The bitter winter finally left the northern country, and the month of recovery began with a nationwide rainfall that befell the land.

Cecil is like a never-ending industrial machine, the cold winter has not stopped its operation, and the relatively warm spring is more like a lubricating grease, so that this huge machine quickly regained its vitality, bursting out of surging power day by day, and quickly returned to full power.

On the north bank of the Whitewater River, in the northern development area of Cecil, the particularly chilly river breeze blew through the still somewhat wet ground, and then there were layers of water waves like a shimmer surging on the surface, and the originally solid land seemed to melt and soften in an instant.

A large black-painted engineering vehicle let out a low hum, and the mechanical structure at the front of the engineering vehicle raised two long metal rails arranged in parallel, and the runes on the long rails inlaid with demonic metal flashed, and the complex mechanical structure adjusted the position of the rune triggers back and forth, so that the long rails maintained a constant magical effect, and continued to illuminate the ground in front of the engineering vehicle that was constantly softening.

The surveyor holding the special magic terminal was constantly checking the data, and the beam in front of the magic terminal swept across the ground that was being transformed into a clay technique—

"The conversion rate is 0.8, and the predetermined depth is reached - the pile is lowered!"

The lifting equipment rumbled, and the reinforced concrete pillars prepared in advance and covered with runes at the bottom were suspended to the predetermined position, and smoothly submerged in the already fluidized ground.

"Car No. 1 is ready to reverse polarity, and the surrounding area is cleared!" "The perimeter is safe, and the polarity of the No. 1 car can be reversed."

The mechanical interlocking device made a clicking sound, and the rune combinations switched at the same time, and in the humming low sound, the surface of the "irradiated guide" was glowing, and the ground began to slowly harden......

The wind blew through the high platform next to the construction site, and the great architect Gordon's eyes were taken away from the blueprint in his hand, and he looked at the busy construction machinery not far away and the workers who were busy between the machines, and his tone was full of emotion: "This is the first pillar of this spring...... It's going down smoothly, and hopefully that's a good sign. ”

"'Omen' is a wordless word," a metallic trilling sound came from the silvery-white metal sphere floating beside Gordon, "and there is no way to tell the future of isolated events that are not logically connected. I prefer accurate math and machines – at least they don't have that many variables. ”

"I also like accurate numbers and machines, the former makes drawings more useful, and the latter speeds up the work," Gordon smiled as he looked at the master craftsman beside him, "Mr. Nicholas, I'm curious what this facility is for?" It is necessary for a 'master craftsman' like you to debug the equipment himself...... Of course, if there is a non-disclosure agreement involved, then I don't ask. ”

"The name can tell you - this is the future Imperial Computing Center, of course, its external name has not yet been decided," Nicholas Egg, the master craftsman of the Empire, rose and fell slightly, and a proud voice came from his round body, "It is full of high-precision things, although theoretically the group of mechanical bachelors under my command can handle it, but Your Majesty still asked me to assemble its core area by myself, this is to be safe." ”

"Computing Center?" Gordon frowned, "Studying mathematics?" What a strange name......"

"Sooner or later you'll find out what it's for, Mr. Gordon." Nicholas Egg said in a raised tone, and at the same time slowly raised his body, the silver-white metal ball floated high in the air, and the always happy smiling face slowly rotated, reflecting the scene of the entire development area near and far on his smooth metal surface.

Vast expanses of construction sites, hordes of rumbling machines, busy workers moving between areas, Cecil people are embracing this spring of revival-

……

The muffled hum of equipment came from the upper rooms of the Hub Tower, the high-powered magic crystal antenna slowly spinning outside the window, and the tip of one of the mechanical arms swept in the direction of Cecil City.

The crystal glass blocked the still cold wind, and the heater in the tower operated at its lowest power, and the tower keeper Green, wearing a light linen shirt, came to the window while stirring the steaming drink from the coffee cup.

Flocks of birds flew past the tower, leaving a flurry of chirps in the clear sky, far away from the powerful Magic Net Hub Tower, leaving nothing "annoying" on the head of the sophisticated facility.

The tower keeper nodded with satisfaction: the new device applied for last year had produced satisfactory results, and it turned out that the smart people in the research institute and the design bureau had more methods than ordinary people like him, and only needed the lowest level of "animal intimidation" to keep the birds from the north and south away from the tower—less energy than the shield, and there was no need to worry about the extra weight of the physical shield.

There's no need to clean up the bird droppings that have piled up under the hinges of the antenna, and there's no need to pick up the poor birds that are dazed and die in the crystal array.

Greene stood in front of the lookout window, took a small sip of his still hot coffee, and then turned back to his workbench, ready to check the operation of the hub tower as usual.

The printing device connected to the Magic Net terminal has spit out a long sheet of paper, on which is a record of information that needs special attention - not all materials will be printed, only specially marked information, fault receipts at key nodes, and orders sent by the main hub to each tower keeper will be automatically printed in case they are missed.

Of course, as the tower keeper of the Luan Hub, Greene also has some small "privileges", where he can not only watch the clear Magic Net radio program, but also "receive" the latest Cecil Weekly and two other pastime newspapers - also through the printing device connected to the Magic Net terminal.

For those who love to read, newspapers are a better pastime than radio programs.

None of this has been around since the beginning, but something that has been perfected little by little since the Hub Tower was built, and it will certainly continue to be refined for the foreseeable future.

Greene sat down at his workbench, pulled the printer's paper cutting hook, removed the long sheet of paper from the machine, and then carefully cut it to its contents, picking out a few newspapers, folding them neatly and setting them aside—newspapers were common goods for the tower keepers, and he didn't want them to be defaced before his colleagues came for a shift.

Restrained from the idea of reading the newspaper first, Greene first carefully checked the reports of each node and confirmed the real-time status of the device, and then picked up the newspaper that he had put aside and flipped through it at will.

"The Winter Is Over, and the Empire's Provinces Begin to Enter Spring Production - Cecil Will Embrace This Spring"

"It's all started...... I don't know if the factories in the city will be able to hire temporary workers this spring...... Storm is old enough, write a letter to his family and ask him to become an apprentice in a factory, and maybe learn some skills along with him...... It is still difficult to provide for all five children to go to school at a time, although the city has reduced the tuition fees, but it is five mouths to eat...... You have to have more earners to subsidize the family......"

With all kinds of thoughts in his heart, the tower keeper slowly pulled a blank piece of paper from the side, picked up a pen, and began to write a letter to his wife who remained in the city.

Born as a scribe, he is still more accustomed to the touch of the tip of the pen scratching the paper, which makes him feel more down-to-earth than the "letter palette" of the magic network terminal.

But when it came to writing the child's name, he suddenly hesitated.

Storm, the eldest child in the family, was old enough to work in a factory, but he had always been interested in mathematics and now he was in love with runes, and his night school teacher always said that he was a rune master...... But that is beyond the scope of a general school, and you have to go to a specialized college......

The other children are still young, and they are a good age to learn things, and they should all go to school, but ...... Storm is really into math and runes......

Before he knew it, Green's pen slowly stopped.

He has been a tower keeper on this tower for two years, he has watched the Lu'an area change little by little, looking at the news from all over the world, he has forwarded the latest mobilization order of the Government Affairs Department, and forwarded the latest current affairs news.

In Ansu 738, on the 1st of the harvest month of the first year of the empire, the live video and radio announcement of Gawain the Great's coronation were relayed from this Luan hub to the entire southern border, where he and his colleagues witnessed the rebirth of the country in the midst of war.

So he saw more and understood more than anyone else – he knew how important it was to go to school and read in this era, and he knew that the real modern knowledge needed to be learned in school – he couldn't teach his children what advanced mathematics and mechanics were, as his father taught him to read.

He also knew that Emperor Gawain Cecil had been working to free every commoner from ignorance, to giving all children the opportunity to go to school, and even to the extent that a large number of free schools had been established for this purpose, so that every family in the south could have at least one child free of charge and free room and board.

But he had five children.

The towerman's relatively generous salary was a bit stretched thin for his five children, especially when he wanted to send all five of them to school.

The tip of the pen fell on the paper at some point, but because it didn't move, it seeped into a black ink, and when Greene noticed this, several of the letters had been contaminated with ink and couldn't be seen clearly.

He sighed and was about to rewrite when the printing device next to him suddenly creaked and spun out, spitting out a small piece of new content.

Greene immediately put down the pen and paper, pulled the printer's paper cutting hook to take down the message that had just been delivered, and then looked at the contents carefully.

He first saw the sword and plough emblem at the top of the page, and the word Lu Ancheng behind the emblem, and realized that it was a notice from the municipal hall, and then he was surprised to see his name appear in the notice:

Submit to Lu'an Hub Tower Keeper Green:

According to the evaluation of the Municipal Affairs Department, the "Hub Tower Improvement Proposal" submitted by you in the fire month of Ansu 737 has great value and has a certain role in promoting the subsequent actual improvement plan, and in accordance with the "Regulations on Special Contributions and Rewards for Employees of the Administrative Affairs Department", a reward of 125 gold pounds will be issued, which will be paid together with this month's salary, and is hereby notified.

Note: Due to the adjustment of the functions of the statistics department and the restructuring of the Imperial Government Affairs Department, this award has been postponed until now, please understand.

Have a nice job.

-- Cecil of the Lu'an City Government Office, 2nd of the 2nd year of recovery

Greene read the contents of the paper again, and then read it again.

125 gold pounds, that's a lot of money.

He had a confused look on his face, then suddenly, and finally laughed in hindsight, stood up happily, and walked around the room where he worked.

He picked up the coffee on the table—it was completely cold—and drank it down, then picked up the notice and read it again before sitting back in his chair.

Picking up a new piece of letterhead, he took a deep breath and wrote smooth text on it:

"Dear Sarah, I have a bonus.

"I want to send my children to school, and they're all old enough to go to school......

"Tell Storm the good news, he can go learn runes or real magic techniques, and he can even go to the Imperial Academy, if he can pass the exams there. I've heard of the best ...... there."

After writing the letter and carefully checking each letter on it, Greene nodded and placed the letter on the metal platform next to the magic terminal.

There is no need for a postman, and there is no need for delivery, ordinary letters can be handed directly to the "magic net", and soon a copy of the letter will appear in the public magic net center in Lu'an City, and if it goes well, it will be delivered to the wife within a few hours.

After all this, Greene let out a long sigh and got up and went to the window.

In the distance, in the wilderness, a machine is heading towards the farmland, and the land seems to be about to turn green soon after the spring rains.