Unsurprisingly, the development of tourism also benefited the construction of the magic academy—or rather, the construction of all schools in Gotham.
The most important goal of industrial development was to liberate productive capacity. Income that had once required three people working diligently just to barely make ends meet could now be earned by one person. The other two could naturally seek other paths. When a household's income suddenly increased, the children in the family were, of course, the first to be freed.
In the past, Gotham had no particular rules against employing child labor. Aside from children who were especially young, anyone who could run and jump could help support the family. They could assist in kitchens, run errands, or even drive deliveries.
But running a stall clearly was not work that required much manpower, especially a stall selling tourist souvenirs. Those things were not heavy, and aside from being a little miscellaneous, they did not consume much physical or mental energy. Most of the time, only one person needed to watch the stall. Even when customer traffic was high, one person selling goods and another taking payment was entirely sufficient. Naturally, the children could go to school.
The desire for a better life was the greatest force driving people forward. Though selling goods from stalls was good now, no one did not hope that their children would one day become the people buying those goods.
Dressed in refined, expensive shirts, accompanied by wives who were equally well cared for and beautifully dressed, with fair, tender, lively, adorable children, the whole family leisurely went out traveling and did not even blink at buying souvenirs worth dozens of dollars. Though not everyone attained such a life through studying, they at least had to attend a technical school to have any distinction