The development of industry has never been one that can be achieved overnight. A small stainless steel cup or an ordinary polyethylene water pipe are both the crystallization of modern industrial development.
Reality is not like some anime, where digging out a magic stone territory automatically completes industrialization and even provides running water immediately. At least not in this world, or so to speak, even if mechanical deities truly had this running water technology, Lind would prioritize using it for drainage in the mine.
Therefore, the primary issue Lind faces is how to transform this set of research notes into the lifeblood of industrial development and apply the theoretical knowledge contained within them practically.
In the following days, Lind copied the research notes with Lysha’s help, and occasionally he discussed certain problems encountered in the notes with Isha and Lena.
What surprised Lind the most was that, aside from Lysha, the one who understood the notes the best among them was actually Lena.
“This connection node can obtain the connection constant like this, can’t it?”
As she spoke, Lena kept gesturing with her hands.
Lind and Isha exchanged awkward glances, not understanding a word.
Lena’s description was simply too abstract. While the final conclusion was correct, the reasoning process was filled with various pronouns, making it impossible for others to comprehend.
This is enough to demonstrate that Lena is truly a genius. It’s just that some of her previous clumsiness often led people to overlook the fact that she was a six-tier powerful individual at a young age. Not only could she kill a cow with a punch, but she could also construct extremely complex six-tier spell models.
After praising Lena, she finally left satisfied. Lind turned to Isha and Lysha, tapping on the Derek notebook named after Lysha’s surname.
“I’ve marked some places in these notes; I need you to organize these knowledge points and compile a set of teaching materials. They don’t need to be too profound, but they must ensure that ordinary people can understand them.”
Originally, Lind intended to have Lena, who understood the notes best after Lysha, compile the materials. However, after seeing Lena’s earlier performance, Lind could only say that the genius’s way of thinking is beyond that of ordinary people.
Clearly, Isha was more suitable for this task. In the game, Isha was a hardworking top student and is now responsible for education in the territory, making her more insightful in compiling teaching materials.
However, Isha hesitated and asked, “My Lord, are you sure? Even if we write it as teaching materials, I fear the majority of people still won’t understand. Many need to start learning from the most basic mathematics, and it will be hard to achieve any results in the short term.”
“Isha, you misunderstood.”
Lind explained, “Although I do plan to simplify the contents of these notes later as mandatory teaching materials for Graywhite Territory, for now, I hope you can work with Lysha to summarize and deduct some theorems and formulas, and compile them into teaching materials to teach the basic rune craftsmen in the territory.”
“Magic should not be a weapon for the high-ranking to exploit and oppress; it should be a tool for liberating productive forces.”
Hearing the familiar term “productive forces,” Isha understood and nodded, accepting the task.
Lysha, on the other hand, didn’t quite understand, thinking Lind wanted to cultivate a large number of rune masters like herself, not realizing that the theorems and formulas she summarized would later become common knowledge for every professional.
After arranging everything, Lind pulled out the contact information and goods list from the Shining Gold Trading Alliance.
Although he spoke coolly, the reality was that to apply the knowledge from Derek’s notes to practical production, the issue of the magic power source must be resolved. Where does the magic power come from?
The notes weren’t all just formulas and theorems; actually, a small portion contained Lysha’s father’s complaints about the association’s financial troubles, stating that most people were just riding on the coattails.
The reason for the association’s financial troubles was exactly because Count Derek had purchased magic stones as a stable magic power source for experiments until he ran out of funds.
Magic stones, as a self-forming crystalline ore, are not actually scarce, but due to the enormous demand, their prices remain high.
Even for wealthy mages, it’s still a significant expense.
At the same time, large, condensed magic stones change in nature, allowing them to absorb, recover, and store magic power. Therefore, having a semi-perpetual magic tower centered around magic stones is the ultimate dream for all mages.
However, because of the slow recovery, there are often situations where people leave the tower while it is still operational, necessitating constant purchases of new magic stones to replenish the magic power.
It is precisely because of this characteristic that those who completed their capital accumulation early and built semi-permanent magic towers have more resources and thus intensified their acquisition of magic stones, resulting in increasingly fewer magic stones circulating on the market and making it harder for ordinary professionals to possess their own semi-magic towers.
According to the list from the Shining Gold Trading Alliance, magic stones are indeed for sale, but the prices are so high that even Lind, who is not concerned about his fiancée’s money, feels pressured. No wonder Count Derek went bankrupt buying magic stones.
Although it hasn’t reached the point of being completely unaffordable, the actual cost of buying some for experiments is completely manageable through the territory’s white sugar trade.
However, it’s still too expensive, causing even Lind, who is taking advantage of the Lars family’s resources, to feel the pinch.
If only he could have his own magic stone mine, Lind thought.
But how easy is it to find a magic stone mine? Throughout history, many have tried to locate magic stones by leveraging their characteristics of storing and absorbing magic power, but unfortunately, unprocessed magic stones do not react to external magic power manipulation.
The occurrence of magic stones is also very mystical. They may appear in areas abundant with magic power because scholars say that areas rich in magic power are more likely to condense magic stones, although they don’t know how magic stones are formed.
Magic stones may also appear in areas where magic power is scarce because the limited magic power in these places might be caused by the presence of magic stones, even though the absorption of magic power by magic stones is very slow, and there is no conclusion on whether it impacts the environment.
Both viewpoints have many devoted supporters, and records exist of large quantities of magic stones being produced in both types of locations, making it impossible to convince one another.
In summary, the recorded locations of magic stones are quite random and cannot be referenced at all, seemingly attributing the discovery of magic stones solely to luck.
However, speaking of mysticism and luck, a thought suddenly flashed through Lind’s mind: doesn’t his territory have a destined female?
A few days later, while still compiling teaching materials and summarizing formulas, Isha followed Lind and Lena into the mountains to explore for magic stones in a state of bewilderment.
