Chapter 155 The Origin of Magic

Both blackboard and chalk are new things.

The manufacture of blackboard is very simple. Just apply a layer of cement on the wall and apply a little black paint to make a simple blackboard.

Cement can be produced in small quantities in the Haland Territory.

Although black paint is not common in the Geda Province, it is actually very easy to produce.

Richard discovered three types of lacquer trees in the Eagle Mountains, through which black, red and blue lacquer can be collected.

It is forbidden to cut down lacquer trees in the Haland Territory, and a lot of natural tree lacquer can be collected every year.

These lacquer trees have been marked by Richard, transplanted together for management, and a lacquer tree plantation has been established.

Chalk was made by Richard himself, who instructed the craftsmen to mix gypsum powder and lime powder and add water.

Teaching in church schools does not use blackboards or chalk, but sand tables.

The teacher wrote the words on the sand table with a wooden stick, and each student needed to go to the podium, watch slowly, and then trace on his own sand table and practice continuously.

Learning words with sand tables and wooden sticks is a little slow in efficiency.

The invention of small tools such as blackboards and chalks made teaching a little easier.

There was no papermaking in the Dawn Continent, and the literacy rate was no more than one in a thousand. Those who mastered knowledge were basically members of the nobility.

Although church schools trained some people from wealthy citizens, the number was very small.

Even if papermaking was invented, it might not have a market because there were few people who mastered the knowledge.

The nobles were not short of money, and the quality of early straw paper was not as good as parchment.

Moreover, restricting the spread of knowledge was an unspoken rule of the aristocracy, and Richard was unwilling to challenge this unspoken rule when he was weak.

Only when the Harland Territory trained a large number of literate people would the development of papermaking be promoted.

Without cheap paper, Richard would probably go bankrupt if students used parchment to study in large quantities.

In order to facilitate students to learn characters, they could only use small blackboards for the time being.

However, this year Richard has prepared to set up a papermaking workshop to produce some experimental paper on a small scale and hand it over to Riverbank Primary School for use.

The school has just been built, and there are no textbooks for the time being, and teachers are still needed to compile them.

The compiled textbooks are copied on parchment again.

There are only five textbooks in each class, and an average of eight or nine people share one textbook. After class, the teacher will collect them and lock them in the cabinet.

Richard made a comprehensive calculation and found that even if the tuition is so high, the school will still lose money.

However, for the future development of Harland Territory and to cultivate talents, the school should be run even if it loses money.

Due to the restrictions of the social environment, the territory is estimated to be unable to carry out compulsory education and free teaching in the next few decades.

However, as more and more talents are cultivated in the territory, the tuition will gradually decrease and benefit more families.

Seven teachers can only teach four main courses now, and there are no teachers for three auxiliary courses for the time being. It may take half a year to start classes.

From this year onwards, Riverbank Primary School is a key project of Harland Territory.

At the beginning of the school year, Richard and Sophia will test the magic qualifications of new students and recruit magic apprentices from the school.

With the increase in the number of apprentices, the magic level of the territory will usher in faster development.

As for the spread of extraordinary power, will the Harland family be overthrown in a few hundred years?

Richard did not know the members of the Harland family in a few hundred years, and he did not want to care about their fate.

If the descendants are capable, they can naturally control the territory.

If the descendants are useless, they should also be overthrown.

After the school was built, Richard had some free time.

In his spare time, Richard has been thinking about the essence of meditation.

Richard has two meditation books in his hands.

Highland meditation recognizes magic as the mysterious changes of the four basic elements of earth, fire, wind, and water under the action of mental power.

It is a standard elemental meditation method.

In addition to the elemental school, the mainstream meditation methods in the Dawn Plane include the soul school, energy school, illusion school, change school, and summoning school.

Starlight meditation is the meditation method of the astrology school, which is very rare in the Dawn Plane.

Through studying the starlight meditation method, Richard's understanding of meditation has become more and more profound.

The Dawn Plane is at the edge of the astral world, and the star power of this plane is very weak.

If you want to practice the meditation method of the Astrology School, you may need to leave the Dawn Plane and enter the middle of the Star Realm.

The Star Realm is very dangerous. There are not only terrible Star Realm creatures, but also various Star Realm robbers. Unless you become a legend, it is not suitable to explore the Star Realm.

Through constant thinking, countless questions linger in Richard's mind.

"What is the essence of magic?

Are earth, fire, wind, and water basic elements?

In what form do they exist?

How do their laws work?

Why does this world have souls?

What is the difference between soul and self-consciousness?

What is the relationship between soul and mental power?

What is the relationship between magic and mental power?"

Richard also asked Sophia and Wendy these questions, but unfortunately they were all confused and dumbfounded by Richard's questions.

After hearing these questions, the two fell into long thinking, and then remained silent for a long time, with tears streaming down their faces.

A person who likes magic is born to explore the essence of magic.

Seeking knowledge and exploration are the root of the progress of magic civilization.

Countless great magicians have created different meditation methods and different magics because they are constantly pursuing new knowledge and starting new explorations.

Learning the magic of predecessors, no matter how talented you are, you are just a magic craftsman.

A good magician should have his own understanding of the nature of the magic world.

Richard pondered and scratched his head countless times, often staying up all night.

Sometimes he was ecstatic, sometimes he was sad.

After a long period of thinking, combined with the knowledge learned in his previous life, Richard gradually had some of his own understanding of magic.

Richard believed that earth, fire, wind, and water were not basic elements. He believed that the basic elements were still various microscopic particles.

However, there are microscopic magic particles in this universe, so unique physics has emerged.

Because the conditions are not mature, this world does not have advanced detection equipment such as electron microscopes, atomic force microscopes, tunnel scanning microscopes, etc., and Richard does not know how many kinds of magic microscopic particles there are.

It may be one, or it may be countless.

The different regular changes between magic particles and microscopic particles show different changes in magic.

The core of various meditation methods is to absorb magic particles and promote the advancement of mental power.

The reason why this world has souls may be the quantum entanglement of one or several magic particles.

The special quantum entanglement produces self-awareness.

Richard's thoughts, are they correct?

Due to the limitation of conditions, it is particularly difficult to study microscopic particles.

Besides, there are very few magicians in Harland Territory, and there is no large amount of inspiration collision. One person's thinking is ultimately closed-door.

Because of frequent thinking about the essence of magic, Richard has made rapid progress in meditation in recent times. In just a few months, the meditation experience on the attribute panel has exceeded half.