials.

As an arcane mage, you enjoy the privilege of going anywhere, ordinary people may have to run the procedures for days and months, but Duke completed them all in one morning.

"This is your application receipt letter, Your Excellency Duke, you can send someone with a receipt letter to inquire about the progress and get back the patent invention certificate."

The guide handed a reply letter to Duke's entourage and continued: "In addition, if your patent is granted, you will also need to submit the patent grant documents...... You already know all the relevant information, and I wish you a speedy promotion to Erudito. ”

……

Five days later, Duke's invention patent for portable lamps successfully passed the review.

Along with the certificate of invention, there was also a letter of appointment from the Erudite Tower to him as an honorary "Polymath", hoping that Duke would continue to work hard to invent more erudite things and contribute to the people and society.

Didn't wait for Duke to walk out of the Polymath Tower.

A middle-aged man in a brocade robe quickly stepped forward: "Your Excellency Duke, please stay." ”

"You are?"

"Please allow me to introduce myself, the contemptible person is the business manager of the Runwanjia Spirit Weapon Factory, Stephenson." The middle-aged man smiled and bowed, "I learned that Your Excellency has applied for a patent for a portable lamp, and you want to purchase this patent on behalf of the Runwanjia Spirit Weapon Factory. ”

"Buy my pocket lamp patent?" Duke smiled and shook his head, "Sorry, not for sale." ”

Stephenson said: "We have always been willing to give up on the invention patent, don't you listen to my offer?" ”

"Oh, then you can report it."

"1,300 Golden Dragons!" Stephenson gave what he thought was a very high price, "Our chairman, Your Excellency Clelinda, is very friendly to an arcane mage like you, who has the potential to be a polymath, and is willing to give you a high price that you are satisfied with. ”

"Your Excellency Klelinda, Director of the Observation Tower?" The smile on Duke's face remained unchanged, and he started walking towards the shuttle parked on the side of the road, "Sorry, I still don't want to sell." ”

Clelinda is a 3-ring mage.

From the hands of his ancestors, he inherited the Runwanjia Spiritual Weapon Factory, and today it has developed into the largest spiritual weapon manufacturer in Heijiaohedi.

"Isn't 1,300 Golden Dragon enough for your ideal price?" Stephenson asked.

"Maybe it seems to you a lot." Duke got into the shuttle and looked at Stephenson standing outside the window, "But it's not worth it to me." ”

The shuttle starts, rushes out silently, and disappears from the street in an instant.

Leaving Stephen Sun frowning and showing disdain: "It's just a small invention, if it weren't for the identity of the arcane mage, the three hundred golden dragons would not be worth it!" ”

The shuttle stopped in front of a low building in the western suburbs.

The low building is being renovated, the signboard in the foyer has just been taken down, and then the workers are replacing it with a new sign.

"The Giant of Light Artifact Company."

This is Duke's new company, which has purchased a small building to use as an office. The factory is across the road, where it is still a wasteland.

However, the construction team has already been stationed, and large trucks pulling a large number of puppets are rushing to this wasteland, and will use the fastest speed to build it into a factory that can emit billowing black smoke.

"The R&D department has just been established, and we have dug two designers from Runwanjia Spirit Factory, and we are optimizing and finalizing the portable lamp." Vial, the general manager, reported to Duke, "The marketing department has also been set up, and it is ready to start from the urban area, one by one. ”

"What about advertising?"

"The sales department is responsible for advertising, because the product has not yet been designed, so the publicity plan has not been drawn up for the time being."

"Hmm." Duke nodded.

He had a lot of sales ideas in his head, but he didn't plan to meddle in the company's operations, and with that time for business warfare, it was better to release the mage's hand twice more to increase his proficiency.

He said to Vial: "I have asked people to write a patent production license, and the follow-up patent application for the portable lamp is also planned, you should not be limited to the portable lamp, let the R&D department use its brains, and develop more forms of lamps on the basis of the portable lamp." ”

"Yes, as you command." Vial took a deep breath.

He was in the Boiling Water Mercenary Regiment, nominally the deputy commander, but in fact he was suppressed, not because he was not welcomed as an illegitimate child.

It's because he hasn't awakened Sanhai, he's just an ordinary person.

In the Armagesian family, ordinary people are no different from waste.

But now he finally got the opportunity to show his strength, and he was bent on making a career, not to make the family look down on him, but to help his daughter.

Looking at the back of Duke leaving, he knew that his daughter would have an illegitimate child sooner or later.

"It's not so easy to live in the family of the Arcane, Vivien is too rigid, I'm afraid it's not so easy to like."

Ask for tickets~

(End of chapter)