The large-scale mobilization of barbarians did not affect Lant's still learning the calendar and natural knowledge of this world.
What shocked him most at this moment was not the two suns and three moons in the sky, nor the very complicated calendar and climate caused by them, but the green box in his hand.
In Lant's hometown, there is a view that the accuracy of a civilization's measurement can prove the height of its development. In his hometown, in ancient times, at first, ropes and wood could only be used to roughly express the concept of length. As the level of civilization improved, the " The basic concepts of weights and measures include "chi", "inch", "zhang", "liang", "jin", etc. However, these concepts have some differences in different periods as the times and dynasties change.
But these discrepancies could be tolerated throughout the pre-industrial era, because handicraft products at that time did not require mass production and division of labor in the industrial chain.
Until after the industrial age, assembly lines and batch production have increasingly higher requirements for the processing of all parts, and the tolerance for differences between individual parts has become lower and lower. Moreover, the more precise industrial products are, the higher the accuracy requirements are. The higher.
At this moment, Lant is holding the alchemy calendar in his hand. There are hundreds of nobles in the entire human empire, not to mention more than 1,000. Each one has a standard weight and measure basis. This shows that at least from the level of the human empire, there are various needs. An industry with high regional coordination.
But aren’t we a feudal empire? Am I still acting as a baron (agent)? A wild baron who hunts for food in the wild is chased away by barbarians every day. How can he find the industrial chain to cooperate?
Not only the baronies on this border, but also Lant has not heard of other nobles, knights, or caravans expressing expressions accurate to the hour. Everyone said that on a certain day in the first ten days of this month, a certain day (yesterday, the day before yesterday) At a certain period of time, such as morning, afternoon, or evening, words such as 10 a.m. on September 14, 1996 have never been said. Such expressions indicate that life around the entire Rand is stuck in the traditional agricultural era. You only need to know roughly what today is Just the date and weather patterns will do.
The calendar in front of him directly broke Lant's stereotype. This feudal human empire not only knew the meaning of time and precise weights and measures, but also established precise standards that exceeded social needs through magical means. But what is the precise meaning of this?
"Uncle Albert" Lant couldn't find the words to express for a moment, "This, this calendar has so many functions!"
"Isn't it amazing?" There was even a kind of imperceptible pride on Albert's face. "The precise control of time and space is the basic rule of the nobility, although you may not often encounter the need in your life. This is the place of the alchemy calendar, but this is because our place is too remote. In major cities, accurate time concepts are very important."
"What matters do these nobles need precise time for?" In Lant's impression, what important matters can the so-called feudal nobles have?
"Meeting" Albert was very determined
"What?" Lant was shocked. He didn't expect that he would come to the extraordinary feudal world of swords and magic and have a meeting that needed to be held on time.
"Magic is very magical. As early as thousands of years ago, magicians invented alchemy tools that can see the opposite side. After hundreds of years of innovation, the latest alchemy mirror can see 3-5 other mirrors on the opposite side at the same time. In all kingdoms, there is a special Hall of Mirrors, which is used to contact the earls and marquises.
The kingdom has special meeting time. Every time there is a meeting, the king will enter the Hall of Mirrors, and the earls will dress up and walk in front of the mirror to hold high-level meetings of the entire kingdom. The Imperial City also has such a system, but it is more complicated. "
So this feudal country not only holds meetings, but also holds video meetings. What are you going to say at this meeting? Coordinate flood prevention and drought relief or summer grain collection and storage? "The high-level officials held this meeting in a timely manner, but for the actual implementation of the matter, when it comes to us middle- and low-level nobles, don't we still need to rely on messengers to ride on horseback? So will this be timely?"
"Yes, to report the actions of the legend. Each legend has an associated kingdom, imperial department, college, or sect. The legend itself can travel to other locations through the portal. However, according to the rules of the empire, the legend cannot travel to other kingdoms or territories. It is the duty to inform the local legend or kingdom.”
"The legends are already demi-gods, how come there is still territorial management?" Lant found it very interesting. Doesn't this world respect the strong very much? Why are there so many rules when there are already legends and strong people?
"Just because Legend is a former demigod, and many demigods are gods in a region, shouldn't the gods be notified when they go from their own region to the regions of other gods?"
It seems that these demigods are the Earth God and the City God. Lant complained in his mind, and then suddenly remembered something. "Albert, one more thing, why is our unit of length in meters and our unit of weight in grams? Is this uniform across the entire human empire?"
"Yes, not only that, the orcs and elves are also unified."
"Huh?" Lant felt that humans were a bit powerful.
"To be precise, these are the standards left over from ancient civilizations. These ruins can be found in all large cities including humans, elves, orcs, and even dwarves and mermaids. All civilized cities are built around the ruins, so many standards are unified. As for the two phrases called Mi and Ke, it was the God-Emperor who unified the pronunciation and language of the entire human race after he ascended the throne."
"The God-Emperor not only issued a unified standard of measurement accuracy, but also standardized the language and characters?"
"Yes, not only that, the God-Emperor also founded the first official school, set up a unified examination, invented the most commonly used paper today, and improved printing technology.
Later, based on his discovery, the ranks that were originally called demigods were divided into three legendary ranks. He passed on the knowledge of extraordinary professions to those non-noble students, so that demon possessors from ordinary classes could also have a chance. Become a legend.
The Tower of Purity he created can accommodate students from different regions, different classes, different nationalities and even different races. "Lant could hear the overflowing admiration and yearning from Albert's tone.
"At that moment, the human race had never experienced such rapid development. Specialties in the city were transported through transmission gates. There were human exploration teams in the sky, oceans, forests, and mountains. New schools of thought continued to emerge, and the world The mysteries of the world are constantly being discovered, and the mysteries of history are constantly being revealed." Albert's tone suddenly calmed down. "After a hundred years of exploration, humans have discovered that there are many planets that can be explored and developed in the vast stars."
Um? How come spaceflight started before the train was invented? Lant wondered if he had heard something wrong.
"The space mage among the magicians discovered that they can use the coordinates of the starry sky to develop other stars. The most famous disciple of the God Emperor, the legendary starry sky mage Klein, first discovered the mystery of the starry sky. After discovering many habitable stars with low magic power, he After the planet, mankind began the era of star exploration.”
"In the 600th year of the God Emperor, mankind had used not just one colony, but 4 planets smaller than Alivia and 8 non-planetary planes. At that time, mankind had surpassed the ancient civilizations in history. An achievement comparable to that of a god descendant."
Well, the level of civilization of the entire human empire has increased a lot in Lant's mind. If you want to explore the starry sky, accurate time is indispensable. Although this principle of exploration is unfamiliar to Lant, the purpose of exploration and expansion is the same, to expand the living space of race and civilization.
"What are our tools for exploring space and the stars?"
"Magic circles. In big cities, every noble's castle and magister's tower requires hundreds of complex magic circles. Through magical means such as magic circles, magic patterns, and mythical locks, the magic power is operated as required. To achieve the corresponding effect, the complex magic circle has dozens of small magic circle combinations, which requires a high degree of cooperation in space, time and distance.
Such a magic circle can only be drawn successfully by a powerful person above the magister level. At this point, Albert said with emotion, "Lant, the strength of our human empire cannot be imagined by the nobles here."
The two suns are above and March is on the same day. The greatness of the human empire began when the God-Emperor ascended the throne. For a thousand years, humans expelled the orcs, shocked the elves, opened up the stars, and created legends. This is the greatest era for mankind! "
Lant looked at Albert's praise and asked: "Let me ask you, since our human empire is like this, how come I, a baron family, are chased away by the barbarians?"
Albert looked at Lant and smiled happily, "The great power belongs to the God-Emperor, and the decline comes from the demonic tide."
The magic tide is a magical phenomenon that lacks certainty. When the two suns and the first five planets of the Laya galaxy are connected in a line, a magic tide will be generated. If the three moons are also on this line, a super magic tide will be formed. Tide, depending on the specific location and angle of the planet, the intensity of the demonic tide is different.
The most powerful super magic field usually occurs once in a thousand years. When a magic tide occurs, the magic level of the entire planet will go from low to high and then back to calm again, just like the tide.
The magic tide usually only lasts for ten minutes, but due to the sudden impact of magic power in a short period of time, many very precise magic circles will be affected. The magic tide not only causes an instantaneous tide of magic power, but also causes instability in space.
"During the last demonic tide, the entire human empire was greatly affected. Not only was the Galloping Horse Kingdom destroyed, but many human teleportation circles were terminated due to the influence of the demonic tide. Many legendary strongmen happened to guard various colonies. After losing contact, alien races used the demonic tide to invade human territory on a large scale, leading to the decline of the human empire."
"Teacher, you know a lot. Did you learn these in Maned Wolf City? Or did you learn them in Dragon Tooth City?" Lant was a little curious, because this kind of popular science knowledge is not just about collecting, but also integrating knowledge and historical materials. Standardizing and simplifying teaching materials into historical logic and value-oriented teaching materials is also part of the development of civilization.
This shows that the mainstream of this civilization is actively constructing a narrative structure. Today's narrative structure is that power belongs to the God-Emperor, and decline begins with the demonic tide. What he is most curious about is who in a feudal era tried to construct such a narrative.
"No, there is no school in Maned Wolf City, only Count Maned Wolf's own school. That school only accepts students above knight apprenticeship, and 80% of them are children of the Maned Wolf family, and 20% want to join the Maned Wolf family. A viscount or baron’s child”
The joining that Albert mentioned includes marrying a woman of the Maned Wolf family, becoming a knight of the Maned Wolf family, etc. If there are female demon possessors in the entire northwest earldom, they are usually sent directly to Dragon Tooth City for education.
"There is a school for nobles in Dragon Tooth City. If you want to go there, you will need about 200 gold coins every six months. This is probably the income of our territory after one year of doing business. However, there are not many gold coins in our territory. Most of the merchants are bartering. things.
And young people even go there just to make friends with the girls there. ” Abbott’s attitude towards schools in both cities is clear at a glance.
"There is only one place that has strong inclusiveness, regardless of gender, race, age, or family background, and that is the Tower of Purity in the Imperial Capital. That great magic tower is 100 stories high, and there are dozens of magisters living in it. A legendary strongman"
"The school is inside the tower?"
"Of course not. There are 16 magic schools in the entire Imperial Capital. The first 8 of these schools are intermediate schools and the last 8 are junior schools.
Children over the age of 7 who are sure to inspire magic can apply for junior school study. If they can become a magician apprentice from a demon possessor before the age of 12, or become a junior mage before the age of 16, they can go to an intermediate school to study, and the intermediate school will study for 5 years.
If you can break through to an intermediate mage, you will be eligible to enter the Tower of Purity as an assistant to the magister.
If you can break through to a high-level magician, you can directly enter the Tower of Purity. "At this moment, Albert had an expression of great reverence, as if he was talking about the Kingdom of God that he believed in.
Lant knew that Albert was like this. Even if he studied for a few years but did not become a magician, he would naturally not be able to enter the Tower of Purity. Although Lant wanted to complain, he was afraid of hurting Albert.
"Isn't the Imperial Capital a place where magicians gather? Shouldn't there be many magic towers? Why does it have to be the Tower of Purity?"
"Because the Tower of Purity is the place where most legends are born. The first batch of magisters trained by the God Emperor, Klein, Zhuo Qin, Karl Red Dragon, and Nick Dujuan, have since been promoted to legends in the Tower of Purity. The Emperor Not only has the path to legend been explored, but also the way to cultivate legend has been explored. This is the most attractive part of the Tower of Purity.
Lant, the path for human extraordinary people has been made clear, that is, the path from embracing demons to becoming extraordinary, and from being extraordinary to ascending to the divine level. You must take the past saint as your teacher, take it as your wish to become a god, and take it as your responsibility to revive the Benma Kingdom.”
"Okay, what should we eat tonight?" Lant really didn't want to eat the big cake, and wanted something less choking.
