Chapter 799： Reach (1/2)

Night is coming, but before the darkness completely covers the earth, artificial lights have been lit in the city, dispersing the dimness that has just arrived.

The street lights and the bright lights of households along the city road are shining in this forest made of steel and cement, like the stars falling into the world, shining brightly.

There may be no night in this city.

On the terrace somewhere in the Autumn Palace, Count Dürer looked out into the distance of this strange city and couldn't help but whisper: "Even the most remote areas have the same number of street lights ... this is not a small sum Overhead. "

Matilda's voice came from far away: "But it improves law and order, makes cities safer, and in the long run crime rates will decrease, and the cost of maintaining the law will decrease."

"... Aldernan's aristocratic parliament is not good at thinking about things from a long-term perspective. This really needs to be changed," Count Dürer turned, paying tribute to Matilda, "You also come to see the scenery? "

"Walk around," Mattilda said lightly. "Count Dulle, what do you think of the news today?"

"... This is really a different place from Tiefon. To be honest, some aspects of the disorder are scary, but some aspects show ... surprising order," Count Dürer shook his head. "I still prefer Aldernan, and its solemnity and solemnity."

"Obviously, we don't understand the same order as that of the Gawain Emperor," Matilda said casually, and then asked, "Earl Dulles, what do you think of the" Basics of Everything " What is your opinion? You also read the manuscript and some of its contents. "

"To be honest, I felt a little disappointed at first," Count Dulle thought for a moment, and said straightforwardly, "when I knew how much it cost the Cecil to compile it, I knew that Govin Cecil When the Emperor had high hopes for it, I thought I would see some great books that recorded difficult magical mysteries, condensed the profound wisdom of philosophers, and shone with brilliant grammar, but did not expect that the content in it was so shallow ... … It ’s also vulgar and vulgar. But its sheer scale and content is truly amazing. ”

Matilda looked at Earl Dulle for a while, and said slowly: "But there are also things you don't understand, such as typhoid and miscellaneous diseases, such as mechanical technology, and the unfinished agronomy ... Just like its name, it is "Basics of Everything", which records the basic common sense to maintain the functioning of a society, not the arduous knowledge that only a few people can delve into.

"And more importantly, it was Emperor Cecil's intention to extend such a thing to the entire empire and use it as a national 'benchmark of knowledge', Count Dürer, can you imagine what this means?"

Earl Duller's words accompanied his thoughts: "Yes, I can imagine ... so after the first disappointment, I understood your feelings after seeing those manuscripts, and I also understood your suggestion to His Majesty Gao Wen Claim……"

Matilda looked at Count Dürer's eyes: "So Count Duller, what do you think? Do you think Tifeng needs the Foundation of Everything?"

Count Dowler blinked and fell into a moment of thought. After a moment of silence, he began to speak with a somewhat complex tone: "To be honest, in my opinion, if it is to be extended to the whole society, then what is said in the" Basics of Everything " Things ... but a little too much. "

...

Somewhere in the Cecil Palace, Amber stared at Gao Wen in surprise. "Then you decided to give the full version of Foundation of Everything to Tifeng?"

"That's right," Gao Wen said calmly. "And I plan to send a hardcover version for me to sign in person."

"Aren't you afraid of playing off ?!" Amber's eyes widened. "But ... how come, in your words, that's the basis of the modern society's operation", which is used to promote a whole generation of competition. Powerful things, just hand them in to Tifeng people, won't it happen? "

"First of all, when" Basics of Everything "is completed, printed in large quantities with a printing press, and distributed throughout the country, and everyone can buy them, who can make them not flow into Tifeng? New print publications are not Classical magic books, unless we put a strong ban on it, its flow is unstoppable, "Gao Wen glanced at Amber and said with a smile," The second point ... Do you think that the foundation of all things has reached Tifeng Will it be the same as it was at Cecil? "

Amber frowned slightly with a thoughtful expression.

Gawain shook his head slightly.

"No, because Tifeng's aristocrats have become new factory owners, because their council is essentially a mixture of capital and aristocracy, a group that is more greedy and selfish than pure traditional aristocracy, even if they A factory system similar to ours has been built, and even though their industrial machines have started, their bones are different from ours.

"Compiling a set of" Basics of Everything "requires only hundreds of scholars, experts, assistants, and an office with overall planning capabilities. We can do it, and Tifeng can do it.

"But to spread this" Basics of Everything "to the whole society, it requires a powerful Supreme Administrative Office, tens of thousands of grass-roots clerks, an army capable of smashing the old aristocracy, and countless institutions like the Liberal Arts Institute and Imperial College, countless night schools, teachers, literacy teams.

"None of these Tifengs, and in their eyes, our" Basics of Everything "... is too much."

Amber couldn't help frowning. "What's the point of giving Matilda a set?"

"Dissemination of knowledge is only for the purpose of disseminating knowledge," Gao Wen laughed. "Without any other thoughts or conspiracy, I just hope that knowledge can be spread out, the wider the better." Basics of Everything "may Being placed in the study of Rosetta Augustus, may enter the aristocratic council, or may enter their Imperial Craft Association and Mage Association, anyway, is a good thing. And if that really happened One of the possibilities is that Rosetta Augustus and his commanding parliament decided to spread out the volumes that include social general knowledge and continental history ... which is also a good thing. "

Amber showed a thoughtful look again, and Gao Wen looked at her, and couldn't help but ask a curiosity.

"Speaking of ... you have been paying more and more attention to these complicated things lately, can you even discuss with me for a long time, aren't you the most impatient to think about these before?"

Amber froze and waved his hand quickly: "I'm impatient, but you're paying too much ..."

Gao Wen was dumb, and after a while couldn't help laughing and shook his head: "That's how it should be."

After Amber left the room, Gawain rose from the high chair and reached the large French window facing the dark mountains.