Chapter 428: School City (II)
"There are three magic academies in my fiefdom, two of which are about to become vacant...... I will choose one of them to be built into a school city that only studies naturalism. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 Info Austin, everything you need, including utensils, materials, etc., as long as I can do it, I will try to satisfy you. ”
Downer was halfway through his speech, then turned to William, "President William, I would like you to help me bring scholars who are interested in naturalism there, and it would be great if you could be involved in the management of this school." ”
At this moment, not only Austin was immersed in the great joy that fell from the sky, but even William trembled slightly with excitement.
"Lord Duke...... Do you mean that the Naturalist Society will be able to move to your fiefdom and receive your financial backing?" he asked, trying to understand it.
"That's right, that's pretty much it. Donner nodded, "However, I prefer to change the name, not a loose institution like the Guild, but a school city with financial support, subject classification, and well-organized - although it is currently only the size of a magic academy, it can be expanded at any time if necessary in the future." ”
"That'...... Can anyone enter the school?" asked President William.
"I still have only one blueprint for the time being, you listen to it, will this work......" Donner smiled slightly: "The people who come to the school city will be roughly divided into several types, one is a scholar with a clear research direction, I will give a certain amount of funds every year according to his research direction and knowledge level, such as Mr. Austin, I plan to give 100,000 magic crystals every year to support his research." ”
When Donner said the number, Austin and William both gasped.
"The second category is the administrators, who review the research applications of scholars and oversee the flow of fees for each research project – of course, I am involved myself, and the third group is assistants and apprentices ......"
Downer described the simple outline of a university as he understood it, and such a blueprint sounded like heaven to the ears of Austin and William.
However, William is clearly more cautious than Austin.
"Your Excellency...... You're saying this perfectly, and I'm eager to devote myself to it," William said, "However, this school city seems to be far more expensive than the Academy ......of Magic!
Donner thought to himself: Lao Tzu lacks money the most, what he lacks most is talent and knowledge, as long as he can exchange for the latter two, what is it to spend more money.
However, he did not say this, but was more direct - when a whole bag of hundreds of orange crystals was presented to William, the latter immediately understood that the young Duke was not joking.
So, in this small attic, Donner sat down in front of the laboratory table that belonged to Austin, drew a sketch of the organizational structure of the university in his mind with a yellowed piece of manuscript paper, and handed it to William.
"President William, the management of this school city will be handed over to you for the time being," Donner pointed to the words acting city lord on the sketch with the tip of his pen, William naturally understood the meaning of this agent - the real city lord is the Duke himself, "those staff of the association, you can choose some to bring over...... I don't want it to be too much of a ......, though."
"I see!" William didn't really understand why he wanted to control the scope of influence, but he knew what to do, "I will use secret letters to inform those scholars and try to control their influence in academic circles!"
"Very good, I don't want to be seen as a stupid person who does things on a whim......" Donner casually gave a reason, and said with a smile: "Then without further ado, you guys make your own arrangements, and we'll leave tomorrow." ”
After leaving the lower city, Donner went to Natia's courtyard in the upper city, exchanged a few orange crystals for the corresponding amount of aquamarine, and stayed there for another night.
The next morning, when he arrived at the north gate of Coenas, William and Austin were already waiting there, William had brought three Guild subordinates, and Austin had brought his women.
After that, they traveled between the two magic academies, and finally settled on the Pamplo School of Magic and Magic, which was three days away from Misty Town, west of Santan, near the Ava River.
When they arrived at the Pamplo Academy of Magic and Magic, they met the former dean who was about to leave for the south. After a brief exchange, William took over all the support staff of the academy - most of these people were local civilians, and they were worried that the academy would be empty and there would be no way out.
After arranging these, walking in the empty but neat magic academy, thinking that this place is about to become a new school city, whether it is Donner, William, or Austin, they are all a little fascinated.
Then, Donner stayed here for three days, and together with William and Austin, the original building complex of the college was also replanned, and the various settings of the school city were refined.
On the evening of the third day, outside the gate of the future school city, Donner gave his directional opinions on the future development of the school city to the two founding fathers.
"In my understanding, the ultimate goal of naturalism should be to explore the nature of the operation of the world, and in the process of inquiry, there should be a combination of two methods - in the case of Austin's article, he used the nature of the gold of desperation to speculate a hypothesis, and designed another experiment to prove this hypothesis - yes, what I am saying is that the method of searching for truth includes both experimental and theoretical levels, and theory sometimes appears in the form of hypothesis and speculation. ”
Donald paused to make sure that both William and Austin understood what he meant, and continued: "Austin's guess in that article is that the concept of 'fiction' is very exciting in my opinion...... Of course, if we can argue in a more rigorous way that 'virtuality' does exist, then it would be no better......"
Speaking of this, Donner suddenly had a whim, brushed a few times, and used shocking wind magic to wipe off all the words "Pamplo Academy of Magic" on the stone plaque at the door, and rewrote a new word.
It was the first time William and Austin had seen Donner perform magic and were stunned for a moment - Donner's doing so also included elements of Liwei.
It took a while for the two of them to notice the word that had just been carved on the stone tablet.
"Your Excellency...... It's ......," William wondered.
Donner smiled, not answering William's question, nor trying to help Austin design an experiment that would validate multidimensional space.
He just left 50,000 azurites for William as the cost of grass creation, and took care of him to report the latest progress to him every ten days by secret letter, so he left here alone.
......
What Donner left on the stele was a new word taken from the Western (alphabet) words, real and theoretical.
He believed that as long as the word was engraved here, one day people would know what it meant.
Just as Donner didn't explain the new word, he tried to resist his urge to intervene in the scientific development of the world.
He knew that he came from a dimensionally locked Earth, and that his knowledge structure was similarly locked within a narrow confines. It's like a fish that has lived on the bottom of the sea all its life, how can it use its knowledge to guide the civilization living in the vast universe?
All he could do was provide a condition, a condition for civilization to grow freely. This condition is far from perfect, and it is still suppressed by various factors, including magical elements. But Donner will do whatever it takes to untie these shackles.
At that time, he will be a learner who will listen to the true voice of the universe.
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