Mage? Spell Engineer!.

Chapter 499: Preventing Problems from Happening and Getting Started

As the Republic of Valois deploys its giant mechanical breakthrough devices to the front lines, the demand for mana sources has become even greater. Therefore, even without industries such as gas vehicles, the need to build a transmutation dust extraction and refining plant is urgent.

Therefore, Rorschach's idea was first implemented in Valois, with funding from the state, the Valois Magic Guild and enterprises, and the first magic energy company is about to be registered in Valois.

However, the Starry Tower insisted that the Alchemy Department needed to obtain permission from Master Rorschach himself before it could authorize the technology of the Transmutation Dust Collector. This was not only the opinion of the Starry Tower, but also the requirement of the entire guild and other magic towers.

Respecting the Grand Master is just a cover. The core issue is that Rorschach, the first inventor, also has the technology to manufacture transmutation dust collectors. The Alchemy Department hopes that the new enterprise will achieve a monopoly in Valois, so it must first negotiate with Rorschach, who may destroy the monopoly.

Although the National Salvation Committee was unhappy, they still nodded and agreed to let Kano and other mages go and talk to Rorschach.

"I don't know the rules and regulations of business, so the negotiation depends on you." Rorschach said to Varan before leaving.

"You are too modest, but I understand. Just leave this little thing to me!"

As the two of them talked, they were guided by the guild staff onto the teleportation array.

In fact, the last time Caroline went to Valuana, she and Kano set up a point-to-point portal, so both sides didn't have to worry about the power consumption of teleportation magic. However, Rorschach insisted on using the guild's teleportation array, while other clerks in the negotiations used the portal opened by Caroline.

If I have the authority but don't use it, wouldn't my promotion be in vain?
Soon he was about to return to Valois. Varens, the descendant of a fallen noble, could not help but straighten his chest. He had fled from Valois in disgrace, but now he was holding on to a much stronger and more powerful leg than the former finance minister. He was returning in triumph! I wonder if those ladies still remembered him.
Seeing that the smell of a lackey was about to overflow, Rorschach could not help but remind him, "There is a piece of news I haven't told you. Mr. Necker is dead."

"Ah?" Valan was caught off guard by the news, like a bolt from the blue.

"Although he had resigned when the conservative cabinet resigned, he had always let his wife host salons in an attempt to continue to exert influence. Later, some documents were made public, and it was found that he had contacts with people from the restorationists, conservatives and the mountain faction. There were also many unclear economic issues, especially during his tenure as the first chancellor of the exchequer and the mining company period."

Rorschach glanced at Varan, who was now covered in beads of sweat on his forehead. "And then?"

"All factions used him to attack their political opponents. Mr. Necker himself was imprisoned and his trial has been delayed. He recently committed suicide. No, he was found to have committed suicide in prison." Seeing that it was almost over, Rorschach concluded: "The turmoil in Valuana has never stopped, and it has even intensified. When you arrive, you can act on your own and do not leave the protection of the guild or the magic tower, otherwise..."

"I suddenly remembered that I still have some important work to hand over. Can I not go?" Valan thought for a moment and said, "Or you can cast a disguise on me or something."

At this time, the staff finally debugged the teleportation array and quickly sent Rorschach and Valan to the arrhythmic heart of the Republic.

As soon as they arrived at the guild headquarters in Valuana, the carriage that had been waiting for a long time set off immediately. There was no Star Tower emblem on the carriage, only three large concentric circles painted in red on all four sides.

This is the symbol of "special envoy". In order to achieve centralization and the most efficient allocation of material forces, the National Salvation Committee sent special commissioners to various places. They had almost unlimited power and represented the will of the committee locally and on the front lines.

Of course, this was still the Starry Tower's car. Rorschach looked out of the car window and saw pedestrians avoiding the car, covering their faces or turning their heads to speed up their pace, as if it was a hearse that could bring death. But Rorschach also noticed that people's clothes had changed again. At first, pedestrians' clothes were lively and bright, but later they experienced a low tide and many people's clothes were shabby. Now their clothes are neat again, but the style and color are much simpler. The simple style is advocated by the committee, and the colors are mainly grayish white, yellowish white and grayish blue that are close to the original color.

Most of the people on the street were women and the elderly, with the occasional young man and a carriage passing by, most of whom were injured in the battle.

Rorschach was still observing the pedestrians, but the frightened Valan simply huddled in a corner of the carriage and covered his face with a newspaper.

The apprentice entered the office of the chief of the Starry Tower: "Master Kano, the delegation from Byrne has arrived. Master Rorschach is in the carriage and is expected to arrive soon." The negotiation and signing site was chosen to be in the conference room of the research building.

The appearance of Valan slightly surprised the mages who recognized him. It seemed that he represented Rorschach in today's negotiations, while Rorschach himself sat aside and never spoke a word.

Rorschach's demands can be summarized into three main points: limiting the future operating area of ​​Valois Company, allowing other countries to inject capital after the war, and Rorschach's Mage Tower to participate in the formulation of technical standards.

The first point was what the Valois mages expected, but they needed to ensure that both sides would not interfere with each other; the second point was definitely unacceptable to the National Salvation Committee, but it was still unknown what the world would be like after the war; the third point caused misunderstanding. The alchemist frowned, "Why are we in such a hurry to set standards now?"

He subconsciously believed that Rorschach wanted to use the name of participating in the formulation of standards to find out the Alchemy Department's improvements to the collection technology.

Rorschach finally spoke up to explain himself: "Of course it is important. Passivated transmutation dust also has specifications. What should its transportation form be? Should it be directly mined, or compressed into a higher density crystal block? Or should it be released into alchemical potions to become liquid energizers?

"Also, what is the standard energy density of the product? Have the specifications of the mature collector model been determined? Can the safety information of the transmutation dust be fully determined?
"The most important thing is to formulate unified standards for the continent now, so as to avoid the division between the north and the south of the continent in the future." The processed transmutation dust itself is a pure magical substance. In fact, it doesn't matter if there is no standard. The key is that the supporting system involved needs to be compatible with the north and the south. Rorschach doesn't want to see the magic industries on both sides go their separate ways because of some historical issues.

To prevent problems from happening, we need to prevent catastrophic problems such as the inconsistent frequencies of the Kanto and Kansai power grids in a certain developed country. Now we should start with the most basic energy industry unified standards to make a good start.

"Could it be that Byrne is also planning to build a magic energy supplier?"

Rorschach corrected the person across the table: "It should be said that it is the supplier of the entire empire. Basif has established a subsidiary, 'Basif Energy.'" The special zone's industry slightly adjusted its structure. Coal smelting was separated from the steel plant and placed under Basif. Whether it was used for burning or made into other products, it was all taken care of by this group.

As for the newly established energy company, this time the Byrn royal family and even other Byrn nobles had no chance to subscribe for shares. It was established with capital injected only by the Tower of Mysticism, the Empire and the Special Zone.

The alchemy department brothers became nervous: "The empire will also receive a large-scale supply of magic power?"

Rorschach smiled and said, "Do you want to know what it is used for?"

Of course I do! But before the other mages could speak, Kano interrupted, "I'm tired, let's take a break. Rorschach, come with me to meet someone."

(End of this chapter)