The cold winter has finally left the northern country, and the recovery moon has come to this land with a large-scale rainfall across the country.
Cecil is like a never-ending industrial machine, the cold winter has not stopped its operation, and the relatively warm spring is more like lubricating grease, allowing this huge machine to quickly return to life, bursting out every day power and quickly return to full power.
On the north bank of the Baishui River, in the Northern Development Zone of Cecil, the chilly river wind blew over the still wet ground, and then there were layers of shimmering water waves surging on the surface, and the originally solid ground seemed to melt in an instant. Surge, soften down.
A large black-painted engineering vehicle hummed lowly. The mechanical structure at the front of the engineering vehicle raised two metal long rails arranged in parallel. The runes on the long rails inlaid with magic metal flashed. The complex mechanical structure The position of the rune trigger was adjusted back and forth, so that the long rail maintained a constant magic effect, continuously illuminating the softening ground in front of the construction vehicle.
A surveyor holding a special magic terminal is constantly checking the data, and the light beam in front of the magic terminal sweeps across the ground being transformed into mud by fossils—
"The conversion rate is 0.8, reaching the predetermined depth—put down the pile!"
The lifting equipment boomed, and the reinforced concrete pillars prepared in advance and whose bottoms were covered with runes were suspended and sent to the predetermined position, and were smoothly immersed in the fluidized ground. As the predetermined marking line was completely submerged, the measurement The mechanic gave a signal to the mechanic who was operating the crane, and the mechanic who was in charge of controlling the black engineering vehicle turned on the on-board communicator at hand and reported loudly:
"Car No. 1 is preparing to reverse polarity, clear the surrounding area!" "The surrounding area is safe, and Car No. 1 can reverse polarity."
The mechanical interlocking device made a clicking sound, and the combination of runes was switched at the same time. Amidst the humming sound, the surface of the "irradiation guide rail" radiated light, and the ground began to harden slowly...
The wind blew across the high platform next to the construction site, and the great architect Gordon looked away from the blueprint in his hand. He watched the busy construction machinery not far away and the workers busy between the machines, with emotion in his tone: "This It's the first pillar this spring... it's going down pretty smooth, hopefully that's a good sign."
"'Omen' is a meaningless word," said a metallic trembling sound from the silver-white metal ball floating beside Gordon, "some isolated events without logical connections can't indicate the future. I'd rather Love exact math and machines—at least they don't have as many variables."
"I also like accurate numbers and machines. The former can make the drawings more useful, and the latter can speed up the progress of the project." Gordon smiled and looked at the great craftsman beside him, "Mr. Nicholas, I'm actually curious, this facility What is it for? You actually need a 'big craftsman' like you to personally debug the equipment... Of course, if it involves a confidentiality agreement, then I won't ask."
"The name can tell you—this is the future Imperial Computing Center. Of course, its external name has not yet been decided," Nicholas Eggman, the great craftsman of the Empire, heaved his body up and down slightly. A proud voice said, "It's full of high-tech things inside. Although theoretically, the gang of mechanical bachelors under me can also handle it, but His Majesty still asked me to assemble its core area by myself, just for safety."
"Computing Center?" Gordon frowned. "Mathematics? What a strange name..."
"Sooner or later you will know what it is used for, Mr. Gordon." Nicholas Eggman said with a rising tone, and at the same time slowly raised his body, the silver-white metal ball floated high in the air, the one that always The happy smiling face slowly rotated, and on his smooth metal surface, the far and near scenes of the entire development zone were reflected.
Large expanses of construction sites are under construction, hordes of rumbling machines, busy workers walking between areas, the Cecilians are embracing this spring of revival of all things—
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The low hum of equipment came from the room on the upper floor of the hub tower, and the high-power magic crystal antenna slowly rotated outside the window, and the tip of one of the mechanical arms happened to sweep in the direction of Cecil City.
The crystal glass blocked the cold wind, and the heater inside the tower was running at the lowest power. The tower keeper, Green, was wearing a light linen shirt, stirring the steaming drink in the coffee cup. to the window.
A flock of birds flew over the tower, leaving a series of chirping in the clear sky. They bypassed the powerful magic net hub tower far away, and did not leave any traces on the head of this sophisticated facility. Download anything "annoying".
The tower keeper nodded in satisfaction: the new device applied for last year has produced satisfactory results. Facts have proved that the smart people in the research institute and design bureau have more methods than ordinary people like him, and only need the lowest level of "animal scaring" "Spell", it can keep the flock of birds traveling north and south away from the tower - it consumes less energy than the shield, and there is no need to worry about the extra weight brought by the physical shield.
There is no need to clean up the bird droppings accumulated under the antenna shaft, and there is no need to pick out those poor birds that have been stunned and smashed to death in the crystal array.
Green stood in front of the observation window, took a small sip of the still hot coffee, then turned back to his workbench, ready to check the operation of the hub tower as usual.
The printing device connected to the magic network terminal has spit out a long piece of paper, on which are information records that need special attention-not all the information will be printed out, only the specially marked information, the failure receipt of key nodes, and the main hub sent to each The tower keeper's order will be automatically printed to prevent omissions.
Of course, as the tower guard of Luan Junction, Green also has some small "privileged treatment". The other two kinds of newspapers for entertainment—the same printing device connected to the magic network terminal.
Newspapers are a better pastime than radio shows for those who like them.
All of this did not exist from the beginning, but was gradually improved after the hub tower was established, and they will definitely continue to be improved in the foreseeable future.
Ge Lin sat down next to the workbench, pulled the printer's paper cutting hook, took out the long paper from the machine, and then carefully cut it according to the content. He picked out a few newspapers and folded them neatly. Aside—newspapers are the tower keeper's common property, and he doesn't want them defaced before his colleagues come to change shifts.
Resisting the idea of reading the newspaper first, Ge Lin carefully checked the reports of each node and confirmed the real-time status of the equipment, then picked up the newspaper he put aside and flipped through it casually.
"The end of winter, the provinces of the empire began to enter the spring production - Cecil will embrace this spring"
"It's all started... I don't know if the factories in the city will recruit temporary workers this spring... Storm is old enough, write a letter to his family and let him go to the factory as an apprentice, maybe he can learn some skills …It is still difficult to support five children at one time. Although the tuition fee is reduced or exempted in the city, it is five mouths to eat. There must be more earners to subsidize the family...”
With various thoughts in his mind, the tower guard slowly took a blank piece of paper from the side, picked up a pen, and began to write a letter home to his wife who stayed in the city.
As a scribe, he is still more accustomed to the touch of the pen tip across the paper, which makes him feel more at ease than the "alphabet palette" of the magic net terminal.
But when he wrote the child's name, he suddenly hesitated.
Storm is the oldest child in the family. He is old enough to work in a factory, but he has always been interested in mathematics, and now he likes runes. The night school literacy teacher has always said that he is very talented as a rune teacher... But That is already beyond the scope of general education schools, you have to go to a specialized college to study...
The other kids are young enough to learn things, they should all be reading, but... Storm really likes math and runes...
Unknowingly, Green's pen slowly stopped.
He has been a tower keeper on this tower for two years. He has watched the changes in the Luan area and the news from all over the world. He has forwarded the latest mobilization order of the government affairs department and the latest news about current affairs.
In Ansu 738, on the 1st day of the Harvest Moon in the first year of the empire, the real-time images and broadcast announcements of the coronation of Emperor Gaowen were forwarded from this Luan hub to the entire southern territory. He and his colleagues witnessed here The moment the country was reborn from the flames of war.
So he reads more and understands more than others—he knows how important it is to go to school in this era, and he knows that real modern knowledge can only be learned in school—he can’t teach himself how to read like his father In that way, teach your children what is advanced mathematics and what is mechanical principle.
He also knows that Emperor Gawain Cecil has been committed to freeing every commoner from ignorance, to giving all children the opportunity to go to school, and even established a large number of free schools for this purpose, so that every family in the southern border can at least There is one child who can go to school free of charge, board and lodging for free.
But he has five children.
The tower keeper's relatively generous salary is also a bit stretched in front of five children-especially when he wants to send all five children to school.
The nib of the pen fell on the paper at some point, but because it did not move for a long time, a piece of black ink oozes out. When Ge Lin noticed this, several letters had been stained with ink and could not be seen. Cleared up.
He sighed, and was about to rewrite, when the printing device next to him suddenly creaked and spit out a new piece of content.
Green immediately put down the pen and paper, pulled the printer's cutting hook to remove the message that had just been delivered, and carefully looked at the content on it.
He first saw the sword and plow emblem at the top of the page, and the words Luan City behind the emblem, and realized that this was a notice from the city hall, and then he was surprised to see his name appearing in the notice:
Submit to Green, Tower Keeper of Luan Junction:
After the evaluation of the City Hall, the "Hub Tower Improvement Proposal" you submitted in the Fire Moon of Ansu 737 has great value, and has played a certain role in promoting the subsequent actual improvement plan. ", a reward of 125 gold pounds will be issued together with this month's salary. We hereby inform you.
Note: Due to the adjustment of the functions of the statistics department and the restructuring of the Imperial Government Office system, this reward has been postponed until now, please understand.
enjoy working.
— Cecil, Luan City Council, 2nd Year of Recovery, 2nd
Greene read the paper again, and then again.
125 gold pounds, that's a lot of money.
There was a somewhat puzzled expression on his face, then suddenly, and finally he smiled belatedly, stood up happily, and walked around the working room.
He picked up the coffee on the table—it was completely cold—and drank it down, then picked up the notice and read it again before sitting back in the chair.
After picking up a new piece of letter paper, he took a deep breath and wrote fluent words on it:
"Dear Sarah, I have a bonus.
"I want to send my kids to school, they're all of school age...
"Tell Storm the good news. He can learn runes or real magic. He can even go to Imperial College, if he can pass the exams there. I heard there are the best..."
After writing the signature and carefully checking every letter on it, Greene nodded and placed the letter on the metal platform next to the magic terminal.
There is no need for a postman or delivery. Ordinary letters can be delivered directly to the "Magic Net", and soon a copy of this letter will appear in the public Magic Net Center in Luan City. If all goes well, within a few hours It will be sent to the wife.
After doing all this, Green let out a long breath, got up and went to the window.
In the wilderness in the distance, there are machines driving towards the farmland. After the spring rain, the land seems to be green soon.