Rodman glanced at Enrique, whose face was full of stubbornness, and sighed deeply helplessly.
My youngest son has grown up and actually begins to know how to refute his father's words.
"You really don't want to go?" Rodman asked in a deep voice.
"No!" Enrique responded loudly. "What's the point of learning carpentry from my uncle? I want to learn magic!"
"But you don't have magic talent. Didn't the Musoto magician in the town tell you before?" Rodman continued to persuade.
"Huh! He's a liar!" Enrique returned the newspaper he was holding in his hand twice. "As mentioned above, anyone can actually learn magic! Why can't I?"
Rodman glanced at the "Daily Candela" in Enrique's hand with a headache, and smiled bitterly in his heart.
This damn Xu Yi and the damn Xinfei Chamber of Commerce insist on making this damn statement of "everyone has magic talent", which makes Enrique, who had already given up on magic, come back to life again. I wanted to run away and learn magic again.
Magician Musoto made it very clear before that Enrique didn't even have any magic talent. He even spent a week without learning the simplest magic. How could he become a truly powerful magician?
However, after Enrique saw the report in this newspaper, he seemed to have received some true will from God. He firmly believed that he wanted to learn magic, and he was unwilling to follow Rodman's arrangement. Learned the carpenter's trade from his uncle.
From Rodman's perspective, what's the use of learning magic
Even if what Xu Yi and his New Flying Chamber of Commerce said was true, Enrique really had hope of learning magic. But now that Musotto Magician said that he actually has no magic talent at all. Then Enrique barely learned it. It is also impossible to become a powerful magician.
But those who cannot become those advanced and powerful magicians are of no use in Rodman's opinion.
Rather than wasting time on this, it is better to learn the craft of carpentry. If you can master this craft, you will not only make a fortune in the future, but at least you will have food and drink for the rest of your life.
However, after Enrique pouted and listened to Rodman's words for a long time, he just showed disdain.
"Dad, you are already behind the times! Who told you that you are useless if you don't become a high-level magician?" Enrique patted the newspaper in his hand hard. "Look. The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has been recruiting a large number of low-level magicians in newspapers, and the requirements are not high at all. And you see what is written here, after entering the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, the minimum salary is twenty gold coins per month. This It’s not much better than working as a carpenter with my uncle.”
"Really?" Rodman looked at the newspaper again, but because he couldn't read at all, he naturally didn't know whether what Enrique said was true.
However, he had heard someone say before that Xinfei Chamber of Commerce always paid very high wages to the workers under his name. If they were magicians, it was natural that their wages would be higher than those of ordinary people. It shouldn't be surprising to see more than twenty gold coins a month.
"Well, it would be great to join the New Aircraft Chamber of Commerce after you learn it. But Enrique, first of all, whether you can learn it or not is a question, and the more important question is, where can you learn it?"
"To..." Enrique was stunned and couldn't answer for a while.
Although I heard that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has obviously opened a Xinfei Academy in itself, which specializes in teaching magic machinery related knowledge to ordinary people, as well as teaching magic, the Principality of Standing where the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is located is far away from the central province of the Kandra Empire where they are now. This ordinary small village is more than two thousand kilometers away, how can Enrique travel to study.
After thinking for a while, Enrique clenched his fist hard and shouted loudly: "I want to go to the Principality of Standing!"
Rodman looked at him without speaking.
After a moment, Enrique lowered his head slumped.
Because he knew very well that this was impossible.
Rodman's family is just an ordinary peasant family in the Candela Empire. Although in recent years, due to the vigorous promotion of magic industry within the empire, Rodman, his wife, and Enrique's eldest brother are all working in the factory. They found a job, but their salary was far from comparable to that of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. The total amount was barely more than twenty gold coins a month.
Although the money was enough to significantly change their family's life, at least they no longer had to worry about filling their stomachs, and there was even some surplus, but this surplus could not support Enrique in any way to travel more than 2,000 kilometers away. Studying in the Principality of Standing.
Besides, Enrique is only thirteen years old this year. Although he is already considered sensible, how could Rodman trust him to leave home and go to such a far place alone.
And if someone goes with him, the cost will be even more terrible, and the Rodman family cannot afford it anyway.
"It would be great if the New Flying Chamber of Commerce were in our Candela Empire..." Enrique couldn't help but complain.
Rodman sighed, smiling bitterly in his heart.
Yes, it would be great if the New Flying Chamber of Commerce was in the empire.
I heard that because of the relationship between the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, the living conditions of the people in the Lampali Kingdom where it was located before and the Standing Principality where it is now are countless times better than before. Not only do ordinary people do not need to worry about their livelihood, they can even have Use the extra money to pursue a better life.
If the New Flying Chamber of Commerce had appeared in the Kandra Empire, or simply appeared nearby, then their family might have had a better life because of the relationship with the New Flying Chamber of Commerce.
And Enrique can easily enter Xinfei Academy to study, and maybe he really has a chance to realize his dream of becoming a magician.
However... the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is not here, but more than two thousand kilometers away, so all these fantasies... can only be fantasies.
Rodman patted Enrique on the shoulder and sighed: "Enrique, dad can't afford to send you so far away to learn magic. Dad is sorry for you. You... just be obedient, okay?"
Enrique pursed his lips and looked at the tired Rodman. The stubborn look on his face had long since disappeared, and he just nodded lightly. Oh.
Looking at Enrique who looked disappointed. Rodman shook his head helplessly. He turned and walked towards the door.
Although it was still more than an hour before he went to work in the afternoon, he didn't want to stay at home and face Enrique, he just wanted to escape first.
As soon as he walked out of the house, three figures walked over quickly.
"Elder Adonis, Chief Bradley, why are you here?" Rodman asked in shock. "What's matter?"
After that, he took another look at the stranger next to the elder and village chief, and found that this man was not from the village. He looked about thirty years old. He has a capable temperament and looks like a civil servant of the town mayor.
The sixty-seven-year-old Elder Adonis, who was wearing a high collar and had a rosy face, smiled and waved to Rodman: "Let's go in and talk."
Confused, Rodman returned to the house with the three men.
Enrique, who was sitting in the room with his hair down in a daze, couldn't help but be stunned when he saw Rodman leaving and returning, bringing with him the two highest-ranking people in the village and a stranger.
"Hey, Enrique, don't be in a daze, go get some water for the guests, quickly." Rodman waved his hand at him and ordered.
"No need. Come back." Elder Adonis called Enrique back, and then called him in front of him. She looked him up and down and asked with a smile: "Enrique, are you a teenager this year?"
Enrique glanced at him inexplicably, and then looked at Rodman questioningly.
"If the elder asks you, answer honestly." Rodman scolded.
"Oh. Elder, I am thirteen years old this year."
"Thirteen years old? Well, that's not a bad age." Elder Adonis turned to look at the stranger. "Sir Sandy, do you think he is qualified?"
The stranger known as Sandy looked at Enrique with a smile and asked, "Are you willing to learn magic?"
Enrique and Rodman were both stunned.
They were still discussing this issue just now, why did someone suddenly come to ask
"I… "
"Elder, village chief, what's going on?" Rodman interrupted Enrique's answer and asked two acquaintances.
"Haha, that's what happened..." Village Chief Bradley took over with a smile. "Rodman, do you know about the Chimera Chamber of Commerce?"
"Of course I do, this is the largest chamber of commerce in our empire!" Rodman replied immediately. "But... does this have anything to do with Enrique?"
"Yes." Mayor Bradley nodded. "The Chimera Chamber of Commerce recently plans to select some places within the empire to open a basic magic academy, and one of them is in Ainoi City. This academy will not only recruit students in the city, but also in various villages and towns outside the city. Our village Now there are five places allocated, so Elder Adonis and I thought that this boy of yours has always wanted to learn magic, so we came to ask him if he would like to go."
"The Chimera Chamber of Commerce opens a basic magic academy?" Rodman scratched his head and felt confused. "Why did you find my boy? Could it be that his magic talent is actually very high?"
"No, this has nothing to do with magic talent. These basic magic academies opened by the Chimera Chamber of Commerce recruit ordinary people to learn magic, and have nothing to do with magic talent."
"Huh?" Rodman looked at Enrique in surprise.
Enrique was stunned, then turned around and took over the "Daily Candela" he had left on the cabinet.
"Isn't this what the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has been saying? Does the Chimera Chamber of Commerce want to do the same?"
"Yes, this is a project officially promoted in the Candela Empire by the Chimera Chamber of Commerce and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, so you don't have to suspect that there is a problem." Sandy said seriously. "Mr. Rodman, I am the person sent by the Chimera Chamber of Commerce to be temporarily responsible for the establishment of the Ainoi Basic Magic Industrial Academy. If you have any questions, you can ask me."
After Rodman stayed for a while, he turned to look at Enrique, who looked expectant and excited, swallowed his saliva, and asked Sandy: "I have a very important question to ask."
"Excuse me."
"Do I have to pay to enter this academy?"
"Of course, we don't host it for free. It's normal to charge tuition." Shandi replied with a smile.
Rodman's heart sank, he paused, and asked hesitantly: "Then... can I ask how much I have to pay?"
Sandy smiled, as if he knew what Rodman was thinking very clearly.
"I think you don't need to worry too much about this. Because the reason why our Chamber of Commerce will cooperate with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to promote this plan is to cultivate more talents in the magic industry in the empire, so part of the tuition fee will be charged, but Because of the strong support of our Chimera Chamber of Commerce, the price is very cheap. ”
Rodman and Enrique immediately stared at him with bright eyes.
Sandy smiled and held out three fingers.
"It only costs thirty gold coins a year. How about it? Mr. Rodman, do you think it's acceptable?"
Rodman's eyes lit up instantly, and under Enrique's nervous gaze, he responded loudly: "Of course! Of course I can accept it!" (To be continued...)