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Chapter 261 Play a big game
light.

Yes, lights.

It started as controlled fire - used for lighting.

Lights are never simple things.

After Andrew briefly talked about using lamps to supplement the light to ensure plant growth, Professor Adams stopped what he was doing.

"Is it more than just lighting? Using lamps to provide the effect of sunlight?"

"But it's very limited...you need a lot, a lot of lights."

Andrew said seriously that even the special planting lamps with professionally adjusted light wavelengths have astonishing electricity consumption, not to mention the simple magic incandescent lamps at Hogwarts.

“A lot of…”

Professor Adams showed a very heroic smile.

"You know too little about herbal medicine - we only lack the means, never the Galleons..."

This sentence made the overbearing Andrew stunned.

But soon he saw the true boldness.

Although he had some knowledge of herbal medicine, he knew almost nothing about the most precious plants.

That afternoon, the laboratory directly changed its research direction - it began to try to modify the lamps to adapt to the greenhouse and to conduct in-depth research on the so-called wavelength problem.

Andrew had no hope for this anyway - it was too difficult to try to change this thing without electricity.

But this did not affect the lighting of a lot of lights in the greenhouse, and the office also received a lot of visiting lists.

"Really, it's a big deal..."

Andrew looked at the names on the list that theoretically should be very valuable and nodded - because Percy was already stunned, of course, this was not the main reason.

"Don't just stand there, Percy. Reply properly. The professor said that we need to respond one by one and invite them warmly... It seems that Professor Sprout and the others have done something big..."

"Of course, Andrew!"

Percy said in a serious tone, "These are all people from the textbooks, and the Herbology Association even invested a large sum of money directly into the school, an investment that even the school board couldn't refuse!"

Of course I couldn't refuse - nearly half of the school directors had their own potion workshops or herb plantations. It would be fine if I offended others, but if I offended the Herbology Association, you don't want to work there anymore, right?

"I think the results will come out on the first day. Magic is very effective in checking things like this. I think the effect is quite good, otherwise they wouldn't have made such a big fuss..."

Andrew thought secretly - mainly because the job of replying to the letters this time was in Percy's hands, in order to avoid unnecessary office conflicts, he decided to keep his mouth shut for a while.

Anyway, Andrew only mentioned it briefly, and he will probably keep it secret for protection.

It doesn't matter even if he said it - he was just lucky and it won't have much impact.

However... this idea was gradually dispelled as the number of applicants increased.

"No, Professor, I just want to mention this. Please don't sell me out. I just want to learn Transfiguration for fun. Being under the lights is not suitable for me at all..."

But things are getting worse.

There are many more talented people in the wizarding world than Andrew imagined. After the key thing of light energy replenishment was unlocked, Professor Adams, who jokingly called the Herbology Department that had the most contact with the Muggle world, began to frantically learn new skills.

The first is the Traceless Expanding Spell Greenhouse, which exists in Andrew’s imagination.

Basically, apart from the high energy consumption, it was successful after just a period of discussion - the traceless expansion spell cannot increase the sunlight, but the light can, and the land use area has almost expanded. Of course, due to the blockage of alchemical oil, it can only be used for the production of the most precious herbs, but even so, there is still huge profit.

Secondly, water-based cultivation - this is something that herbology has been coveting for a long time, especially the existence of alchemical potions and magic potions, which makes this kind of thing easier than in the Muggle world. But there is no way, the sunlight is stuck in the early stage.

This problem was also solved - the only loophole in the experiment was that someone was too idle to try to grow mandrake hydroponically, and then killed the plants in half of the greenhouse.

Then comes the third one, low-cost cross-season crops - although the low-cost problem cannot be solved because the refined oil has not been produced, there is hope.

As for the messy small projects and small plans, it was even more endless to read them all - those visiting experts simply lived in Hogwarts and didn't even have the desire to leave...

'It's outrageous that such a big change could be made.'

After solving problems like the iron-carbon phase diagram, Andrew had been wondering where the change would come from - he would be happy with either alchemy or transfiguration.

Either Nick, the first in alchemy, or Dumbledore, the first in transfiguration, are possible, but Andrew has never thought about herbs.

But that’s a good thing—except…

"Taylor, Professor Adams told me that this is really..."

Professor McGonagall looked at Andrew and felt a headache.

I've persuaded you about alchemy, but how did you make such a big fuss about herbal medicine?

"My personal advice is not to expose yourself... The school will allocate a sum of money to Professor Adams, which is part of the funds provided by the Herbalism Association..."

Are you kidding me? Am I the kind of person who cares about my reputation, Professor?
Believe me, Professor, I am focused on Transfiguration and don't want to be famous at all - just take the money, so as to avoid the spotlight being taken away, and I don't know whether I will become a genius or an ornament in the astronomy tower.

"I still want to study Transfiguration well... I don't like the reputation that comes by chance... Besides, if I have too many reputations, like Mr. Potter, I'm afraid it will be difficult to study."

Andrew pretended to be thinking and spoke seriously.

"Well, fine. Professor Adams has decided to give you the entire 3,000 Galleons prize money... as compensation for your loss of reputation."

???

No, so generous?

Three thousand Galleons!

Andrew wanted to sigh—he just didn’t want to be famous…

"That's a bit too much, Professor."

"Not much. This matter is almost transformational. If you were not only in the second year, I would never say such words to let you give up. But you are destined to be famous in Transfiguration, Taylor."

Professor McGonagall said this with absolute certainty.

"I hope so too. The advancement of herbal medicine has nothing to do with a herbal medicine nerd like me. It's a shame to hold such a title..."

"It's just that three thousand Galleons is really... I can only accept it with shame..."

Andrew didn't even want to pretend to say anything. This would be a disaster - it was herbal medicine... God knows what it would develop into...

灯…

This thing has no brakes to begin with - but it should be good, and it will get better.

"It's just... I'm sorry to the seniors in the lab... I put all the pressure on you."

(End of this chapter)