Sword of Dawn

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After confirming where the problem is, the next thing to do is a series of repairs, redesign, assembly, testing...

With Nicholas Egg, a super-god-level precision lathe, all of this is extremely fast-basically, it only takes one or two minutes for a part to be installed in the machine from the design plan to the actual finished product.

Seeing the mechanical bachelors and magicians busy retesting the entire system around the platform, Hetty couldn't help but shook her head and sighed: "Rebecca...is too unsteady, she should improve it I'll report back to you after the test."

"It was I who asked her to report as soon as she had a sample," Gao Wen looked at Rebecca, who was busy among a group of technical experts and gave instructions to the people around him from time to time, with a smile on his face, " Of course, a more complete testing process and rules and regulations in this area are indeed the inevitable development direction of the R&D department, and this depends on Rebecca's future work... As far as I can see, this kid is doing pretty well."

Even Hetty, who has always been very strict with Rebecca (although the strict requirements have no effect), can't say anything to refute at this moment. She watched Rebecca who was immersed in the machine world from a distance, and then spoke softly after a long time. Sigh: "...Yeah... She did a good job, and she brought out so many equally talented apprentices... If someone told me that Rebecca could do all this two years ago, I would definitely You will think that person is here to scam money."

"There are many talented people in this world, but not everyone can find a place to display their talents. Fortunately, Cecil can give these people opportunities, so our next step is to attract more capable people. people to join these projects," Gao Wen asked while talking, "how is the progress of talent recruitment and education and training work recently?"

"A large number of craftsmen and low-level Transcendents or Transcendent Apprentices responded to the recruitment of the Government Affairs Office - the fact that the Cecil family unified the southern border gave these people a lot of confidence, and the new propaganda methods can also attract them from all over the world. , but it may take a long time to transform these people into qualified mechanical bachelors and magic technicians... Their original skill levels are uneven, the schools are different, and they still lack standard industrial concepts. It only takes a thousand apprentices to recruit a thousand apprentices. Three days, it takes less than half a year to train them to be able to work in the factory, and it is even more troublesome to let them enter the laboratory, basically all rely on talent, and the pass rate is less than [-]%, "Hetty looked worried Said with embarrassment, "As you said, if we want to truly solve the talent gap, we still need to promote basic education - only schools can cultivate talents in large quantities, high quality and with uniform standards like factories produce products. "

Gawain knew what Hetty was going to say next, he nodded slightly: "But at this stage we don't have enough schools... nor enough teachers, not even enough government affairs staff to study how schools should work, right? "

"As you said, the gap is too big. It's so big that it makes people desperate. If there are not enough houses, you can work overtime to build them. If you don't have enough machines, you can use manpower to make up for them. But the training of teachers... can't be accelerated," Hetty frowned. Frowning, with a serious tone, "After the industrial printing press came out, we managed to solve the problem of insufficient textbooks, but we didn't have enough teachers to teach them. The basic knowledge that junior teachers recruited from the private sector can come in handy in schools is spelling. and basic arithmetic..."

Speaking of this, she paused for a moment, and continued: "The most lacking at this stage are teachers who teach the four courses of basic rune literature, general knowledge of the magic industry, Cecil's general social studies, and thought synthesis-the knowledge in this area is very important. It’s a new field, and teachers have to take half a year’s class before they go to class, so they can barely teach others, and they have to come back to make up lessons while they’re in class, because new knowledge is constantly emerging.”

The problem Hetty mentioned is one of the most serious problems that Cecil faced after the expansion of his territory, and it is also a problem that cannot be "accelerated". The five cities are used as a benchmark, and a large number of general education schools have been built with the coverage of the cross axis, but no matter which school is facing a serious shortage of teachers-the government affairs department has spent a lot of manpower and material resources to barely recruit enough literacy and education. Math teacher, but a little more complicated knowledge than that...

Except for people from Cecil City, who knows what the magic industry is?Who knows the full Cecil law?Who understands runes?

In addition to these seemingly professional courses, general social education is also a big problem. In most areas outside Cecil City, no one even knows how to turn on the heating in winter, how to use the magic spar lamp, and how to use it. How to irrigate the ground with a water pump, how to beat grain with a thresher...

The first problem to be faced after the promotion of these new things is that ordinary people dare not use them at all, dare not use them even if they dare to use them, and do not trust machines if they can use them. Send ten people everywhere to promote that water pumps don't eat people...

Moreover, the government affairs office itself is still short of people.

Gawain sighed slightly.

In this land where everything is waiting to be done, authority can be established as long as the fist is big, as the founding hero with the largest fist and authority, it is very easy for him to establish a principality, but it is not so simple to build this principality... .

He can establish a country in one year, but it takes many years to govern the country...

However, although the problem is difficult, it is not without a solution. The hard time cost may not be compressed, but just like the excrement of the slime monster can be used as an alternative to rubber, use some "alternatives" to bypass, or at least It is still feasible to partially bypass the current difficulty.

Gawain raised his head, glanced at Rebecca who was happily busy in the crowd, and said slowly: "There is a way to quickly promote knowledge in the absence of educators."

Hetty's eyes brightened up immediately: the always wise ancestor really lived up to expectations, and had a solution so soon, she immediately asked impatiently: "You mean..."

"Long-distance education," Gao Wen said, "use the magic net to send knowledge out."

Thanks to the special development route of magic technology, and thanks to the technology accumulation of this world itself - who would have thought that in a world with a social structure similar to that of the Middle Ages, the long-distance holographic communication network could appear earlier than the highway?

Hetty is a smart person, she just didn't think of this direction before, and now she was reminded slightly by Gao Wen, and she instantly understood the intention of her ancestors.

"This is really..." She even couldn't help breathing quickly, "This method is great!!"

"Don't get too excited, I'm not sure what its effect will be," Gao Wen calmed down the slightly excited Heidi, "First try to add an 'education' program group to the Magic Network broadcast, live broadcast of the general education school. Curriculum, another group of people can be organized—people can be drawn from general education schools—to compile the basic and necessary knowledge of social common sense, record it with photo crystals, and broadcast it in a regular cycle. In addition, publications On the one hand, we also need to compile books of this type, focusing on how to farm, how to build a house, and how to use magic machines, and then publish them throughout the country."

The overall literacy rate in the southern border may not have reached the level where people can learn these books by themselves, and most ordinary people also lack the initiative to learn, but when the grain harvest is next year, those who actively learn new knowledge and respond positively to the government affairs department If you get real benefits, the "benchmarking effect" will show its power, and the motivation of ordinary people to learn new knowledge will be greatly improved. One year's "golden time", so Gao Wen had to make preparations in advance.

"Yes," Hetty nodded immediately, "I will let Mr. Godwin and Mr. Santis organize the manpower for this."

A clanging mechanical noise came from the side, and the conversation between Gawain and Hetty also stopped.

After emergency adjustments by a large group of technicians, and a simple test by Rebecca, the magic guided vehicle that had just lay on the ground started up again and stopped steadily near Gao Wen.

"My lord ancestor! Look! It's driving again!!" Rebecca sat on the simple driver's seat of the magic car, holding the steering wheel with one hand and pulling a certain operating lever with the other, happily following Wen greeted, "And look, I asked Mr. Egg to add a clock to remind other vehicles and pedestrians..."

While talking, Rebecca yanked a certain lever next to the steering wheel, and a drum-shaped device on the side of the car immediately rolled over, and there was a loud and noisy sound of steel plates colliding from inside.

The sound of the steel plates colliding was much more disturbing than the noise of the car, and Hetty immediately covered her ears: "Turn that thing off quickly—did you install that thing on the car to torture other people's ears? "

However, the Viscountess is obviously very satisfied with her creative ability: "But this way, the drivers don't have to rely on shouting to let the pedestrians get out of the way like the coachman when he is on the road!"

"I think the sound of your car moving is enough for everyone to know where it is," Hetty complained while rubbing her sore ears, "My God...you only used a few Come up with a new torture machine in 10 minutes..."

"Is it really noisy?" Rebecca scratched her head, "I still think this thing is very useful, much smaller than its counterparts in mechanical clocks..."

Gawain looked at the negotiation between Heidi and Rebecca dumbfounded. To be honest, he never thought that the prototype magic vehicle would not have a horn. The mechanical car actually had to rely on the driver to yell to remind pedestrians and other vehicles to pay attention to dodge—but on the other hand, he did think that the "warning clock" newly invented by Rebecca was too noisy...

"This device is indeed useful, but you'd better find a way to optimize its movement in the future. If you can't connect a copper pipe with an air bag, it's better to make a whistle than a bunch of steel sheets and rams stuffed in the drum. "Gao Wen looked at Rebecca with a smile on his face, "You come down first, I have something to tell you."

"Oh," Rebecca jumped out of the car immediately, "what's the matter?"

"We need to teach ordinary people the basic knowledge of magic machines," Gao Wen said, "the most basic ones, including what is a repulsion mechanism, what is a magic engine, how does a magic furnace work, etc. Knowledge like that."

Rebecca blinked: "Oh, I know this, there is a class in this area at the General Academy, and I have taught it before!"

Hetty stepped forward to straighten the girl's messy hair: "But now we are going to teach these things to more people... so you go wash your hair first!"

Chapter 0510 Knowledge Dissemination

In the administrative center of Cecil City - the Government Affairs Hall, Norris brought several of his assistants to the office of the Department of Information and Propaganda.

Once upon a time, this honest farmer who had dealt with the land and crops for most of his life couldn't imagine that he would stand in such a room one day - a spacious and bright building, a place for important people to work, sturdy and beautiful desks and chairs, filled with Bookshelves for books and files, and magic spar lamps on the roof. In the past, even the manor owner's big house could not have such a room-but now, he is really standing here.

Moreover, his identity is still the person in charge of the agricultural department, a person who manages farming affairs for the lord—in the words of the past, he is an "upper class".

Norris, who had changed into clean and decent clothes and was more or less accustomed to dealing with other government officials in the government affairs hall, exhaled imperceptibly. Now he is not nervous standing in such a place, but until last year, he saw The knight lords on the territory will still stutter.

Several assistants stood quietly by the side. These are young people selected by Norris himself—they can read and write, and they also know how to grow crops. It is very difficult to find people who can meet these two points at the same time. For more than half a year, I will take them with me whenever I have the opportunity, and I want to let these young people grow up as soon as possible.

He knew that he was old—although such an age is considered a prime among superhumans, he was not a superhuman, and he suffered too much and suffered too much hunger when he was young. Two years of food and clothing and drinking two bottles of alchemy potions can make up for it. Maybe he will leave this post in a few years.

For this, he didn't have much regrets, because in the past few years he had already lived a good life that he never dared to dream of in his life, but he always felt that he would be sorry for the trust of the lord—he wanted to be in his own life. When you are still full of energy, at least you can train these green young people in the Ministry of Agriculture to be able to take charge of your own affairs. At least you should tell the successors as much as possible about the ups and downs and mistakes you made after you became the head of the Ministry of Agriculture. I want to pass on all the knowledge and experience I have accumulated for half my life...

With such thoughts in the Minister of Agriculture's mind, a sound of footsteps came from outside the door, and then the door of the office was pushed open. Godwin Orlando, who had a gray beard and a scholar's robe, pushed The door came in: "Ah, Mr. Norris-I'm very sorry to keep you waiting, I'm really busy recently..."

"Don't say that," Norris hurried forward - in this land, his status is equal to that of Godwin Orlando, but his life experience in the previous half of his life made him habitually use " "Scholar" is regarded as a full-fledged upper-class person. Even if he can get along with each other on an equal footing now, he will contact the other party with a kind of respect, "We arrived ten minutes earlier-the time is just right now."

"Please sit down—gentlemen, please sit down," Godwin beckoned everyone to sit down, and then went straight to the point, "Then we will not waste time—the lord and Ms. Hetty have a new plan, It is very important, really very important, that's why I called you here, and I will also call Mr. Hammer and Miss Jenny in the afternoon, and it requires the cooperation of many people."

Norris was a little confused for a while: "Agriculture, smelting, and the Rune Institute?"

"Look at this first, you will understand soon," Godwin said, opening the desk drawer, and took out a thin booklet from it, "Mr. Norris, this should be written by you." right?"

Norris took the booklet, and saw that it was printed in plain language: "Planting and Harvesting of Sweetwood Root and Bean Crops."

"Of course, I wrote it. The lord asked me to turn my farming experience into a booklet and teach it to other farmers. I just thought about writing this...book," Norris said, but he was a little ashamed in his words. Because the person sitting in front of him is a well-known university scholar in the capital, it is really a test of self-confidence to talk about the "book" he wrote in front of this scholar who has written countless books, "Why, this... …Any questions?"

"Of course there is no problem, and now we need more volumes," said Godwin Orlando, with a youthful radiance on the scholar's face, "let us praise the printing press--and of course Those venerable people who invented the printing press—the great dissemination of knowledge has begun. According to the order of the lord, we will write a series of books called "Basics of Everything", which covers common knowledge about agriculture, magic industry, and common sense about society. , general knowledge of magic, general knowledge of nature, general knowledge of theology, and geographical history, and may cover more in the future. Mr. Norris, you have written this booklet very usefully, and many farmers in Cecil City rely on The knowledge you taught has paid off, but now your work goes further—"

Norris listened carefully to every word of Godwin Orlando, his body bent forward slightly, and the wrinkles on his face left by the wind and rain for half his life were like ravines in the field, as if recording his whole life. In the first half of his life, in a trance, he suddenly woke up and realized what he should do.

He does have something to pass on—

"Mr. Norris, I am only good at writing and don't understand farming, so I hope to get help from you and your apprentices on this part," Godwin Orlando said sincerely. Going to seek knowledge from a farmer, and now he has no spare time to think about what is wrong with learning from a farmer-his enthusiasm has been ignited, and now only the words "great dissemination of knowledge" are in his mind, "We need your knowledge."

……

"We need your knowledge..."

In the lounge of the Magic Web Broadcasting Center, Jenny recalled what Ms. Hetty said to herself a few days ago, and couldn't help but take another deep breath. Then she lowered her head and continued to look at herself after several nights to sort it out. manuscripts and materials.

The mechanical bachelors and magicians who were in charge of debugging the equipment were still busy in the next room. The lounge was extremely quiet, and only the sound of papers being flipped could be heard, but at this moment, Jenny suddenly felt that someone touched her arm.

She raised her head in surprise, but saw Rebecca sitting next to her at some point. The Viscountess was holding a stack of papers in one hand, and was handing over a few candies with the other hand: "Nervous!" Well? If you are nervous, eat some candy!"

"Ah...thank you," Jenny thanked and took the candy, then put the candy into her mouth and looked curiously at the paper in Rebecca's hand, "Would you like to...record the 'show' later?"

"Yes, I'll record after you," Rebecca shook the manuscript in her hand, then pointed to a pile of machine models placed in the corner, "The identification methods and instructions for several common magical machines, There is also a hint of the most primitive repulsive piston-type magic energy engine."

Jenny and Rebecca have a good relationship because they studied rune literature together and co-edited the first edition of the "Low-Level Spells-Rune Array Comparison Table". The reclusive rune master didn't hide his nervousness: "I... I don't know what to say later, what should I do?"

"Then record it again," Rebecca waved her hand. "Today is not a live broadcast—recording a few more times will always succeed. But the first live broadcast will be done in three days, and you should pay attention by then .”

Jenny seemed to be slightly relieved, and then she couldn't help feeling emotional: "I really admire Miss Jibri... It is said that she was the first live broadcast."

"Actually, just relax, there's nothing to be nervous about. It's just standing in front of the stage to demonstrate a few simple experiments, fiddling with the runes, and let everyone see how the most basic runes work. You are studying The content taught by apprentices in the courtyard is much more profound than that—won’t you still be able to teach well?”

"It's different," Jenny shook her head with a wry smile, "If a few apprentices stand beside me and let me give them a lecture, I won't be nervous, but I saw the studio inside just now... I have to stand on an empty stage I was a little nervous to demonstrate to a lot of magic net terminals and half a room full of expressionless technicians. And when I thought that those images would be recorded and put on the magic net broadcast..."

As Jenny spoke, she couldn't help touching her cheek, and her nervousness resurfaced.

"No way, it's to ensure that the details of the experiment can be photographed... But you reminded me, maybe one or two assistants can be on stage for the next recording, so that they can help and reduce tension... ..." Rebecca's mind seemed to be opened, and she began to get up with a happy expression, but she just halfway through speaking, her eyes fell on Jenny's face.

This rune master from the royal capital, the dean of the Rune Research Institute, and one of the founders of Cecil's magic industry, was holding a few strands of long hair around his ears unnaturally with his hands.

Jenny deliberately recombed her long white hair today. The silky hair hangs down from the sides of her cheeks to her chest, almost covering half of her face.

But even so, the striking burn scars are still clearly visible in the crevices of her hair and on her exposed neck.

Obviously, she almost no longer cares about these scars on weekdays, and she doesn't deliberately cover them up when she works in the research institute, but at this special moment, the rune teacher obviously still cares.

Jenny noticed Rebecca's gaze, and suddenly became even more unnatural. She brushed her hair again, and asked with some concern: "So... can I still see it?"

"I can see it," Rebecca nodded, "and will see it anyway."

Jenny's movement of combing her hair suddenly froze, and her expression looked frustrated and disappointed: "I actually tried Master Pittman's scar removal ointment, but it didn't work at all..."

"Pittman's ointments are almost useless as long as they are sold privately," Rebecca pouted, and then looked at Jenny seriously, "and I don't think you need to cover them—on the contrary, I think you It should be shown in a big way. Of course, this is just my opinion."

Jenny looked at her in surprise, the first friend who crossed the identity barrier and had a frank relationship with herself: "Why..."

"Because you are beautiful," Rebecca said frankly, "really - you are beautiful, although you have these scars, but they are really not as serious as you think."

Jenny hesitated, she was very happy to hear Rebecca's compliments, but she didn't know whether these compliments really belonged to her, and while she was hesitating, a voice suddenly came from the side: "You are ashamed of these scars Is it?"

Jenny raised her head in surprise and saw the tall figure.

She hurriedly got up: "Lord..."

Gao Wen waved his hand, signaling to Jenny that there is no need to be polite: "It is your mentor, not you, who should be ashamed of these scars—of course, whether you choose to cover them or ignore them is your own right, but in my opinion, I don't think your scars are ugly, and I don't think you need to be ashamed of them."

The door leading to the studio opened, and a technician came out and said to Jenny: "Miss Jenny—the machine is ready, we can start anytime."

Jenny grabbed a few pieces of paper in her hand, and stood up a little dazedly.

Gao Wen looked at her quietly: "You want to spread knowledge, you should be proud of your knowledge, because behind this knowledge stands that unknown wild mage, and stands Ravencrest Sir—are you sure you want to introduce them with trepidation and shame instead of pride and confidence?"

Rebecca also stood up, and she grabbed Jenny's arm vigorously, with a bright smile on her face: "Come on!"

Jenny glanced down at the few pages of manuscript paper in her hand that she had almost scratched. After a few seconds of silence, she took a deep breath.

Then, she rolled up her hair and walked towards the door not far away.

Looking at Jenny's back, Gao Wen breathed out slightly: "You always have to take the first step."

"Yeah, I also think it's time for her to come out—she's obviously very beautiful," Rebecca muttered, and then looked at Gawain curiously, "But then again, why are you here, Mr. Zu?"

"Hetty is very worried about you," Gawain said helplessly, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "Of course I am also very worried - I am afraid that you will blow up this place."

"Wow--"

Chapter 0511

The foggy moon came.

winter is here.

Winter in Ansu always comes very early, often before the end of the frost month, many areas have already entered the bleak and lonely season, the crops in the field have been harvested, and the grain and firewood for the winter have been stored in every household early, and then from the city to the countryside , From fortresses to houses, it is difficult to see crowds of people in the streets and alleys. People are like animals that spend the winter in the wilderness. They will return to their sheltered homes before the cold completely falls, quietly Waiting for the coming of spring.

But Cecil City has not been like this for two years. For Cecil people, winter is still a day when they can go out to work as usual.

Just after a drizzle last night—this may be the last rain of this year—the drizzle drenched the cement and flagstone pavement of the city streets, nourished the hardy flowers and trees on the corners of the road, and when the sun rose, The water vapor rises slightly, and with the slightly higher ground temperature in the urban area, the water vapor forms fog and covers every place where people gather.This thin fog is different from the heavy winter fog in Typhon that can obscure the sight, but it has a comfortable and lazy feeling—like waking up in a hazy and beautiful dream.

The brilliance of the giant sun shines on Cecil City like this.

On this cold morning in early winter, people had a full meal, put on warm clothes, and went out of the house to go to work. As more and more people came to the streets, the whole city gradually woke up.

The thin mist in the morning was quickly dispelled by the heat of the sun, the city lifted the hazy veil, and everything became clear and bright.

A carriage with a pattern that is not commonly seen in the local area drove into the gate of Cecil's business district. The brisk sound of horseshoes pattered across the street, and the sun shone on the hood of the carriage, letting the rain-washed copper The castings are shiny.

The cover on the side of the compartment was opened a crack, and a pair of bright eyes looked out from the inside, and after several minutes of watching, those eyes retracted.

"Father, Cecil's streets are really wide!" In the carriage, a young man with short hair looked at the middle-aged man sitting in the back of the carriage and said, "And their houses...are very tall!"

"When I came last time, there weren't so many houses here..." The middle-aged man at the back of the carriage, Ke De, a big businessman from Carroll, couldn't hide his surprise, but in front of his eldest son, he still tried his best to maintain With a superficial calmness and indifference, "Don't act like a countryman who has never been to the city—Paar, we are here to meet the ruler of the southern border on behalf of the Carroll Merchant Association."

"Yes, father."

The young man called Par hurriedly lowered his head and listened carefully to his father's teachings—his father, Kodd, was the most successful businessman in the Carroll area. This businessman was known for his precise judgment and execution ability. It is precisely because he was the first to respond to the call of the government affairs department and sign the merchant alliance agreement that the family can develop further. Now he even has the opportunity to represent the Carroll Chamber of Commerce to meet the ruler of the southern border. Faced with such a successful man who has proved his ability with practical actions, the young Pal respects him from the bottom of his heart.

Seeing the eldest son's attitude, the big businessman Ke De nodded in satisfaction, and then he slowed down his tone: "However, on the premise of not affecting the impression of others, you should also pay attention to carefully observe the surroundings, whether it is business opportunities or connections, often the first It's all hidden in the details of the environment. Just like this city - it's developing so fast and its population is increasing so fast, which means its business opportunities are almost endless..."

As Cod spoke, he looked at the streets of Cecil through the open cover on the side of the carriage: "...This is a city full of gold..."

Almost as soon as Codd's voice fell, the large mechanical clock in the center of the city rang loudly - eight o'clock.

The magic network terminals placed in various squares and large street intersections were activated at the same time.