Mage? Spell Engineer!.

Chapter 490: Top Showdown
Feuerbach did not reject Rorschach's invitation; instead, he considered the idea very seriously.

This was perhaps the simplest roadshow, with no PPT, only Rorschach's empty words, but Elizabeth listened attentively. In the few days since she came south from Würzburg, she had heard about the young man's "wealth-making myth."

Rorschach himself doesn't care about money or the numbers that represent him. The wealth he creates is always real productivity. Moreover, he will not collect all the money in his hands, but always uphold the spirit of everyone making money. Even if the royal family is willing to invest, he is open to it.

He is simply the god of wealth in the old empire.

Perhaps others cannot understand it, but for Rorschach himself, everything is a preparation for the upgrading of the magic-driven industry. What is beneficial will be supported, and what is not beneficial will be resolved sooner or later.

For example, Bavaria now has three constituencies, each with its own evildoers. The most conservative and the most progressive can be seen in Würzburg. Munich and Nuremberg are also "battlefields" where labor-capital relations are tense. But no matter what, even if they are ideological palettes, they are much better than submitting to a small group of outdated rentier groups.

To put it cruelly, the nobles want money, and what they pursue most are elegance and pleasure, and they care about glory and superior status. However, businessmen, at least those at this stage, still have an ascetic-like frugality. Although they will imitate the nobles in being particular, in essence everything they do is to make money make more money and machines make more machines.

As for the workers, they have to say goodbye to layers of personal dependence, at the cost of signing seemingly equal contracts, with the same hard work, but with a subtle difference:

Lords and slave owners need to care about the population they control, that is, they are responsible for the birth, aging, illness and death of these dependents on a macro level, but employers do not need to do so. They only need to dismiss the broken ones and then post new recruitment notices and wait for replacement parts to come to them. Entrepreneurs focus on the price of labor, not the people represented by numbers.

After the guilds in various industries were destroyed and workshops were reorganized into companies, the master-apprentice relationship was replaced by a complete employment relationship.

After battling with Byrne's handicraft industry until now, Rorschach has finally completed the above "cruel" changes. The establishment of the Senate is the finishing touch, which means that people who live, profit or struggle under the new system have gained representation in Byrne's "kingdom".

As for the issue of magic power suppliers, Rorschach hoped to prioritize the speed of construction. Just like the telegraph, as long as collectors can be spread all over the continent, getting the entire magic guild to assist in the construction is of course the fastest option. It is better to attract more partners to become one's own people than to insist on one person investing and let the benefits of the project be held in the hands of one person.

As for Rorschach and the Special Zone, as the starting point of the magic supply system, they should act as standard setters and control future energy giants through invisible capital, including accumulated technical experience, intellectual property rights, etc., as well as the currently unique engineering education and the most open magic knowledge education, which means the richest talent pool in the future.

Of course, you also need a big enough fist to ensure that "invisible" does not mean non-existent.

The meeting of the three wizards came to an end. Rorschach proposed his own rules at the end: "So next we need to transform the production of Munich, Würzburg, and the entire Bayern region to help it catch up with the Empire and surpass Waldner. Otherwise, even if the Empire will compromise with Bayern's autonomy now, the imbalance in power in the future will only make Bayern a complete vassal of the Empire."

"But don't you want Byrne to integrate into the Empire?" Elizabeth was a little confused. It was obvious that this guy was pushing for constituency reform and returning to the Empire's trade system the most, and after the goal was achieved, he emphasized autonomy again?
Rorschach responded with a smile: "Integration does not mean surrendering to the imperial capital. Now, the core area of ​​the former Marin Kingdom is the most powerful and populous in the empire, but if Byrne surpasses it, then it is also in line with the empire's convention to take it as the core." It is better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix, unless the original head of the phoenix is ​​replaced.

A well-adjusted Byrne has this potential.

After a long conversation, Feuerbach was going to continue finalizing the details of the project. Rorschach, who was overwhelmed by these matters, said goodbye, saying that he had something important to do. "Want to run?" The head of the Tower of Mysticism snorted and stood up from behind his desk. At this time, Rorschach had already flashed to the door. Feuerbach pulled up the [Space Anchor], but he miscalculated. This guy knew what he was good at and what he was not good at. He didn't plan to use teleportation at all, but wanted to go through the door directly by turning his body into nothingness.

The "hospitable host" hastily put up the barrier in an attempt to "retain the guests". He believed that with his own barrier and the restrictions on the door, the guests would definitely change their minds and stay. Unfortunately, Rorschach did not stay for a second. Although his body was still in an ethereal state, he stretched out his hand and flicked it twice. The two magic barriers silently shattered, and even the antique marble door panel was damaged.

The master was not a pushover either, and he prepared his [Reversal Ray] at the fastest speed, aiming it at the right time. The ray would pass through Rorschach and hit the door, which meant that Rorschach would be released from his virtual state and hit hard against the restored and repaired stone door.

Even if Master Rorschach capsized in a gutter and got stuck in the door, Feuerbach would only shout, "I'll pay for the medical expenses! I—pay—!"

However, to his surprise, at the last moment he was surrounded by a momentary sense of blockage. It was not an ordinary mental or enchanted attack, but he seemed to be temporarily disconnected from the world, and there was a tiny difference in the speed of time flow between the individual and the environment.

Oh no, forget her! When Feuerbach came to his senses, it was too late to regret.

The stone door that had shattered into dust was hit by the belated [Reversal Ray], but Feuerbach was the only one left in the empty chief office on the top floor of the Tower of Mysticism.

A scented note floated in the air. The gargoyle carefully picked it up for the tower owner. The beautiful handwriting caught the Archmage's eye:

"I also remembered that I have an appointment and need to meet a friend in Munich. I will take my leave for now. I wish you a happy work.

"From Elizabeth Eugenie."

"Haha, haha." Feuerbach laughed sinisterly a few times and finally accepted his fate. He walked to the mirror and began to cast a spell. He pressed his right hand on the mirror. After the spell was completed, he turned his wrist and pulled. Feuerbach's clone appeared, and then repeated the above operation.

The four chiefs started working. There were a lot of people, more work, and the office was very quiet, but most definitely not pleasant at all.

"That was a close call. I almost got left behind to work!" Rorschach and Elizabeth, who came out of the Tower of Mysticism at the fastest speed, calmed themselves down a little, smiled at each other, and parted ways in a graceful manner.

Rorschach was absolutely not lying, he really had something very important to do - to ensure the grain harvest on Kempson's newly reclaimed land.

It took time to cultivate the land and promote the structures, so the wheat was planted in the spring and is now ripe at the intersection of autumn and summer. The golden wheat waves are spread on the fields of hope.

(End of this chapter)