059: A Giant of Science
Legend has it that since the door of wisdom and knowledge was built, only two people have knocked on the brass ring on the door.
The first, was a slave craftsman from Kohor. He showed the Titans a machine capable of forging weapons and armor with the power of water, a method that the slaver was said to have come up with after seeing a stone mill propelled by a stream of water in a riverside mill. After completing this invention, he wanted to give it to his master in exchange for the right to freedom, but it was at this time that he heard the legend of the Titan King from Dothraki. The craftsman, who had been a slave, gritted his teeth and fled from Kohor to the Dragon City, where he wanted to dedicate his invention to the temple of the Infinity Dragon, but the slave owner's pursuit made him panic, and when he finally came to the door of wisdom and knowledge, he no longer had the strength to move his steps, so he could only take the risk of knocking on the brass ring on the door.
He was then brought before the Titan King, who told him about his vision and construction of the Hydro Forge Machine. The King of the Titans immediately granted the runaway slave freedom, gave him a great deal of wealth, let him redeem his freedom from his original owner with a hundred gold coins, and gave him the title of knight.
Title!
Yes!
The Titans created a system of honorary aristocracy called the seventh-rank title, which from top to bottom were Grand Duke, Duke, Marquis, Earl, Viscount, Baron, and Sir Sir.
Although the knighthood is the lowest of the seventh-class titles, even if it is the lowest rank, there is no doubt that the craftsman who was originally a slave has ushered in a earth-shaking change in status, from a slave who can't even control his own life and freedom, to a nobleman under the command of the Titan King!
The first person to eat crabs was rewarded so richly. Naturally, the jealousy of the original heart became even more crazy at the same time. It didn't take long for the second person who rang the copper ring of wisdom to appear, but what happened to the second person who rang the copper ring of wisdom made the originally crazy people calm down all of a sudden.
A sorcerer claiming to be from the Land of Shadows of Asha knocks on the bronze ring of the door of wisdom. He tells the Titans that he has a secret method that makes people immortal.
Then...... The King of the Titans took him and fed the dragons.
One in front and one in the back, one is a lowly slave craftsman. provided a seemingly ordinary technology, but obtained a fortune that could not be spent in a lifetime, and went from being a fugitive slave who was penniless and did not even own his life and freedom to become a nobleman. The other is a wizard from the mysterious land of shadows of Axia, who claims to have the secret method of immortality, but was fed to the dragon by the king of the Titans without hesitation.
Two completely different people, two completely different endings. When people are eager to try for the wonderful ending of the first person, they can't help but think of the tragic ending of the second person. At the same time, it also made the vast majority of people understand that although the King of Titans is generous, he is definitely not a fool. If you want to deceive him, first think about whether you can afford the price of being exposed.
After this wizard who claimed to be from Yasha was fed the dragon. Most people choose to forgo this way to become famous, anyway, the temple of the Infinity Dragon accepts and reviews all kinds of new inventions and technologies, and rewards them according to the results of their judgment, and even if your wisdom invention is unanimously recognized by the priests as being of great significance, you can also meet the Titan King under their auspices and show your wisdom in front of the Titan King, there is no need to take this risk.
When Watt learned that his son had created a miraculous invention, he was moved to dedicate it to the King of Titans and receive his reward. The best the best. These rewards can be exchanged for the right to sell snow salt and snow sugar. Snow salt and snow sugar are both new commodities that have appeared under the command of Titan Kao in the past year, and the snow salt is said to be extracted from the sea by the alchemists under the command of Titankao, and it is purer and cleaner than the best green salt, without the slightest impurity. It's just one year. Snow salt has long since replaced the green salt of the past as a must-have for the upper class of the city-states of the Free Trade Alliance. Any Grand Duke, Governor, or Merchant who has a dish filled with green salt instead of snow salt from Dragon City when your guests come to visit will make their host's face gloomy.
And the snow sugar ...... That's even more remarkable.
Snow sugar. It is now the most popular luxury item in the Free Trade Association.
Before the advent of snow sugar, there were only two types of sweeteners that could be found in large quantities on the continent of Essos. One is honey, while the other is maltose boiled with barley saccharification. The yield of honey is not high. Neither in Westeros nor in Essos had the technology to raise bees in captivity, so the only way to get honey was to risk your life to go to a natural hive deep in the mountains and forests. Although the yield of maltose is very high, compared with honey maltose, it often contains too many impurities, the taste is not very good, and the color is jet black, which makes people dislike it. In addition, some cities in Essos also produce vegetable sugar, but vegetable sugar is worse than maltose in both taste and color, and its impurity content is extremely high.
Honey, which was a commodity of the aristocracy, was seriously underproduced for technical reasons, and maltose was not accepted by the nobility such as governors, grand dukes, and princes because of its taste, taste, and color, not to mention inferior vegetable sugar. In this way, the contradiction between the strong market demand and the completely insufficient production is formed.
At this time, snow sugar, a sweetener that sold more than maltose but was cheaper than honey, began to spread from the newly built Dragon City of Dothraki, and in just two months, it became popular throughout Essos. Whether it's snow salt or snow sugar, it turns out to be the workshop from the King of Titans. Except for the Titan King's Workshop, no one can produce these magical goods. How much profit and wealth they made for the Titans was unknown to anyone, but they knew that it would be an astronomical amount.
Although the King of Titans does not take all the profits, but acts as a producer. Selling snow sugar and salt wholesale to the Free Trade Alliance and even to merchants in Slave Bay who have good relations with them is still a source of concern.
Especially those merchants who don't have the means to get the dealership from the Titans.
For example, the current watts.
Get the distribution rights of the Titans' King of Snow Sugar and Snow Salt. In the second half of your life, you can sleep peacefully on the gold coins.
But how difficult is it to get the dealership rights from the Titans?
Either. You yourself have a good relationship with the Titans, such as Illyrio, the Governor of Pantos, and Antillor, the Governor of Kohor, who were the first to obtain the distribution rights of the Titans' Snow Sugar and Snow Salt on the continent of Essos, specializing in Snow Sugar and Snow Salt, respectively, so much so that some people now call Illyrio the Governor of Sugar and Antillor the Governor of Salt.
And the King of the Titans promised that Illyrio and Antillor's sales in Pantos and Kohor would be completely entrusted to the two of them!
All because of their good personal relationship with the King of Titans.
There is another way to do this, and that is to show your inventions in front of the King of Titans, and if you can satisfy the King of Titans, then you want to get the distribution rights of Snow Salt or Snow Sugar. Often with the generous consent of the King of Titans.
To date, there are a total of eighteen merchants who have been granted the right to distribute snow sugar and snow salt by the King of Titans, and these eighteen people include various regions such as the Free Trade Alliance and Slave Bay, and in some places, behind these people, they are called the White Eighteen. Watt did not think of competing for business with these eighteen giants, who were either governors with real power or wealthy businessmen in the city. Although Watt's business is not small, it is compared with the net worth of these eighteen giants. Watt felt that he had better not be too long.
His target was Westeros, where there were already small quantities of snow sugar and salt, but very few of them. At present, the Eighteen Giants are consolidating their market and sales channels in Essos. For the time being, no one has shipped snow sugar and snow salt to Westeros on a large scale to sell, and the market is still blank. As long as he can enter that market with enough snow salt and snow sugar, there is no doubt that he will be in the greatest interest in the shortest possible time.
However, there is a premise for this plan. That is, he must get the distribution rights of snow sugar and snow salt from the king of the Titans. Although he can also do this business by purchasing goods from the Eighteen Giants, but doing so is just paving the way for the Eighteen Giants. When he paved the way, the Eighteen Giants could kick him away with a kick that didn't care. Monopoly of all interests.
Watt doesn't think he's a fool, so he would never do such a stupid thing.
The premise of being able to use this trade route to make money is to get the product distribution right of the Titan King, and the premise of getting the product distribution right of the Titan King is his own son...... Dahl's invention was able to be appreciated by the Titans.
Squeak squeak......
The door of wisdom and knowledge was pushed open under the nervous gaze of Watt and Dahl, as if a prehistoric beast slowly opened its mouth, revealing its fangs inside.
Watt hurriedly pulled Dahl to his knees, he knew his son's character, and in order to avoid him from making any untimely movements in this environment, Watt stared at him fiercely with stern eyes. But as it turned out, Watt's fears were somewhat in vain. At this moment, Dahl, who had shown no reverence for authority in the past, closed his mouth alertly and hung his head, and only used the corner of his eye to sneak through the open door.
"You rang the bell?"
"Yes, the great Titans, the rulers of Dothraki and Lazarin." Watt tried his best to control the trembling of his hands and feet, but he still had a flattering smile on his face: "I, Watt Fincher from Mill, will ask my son to offer his wise invention. O great King of Titans, this invention is the crystallization of unprecedented wisdom, and it will surely satisfy the King of Titans. ”
Liu Jian looked down at Watt, and then at the young man beside him, a very handsome young man, his lowered head occasionally raised to reveal that there was not much fear in his eyes, but full of strong curiosity. Liu Jian's face couldn't help but show a playful smile.
"Oh, really?"
Liu Jian didn't expect them to come up with any powerful inventions, in fact, the slave who accepted his reception and offered the invention under this gate was just a trust arranged by Liu Jian. The water conservancy forging press was also secretly made out by Liu Jian early in the morning...... Because all he needs is an atmosphere, an atmosphere that values science and knowledge, so as to dilute Dothraki's crude bandit theory that force is supreme and violence is everything, and lay the national creed that science and technology are the primary productive forces. As for the example of the slave who was heavily rewarded by himself, Shang Yingyuan Lixin, there is no need to say more.
The old ancestor's wisdom is really good, after the first person to eat crabs appeared, his enthusiasm for the research of science and technology within the scope of Liu Jian's notice became fierce. As for the wizard who opened his mouth and was immortal and was fed the dragon by Liu Jian, although it caused some negative effects, it had little impact.
Since then, Liu Jian has gradually abandoned the path of wisdom and knowledge, and the 'intellectual copyright review' of the Infinite Dragon Temple is more formal and reasonable in comparison.
However, Liu Jian has not explicitly abandoned the path of wisdom and knowledge anyway, as long as the invention presented by these two guys is slightly passable, he doesn't mind erecting another piece of wood.
Therefore, Liu Jian showed a gentle smile, as if a kind and good person said to the young man: "Hello young man, I always say that strength is absolute omnipotence, and wisdom is the highest power. I am glad that another young man has come to me today to show me his wisdom and strength. You...... What is it called? ”
"Dahl, King of the Titans." Dahl humbly said, "My name is Dahl. ”
"Dahl?" Liu Jian nodded, and was ready to let the young man show off his invention.
Suddenly, Liu Jian was stunned, and a pair of eyes stared at this blonde and blue-eyed young man.
The middle-aged man just now claimed to be Watt Finch, and he was the son of this middle-aged man, Watt, so his surname was Finch.
Dahl Vinci.
Da vinci!!
Leonardo da Vinci?
"Was it an accident?" Liu Jian looked at this young man with a strange expression.
By chance...... Or is it an arrangement with ulterior motives? (To be continued.) )