Future library

The discussion meeting on the second day is a chat meeting among other star warlocks. Any gentleman who is confident in his research results can come on stage to talk about it. On the one hand, it is for publicity, and on the other hand, it is also possible to check for omissions and fill in the gaps. mean.

Although Cheng Jinzhou was also present and listening, he was looking at the letter that Warlock An Fengxing brought to him. Not to mention the content, the full text was sent through the communication star array. The special mimeographed characters cost one or two silver each. A dozen or so eloquent pages cost at least a thousand taels of silver. If you use this method to discuss issues, not to mention ordinary astromancers, even second- and third-level astromancers will probably tighten their wallets.

"It's also a probability." Cheng Jinzhou frowned. From the performance of the temple, he knew that in this era, the understanding of probability is like a pet dog's understanding of a fox, and he knows nothing except hearsay. However, being willing to communicate through letters to discuss probability at least shows that the other party's research direction is very unusual.

Perhaps it was because of the first letter. The other party only described some of his views on probability, and the prototype of an "independent event" had basically appeared - in probability thinking, this is very important, but for Cheng Jinzhou , it’s just a concept I heard in middle school. It is difficult for him to understand the views and struggles of people in this era on difficult issues.

Cheng Jinzhou wrote the reply easily. Regarding this matter, he only agreed to it because of the face of Warlock An Fengxing.

The knowledge base of the astromancers on the outer peninsula in mathematics and physics is far from enough to improve his level. The so-called discussion of issues, while others were very interested, left him a little unmotivated.

"This is my opinion on the roots of cubic equations, thank you all." The star warlock who was somewhere on the stage finished his speech and walked down wiping his sweat.

The physiques of star warlocks are much better than ordinary people, and he is also a little nervous. Even though it takes three or four months to wait for the seminar, it is not easy to produce some research results that can be promoted at the seminar. Getting the recognition of high-level star warlocks here is the only way for ordinary star warlocks to advance. At other times, there are not so many Star Warlocks paying attention to him at the same time.

Each Astromancer's time is limited, and they read only so many articles and periodicals on a regular basis. The remaining time is, at most, focused on the recommendations of high-level Astromancers. Just like researchers in the 21st century, they always try to find time to read international professional journals. As for other articles, unless they are related to the topic being studied, they will definitely not spend time on experiments. Read other people's reports. Especially when there are infinitely many journals of all types.

In fact, the same is true for the astrologers. In addition to reading "Journal of Xia Jing", the astrologers in the outer peninsula also have many relatively single-professional journals, making it more difficult for them to understand other people as their choices increase. research progress, coupled with the importance of contribution, how to win the attention of others has become the focus second only to the research itself.

Cheng Jinzhou looked around, found Ma Ling's location, beckoned him over, and whispered, "Please pass this letter to Warlock An Fengxing."

Of course, it is impossible for him to spend the money of the communication star array to solve the problem for an unknown gentleman.

"It's lunch break now. I'll hand it over to Warlock An Feng later." Ma Ling put the letter away without asking anything. It's normal for Star Warlocks to pass information between each other, especially if it's from a low-level to a high-level person. It is the same as the test papers of the imperial examination students.

However, being able to give scrolls to fourth-level star warlocks was something that genuine star warlocks could do, but he couldn't envy him.

Cheng Jinzhou nodded and leaned back on his chair without saying anything. With the star array, his status has naturally improved to a higher level. Speaking of which, a 13-year-old can withstand two star powers, which is already stronger than ordinary people. Food supplement therapy has been best embodied in other worlds.

Warlock An Fengxing on the stage was mostly looking at Cheng Jinzhou. He actually didn't believe in the emerging mathematical discipline of probability. How could it be possible to use numbers to express the existence of luck? If everything can be predicted, then isn't a person's fate also predictable?

Astromancers believe that the external environment can ultimately be expressed by mathematics. However, if they do not sneer at the vain attempt to explain the subject of the Star God through probability, which is promoted by the Templar, they are unwilling to contact it. If probability does not play a role in gambling, With a clear success rate, the Star Warlock Association even tried to stop the Templar.

However, Warlock Bao Zhengxing, whom he had always respected, would get involved in probability and asked to discuss the issue with Cheng Jinzhou, which had to make him pay more attention to this.

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Cheng Jinzhou, who returned to his room, didn't care much about a letter. Taking advantage of the lunch break, go to Warlock Cao Fengxing's laboratory to stay.

Warlock Cao Fengxing and Warlock Jin Heixing live in the laboratory all day, and their collection of books and so on are also listed here. They are the few private books that can be browsed at will. Compared with the library of the Star Warlock Association, the books here seem to be more refined.

Shi Yan shrank his shoulders and gently slipped in through the crack in the door. Although he had met many big merchants, being surrounded by star warlocks still made him feel a little depressed.

"What happened? Xiaokang saw Shi Yan, and although his tone was not very polite, he finally did not drive him out directly. The Star Warlock Tower is a place that ordinary Star Warlock apprentices have no chance to climb.

"I'm looking for third brother."

"Come in." Xiaokang reported inside again before pushing the door open.

Warlock Jin Xixing was playing with his lenses somewhere inside. Cheng Jinzhou put down the book in his hand and asked strangely: "Shi Yan, aren't you asked to stay at the dock these days?"

Cheng Jinzhou has a lot of goods on hand, and the prices of various supplies fluctuate, so he cannot always rely on what each merchant provides. Shi Yan can only be regarded as his first move out.

"Qin An has collected the supplies." Shi Yan said cautiously.

"Oh, not bad." Cheng Jinzhou stood up in surprise, and then said: "Didn't I authorize you to trade? Is it completed?"

Large-scale transactions between commercial banks use flying tickets. Although it makes the procedures cumbersome, it also improves financial security. Large-scale transactions such as banknotes are difficult even in modern society, let alone being cautious. Residents of the Great Xia Dynasty. Cheng Jinzhou was relieved to let Shi Yan directly control the transaction of tens of thousands of taels of silver. This was also because the vassal treasury always wanted to inform him of large-amount flying ticket withdrawals, just like a check for future generations.

Shi Yan rubbed his hands and whispered: "Third brother, there are two things that need to be decided by you. One is that the quantity of goods is too large and there are not enough warehouses in the outer peninsula. Either move it to Huangjin County or put it in the capital. 's West Pier.”

"Isn't it enough?" Cheng Jinzhou asked puzzledly: "The wharf on the outer peninsula is so small? It only contains less than 100,000 taels of silver."

"Yes, the warehousing is actually enough, but it will definitely take up a large area. Mr. Xue, who manages the dock, said that this is a dock that mainly serves star warlocks, not a dock for trading. We suddenly added too many Warehousing is not possible." Shi Yan took the money and asked for the venue, but when he was rejected, he felt very unhappy and took the opportunity to give the guy in charge of the warehouse some eye drops.

Cheng Jinzhou said "hmm" and said, "What about the second one?"

"Yes, the second thing is the news from Qin Yu Trading Company. It is said that this time, they have cleared out the linen south of Mijiang. Now the linen has increased by more than 50% in various places, and medicinal materials may also increase. , but it’s a mine. If you have money, you can add more workers.”

"They want to raise the price?" Cheng Jinzhou narrowed his eyes.

Shi Yan was startled and said quickly: "They don't dare to raise the price this time, but they said that if you want the same batch of supplies, it will be difficult to raise the original price."

"I know, let's trade first and send the things to Huangjin County." Cheng Jinzhou's foundation was not stable, and he didn't want to cause more trouble. He thought for a while and said: "Go and check the actual price of linen outside, as well as the medicinal materials. "

Daxia produces at least hundreds of millions of pieces of linen every year, meeting the needs of tens of millions of people, and is worth more than 20 million taels of silver. It is pure nonsense to say that half of Daxia will be disturbed by tens of thousands of taels of silver. However, if someone is fanning the flames, it is not impossible to make cloth prices fluctuate with a huge one-time investment. After all, many fixed consumption cannot be reduced, and there will not be much remaining variable quantity.

"Then I'll report back to you when the goods arrive." Shi Yan handed the simple accounts to Cheng Jinzhou and walked backwards out of the door.

Jin Xi raised his head at this time and said half-consolingly: "Mr. Cheng, I have a few words. I don't know if I should say them."

"You said it." Cheng Jinzhou closed the page of the book he just opened and rolled his eyes helplessly. I shouldn't have told you to just stop talking.

Jin Xi touched his sparse beard, raised his head from a pile of geometric patterns and said: "It is easy for star warlocks to make money, but if you look around, you will find that many star warlocks do not need to replace the star array before it is time to replace them. It’s easy not to waste time on making money.”

Cheng Jinzhou smiled coquettishly, not knowing what to say.

Jin Xi raised a hand, pointed at his head and said: "After learning astrology, we can communicate with the star gods and the stars in the sky, and increase the star power we can withstand, thus increasing our lifespan. Cao and I will Feng, both of them can live to be 150 years old. Warlock An Fengxing and Warlock Liu Kuangxing should live between 300 and 400 years. Warlock Jiang Huangxing has lived for more than 200 years, which is about 100 years, but no matter how you calculate it, A person’s time is limited.”

Cheng Jinzhou has long known that the Star Warlock lives longer than others, but he has never thought about it carefully. After all, his body is only 13 years old, and there is only time before the end. But now listening to Jin Xi say this, he can understand his urgency. Feeling, he couldn't help but nodded slightly.

Jin Xi smiled kindly and said: "I still have a hundred years, but the time I have to improve my star power will only be fifty or sixty years at most. If I can't break through in fifty years, I will probably make some money and give it to the family." Leave some industry. But now, you don’t have to do this. You should spend all your time improving your mathematical level, and then try to manipulate higher-level star formations to become a true first-level star warlock. Otherwise, at best In 50 years, your lifespan is coming to an end."

"Then isn't Lu Xu the one who has lived the longest among us?" Cheng Jinzhou's eyes widened.

"The level of star power you can withstand can increase your longevity to 200 years at most. To increase it to over 200 years old, like An Feng Star Warlock and the others, you must become a third-level Star Warlock, or a three-star Warlock, and register through the Star Warlock Headquarters After approval, use their special star array to communicate with the Star God, and then you have a chance to improve. Of course, the temple also has a corresponding large star array. In any case, the third-level star warlock should be your goal. Before that, all All the funds of the family should be used for this purpose." Jin Xi said, then lowered his head to look at the complicated graphics and formulas.

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