Chapter 2: Nuns and Alchemy
The Holy Church's nun Bina is a very famous nun in the Norlan Continent.
At the age of twelve, she became a nun of the church, mastering exquisite medical skills, and at the age of fifteen, she began to travel the continent, healing the world, and bringing the light of the church to the world.
At the age of eighteen, she appeared on the battlefield of Bell in the north of the continent, and stayed for half a year, in order to contain the war, although she did not succeed in the end, but she became an angel in the hearts of the warring countries.
Two years ago, she traveled to Phuket and settled down temporarily.
At this moment, Bina sat in a slightly gloomy palace, pursed her lips and said nothing, and behind her stood two Templars who were protecting her, also with solemn expressions.
A moment later, footsteps sounded, and a long, chaotic blonde man appeared, and this person was Luo Lan.
Luo Lan smiled with a smile on her face, and greeted her warmly when she appeared: "Miss Bina, I haven't seen you for months, and you are still so beautiful and moving." ”
Luo Lan: These are not polite words, but words from the heart, Bina is indeed beautiful and moving.
She has a delicate face like porcelain and a graceful figure like lines, and the black nun dress cannot hide her charm and temperament at all, she shines like a bright lamp in the palace.
"Prince Luo Lan, don't talk nonsense, I want to ask you, do you plan to lead the troops to quell the rebellion and kill the rebellious peasants?"
Bina opened her mouth and stabbed straight at the point, she had already decided in her heart that Luo Lan, a vampire, would definitely send troops to kill people.
As a nun who does not belong to any country, she actually can't interfere in the lordship policy of a country like this, but she really can't bear it, she can't wait for Luo Lan to die.
Luo Lan smiled slightly and motioned for the two Templars to go out. The Templars ignored Luo Lan and instead looked at Bina.
Bina said indifferently: "They are knights who protect me, and they will not leave me for half a step, you have something to say." ”
Luo Lan frowned slightly, he did have a lot to say to Bina, but with outsiders present, he was not willing to say more.
"Miss Bina doesn't trust me at all, I'll just say that you were wrong from the beginning, very wrong. I'm talking about you campaigning for the people. ”
"What did you say!"
Bina's face changed, she was very well cultivated, but she couldn't help but be angry when she was so denied by Luo Lan. As a well-known nun in the mainland, Bina is an angel in the hearts of the people, and Bina is a saint with superb medical skills, like a god in a world that mainly relies on bloodletting and herbal treatment.
Such a nun is respected everywhere she goes, but the hateful Luo Lan accuses her of being very wrong.
"I hope you can take responsibility for your words and deeds, although the church will not send troops to attack you, but I will tell your father, and when the time comes, you will even be stripped of your status as the lord of Phuket!"
Bina snorted coldly and glared at Luo Lan, and the two Templars behind her even drew their long swords, completely ignoring Luo Lan's majesty as a lord.
Luo Lan actually didn't want to talk to Bina so intensely, but Bina's impression of herself was already deeply ingrained, and it was useless to speak slowly and gently.
Looking at the angry Bina, Luo Lan continued: "The reason why I said you were wrong is because your starting point is the lord and not the peasant, you always ask the lord to treat the peasant well, but you never think about fighting for the freedom of the peasant, so the peasant will always be a slave. For example, you are now asking me to lower my taxes, and I am afraid that the church will promise you, but have the peasants turned over? ”
Luo Lan's words made Bina stunned for a moment, she didn't expect Luo Lan to say this, she didn't look like a vampire who oppressed the people at all.
However, Bina did not change her opinion of Luo Lan, she said coldly: "It is because of the existence of lords like you that farmers will never be free, if you treat your people well, they will naturally be free!" If you don't lower the tax rate, I'll do my best to get your father to abolish you! ”
Bina shook her hand away, particularly heroic, she didn't bother to say a superfluous word.
The Templar put away his sword and walked away with a sneer.
Luo Lan hugged her hands and frowned, looking at the back of Bina in the distance, and couldn't help but feel depressed.
He kind of wanted to scold, not Bina, of course, but the former prince. That stupid prince didn't know how to have a good relationship with the nuns of the church, and the contradictions have become bigger and bigger in the past two years, and now there is no room for turnback.
His own reform plan is still not taking a step.
While thinking, Luo Lan glanced at the corner of her eyes, but found that a book had fallen on the place where Bina was sitting just now.
It was an old and incomplete book, as if the previous part had been torn off from a book. The whole book is only the size of a palm, like a small notebook.
Luo Lan went over to pick it up and took a look, the cover of the book was blurry, and it was deliberately worn out, and he couldn't see any content. Luo Lan opened the book casually, but inside it was densely packed with words and patterns, similar to oracle bone inscriptions.
Although Luo Lan knew the words of this world, such dense words and patterns still made him confused. He looked at it carefully for a while, and vaguely recognized some words: alchemy, all-purpose medicine, gold......
It's like a martial arts cheat.
Luo Lan was about to look again, but Gandalf had already run over, and he said worriedly: "Your Highness, is Miss Bina gone?" Have you negotiated? ”
Luo Lan shook her head and continued to look at the patterns in the book, which looked like a chemical laboratory, with many instruments and bottles and cans, which made people confused.
Gandalf also leaned over to look at it a few times, then his face changed drastically, and he snatched the book over, "Your Highness, this is Alchemy!" Don't look at it! How could you have this forbidden book"!
Gandalf's face was as if he had seen a ghost, and he closed the book, tearing it up if he didn't say a word. Luo Lan hurriedly stopped, "It's Sister Bina's."
"Huh?"
Gandalf, who was about to tear the book, was dumbfounded, he thought he had heard it wrong, "Alchemy" is Sister Bena's? How can it be?
Gandalf was shocked for a reason.
About fifty years ago, some people who were obsessed with the study of metals formed an alchemy organization, and their main purpose was to turn base metals into precious metals, which is also the ultimate goal of alchemy.
In fact, the development of alchemy has a history of thousands of years, but it was only 50 years ago that a perfect organization was established, after which the book "Alchemy" was published, which introduced the various types of alchemy in detail, and preached that alchemy was the crystallization of human wisdom and should be promoted.
According to the book, alchemy products are all kinds of magical, whether it is to cure diseases or grow, alchemy can be used, and even people can live forever and make gold out of thin air.
At first, the nobles courteously treated the alchemist, praying for elixir and gold, but no alchemist could do it. Moreover, the so-called elixir made by some alchemists killed many lords and kings.
The result is self-evident, the alchemist has become a god, everyone shouts and beats, and finally under the joint attack of the church and the state, it gradually declines, and "Alchemy" has also become a banned book.
Gandalf told Luo Lan all this, and said, "Miss Bina is a well-known nun of the church, and she actually hides the "alchemy" forbidden by the church, which is incredible, if the world knows about her, she will be finished."
After listening to Gandalf's words, Luo Lan sat down thoughtfully, he carefully flipped through "Alchemy", and his eyes lit up after reading two pages.
"These two pages turned out to be the method of making fertilizer. Using the products of alchemy, you can create artifacts that make plants grow better, isn't it fertilizer? This is modern science! Jin Kela! ”
Luo Lan couldn't help but exclaim, Gandalf didn't understand at all, and just asked Luo Lan not to look at it anymore.
Luo Lan was as if he had found a treasure, as a modern person, he naturally knew that alchemy was actually the prototype of modern chemistry. The early development of chemistry on Earth was started by alchemy.
And the alchemy in this book is even more exaggerated, all kinds of alchemy products have been studied and recorded, it is just like opening a hanging, I don't know how high it is higher than the alchemy of the earth.
For example, if it is written in the book that "if you detonate it in a sealed jar, you can kill a group of cavalry", isn't this a bomb?
Also, "after a volcano erupts, pick up its dust and throw it into the water, mix it with soil, and it will be extremely hard", isn't this cement?
This is no longer a simple primitive alchemy, but a great extension of alchemy!
From a development point of view, the alchemy in this book is simply the only way to increase productivity. Even Luo Lan began to admire the alchemists of this world.
Luo Lan has a way to improve the relations of production, but he can't improve the inherent productivity, but if alchemy is used rationally, then the productivity can be detonated.
Luo Lan was excited for a while, and secretly regretted that the reason why this world was backward in development was inseparable from the alchemist's suppression by the church.
In fact, this kind of thing happened on the earth, such as Bruno, who supported the Copernicus solar center theory, was burned alive by the Inquisition.
There are times of ignorance in every world.
Then, if you can draw the alchemists under your command, and then combine them with the socialist system to form advanced production relations and productive forces, then ...... It's amazing!
"Gandalf, is there still an alchemist in this world? Do we have one on the island? ”
Luo Lan asked excitedly, and Gandalf replied with a bitter face: "Your Highness, don't fool around. Alchemy is taboo, although the southern kingdom will not execute alchemists, but if anyone studies alchemy, they will definitely be regarded as demons, although you are a prince, you can't toss alchemy, it will cause criticism. ”
"Criticism? That's all, that's nothing to be afraid of", Luo Lan laughed, but his tone was slightly cold, "The church has made alchemists miserable, they are just afraid that alchemists will endanger their status, so they are crazy to suppress them." And the alchemists are too much in pursuit of ethereal immortality and gold, and do not carry forward the products of alchemy, so they have no mass base, so they will fail."
As soon as Luo Lan's words fell, footsteps suddenly sounded, and a woman in a black nun's dress rushed in.
When she returned to the church, she found that "Alchemy" had been lost, and she couldn't help but be shocked and hurried back to look for it.
Luo Lan had long expected that she would come back, so she took "Alchemy" into her arms and motioned for Gandalf to go out.
Gandalf looked anxious, but walked out with a sigh.
Bina greeted him, and then stared at Luo Lan. Luo Lan sat down with a smile and poured a glass of water to drink, and he deliberately asked, "Miss Bina, have you lost something?" ”