Riding the horse given by Lieutenant Colonel Horns as parting gift, and carrying the latest pistol given by Boss Bass on his waist, Sean Connery walked on the road back home.
After the war, the Northern Xinjiang Province had just regained some vitality. It was vast and sparsely populated. Except for businessmen, the only civilians that could be seen here were the family members of soldiers.
Northern Xinjiang is one of the poorest provinces in the empire. Snowy mountains, Gobi and deserts are the main features of the landscape here, while some oases and valleys are full of fruits and vegetables. The grapes produced here are especially famous, so the wine produced here has long been famous.
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Sometimes Sean galloped wildly, sometimes he stopped and lingered, and he carefully looked at the world.
In Vengerberg, the capital of Northern Xinjiang Province, Sean accidentally saw an article criticizing himself in the newspaper, which forced him to stop temporarily.
The critic was neither a literary man nor a political commentator, but a geologist and naturalist named Babia Dubey.
Sean had nothing to do with him at first, and no one knew anyone face to face.
However, the unexpected impact of "Soldier Bill's Promotion" has far exceeded his imagination, just because he mentioned an insignificant detail in this novella:
During the march, the entire company of soldiers passed by a vineyard, and the owner hospitably invited them to drink wine. Bill asked the owner why he was sighing, and the owner replied that two-thirds of the wine he brewed was sour, and he had to pay a large sum of money.
The new trainee second lieutenant likes to show off his knowledge, saying that this is because it "happens naturally" and there is no other way but to be more pious and pray to God.
But Bill said that this is nonsense. It is believed that any life is developed from tiny living organisms. The corruption of food, including alcohol, is caused by bacteria coming in from the outside or there are bacteria in it. All those who take the initiative to say abiogenesis,
They are ignorant people.
But this paragraph happened to be seen by Babia Dubi, a scholar who loves to read novels. He is a natural history professor at the University of the Holy City.
In this era, bacteria and microorganisms are already well understood, and there are still famous scholars who advocate "spontaneous generation".
This theory believes that life occurs naturally, such as maggots can be produced from carrion, fleas and lice can be produced from unclean clothing, etc. It is concluded that lower organisms are naturally produced from non-living substances. This is the theory of spontaneous generation.
, also known as autogenesis theory.
Hundreds of years ago, some people even "personally experimented" by stuffing sugar and old rags into a bottle and placing it under a dark bed. Little mice would be born in the bottle. They were surprised that the little mice obtained in the experiment were similar to those found in daily life.
See exactly the same.
Therefore, Professor Dolby criticized him:
"I heard that the author of this novel, Sean Connery, is now a second lieutenant. Thank God, he has finally been promoted. I believe he will be a good officer and soldier, but I dare to assert that he will not be able to do so in his lifetime.
Will become a general. A philosopher once said, don't make judgments in areas you are not familiar with, otherwise you will make others laugh..."
"I would like to advise Second Lieutenant Connery to serve as a soldier and serve the Empire and His Majesty the Emperor. While he is busy with military affairs, he can also read more books, gain knowledge, and arm his head to avoid being thought that there is something inside.
It’s all paste…”
When Sean was in the hotel in Wengerburg, he laughed out loud when he read Professor Dolby's article. He picked up the pen and started writing:
"I have always had the most humble feelings, respecting knowledge and respecting people who possess knowledge. But Professor Babia Dubi is obviously not among them."
"As a former second lieutenant, I was on my way back to my hometown in the South, but I had to stop at a hotel in Wengerburg. After a lot of effort, I finally found Professor Dolby in a corner of a school.
His masterpiece "Species" has been covered with a thick layer of dust. Of course, Professor Dolby has a wealth of natural history knowledge, but the work you have done is just a job of classifying species, which is not fundamental to biology."
"It is true that species classification is also important. Just like entering a high-end restaurant, what is listed on the menu is very important, but what is more important is the chef. The subtle differences in his handling of ingredients will seriously affect the taste of diners."
"As we all know, the Northern Xinjiang Province is the most important wine producing area in the empire, and I have tasted a lot of it in the past few days. I just want to ask the respected Professor Dolby why wine becomes sour, and more importantly, how to solve it.
This problem, which caused losses to winemakers in Northern Xinjiang Province, generated income for grape farmers, thereby increasing some tax revenue for the empire..."
"The most basic principle of science is to make bold assumptions and verify carefully. As Professor Dolby said, don't make rash remarks about areas you are not good at. It is better to prove it with facts than to prove it with thousands of words."
"We might as well do a little experiment. I knew this experiment when I was five years old..."