After confirming where the problem was, the next step was a series of repairs, redesign, assembly, and testing.
With Egg Nicholas, the god-level precision lathe, everything was done very quickly. Basically, it only took a minute or two for a part to go from the design to the actual product, and then it could be installed in the machine.
Looking at the mechanical scholars and magicians busily re-testing the whole system around the platform, Heti could not help but shake her head and sigh. "Rebecca, this child … is too unstable. She should have done a complete test before reporting to you."
"I asked her to report as soon as she had the sample." Gwen looked at Rebecca, who was busy with a group of technical experts and giving instructions to the people around her from time to time, with a smile on his face. "Of course, a more complete test process and rules in this area is the inevitable development direction of the R&D department. It depends on Rebecca's future work … Now, it seems that the child is doing a good job."
Even Heti, who had always been strict with Rebecca, could not refute at this moment. She looked at Rebecca, who was immersed in the world of the machine from afar. After a long time, she sighed softly. "… Yes, she is doing a good job, and she has trained so many talented apprentices … If someone had told me two years ago that Rebecca could do all this, I would have thought that person was out to cheat me."
"There are many talented people in this world, but not everyone can find a place to show their talent. Fortunately, Cecil can give these people a chance, so our next step is to attract more capable people to join these projects." Gwen asked as he spoke. "How's the recruitment and training of talents coming along recently?"
"A large number of craftsmen, low-level Extraordinaires, or Extraordinaire apprentices have responded to the government office's recruitment. The fact that the Cecil family has unified the Southern Territory has given these people a lot of confidence, and the new publicity can also attract them from all over the place. But I'm afraid it will take a long time to turn these people into qualified mechanical engineers and magicite technicians … Their original skill level is uneven, they have different schools, and they lack a standard industrial concept. It only takes three days to recruit a thousand apprentices, but it will take half a year to train them to be able to work in a factory. It's even more troublesome to get them to work in a laboratory. Basically, they rely on their talent, and the passing rate is less than ten percent." Heti said with a worried look. "As you said, to really solve the talent gap, we still have to promote basic education. Only schools can train talents in large quantities, with high quality, and with uniform standards like factory products."
Gwen knew what Heti was going to say next. He nodded slightly. "But at this stage, we don't have enough schools … or enough teachers. We don't even have enough government office staff to study how the schools should operate, right?"
"As you said, the gap is too big, so big that it's hopeless. If we don't have enough houses, we can work overtime to build them. If we don't have enough machines, we can use manpower. But the training of teachers … can't be accelerated." Heti frowned and said in a serious tone. "After the industrial printing machine came out, we finally solved the problem of not having enough textbooks, but we don't have enough teachers to teach. The junior teachers recruited from the civilian population are basically only useful in spelling and basic arithmetic …"
She paused for a moment before continuing. "What we lack most now is teachers who teach basic runes, general knowledge of the magical engineering industry, general knowledge of Cecil society, and comprehensive thinking. This knowledge is a new field, and teachers have to attend classes for at least half a year before they can teach others. And they have to come back to make up for it while they attend classes because new knowledge is constantly emerging."
The problem that Heti mentioned was one of the most serious problems that Cecil faced after the expansion of his territory. It was also a problem that could not be "solved quickly". At present, the entire southern border was building a large number of general education schools around the cross axis, using the four new industrial cities and Cecil City as the reference points. But every school was facing a serious shortage of teachers. The government office had used a huge amount of manpower and material resources to barely recruit enough literacy and arithmetic teachers, but knowledge that was a little more complicated than that …
Who knew what the magical engineering industry was except for those who were born in Cecil City? Who knew the complete Cecil law? Who knew runes?
Apart from these seemingly professional courses, general knowledge of society was also a big problem. In most areas outside Cecil City, no one even knew how to turn on the heating in winter, how to use the magic crystal lamp, how to water the ground with the water pump, how to use the threshing machine to collect grain …
The first problem after these new things were introduced was that the people did not dare to use them. Even if they dared to use them, they did not know how to use them. Even if they knew how to use them, they did not trust them. For every ten people the government office sent to install water pumps in the fields, they had to send another ten people to spread the word that the water pumps did not eat people …
And the government office itself was still short of manpower.
Gwen sighed slightly.
In this land where there were many things waiting to be done, as long as one's fist was big, one could establish authority. As the founding hero with the biggest fist and authority, it was easy for him to establish a Dukedom, but to build this Dukedom … was not so simple.
He could establish a principality in a year, but it would take many years to rule it …
But while the problem was difficult, it was not that there was no solution. The hard time cost may not be reduced, but just like how the ooze of the ooze could be used as a substitute for rubber, it was still possible to use some 'alternatives' to bypass the current problem, or at least part of it.
Gwen looked up and glanced at Rebecca, who was happily working in the crowd, and slowly said, "There is a way to quickly spread knowledge when there is a shortage of education personnel."
Heti's eyes suddenly brightened: the wise ancestor did not disappoint. He came up with a solution so quickly. She could not wait to ask, "You mean …"
"Remote education," Gwen said. "Use the magic net to send the knowledge out."
Thanks to the special development path of magical engineering, and thanks to the accumulation of technology in this world — who would have thought that in a world with a social structure similar to the Middle Ages, the long-distance holographic communication network could appear before the highway?
Heti was a smart person. She had not thought in that direction before, but with Gwen's reminder, she instantly understood the ancestor's intention.
"This is really …" Her breathing could not help but quicken. "This is a great idea!"
"Don't get too excited. I'm not sure how effective it will be." Gawain tried to calm the agitated Heidi down. "Let's try to add an 'education' program in the magic network first. Let's broadcast the courses of the generic schools live. Then, we'll organize a group of people — maybe from the generic schools — to compile the basic knowledge on social knowledge, record it with a photographic crystal, and broadcast it on a regular loop. Also, compile books of this kind, focusing on how to farm, how to build houses, how to use magical machines, and then publish them all over the territory. "
Now, the overall literacy rate of the southern territory might not have reached the level where people could learn these books by themselves, and most of the ordinary people lacked the desire to learn. But when next year's harvest came, those who actively learned new knowledge and responded to the government office would benefit from it. The 'benchmark effect' would show its power, and the ordinary people's motivation to learn new knowledge would be greatly increased. But by then, it would be too late to rush to compile the relevant teaching materials, and they would lose at least a year of 'golden time'. So, Gwen had to prepare in advance.
"Yes." Heti nodded immediately. "I will ask Mr. Godwin and Mr. Santis to organize the personnel."
A series of clanking mechanical noises came from the side, and Gwen and Heti's conversation stopped.
After the emergency adjustment by a large group of technicians and a simple test by Rebecca, the magic car that had just stopped moving started again and steadily stopped near Gwen.
"Ancestor! Look! It's starting again! " Rebecca sat in the simple driver's seat of the magic car, holding the steering wheel with one hand and pulling a lever with the other. She happily greeted Gwen. "And you see, I just asked Mr. Egg to add a clock that can alert other vehicles and pedestrians."
As Rebecca spoke, she pulled a lever next to the steering wheel, and a roll-like device on the side of the car immediately rolled, and a loud and noisy sound of steel plates colliding came from inside.
The sound of the steel plates colliding was much more annoying than the noise of the car. Heti immediately covered her ears. "Turn that thing off. Did you install that thing in the car to torture people's ears?"
However, the viscountess was apparently very satisfied with her creativity. "But this way, the driver doesn't have to rely on shouting to get pedestrians to move out of the way like a coachman does when he's on the road!"
"I think the movement of the car is enough to let everyone know where it is," Heti complained as she rubbed her painful ears. "My God … You only used a few minutes to come up with a new little torture machine …"
"Is it really noisy?" Rebecca scratched her head. "I think this thing is very useful. It's much smaller than the similar mechanical clocks …"
Gwen looked at the negotiation between Heti and Rebecca, dumbfounded. To be honest, he did not expect the prototype arcanotech car to have no whistle. If it were not for Rebecca's inspiration, the world's first mechanical car would have to rely on the driver to shout to remind pedestrians and other vehicles to move out of the way. But on the other hand, he did think that Rebecca's new "alarm clock" was too noisy …
"This device is indeed useful, but you'd better find a way to optimize its sound. If it doesn't work, use an air bag to connect a copper pipe to make a whistle. It's better than stuffing a pile of steel plates and a hammer into the roller." Gwen looked at Rebecca with a smile on his face. "Come down first. I have something to tell you."
"Oh." Rebecca immediately jumped down from the car. "What's the matter?"
"We are going to teach the basics of arcanotech machines to ordinary people," Gwen said. "The most basic ones, including what the repulsion mechanism is, what the magical engine is, how the magical furnace works, and so on."
Rebecca blinked. "Oh, I know that. The General Academy has classes on this. I've taught them before!"
Heti stepped forward and tidied up the girl's messy hair. "But now we are going to teach this to more people … So you go wash your hair first!"
(I'm going to promote the book again! Supernatural, the title is' Drink This Bowl of Meng Po's Soup '. I've promoted it once before, and it's surprisingly still alive today. It seems that it's going to be on the shelves soon. After thinking about it … I'll promote it again. This kind of book that doesn't die from the first attempt usually has something in it. And this is just a small supernatural book. It's worth looking forward to 23333.)
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