Recaps

Xu Yi turned his Magic Fan design into a growing business, built relationships with Viscount Leslie and the workers, and began developing machines and standards for mass production. After testing an experimental Magic Air Conditioner, he set out to recruit Dwarf Craftsmen for the next stage of the factory.

• Xu Yi built a Magic Fan and sold it through Heinz’s shop, then expanded production with help from colleagues and students as orders poured in.
• Xu Yi leased land from Viscount Leslie, rescued the injured slave girl Vivian, and began planning a factory beyond the original workshop.
• Xu Yi developed improved fans and production tools, including the Magic Thread-Rolling Machine, while Stille helped him finish her Piano Model.
• Xu Yi and Heinz used the Xinfei emblem and free repairs to expose counterfeit fans and build customer trust in the genuine product.
• Xu Yi accepted Camilla’s recommendation for the Mages' Guild Qualification Certification Examination and continued developing magical machinery rather than becoming Camilla’s apprentice.
• Viscount Leslie offered Xu Yi a five-year land lease and a minority investment, and they agreed to a partnership that left Xu Yi in control.
• Xu Yi rewarded Olin for improving the Magic Fan and told Leslie that the workshop was producing 150 fans a day while handling thousands of outside orders.
• Xu Yi installed an experimental Magic Air Conditioner, then left to recruit Dwarf Craftsmen and establish uniform parts and production standards.

Xu Yi expanded the Xinfei Merchant Guild by recruiting Dwarves and researchers, selling machinery to other guilds, and developing harvesters and household products. After Camilla’s funding cuts and researchers’ departures threatened the Magic Tower, Xu Yi urged her to reconsider combining magic research with business.

• Xu Yi won Chief Shluka’s agreement to recruit Dwarven craftspeople and fund a local research facility, then promised Master Ranu he would treat the workers fairly.
• After Stille told Xu Yi how a classmate had deceived and pressured her, she stayed at his house and later joined his Magic Array research team.
• Xu Yi borrowed a hundred slaves from Viscount Leslie, organized them into a Magic Fan assembly line, and directed Heinz to buy Magic Crystal Mines.
• Xu Yi recruited Akali and Avita, negotiated with President Fasak to supply machinery and production knowledge, and demonstrated a Magic Air Conditioner to Viscount Leslie and other nobles.
• After Lesley's harvesters impressed local nobles, Xu Yi ordered more machines, renamed the fan workshop the Household Magic Machinery Workshop, and prepared a Magic Rice Cooker for production.
• Xu Yi learned that Camiro, Reno, and Vena had left for a Sartan City guild and that the Magic Tower lacked funds after the kingdom cut Camilla’s support.
• Xu Yi visited Great Mage Camilla, learned she would spend any money on research, and asked her to reconsider mixing magic with business.

Xu Yi expanded the Xinfei Merchant Guild’s agricultural machinery program, built ties with nobles and dwarves, and pursued new materials and workers. As the guild’s rice cooker orders surged, he also began seeking contact with the elves and received an invitation from Bunta City’s Commercial Association.

• Xu Yi persuaded Great Mage Camilla to partner with him and helped develop a Magic Soil Loosener powered by an Earth-Rending Array.
• Xu Yi managed factory hiring, negotiated cooperation with President Fasak, and concluded that the Leo Merchant Guild had copied Xinfei’s Magic Fan.
• Freeman won the Big Eater Contest, and Xu Yi offered him a choice of fifty gold coins or an opportunity connected to the Farmer Support Plan.
• Xu Yi demonstrated the Small Magic Soil Loosener to nobles and farmers, then explained the Farmer Support Plan to Count Samo while Baron Haines investigated the guild and helped launch the Bunta Daily.
• Xu Yi discovered Vivian’s drawings, lectured students about magic machinery, and taught mages how to develop the Magic Excavator before Great Mage Camilla told him the Mages' Guild had rejected his patent proposal but approved his examination.
• Count Samo told Xu Yi the King had approved tax relief and wanted lower prices for agricultural machines, while Xu Yi discovered new alloys made by Shluka’s dwarves.
• Xu Yi secured dwarf workers and materials researchers from Chief Monto, recruited prospectors to survey the kingdom, and offered Anise plans to address the elves’ river problem.
• Xu Yi returned to find Heinz overwhelmed by rice cooker orders and accepted an invitation to the Bunta City Commercial Association’s banquet.

Xu Yi expanded the Xinfei Merchant Guild’s production, research, and recruitment while trading Magic Fan technology for entry into Bunta City’s Commercial Association. In Anvilmar, he faced interference over his agricultural machinery, recruited Sanchelli, and agreed to demonstrate the machines before his audience with the king.

• Xu Yi secured the Xinfei Merchant Guild’s admission to the Commercial Association by licensing Magic Fan technology for five silver coins per fan.
• Xu Yi accepted ownership of a hundred slaves from Viscount Leslie, agreed to train three hundred more, and commissioned a larger Magic Machine Tool Workshop.
• Avita developed glowgrass lighting with the Thunderflash Array, and Great Mage Camilla demonstrated a compact array for heating and cooling.
• Xu Yi offered Vena and Rem jobs despite their technology leak, rescued Vivian from Enrique, and established a scholarship fund tied to work at the Xinfei Merchant Guild.
• Xu Yi paid the slaves wages, pressed for greater production efficiency and research investment, and traveled to Anvilmar for his examination and royal audience.
• Xu Yi recruited prospective mage workers in Anvilmar, saved six agricultural machines from a warehouse fire, and refused Lord Fisher’s demand to surrender them.
• Xu Yi recognized the potential of Sanchelli’s changing Wind Magic Array, hired him, and paid Victor to leave him alone.
• Xu Yi learned of political opposition involving Marquis Saitek and Duke Stagg, then agreed to demonstrate his machinery for the Farmland Reform Committee before meeting the king.