Northbound (8)

How could Grack miss spending time with Mr. Merchant, an employer like Mr. Merchant, who is calm and cooperative, and very generous.

Especially when escorting a fool north to Luxembourg.

Albert was a nightmare, a real-life nightmare, and the dwarven warrior had finally seen what he meant by "science" along the way.

The science is that when the wheels of the carriage got into a pit, Albert told him to take off his belt and take out the clothes in the carriage and tie them to the girders, and pull them around the trunk of the tree.

The science is to take Laura's bow and find the so-called "fulcrum" and plunge it into the dirt behind the wheel.

The science is to use three branches to hang the pot next to the wheel when there is no shelf for cooking soup.

As a result, the cart was pulled by the belt and the clothes, but the clothes were torn open, the wheels left the pit except Laura's bow was worn out, and the soup was boiled, but at the last moment the improvised bracket collapsed and the soup was spilled all over the ground.

Hehe, fuck the science.

As the weather gets colder, Albert ponders what went wrong and caused Gerke's clothes to break and a delicious soup to be wasted, and Miss Laura's bow is simply a lack of thought and is not included in the scope of mistakes.

Maybe this is the burden of forbearance.

The dwarven warrior sighed silently in the car, life is not easy, everyone is running for a better day, bear with it, you can live a good winter when you get the money, think more about the hot wine in the winter, and the mood will be better.

While Albert reflected and Gluck comforted himself, Pierce was alone observing Albert's luggage in the carriage, a beautifully designed and assembled machine.

Albert: "It's beautiful, isn't it?"

After thinking that he had done enough to reflect, Albert found that Pierce showed a great deal of interest in his research.

Pierce: "Yes Mr. Einstein, I'm sorry I can't find the right words to describe it, but ...... It's truly beautiful. ”

Albert's eyes flashed: "I spent a lot of time on it, did I see the track in the center? ”

Pierce: "Smooth and fine, what is this for?"

Albert pretended to be mysterious: "You will know when the time comes, and I hope that when I show it, you can watch it in the grand seat, and I will give it its value to the extreme." ”

Gracker: "Speaking of value, Mr. Einstein, how much does it cost to get this thing?"

Laura, who was also sitting in the car, said: "It's a kind of research, it's a kind of technical pursuit, don't get money on everything." ”

Grak glanced at his companion and lowered his voice and asked, "Why don't you seem to feel sorry for your bow at all?"

Laura shrugged her shoulders: "I'm going to change it anyway, and this level of wear and tear won't affect the effect of my bow, so yes, I don't feel distressed at all." ”

Listen to it, look at this angry rich face, ugly, ugly.

The dwarven warriors scoffed at this.

Albert: "Well, I don't remember how much gold I spent, but if I think so...... Five thousand, six thousand?"

"Ahem...... What?!" Grack almost choked on his own saliva, "Five thousand, six thousand, and gold, boy, don't brag!"

Albert lowered his head and thought about it for a while, then looked back at the other party and nodded affirmatively.

The dwarven warrior's whole body stiffened, and he didn't dare to turn his head back.

Dear gods, I have a vault in my little carriage, this ...... Who can withstand this!

Laura looked at the machine, froze. Pierce retracted the hand he wanted to touch.

On the contrary, Albert said with a relaxed face: "Don't be so nervous, this is a very normal thing for scientific research, and you will get used to it in the future." ”

Pierce shook his head violently.

No, no, no, I don't want to get used to it, it's terrible, I'm afraid I won't be able to go back to my daily routine.

Laura controlled her emotions a little and asked, "Since research requires such a high cost, Mr. Einstein must have had considerable strength to build such a machine, right?"

The dwarven warrior suddenly looked back, he actually ignored such an important issue, there was Mr. Merchant in the front, and Einstein in the back, if he hugged one leg on the left and right, it would be difficult for him not to take off in the future.

Albert denied this, shaking his head and saying, "It does require a lot of money, but it doesn't come from me, but from a collector who is also interested in science and is extremely generous." ”

Laura: "You mean the collector?"

Albert: "Yes, how do you know his name?"

Laura wondered, "Mr. Einstein means that the person who finances your research is called a collector?"

Albert: "yes, that's a weird name, isn't it? ”

The perceptive Gerak found a sense of familiarity at this: "No, Mr. Einstein, the name is not strange at all, and we have known a name before that is equally strange...... Special, and generous man, we call him Mr. Merchant. ”

Pierce: "Maybe people with strange names have special hobbies. ”

Gerak immediately corrected: "It's peculiar, please be respectful." ”

Laura: "So Mr. Einstein, the purpose of your trip to Luxembourg is also for science?"

Albert: "Yes, to validate my research to be exact, and as I just said, I'm going to take this brand new electromagnetic cannon to the extreme!"

Speaking of science, Albert's eyes suddenly dimmed, he sat down, and said with a little pity: "Actually, this trip, Izac is much more suitable than me, I ...... I'm not good at these things, and I should have stayed in the studio instead of doing this big mission, which is about the survival of the science department. ”

Laura: "Mr. Newton, why do you say that? I think the Science Department chose you because you were the right person, didn't it?"

Pierce then asked, "What does it mean to be about the survival of the Ministry of Science?"

Albert touched his nose and looked a little inexplicably ashamed: "I...... I don't have many friends in the science department, which is a very bad thing in a place where you need to work together to solve a research problem...... Well, I only have one friend, Isaac, this is a thing that needs to be contacted and talked to, not just to publish results, Isaac is much better at foreign things than me, I wanted to refuse to go to Luxembourg this time, but the teacher seems to be pinning his hopes on me, which makes it difficult for me to refuse. ”

As he spoke, Albert looked at the three bounty hunters who had come from another place and thought to himself, maybe he could talk to them.

Albert: "I know it's not easy this time, it seems that the Academy of Magic didn't want our science department to be established from the beginning, because the philosophy of our department can be said to be completely opposite to theirs, if it weren't for the rules established by Free City in the first place, the rules that any institution that is beneficial to Phoenix can be allowed to be established as long as it does not harm others and harm the world, I don't think our science department can be established at all." ”

Pierce: "Then why ......"

Albert: "Note that the rule is 'good for Phoenix' means that we have to prove that the existence of the Department of Science is of corresponding value to Phoenix, and as far as I know, all of our research results have had very little benefit, and if I fail this time, the Department of Science will cease to exist." ”

Laura: "So Mr. Einstein, how do you need to prove that you are going to Luxembourg this time?"

Albert changed to a relaxed tone, he wished he could look more confident: "Don't worry, you just need to get me safely, and I'll take care of the rest." After a pause, he continued: "I will never let the Ministry of Science disappear like this." ”

It's like showing determination, and it's like cheering yourself up.

Albert suddenly asked, "Can you imagine the world of the future?"

Grack: "Oh, that's so simple, I'm going to be lying on a bed made of gold, drinking wine and holding a woman and counting my money." ”

Laura: "Perhaps, if you live for a few hundred years, the bounty hunter payouts you save may be able to make you dream like that." ”

Gluck said angrily: "Could it be that I can only live in this business for hundreds of years to make money?"

Laura said of course, "Or else?"

As the dwarven warrior was about to retort, Albert said, "I think our future world will be beautiful. ”

The light in his eyes lit up again.

"In the future, we will have self-driving carts so that horses can run freely on the grassland, in the future we will have ploughs that can quickly and neatly plough the land, so that oxen can unload their plows and graze leisurely, in the future we will have electricity in every household so that we don't have to worry about the candles going out, in the future we will be able to build taller and bigger houses so that there will not be so many displaced people, in the future we will be able to grow better food so that we will not have to worry about the cold winter, in the future we will be able to build another kind of airship that does not need the support of magic, so that there will be a chance for everyone to fly in the sky, in the future......”

The young researcher recounted over and over again in the carriage the colorful future in his mind, a world that no one could intervene in and even more interrupt, and the smile on his face and the light in his eyes seemed to tell the bounty hunters again and again that this was what the future really looked like.

Gerk suddenly remembered that when they left Phoenix on the teleporter, someone leaned against the transparent outer wall of the teleporter and said, "See that teleporter? Although it looks a lot colder than other normal teleportation ladders, it won't take long, and when it is built, it doesn't need magic, only mechanical force, and only the rotation of gears can send people up like the current magic teleportation ladder, and then it will be used not only in Phoenix, but also in the whole world, and even ordinary people who don't know magic will be able to enjoy a more convenient life." And those wastelands, if you find a good way, you can make it grow green grass again, and it can even be used for farming, and then life in the north will gradually improve, and more people will come, and the surrounding area will definitely be lively......"

At that time, the man's eyes shone with the same light.

The dwarven warrior suddenly felt that this young man in front of him, who looked inconspicuous and sometimes had a little problem with his head, might really be able to change the world.

In the heat of the moment, a cold wind howled in, and with a screeching sound, the carriage seemed to cross the timeline at once, the temperature dropped sharply, and snowflakes fell in the air.

"Oh my God, guys, there's good news and bad news, which one do you want to hear first?" Grack tightened his collar and asked himself, "The good news is that we're closer to our destination, and you can all wear your new sweaters, but the bad news is that it's going to be cold and my sweater is going to be a big hole." ”