Have you ever seen magic scrolls sold in cars, one by one?
This is the most discussed topic in the holy city of Estali recently.
Since the advent of the Manroland printing press, all the concerned magicians have been thinking about whether it can print magic scrolls. Later facts also proved that ordinary books can be printed, but magic scrolls are like there is a natural threshold that cannot be easily crossed. A series of failed rumors and futile research can only become a joke among the melon-eating crowd.
But when the results came out, everyone couldn't sit still.
Although many people are jealous of the achievements and gains in mathematics, it is a science and is too professional. So far, those who have gone to find the magician to fight in the ring have only ended up with one word - bringing humiliation to themselves. If you only look at what the other party has disclosed and then follow the train of thought, you still won't be able to reach the level that the other party has mastered. There’s a long way to go~
Among other things, the star map knowledge that Tripwood Magician handed over to the association is claimed to be the source of all his strength. Despite the exaggerated price tag of M Gil (1000 gold), many veteran magicians bought it and tried to study it. Then...complete defeat...
Although there seems to be a shadow of mathematics in it, the mathematical knowledge currently disclosed is still not enough to analyze the magical knowledge of the star map.
Compared with mathematics, printing magic scrolls is not that elusive to magicians. After all, magic scrolls are something that everyone plays until they are almost rotten. As a magician, who dares to say that he can't make scrolls? If you dare to say such things, you might as well dig a hole and bury yourself.
The idea of replacing humans with machines. In fact, the magician community has had a similar concept a long time ago, but the 'machine' here needs to be replaced with a 'golem'. Some magicians who don't trust others very much cannot completely take care of some of the trivial matters in their daily lives, so they create golems to serve themselves.
However, simple golems are too stupid, and smart golems are too valuable and difficult to make. The most important thing is that for some reason, the magicians in Lost Land are obsessed with the "human form".
The human form is claimed to be 'omnipotent', but in fact it is incompetent. What machines focus on is to serve only one thing and do it perfectly. When many machines come together, they can do complex things quickly and well. Such a request cannot be made by the humanoid.
Magicians who are limited to the thinking of 'humanoid' golems, of course, cannot develop an industrial revolution like the earth.
And most magicians are quite disapproving of the ugly appearance of the printing press. People despise it but pay little attention to it, and there has been little progress in the research on printing magic scrolls. So not many people take it to heart about the manroland printing press designed by someone.
Until today.
The magic scroll printing business has attracted everyone's attention and once became a joke. The magicians and apprentices in the research team are all holding back their energy, hoping that one day they will be proud of themselves. Now that the results have been produced, there is still no need to hide them. Of course, they spread the news everywhere, for fear that others would not know about their achievements. A lot of relevant information was also revealed.
In fact, such behavior also reflects the innate discrimination of magicians from a certain perspective. Regardless of the Magician Association's protection of magical knowledge, there is already a management and protection mechanism similar to the intellectual property rights of the earth. But when it comes to 'non-magical' knowledge, they are not that concerned.
Perhaps the specific information about which characters cannot be printed and which lines can be shared by various magic scrolls has not been revealed. However, the research methods, problems and errors discovered during the process were all revealed by a group of loudmouths. Among these people, of course, there are several leading figures such as the great magicians Kabambai and Bijan. In other words, they are the culprits of everything...
Whatever, it’s not my own research anyway. And honestly, without their selfless actions, no one else would be interested in the printing press.
We all know that running a school is a money pit. Elsewhere, without someone appearing to be selfless but actually being forced to let the Charlie Richard Foundation be confiscated, there would be no section that would have the consciousness to set up a college.
Even with financial support, in fact there are still many branches that do not run academies. The funds are only used for the most basic purpose, which is to help children in some poor areas have the opportunity to learn magic.
And as far as someone knows, there is still no college that can be regarded as an aristocratic school. That is to say, only wealthy students are admitted, and they are well fed, clothed and well educated. As long as the school is running, it will more or less accept students who have no financial ability but have magical talents, at the expense of their free service for a few years after graduation.
Although it is said that such people will become a force in the college in the future; even while studying, they can be asked to do some trivial tasks. But in the early stage, the resources they need will not appear out of thin air, they will have to be paid for by the college.
In fact, people who are willing to run a school, no matter what their main purpose is, have in their hearts the idea of doing their part for the inheritance and spread of magic. That’s why they will not ignore those children who have no financial means but are talented and want to make progress. It is precisely because of the difficulty of running a school that these deans are looking for funds and ways to increase income one by one, just like getting into a money pit.
Not only the magicians who run schools are short of money, but those who don't run schools are not necessarily well off. So when everyone saw that the printing press successfully printed the magic scroll, everyone was like seeing a chicken that lays golden eggs, and no one was not interested.
News came from Uzov Gantia that recently many masters had privately contacted the craftsmen who originally made printing machine parts. However, those craftsmen only mastered a small part of the parts production methods. Without the cooperation of everyone, they would not be able to build a second Manroland printing press. Not to mention 'everyone' here includes someone who controls the program that controls the printing press.
Of course, Lin is happy to hear about this development. But what happened next, out of morality, Lin informed the president of Kabamba Academy and did some psychological construction for the old man. After all, this nobleman had helped him a lot since he came to the Holy City. Although the things he wanted to do would not harm his interests, they were somehow related to this old man.
After getting the attitude of his boss, Uzov summoned the craftsmen who had helped make the printing press early the next morning.
Looking at the craftsmen who were summoned and seemed a little uneasy, Uzov could not understand their worries.
The best group of craftsmen in the lost world are not dwarves, elves, and certainly not humans, but magicians.
The group of craftsmen from various races in front of them are only apprentices in the way of magic, and there are only a few people with such status. Such a group of people can be said to be at the lowest level in the holy city of Estali. The difference from coolies is that they have an extra skill.
Before there was no technical guild to integrate them, they were like domestic slaves raised by magicians. Pick up some jobs that the masters are too lazy to do, and work hard to survive in the holy city.
If he is really a domestic slave, then forget it, he will still have a bite to eat no matter what. But they are not. Once those dirty and smelly jobs are gone, they have no skills and can only starve to death on the roadside.
In the middle of this year, around April or May, new bathroom equipment, mainly toilets, came out. In order to meet the market demand for bathroom renovation in the Holy City, and to make a fortune in this newly emerging business, the small workshops that originally worked independently united with the group of people who originally started this business to establish a technical guild. under.
Because there is too much work and because the processes are too complicated, the most profitable way for everyone is to divide labor and cooperate. Because each person is only responsible for one part, they can quickly become proficient in this limited work content.
And because you are proficient, your efficiency will increase, and the work results you can complete every day will also increase. More work completed also means more money earned in technical guilds.
When you have more money, even if you feel a little tired every day, your life will become better and you don’t have to worry about where to find your next meal. So everyone gradually got used to this kind of life.
But in such an environment, it is inevitable that there will be some uncoordinated actions. Some people want to bypass the craft guilds and delegate their work directly to craftsmen.
In order to maintain its credibility, all accounts of the Technology Association are open and transparent. Of course, materials account for the majority of the valuation of each commission, followed by the salary of the person who accepts the commission, but there will also be a technical licensing fee and a management fee. The former is the cost of using the toilet patent, and the latter is the maintenance cost of operating the technical guild.
Uzov Gantia explained to everyone that the so-called patent and technology licensing fees are to protect the interests of those who provide technology, just like the Magician Association for magical knowledge. As long as the person who created that magical knowledge is still alive, the association's profit from selling the knowledge is only the handling fee, and the vast majority of the sales proceeds go to the person who created that magical knowledge.
Only in this way will people with real skills be encouraged to disclose and contribute their skills and creations, so that more people can enjoy the benefits of this technology. Although at this stage, only the boss behind the president has disclosed the related manufacturing technology of bathroom equipment, as well as printing machine parts, paper making and ink technology.
But there are clients who don’t want to pay these two seemingly extra fees. So after the valuation, I privately contacted the craftsmen who belonged to the technical guild. There are indeed some people who can't stand the temptation, and some are forced by threats to accept these private commissions.
Clients with more conscience choose not to pay technical licensing fees and guild management fees. And converting a small part of this fee into wages and providing it to craftsmen who are willing to take on private work is tantamount to increasing the income of these craftsmen in disguise, and only some people are willing to do such a breach of trust. But there are also cases where the client simply uses violence or fraud to get the craftsmen to submit.
If you are an ordinary businessman, someone may persuade you that peace is more valuable. But the most important thing about setting up a technology guild is to control manpower and the market. It is no different from gangsters grabbing territory, so Uzov Gantia led people to counterattack without hesitation.
