Building a research facility like the Magitech Research Institute, which was different from traditional magic laboratories, was not something Gwen came up with on a whim. In fact, this plan had been brewing in his mind for a long time. Today, he just found an opportunity to say it out loud.
Since the construction of the territory, the infrastructure had been perfected day by day. Maintaining the survival of the people and ensuring the safety of the territory was no longer a problem. The industrial base of the territory had also been established step by step from scratch. But as everything was developing rapidly, there was one thing that had gradually become Gwen's biggest worry: research and development.
It was not that the territory did not have any research and development personnel. Jenny, Rebecca, Kamel, the rune craftsmen, and even Heti, who had gradually shifted her focus to internal affairs, and Gwen, who was the lord, could be considered as "technical personnel". However, a group of people was not enough. A supporting research and development system had to be set up, and this system had to be in line with the characteristics of the emerging "magitech industry".
The traditional magic laboratories and workshops made up of craftsmen and apprentices obviously did not meet this requirement.
The Rune Research Institute was a step in Gwen's establishment of a research and development system, but it was not the whole thing. According to Gwen's estimation of the prospects of runic logic and his judgment of Jenny's personal ability, he believed that the Rune Research Institute's future direction should be more theoretical. Although the current simplified magic circle project was directly linked to the "runic substrate design and production" in the territory, as Jenny's research in this field continued to deepen, and as Kamel's research on the essence of magic merged with Jenny's research, runic logic would sooner or later go into a purer field that relied on mathematical tools and logical deduction to find the truth.
The Magitech Research Institute was Gawain's second step: a research institute that was more practical and could regulate the emerging profession of "Magitech Technician" in the territory.
The "magitech" in Cecil's territory was a new profession that had never been seen before. Most of them were rune craftsmen, and some were downtrodden scholars and apprentices who were recruited and trained. They could be said to be the most elite group of technicians in the territory, except for a few top technicians. But even the most elite technicians did not have a place in the traditional magic laboratories. They could not participate in the research and development, which was a great waste in Gwen's eyes.
So he wanted to establish a "new order" that could allow these people who did not have magical talent but had magical knowledge to participate in the research and development.
Only by opening the "research and development" as the source to ordinary people with no magical talent could Gwen's "magic popularization" plan be considered a real success. Otherwise, just letting ordinary people use magic devices, could not be considered as unlocking the shackle of "magical talent" at all....
Of course, it was not the best choice to generally divide theory and application into two academic fields and set up two separate facilities to carry out research and development. But this was also not the final form of the "Era of Magitech Industry" that Gwen envisioned. He was now building a simple and quick framework according to the actual situation of the territory. When the development of the territory went up, the framework would naturally need to be adjusted.
Seizing the opportunity, he slowly explained his idea. Heidi and Rebecca, on the other hand, listened carefully. It was a new concept, but for the two of them who were often taught new concepts by their ancestor, they could understand it as long as they listened carefully.
After listening to Gwen's description, Heti was shocked by the prospect of one or several teams overcoming technical difficulties in an orderly and purposeful way. Anyone with sufficient knowledge could participate in any magical research project. As a mage who grew up with a traditional education, she had never thought that the "laboratory" could operate like this. But apart from being shocked, she was also a little worried. "Ancestor, your idea is indeed very … desirable, but are you sure that Rebecca can —"
"I can!" Before Heti could finish, Rebecca had already raised her hand. "I can definitely do it!"
"Have more confidence in Rebecca." Gwen smiled and patted Rebecca's head. He then looked at Heti with a smile. "I know she has a lot of things that give you headaches, but you also have to see her talent. And besides … the descendant of the Cecil family, the head of the Magical Technology Department, how can she not have her own laboratory? It's a joke. "
Rebecca's eyes sparkled. "Ancestor …"
Gawain didn't wait for the other party to finish feeling touched. He quickly added, "But I have to say this first. If you really blow up the magic engineering lab, you'll have to be responsible for the reconstruction and the aftermath."
"… Oh," Rebecca said.
After talking about the establishment of the Magical Technology Research Institute, Gwen and Heti asked about Rebecca's current physical condition. After confirming that the maiden had fully recovered after waking up, Gwen could not help but sigh. As expected of a brat who could run into the forest to fight wolves before she came of age. Her body was so strong that she was fine after a night's sleep due to mental overload. Rebecca's skull not only had high physical defense, it was probably immune to magic as well …
After confirming that she would not be beaten up today, and even gain a laboratory of her own, Rebecca rolled over and sat up on the bed. "I'm going to get up. After lying down for so long, I feel uncomfortable all over."
She was always full of energy.
Gwen smiled as he got up from the bed. Out of the corner of his eye, he once again saw the papers and calculations that Rebecca had pasted on the dressing mirror. The contents of the papers suddenly piqued his interest. "By the way … these are the things you've been working on recently? Shouldn't you be busy designing the auxiliary detection circle on the tactical helmet? "
"Ah, that part is almost done. I'm going to put the distortion detection spell effect on the lens made of white crystal. There's just a little processing problem left." Rebecca waved her hand and then pointed at the draft on the dressing mirror. "These are the things that Jenny has been working on recently. I found them interesting, so I made a copy and did the calculations myself. But … these things are unexpectedly difficult. "
Gwen frowned as he looked at those things. He saw strange curves and piles of listed data. Those things seemed to not only be the calculation process, but also a large number of actual parameters. But those parameters were so complicated and numerous that it had far exceeded the mathematical description of interference knots and runic knots that he had seen in Jenny's rune logic materials.
He could not help but ask, "What is this?"
"It's said that Master Kamel brought it to the Rune Research Institute." Rebecca scratched her hair that was a little messy from sleep (this indecent gesture made Heti glare). "It's the fluctuation frequency of the surrounding magic field after the magic obelisk is activated, the data of the attenuation, the frequency of the magic power in the natural environment, and the many parameters of the superposition area of the two magic fields. Jenny wants to find a pattern from these, to find a way to accurately describe the strength, attenuation, frequency and other data of the magic field at any point under the condition that the parameters are known. She also wants to accurately calculate the distribution of the distortion caused by the superposition of the magic fields … Ah, and the distribution model of the magic field in three-dimensional space … To be honest, both she and I have no clue now."
Gwen was more and more surprised as he listened. In the end, he could not help but mutter to himself, "She has already reached this step …"
"Ancestor, this is a super difficult problem!" Rebecca did not hear Gwen's muttering. Instead, she sighed. "Unlike interference knots and runic knots, which are fixed data, the magic field is something that is always changing. Ah, the frequency can change, the strength will decrease with distance, and it will interact with the original magic power in the natural environment. After the superposition of the two magic fields, the situation is several times more complicated. It's impossible to calculate … But Jenny said that these things must be figured out. Otherwise, when this technology reaches a bottleneck in the future, we won't even know what's going on …"
Gwen could not help but rub his eyebrows. He noticed that there was a special piece of paper in the middle of the manuscripts. A series of curves and equations related to the curves were drawn on it. He was slightly stunned. "This is what you and Jenny …"
"Ah, this is not it. This is what Master Kamel taught us," Rebecca hurriedly explained. "Master Kamel said that this is the calculation method used by the mages of the ancient Kingdom of Gondor to calculate the 'arcane distortion effect' similar to the magic field. You can use numbers to describe the changes. Master Kamel said that this can help to solve the problem of the magic field, but Jenny and I are still not very …"
Gwen looked at the paper in surprise. He did not hear the latter half of Rebecca's sentence. Instead, he muttered to himself, "So the mages of the Gondor period … already knew how to use functions?"
"What … What?" Rebecca was stunned. Obviously, this was not the word that Kamel told her. "Master Kamel said that this is called 'generation change' …"
"Ah, no, it's nothing. If it's a generational change, then so be it." Gawain exhaled softly, slowly calming the shock in his heart.
He should not be so surprised, and he should not be so surprised. It was natural. Although the sorcerers of this world had gone astray in the process of studying the mysteries of magic and began to blindly pursue personal strength and magic skills, this did not mean that they only knew how to cast spells by force. In fact, even for the most traditional and classical sorcerers, mathematical tools were indispensable. They needed the help of mathematics to draw magic circles and adjust their spell models, or to make potions and magic tools. 'Calculation' had always been a compulsory course for sorcerers. It was so in this era, and of course, it was also so in the ancient Kingdom of Gondor.
However, 'calculation' had never been popularized, and it had not been developed to a higher level. For the current sorcerers, the current mathematical tools were completely enough.
The Kingdom of Gondor once had the opportunity to build the edifice of mathematics, but the powerful empire could not break the shackles of 'the extraordinary belongs to the extraordinary' in the end. The old system of extraordinary restrained the development of many disciplines in the later period and led to the disappearance of these precious knowledge with the elites of the empire. It was really regrettable.
But it did not matter. There was nothing to be afraid of without development. With this foundation, it was already much better than what Gwen had expected.
Rebecca, this silly … smart roe deer's brain seemed to be enough.
Gwen looked at his great-great-great-granddaughter and suddenly showed a warm smile. Facing such a girl who was thirsty for knowledge, he decided to be a generous grandfather.
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