Chapter 2 The Importance of Literacy

Although Kompany's hut was just a small, somewhat crowded hut as before, the interior decoration was completely new compared to before.

Not only the walls have been repainted, but the ceiling has also been re-made with wooden boards. At least it still looks decent, and it is no longer as simple as it used to be.

After entering the room, Kompany saw Sayer was gnawing on a piece of snack at the table, so he slapped him and pushed him aside, and then invited Winnie and Joshua to sit down.

"Where's your sister?" Kompany asked Winnie casually as he sat down.

"My sister said she would prepare a delicious dinner for us, so she went shopping for vegetables." Winnie replied.

"Nonsense!" Kompany frowned. "Leave the guests at home and go shopping by herself? Doesn't she know to wait until I come back?"

Winnie waved her hand with a smile: "Okay, brother-in-law, it's not like you don't know about my sister. She can't hold back when she thinks of anything. I told her that Joshua and I are not guests at all. We don't need So polite, she still has to go shopping. It's completely unnecessary."

"No, you have only come back once in the past few years, and this time it's my brother-in-law... It's Joshua's first time here, so of course you have to treat him well." Having said that, Kompany glanced at Joshua's body. Clean and high-end clothes, a little embarrassed expression. "It's just... we don't have any good things to entertain here, Joshua, don't mind."

"Brother-in-law, you are too polite." Perhaps because they met each other and introduced each other's identities, Yue Xiu'an changed the honorifics in his mouth. It seemed a little closer. "Winnie and I are not the ones who care about eating. Besides, you and your sister are Winnie's closest relatives. That is my family. Between family members. Why pay so much attention to it."

Kompany scratched his head and laughed twice, not knowing what to say for a while.

Seeing his appearance, Winnie couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Okay, brother-in-law, let's stop talking nonsense. Answer my question just now. How do you plan to arrange Hawat?"

Hearing the topic related to his eldest son, Kompany was relieved. After thinking for a while, he replied: "There is nothing to arrange, right? This kid can't be a magician, so I plan that you let him learn the skills of magic machinery. If he grows up, he can also enter my current school." If it's a factory, that's fine."

"It won't work." Winnie shook her head immediately. "I talked with my sister just now, brother-in-law, your idea seems to be right now, but you can't guarantee whether this factory in the town will still exist in the future, so you can't put all your hopes on it."

Kompany was taken aback: "Why isn't the factory here when it's fine?"

"This..." Winnie frowned and thought for a while, then pushed Joshua who was beside her. "I don't know, you can tell brother-in-law."

Joshua smiled. After pondering for a while, he said, "Brother-in-law. I heard that the main products of the factory are only magic fans and magic stoves, two magic machines, and they haven't changed in the past few years. Is that so?"

"Well, it's always been these two. What? Is there a problem?" Kompany asked back.

"For the time being, there is no problem, but in the long run, it may not be." Joshuaan seemed to be deliberating on how to choose words, and after a pause, he continued: "After all, the two magic machines, the magic fan and the magic furnace, are The most low-end products in household magic machinery can indeed sell well in the vicinity of the small town of Arafat, but it may not be so in a few years."

"Because all the countries on the mainland have been vigorously developing the magic industry in the past few years, and the Falk Kingdom is no exception. So if nothing else happens, there will only be more and more chambers of commerce and factories that produce household magic machinery in the future. Like There will be a lot of factories that can manufacture the magic fan and the magic stove, two low-end household magic machines with low technical content. Then this factory will face very strong competition in the future, whether it can continue to guarantee the current profit It's hard to say..."

"You mean...the things produced by the factory will not be sold in the future?"

"I'm not sure, but it's possible, because the competition will only get stronger." Joshuaan nodded. "Our chairman once said that any competition on this continent in the future is actually a technical competition. If you don't overwhelm others at the technical level, you will only face being eliminated in the end. fate."

"Your chairman?" Kompany was taken aback.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you. Brother-in-law, Yue Xiu'an is an employee of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. The chairman he is talking about is President Xu of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce."

"Oh, Xu Yi, I know, I know." Kompany nodded repeatedly. "Since it was said by a big man like Chairman Xu, it must be true." After finishing speaking, Kompany frowned again. "But Joshua, according to what you said, this factory might go bankrupt... Then what should I do..."

"I didn't say it will definitely go bankrupt, it's just possible." Joshua Ann coughed lightly. "Of course, it's also good to be able to make preparations in advance. This goes back to what Winnie said about Hawat's arrangement just now. Brother-in-law, you want Hawat to learn the craft of magic machinery. This idea is very good. But you can’t just focus on this one factory in the small town of Arafat, you should look a little further.”

"what do you mean……"

Joshua turned to look at Winnie, saw her nod, then turned to Kompany and said seriously: "Brother-in-law, I discussed with Winnie and my sister just now, I have a question about Hawat Let’s talk about a better arrangement, I hope you can agree.”

"Tell me."

"Brother-in-law, our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce established a magic training academy for ordinary people three years ago. It specializes in teaching ordinary people to learn the basics of magic, and at the same time trains them to master various skills that combine magic and machinery. Knowledge. Students who graduate from this academy will be directly recruited by our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and strive to train a new generation of magical mechanical engineers. So I think that if Hawat can enter this academy, he will be very useful in the future. It is possible to work in our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. Anyway, it is much better than staying here. Entering that factory?"

"If you can enter your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, it will be countless times stronger. But...you just said magic... Hawat has no talent for magic at all?" Kompany was still full of doubts.

"No. According to the research results of our Chamber of Commerce Magic Research Institute four years ago, anyone actually has magical talent, but some people are more obvious, so it is easy to show it, so they have the opportunity to become magicians. And most people His magical talent is not obvious, so it needs some guidance and teaching to bring it into play. Our Chamber of Commerce established this special training academy to verify this theory. Hawat may not have magical talent for other magicians, but For the researchers of our chamber of commerce Magic Research Institute, that may not be the case."

"You mean it's possible for Hawat to learn magic?" Kompany's eyes lit up.

"It's possible. But the magic he learned may not be the same as the magic you understand, brother-in-law."

"I know, isn't it the new type of magic that is often said in the newspapers to serve magic machines?" Kompany asked again.

A look of surprise appeared on Joshua'an's face.

"Brother-in-law, you actually know this...ah, I don't mean to offend..."

Kompany laughed, waved his hands and said, "It's okay, I know what you mean. It's really strange for a rough man like me to know this. And I accidentally heard someone talking about it when they read the newspaper. You If you let me read the newspaper by myself, I can't even read the words, haha..."

Joshua'an's expression changed: "Brother-in-law, speaking of being illiterate...Sayer should be six years old this year, right? Can he read?"

Kompany shook his head immediately: "No one ever taught him. Of course he doesn't know."

"Then is there a place where you can learn to read and write in the small town of Afarat?"

"Yes, there is, but it is a private classroom set up by the mayor, Viscount Resos, for the noble children in the town. Except for the noble children, if the common people want to go in and study, they have to pay three hundred gold coins every year. Not that much money."

"Then... brother-in-law, do you think that if a school is set up in the town to teach children how to read and write, and only charges ten gold coins a year, would anyone be willing to come?"

Kompany was stunned: "Only ten gold coins are accepted every year? Don't say ten, even if it is twenty, as long as there is such a school, I will throw these two boys into it no matter what! Damn, because I have suffered a lot from being illiterate. Even if I want to learn more advanced magic machinery knowledge, it is very difficult to pass the senior mechanic certificate. I don’t want the two boys in my family to suffer the same loss!”

It seems that Kompany has suffered so much from this that he can't even resist the swearing.

Joshua Ann didn't mind at all, but the smile on his face became even brighter.

"Brother-in-law, tell me first, do you agree with me and Winnie to take Hawat away and let him enter the training academy for the practical use of magic in our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce?"

Kompany looked at Joshuaan suspiciously: "After graduating from this academy, you can work in the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. How easy is it to get in?"

Joshua Ann smiled slightly: "I have a special quota, you don't need to worry about this."

"That's it..."

Kompany frowned and thought for a long time, then nodded heavily.

"Okay! It's rare to have such a good opportunity, of course I agree! But... In this case, does Hawat want to go to your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce? It's so far away from here..."

Winnie on the side reached out and grabbed Kompany's arm and shook it: "Brother-in-law, you don't have to worry about this. The college will provide them with special accommodation, and Joshua and I will take care of him. No problem. If you miss him, we can send him back every year during Chinese New Year. Or you and your sister can go to see him. Now it takes less than two days to go to the main base of our chamber of commerce by car from here, which is very convenient. .”

Kompany pondered for a moment, then nodded slightly: "Well, after your sister comes back, I will discuss it with her."

"Okay, then put this matter aside for now." Joshua Ann said. "Brother-in-law, I will visit Viscount Rexos tomorrow morning, would you like to go with me?"

Kompany stared at Joshua in a daze, thinking that the two of them were still discussing the arrangement of Hawat just now, why did the topic suddenly jump to begging to see the mayor?

The span between this is a bit too big.

And... Joshua Ann went to see the mayor, why did he drag himself along? (To be continued..)