Chapter 438 The locked technology tree
“The latest news! The complete process!”
“Extra number! Extra number!”
“You don’t have to spend much money to have fun. Young Master! There has been a major upheaval in the Glorious Religion, and Bishop Truong was brought to the capital for processing yesterday!”
“Archbishop Eugene of the Cardinals issued important instructions to introspect themselves and maintain the purity of the church. Behavior that violates canon rules will not be tolerated and will be dealt with together if found! ”
"The details of the incident are recorded, and analysis is included. Everything is there!"
A few days later, in the early morning of October, the sky was just getting dark, and the hard-working newsboys were running back and forth in the streets and alleys of Liming City. Put their hands together like a trumpet and shout the sentences they learned from the newspaper.
These children who are generally 8 or 9 years old actually don’t know what words like “Cardinal House”, “Archbishop” and “Church Purity” mean. They also know the “Glory God Cult” ".
But that doesn’t stop them from following the same example and shouting these things to sell the newspapers they want to sell.
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It is not an exaggeration to describe the development efficiency of Liming City District as changing with each passing day.
There used to be newspapers in the city of Ceylon, but they were not large in scale and the distribution efficiency was very low. News from local or nearby areas could only be published once a month.
Ordinary citizens are reluctant to buy a monthly magazine that costs 2 or 3 silver coins.
So the main sales channels for "newspapers" in Ceylon were actually nobles, businessmen, professionals, and various taverns.
The tavern will ask people to share the news and interesting stories in the newspaper regularly every day, such as which noble next door gave birth to another child, how many newcomers were registered in the Adventurer's Guild last month, and where? A mercenary group completed another difficult commission, or a caravan arrived in Ceylon City, bringing unique products.
Listening to these news information is one of the few entertainment activities for ordinary citizens, so it is also a means used by pubs to attract, recruit, and retain customers.
Which pub can tell good news and stories, its business will prosper a lot at the corresponding time.
However, newspapers and newspapers, like many other industries, have successfully been "super-evolved" in Dawn City, Qim Town.
With a large number of magical users involved in the production process.
The biggest problem that once plagued newspaper production: a serious shortage of paper and ink, no longer exists.
The catalysis of the harvest magic caused the rapid explosion of agricultural productivity.
What this brings is a massive influx of raw materials into the handicraft market.
Based on the consumption power of the people of Ceylon, the supply of resources is almost unlimited!
Use the corresponding craftsman’s magic to quickly convert large quantities of raw materials into corresponding products.
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Novin was once curious. Although the effect of divine magic is very powerful, this ability needs to be subject to the dual restrictions of "gods" and "mortals".
Why no smart mortals try to research "machines" that can be almost independent of human power.
The Kingdom of Reyak has always remained an almost purely agricultural society.
A variety of industries are essentially the same as two words:
"Hand rubbing."
Masters of divine magic actually use hand rubbing.
The difference is that either their hand rubbing efficiency is superior to ordinary people; or they have certain unique characteristics that must be formed with the participation of divine magic.
This actually limits production efficiency.
If we can promote technology and develop the industrial revolution, even if its efficiency is not as good as magic, it will at least be better than ordinary people's hands.
Even if only certain links in the production process are accelerated by machines, it can also bring about improvements in productivity.
In fact, such a "machine" exists on the continent of Prentice. It's just that basically only the little green-skinned goblins are tinkering and creating the so-called "goblin engineering". The machine has serious gears, tie rods, bearings, bolts and other parts.
Don’t mention anything else.
The goblin airships flying all over the continent are the product of goblin engineering. The large spiral at the tail of each airship is a real mechanical structure.
But the tool "machine" has not spread further and become more popular in civilization.
After some observation and research, Novin understood.
This is not just a problem of the technology tree being crooked!
Although the mortals in Prentiss continent are very dependent on divine magic, a large number of problems are solved by divine magic obtained by praying to the gods, and they have developed into a "god-given civilization" and have all given up on leaving. The path of "technological civilization".
But this is actually the inevitable result of natural evolution!
Because the technology tree is "locked"!
In fact - many smart people in Prentiss continent have tried the proposition of machines!
Even according to the historical records of Xinhui Li, someone has long discovered the power brought by the physical phenomena of combustion and steam, and designed the prototype of a "steam engine" or even an "internal combustion engine"!
But they all failed in the end without exception.
The reason is very magical, and it is very consistent with the feeling that this world brings to Noven.
In this world, water, fire, wind, and earth are considered to exist at the "element" level.
This isn't just a cognitive view, it's backed up by tangible evidence.
The evidence comes from another landmass called "Diklan", far to the west of Prentiss continent across a whole sea of mist.
On that continent, there are life forms composed entirely of elements such as "water element" and "fire element".
Elemental lifeforms are intelligent, capable of thinking, have a unique language, and have their own "social structure". It is said that there is also a dimension that belongs entirely to the elements.
The ruler of the elemental society - the "Elemental Monarch" is in charge of the authority of all elemental reactions in the world.
Like the goddess of magic, the god of radiance and other gods, the elemental monarch undoubtedly belongs to the gods in terms of power level.
The operation of the machine is essentially the utilization of the phenomena produced by the reaction of elements.
If the permission of the Elemental Lord cannot be obtained, the elemental reaction will not happen at all!
This is the most magical and magical place for Noven.
Give me an example.
When a pot of hot water is boiled, various elements are active in the process. People can see that the lid of the teapot is rocked back and forth by the force of the steam.
There is no doubt that the phenomenon of steam power is real.
This is something that is allowed by default.
But if you boil a pot of hot water in a "steam engine".
As long as machines with power concepts such as steam engines are involved, the situation will immediately change!
Even if you burn through and melt the machine.
The steam produced by boiling hot water will not have any impact on the physical and chemical world!
Not only does physics no longer exist this time, but so does chemistry.
From an elemental perspective, this is equivalent to elements such as water, wind and fire refusing to participate in the reaction, resulting in the machine being unable to obtain a source of power.
The existence of the "Elemental Monarch" has locked the upper limit of "technology" in this world at this special stage.
Ways to avoid lockdowns exist.
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(End of this chapter)