Chapter 13: Knowledge is Power!
Ted's college major was chemistry, which was not his specialty, and if he wanted to make the most of these natural resources, he had to find someone who understood!
It's just that... In this kind of era, finding someone who understands is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack!
"Wait! Ocean... Catch a needle!? Then why don't I let the needle come to me? β
The next moment, Ted turned on the system's built-in book printing function.
I can print ten books a day for free, and if I need any more, I will have to use Star Coin to deal with it...
I have five Star Coins left, so why not print out all the useful books!
And then let the literate come and watch? If someone really understood, wouldn't they just suck the needle from the sea?
Ted suddenly realized, and immediately selected all kinds of basic subjects, as well as all kinds of technical books, and added them to the printing sequence!
Knowledge is power, this is an eternal truth! To master the knowledge is to master the future! While others are still believing in God, we have to enter the space age! Become the god that the gods believe in!
This is also thanks to the magical system, knowledge is free in the system, as long as it does not involve alien colonization and beyond the conventional knowledge, not a single star coin is needed! But if it comes to colonizing other planets... That's not something Ted can afford...
Thinking about it, Ted suddenly found himself sitting in front of him.
"Are you alright, my lord? Why don't I get you a doctor and get rid of the dirty blood in your body? β
This sudden sentence made Ted's whole body tense, he grabbed the butler's hand, and said in a deep voice: "Chris, you are my butler, your family, and the Darkholm family is also a generational vassal of the Hrington family..."
"Yes, my lord, it was like this for many years..."
"I have several pieces of good news that I would like to share with you! First of all, it's about this black stone, you hold the handle first..."
...
Ten minutes later... Chris's glasses widened, and his trembling hands repeatedly confirmed, "My lord... You're not kidding? Can this black stone be used for burning? And much better than charcoal? In addition to a few large mountains in our territory, there is also a large area underground! It's all this kind of stuff? β
"Yes! Enough for us to lie flat for more than 8,000 years! Ted looked firm, clasped the butler's hands, and nodded solemnly.
"Ga !!" After getting an affirmative answer, Chris foamed at the mouth on the spot and fell to the ground and smoked it, Uncle Fan didn't have this exaggeration when he divided the lottery evenly with Dr. Benshan! It depends... It's worse than when Ted is stimulated!
His muscles were stiff, and his body was twitching, as if he had behaved before he died!
In the panic, a book fell out...
Emergency Medical Care
In just ten seconds, Ted locked onto the specific symptoms...
"Convulsions triggered by overexcitement... The sympathetic nerves are overly excited... Breathing too fast, too shallow..."
"The solution: calm the patient, slow down the breathing, breathe deeply, untie the waistband and neckline, pry open the mouth ... pinching people..."
According to the method instructed in the book, Ted operated in a daze, and Chris quickly returned to normal!
It's just that the shock still remains in his heart, and this kind of explosive news is like a rich woman smashing a lot of gold coins in her face!
"Chris, you have to calm down, I have other good news to say!"
The butler only felt his brain 'buzzing', and there were large snowflakes floating in his eyes, and after ten minutes, he gasped for breath and said, "Your Majesty... Ah no, Your Highness... Bah! ... My lord! If the good news is too exciting, let's talk about it in a few days..."
Ted shook his head, looked at Chris with a smile, and handed him the book in his hand.
The butler took the book, looked at the letter suspiciously, then frowned and flipped through a few more pages, and finally looked up at Ted and asked, "My lord, where did these things come from?" β
"It doesn't matter where it comes from, I just know that these things can change the world! Because knowledge is power! If it weren't for this book, you might have been in shock with too much excitement..."
Chris sat on the floor and thought for a long time, then opened another book, "Economics", and after only three minutes, he stopped talking, returned to calm, and sat quietly on the floor to read.
"Breathtaking views... That's right... Unique insights! Who wrote this book? I need to visit him! Yes? I didn't expect him to pass away..."
It seems that he doesn't need to explain, just flipping through a few pages, Chris is shocked by these advanced ideas...
Now that the housekeeper has something to do, he can leave and take the opportunity to fish and see what his Mia is doing~
...
Coming to the bedroom door, Ted quietly pushed open the door with grapes...
"Mia, do you want to eat Portuguese... Mia! How many times have I told you! Don't drink broad! β
"But I want to drink... Just drink a little bit!! β
Looking at Mia's kind expression, and her delicate and pitiful appearance, Ted let out a long breath...
"Hey... Then give you one can a day! Don't drink too much..."
β... Don't..."
"No matter how coquettish you are, you won't have a can!"
"Well..."
The delicate appearance made Ted's hand itch, and he gently pinched her face before relieving himself.
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The next morning, when Ted pushed open the office door, Chris was still sitting on the floor reading...
"Chris, it's dawn! Hurry up and go to bed! β
"Huh?" When the butler looked back at the window, he froze... Unexpectedly, he was reading all night.
"Ah~" yawned lazily, he stood up and moved his muscles, and then looked at Ted with confidence and said: "Economics, political science, law, sociology, these complementary disciplines all need to be studied systematically, and after reading these books, I realized that I am not even a frog at the bottom of the well, just a piece of mud under his ass..."
There was a hint of doubt mixed with surprise in his expression, and Chris's expression began to be cloudy.
The experience of past failures tells me that what these books say makes a lot of sense, but if it is true, then it means that the experience of the ancestors still has their own, and there are all problems!
It's like code written by a programmer, there are bugs, but it still works, and everyone doesn't know what the problem is... It's just that... If something goes wrong, it's a blood crash...
The only solution is to rewrite and start over!
"Whew...," Chris frowned, "Looks like I'm going to have to learn again..."
With that, he sighed and walked out of the office.
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Three days later, all the people in the city who would read and write gathered in the lord's hall...
I thought that among the 600,000 people, there were at least a few thousand people who were educated! But Ted didn't expect that there were only 150 people who could read and write...
"No wonder there is always a person there in front of the city gate notice board, reading it to everyone... It turns out that few people are literate..."
Fifty of them were known to themselves, and belonged to vassals or servants of the family.
"Chris !!"
"My lord, I'm here!"
"Call your dad out, I know he's retired, but I need him, let him teach the children of good families to read and write in one winter!"
"Yes! My lord..."
"Whew..."Ted turned around and pointed to the stack of textbooks at the front, from elementary school to Ph.D. graduation, each corresponding major had a matching book, all of which were arranged in order...
"Let's take a look, read whatever you can understand, if you want to stay here to read and study, take care of two meals a day! There is meat and fruit! β
These textbooks come with annotations, and the detailed explanations are more effective than the lectures of famous teachers, specially prepared for those who like to learn by themselves, Ted is not qualified to be a teacher, he himself relied on temporary cramming when he went to college, and now it is completely wrong to teach others~
It's just that... Now that I'm a lord, I have to learn the subject that the butler just mentioned...
"Come to me once you've chosen your major, and I'll send you all the books I've dabbled in!"
After speaking, all the people present came to the basic science and practical science book in front of them, and opened one book after another...
After a long time, William came to Ted with the label of civil engineering and urban planning: "My lord, I have experience in this area, and I want to be proficient... You see..."
βDuangοΌβ Ted had anticipated this for a long time, and selected more than thirty books and put them on the table in advance~
"It's all here, there are thirty-seven books in total, if you read them all, you can build a city by yourself~"
Seeing the hill-like books in front of him, William was so frightened that he took two steps back...
"Why~ are you afraid?"
"Don't be afraid! If I can improve my skills, I would like to learn! β
"No problem! Then go for it! Lunch in 2 hours! β
"Yes, sir!"