Li Chang'an, the core of the magical world of the Celestial Dynasty. Ryan's uncle brought Ryan and Hermione here through the Cloud Road. Before departure, Ryan released the rose crystal. How could he miss the little guy when he was going on a trip? But I didn't expect it.
Yes, Teacher Luo Zhen and Alice were invited to visit the Palace of Versailles in the past two days. So when Teacher Luo Zhen’s little dolls heard out of boredom that Ryan was going to take the rose crystal to see the most prosperous place in the magical world of China
He also ran out.
So now, in addition to the three of them, there are eight cheerful-looking dolls standing outside the Chang'an Fountain.
"I see your level of making machine dolls is not low." My uncle looked curiously at the chirping dolls around a well placed in a compartment and said with a smile, stroking his beard. "I think I have.
I can introduce you to Professor Yanyun later. She is a descendant of Master Yan. After seeing these dolls, she will definitely be willing to come up with something meaningful to communicate with you."
After greeting these lively little guys, they walked out of the compartment. Then they walked out along a brick avenue. There was a well in each compartment, which could be seen from time to time as they walked outside.
A wizard turns into a white mist and is immersed in the water, or a white mist emerges from the water and turns into a wizard. In short, it is as busy as the many fireplaces in the hall of the Ministry of Magic during work, and there is no free time.
Walking out of this courtyard, which is the transportation hub of Chang'an, an antique city appeared in front of them. The city is located in a huge valley, surrounded by mountains. High city walls surround the city, and you can see the ancient style
Rows of houses filled their sights.
"This is the heartland of the Oriental Alchemists," my uncle said proudly. "With a permanent population of 15,000, it is one of the few cities in the world that belongs to magicians. The city is divided into 18 districts. If you are familiar with it,
If you read history, you can think of this place as a miniature version of Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty. Since its expansion more than 1,000 years ago, the overall layout of the city has basically remained unchanged."
"Miracle." Ryan looked at the city in shock for a while, and finally used the word miracle to express his inner feelings. Under the leadership of his uncle, they walked along Suzaku Street. On both sides of the road were various shops and factories.
There are shops, hotels and residences. However, Ryan also found that this place is still full of traces of the times, such as the lampposts on both sides of the road, and some shops have modified their own magic-powered electric speakers.
There are quite a few people coming and going on the street, and it can be seen that many people come from other places to go shopping or shopping in the city. After carefully observing these Celestial Wizards, Ryan put forward his own question based on his impressions from the past few days: "
Why do most of the wizards I see in the UK wear wizard robes, while the alchemists here in China wear almost exactly the same clothes as ordinary people outside?"
"This is because of a reform more than a hundred years ago." My uncle said, "At that time, the alchemist community in the Celestial Dynasty decided to develop itself after a long war with the dead that lasted for hundreds of years. However, at that time, we had only three schools.
Everything except the modern Alchemist Academy is still ancient. After carefully observing the world of ordinary people outside, the Alchemist leaders decided to learn from ordinary people. So we secretly sent an inspection team to the most advanced place in the world a hundred years ago.
places in Europe for inspection.”
Looking at the two young people who were listening attentively, my uncle continued: "After arriving in England, the inspection team was attracted by a completely different world. The roaring machines made them feel a kind of magic that was no less than magic.
The power is bursting out. Not to mention that they saw a series of things such as trains, newspapers, electric lights, flush toilets, etc. in the British magic world at that time. Compared with them, we seemed like barbarians. After the inspection team came back, the Chinese alchemists thought it was because
He is good at learning the knowledge of ordinary people, so the British magic world ranks first in Europe. Since then, we have also begun an innovation called civilization and enlightenment, with magic as the core to comprehensively absorb the knowledge of the ordinary people's world."
After hearing these words, Hermione leaned close to Ryan and whispered: "The British wizarding world in the eyes of the Chinese wizards is completely different from the real British magical community. It is obvious that their understanding is biased."
"But I think these deviations are quite good." When Ryan said this, he saw a magic-modified three-wheeler loaded with high-piled goods driving past the motorway in the middle of the road. "To the ordinary world,
It would be too stupid to simply pretend not to see the progress of science and technology. Of course, Grindelwald's method of instigating ordinary people to war to prevent ordinary people from developing seems even more stupid now, because war is the catalyst for technological development.
ah."
"Okay, we're here." The uncle's words from the front interrupted the whispers of the two people. What appeared in front of him now was an antique door. The blue plaque with gold edges said in gold letters "Celestial Alchemist"
Academy.”
"The academic system may be different from yours in the UK. In China, students study in Jiuli, Penglai or Kunlun for seven years and graduate. Those alchemists who are interested in further studying magic during their studies can come here after passing the exam.
Complete their further studies within three years. And unlike the traditional family model knowledge inheritance method a hundred years ago, as long as you can pass the academy's exam and make enough contributions to the Alchemist Academy and the magic world, then you can be here
Obtain the top magic knowledge in the entire Far East. In the past hundred years, we have accounted for more than 60% of the great alchemists born in ordinary people because we have liberated knowledge, which has also greatly accelerated our research on magic in the past hundred years.
.”
The uncle who led them in said: "I am here as a professor of extraordinary botany. Look, in front of you is my laboratory and teaching greenhouse."
"This is really big." Ryan saw that the greenhouse in front of him was several times bigger than the one in Hogwarts. "The greenhouses in the whole school where I go to school now are not as big as here."
"Uh." My uncle stood there awkwardly. "I mean, I work here. The greenhouse here belongs to the school, and only the small greenhouse next to it belongs to me for my sole use."
"The salary is not bad. I remember that if we as Sprouts want to study anything, we have to work hard on our own." Hermione looked at the small greenhouse of about 100 square meters used by Uncle Ryan with some envy.
"I'm going to study now. You two can wander around as you like. If you want to come to the academy to study, you need to pass an exam, but there is a lot of knowledge here that is open to the outside world. If you want to study here, you don't just need to pass the exam to study. If you
If you want to gain knowledge, you can use your knowledge, materials and even labor to exchange for points at school. With these points, you can go to the library to exchange for the knowledge you want, and you can even ask free professors to explain it to you."
The uncle took them to the school's tourist reception desk and gave them instructions for a long time before leaving. The little puppets followed him around the campus. Each person needed a gold coin to apply for an auditor's card. However, the points in it must be based on knowledge or value.
In exchange for magic items. At the same time, no matter how many points an outsider has, they still need approval if they want to see certain knowledge. All books can only be read in the library and are not allowed to be taken away.
But even if it is so strict, Hermione is still very envious of the academic atmosphere here, especially after she saw the list of materials that can be exchanged. "Think about Hogwarts. There are simply not enough valuable materials in the general area of the library."
Books, the forbidden book area is guarded extremely strictly. Every pure-blood family firmly holds their secrets, and there is no spirit of sharing at all."
"It's hard to say anything else. At least China's way of treating knowledge can avoid a lot of meaningless repeated research, and at the same time it is of great benefit to promote magic research."
"That's why I said everything must start with education." Ryan smiled. "Okay, now let's exchange points first."
What Ryan used in exchange for points was a lot of seeds he got in the world of Plants vs. Zombies and part of the forging technology from the elves in the world of "The Lord of the Rings". These things were enough for him to exchange for more than 1,000 points to get all the things they wanted.
Knowledge is in hand.
"Basics of Runes", "Book of Mountains and Seas 174th Edition", "Baize Tu 96th Edition", "Basics of Spells"... With a lot of books, Ryan and Hermione started reading in the reading room of the big library.