78. Gravitation
In the evening, Wang Qinian entered Rotterdorburg from the east, Rotterdorburg was originally a seaside castle, but with the increase in population, the city has expanded rapidly from a castle by the sea, forming a large city with a permanent population of more than 300,000, the floating population is even larger, and the city has no walls, except for the earliest castle, the nominal ruler of the city is the Count of Rotterdor, but now it is only a nominal symbol, the city is under the control of the governor sent by the Kingdom of Kabtan, and there are two armies of land and sea under his command, the army is only 2,000 people, half of which is an arquebus team, and the remaining artillery of 600 people, with a hundred cannons of all kindsThis force can be described as powerful, the most powerful is the knight army, with one big knight, ten knights, and the rest are low-level knights and knight squires, stationed on a small hill in the southeast of the city, condescending, overlooking the whole city, and Rotterdo Castle echoes in the distance.
However, compared to the navy, they are much weaker.
On the sea, Rotterdorburg has an excellent deep-water port Rottedo Port, divided into two parts, one part is a military port, with more than 40 huge warships, nearly 1,000 guns, the largest displacement of 1,200 tons, 5,000 naval soldiers, with two dragon warships, this is the most characteristic sea combat platform in this world, there are two dragons on a ship, respectively located in the bow and stern, controlled by the dragon knight, during the battle, the dragon rises into the air, its powerful dragon breath is like a natural bomber, if it is sprayed by the dragon's breath, it is the double deck of the capital shipThe "Graciette", with a displacement of 1,200 tons and a total of 80 cannons on both sides, was also immediately buried in the flames, similar to the role of an aircraft carrier born before Wang Qi. But the Air Force is just a dragon.
The other part is an ordinary boat, shuttling back and forth, sails and masts like clouds, constantly passing through it, a busy scene.
Wang Qinian entered the city and came to Königstrasse, Rotterdorburg's famous shopping street, the road is very wide, and the concrete road made of volcanic ash and quicklime is lined with greenery. From time to time, horse-drawn carriages pass by. There are horse manure pockets hanging on the horse's buttocks, and the road surface is very neat, and there are two- to three-story buildings on both sides, and there are many pedestrians on the road. Although it's nearly late. The street lights were also lit by a full-time street light manager. This is a kind of cotton oil as fuel, and although it is not completely dark, the sparkling street lamps are already on.
Wang Qi breathed a sigh of relief. When he arrived in Rotterdorburg, he felt a little bit of a city, and other cities, to him, seemed to be a dirty little town, which did not make him feel a sense of a city at all.
Wang Qinian had heard of Rotterburg before, and had heard many legends, which were spread among the people, nothing more than who went to sea, encountered what adventures, made a fortune, etc., from here, it can be seen that in the air of the whole Rotterburg city, there is a unique smell of the ocean, and the people inside are also pursuing the adventure and glory that the ocean brings to them, as well as a lot of wealth.
Xiaoshuang was stunned, looking at the bustling city, the dotted street lights, although the street lights are very dim, but this is a kind of civilization, the impact of human civilization on Xiaoshuang: "Wang, how many lights are there, how much does this cost!"
"Xiaoshuang, this is a city, against the backdrop of the ocean, it seems that the Age of Discovery has begun. Wang Qinian said.
"What Age of Discovery?"
"Human beings are not born creatures of peace, in pursuit of wealth, people continue to go to sea, and finally converge into a great voyage, the great geographical discoveries have also begun, under our feet is a ball, a huge planet, one day, the whole planet will become one. Wang Qinian remembered the world in his previous life, and he didn't know if this world would be the same.
"How is it possible, if it's a ball, isn't the person on the other side of the ball going to fall?" asked Xiaoshuang a question.
"There's gravity, there's an attraction between objects that pulls all sorts of things towards the ground. Wang Qinian said with a smile, and a pedestrian next to him heard his words, his body was shocked, and he couldn't help but stand down.
"Why can't we feel it?" asked Xiaoshuang again.
"It's not that you can't feel it, every one of us feels it, it's just that we don't notice, you have weight, and the objects fall to the ground, and this force is gravity, which binds us tightly to the surface of this planet. Wang Qinian said that this kind of knowledge can be said to be a matter of course for Wang Qinian.
Xiao Shuang thought thoughtfully, as if Wang Qinian's words had some truth, but the pedestrian took off his top hat, hugged it to his chest, and saluted respectfully: "Distinguished guest, I am an alchemist, Joseph Newton, I am thinking about the philosophical laws of nature, your words have inspired me a lot, you are a magician?"
"Yes, I'm a magician, King, it's a pleasure to meet you. Wang Qinian touched his chest with his hand and bowed.
"Hello, could I invite you to dinner!" Mr. Newton respectfully invited.
"It's better to be respectful than to obey. Wang Qinian also returned the gift.
Newton and Wang Qinian came to Newton's home, not far away, Newton's home is very large, in front of a two-story building, there is a courtyard in the back, which has his alchemy room, the servants serve roast chicken and bread, pour tea, add sugar, Wang Qinian knows that Dao tea is a drink from the East, it is also brewed by leaves, the taste is not different from the earth, in the drink, there are four kinds of this world, but tea and coffee are the main drinks, coffee is also similar to the earth, the other two are relatively rare, one is called a cloud piece, is a kind of fruit, the shape is like a cloud piece, after brewing bitter with a sour taste, the other is Mengke, but it is a kind of blood powder made from the dried blood of a demonic beast, salty and slightly sweet.
After dinner, Niu Tong and Wang Qinian discussed the problem just now, Wang Qinian found that Niu Tong had reached the edge of discovering gravity, before him, there was an alchemist Matthew who had discovered the law of inertia, but he was not given a clear explanation, Wang Qinian sighed in his heart, don't underestimate people in the other world, the law of things will be discovered sooner or later.
Wang Qinian said: "The laws of nature have shown signs in the ancient Xilun era, but they have not become a specialized science, subordinate to magic and alchemy, and I think there is a reason for this. ”
"Why?" said Newton, taking a sip of tea and chewing the tea residue in his mouth.
"Mathematics, the laws of nature must be clearly expressed by mathematics, and now they are all qualitative descriptions. Wang Qinian also took a sip of tea.
"yes, I didn't think of that. Newton stood up happily, realized that he had lost his temper, and did it again: "I'm sorry, I'm happy to lose my temper." ”
"It doesn't matter, people have to have a true temperament. ”
They were discussing here, it was very late, Xiaoshuang had already yawned, and Niu Tun apologized: "Delay your rest, it's not early, you go to bed early." ”
Wang Qinian was brought into the client by the servant, and the servant brought the magic lamp, Wang Qinian saw the style of this magic lamp, which was a classical style, among which the magic array was also very classical, driven by the fire magic core, Wang Qinian smiled, turned on the magic lamp, and the soft yellow-red brilliance illuminated a room, which was one more magic array than Wang Qinian's magic lamp, which was a layer of scattering array.
In the end, it is an alchemist, although he is not a nobleman, but he is richer than the average nobleman, and the nobleman's house, the magic lamp is generally impossible, because at least the minimum line of the magic apprentice needs to be reached in order to stimulate the magic lamp, of course, the alchemist is not a problem, although their talent is not as good as that of the magician, but it is much stronger than the low line of the magic apprentice.
Wang Qinian took out the jade pendant obtained in the half-plane of the goddess of life, it was found in the ring of white bones, Wang Qinian has not checked it, and now that he has free time, he took it out, this is the fifth jade pendant, on the corner of the jade pendant, there is a five-character.
This is an alchemy equation, a general program, the Virgin Longji equation, this is a beautiful equation, Wang Qinian has an impression in his mind, the equation is a special manipulation, with mental manipulation, the drug is unfolded according to the Mikino spiral, as for what kind of drug, it doesn't matter, it's just that the plant comes first, the mineral follows, and the animal follows, three people are in a group, at least three groups, constituting the spiritual body and the connection between them, under this equation, there are twenty-seven kinds of materials, Wang Qinian took a look, it all knew that it was a general alchemy drug, among which there was a dragon tail mixed with stars, which was a kind of tail of a magic lizard, because the stars were shining, it looked like it was mixed with stardust, but according to this sequence, Wang Qinian saw it for the first time, if it weren't for this jade pendant, Wang Qinian wouldn't think it was one of the seven jade pendants of the philosopher's stone, but in the most reluctant, it drew a three-headed pure white bird.
Wang Qinian thought about it carefully, on this piece of jade pendant, there is mainly an equation, indicating the operation process, as well as the drug, what is the most important three-headed bird, is it a drug that Wang Qinian does not know, or an intermediate transition product, or it still has a deep meaning.
Wang Qinian thought for a while, but there was no result, Wang Qinian knew that he didn't have much knowledge of alchemy, and he couldn't understand it yet, so he decided to make up for alchemy in the future.
Wang Qinian took out the paper, first rubbed the front and back of the jade pendant pattern onto the paper, and then wrote down his thoughts with a pen, and after doing all this, he sealed the letter and added a seal with a magic seal, this is a letter to Leonardo, Wang Qinian promised him that as soon as he found the information of the philosopher's stone, he would send him a letter.
This letter will be sent out tomorrow, and in a few months, it will reach Leonardo's hands, he is a master alchemist, and he is studying the philosopher's stone, for Newton, Wang Qinian did not tell him about the philosopher's stone, after all, Wang Qinian does not want to make everyone know about this matter, after all, for the creator bishop, this is a challenge to God. (To be continued......)