The Path to Lordship Begins in the North

Industrial development is never achieved overnight. A small stainless steel cup or an ordinary polyethylene water pipe are both the result of modern industrial development.

Reality isn't like in some anime where digging up a magic stone territory automatically leads to industrialization and running water. At least not in this world. Or rather, even if Deus Ex really had this water supply technology, Lind would prioritize using it for drainage in the mines.

Therefore, how to transform this research notebook into the lifeblood of industrial development and apply the theoretical knowledge in practice was the primary problem Linde faced.

Over the next few days, Lind copied the research notes with Lisha's help, and also discussed some problems he encountered with Isa and Lena.

What surprised Lind the most was that, apart from Lisha, Rena had the deepest understanding of the notes among the group.

"If we just do this and that to this connection node, can't we get the connection constant?"

After saying that, Lena continued to gesture with her hands.

Linde and Isa looked embarrassed, not understanding a single word.

Lena's description was too abstract. Although the final conclusion was correct, the reasoning process was filled with pronouns, making it incomprehensible.

But this is enough to show that Lena is truly a genius. It's just that some of her previous silly behavior made people overlook the fact that Lena is already a sixth-tier powerhouse at a young age. Not only can she kill a bull with one punch, but she can also construct extremely complex sixth-tier spell models.

After praising Lena, she finally left satisfied. Lind faced Isa and Lisha and patted the copy of Derek's Notebook on the table, which was named after Lisha.

"I have marked some places in this notebook. I need you to organize these marked knowledge points and compile a set of teaching materials. They don't need to be too profound, but at least they should be easy for ordinary people to understand."

Linde originally considered having Lena, who had the deepest understanding of the notes besides Lisha, write it, but after seeing Lena's previous performance, Linde could only say that a genius's thinking is not something an ordinary person can keep up with.

Clearly, Issa is more suitable for this task than Lena. In the game, Issa is a very hardworking Scroll King who is now in charge of education in her territory and has more experience in writing teaching materials.

But Isa hesitated and asked, "My lord, are you sure? Even if it's written as a textbook, I'm afraid most people still won't understand it. Many people will have to start learning from the most basic mathematics, and it will be difficult to see any results in the short term."

"Isa, you've misunderstood."

Lind explained, "While I do intend to simplify the contents of this notebook and use it as a required textbook for gray-collar workers in the future, I hope that you and Lisha can summarize some of the theorems and formulas in this notebook and compile them into a textbook to teach the rune artisans with basic skills in the territory first."

"Magic should not be a weapon used by those in positions of power to exploit and oppress, but rather a tool to liberate productivity."

Upon hearing the familiar word "productivity," Isa understood and nodded, accepting the task.

Lisha, standing to the side, didn't quite understand. She only thought that Linde wanted to train a large number of rune masters like herself, and didn't realize that the theorems and formulas she had summarized would become common knowledge for every professional in the future.

After arranging everything, Lin De pulled out the contact information and product list of the Shining Gold Alliance.

Although it sounds cool, in order to actually apply the knowledge in Derek's notes to production, the problem of magic source must be solved: where does magic come from?

The notes weren't all formulas and theorems; a small portion of them were actually Lisha's father complaining that the association was struggling financially and that most people were just hanging around doing nothing.

The reason the association was running into financial difficulties was that Count Derek had exhausted his resources by purchasing magic stones, a stable source of magic, for experiments.

Magic stone, as a naturally formed crystalline mineral, is actually produced in relatively large quantities, but due to huge demand, its price remains high.

Even for mages who spend money like water, this is a huge expense.

At the same time, the properties of the large condensed magic stones will change, and they can absorb, restore and store magic power on their own. Therefore, owning a semi-perpetual motion magic tower with magic stones as the main body is the ultimate dream of all mages.

However, due to the slow recovery, it is common for the tower to remain even after the person leaves, with the tower being passed down through three generations. In the meantime, it is necessary to constantly purchase new magic stones to replenish magic power.

It is precisely because of this characteristic that those schools that have completed capital accumulation early and built semi-permanent magic towers have more resources and collect magic stones even more aggressively, resulting in fewer and fewer magic stones circulating in the market, making it increasingly difficult for ordinary professionals to own their own semi-magic towers.

As expected, the list of the Shining Gold Merchant Alliance included magic stones for sale, but the prices were so high that even Linde, who didn't care about spending his fiancée's money, felt immense pressure. No wonder Count Derek went bankrupt buying magic stones.

Of course, it wasn't to the point where it was completely unaffordable. In fact, if we only bought some for experiments, we could afford it entirely through the territory's sugar trade.

But it was still too expensive, so expensive that even Lind, who had been getting free resources from the Lars family, felt the pinch.

Lind couldn't help but think, "If only I could have my own magic stone mine."

But how could magic stone veins be found so easily? Throughout history, many people have tried to find magic stones by taking advantage of their ability to store and absorb magic power. Unfortunately, untreated magic stones do not respond to external magic power.

The location where magic stones appear is also very mysterious. They may appear in areas rich in magic, because scholars say that magic stones are more likely to condense in places rich in magic, although they do not know how magic stones come about.

It may also appear in places where magic is scarce, because the scarcity of magic in such places may be caused by magic stones. Although it is still inconclusive whether magic stones will have an impact on the environment because they absorb magic very slowly.

They've said both the truth and the sarcasm, and both viewpoints have a considerable number of loyal followers. Both places also have a history of producing large quantities of magic stones, so neither can convince the other.

In short, the geographical distribution of the places where the magic stones were found is very random and cannot be used as a reference. It seems that whether or not a magic stone can be found depends on the luck of the person involved.

However, when it comes to metaphysics and luck, Linde suddenly had a flash of inspiration: wasn't there a woman of destiny in his own territory?

A few days later, Isa, who was still compiling teaching materials and summarizing formulas, followed Linde and Lena into the mountains to explore for minerals, looking completely bewildered.