Chapter 70: A Corner of the Times (The First Monthly Pass Recommendation)
At the end of the Blazing Moon (August), the civilian district of Rentat.
After his parents went to work at the seafood company and the crystal lamp workshop, Langman was alone at home looking through the books he had purchased during this time, silently thanking the god of truth and the arcanists.
Since the evil radical church was expelled by the Magic Council and the moderates came to power, the originally expensive books are much cheaper, and even children from civilian families like themselves can buy one or two books every few months with the support of their parents, which is a luxury that was completely unimaginable in the past, making me feel that the sun has become bright and gentle.
Langman from "The Voice of Mystery" In fact, it was born hundreds of years ago on paper, and after a long period of improvement, the price has dropped to the extent that a copper narr can buy a large stack, and the same is true for printing technology, but the radical church in order to monopolize knowledge, monopolize the channel of communication with the Lord, artificially block the printing technology, encourage manuscripts, and let the books linger at an unusually high price for a long time, except for nobles and big merchants, it is quite difficult for ordinary people to learn words and knowledge, but fortunately, with the secret spread of the Magic Council, the average knowledge level of Rentat has reached the qualified standardγ
And now, times have changed, and knowledge, although precious, has not exceeded the necessary limit, because the alchemy workshops, the great nobles, are in desperate need of knowledge-based labor.
Flipping through the book, a book about common creatures in the natural world, with vivid illustrations, made Langman, who had learned some of the written language with his father, who had risen from the bottom and received a lesson in writing and fishing after becoming a middle executive at a seafood company.
"Gnolls. Kobolds, goblins, giants, barbarians, Dudu birds......" Looking at this book, Langman seems to be in the colorful nature, and sees creatures of different shapes, they have similarities and completely different characteristics, which makes people fascinated. "It's totally worth saving up months to buy this book!"
Knock knock. There was a knock on the door, waking Langman from the ocean of knowledge.
"Who?" he asked aloud, his back straight, and his heart suddenly nervous. I'm a small kid at home. If it's a robber, a thief. Or the cruel "night watchman" of the "voice of mysteries......
Knock knock, there was a knock on the door: "Open the door, I'm a postman from the Kingdom Post." There is your letter!"
Lang Man immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly laughed at himself for listening to too many horror stories in the "Voice of Mysteries", and even during the day, he was terrified, and the robbers, thieves, and night watchmen didn't all come out at night?
Pulling open the door, Langman saw a smiling young man dressed in dark green, carrying a package that looked heavy at first glance, and holding two letters in his hands.
"Your letter. The postman said with a smile.
Langman took the letter and first saw the delicate stamps affixed to the envelope, the first of its kind issued by the Kingdom, with the heads of Her Majesty the Queen and Her Excellency Evans, representing different amounts.
"The stamps are so beautiful, they have to be cut out and collected......" Langman thought subconsciously, and then looked at the sender, and found that it was written by his aunt who was married to Peforsshire, and his heart was immediately happy, his aunt loved him the most before she got married, but his uncle was in the capital of Peforsshire, although it was not far from Rentat, it was only a few hours drive by the magic steam train, but communication was difficult, and it was not so easy to find a reliable friend or merchant who was willing to bring a letter, and the price was quite expensive, and there was only one letter back and forth a year, almost losing contact.
Now, everything is different, Langman looks at the value of the stamps affixed to it, and realizes that he can afford to write a letter a month with his pocket money.
Thank you, thank the Lord, thank Your Majesty the Queen, thank you to Her Excellency Evans, thank you to Prime Minister Russell, thank you to the Kingdom Postal Service, he drew the cross on his chest, and then looked at the second letter, and his eyes suddenly widened: "Letter of acceptance?
Ahhhhhh
Lang Man only felt a huge joy rushing into his heart, as if something had exploded inside, and his mouth kept saying thank you to the postman, and his eyes were blurred.
Because it was just a pilot project, the royal family and the Magic Council only jointly opened two general education schools in Rentatt for the time being, named after the simple rules of the first and second respectively, so in the case that many civilians can afford the tuition, there are so many people who want to enter these two schools, and there may not be one lucky person in a hundred, but fortunately, Her Majesty the Queen has formulated a fair enrollment method "Unified Entrance Assessment", so that she has room to play.
"You can really learn knowledge, you can really understand the arcane and magic common sense......" Lang Man stood in place, countless thoughts rolling in his mind, unable to calm down at all.
"Please sign for verification, and if you can't write, press your handprint. "The postman has sent many such "acceptance letters" today, and he is used to such a situation.
Lang Man came to his senses and took the pen from the postman's hand, which is said to have been specially popularized by the public, and wrote his name on the receipt.
"Uncle Xie, you have brought me great joy. When Langman returned the pen to the postman, he sincerely thanked him.
The postman laughed and said, "I feel your happiness, I also feel in a good mood, and when I save enough money, I also want to go to a general education school, maybe we will be alumni in the future." β
Lang Man blushed and said, "May the Lord bless you with your wishes coming true, uncle, are you very tired of being a postman, and you carry a lot of letters and packages every day." β
The postman smiled, "It's very tiring, but it won't be long before it's okay, saying that it's going to give us something called a bicycle." β
"Bikes?" Lang Man frowned in confusion.
After sending off the postman, he couldn't wait to open the admission letter, take out his father's dictionary, and read it.
"Lingua Franca, Mathematical Basics, Historical Overview, Introduction to Nature, General Knowledge of Magic, Fundamentals of Logic, Heraldic Recognition, Basic Arcane, Body Tempering...... These are all basic general education courses, which are compulsory; Fencing, Drawing, Writing, Preliminary Electromagnetism, Elemental Synopsis, General Psychology, Medical Basics, Advanced Mathematics, Spells and Semiotics, Ancient Magical Language. Politics. Economics...... These are electives, and after the third year of general education, choose the basic knowledge of different directions according to your situation. Lang Man read the lesson. Look carefully at their presentations. I can't help but dream about my future.
"It's to be a clerk. Politician, musician, painter. Knight Squire, Doctor, Arcanist......" Lang Man knew that his magic talent was not good, and he was the same as ordinary people, so he ranked the Arcanist at the bottom.
Before he knew it, it was getting dark, and his parents returned home and saw the acceptance letter.
After reading the admission letter, Lang Man's father nodded slightly: "It's still early to think about it, and when you really start to learn, you will know what you are good at and what you are not good at, of course, I suggest that you start to learn aristocratic etiquette, horseback riding, fencing, economics, music, and fishery knowledge in the fourth year, and after entering the seafood company in the future, you can quickly become a supervisor with this knowledge, and associate with nobles and big businessmen, as for magic, you know very well what your talent is." β
He naturally hopes that his son will grow up under his protection.
Lang Man's mother disagreed: "The current trend is the development of the alchemy workshop, even if Lang Man is not talented in magic, he should learn more about magic and alchemy, and becoming the director of the alchemy workshop in the future is much more magnificent than in the seafood company." β
The two had a heated discussion on this issue until the "Voice of Mysteries" began.
Lang Man, who had been silent, sat in the square, listening to the content of "Revealing the Secret Church", his heart was chaotic, a little excited, and a little lost.
β...... After exploring the necromantic realm, several legendary magicians have confirmed the existence of Heavenly Mountain and have reason to believe that the God of Truth has fallen into a deep sleep and that his authority has been stolen by the Pope!"
β...... Speaking of the Pope, I have to mention his true identity, he is actually the bloody and cruel ancient magic empire mage Viken, who has blended into the ranks of the Cult of Truth and seized power while the God of Truth is sleeping......"
β...... Viken once trapped a small town for an experiment, cut off the food supply, and let the people inside kill each other, and it is said that the crying and shouting continued for more than half a month before it subsided, and there are still many unjust ghosts roaming there until now......"
Lang Man thought blankly: "The Pope is really an ancient magician, there seems to be a similar statement before, but there are other rumors......
One program after another was broadcast, Lang Man gradually got rid of his troubles and listened to his favorite programs attentively:
β...... The Holt Academy of Magic held its first 'Flying Competition' today, with speed contests, fancy gorgeousness, strong men who rely on their own strength, and low-level mages who are good at manipulating flying staffs......"
Lang Man listened with great interest to the new "Hundred Faces of the Mages", a news program dedicated to introducing various interesting facts about the Magic Council.
After listening to these interesting things, Lang Man suddenly froze, and there seemed to be a voice roaring in his heart.
Yes, my magical talent is not good, but this does not mean that I have no arcane talent, Lord Evans said that as long as the mental power is enough to manipulate the simplified alchemy items, you can study the arcane, this field of studying the real world is the same as the field of mathematics and physics, and it is not a threshold for poor magical talent!
The voice in his heart gradually became clear and audible:
"My dream is to become an Arcanist!"
............
In the "Electromagnetic Kingdom", Brooke has an extra paper on hand, which is a paper on the electron spin submitted by Sprint and Annick, which gave him a lot of inspiration, and when he built the wave function of electrons himself, he seemed to think less about this aspect.
With a quill in hand, he found the right way to build a new function.
Outside, the silver-white electric current, the pitch-black magnetic field seemed to be starting to move.
And in the "Theater of Destruction", the stars that were constantly collapsing and destroying suddenly froze, and Oliver in the magic tower showed an uncontrollable expression of surprise and excitement on his face, as if he had obtained the correct electron wave function by mathematical methods?
The real world emerges and recognizes the changes in the world world.
Lucien was in his study where quantum mechanics and special relativity fused. (To be continued......)
PS: Change first, then change.
Thanks to fydia for the red~
PS: Once, my dream was to become a scientist, and now, tears