Chapter 892: Brain problems, financial problems

Xia Duo took a look around, and found nothing unusual, and roughly maintained Leonard's past share of the former tower master student.
However, this number is slightly insufficient compared to the Leonard Research Laboratory, one of the three private research laboratories officially supported by the Tower of Time.
Perhaps Leonard felt that his teacher was no longer there, and now the Tower of Time is Niya headed, so he wanted to act low-key, but Chateau was not a harsh person.
Why would you embarrass him because of his identity!
Furthermore, Leonard led him into the Tower of Time, and gave him ten study scrolls that were very important for Xia Duo's early stage. Even if there is a factor of Wood Rock, Xia Duo is still committed.
Pulling out this document separately, put it aside, Xia Duo continued to read the following document.
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The following applications are interesting, and topics such as "the design of spells like the 3rd ring at the 1st ring level" and "research on the actualization of the string of the magic net" are everywhere.
At first glance, even Xia Duo was fooled by the names of these topics, but if you think about it seriously, can these middle-level mages understand something that he doesn't understand?
For example, the description of the "3rd-level spell" is quite spiritual. The application report said that the effect is similar to the 3rd-level spell, not the equivalent of the 3rd ring that Chateau originally thought, which is in the string of the magic net. Equivalence at the element transformation level.
The report also said that as long as you understand this, 1st-level spells can be used as 3rd-level spells in the future, and neither the difficulty of casting nor the difficulty of learning will increase, but will decrease.
Isn't this nonsense!
What else is the actualization of the string of the magic net, is even more nonsense. At present, any theory that Xia Duo has come into contact with, and his own personal research, do not support the so-called materialization of the string of the magic net.
Materialization means that the strings of the magic net can come into contact with the material in reality. If feasible, it must be able to transform all the magic nets into entities in some way, thereby destroying the world.
As one of the foundations of the world, Mowang is so easy to change its nature!
Even if it is the Olympic Fire, tearing the magic net, it does not change the nature of the string of the magic net itself, but re-weaving a private miniature magic net, which converges and curls up to become the Olympic fire.
Looking at the open application reports, Xia Duo shook his head one after another, but if he was to deny it completely, he couldn't do such a thing.
On the one hand, his own understanding may be different, and in case of a wrong judgment, it may be a missed opportunity.
On the other hand, these mid-level mages can make such an application, whether it is true research, or to defraud the funds, they are in fact actively supporting the new system after the transformation of the Tower of Time.
In this way, as long as they make up their stories so that no obvious flaws can be seen, they cannot refuse their applications.
However, this also reminded Xia Duo that it was time to set up a special subject approval department. He did not expect that the attitude of these middle-level mages would change so quickly!
It's really fragrant with rice!
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In addition to some brainstorming topics, there is also the regular consumables for a normal mid-level mage to conduct spell experiments. These Xia Duo just flipped through it and skipped it.
Looking at all the documents, Xia Duo looked up and saw that Cecily was waiting for his reply. Xia Duo thought about it and revealed the idea of ​​establishing a subject approval department in advance.
"After the project approval team is established, there will not be so many people cheating on funds. As for the manufacturing of communication instruments, we cannot stop for the time being. In terms of resources, I will find another way."
After speaking, Xia Duo paused and continued: "Now it's my turn to ask you. In the past month, how long can the current material reserves of the Tower of Time be used?"
This time Cecily didn't look for any more information, she just blurted it out, seemingly thinking about it for a long time:
"At present, the Tower of Time and magic are directly related to the consumption of materials, mainly five-color gems, mithril, gold, silver, iron, and all kinds of scroll ink, scroll paper, ordinary parchment, and some special materials are not included. Also the food is not counted.
"The reserves of five-color gemstones and ordinary parchment paper are already low. Calculated based on the consumption in the past month, it will be used up to June next year. This is still counting the materials sent by the chambers of commerce in the first quarter of next year. If it does, it may be exhausted in January or February."
No shortage of Mithril?
Chateau was a little surprised, and then he said his question, to which Cecily's answer was—
"There is indeed not much Mithril, but next month is a new year, and a certain amount of Mithril can be purchased from the Arcane Federation. There is no shortage of Mithril in a short period of time, but as long as the communication artifacts remain If the production continues, it will be a matter of time if the Mithril is scarce!"
It turned out to be such an algorithm!
Xia Duo also remembered that he still has some mithril purchase vouchers!
Originally transferred the Mowang background communication device patent, he obtained from the Giles Tower. In addition to a large amount of gold coins and subsequent continuous income, there are also some five-color gems, mithril objects, and a certain share of mithril. Proof of purchase.
As long as you have money, you can buy it at any time.
From this point of view, Mithril is indeed not a problem in the short term, but in the long run, it is still necessary to find a more stable supply of Mithril. It is best to find one or more Mithril mines directly, which is a truly stable supply.
Then he asked Cecily:
"Isn't there a prepayment for communication instruments? Didn't you use those gold coins to buy five-color gems? What about parchment paper? Isn't even paper enough?"
Just finished speaking, UU reading www.uukanshu. Com Chateau found that Cecily's expression was a bit subtle, but after thinking about it, there seemed to be nothing wrong.
Seeing that Xia Duo hadn’t reacted yet, Cecily had no choice but to say:
The advance payment has been used up long ago. In addition to paying the wages of the magic mechanic you mentioned, there is also the maintenance cost of the Tower of Time. With more apprentices and using various facilities, how can you not pay any price!"
It turns out that people are in different positions and focus on different things.
Like Xia Duo, he is most concerned about the transformation of the Tower of Time and the effectiveness of the transformation. As for the costs and costs, in his subconscious, the Tower of Time can bear.
From Cecily's perspective, her identity is Niya's butler and the person in charge of the materials department of the Tower of Time. The financial problems of the Tower of Time are so obvious that she can't help her not to pay attention.
"As for parchment, there are so many apprentices all at once, and the amount of paper used is almost ten times more than that of the tower of the past. How can there be so many cattle and sheep to kill? Even if it is purchased through the Chamber of Commerce, there is a problem of transit time. "
Cecily talked about parchment again. In fact, Chateau had already realized that animal leather was used as the raw material for parchment.
Whether it is cattle, sheep, or lizards, it takes time to grow, and the scale of breeding is also very limited, and it is not unlimited.
Now that they are all ready to refine Mithril, it doesn't matter if papermaking is used!
Thinking about this, Xia Duo immediately made a decision in his heart. It just so happened that there were a lot of logs piled up in his territory, and he didn't know how to consume them. The piles also took up space, so it was better to make paper!