Lucifer sacrificed too much for world peace

For this thing called mahjong, which I thought was just like that, Archimedes was a bit over the top.

He has already discovered that this trial is not as simple as he thought. Probability cannot be fully applied to this trial. If you want to win, you need to think too much.

Luck of dominance, then probability, one's own decisions, and... people's hearts.

Some people are more prudent, some are more aggressive, some people want to play big cards, some people can play as long as they can and don't care about the points. Everything affects the game and changes all the time.

Especially when you lose, it is easy to find an excuse of "bad luck", thinking that you will be able to turn around in the next round, and before you know it, everyone becomes addicted to playing mahjong.

Archimedes, a foreigner, didn't realize a problem until he shouted the words "fuzzy" excitedly, and his voice suddenly shattered.

——Wait, why did I suddenly play mahjong here?

Ah, yes, I want to try that milk tea...

Archimedes, who finally recalled his original purpose, left the table with a guilty conscience after the round of mahjong was over.

As soon as he reminded him, Galileo's father also recalled his business. He was going to discuss business with Mr. Sage...

God, forgive him for getting addicted to mahjong so easily.

I have been unlucky just now, and I have made wrong choices again and again. I think it is God's punishment!

You have to be more restrained in the future.

The two middle-aged men coughed dryly and found Lucifer.

When they were playing mahjong, the young people who had come to play Pagan Killing had already been driven away by Lucifer, and now there were only four of them customers in the store.

After all, if the young people spend all day playing games here, no matter how good the reason is under the guise of a trial, the parents will protest if it delays the business.Before gaining a firm foothold, Lucifer didn't want to be entangled in trouble.

Seeing the two of them looking for him, Lucifer put down the book he was reading, and took the score card from Archimedes without changing his face: "Do you want the milk tea hot or iced?"

"Can you still drink ice?"

Archimedes was a little surprised. He used to drink tea while it was hot, and the cold tea was not so fragrant, but he was too excited to play mahjong just now, and it is a bit hot now. Where will it be so bad to drink: "Then I will have ice."

As a businessman, Galileo's father also planned to exchange points for a cup of milk tea. Anyway, he had already drank half a cup of coffee brought by his son, so it would be nice to try this new drink.

Lucifer asked the alarm clock to make milk tea, then nodded at Galileo and his son: "We'll talk about it later."

Galileo's father is not in a hurry at all, he just wants to know what else the sage has.

After a while, the iced milk tea is ready.

Archimedes couldn't wait to take a sip.

It is cool in the mouth and has a silky taste. This sweet taste is undoubtedly added with sugar. This is the finishing touch. It successfully blends the mild tea flavor and mellow milk flavor together.

The amazing thing is that neither the bitterness of the tea leaves nor the fishy smell of the milk can be felt in this cup of milk tea. What remains in the mouth is only a sweet and wonderful taste.

If the tea is stronger, the taste will become astringent, if the milk is stronger, it will overwhelm the fragrance of the tea, and this cup is perfect.

Whoever came up with this combination must be a genius, right?

Otherwise, just by adjusting the ratio of tea and milk, I don’t know how many times of divine punishment I will suffer. Only a genius can solve the problem before being killed by the gradually increasing divine punishment.

As for Mr. Sage...you must have completed a particularly difficult trial to get this formula, right?

Moreover, he has traveled far and wide for a long time, and he has seen a lot, but he has never seen the trials here. There is a high probability that the sage came up with it himself...

This sage is a man of great wisdom.

In fact, I just used a tea bag + syrup + prepared milk powder for brewing. Lucifer, who didn't even use fresh milk, was used to the admiration of others. He didn't want to know what the other party was imagining, so he just asked casually :"how is the taste?"

Archimedes thought for a while: "All the suffering I have experienced is worth it."

All the cards I wanted were gone, and I was shot when I wanted to win. I couldn't win the cards in my hand, but I could win the dozen or so cards I played... Experience in a short period of time I have never experienced such intense regret and collapse in the past few decades.

He has always been evaluated as calm and unflappable, rarely angry or excited, but as he got older, he realized that he actually had such an emotional side.

But that's not the point. The point is that after drinking this milk tea, he had an idea.

"The idea of ​​milk tea is really amazing. Can I go back to my hometown and sell milk tea?" Archimedes asked politely.

Archimedes who wants to sell milk tea is very different from Galileo who wants to sell roasted coffee beans.

The "knowledge" that Galileo's father wanted to acquire could not be obtained by drinking coffee alone, so he wanted to obtain the production method by paying for it.

But as long as you drink milk tea, you will know what is in it. Lucifer disagrees, but it is really unreasonable. After all, people know everything they should know.

This is equivalent to public knowledge, as much as you can learn, just like the first person who invented honey water, there is no reason not to let other people put honey in the water, Archimedes asked before selling it is polite .

If the milk tea shop can be opened, Lucifer will be very happy, because it shows that the public's ability to accept delicious food is higher. In the future, even if it is not called a trial, people will gradually choose to eat better. s things.

If the thoughts of countless people change at about the same time, God's Punishment will not be able to kill everyone in one go, it should amend its own rules.

Lucifer, who was delighted with this change, immediately agreed: "Of course, where are you from?"

"Utopia."

The Utopia of Utopia proposed by Plato corresponds to the Garden of Eden.

Lucifer finished complaining in his heart, and reminded Archimedes: "You can sell it as you like, but are you going to open a milk tea shop directly? Will it be a bit extravagant?"

Facing Lucifer's concerns, Archimedes seemed indifferent to divine punishment.

"Others are not sure, but I should be fine. I am about to inherit a tea garden in another place. Tea is not a luxury to me. The cost is mainly transportation costs, so the price of milk tea will not be high, and the church should be fine... Ah, so to speak, there is also a big problem with the transportation of milk, it is too easy to spoil, and the cows are all in the countryside..."

As he spoke, Archimedes frowned, and found that things were not as simple as he imagined.

Lucifer already understood: "So the main cost is transportation? If you can't suppress this cost, you can only lose money if you set the price low."

Archimedes changed his mind: "I'm going to lose money anyway, so I'll just hold a banquet and invite everyone to drink milk tea. I must promote this drinking method, and I will try my best to sell it at a low price in Utopia in the future." Tea, so that tea is no longer a luxury, so you only need to solve the problem of milk spoilage..."

Lucifer was startled.

Dare to be a philanthropist.

Also, all the rich people in this world like to throw away money, and they strive to reduce the gap between rich and poor, which is really admirable.

but……

Lucifer couldn't help but questioned his soul.

"Since transport costs are so high, and obviously this problem has existed for a long time, why don't you guys think about cost-effective transportation options?"

"My grandfather's generation has already improved it." Archimedes proudly held out his chest. "My grandfather donated part of the money from the construction of the horse-drawn carriage railway between Utopia and Eden."

Galileo's father also nodded: "If you want to save costs, you can only start by reducing the rest time of horses, or breeding new breeds of horses that eat less and work more. After all, even if there is a station on the road, you have to bring some horse grass by yourself. , takes up a lot of space, and indirectly increases the cost of other goods..."

"No, I mean, haven't you thought about replacing the horse?" Lucifer reminded them, "It doesn't have to be a horse to provide power."

We have already reached the stage of horse-drawn carriages, and the papers on steam engines are also in the library. Why don't you go one step further?

Archimedes and Galileo looked at each other and asked cautiously: "You mean... magic? You can hire someone who can control gravity..."

"...I mean, by steam power."

Lucifer was speechless, he propped his face, and sighed helplessly: "Eden Library, on the third floor, there are seven bookshelves No. 20 from the right, and the seventh floor from top to bottom, there is a title called "Steam Train Design" No. 7 bookshelves from the right on the fifth floor, the bottom floor "Research on Condenser" contains design drawings which are very important; also on the fifth floor, on the bookshelf in the innermost north corner, there is an untitled article signed by 'Watt' The essay is included in the book "Mechanical Problems", which contains some ideas about gear improvement; the number from the left on the sixth floor..."

After reporting the location of a bunch of documents, Lucifer finally put an end to it: "Finally, you go to the librarian of the Garden of Eden and ask him to borrow the 'Watt' who used to work in the library as a staff relic. A notebook, and a list of past book donations."

Archimedes and Galileo's father have been dumbfounded.

Isn't this... this list of directories a bit too detailed?How did you do it?

Archimedes was the first to come back to his senses, and asked cautiously with an attitude ten times more respectful than before: "Do you want steam power to replace horses to pull carts?"

"Yeah, why not?" For the first time, obvious emotions appeared in the golden pupils of the sage, called confusion, "The theoretical research around steam power is already very mature, I don't understand what you are waiting for .”

"Uh...it sounds very mature. I didn't pay attention to it before. I didn't expect you to know such details. You have also studied steam power?" Galileo's father asked.

Lord Sage shook his head slightly: "No, I just saw it in the library and confirmed that this idea is correct, I hope it can be implemented."

Archimedes couldn't believe it: "No research? You remember so clearly, I thought..."

"Actually, I know all the materials in the Eden library, not just steam power."

Everyone: "..."

——Are you the legendary Humanoid Library? !

"My children said that you are a sage, but I didn't quite believe it at first." Galileo's father sighed, "Now it seems that you are clearly a great sage!"

The breadth of this knowledge, 300 years ago, there might have been a sage with a photographic memory who could compete with it. In this era, no one can match it. Coupled with the creativity of the trial, it is called a great sage Nothing wrong!

The sage didn't feel much about Galileo's father's flattery, he just asked: "So, what do you think? Do you want to try a steam-powered car?"

Galileo's father hesitated and said, "To be honest, it's a bit difficult. For example, recently, when the textile machine was improved, the church banned it on the grounds that it would cause many people to lose their jobs and maintain stability and peace."

Archimedes understood when he heard this, and immediately added.

"I didn't know about steam power before, but I can roughly guess that once the steam engine comes out, it is absolutely impossible to only affect transportation. This is a much bigger problem than the textile machine. The church is not stupid. The railway church investment accounts for a large part. If If the church thinks it will cause turmoil..."

Lord Sage nodded, and calmly said: "I understand. There is no rush on this matter, you can do your own work first."

Archimedes and Galileo's father did not relax at all because of this sentence, but became more nervous.

Because although the sage is still indifferent as if he doesn't care much about everything, everyone present can feel that he is displeased.

Half of his face was immersed in the shadows, his golden pupils were astonishingly bright in the dark, and there was a strange sense of concentration that made people feel strongly and uneasy.

"I'll think about how to deal with it."

Master Sage said so, and even showed a rare smile to appease them.

However, even the hairs on the backs of the two people opposite him stood up as if they sensed danger.

Theoretically speaking, it should be about dealing with steam-powered vehicles, but... how do you feel, Mr. Sage seems to want to deal with the church more?

...Impossible, it must be an illusion.

21. Chapter 21