The establishment of a professional research facility like the Institute of Magical Technology, which is different from traditional magic laboratories, is not Gawain’s whim. In fact, this plan has been brewing in his mind for a long time, and today it is just I just happened to find an opportunity to say it.
Since the construction of the territory, the infrastructure has been increasingly improved. Maintaining the survival of the territory's residents and ensuring the security of the territory are no longer a critical issue, and the industrial base of the territory has also been developed from scratch during this construction process. It was established step by step, but while everything was developing rapidly, one thing gradually became the part that Gao Wen was most worried about: research and development.
It is not that there are no R&D personnel in the territory - Jenny, Rebecca, Kamel, the team of magic technicians who were transferred from rune craftsmen, and even He who has recently gradually shifted his focus to internal affairs. Ti and Gawain, as the lord, can be regarded as "technical personnel". However, just having a bunch of people is not enough. A supporting R&D system must be established. This system must conform to the characteristics of the emerging thing "Magic Industry" Only then.
The traditional magic laboratory and the craftsman-apprentice workshop model obviously do not meet this requirement.
The Rune Research Institute established before this was a step in Gawain’s establishment of a research and development system, but it was not the whole process. According to Gawain’s estimate of the prospects of rune logic and his judgment of Jenny’s personal ability, He believes that the future development direction of the Rune Research Institute should be more theoretical - although the current array simplification project is directly connected to the "rune substrate design and production" in the territory, with Jenny's progress in this field The research continues to deepen, and as Kamel's research on the nature of magic merges with Jenny's research, sooner or later runic logic will enter a purer field that relies on mathematical tools and logical derivation to explore the truth.
The Institute of Magic Technology is Gawain’s second step: a more practical research and development institution that can standardize the emerging profession of “magic technician” in the territory. .
The "magic technicians" in Cecil's territory are an unprecedented new profession. Most of them are rune craftsmen, and some are down-and-out scholars and recruited mage apprentices who have transferred and trained. They can be said to be the most elite technical group in the territory except for a few top technicians. However, even for the most elite technical personnel, there is no place for these people in traditional magic laboratories - they cannot participate. Research and development, this is a huge waste in Gao Wen's opinion.
So he wants to establish a "new order" that allows those who do not have magical talents but have magical knowledge to participate in research and development.
Only when the "research and development" link as the source is also open to ordinary people without magical talents, Gawain's "magic popularization" plan can be considered a real success. Otherwise, it will just allow ordinary people to use magic devices. That doesn't count as breaking the shackles of "magic talent" at all.
Of course, the two academic fields of theory and application are generally divided and two facilities are set up to conduct them respectively.It's not the best choice, but it's not the final form of the "Magical Industrial Age" R&D system that Gawain envisioned. He is now just building a simple and fast framework based on the actual situation of the territory. When the development speed increases, these The framework naturally needs to be adjusted.
He took advantage of this opportunity to speak out his thoughts slowly, while Hetty and Rebecca listened carefully beside him - this was another new concept, but for those who often For two people who were instilled with new concepts by their ancestors, they can still understand it as long as they listen carefully.
After listening to Gawain's description, Hetty was very interested in the kind of situation where one or several teams overcome technical difficulties in an orderly and targeted manner, and anyone with sufficient knowledge can participate. The prospect of any magic project research was greatly shocking. As a mage who received traditional education and grew up, she had never thought that the "laboratory" could still operate like this. However, despite being shocked, she was also a little worried: " Ancestor, your idea is indeed... desirable, but you confirm that Rebecca can..."
"I can!" Before Hetty could finish speaking, Rebecca had already shouted anxiously. He raised his hand in a roar, "I can definitely do it!"
"Have more confidence in Rebecca," Gawain smiled and pressed Rebecca's hair, then looked at He with a smile. Ti, "I know she has a lot of things that give you a headache, but you also have to see her talent. And besides...how can a descendant of the Cecil family, the head of the Magic Energy Technology Department, You don’t even have a laboratory of your own! This is a joke.”
Rebecca’s eyes sparkled: “My ancestors...”
Gowen didn’t. After the other party was moved, he followed up and said: "But you have to say ugly things first. If you really blow up the magic laboratory, you will be responsible for the reconstruction and the aftermath."
Rebecca: "...Oh."
After talking about the establishment of the Magical Technology Research Institute, Gawain and Hetty asked about Rebecca's current physical condition. After confirming that the girl had fully recovered after waking up, Gawain couldn't help but feel emotional - she was indeed a naughty child who could run into the forest and fight with wolves before she became an adult. She has such a strong body and a strong mental ability. The overload turned out to be fine after just a nap. Rebecca’s head is not only highly resistant to physical objects, but also immune to demons...
It was confirmed that she would not be beaten today, and she even got an experiment of her own. After leaving the room, Rebecca turned over and sat up from the bed, "I'm going to get up. I feel uncomfortable all over after lying there for so long."
Her energy is always so full.
Gawain smiled and stood up from the bed. The corner of his eye once again glanced at the manuscript papers and calculations that Rebecca had posted on the dressing mirror. The content on them suddenly aroused his interest: "By the way...are these things you have been researching recently? Aren't you supposed to be busy designing a detection auxiliary array for use on tactical helmets during this period?"
"Ah, that part is already there Almost doneNow, I'm going to put the distortion detection spell effect on the lenses made of white crystal. There are only a few minor issues with the processing technology." Rebecca waved her hand, then pointed to the draft on the dressing mirror, "These are Jenny was researching recently - I saw these things and found them very interesting, so I copied a copy and calculated them myself. But... these things are unexpectedly difficult. ”
Gawain frowned and looked at those things. He saw strange curves and piles of data listed. Those things seemed to be not only calculation processes, but also included a large number of The actual measured parameters, but those parameters were really complex and numerous, far exceeding the mathematical expressions about interference knots and rune knots he had seen in Jenny's rune logic information.
He couldn't bear it. He kept asking: “What is this? "
"It is said that Master Kamel got it from the Rune Research Institute," Rebecca scratched her hair that was a little messy due to sleeping (this indecent move was glared at by Hetty), "After the magic energy obelisk is activated, the fluctuation frequency and attenuation data of the surrounding magic fields, as well as the frequency of magic in the normal natural environment, and many parameters of the overlapping area of the two magic fields, Jenny wants to learn from Find out the rules here, find a method that can accurately describe the strength, attenuation, frequency and other data of the magic field at any point when the parameters are known... and you can also accurately calculate the distortion caused by the superposition of the magic fields. The distribution of... Ah, we still need to find the distribution model of the magic field in three-dimensional space... To be honest, neither she nor I have a clue now. "
The more Gawain listened, the more surprised he became. In the end, he couldn't help but murmur to himself: "Has she already reached this point..."
"My ancestors, this question is really difficult. Why! "Rebecca did not hear Gawain's soliloquy, but sighed to herself, "Unlike the fixed data of interference knots and rune knots, the magic field is something that is always changing. The frequency can be Change, the intensity will decay with distance, and it will interact with the original magic power in the natural environment. After the two magic fields are superimposed, the situation will be several times more complicated, and it is impossible to calculate... But Jenny said these things must be done Clearly, otherwise this technology will reach a bottleneck in the future and we won’t even know what’s going on...”
Gao Wen couldn’t help but rub his eyebrows. He noticed that there was a special calculation in the middle of the manuscripts. Paper, which depicts a series of curves and equations related to curves. Such things made him slightly stunned: "This is you and Jenny..."
"Ah, this is not, this It was taught to us by Master Kamel," Rebecca quickly explained. "Master Kamel said it was used by the magisters of the ancient Gondor Empire when calculating the 'arcane distortion effect' similar to magic fields. The calculation method can use numbers to describe changes. Master Kamel said that this can help solve the problem of magic fields, but Jenny and I are not quite yet..."
Gawain looked at that in surprise. Regarding the content on the piece of paper, he did not hear the last half of Rebecca's words, but muttered to himself:"It turns out that the magisters of Gondor... already knew how to use functions?"
"Fan...what?" Rebecca was stunned for a moment. Obviously, what Kamel told her was not this word. "Master Kamel said this is called the 'change of the times'..."
"Ah no, it's nothing, the change of the times is the change of the times." Gawain exhaled softly, The surprise in my heart slowly subsided.
You shouldn’t be so surprised, and you don’t have to be so surprised. This is natural - although the magicians in this world have gone astray in the process of studying the mysteries of magic and began to blindly pursue personal power. Powerful and sophisticated magic skills, but this does not mean that they can only cast spells violently - in fact, even for the most traditional classical wizards, mathematical tools are indispensable, and they need the assistance of mathematics. Drawing magic circles and adjusting your own spell models, or preparing potions and making magic props, "calculation" has always been a required course for mages. This is true in the contemporary era, and of course it was especially true in the ancient Gondor Empire.
However, "calculation" has never been popularized, and it has not been able to develop to a higher level. For current mages, the current mathematical tools are completely sufficient.
The Gondor Empire once had the opportunity to build the edifice of mathematics. However, that powerful empire ultimately failed to break through the shackles of "extraordinary belongs to the extraordinary." The old extraordinary system restricted many disciplines in the later period. The development of the empire has led to the demise of this valuable knowledge along with the waves of imperial elites. This is really sad.
But it doesn’t matter. Don’t be afraid if it doesn’t develop. With this foundation, the situation will be much better than Gawain expected.
Rebecca’s stupid...smart roe deer’s head seems to be quite useful.
Gawain looked at his great-great...great-granddaughter and suddenly showed a heart-warming smile. Facing such a girl who was thirsty for knowledge, he decided to be a generous and good grandfather:
"Rebecca, have you ever heard of something that fell from the sky... ah, no, a good thing called calculus?"