Future library

The inner hall of the Star Warlock Association not only provides information books but also provides various services. From studying and researching to buying tea and sending meals, there are many people waiting here. In addition, the cost is not much, so it is the most frequent place for all kinds of low-level star warlocks.

He Run was standing in a place with perhaps the highest density of warlocks in Daxia. All he heard were new and unheard of things.

Jiang Huang, Liu Kuang, and An Feng, regardless of their relationship with Cheng Jinzhou, always respected him highly in terms of mathematics and physics. The prestige and fame they have accumulated over the years have invisibly elevated Cheng Jinzhou's status and the value of his papers.

What low-level astromancers learn is largely influenced by those above them.

The so-called gap, the gap in the scientific community, must be caused by elites. How can ordinary researchers and ordinary people distinguish between right and wrong? Except for the conditioned reflexes mapped in genes that affect their own life and death, otherwise, everything needs to be provided by acquired knowledge.

Decades after Einstein's theory of relativity was published, it would still have been ridiculed by the scientific community if it had not been for the explosion of the atomic bomb. The debate between alternating current and direct current has lasted for nearly two decades, and it was not the people who made the final choice.

Textile machines took away the jobs of weavers, ships took away boatmen's jobs, steam engines took away blacksmiths' jobs - the choice of the elite represents the choice of the world.

The so-called "people's masses" are always political terms, not scientific terms. The sharp eyes of the people can only see the scene in front of them.

The most cutting-edge science will not automatically expand because of its cutting-edge. It is precisely because of its cutting-edge that it needs to be popularized by elites.

The high-level astrology mages in Xingzhou don't want to believe that Daxia's level of astrology is higher than them in some fields. Even if one or two level four star warlocks say so, they still have a skeptical attitude.

The advantage of He Run is that he really understands. To be more precise, he really can understand.

And this is what makes it painful and depressing.

In the huge inner hall, there were nearly a hundred low-level star warlocks, sitting very loosely. But He Run's ears were so powerful that he could turn on the star array at will and take in the surrounding information. Listening to these advanced mathematics that he was not sure about, he felt like he was in a trance of time and space.

At that time, when I ran to the Holy Cliff, what I saw was not exactly like this.

However, what a sacred place the Holy Cliff is, how can it be compared to the gathering place of low-level star warlocks in such a barbaric place.

He Run was stunned for a moment, then quietly walked to the side of the book and flipped through the journals there.

There are so many countries in the world, and only a few can publish them all over the world. Even those excerpt-style journals cannot include all the papers and introduce them to everyone.

At this time, you can find something special by looking at journals from different regions.

In fact, in the world of Star Warlocks, there is a guy called the "Migratory Bird Star Warlock" who relies on this to make a living.

He Run gently picked up a journal of "Kyoto Academy", opened it with his fingers, took a breath, and read it ten lines at a time.

As expected, everything that meets the eye is calculus.

He scanned it quickly and picked up the second book.

Still the same...

While other types of research are still ongoing, it’s clear that it’s easier to gain contribution points by following trends, that’s for sure.

He Run didn't even know what he was thinking, so he read tirelessly.

Two days and two nights passed in the blink of an eye.

Shi Mo searched two streets before finding He Run.

He took Cheng Jinzhou's note and handed it to the star warlock apprentice at the entrance of the inner hall with a smile on his face. He said with a shy face: "My lord, please inform Warlock He Runxing inside that Warlock Cheng Jinzhou invited him to join the banquet."

Despite the low status of Star Warlock apprentices, they exist in the world of Star Warlocks after all, just like Lords in the world of nobles. Facing a servant, he said with a bad expression: "Just wait."

With that said, he took the note from Shi Mo's hand and read it carefully.

After a while, he said without hesitation: "There is nothing on the note asking you to invite Warlock He Runxing."

"Please forgive me, sir." Shi Mo knew the psychology of these apprentices and lowered his waist by three points.

Cheng Jinzhou was already a third-level three-star warlock. The apprentices did not dare to delay the matter of a high-level star warlock for no reason, so he reluctantly accepted the note, but he still had a lot of complaints about the summons of his servants.

After waiting for half a minute, the apprentice picked up the note without saying a word and walked inside. His butt was squirming like a tiger holding a wild boar in its mouth, or a wild boar that had been caught by a tiger.

Shi Mo stood there unconcerned and smiled at everyone passing by.

The bookboys who surround the nobles are like the eunuchs who surround the emperor. Some of them are fawning while others are dismissive. If you think about revenge and repayment every time, then there is no need to do anything.

He Run reluctantly closed the book, without even looking at the star warlock apprentice, and said calmly: "Go and get a cup of tea, and tell me I'll be there soon."

The star warlock apprentice was stunned for a moment and then did it without saying a word.

Serving tea and water is not what they should do, but in front of a high-level star warlock, it is better not to say anything.

He Run rinsed his mouth with tea, straightened his appearance, then called a carriage and got on it.

Since ancient times, famous generals are like beauties and politicians are like bitches - flying will mess up your hair.

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The banquet initiated by Cheng Jinzhou was hosted by the Ministry of Rites and co-organized by the Zongfu Office, and hundreds of nobles were invited to the banquet. Except for a few star warlocks whose invitations were issued in his name, most people received large gold-gilt stickers uniformly written by the Zongfu Office.

Its specifications are almost equivalent to those of a state banquet.

Xiao Cheng looked at the standard Guange fonts and couldn't help but sigh: "In the eyes of the public, one word like this can be sold for dozens of taels of silver."

Cheng Yun'an laughed and said: "The family worshiped our ancestors the year before last, and we asked the minister Li Zhiyan to write a memorial. The second room paid a thousand taels of silver."

"Tsk, tsk." Cheng Jinzhou said in admiration, thinking in his heart: When Su Shi was an official in the imperial court, I wonder if all the official documents he wrote were hidden. "

Cheng Yun'an naturally had more emotions, but as a father and husband, as a prefect and head of the household department, he rarely showed his emotions.

The reason why nobles are noble "family" is because their identity comes from the family, because their future belongs to the family, and because his efforts are for the family. In feudal society, the selfishness of the king was for enjoyment, the selfishness of the peasants was for survival, and only the selfishness of the nobles had the same goals as the country. So they are the main body of the country.

Mr. Cheng Yun'an has always been a standard aristocratic civil servant. Although the family has grown rapidly, he still maintains a gentle and elegant attitude, arranges his clothes, and goes out to greet him in person.

He Run's carriage drove directly into the inner courtyard of Cheng's house with the pleasant tinkling sound of bells.

But those high-ranking officials of the third and fourth grades still had to come down from the gate and pretend to be "walking like a carriage".

He Run, who raised his neck proudly and stepped out of the carriage, waved his hand to reject the servant's guidance and asked Qin Gan, who was staying at Cheng's house, in a low voice: "Cheng...why did Jinzhou invite a banquet?"

After reading calculus articles for two days in a row, the names that kept appearing in the quotations with countless punctuation marks always made people unconsciously feel a sense of distance, even some kind of majesty, thus forgetting the mutual connection. identity.

Mathematics is the harshest reality in the universe and cannot tolerate any arrogance.

Qin Gan's expression was distorted and he said strangely: "I heard that Cheng Jinzhou seems to want to exchange all his Star Warlock Association contribution points to purchase land."

"All? How many does he have?"

"I heard it's nearly ten thousand." Qin Gan's face was almost distorted, as if he had failed due to constipation.

"Nearly ten thousand? Then he is going to become a four-star warlock?" Just looking at the citations of Cheng Jinzhou's articles in various journals, it is not difficult to guess the huge contribution points he gets every month.

He Run had no doubt that Cheng Jinzhou's three-star warlock would gain contribution points several times faster than himself.

A four-star warlock who is less than twenty years old, his glorious honor will drive the most rational people crazy. Even He Run from the Holy Cliff cannot imagine what temptation would make Cheng Jinzhou risk losing this honor. Risk, pledge your own contribution points.

What he took into consideration was also Qin Gan's doubts. The latter bulged his eyes, waiting for He Run's analysis.

"Let's go in and take a look." He Run said.

When he increased his speed slightly, his body floated and flew forward.

Qin Gan's control was weak. If he flew close to the ground, the huge amount of calculations would easily cause him to hit the wall. Therefore, when he was indoors, he would run in an orderly manner, looking like a busy waiter.

At the door of the inner hall, Cheng Yun'an greeted the visitors indiscriminately, and did not pay special attention to the two star warlock masters. In the room, the star warlock apprentices coming and going became the most important part.

As soon as He Run sat down, a star warlock apprentice handed a leaflet to his hand.

"Contribution points buy/sell subscription order? What is this?"

"Sir, this is a convenient plan introduced by Mr. Cheng. Anyone who wants to buy contribution points can write down the number and price of contribution points they want to buy. Mr. Cheng who wants to sell can also write down the contribution points he wants to sell. Write down the quantity and price..." The star warlock apprentice said it in great detail, but the actual content is just a basic attempt at modern stock trading.

"Then those who buy contribution points are the common people?"

Apart from the nobles, most of the people present were humble wealthy businessmen. Rather than buying contribution points, they were buying social status.

Although the star warlock apprentice looked down on wealthy businessmen, he said with a professional smile: "According to the rules of the Star Warlock Association, one contribution point is only 600 taels of silver, but if you have contribution points, the association's subsidy alone will be 10 taels per year. Two silver dollars, the price is not too cheap. Mr. Cheng's method is also to protect the interests of the star warlocks."

He Run, whose mind was originally filled with calculus, frowned slightly and said involuntarily: "With such a bright future, why bother pursuing worldly interests?"

The apprentices next to him didn't dare to say a word, but someone sighed with pity: "It's too late to do anything."

"That's right, that's right. If we, the Xu family, are selling pots and selling iron, we have to support the star warlock. How can we let him waste his contribution in the world." The gentleman who calls himself the Xu family has thick eyebrows and big ears, as if his entire face has been plastic surgery with boar bristles. Pass.

He Run's brows furrowed even more tightly.

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