The cold winter finally left the northern country, and the Moon of Recovery descended on this land starting with a nationwide rainfall.
Cecil is like an industrial machine that never stops. The cold winter cannot stop its operation, but the relatively warm spring is like lubricating grease, allowing this huge machine to quickly recover. Vitality, bursting out with surging power day by day, quickly returned to full power.
On the north bank of the Baishui River, in the Cecil Northern Development Zone, the particularly chilly river wind blew through the still wet ground, and then layers of light shimmered like water waves surging on the surface. The originally solid ground The land suddenly surged and softened as if melting.
A large black-painted engineering vehicle made a low hum. The mechanical structure at the front of the engineering vehicle raised two long metal rails arranged in parallel. The long rails were inlaid with magic-guided metal. The text flashed, and the complex mechanical structure adjusted the position of the rune trigger back and forth, allowing the long rail to maintain a constant magical effect and continue to illuminate the softening ground in front of the engineering vehicle.
The surveyor holding a special magic terminal was constantly checking the data. The beam in front of the magic terminal swept across the ground that was being transformed from fossils into mud magic——
"Transformation Rate 0.8, reaching the predetermined depth - lowering the pile!"
The lifting equipment rumbled, and the reinforced concrete pillars prepared in advance and with the bottom covered with runes were suspended and sent to the predetermined position smoothly. Immersed in the fluidized ground, with the predetermined marking line completely submerged, the surveyor sent a signal to the mechanic who controlled the crane, and the mechanic who was responsible for controlling the black engineering vehicle casually turned on the on-board communicator at hand. Sound report:
"Car No. 1 is ready to reverse polarity, the surrounding area is cleared!" "The surrounding area is safe, Car No. 1 can reverse polarity."
The mechanical interlocking device sends out With a clicking sound, the rune combinations were switched at the same time. Amidst the humming sound, the light on the surface of the "irradiation rail" flowed, and the ground began to slowly harden...
The wind blew past the construction site On the high platform, the great architect Gordon moved his eyes away from the blueprint in his hand. He looked at the busy construction machinery not far away and the workers busy among the machines. He said with emotion in his tone: "This is the first time this spring. The pillar... went down very smoothly, I hope this is a good sign."
"'Omen' is a word that lacks meaning," a band of light emitted from the silver-white metal ball floating next to Gordon. With the sound of metal vibrating, "Some isolated events with no logical connection cannot predict the future. I prefer accurate mathematics and machines - at least they don't have so many variables."
"I also like it 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 craftsman beside him, "Mr. Nicholas, I am actually very curious about what this facility is used for. It actually requires a 'great craftsman' like you to debug the equipment... Of course, if it involves a confidentiality agreement, I won't ask."
"The name can be revealed.Let me tell you - this is the future Empire Computing Center. Of course, its external name has not yet been decided." Nicholas Egg, the great craftsman of the Empire, heaved his body up and down slightly, and a proud voice came from his round body. The voice said, "It's full of high-precision things. Although in theory the mechanical bachelors under me can handle it, His Majesty still asked me to assemble its core area myself. This is to be on the safe side. ”
“Computing center? Gordon frowned, "Studying mathematics and physics?" What a strange name..."
"Sooner or later you'll find out what it's for, Mr. Gordon. "Nicholas Mr. Dan said with a rising tone, and at the same time he slowly raised his body. The silver-white metal ball floated high in the air, and the always cheerful smiling face slowly rotated. On his smooth metal surface, It reflects the scene of the entire development area from far and near.
Large areas of construction sites are under construction, groups of roaring machines, busy workers walking between areas, Cecil people are embracing. This spring when all things revive -
...
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 The tip of one of the mechanical arms just swept in the direction of Cecil City.
The crystal glass blocked the still cold wind, and the heating device in the tower was running at the lowest power to guard the tower. Wearing a light linen shirt, Ren Gelin came to the window while stirring the steaming drink in his coffee cup.
A flock of birds flew past the tower in the clear sky. A series of chirps were left in the sky, and they bypassed this powerful magic network hub tower far away, leaving nothing "annoying" on the head of this sophisticated facility.
The tower guard nodded with satisfaction: The new device applied for last year has produced satisfactory results. Facts have proved that the smart people in the research institute and the design bureau have more methods than ordinary people like him, and only the lowest "animals" are needed. "Intimidation" can keep the flocks of birds going north and south away from the tower - it consumes less energy than a shield, and you don't have to worry about the extra weight brought by the physical shield.
Again There is no need to clean up the bird droppings accumulated under the antenna shaft, and there is no need to pick out the poor birds that were knocked to death in the crystal array every now and then.
Ge Lin stood in front of the observation window, Xiao Xiao. He took a sip of the coffee that was still a little hot, and then turned back to his workbench, preparing to check the operation of the hub tower as usual.
The printing device connected to the Magic Network terminal has spit out a long message. The long piece of paper contains information records that require special attention - not all information will be printed out. Only specially marked information, failure receipts from key nodes, and orders from the main hub to various tower guards will be automatically printed. In case of omission.
Of course, as the tower guard of Luan Hub, Green also has some small "privileges". Not only can he watch clearlyThe Magic Network radio program can also be "received" by the latest Cecil Weekly and two other recreational newspapers - also through the printing device connected to the Magic Network terminal.
For those who like it, newspapers are a better pastime than radio shows.
All of this did not exist from the beginning, but was gradually improved after the hub tower was established. In the foreseeable future, they will definitely continue to be improved.
Ge Lin sat down at the workbench, pulled the printer's paper cutting hook, took out the long paper from the machine, and then carefully cut it into pieces according to the content. He picked out several newspapers. , folded them neatly and put them aside - newspapers were public items for the tower keepers, and he didn't want them to get stained before his colleagues came to change shifts.
Restraining 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 he picked up the newspaper he had put aside and flipped through it at will.
"The cold winter is over, and the provinces of the empire have begun to enter spring production-Cecil will embrace this spring"
"Everything has started... I don't know if the factories in the city will start this year." Are we going to recruit temporary workers in the spring... Storm is old enough, so he should write a letter to his family asking him to be an apprentice in the factory, and maybe learn some skills from him... It is still difficult to send five children to school at one time. Although the city has exempted and exempted tuition fees, there are only five mouths to eat... There must be multiple earners to support the family..."
With all kinds of thoughts in the mind of the tower guard, slowly from He took out a piece of white paper next to him, picked up the 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 "letter palette" of the Magic Network terminal.
But when he wrote the child's name, he suddenly hesitated.
Storm is the eldest 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 literacy teacher at night school has always said that he He is very talented as a rune master... But that is beyond the scope of general school. He has to go to a specialized academy to further his studies...
The other children are still young, which is a good age to learn things. They should all Go to study, but... Storm really likes mathematics and runes...
Unconsciously, Gelin's pen slowly stopped.
He has been a tower guard on this tower for two years. He has watched the Luan area change little by little, and watched the news from all over the world. He forwarded the latest mobilization order from the Government Affairs Department, Forwarded the latest current affairs news.
In Ansu 738, on the 1st of the Harvest Moon in the first year of the Empire, the real-time images and broadcast announcements of Emperor Gawain’s coronation were forwarded from this Luan hub to the entire southern territory. He and his Colleagues were here to witness the moment when this country was reborn from the flames of war.
So he is better than othersHe sees more and understands more - he knows how important it is to go to school in this era, and he also knows that real modern knowledge needs to be learned in school - he cannot teach himself how to read like his father did. Go teach your children what advanced mathematics is and what mechanical principles are.
He also knew that Emperor Gawain Cecil had been committed to freeing every civilian from ignorance and giving all children the opportunity to go to school. He even established a large number of free schools for this purpose. Let every family in the southern border have at least one place for free school admission, free board and lodging for their children.
But he has five children.
The relatively generous salary of the tower guard also seemed a bit stretched in front of his five children - especially when he wanted to send all five children to school.
I don’t know when the pen tip landed on the paper, but because it didn’t move, a dark ink stain spread out. When Green noticed this, there were several letters It has been stained by ink stains and cannot be seen clearly.
He sighed and was about to rewrite when the printing device next to him suddenly started to creak and spit out a small piece of new content.
Ge Lin immediately put down the pen and paper, pulled the printer's paper hook to remove the message that had just been delivered, and then looked at the content on it carefully.
He first saw the sword and plow emblem at the top of the page, and the words Luan City behind the emblem. He realized that this was a notice from the City Hall, and then he was surprised to see the words "Luan City" appearing in the notice. Submitted his name:
Submit to Luan Hub Tower Keeper Ge Lin:
After evaluation by the City Hall, the "Suggestions for Improving the Hub Tower" submitted by you in the Fire Moon of Ansu 737 "It is of great value and has played a certain role in promoting the subsequent actual improvement plan. In accordance with the "Special Contribution and Reward Regulations for Employees of the Government Affairs Department", a reward of 125 gold pounds will be issued, which will be issued together with this month's salary. We are hereby notified.
Note: Due to the adjustment of the functions of the Statistics Department and the restructuring of the Imperial Government Office system, this award has been postponed to this day. Please understand.
Happy work.
——Lu'an City Government Affairs Department Cecil's 2nd Revival Month
Ge Lin read the contents on the paper again, and then read it again.
125 gold pounds, that’s a lot of money.
He had a confused expression on his face, then he suddenly realized, and finally he laughed belatedly, stood up happily, and walked around the work room.
He picked up the coffee on the table - it was completely cold - drank it in one gulp, then picked up the notice and read it again before sitting back on the chair .
After picking up a new piece of letter paper, he took a deep breath and wrote smoothly on it:
"Dear Sarah, I have a bonus. .
"I want to send the children to school, they are of school age...
" TellThe good news for Storm is that he can learn runes or real magic skills. He can even go to the Imperial Academy if he can pass the exam there. I heard there is the best there..."
After writing the signature and carefully checking every letter on it, Green nodded and placed the letter on the metal platform next to the magic terminal.< /p>
There is no need for a postman or delivery. Ordinary letters can be handed over directly to the "Magic Network". Soon a copy of the letter will appear in the public Magic Network Center in Lu'an City. If everything goes well, If so, it would be delivered to his wife within a few hours.
After doing all this, Ge Lin took a long breath and stood up to the window.
In the distant wilderness, there are machines heading towards the farmland. After the spring rain, it seems that the land will soon be covered with green.