Chapter 20: The Truth Academy
"There is no conclusive conclusion on what alchemy is, but what alchemy can do, most people today are very clear, that is, to change the properties of matter! This undoubtedly proves that in alchemy, there are mysteries about matter, and if you can understand it thoroughly, you can see the truth! ”
"But your sentence itself is just a conjecture, for the sake of one of your conjectures, you have to let the entire school from top to bottom, devote all the manpower and strength to the study of this so-called alchemy, this is simply impossible, if this path is wrong, who can bear it? And who is qualified to bear it? As the head of the Academy, I can't afford to allow this to happen. ”
"Teacher, you used to be desperate for the pursuit of truth, why are you retreating now, do you really believe in the magic theories propagated by those people outside? This magical statement is groundless and unfounded, and there can be no result at all. ”
"It's not that I'm holding back, it's because you're too aggressive, and this path should be taken step by step."
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In a spacious palace, two men are arguing.
Both men looked very old, with white beards and uncut fabrics, looking loose and comfortable, exposing their shoulders, arms, and calves.
Around them, there were still a lot of people around, all listening intently.
The structure of this hall is also very simple, supported by more than a dozen columns, and there are no walls, so you can see the scene inside from a long distance, and even the arguments of these two people are also transmitted with the breeze, and are heard by a young man who is cleaning in the corner of the wall.
"The master and apprentice are arguing again, but instead of arguing like this, it is better to try it yourself, with their identity and influence, it is not a matter at all to establish an alchemy laboratory."
The young man thought to himself and shook his head. His name is Yard. Latu is Sun Dao's identity in this world.
It has been two years since he entered this world, and Sun Dao can already determine that this nameless world is indeed undergoing world changes, so the past two years since he was here are only a few minutes on the timeline of the present world.
As for the process of these two years, it is enough for Sun Dao to accomplish a lot of things, at least now he has a successful foothold in Sabo City. He also blended into the most famous place in the city, the Truth College.
This academy can be said to be the most idle place in the whole Sabo City, and there are all kinds of idlers gathered in it, who can sublimate their thinking when they are full of food and drink, and most of those who are struggling to survive are still struggling to survive, where do they have the time and energy to consider the truth and the great truth of falsehood?
So, this academy is stationed. They were all citizens of the city, and there were even many descendants of the consuls' families.
The political structure of Saab City is very special, different from the dynasty of the Kingdom of Masf, but a peculiar system of collation. Even many people can participate, but not everyone, and these people who can participate are the consuls.
Archon. They are also idlers, who do not engage in productive activities, but exploit and distribute through the power in their hands. This ensured a life of abundance and an empty spirit, and the need for truth was born.
To put it simply, this is a naturally born demand of a privileged class, but according to common sense, it is not the pursuit that Sun Dao should have-
Sun Dao, or Yard. Latour, now as a freeman engaged in a specific job, was employed by the academy to provide the necessary material basis for the talkers, such as clean courtyards, well-fitting clothes, delicious dishes, and so on.
"The citizens of this Saab City, and the citizens of the present world, are not the same concept, the citizens here are actually nobles, but the titles are different, after all, what kind of duke and prince of the title, but also wait for the spread of the HRE and the British side, it will gradually spread, and now the entire Saab City, with a population of more than 300,000, but there are less than 20,000 citizens, and the rest are either Gentiles or slaves, all of which are used to provide security for the citizens' Youwo life."
Sun Dao is a foreigner, but he has no status as a slave, he is considered a free man, and he can move freely in this city-state, but if he wants to stay, he must abide by the rules here, that is, to maintain humility and respect for the citizens.
And the consuls, who are citizens among citizens, nobles among nobles, real leaders who are out of production, have the power to allocate and can divide interests, so that the descendants of such characters are born nobles, and when they reach age, they can inherit the authority of their elders, continue to participate in politics, and set an example for citizens.
There are quite a few such characters in this academy, but at this time, they all lowered their heads and listened to the quarrel between the two men with peace of mind, and even many people took quill pens and quickly recorded them on the parchment scroll, for fear of missing a word.
The names of these two are thunderous throughout Saab City.
One of them, Berkses, was the founder of the academy and was known as the wisest man in the whole world, who established a lot of common sense, was good at discerning the truth from the subtleties, and helped Saab City to make progress in agriculture and smelting and casting by summing up experience.
In this era, agriculture represented the population, and smelting represented military ability, which was the foundation of the city-state, and it also reflected its status as a person, and was called the Great Sage.
The person who quarreled with Burkser was his proud disciple Turinophon, he not only inherited Burkse's talents, but also dared to try new ideas, his characteristic is that he is good at derivation, it is rumored that any thing, as long as he tells Tulinophon, he can deduce the result, as if he sees the future, so although he is a disciple, he is also called the Great Sage, and even some people call him "prophet" in private!
Such two people, but these days are constantly quarreling, and what causes their differences is "alchemy".
As for what alchemy is, in fact, no one present can say clearly, because in Sabo City, this is still just a concept, or even just a popular saying, and the number of people who have really seen alchemy is very limited, because in this era, only a few people have mastered this skill, and they are called alchemists.
The sudden outbreak of argument between Burkses and Turinophon stems from the fact that they had seen alchemy a few days earlier, and so the quarrel began.
In the end, today, as before, no one persuaded anyone, and the two sides parted unhappily.
"However, in order to convince each other today, these two people have really taken out a lot of dry goods, at least twice as much knowledge as I have slowly collected in the past month or two!" In the corner, Sun Dao remained silent, silently sorting out the harvest in his heart.
"The argument between these two people has applied sociology and some of the most primitive subject knowledge, but in this era, there is no specific division of subjects, and there is no detailed division and subject of mathematics, literature, history, and chemistry, and the unity is regarded as a mystery that only wise people can understand, and those who master these are sages and wise men."
After sorting out the harvest in his heart, Sun Dao's work was completed, and he knew that it was time to leave, but when he raised his eyes, the many disciples of the two sages were still arguing, and they were also divided into two groups, according to the two sages, they had their own words and argued with each other.
"These disciples are actually an extension of the will of the two sages, but they have not comprehended the true meaning of the two sages, so there is a deviation in understanding, and this deviation continues, and after years of evolution, maybe in the end it will form a fierce conflict of sects and ideas."
Due to the rapid evolution of the black box world for a year, Sun Dao's vision of the problem has undergone a significant transformation, looking at a thing, it is in the perspective of development, not only seeing the present, but also faintly seeing the changes that may occur later, from this point of view, and the concept of the great sage of Turinophon, there is already a great similarity.
"These people who adhere to the concept of the Berkser sage are too conservative, and the meaning of the Berkser is not to oppose contact with alchemy, but to oppose being too radical, and tend to understand the basic concepts of alchemy first, and then learn step by step after establishing the foundation, but these disciples who adhere to his ideas understand that they are against alchemy and against changing the status quo."
Packing up the tools in his hand, Sun Dao listened to the quarrel in his ears and shook his head silently.
"As for the students who support Turinophon, they don't get to the point, the sage of Turinophon is not blindly advocating alchemy, let alone bent on learning, but wants to find a way to get close to the truth from it, alchemy seems to him to be just an external manifestation, just an appearance, what he really wants to understand is to extract the laws and methods from it, but these students of his only focus on the effect and reputation of alchemy, and do not involve the essence."
With this kind of thinking, Sun Dao returned to his residence.
The place where he lives now is actually the Truth College, but it is relatively remote, and it is specially opened up for some people who are responsible for miscellaneous work and chores to live, but it is very simple, it can only be used for sleeping, and there is no place to eat, and the food must be put on the ground to eat for two meals a day.
However, even so, this act of providing food and lodging was considered a great act of kindness, spread throughout the city of Saab, and was considered a manifestation of the wisdom of the two wise men.
"I've been here for a while, in a few days, try to see if I can become a disciple of those two sages, if not, then I should consider leaving, after all, the matter of Yard's father must be resolved as soon as possible." After tidying up a little, Sun Dao went to the edge of his bed, lifted a corner, and pulled out a few pieces of parchment from it.
Suddenly, several headlines came into view.
"A Feasibility Study on Alchemy", "A Preliminary Classification of Natural Sciences", "A Rough Study of the Political System of Saab City", ...... (To be continued.) )
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