Chapter 35: Vivien, the Supreme Councilor
"Through experiments, I have confirmed the effectiveness of the proposed elixir. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ In the conference hall of the Alchemy Tower, a scholar in a gray robe stood on the podium in the center of the venue, facing the amplification array, and said solemnly: "The test results have been projected on this spar screen through the memory crystal, and according to these data, we can see that the sixteen types of crops participating in the test, after sowing the proposal potion, can shorten their maturity cycle by fifteen to thirty days according to the length of the original maturity cycle. From this, we can conclude that if a large number of proposed agents can be applied, crop yields can be increased in an all-round way, taking wheat as the main food crop as an example, the ripening cycle is shortened by 18 days, and correspondingly, the unit yield is only reduced by 3%, according to this data, after the application of the proposed agent, the yield of wheat per unit area in a year cycle can be increased by 12% to 18% according to the number of sowings, and the highest yield increase in the experiment can even reach 20%. The emergence of the proposed agent has changed the limitation that ordinary fertilizers or existing growth agents can only increase yields slightly, and starting from the growth cycle, it will fundamentally change the planting rhythm of crops, therefore, as the proposer, I believe that the proposed agent has been perfected and can be applied for application, and because this is the result of the people's livelihood in the entire Yala world, it needs to be treated with sufficient caution. β
This is the conference hall of the Alchemy Tower, and more than 300 scholars gathered in the empty hall today. In the middle of the hall is a podium illuminated by more than a dozen crystal lamps, on which each proposer participating in the Supreme Council needs to make a statement and answer the questions of the observers, after the public defense, the proposer makes a supplementary statement, and then accepts the professional questions of the seven commentators, and after all the processes, the final judgment is made by the commentators. Therefore, the seat of the commentator is far away from the podium, and the seven commentators sit on the deliberation seat of the ten-meter notice, and each deliberation seat is set up separately, and the commentator cannot communicate opinions privately during the deliberation process, which can also ensure the independence of each commentator's thinking in the deliberation, and then ensure that the deliberation results are fair enough.
"Ahem, the proposer has added that the statement is over. Behind the scenes, the voice of the moderator of the meeting, who did not participate in the substantive discussion, sounded in the venue, and those who are familiar with it know that this voice belongs to the current controller of the Alchemy Tower, the president of the Alchemy Society: "As the proposer said, the proposal medicine is an agricultural medicine, which is very important and needs to be treated with enough caution." Then, in accordance with the process of the meeting, the commentators are invited to exercise their duties and powers. β
At the venue, in addition to the proposer in the middle of the hall, there are seven commentators on the high-level bureau deliberation seat, seven commentators are wearing the same black robes, some men and women, different ages, and different mannerisms, some lean on the chair and close their eyes to recuperate, some hold their chins and stare into the void, some lower their heads on the table to write and draw, it seems that no one has listened carefully to the proposer's statement, but when the presiding officer of the meeting announced the next step process, the eyes of the seven people became sharp at the same time, and they were firmly focused on the body of the proposer in the center of the hall, if the proposer's psychological quality was not good enough, maybe just this moment, it will collapse because of psychological pressure.
"Since everyone is still thinking about it, let me start. After the host's announcement ended, there was silence for a while, and finally the speech light on the third seat was lit, and a middle-aged man's voice sounded slowly: " For agricultural pesticides, the cost factor is very important, and the cost of agricultural pesticides is too high to make any sense, may I ask the proposer, in the experimental report you submitted, you can see that you need to consume thirty bottles of pesticides per square kilometer, but I don't know whether you are intentional or unintentional, and the cost of each bottle of pesticides is hidden, so now I need to verify with you, what is the price of each bottle of medicine. β
The proposer did not answer immediately, and seemed to hesitate for a moment before he spoke: "The price is not high, each bottle fluctuates according to the market price, between twenty-five and thirty gold coins. β
"This is already very high, even if it is calculated according to a bottle of 25 gold coins, the increase in production by more than ten percent may not be able to make up for the expenditure on medicines, unless the price of agricultural products is raised. For agricultural products, it is ridiculous that the price is higher even though the output has increased. Another middle-aged female commentator, who should be mainly specialized in agricultural pesticides, immediately raised a different opinion:" In addition, I think the proposer is mistaken, I just made a rough calculation, although I don't know the exact formula of your potion, but judging from the excipients you announced, the cost is close to twenty-eight gold coins, that is, unless the cost of your two main ingredients does not exceed two gold coins, it is impossible to control the cost within thirty gold coins, so I think you mistakenly take the price question raised by the fifth judge as your production cost, but in fact, what we want to ask is the price you sell at the time, or if you are going to distribute it to users for freeοΌβ
"In terms of price, I'm also looking for ways to reduce it. The proposer nodded: "For example, if you enter the mass production process, the price can be reduced by about 15 percent." β
"That's still too high. The middle-aged man who was the first to open his head shook his head and said, "It's not suitable for large-scale promotion, and it doesn't mean much." β
"If you want to lower the price further, you need to find other ways. The proposer was not dissatisfied, and as a researcher, he was well aware of the shortcomings of his research: "For example, finding alternative agents, or refining the effects of each agent, but this needs to be done slowly in practical application, so I am now making a proposal in the hope that I can promote my potion on a large scale first, so that I can also have more time and money to further solve other problems with the drug." β
"However, there is one of the most critical problems with your proposal that has not been resolved. The girl's crisp voice sounded from the third judging platform, and the participants present did not show any surprise at the sudden immature voice, for them, it was already a matter of course to have such a young judge: "The energy and elements in the land do not appear out of thin air, you say that you can increase the yield by 12 to 20 percent, but it is obvious that your potion cannot provide this part of the energy, so where does this part of the energy come from?" It's just that the energy in the soil is overdrawn to meet the needs of growth, and I'm not wrong. β
"Yes. The proposer sighed and nodded: "If you want to ensure the fertility of the land, you need to increase the number of fallows." β
"So in terms of a fallow cycle, can your potion really increase crop yields? I think it's difficult. Another old man's voice asked, "Also, will the result of such an overdraft cause permanent damage to the land, and if it does harm to the earth, will it anger the gods of the earth?" I think it should indeed be treated with caution. β
"Due to time constraints, this part of the data has not been successfully obtained. The proposer flipped through his own information and said helplessly: "I need more time to count the time data and then calculate further." β
"Land problems are often irreversible, and once you go wrong, there is no room for recovery in a short period of time unless you ask for the help of the gods. The girl said in a crisp voice: "So, I don't think that your proposal has the basis for large-scale promotion first, if there is no clear statistics on the damage to the land, once there is a problem after the large-scale promotion, then whether it is you, or everyone here, is the sinner of the Yara world." β
The girl's voice fell, and the room fell silent again, and the empty room was only the sound of clattering papers and the occasional cough, and everyone was thinking intently.
"Ahem, since the commentators don't have any other questions to ask for the time being, let's move on to the next step. After waiting for a long time and no one spoke, the moderator coughed dryly and said: "The final review of the topic will be made by the reviewers, and the passing vote is higher than the negative vote to pass the topic." β
"No need. The proponents in the middle of the hall objected: "It is true that I only consider the effects of the drug, and do not take into account the additional impact on the environment, and I cannot guarantee that the proposed drug will not have incalculable consequences, nor can I bear the responsibility that will follow." So I hope that the Council will allow me to withdraw the proposal for the time being, and I need more time to do additional research, and then reapply for review after I have completed this part of the data. β
"Request approval. The moderator immediately replied: "You are welcome to reapply at any time after the data is complete." β
"Actually, I think it's possible to produce some of the proposed potions in small quantities at this stage. The girl hesitated for a moment and said, "The report shows that the potion has a long enough expiration date that it can be produced in small quantities for later use. β
"For this world war?" Seven, who had never spoken, said in an old woman's voice in a slurred voice: "Indeed, there is no need to use it now, but it is necessary to store it for backup, and it is better to have a little more back than nothing." β
"Then I would like to ask the Judges to vote on the proposal of the Third Judge. The host has long been accustomed to this kind of sudden proposal, and after waiting for a few minutes, he said: "Six votes passed, one vote rejected, then, the proposer, the society will come forward and cooperate with you to produce a small amount of some potions for backup, can you accept it?"
"It's an honor, but try not to put these potions in reserve to use. The proposer said, "I don't want to leave a stigma of shame. β
"Of course, that's a prerequisite. The moderator gave an affirmative reply, and after the staff led the proposer off the podium, he continued: "Then for the next proposal to be reviewed, the proposer, the commentator Vivian, because the proposer is also the commentator, the proposer's right to comment is temporarily cancelled, and the right to comment is temporarily replaced by the first substitute commentator, and both parties are invited to take their seats, and the deliberation will begin in five minutes." β
(To be continued.) )