Struggle in the Steam Age

In the letter that accompanied the sample of the special issue of Science, Priest Carter explained clearly how the special issue came about.

On the one hand, almost all major grape producing areas in the New World have had much more rain this year than in previous years, which has caused a large-scale outbreak of grape downy mildew throughout the Federation and even in the New World. Because wine is an important product of the Federation and a necessity in most god ceremonies, the reduction or even failure of grape production will affect all aspects, so everyone urgently needs to find a solution to this problem to reduce or even avoid losses.

On the other hand, the microbial theories proposed by Lawrence recently made up for the lack of previous scientific theories to a large extent, and can also be regarded as pioneers who played a leading and pioneering role in some aspects.

Based on the above reasons, after discussion, the editors of the "Science" magazine barely managed to ignore Lawrence's age and admit his academic attainments and status, and at the same time, taking into account that the sooner the news was made public, the losses could be recovered the sooner. Therefore, the magazine chose to publish a special issue similar to that of a newspaper on a non-issue day.

At the end of the letter, Priest Carter reminded Lawrence that he was the youngest among the many people who had published papers in these important journals in the past hundred years except for the direct descendants of the gods, and he had also made great contributions to the development of society. So there must be many people and forces trying to win him over recently.

As an elder with a good relationship, Priest Carter is happy to see the success of this matter. But he also reminded Lawrence that a lot of news had not yet been implemented, so he chose not to maximize his benefits at this time. He hoped that Lawrence could wait a little longer and make a choice after all the news was confirmed.

Lawrence immediately understood the meaning of Priest Carter's letter. As an elder with a good relationship with him, he really hoped that Lawrence could obtain the best result for him in this matter. Not because of a whim to make some choices that you will regret later.

From another perspective, if some organizations that can only hide in the dark are eliminated. After waiting for a while for things to ferment, there are only some large enough organizations that can offer enough benefits to attract Lawrence, such as the federal government or various churches. Among these organizations, knowledge churches obviously have considerable competitive advantages.

But Lawrence didn't dislike Priest Carter's idea, after all, he just made some suggestions. And as long as it doesn't hurt others, it is understandable to act for your own benefit.

"But in this way, someone will tell me to return to the city soon." Lawrence thought. "So during this time, I should finish the rest of the work as soon as possible."

From then until the weekend, Lawrence simply lived in the simple laboratory on the second floor of the grape plantation, and spent the rest of the time except for the simple daily life on the specific usage and dosage of several pesticides in actual operations. To sum up.

The priests of the Church of Agriculture also helped a lot. Their proprietary magic can compress a cause that might have taken days or even months to complete in just a few days or even a few hours.

Of course, this was not something the priest stationed in the nearby chapel could do. Fortunately, as long as Lawrence proposed his own experimental plan, the priest would have a way to contact other members of the Agricultural Church to complete these experiments.

When he received a letter from St. Gutenberg Cathedral at the weekend, he successfully completed the compilation of the usage and dosage forms of these agents for several common crop diseases except grape downy mildew that had been studied before. This meant that Lawrence could come to an end on the issue of crop disease control.

In other words, the knowledge about this aspect in his mind has been basically emptied. The next work needs to be done by other people. Fortunately, Lawrence's previous microbial theory and the discovery of the effect of non-plant medicines have pointed out a new path for the Church of Agriculture and others. Research pushed to an unprecedented extent.

The letter sent from St. Gutenberg Cathedral this time is to hope that Lawrence will go back as soon as possible, because the exploration of that underground space has come to an end. The military successfully wiped out the other half of the goblin tribe hiding in a small cave hall under the tunnel leading to the ground with almost zero casualties.

The battle lasted only 15 minutes, and all the goblins hiding here were wiped out, and none slipped through the net. After the battle was over, those who entered the ground immediately began to survey and map the situation in the cave hall.

Through surveying and mapping, they found that the area of ​​the cave hall was only seven or eight hectares, and there was only one underground tunnel to leave here except for the passage leading to the ground. But what is surprising is that even with such a small area, this cave hall actually has a very important water source in the Underdark realm.

So in order to prevent this place from becoming a base for some underground creatures to attack the ground in the future, and also because there was a druid among the transcendents who went down with him at that time, he found after investigation that this place is very suitable for planting some plants that can only grow underground. Fungi or lichens are more valuable for development.

After a brief discussion, the federation led the joint efforts of the local city government and several organizations such as the Church and the Demon Hunters Guild to jointly develop this underground space for planting some creatures that are suitable for growing underground, and at the same time sent their own people to guard the place to avoid Accidents like this time where monsters infiltrate occur.

As for why they don't use this passage to do business with the underground, that's because most of the creatures living underground are evil guys who believe in winning by force rather than by working hard.

Therefore, humans on the ground often deal with non-evil creatures like gnomes or dwarves living in dark areas in places that are easy to defend and difficult to attack. For other exits close to human settlements, they are either destroyed or heavily guarded. Give them a chance to sneak out.

And the exit of the underground passage leading to the Blue Mountain State on the other side doesn't mean much to everyone, and there is no need to worry too much. After all, the exit is far away from human settlements near the central mountain range, and there are a large number of such passages leading to the Underdark region. One more or one less will not cause any impact.

Because the handling of this matter can be said to have come to an end, so all the contributions made by Lawrence before have been calculated. This includes not only the contribution to the discovery of the entrance to the underground world, but also the previous contributions to medicine and agriculture. According to what was written in the letter, the Federation intends to grant Lawrence the status of a member of the Federal Science Association in the near future.

Of course, this behavior is naturally promoted by various churches that have benefited from Lawrence a while ago, otherwise it would be difficult for Lawrence to enter the Federal Science Association, which represents the highest scientific research institution in the Federation and even the New World, at his age.

Joining the Federal Science Association is definitely not a simple matter of issuing a certificate. There will inevitably be a series of complicated etiquette. Therefore, Priest Carter sent a letter from St. Gutenberg Cathedral at this time, hoping that he could go back quickly to conduct some necessary etiquette training, so as to avoid some embarrassing situations that no one wants to see.

Lawrence is also very happy to return to the urban area now. After all, his work has been done, and there is not much point in staying here any longer. Besides, although the previous residence didn't have any modern electronic products, at least it had modern water and sewage, which was much more convenient than the purely natural life here in the farm. He now misses his comfortable bed and the pristine white ceramic toilet in the bathroom.