Protect Our Clan Leader

Chapter 1218: Chapter 3 Take Off! The Rise of the Underdog_2 Chapter 1218: Chapter 3 Take Off! The Rise of the Underdog_2 “No problem,” Wang Ningxi agreed just as readily. In fact, he didn’t have many channels to deal with the disposition of invention and technological innovations either, so allowing Wang JingLei to handle its operation was one of the best approaches.

The Wang family had always encouraged various innovations, and those who could achieve it often reaped huge amounts of Contribution Points.

But at the same time, the Wang family would not allow its members to privately authorize the innovations for profit or to operate private assets, either alone or in cooperation with outsiders.

For clan members to operate private assets was a big taboo for the family because it inevitably led to conflicts of interest or secretive harm to the collective interests of the family.

Moreover, if this threshold were crossed, more and more clan members would invest in private assets, resulting in a disintegration of the family as individual members’ loyalty faded.

“Very well, very well.” Wang JingLei was a strong and decisive woman. After signing the authorization contract with Wang Ningxi, she immediately summoned several professional Artifact Refiners under her command.

One of them, a burly “middle-aged man” named Wang Qi, was a Second Class Artifact Refiner with a cultivation base in the Spirit Platform Realm. He was an Artifact Refiner trained by the Wang Clan’s Artifact Refining Headquarters.

Despite not appearing very bright, he had mastered the methods of refining three types of Spiritual Artifacts. He had successfully crafted nine inferior Spiritual Artifacts and was especially adept at creating prototypes of agricultural tools based on blueprints.

The rest were his apprentices, all beginner Artifact Refiners in the Vital Energy Refining Realm.

“Greetings, Mr. Qi,” Wang Ningxi said as they met, immediately paying his respects. The reason was none other than Wang Qi’s additional role as a guest lecturer for the Artifact Refining course at the Wang Family School, where he made time each year to teach the elite class.

“So it’s Ningxi,” Wang Qi had a very profound impression of Wang Ningxi—esteemed status, smart and eager to learn, and known for being modest and low-profile. His many questions had often stumped him as a lecturer.

What a pity… Sigh~ After some brief pleasantries.

“Mr. Qi, could you and your team create a prototype based on the blueprints by hand-crafting,” Wang JingLei got straight to the point, “but please consider the feasibility of mass production during the refinement process.”

The Wang family valued and respected technical talent tremendously, and as the general manager, Wang JingLei was also quite polite to a Second Class Artifact Refiner.

After studying the matter, Wang Qi nodded, clearly enlightened, “Innovative idea indeed. I can use Hundred Refining Steel produced in a blast furnace to create the disc blades, some critical parts, and that central shaft. The frame and counterweights can be made with ordinary carbon steel to save on costs.”

Most inventions and innovations are like this—before being created, they are often seen as an empty space. But once they are made, they become clear as day to technical personnel.

Thus, Wang Qi’s team went on to craft the actual objects.

Meanwhile, with Wang JingLei’s help, Wang Ningxi began the standardized compilation of blueprints and copyright declarations, which were then handed over to the Changning Defence Government Office via official channels and delivered to the Technology and Copyright Administration in Return to Dragon City.

This was an institution established by the Da Qian Official under the strong promotion of the Gongye Clan, of course because the Gongye Clan, as technological pioneers in Da Qian, long suffered from piracy and imitators.

When faced with weak family piracy, the Gongye Clan could still press down hard. But when facing blatant theft of technology by clans like the Zhao Clan, the Gongye Clan was naturally helpless.

As a result, the Gongye Clan and the Zhao Clan were in a great discord. Other families stole as well, but they were at least somewhat restrained, unlike the Zhao Clan, which was the most shameless.

Back when Emperor Longchang ruled and the Zhao Clan controlled the cabinet, the proposal for this report was suppressed and not passed.

Not until the Great Qian Wang Clan took over the cabinet and Emperor Zi’an’s son An Jian Guo, did the proposal the Gongye Clan had been promoting for hundreds of years come to light again, and with Wang Shouzhe’s assistance and advice, Da Qian added the Technology and Copyright Administration.

The Technology and Copyright Administration was somewhat similar to the patent office from Wang Shouzhe’s previous life. However, with the strong support and promotion by Emperor Zi’an’s son An Quan, this new entity had significant power. Once technological infringement was verified, they could impose hefty fines and compensation on the infringing party.

As for the specific workings and rules of this entity, that’s a story for another time.

In any case, Da Qian had taken the first step towards copyright protection, and it would surely gradually perfect this system.

During this time.

Wang Ningxi went nowhere but treated the factory like his home.

Before he knew it, more than ten days had passed.

Wang Family’s Farm Number Thirteen in Xinping Town.

It was a large farm with 50,000 acres of ordinary farmland and over 200 acres of inferior Spirit Field, planting premium grain species of the Wang family. Right next to the farm, there was still about 10,000 acres of wasteland that hadn’t yet been fully developed.

The more this wasteland bordered the river mountains, the more pebbles it contained, and it was overgrown with weeds, making it difficult to cultivate. When using a plow to cultivate, it was very easy to get stuck in the gaps between rocks. To reclaim such poor land required the tenant farmers of the farm to slowly expand and do the hard work.

On this day.

Wang JingLei, the manager of the civilian tool factory, her deputy, Wang Shiying, JingLei’s assistant, Wang Xuannan, as well as Wang Ningxi and Wang Qi, all arrived at Farm Number Thirteen.

The person in charge of this farm was also from the Wang family, named Wang Anrong, a great-grandson of Wang Shouyi’s line within the Wang family, ranking sixth in the An generation, now also over ninety years old.

However, compared to his brothers like Wang Anye, Wang Anxin, and Wang Anru, who were close in age, Wang Anrong appeared much more “mediocre.” His bloodline talent barely qualified him as a Little Sky Pride, and his cultivation base was still stuck at the peak of Level Four in the Spirit Platform Realm.

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