Future library

After many twists and turns, the meeting in Menxia Province ended smoothly. Dali Temple still took the lead and sent a group of four officials to Shaonan to investigate. Zhao Ao did not speak at all in the meeting. Perhaps he also knew that his opposition would no longer be effective.

As expected, Zhao Quanfu also studied in Hongwen Hall, but unlike Cheng Jinzhou, he was in the second class of the first grade, and he was considered to be a prince and aristocrat.

Occasionally when two people meet, they smile even more than before. Cheng Jinzhou had the urge to smash this guy into pieces, but he also insisted on not giving him any opportunity. Zhao Quanmin might have seen part of Cheng Jinzhou's energy and tried to paralyze him with a smile.

In the first few days, Cheng Jinzhou was still waiting for the noble person to show up, but there was no news. After his thoughts calmed down, he seemed to have returned to the established track: getting up early every day to go to the Star Warlock Association's information library, occasionally recording something, and every few days. Go to the west dock of the city to check the prices of supplies or the items in the warehouse. From time to time, Shi Yan will buy some linen and store it in the warehouse.

30,000 taels of silver is a large sum of money. If it is a one-time expenditure, it might attract the attention of a group of merchants. Before consuming the money, he was unwilling to purchase supplies from the autonomous trading platform.

Hongwen Hall cannot control a star warlock. If they had known that Cheng Jinzhou could be promoted to a star, they might not have given such a discount. Like the bachelor of the pavilion, the star warlock can also have a noble position. If he has nothing else to seek, he will naturally be strong without desire - if Xiao Cheng doesn't want to pull his father out of the quagmire, he can even look at it. Not even a glance at the 4th level civil servant.

On the contrary, the situation is quite different.

Without a direct interest relationship, civil servants, especially those poor and hard-working officials in the capital, do not need to beg him.

Shen Cong started busy preparing for the provincial examination. The reputation of a scholar did not matter to him, but it was a good way to prove his ability to his father. Cheng Jinzhou had copied many articles a long time ago, just waiting for the day to come and continue to hang out in the Star Warlock Association for the rest of the time.

To the astrologers of the association, Cheng Jinzhou is almost a celebrity. His young age is just one aspect. He has caused a controversy in a subject, which is a hot topic that everyone talks about. The most enthusiastic ones are of course those who hope to make achievements in geometric optics. The young people who are developing - they hope to achieve results earlier, and even directly use them in their own star arrays. The simplicity and development of geometric optics are more likely to be valued.

Therefore, when Cheng Jinzhou was in the association, star warlocks from the association would often come to ask him questions. At the beginning, there were only a few people, but as classmate Xiao Cheng became "amiable", more and more people asked him questions.

Dr. Cheng Da didn't find it troublesome. Apart from keeping up with the development pace of the Star Warlocks, he didn't really need to study anything. However, the life of the Star Warlock Association reminded him more of his time in school. Suddenly there is a feeling of nostalgia.

Zhang Tinghua and Qin Kun are the two most active star warlocks who asked questions. This is also related to their research directions. However, like Xiang Xin, both of them put first-level star warlocks first, just like ordinary star warlocks in the Great Xia Dynasty. Warlocks.

A large chandelier four to five meters square was hung above the library. Dozens of white candles were lit on it, exuding a slight fragrance.

Cheng Jinzhou sat in the brightest seat with his book in his arms, watching quietly.

The seats in the room are never full. The scarcity and preciousness of Star Warlocks destined them to enjoy more social resources.

Where there used to be only a few people, there were barely dozens of people sitting today, and it looked like a university reference library.

Cheng Jinzhou liked such a nostalgic scene very much, but he didn't know that most of the newly added people were related to him.

Astromancers are very busy, just like those well-known professors. Although they will accept disciples, you can't expect them to spare much time for guidance. So famous gentlemen need smart students. Cheng Jinzhou is willing to answer other people's questions. How could the aspiring star warlock apprentices not come and listen.

Even if it’s hard to ask for a while, I’m still happy to see other people’s answers.

Optics is an emerging direction, and other star warlocks really don't understand it as thoroughly as Cheng Jinzhou, especially since he taught it several times in school, and his explanations became clearer.

Cheng Jinzhou knows the future direction of most disciplines - even though he can't exactly understand the content, it is already a great progress if he doesn't tolerate detours.

The smell of white candles was very good. Cheng Jinzhou sat there, pretending to read a book, and flipped through the independent trading platform.

This thing is only updated every 24 hours, and only displays a dozen pieces of content each time, but the information is not valid. Who knows when another opportunity will come. It's a pity that the information he publishes now can only exist on the platform for 3 seconds, and then it will be quickly brushed to the back. Otherwise, it would be much more convenient to wait until he has money.

With the Level 3 Star Alliance level, on the independent trading platform he saw, only raw materials and books were not counted separately. Others would pay huge transportation fees, which was simply beyond his ability to bear.

"When we have money, we can buy two Transformers, one to kill monsters and one to cook meat..."

Cheng Jinzhou was enjoying his daydreams when someone next to him whispered: "Mr. Cheng, may I ask..."

Standard inquiry process. Cheng Jinzhou took his unfocused eyes away from the book, turned around and put on a smile.

The other party was also a star warlock who often asked him questions. He seemed to be called Yu Rong, and he had a big black mole on his temple, which was quite conspicuous.

"What's the problem?" Cheng Jinzhou turned the book upside down. This way of reading books in the school library made the Star Warlocks very dissatisfied at first - he didn't care about books too much, but now, everyone seems to be used to his way of doing things.

"I have a question about calculation." Yu Rong followed standard aristocratic etiquette, his expression unpretentious.

Just like a teacher who also likes cute children, Cheng Jinzhou sat up naturally, took the book in his hand and started reading.

As before, Yu Rong's problem still belongs to the processing of large numbers. Although his own calculation ability is very good, he has many problems in the processing of some details.

Of course, in an era before humans had computers, the most important method used to process astronomical numbers was logarithms. The Great Xia Dynasty was far ahead in the development of logarithms, at least far exceeding the level of Britain in the 17th and 18th centuries.

One day, after Yu Rong discovered that Cheng Jinzhou had done some research in this area, he immediately asked about it.

Logarithms have been well studied in this era, so Cheng Jinzhou has no intention of developing in this area. In addition, Yu Rong has a better attitude, so he will inevitably mention it. Even if the other party really puts it into his results report, he will not be able to do it. It doesn't matter.

As before, Cheng Jinzhou wrote the answer on it as usual. If it was before, he could only use the computer to help with various square roots and calculations up to the 10th power. With the elementary mental arithmetic tutorial, he was almost ready. The ability to solve real-world problems relies heavily on computers. If a theoretical mathematician in the 21st century was placed in the Great Xia Dynasty, the other would be half a loser.

Cheng Jinzhou closed the book, handed it to Yu Rong and smiled. He didn't say much, just asked the usual questions.

Yu Rong didn't open it immediately and looked at it. He bowed with a smile and said, "Thank you, Mr. Cheng. We are all guessing how long it will take for you to become a two-star warlock."

Cheng Jinzhou smiled slightly and said, "I like to keep a low profile."

"Becoming a two-star warlock is a big deal. Even Mr. Xu Gu will definitely celebrate for you." Yu Rong said with a sincere smile: "Your recent achievements are obvious to all. Your ability to become a two-star warlock is also a blessing for the entire Xia Jingxing Warlock Association." proud."

Cheng Jinzhou already had 94 contribution points, but the increase in contribution points has been very slow recently. He shrugged and said with a smile: "I'm not a three-star warlock, so it doesn't mean much."

"Three-star Warlocks are the ones in trouble. They will be registered at the headquarters of the Star Warlocks Association." Yu Rong said with a smile: "I heard that the Star Warlocks headquarters is in Xingzhou, but they spend a lot of energy every year to safeguard the interests of the Star Warlocks and their reputation. not bad."

"If possible, I hope that even if I become a two-star warlock, it won't be known to everyone."

Only the Star Warlock's contribution points are real.

"You can tell Warlock Xu Guxing about this, but to be honest, becoming a two-star warlock is still something to be proud of." For many star warlocks, they care more about their star rating rather than their level, just like the old professor People like to be told that he is knowledgeable and has great talents all over the world, but they don't care much about his administrative level.

Cheng Jinzhou was not as enlightened as the old professor. He shook his head and smiled, thinking that this was really a good idea.

Yu Rong smiled and left. Cheng Jinzhou cleaned up and went to Xu Gu, hoping that if he was promoted, he would not notify others.

Xu Gu usually works on the first floor of the association. He is also a pure theoretical star warlock and does not need much equipment. He quite understands Cheng Jinzhou's request. If a two-star warlock carries the title of a high-level star warlock, he will indeed be very dazzling. results, but if not, it would feel a little weird.

After agreeing, Xu Gu deliberately closed the door to take a look, and then stopped the strange Cheng Jinzhou and said: "Actually, I have been preparing to celebrate your title of two-star warlock for a long time, but you have not succeeded for so long. Have you redeemed it? Some?"

Cheng Jinzhou touched his head in embarrassment.

Xu Guyi smiled and said: "The research of star warlocks is very expensive, and I understand that, but my suggestion is that you should buy back some contribution points now. For two-star warlocks and above, there will be laboratories and assistants allocated by the association. If you If you need other financial and material support, the application can be easily approved.”

"Repurchase..."

"In fact, there are many star warlocks who sell contribution points, but they often make up their initial contribution points when needed. For example, for a two-star warlock, 800 contribution points are actually the same as 200. He only needs to wait until the initial contribution When the points reach 1,000, just make up the number."

"Then where can I buy it?" Cheng Jinzhou calculated that he could get tens of thousands of taels of silver as long as he stocked up on supplies one more time.

"There are many Star Warlocks in the outer peninsula who trade. You can ask Star Warlock Xiang Xin."

"Thank you so much, Warlock Xu Guxing." Cheng Jinzhou said sincerely.

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