Struggle in the Steam Age

　　 After half an hour, Lawrence leaned against his chair in a very comfortable motion in his room. And on the table in front of him, the book charm, which was like a foggy ball, was flying around the tabletop.

　　 I saw a tentacle stretched out above the opened ink bottle that flew to the side and sucked 1/5 of the ink from the bottle, and then put away the tentacle and floated to the other side of the table above a stack of clean white paper.

When 　　 came to the white paper, Shumei quickly grew two tentacles, also made of mist, wrapped in a water-dipped fountain pen, leaving only one nib on the outside, and then quickly wrote on the white paper below. As it wrote, it praised Lawrence: "Master, your knowledge is indeed very profound. I have never seen a person with so much knowledge like you before—"

　　 "Alright, write quickly." Listening to these rough flattery, Lawrence waved his hand embarrassedly to stop the book charm. In its previous self-introduction, Lawrence discovered that this guy is not an ordinary weak chicken, except for a [stun technique] that can be used in battle, other magic can not be used on the battlefield.

But Lawrence also discovered from his self-introduction one of the advantages of book charm, that is, it is more intelligent than most human beings. Although the intelligence is too high, the magic reserve is too low to cast too much magic, but such a Things like artificial intelligence still have a huge effect on Lawrence now.

　　 Through the link on the soul, Lawrence can convey the knowledge in his mind to this book charm. Then Shumei can sort out this knowledge, and then manipulate the pen to turn it into a paper.

　　For example, now, with the help of Shumei, Lawrence has completed a new thesis titled "On the Relationship Between Microorganisms and Corruption". In fact, Lawrence planned to continue this paper after the old paper was written last time, but in order to make the process of producing the paper more reasonable, Lawrence had to repeat Pasteur's gooseneck flask experiment before.

　　 When going to St. Gutenberg’s Cathedral to select tasks during the day, Lawrence went to Peter’s dormitory to observe the two comparison gooseneck flasks that he entrusted to look after him. Obviously, the broth in the bottle that has not been sterilized and sealed has been severely decomposed, and the broth in the bottle that has been strictly sterilized and sealed is still the same as when it was put in.

　　 In this world, high temperature sterilization has been widely used in the food processing industry. However, everyone knows why it is necessary to heat up but does not know why. It can only be said that it is a way to master after accumulation of experience. This paper by Lawrence explains the principle and significance of high-temperature disinfection.

　　 Even with the help of Shumei, the sky was completely dark when I finished writing this paper. This forced him to dispel the idea of ​​going to church immediately to submit his paper.

　　 Early the next morning, after having breakfast, Lawrence greeted the two ladies and went straight to St. Gutenberg’s Cathedral. Then I went to the logistics department and found Priest Carter who was on duty in the office and submitted his paper.

"This paper is indeed very valuable." After reading the paper, Priest Carter said, "I will submit it to Science as an excellent paper selected by the Church of Knowledge, and it should be published in the next issue. "

"Science" magazine is also the top academic magazine in the Federation. In addition to the federal government, there are also a series of churches such as the Church of the Goddess of the Earth, the Church of the Goddess of Agriculture, the Church of Knowledge, the Artisan Church and even the Forge and Flame God Church on the Dwarf The support of the church.

"Know that, as the organizer of the magazine, we have a quota for one paper in each issue. But the problem is that we don't have enough good papers to submit every time the magazine is issued." Put Lawrence's paper into a file After clipped and carefully placed it on the bookshelf behind him, Priest Carter complained to Lawrence.

"The two issues of our church’s theses and the ones selected by other churches are not good at all. It is really shameful that when I go to the editorial office to submit papers, I have to bow my head as much as possible when I see priests from other churches. Walk around them—"

　　 Listening to Priest Carter talking about Lawrence, he also smiled helplessly. After all, the summary of various important discoveries and knowledge does not mean that there will be there. Sometimes it takes a little bit of luck in addition to hard work.

　　 After Priest Carter vented his emotions, Lawrence asked a question he had just encountered: "By the way, Uncle Carter, why did the wine made by our church disappear when I first went to logistics?"

Lawrence originally planned to buy some wines back after submitting the paper today. After all, their store is for high-paid people, so many slightly extravagant things have to be prepared, such as cigars and shanghai specialties from the Star Sea area. Wait for golden tobacco, and some wines that are not cheap. The wine produced by the St. Gutenberg Cathedral is a good purchasing choice as a well-known specialty of the region.

"Don't mention it, if you are unlucky, let alone the logistics department can't buy wine, even I can only rely on the two bottles of wine I bought to survive this year." When it comes to wine, the Carter priest looks helpless. . "Although there is still a lot of wine hidden in the wine cellar of the church, in order to ensure that there is wine at the time of sacrifice, it can only be stopped for sale..."

　　 "What's the matter? What happened?" Lawrence asked inexplicably when the priest Carter said these words. "Why suddenly the wine is gone, obviously I bought a copy not long ago."

　　 "The problem just happened these days." Priest Carter explained. "You know, the wine in the church comes from the manor west of Eagle Fort. But there was an unfortunate news from that manor just three days ago: This year the grapes on the manor were infected with downy mildew, even though the farming near the manor The Goddess Church sent someone to deal with it, but it can only keep a small part of the vine."

"Later we contacted churches in other places and found out that it might be that there was too much rain this summer. Several states in the northeastern part of the Federation that are the main grape-producing regions all showed signs of downy mildew. This also means that it is not just us. Church, the entire Federation of wine production in these years is estimated to have problems."

　　 "It sounds terrible." Lawrence sighed helplessly. This doesn't sound like good news~www.ltnovel.com~Yes, it's terrible. So the churches, the government, and the farmers are trying to find ways to stop the situation from getting worse. When Priest Carter said, he raised his head and looked at Lawrence. "By the way, you have been repeatedly promoting the role of various microorganisms in your papers. Then, is the disease caused by this grapevine related to microorganisms? "

　　 "It should be—" At this point, Lawrence was violent, and Priest Carter's words reminded him of a certain kind of information about early pesticides that he had found when searching for information when he was writing a novel. "If I can go to the site and study it, maybe I can find a solution to the problem."

　　 "What you said is true?" After hearing Lawrence's words, Priest Carter stood up from behind the table excitedly.

　　 "I can only say-it is possible." Lawrence didn't dare to say it to death. After all, the world is different, and many things are not guaranteed to be exactly the same.

"Even a little bit may be good." Priest Carter said in a compassionate tone. "Priests have already reported to us that some farmers in various grape plantations have begun to eradicate and burn those that appeared. Diseased vines, but the worst thing is that this can only slow down the spread of grape downy mildew. At the same time, if too many vines are cut down, the impact on the industry is actually no different from the death of grapes."

　　 "I will try my best to solve this problem." After listening to Priest Carter's description of the bad situation, Lawrence nodded vigorously. "So, when can I leave?"

　　 "The sooner the better." Priest Carter turned to Lawrence from behind the table and said. "I will accompany you to the logistics side. You can borrow everything you need as long as you have it here."