Chapter 51: Economic Concerns

"I hope that this matter can be organized by the association. The manager of the fund is also recommended by the president. ”

"Oh, you're not going to do it yourself?"

Lin smiled awkwardly and said, "Just by assigning the Forum Magic Stone to each village, in my own name, it is estimated that it will be disturbed by those nobles." If the association had intervened, there would have been no such problem. Besides, I'm more interested in staying in the tower to do research and manage such a large number of affairs, and I can't do it. So I can only ask the president. ”

On the southwest peninsula of the mainland, the strength of the four major regional councils is indeed more than that of any other country. As the lord of a tower, it is taboo to expand his power beyond the fixed territory of X (10 km). But if the chapter comes forward, no country will dare to speak out. So Orange Fruit Eaton agreed with Lin's reasoning, and after thinking about the pros and cons for a while, he said:

"In that case, I would recommend my student Shure Ion as the manager of the fund. He's the magician who sent back your two apprentices and cargo with the convoy last time. How's that? ”

"Wizard Ion is a very safe candidate, I have no objection." They all pushed their students out, how could people have objections, Lin complained in his heart.

Thinking of the young man I saw before, he will be left by the old man's side, but he will send some errand tasks, it is estimated that there is trust, but the ability is slightly insufficient. Fortunately, the fund's matter is biased, there is no concern about death or injury, and there is no need for any capable ability, just be safe.

As for the operation of such a sum of money in the hands of others, will it be put into their hands? Lin didn't plan to delve into this problem, it was originally used as a protection fee.

You must know that the economic scale of the world is still dominated by barter. Especially when the southwest peninsula is out of the wilderness, the rise of civilization is also a matter of two or three hundred years, no more than those regions that have inherited civilization for a long time. When the economy is small, there is of course less demand for money circulation.

And Lin often earns tens of thousands of gold coins, what does this mean? Many nobles in the Southwest Peninsula may not have this amount in monetary taxes over several years, and even some kingdoms have a lot less tax in a year. The four words rich and invincible country are placed on the tower owner of the tower of the great sage, which is well deserved, but it is also remembered at the same time.

Even the Sijia branch of the Wizards Association, the head of the four giants of the Southwest Peninsula, wants to pay Lin the full amount in one go, which may affect the branch's capital turnover. Therefore, whether it is the president or the steward of the affiliated chamber of commerce, they all continue to sell things to the tower master of the Great Sage Tower. Lin also bought a lot of flashy items because of this.

There's no way, whoever calls their own research topic is not something that can be solved by spending money on a lot of materials. The mages of the Lost World used exhaustive methods to do research, and there were no scientific methods such as statistics or induction, so they were very short of funds to purchase enough experimental materials.

Lin, on the other hand, just stargazed and calculated. Strictly speaking, as long as there is a bite to eat, his research can continue. Who called the progress of the computerization of the magic tower has not yet touched the limit. Naturally, unlike the earth, you always have to change your way to get the boss to upgrade the computer hardware to increase the efficiency of computing.

In the previous account, Lin Du entrusted the Chamber of Commerce to collect the materials for the establishment of the third and fourth meditation rooms. This time it is another big income, if you don't spend it quickly, it is estimated that many people are not sure, including Lin himself. I'm not afraid of thieves, I'm afraid that the group of high-level people will be red.

These reasons are also the reasons why Lin no longer has other achievements in the application. A browser plus a forum, the money earned has already put you in danger. If you study the email system, instant messaging, message boards, and even Windows to play with it, you won't go crazy.

If he didn't pay to write these apps for people to use, Lin wouldn't have had an incentive to do the complex work. Which one of the apps is simpler than the forum? As for those who do day work for free, they are not saints who have traveled over to benefit the world of the lost land, and they are guilty of such self-abuse. What's more, which of those applications was not done by the team, but by oneself, and the liver is too healthy?

Anyway, the natives don't know what else is in their heads, so naturally no one will knock on the bowl and beg for it, so they will treat it as if they don't know.

Regarding the details of the fund, Lam discussed with Orange Fruit Eaton for a while. But on a whim, he said with emotion: "Originally, I also wanted to posthumously crown Mr. Charlie Richard with the title of Great Magician, so that the name of the fund could be 'Richwick Great Magician Fund', which sounds more weighty." It's just that although the title of Great Magician is awarded to the powerful and the powerful, only the powerful have won this honor for a long time; There is no conclusion on the level of merit required to obtain the title of Great Magician, and I don't know where to start. ”

Lin's unintentional emotion had a different meaning in the ears of the old man Orange Fruit Eton. Just like the Chinese proverb on Earth: people die to leave their names, and tigers die to leave their skins. When people reach a certain age, they will think about what to leave for future generations, not only for legacy, but also for leaving a name.

Little Brother Richard has a good student. Orange Fruit Eaton sighed in his heart. As long as the Richark Archmagician Fund is successfully established and is still in operation, it is inevitable that people will ask the question of 'who is Richard'. In this way, people will always remember him. As for 'Orange Fruit Eaton', in a few years' time, it will only be replaced by 'a certain president'.

"Little Brother Tripwood, don't mind if I call you that. Although this is a matter that only those in the church can do, it is unprecedented; However, the establishment of the fund is also unprecedented. So I'll do my best to make this happen, and you can wait for the good news. ”

Unexpectedly, he unintentionally sighed, and actually pulled his status to the level of 'little brother' in one go, and Lin was flattered. He hurriedly stood up and saluted, and said, "All the troubles will grow." ”

The old man nodded, said no more, and cut off the communication.

finally ended this time of worrying, and Lin was not in the mood to get back to the research mood that had been interrupted several times, plus he was also a little dazed recently. Although the goal is clear, which is to find the way home from the stars, there are a lot of things to do, and there is a feeling that I don't know how to proceed.

Feeling that he was in a bottleneck, Lin simply put aside all research and cranky thoughts, and prepared to concentrate on the upcoming astronomical event, the Six Stars Alignment. This is the day when six planets are connected in a straight line in the star system where the star is located.

It is said that it is a line, but in fact, it is not a straight line connecting the six planets, but there will be an angle. When the planets are aligned with the sun (the sun of the world), and the other planets are also aligned with the sun, they will have an angle to the baseline, because the orbit of each planet is not in the same plane, but slightly tilted.

The so-called planetary alignment is that all the planets orbit on the same side of the solar star and converge in a fan-shaped region with a small angle.

Ignoring the angle factor and assuming that all the orbits of the planets are in the same plane, the cycle of the six-star alignment, according to Lin's calculations, will occur about once every eight and a half years. However, considering the value of the included angle, it is necessary to limit it to a small angle, which means that there will be overlap with the naked eye, and not just interleaved, and according to the calculation, the time will be stretched to about 122 years.

If Lin's observations and calculations are not wrong, this year's six-star astronomical event will also have a lunar eclipse at the same time. In other words, the moon of Nanna, which rises in the east and sets in the west like the sun, will be merged into the six-star alignment to become a rather peculiar six-plus two-star alignment - six planets and two moons.

Another satellite involved in the connection is the ancient moon of Gudarana, which has a constant position in the sky. According to Lin's understanding, it is the rotation speed of the ancient moon and the rotation of the earth, and such a fast operation causes the phenomenon observed on the surface of the earth, that is, the ancient moon always hangs high in the sky in the same position, without change.

The orbital speed of the southern moon is about the same as that of the earth's moon, which falls on about 28 days, while the ancient moon is synchronized with the earth. The positions of these two moons, along with the other five planets, are the basis on which astrologers base their predictions of the climate.

However, the words "predicting the climate" here do not accurately describe the results of astrologers. Of course, climate is one of the main concerns of everyone, but the predicted results also include the increase in the yield of a certain species, the susceptibility to pregnancy, locust plagues, the flooding of rivers, the temper of all people, and the susceptibility to war.

When he first arrived in the world of Lost Land, Lin scoffed at the astrologer's predictions. But in one twin week, I witnessed an egg hatch into two chicks; On a sunny day, thunderstorms were frequent, and after listening to the thunderstorms from time to time for a week, Lin was convinced that he was in an unreasonable magical side world.

Today's astronomical event is regarded by Lin as an opportunity to verify whether his astronomical calculations are correct. What needs to be verified, of course, is a magic tower that has been computerized to a certain extent. This includes whether the program is designed correctly and whether there are no errors in the functions used for calculation. If even the predictions of the interior of galaxies are miscalculated, then there is no need to consider the entire galaxy, or even the universe. As for hand calculations, it was not taken into account from the beginning.

Another reason for him to rise up such a test is the planetary map wall in the dining room on the first floor of the Great Sage's Tower. It is said that it was there from the beginning of the construction of the tower, and all the changes in the position of the planets are also compared to reality, although it is only a flat version. According to the journal of the Magic Tower, this wall will have a special change for a period of time during each six-star alignment.

In addition to wanting to see the changes in this wall, Lin also wanted to know if the accuracy of this thousand-year-old star map wall was still perfect and could fully fit the reality situation. If so, the rationale behind this technology is worth studying, and perhaps adding it to your own tools for exploring the stars.

It's a pity that during one of Lin's calculations, he found that the results of his calculations were slightly different from the star map wall. So which one is right, which one is wrong, and what is the reason behind it, all of this will have to wait for the real arrival of that astronomical event to know the answer.