Lu Cheng counted the current number of people and set off directly.
Currently, among the members of this team, which can be called the world-saving team, seven refugees left on Prince Skarre's wooden boat.
Two soldiers from the eldest prince's personal guard volunteered to join the team.
In addition to the normal personnel changes, there was a strange thing in Lu Cheng's car...that was the talking groundhog.
The groundhog did not realize that he was on the "car", but thought that he was imprisoned in a cage by Lu Cheng.
Because Lu Cheng still had some information he wanted to get from the groundhog, he gave the driving position to Pictorial.
I was sitting in the back seat of the off-road vehicle that was transporting personnel, asking the groundhog about the level of development of human civilization in this world.
In the mouth of this groundhog, Skarre is a "small border country" and the people of Skarre are "ignorant country people", while the Gemansis Secret Society is the supreme being that controls all truth.
Although Elena really wanted to skin the groundhog and make a roasted groundhog after hearing what the groundhog said.
But Elena still acknowledged the status of the Gemansis Secret Society recognized by all countries, that is, the organization of magicians who possess the truth.
Lucheng is not very interested in what the truth is. He just wants to know how many technology trees the country with the most technology trees in the world has lit up, and how many technology trees are crooked...
The first thing Lucheng asked about was the per capita education level.
This is very important, as most of the common people in Scare were illiterate, which was about the same level of education per capita in the Middle Ages.
"Learn to read? In our Gemansis Secret Society, illiterate people don't even have the qualifications to enter the city. We won't get involved with those rough country folk..."
The groundhog named Charlotte heard Lu Cheng's question and was halfway through boasting when Elena's friendly look next to her prevented her from saying the second half of her sentence.
"How many people are there in your secret method?" Lu Cheng asked.
"Would you like to join us? If you were younger, maybe I would consider it..."
Charlotte suddenly stopped talking here, and she moved to the left with her short legs. While she was speaking, Lu Cheng suddenly pulled out a dagger.
"Two... two thousand four hundred and twenty-seven people." Charlotte glanced at the dagger and said, "These are only the spellcasters recognized by our secret society, not including servants. I don't know how many servants there are."
"Servants? Is your country a slavery country?"
Lu Cheng captured the key part of the groundhog's words. The Gemansis Secret Society is not composed entirely of spellcasters. Spellcasters belong to the aristocratic class, and below them there is the class of servants.
"Slaves? We won't do such crude and barbaric things. Every servant of a spellcaster is a volunteer. After passing the assessment, they join the Secret Society. If they perform well, the sages will give them inscriptions and promote them to magic apprentices."
Charlotte did not hide this aspect of her affairs. Many things in the secret society were worthy of her bragging about to these country people.
"Is that so, sage, spellcaster, and after that, servant."
Lu Cheng probably understood the system of this country.
"You said that your country...or the Secret Order has mastered countless truths. Then how many truths do you have mastered?"
Lu Cheng began to move the inquiry into the second stage, which was to find out what level the technology tree of this secret society had reached.
First of all, Lu Cheng needs to confirm how much knowledge he has mastered. The "chief apprentice" from the Gemansis Secret Society can give Lu Cheng a reference.
"Are you questioning the knowledge I have?" Charlotte regained her courage after hearing Lu Cheng's question.
This time Lu Cheng did not dampen her spirit. This groundhog was only seventeen years old when she was a human. At this age on Earth, she should still be in the third year of high school. If she had started school a year earlier, she would probably have started college.
To be on the safe side, Lu Cheng started by asking questions based on elementary school knowledge, starting with mathematics, which is the mother of everything.
Numbers have already appeared in this world, and what Lu Cheng finds very strange is that... the mathematics in this world is also decimal, and the digital units like ten, hundred, thousand, and ten thousand all refer to units that already exist.
"If you start counting from the beginning, what is the highest number you can count to?"
Lu Cheng asked a question that, to an Earthling, would be like asking a kindergarten kid a question.
"You are questioning my knowledge with such a simple question?"
Charlotte also showed disdain when facing the first question raised by Lu Cheng.
Lu Cheng didn't answer, but just gently ran his fingertips across the surface of the dagger.
"One, two... three..." Charlotte began to count obediently. When she counted to the hundredth number, she finally lost her patience.
"There are still one thousand and ten thousand more to come. The numbers are infinite. Don't you even know this?" Charlotte complained aloud about the weird question Lu Cheng gave her.
"Elena, Noy, what about you?"
Lu Cheng once again ignored the groundhog and focused his attention on Charlotte and Noi who were watching. Noi had been silently listening to the communication between Lu Cheng and Charlotte.
After Lu Cheng took out the first question, Nuoyi started counting on his fingers.
"My mother also taught me a lot of knowledge, including calculation... I can keep counting numbers," said Elena.
Hearing Elena's answer, Nuoyi suddenly pursed his lips gently, and clasped his hands, which were originally counting on his fingers, together, feeling a little at a loss.
"Don't worry, you'll learn it later."
Lu Cheng noticed that Noi's progress in mathematics was far behind that of Elena, a member of the royal family, and the chief magic apprentice, Groundhog, no...it should be Charlotte.
As a clergyman in a border town, it was amazing for Noi to know so many words, and she was only fourteen years old.
"Is that your question?" asked Charlotte.
"Second question, you have twelve ducks, and your neighbor next door gives you thirty-three ducks. How many ducks do you have now?"
Lu Cheng raised the problem from kindergarten level to first grade level.
"Forty-five! Even ten-year-old servants in our secret society know this," said Charlotte.
Lu Cheng turned his gaze to Elena.
"Why did my neighbor give me a duck? Well... the number I calculated is also forty-five." Elena's way of thinking is a little different from that of ordinary people, but she still knows such simple arithmetic addition and subtraction.
"Are these the only duck counting problems you have?" Charlotte said to Lu Cheng provocatively after hearing Elena's calculations.
"Well, let's assume that there are two newborn rabbits on your farm. In the second month, the two rabbits mature quickly and a female rabbit becomes pregnant. In the third month, she gives birth to two more rabbits. New rabbits continue to be born every month. If this situation continues and the rabbits never die, how many rabbits will your farm have after sixty-four months?"
Lu Cheng asked a question about the Fibonacci sequence, which is well-known on Earth, also known as the rabbit sequence or the golden ratio sequence.
Fibonacci was also a famous mathematician on Earth in the twelfth century. This number sequence has applications in various fields and is one of the most important mathematical achievements in the development of human civilization.
According to the civilization process of Scarre, this world should be around the twelfth century... It is a bit far from the Renaissance.
However, Lucheng cannot speculate on the development of this world civilization from the perspective of the Earth, but Lucheng is still very curious about how mathematics in this world has developed.
But looking at Charlotte's expression, it seems not optimistic.
"What? Say it again?" Charlotte, in her groundhog state, had a dazed look on her face, as if she was about to let out an "Ah..." in the next second.
Elena was also in a state of silence.
Lu Cheng had no choice but to patiently explain the problem again, but Charlotte was still in a daze, as if she was under a silence spell.