It was a cloudy day. Dark clouds covered the sky for days. The feeling of a heavy rain that was about to fall made the air stuffy. It affected the overall atmosphere of the Holy City of Estali, as if something was suppressing it. The people living there seemed to have a pair of shackles on their hands and feet. Nothing went smoothly.
Compared to this gloomy and unusual spring scenery, a certain someone was very busy.
Lin, Duke Carvey, and Ruan Wenyue of the Jialong Chamber of Commerce had officially signed a cooperation contract. In addition to Warlock Saint Babak Abnahan as a witness, Lin also invited Archmage Kabanbai as a second witness.
An automobile industry that included petrochemicals, steelmaking, manufacturing, sales, maintenance, and so on, was officially launched in the hands of three mages, a great noble, and a manager of a chamber of commerce.
Don't think that a certain someone was crazy to make such a big deal in one go. In fact, many things didn't require that much investment in the early stages. It was just planning and preparation in advance to avoid being in the dark and being in a hurry when they needed to use it.
Besides, the partners also had the ability to do so. They also agreed to do as much as possible once and for all aspects to get used to each other in advance. When they were about to start selling to the outside world, it would be a mature industry chain.
From these actions, the confidence of the partners could also be seen. For Grand Duke Carvey and Ruan Wenyue, even if the research plan of using ordinary materials to replace materials couldn't be carried out smoothly, just selling customized cars was still promising. They didn't have to worry about not being able to recover the money they invested.
Lin and the silver-bearded dwarves were only five people. A certain someone who didn't intend to make car manufacturing his life's work had long promised to teach the other mages about all aspects of car manufacturing. Even if they wanted to keep it in their hands to avoid being kicked away, they could only grasp one or two key techniques at most. It was impossible to cover all the techniques.
It was because of this that the others were so bold and assured to place a heavy bet on this new industry.
As the second witness, Archmage Kabanbai and his good friend, Archmage Bijan, were indeed interested in the high-end custom-made cars that Warlock Saint Babak Abnahan had mentioned, as a certain someone had guessed before. However, the two old men lacked interest in researching low-level, low-cost cars that used ordinary materials.
However, for the elderly who had not fully experienced the charm of cars, the two of them did not take the first-year customization rights seriously. After all, he would have to pay for it himself, and it wouldn't be given to him for free. Furthermore, he would need financial support to run the academy and develop the printing machine. Thus, Great Magician Kabambai chose to retain this right.
Grand Magus Bijan was even more decisive. He directly sold this power to Duke Carvey. In addition to ordering a car for his granddaughter, he also ordered a second one for himself.
Originally, Lin Yi didn't want to admit this kind of deal. He was afraid that Great Magician Bijan would regret it and come to him to complain. However, this thought didn't last long before a certain person couldn't help but smile. Could this be considered as having too much self-awareness and taking the car too seriously?
Maybe she just didn't like it. No matter what, she didn't like it. There was nothing to regret. Furthermore, the Grand Duke had also paid a hefty price. If one were to seriously consider it, this could not be considered a scam.
Because it was still in the preparation stage and they were doing something that had never been done before, Duke Carvey and Ruan Wenyue both chose to return to their respective territories to oversee the implementation of the matter in the early stages. As for the special requirements of each of them defining the car, they used the private discussion section of the forum to exchange opinions with a certain someone.
In addition to the car industry being vigorously promoted, for a certain someone, another important matter was the production of magic silk clothes.
In the past few days, the two girls who had been trained to be all-rounders were chased around the clock by this multitude of matters. The responsibility of staying in the jacquard workshop and supervising the normal operation of the machine fell on the newly joined young man, Leonardo.
He didn't know anything, didn't understand anything, and wasn't used to anything, so he was quite willing to work hard without complaint. After obtaining the right to read the information in the first coffin, he was happy to wander in the vast sea of knowledge. Sometimes, he would read that he had forgotten to eat and someone had to call him.
Fortunately, he knew that his main responsibility was to watch the operation of the jacquard machine, so Leonardo made a small gadget attached to the machine. As soon as the machine stopped because of an error, a small hammer would be activated and hit his shin bone. No matter how focused he was on reading, he would jump up in pain and go find someone to solve the problem of the jacquard machine.
In this short period of time, Lin, as a teacher, could only think of one word for this new apprentice: Monster.
In terms of memory and reaction time, Leonardo was not as good as Kaya or Halloumi, not to mention the indescribable Lich Fen, but his imagination often surprised people. Moreover, the questions and opinions that were raised were not like the wild delusions of a child. If one seriously thought about it, there was indeed a possibility.
In the past, what a certain person thought of as a genius was actually someone who performed well in terms of memory and reaction time. If they had good logic, then it would be incredible. Such a person would be able to deduce a deeper conclusion step by step based on what was already known. To the best of his knowledge, the only person who could achieve such a feat was probably the fictional famous detective, Sherlock Holmes.
However, Leonardo's reaction was different. Just a second ago, he was discussing the question of why two times two equals four. In the next second, he suddenly asked why the apple fell from the tree. Was there some kind of force at work? If the force was resisted, would a person be able to fly?
A normal person's performance could be traced back to a certain sequence. For example, when a sapling grew, it first took root, then the trunk, branches, leaves, flower buds, and finally, beautiful flowers bloomed. This was the advantage of the transmigrators. Normal people needed to accumulate experience and research to come to a conclusion, but the transmigrators could use Earth's conclusion and skip the time needed to accumulate experience and research to come to a conclusion.
Leonardo was like a sapling that was still taking root and suddenly, a flower bloomed in front of him. And one flower wasn't enough. He bloomed one flower after another. In order to let these flowers that appeared out of thin air continue to grow and flourish, he could only work hard to grow the branches in the direction of the flowers to support these beautiful flowers.
This kind of heaven-sent inspiration and creativity was something that someone had never seen before.
In the past, people often said that science required bold hypotheses and careful verification. Everyone knew how to say this, but how many people had actually hypothesized about a university?
On Earth, teachers also liked to use the second half of Edison's famous quote: Success is one percent of talent, plus ninety-nine percent of effort. And then they ignored the second half of the sentence: It is precisely that one percent of talent that is the most important. But what that talent was, it wasn't until today that they had a deep understanding of it from Leonardo.
Could he really be that person? If so, why was he here? Faced with this kind of unverifiable question, it added to someone's worries. They couldn't just ask him directly: Are you Leonardo da Vinci?
If he really answered: Yes. I will draw the Mona Lisa's smile in the future, and Leonardo da Vinci, known as one of the three heroes of the Renaissance. That would be f * cking hell, okay.
Of course, they couldn't rule out the possibility that there was an old soul living in his young body. But why was he pretending to be young now?
In short, someone only spent a little time worrying about Leonardo before throwing it to the back of his mind. There were many things that he needed to do, so there was no point in worrying about it. The only thing he could do now was to try his best to teach him and help him, so that he wouldn't starve or freeze to death on the side of the road.
In the end, the jacquard machine finished weaving the silk, which took a total of thirteen days. The reason why it took longer than expected was because Lin had slowed down the machine during the weaving process. His main goal was not to make any mistakes. If the quality of the finished product passed, then he would consider increasing the efficiency in the future.
But compared to the traditional weaving process of Sichuan brocade, which could easily take a few months to a year to complete a bolt of cloth, the speed of thirteen days was already shocking enough.
The silk was finished, but it didn't mean that everything was fine. Next, of course, was tailoring and sewing. These two tasks weren't simple at all.
The strength of the magic silk was far beyond Lin's imagination. It was invulnerable to swords and blades. This unexpected surprise was, of course, good news. At the very least, after wearing the magic silk, he didn't need to wear other equipment like chain mail to increase his defense. But when it came to making clothes, it was a problem that made people scratch their heads.
Of course, using Cassette Cutting or the spatial cutting version of Dimensional Banishment could easily deal with the silk. But this was overkill, and the silk wasn't strong enough to be used in such a way.
The final solution was to melt Fen's favorite weapon, the machete, and melt it down to make scissors and sewing needles. This was because the machete's material was the most suitable material to make weapons other than Cassette Cutting. It was a magical material called vanazine.
The reason why a certain Lich was willing to melt the machete and leave the Battleship Slicing Blade to collect dust in the corner was because these two weapons couldn't break the opponent's defense in the previous conflict. If there was no comparison, there would be no harm. After using the Box Cutter, using other weapons would be a bit dull and tasteless.
But the sword was too talkative. If the idea of using Cassette Cutting to kill people was mentioned, Fen would feel like she had lost. So, she simply didn't bring anything with her. After all, she didn't need to fight and kill in her current life. Whether it was the machete or the Battleship Slicing Blade, the idea was to dismantle it since it had other uses.
Of course, Lin didn't just make scissors and sewing needles. He also added magic that was usually used on weapons to increase their sharpness and toughness. This made Lin think that whether he wanted to become Invincible East or the Southern Sea Crocodile God in the future, he would have all the weapons he could use. The needles and scissors he made could be used for fighting, let alone dealing with the magic silk.
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