"Young master wants to recruit workers?"
There was a burst of astonishment from the elderly around.
"I want to go! I want to go!"
A woman jumped up from her small stool upon hearing "money distribution."
Then, four or five women stood up as if they were soldiers being called out.
There’s money involved, and since they don’t have much farming work normally, why not earn the money?
The farming here isn’t like some great civilizations with intensive cultivation; they just throw the seeds, water them, and leave it to fate.
"Hey, hey, hey! Do you even know what ’worker’ means before you decide to go?"
A man beside her scolded directly, looking like a family member.
The young man who initially came to pass the message explained: "The young master said, workers are like the laborers of old times, but they do less work and still get paid!"
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They heard about "money distribution!"
The young man tirelessly explained Young Master Lin Ke’s recruitment plan to them.
The young man had golden hair and looked very simple and honest, so everyone trusted his words.
Thus, the people were tempted.
So the next day, with the thought of "earning even one copper coin is earning" and "being idle at home is still idle,"
the people from five villages set out grandly.
After all, one person watching over the field is more or less enough; it just takes a little more time.
A household with four or five people, some even seven or eight, or easily over ten.
Manpower was not a shortage at all.
Azaenn Castle is located at the southernmost tip of the Gula Plain, and further south is a great swamp, along with a small lake called Orland Lake.
The water of the Orland Lake comes from several tributaries of the Azanen River, one of which flows past Azaenn Castle and through a broad meadow in front of the castle.
Using Azaenn Castle as the origin of the coordinate axes, the river runs through the first, second, and third quadrants.
The fourth quadrant has some small woods, where Lin Ke had previously discovered the King of Gods—an old man in the wild outside one of the woods.
At the same time, in the fourth quadrant, there is a newly established simple structure "Wonderland," next to which is the practice field of the Azanen Theater Troupe.
In the first quadrant, a main road leads directly to Azaenn Castle and Parrot City, specially constructed for Azaenn Castle.
Exclusively belonging to Azaenn Castle, there is a small Gula Ranch in the second quadrant, and in the third quadrant are five villages, separated from Azaenn Castle by the river.
"Hmm, it seems better to establish the factory in the fourth quadrant."
Lin Ke looked at the drawn coordinate axes on the table and confirmed the location for the factory.
Building a factory in the first and second quadrants might pollute the downstream water source.
The fourth quadrant, being close to the villages and downstream of the small river, is very spacious and the perfect place to build a factory.
"Teacher." Lin Ke stood up from his chair and looked at the curious Ove behind him: "Teacher, shall we go now?"
Ove’s eyes were full of curiosity: "You call this ’mathematics’? Those numbers and this drawing don’t seem connected."
In his free-spirited school, some specialize in mathematics and elevate their knowledge to above level fifteen.
He couldn’t understand what use these number-focused mathematics had. Besides, it wasn’t even numbers right in front of them.
"This? It’s called an axis, a very practical technique, but shouldn’t we head to build the factory now, teacher?" Lin Ke chuckled, mathematics being one of the keystones of modern science.
"Hmm, you handle the arrangements, then."
Ove wasn’t very interested in math either.
But he thought Lin Ke drew the axes to show him.
Like a child who learned a new idiom and couldn’t wait to tell their parents about it.
Ove somewhat enjoyed this feeling of being regarded as an elder.
With this feeling, Ove guided Lin Ke on a flight to a spacious open area.
This area was not far from the villages, with small trees faintly visible at the southern edge of the big swamp.
"Here seems good, teacher."
Lin Ke observed the flat terrain, well-suited for a factory.
And the first factory he wanted to build was... a paper mill!
In his previous life, the specific plants used for ancient papermaking and the exact processes were unknown, but Lin Ke had explored them.
His "lucky" bloodline meant he had chosen the profession of [Inventor], qualities he believed were: "Invention," "Manufacture," "Innovation," and "Imitation."
Indeed, he believed one of the most important abilities was imitation, followed by innovation.
Since ancient times, human inventions initially started from imitation—imitating diverse organisms and non-organisms in nature—and then gradually extended from imitation to innovation.
Lin Ke’s first invention was to convey and document human civilization on paper.
Neither the hard-to-produce and hard-to-write-on parchment nor the carved bamboo tubes were better for writing and documenting than plant-fiber paper.
Moreover, it was cheaper in terms of cost and easier to industrialize.
Once paper became widely available, education would benefit, and education could drive overall societal development.
Therefore, Lin Ke’s first choice of "creation" wasn’t a clock or porcelain but paper!
Although those two might be more profitable, Lin Ke wasn’t urgently in need of income right now with a slightly tight allowance.
Besides, paper can be packaged into low-grade, medium-grade, high-grade, and top-grade, possessing a strong potential to attract money.
"Teacher, please demonstrate your magical power and exceptional control~"
Lin Ke landed on the ground, pointing to the open space ahead.
"Hehe." Complimented by Lin Ke, Ove smiled kindly, summoning the Thunder Staff with a wave of his right hand and thrusting it heavily onto the ground.
A widespread shock wave radiated from the base of the staff, causing the ground to undulate like waves.
"Should we build it according to your previous drawing?"
Electricity flickered across Ove’s body, and a foot-long purple light burst from his eyes as he looked at Lin Ke.
The energy was so overwhelming it even caused Ove’s and Lin Ke’s robes to flutter without wind.
Lin Ke stood beside Ove, feeling the surges of energy around him, secretly envious.
As expected of a level nineteen professional.
Ove extended five fingers towards the earthquake-like ground before him: "Watch closely, this is another skill of mine, Gravity!"
In an instant, walls of earth sprang up from the ground, accompanied by Ove’s words:
"Ancient earth mages could easily do this, too, but they could only control earth elements, whereas the profession [Truth Researcher] can utilize gravity to control various elements!"
Gravity, even though it wasn’t deeply explored by Ove or this world, merely discovering its existence sufficed.
Who knows, maybe someone has been hit by an apple here.
As the earthen walls rose, Ove gathered energy again, clenching his hand.
The earthen walls compacted inward, becoming increasingly hard, and when reaching a certain level, Ove glanced up at the sky.
In clear weather, seven or eight bolts of lightning struck directly down, hitting the soil compacted to the hardness of steel plates.
A roofless factory was thus completed!