After that, everything proceeds normally.
After Richard visited Marquis Vian, Marquis Vian actually supplied most of the glass produced by the glass factory to Blue Lake Manor as agreed. Some of the glass, under the guidance of Richard, underwent more special treatment at all costs to meet some of Richard's needs.
By the time all materials were ready, Gallie had hired enough manpower to repair the damaged wooden building in the manor first, and then officially built a wind tunnel laboratory on the side of the wooden building at the place chosen by Richard.
In fact, all the people working on it, including Jialie, don't know what the wind tunnel laboratory is, but since Richard wants to build it and has given a sufficiently detailed design, he can only do his best to build it. .
Laying the foundation, building walls, capping, reinforcing, waterproofing, installing ventilation ducts, installing glass...
Time passed, and each process was carried out in an orderly manner.
In this process, what is surprising is that there are two teenage children who participated in the whole process, and they are the children of Marquis Vian-Harry and Cathy.
Marquis Vian followed what he said during the meeting, and after sending one hundred gold coins to the manor every month, he let his two children run to the manor frequently.
Richard didn't pay much attention to this and directly assigned the two of them to the wind tunnel laboratory construction project.
Of course, he would not really let two people do the work of ordinary workers. Putting aside the identity issue, the level of fatigue alone is more than the two children can bear - not every child is named Pandora, and not every child is called Pandora. Children can sleep for months without waking up.
He asked the two children to do a relatively easy job, which was to supervise the work and supervise whether the workers were building in accordance with the design drawings. If something is wrong, point it out directly and let the workers rework it, saving you more effort in making corrections in the future.
What surprised him was that the two children did not complain at all and did the job wholeheartedly, making the completion of the wind tunnel laboratory several percentage points higher than he expected.
Out of appreciation, he would mentor the two of them after work.
Considering that he would not invest too much time, and in terms of wizard training, having teachers from Ashes Academy was enough, so he taught two non-wizards, more theoretical and general knowledge.
Considering that he would not continue to educate the two of them, he did not teach them mathematics like he taught Pandora, but instead taught them another knowledge - philosophy.
Yes, philosophy.
He wanted to use this knowledge to expand the thinking of two people and let the other person consider various issues more comprehensively and keenly. As for what the two people can achieve in the end, it depends on their efforts and understanding.
The monthly tuition of one hundred gold coins is not cheap, but it is not enough to really let him teach two people with all his strength.
After all, knowledge is expensive.
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June, a day in the fallow month.
"Ding-ding-ding-ding" and the sound of banging tools kept ringing. Many workers were busy at the construction site of the wind tunnel laboratory.
Under the shade of a tree nearby, Richard was sitting in a chair, taking a rest to relieve the fatigue of high-intensity work. During the break, Richard said something casually, which was difficult to understand, but Harry and Cathy, standing aside, worked hard to digest and understand.
"There is a saying that curiosity killed the cat. I wonder if you have heard of it." Richard asked.
Harry and Cathy shook their heads frankly.
"It doesn't matter if you haven't heard of it. I can explain that this sentence is to persuade people not to be too curious, otherwise it will cause harm to themselves. But what I want to tell you today is exactly the opposite of this sentence - If you want to achieve something, you must maintain a certain degree of curiosity.
The so-called curiosity is the spirit of exploration of all kinds of things, and the ability to seriously think about the secrets behind everything.
For example, you have seen horses running on the land, doves flying in the sky, and cod swimming in the river. When you were very young, when you first met, you were surprised. But when you see it more often, you will feel it is natural. I don't think there's anything strange about it. Horses should run on land, pigeons should fly in the sky, and cod should swim in rivers.
What if it changes, for example, horses swim in the river, cod flies in the sky, and pigeons run on the land
If you really see this situation now, you will definitely be surprised, feel that you have seen it wrong, and find it incredible. However, if this is the case when you first meet them, then you will gradually get used to it and won't feel anything is wrong.
Only when another situation appears that goes against your common sense will you be touched. I call this situation numbness.
You may be wondering, is there anything wrong with being numb? Most people are like this. Yes, most people are numb and have become accustomed to various things in the world and take them for granted. What I want to say is that there is nothing wrong with numbness on the surface. It can help you adapt to an environment faster. But secretly, it will quickly assimilate you and tie you to one environment.
If you think that everything around you is taken for granted, then it will be difficult for you to get out of it and see things from a higher perspective. The upper limit of your achievements will be set from the beginning. "
Hearing this, Harry and Cathy looked at each other, you looked at me, I looked at you, both a little confused and confused. Harry looked at Cathy and mouthed to Richard, the meaning was obvious. Cathy was more direct, quietly approaching Harry, and gently bumping Harry's side with her elbow, which was full of threats.
Harry stared, then looked helplessly at Richard, and carefully asked, "Teacher, what should we do?"
"How to do it?" Richard asked, "It's very simple, that is, keep your curiosity and your spirit of exploring all kinds of things. When you see a horse running on land, you will think, Why can't this horse fly in the sky and why can't it swim in the water
Do horses not have wings or scales? Can we install wings and scales on horses? What exactly should be done, and if it fails, why? When you remain curious and keep exploring, you will find a whole new world slowly unfolding in front of you. "
After listening, Harry and Cathy frowned and thought hard, trying to understand the meaning of Richard's words. They could feel that what Richard taught them was very important, and they would benefit greatly from learning it. But with their knowledge and age, it is really difficult to understand them thoroughly.
Richard began to summarize:
"Let me tell you this. The current world is like a white rabbit. People are born on the tip of the white rabbit's hair, so when they are young, they are curious about everything in the world. But when people slowly As he grew up, his curiosity faded, and his whole body kept sliding under the white rabbit's fur, going deeper and deeper, and finally stayed at the bottom.
That place is warm and comfortable, and there are many companions, so people subconsciously stay there and are unwilling to return to the tip of the white rabbit's fur. Only a few people will abandon the warmth and comfort, keep climbing up, go through a long and dangerous exploration, and finally climb back to the tip of the white rabbit's hair, and be able to have a glimpse of the whole or part of the white rabbit, which is also the whole or part of the entire world. . These people have a unified name, called philosophers.
I am telling you all this not because I want you to really become a philosopher. After all, your father, Marquis Vian, expects you to become a powerful wizard. What I hope you can do is to be a part of the philosopher and think and explore more than the rest of you. If you can do it, then you will be better than others, believe me. "
After saying these words, Richard stood up from the chair and walked towards the stone building in the distance.
On the same spot, Harry and Cathy were trying to remember and think about Richard's words. They felt they understood something, but they didn't seem to understand anything.
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