Chapter Twenty-Nine: Aguila, the History Teacher

Xiu returned to the dormitory.

Otto still looked at his thick book earnestly. This book has turned many pages compared to the beginning. Otto is very serious and constantly writing and drawing, as if he is writing about his feelings, his own opinions, and as if from somewhere

He was ready to continue reading the textbook. This basic book was the best for him to read, and he decided to read it as soon as possible.

After the lunch break, the afternoon class is history.

The teacher of history is not Serena, but someone else. The man was not a Valkyrie or a knight, but a godfather.

"My name is Aguila. I am your history teacher. After a short introduction, he didn't say anything irrelevant and went straight to class.

He seems to know a lot about history... Extensive. When he lectured to the students, he didn't even open the textbook at all, and he just talked endlessly.

He has explained everything from the Alkan Peninsula to the rise and fall of the Arabs, from the rise and fall of the ancient Roman Empire to its division, the confrontation between the city-states of the Greek Peninsula and the Persian Empire, and even the distant kingdoms of the East.

"The Eastern country is very powerful and mysterious, and some of their inventions and creations are too many, but there are the following four things that can be called the propeller of the world's development, and they are also miracles of the development of civilization. Like the books you have in your hands. Aguila picked up the textbook in his hand, "The art of papermaking was introduced from the East centuries ago. He directly accelerated the development of our civilization for hundreds of years. And the next thing they brought in was to change the battle weapons of the Church Knights and Honkai. He pulled out a small bag and placed it on the podium, and some fine black particles spilled out.

"That's gunpowder. And the advent of gunpowder directly contributed to the invention of guns. It was only after the advent of guns that we were able to win the battle against Honkai in a local war. Now the most important thing is! He opened the book and pointed to the rigid text on it, "Typography!" This technology, which can produce large quantities of books in a short period of time, has completely freed the hands of the Destiny Masters, allowing them to devote more energy to the research of weapons and the tactics of fighting against Honkai. Although the text is very rigid, there is no fancy, no pen stroke, and there is no everything, everything looks beautiful lines, but! This technology has directly accelerated the knowledge inheritance work of Destiny! He has completely changed the speed at which the knowledge of the Mandate of Heaven spreads! ”

Hearing the teacher boast about that country like this, many people asked curiously.

"Teacher, how did these things come about?"

"It's a business road. The trade route began in Rome and went to a city in the far east called Koshhar. The prosperity there is comparable to that of Rome, Paris, Constantinople and even Jerusalem! And that city was just one of the cities of that country. Which country has many cities that are so prosperous. I don't know how many. ”

"Teacher! Have you ever been to the East? ”

"Nope. But there have been people who have been. There was a Venetian named Marco Polo who visited. In his notes, the kingdom had its roofs made of gold, and everyone was dressed in fine silk—the silk which is incomparably precious to us was only their most ordinary garment—and everyone had fine porcelain in their homes. Their wealth and power are far beyond the imagination of the uncoupled. ”

"He's so powerful, why don't you fight Honkai with Destiny?"

"Destiny has sent emissaries, but they refused."

"Why!" The students were incredible.

"That country is too far away. It will take two years from us to the distant land of Koshhar. And most importantly... That country, there is no trace of collapse! If you don't experience Honkai, you won't know how terrible Honkai is. Even if they sent their troops, after two years they came to Rome, under the Alps or on the banks of the Rhine. Are they going to settle in this land thousands of miles away? Who will guarantee their logistics? That's a lot of money. ”

"Can we go to that country?"

"Yes, but you should go out of the sea!"

"Why?"

"After the rise of the Ottoman Empire, it had been controlling the trade routes on land for a long time. They taxed the merchants of the past so heavily that no merchant could afford that. No country could defeat him, and even the once mighty Byzantine Empire was defeated and occupied by him. The countries of the East were also plunged into war and did not have the energy to go on expeditions. Some people tried to take the other way, but the Ottoman border was uninhabited and banditry was rampant, and the merchants were not safe, and over time, the road was abandoned. But the merchants opened up a trade route by sea! With the opening of the Spanish, Dutch, English fleets and Vikings, the sea trade routes were opened! The trade route with the East was established again! This brings us to another great invention! ”

Aguila pulled out an object, held it up and said to everyone, "Compass!" This amazing item that can point the way at any time! Because of it, we were able to find our way at sea! That's why we've found a new continent! The American continent! As for what it means for ordinary people, the state and the Mandate of Heaven, we will talk about it later. ”

"Teacher, why do you know so much about the East?"

"These are all in the Mandate of Heaven repository. The Mandate of Heaven also has a deal with the East, and it is necessary to understand the East. We have an intelligence agency dedicated to the East, and what happened in the East will be known in a year. This time is already the shortest, after all, the distance is too far. ”

"Teacher!" Xiu raised his hand, "Do you speak the words of the Oriental?" ”

Aguila thought for a long time, "I have a friend who once went to the East, and he taught me a sentence that seems to be something like this: 'A friend comes from afar...'" and he forced a repetition of his memory in a very non-standard voice. "I don't know how to say the rest. The language of the Oriental people is very complex, and I have no way of speaking exactly. But the phrase roughly means: 'I am very happy to have friends visiting me from afar.' ’”

"Does that show that the Orientals are hospitable?" Xiu Xiu continued to ask.

"Orientals are always very hospitable. He was very welcoming to be guests in their homes. Of course, I've heard that if any of you have the opportunity, you can put it into practice. No matter how much I say, it is hearsay after all, and everything is subject to reality. ”

Xiu sat down and didn't ask any more questions.

Aguila's knowledge was so extensive that it was hard to believe that he was a godfather—he insisted that he was a godfather and didn't go far and wide, saying that all he knew was what the believers in his church talked to him.

It's hard to imagine that this church is somewhere and how many well-informed believers can talk to him about so many interesting things.

When the class was over, the students woke up from a dream, and they walked out of the department with a lot of heart, and they kept discussing all the interesting things that Aguila said.

After Xiu and Otto finished dinner, they let Otto go back to the dormitory first, and he went to the quartermaster office to get the horse grass as usual.