Chapter 184 [Sharing Spirit]

The establishment of the empire's magic academy has been officially put on the agenda.

The location of the college was decided a few months ago. The future Imperial College will be built in a military fortress not far from the Acropolis in the southwest of the imperial capital. That military fortress has been established for decades.

In the past, it was used as a guard for the imperial capital. However, after the establishment of the Acropolis, its usage rate has been greatly reduced. Except for the annual spring drills, this military fortress is basically in a semi-idle state.

There are many considerations in choosing this place as the site of the Magic Academy. The most important one is to save money. The empire's finances are not generous. If a huge military academy is re-established, it will cause a huge impact on the empire's finances.

In order to avoid the huge additional expenditure, it is undoubtedly a good choice to use a ready-made military fortress.

Moreover, the school is located far away from the Imperial City and the Magic Union, but there are nearly 20,000 Guards Corps stationed nearby. The consideration of having an acropolis nearby must have come from Prince Chen.

The original drill ground in the military fortress was planted with large green spaces and flower beds, and the original rows of permanent barracks inside were transformed into school buildings.

As a magic academy, a base for cultivating magic talents for the empire, for reasons of confidentiality, a thousand guardsmen were added to the surrounding area.

In such a fortress that can accommodate tens of thousands of soldiers, there were only less than 200 people staying in it in the initial stage.

The one hundred students were finally determined after a fierce battle between all aspects of the empire. Du Wei did not participate in this battle, and he was willing to stay out of it. In the end, the Magic Guild got thirty as they wished.

A quota. As for the imperial royal family, Prince Chen directly selected forty people from the direct nobles who were most loyal to the royal family.

The last thirty places were sent by the military.

The magic union occupies 30%, the royal family 40%, and the military 30%.

According to the agreement secretly reached by several parties, this ratio will continue to be used in the future.

On other matters related to the establishment of the school, the royal family and the magic union once again went through a fierce battle.

The Magic Guild hopes to turn this magic academy into a situation that purely cultivates "traditional" magicians. What is a traditional magician?

To put it simply: arrogant, noble, with the dignity of a magician. High status, mysterious, and...old-fashioned.

Of course, this evaluation came from Prince Chen, and he was very dissatisfied with it, because in the regent's plan, the purpose of establishing this magic academy was not to cultivate a new batch of "magic masters"! The Imperial Military,

The royal family needs a group of magicians to serve them! Not a group of masters who need to hold themselves high!

In the past, in order to recruit a magician, the aristocratic families had to spend a lot of wealth, and even some noble nobles had to be polite and even grovel to those magicians in order to win the favor of those magicians.

But this is absolutely not allowed for Prince Chen!

"What I want is not a group of uncles! What I want is a group of people who can serve the empire!"

However, Prince Chen's view was opposed by the Magic Union, because the Magic Union believed that it undermined the majesty of magicians. In their view, magicians should be aloof.

Due to the collision of the two views, Du Wei finally quietly entered the palace one day and gave Prince Chen an idea.

"Why do magicians have such a high status? Why are they so high up? That's because there are too few magicians on the mainland now. If there are as many magicians as there are today's samurai knights..." Du Wei said: "I am

The slave market saw many low-level warriors standing there waiting to find a job. They were not farmers, poor people, vagrants, and beggars. Each of them had at least a low-level warrior level! But they

He lives with less dignity than a beggar. It’s because there are so many warriors on the continent now! If the number of magicians reaches a certain level, then magicians will not be uncommon.”

"But the establishment of the Magic Academy should be able to greatly alleviate this problem." Prince Chen said: "With the establishment of the Magic Academy, a large number of magicians will come out of this academy in the future, and it is expected that the number will increase."

"This is not enough." Du Wei shook his head: "Fundamentally speaking, I think there is a big problem with the way of training magicians."

Next, Du Wei expressed some opinions that Prince Chen strongly agreed with.

"For a long time, magicians have been recruiting private disciples. The door is very strict. It can even be said that every magician keeps the magic knowledge he has mastered strictly confidential and will never let outsiders know easily.

And more importantly, I feel that there is a big flaw in the current profession of magician, that is... there is no correct distinction between 'user' and 'researcher'."

"Every magician spends most of his life researching, studying magic, and exploring the mysteries of magic. But the problem is... because each other is very self-conscious and keeps their research strictly confidential, so magicians rarely communicate with each other.

.The result is a ridiculous phenomenon: Maybe what many magicians have studied in a lifetime is exactly the same as other magicians! Many magicians have spent a lifetime, but they have each researched the same results. This is really true.

What a waste. We need a large number of people who know how to use magic, not a group of researchers. In my opinion, researchers are needed, but it is not necessary for every magician to play a research role.

Some people just need to know how to use it."

This is a very simple truth. Just like in Du Wei's previous life, any middle school student knew Newton's law of universal gravitation. Everyone just needs to learn and know how to use this law... but there is no need for every student to study it on their own.

Did you discover this law?

Just learn how to use it! If we really want students to spend half a lifetime studying this law like Newton did...

Humph... From Du Wei's point of view, this is also a big restriction that restricts the development of the number of magicians.

The correct way to popularize it should be: you don’t need to study it, you just need to know how to use it.

Everyone knows that one plus one equals two, but there is no need for everyone to delve into the "Goldbach Conjecture", right?

But there is a phenomenon among magicians today that Du Wei finds ridiculous: even some low-level magicians, when learning some low-level magic spells, have to figure out the mysteries of these spells on their own, including how to

Reducing some notes that can be omitted, etc... In fact, their teachers may have mastered these techniques a long time ago, but those magicians will never tell anyone their research results easily, even their own disciples! Rather!

Bring in the coffin!

Du Wei spent an afternoon explaining this truth to Prince Chen, and tried his best to use some simple language to explain the popular education models he knew in his previous life. Prince Chen's eyes lit up when he heard it. Finally, he slapped the case and

Looking at the excited expression on his face, he even wanted to hug Du Wei and kiss him twice.

But the next problem is: how to get the existing magicians to contribute their research results?

After that, Du Wei and Prince Chen studied for a long time.

What do magicians value most?

Money? No, every magician has considerable wealth. The magic crystals and magic gems in their hands are all treasures in the eyes of ordinary people, but to magicians, they are just magic materials.

Women? Not even that... Magicians focus on the study of magic. They don't have time to waste on such things.

Power? Still not.

Finally, Du Wei came to a conclusion: status and reputation!

Magicians attach great importance to their status. Many times, they are recruited by rich and noble families. They do so deliberately because they believe that if they are easily recruited, they will lose their status. Status is very important to magicians.

important.

And reputation is what magicians value even more.

Du Wei even added an almost vicious statement. In his opinion, most magicians in this world are very "pretentious".

Most of them are like this.

When he said this, he even forgot that he and Prince Chen were both magicians.

Magicians like to be aloof, have a lofty status, like to put on airs, and like to appear unapproachable. They have eccentric temperaments (or pretend to be eccentric). They yearn to gain great fame, but at the same time they pretend to be indifferent.

appearance.

If this isn't showmanship, what is it?

"So. If they want a name, we will give them a name. If they want a status, we will give them a status!" Du Wei said with a smile: "This may attract some magicians to contribute their research results. We can put these research results into

As a result, a fixed set of things has been compiled and given to the students in the academy. They do not need to study it from scratch, they only need to learn how to use it."

Therefore, at the opening ceremony on the day when the Magic Academy was established, the current actual ruler of the empire, His Royal Highness Prince Chen, the Regent, was present in person, and personally inscribed the name "Imperial Magic Academy" on the wall outside the academy. This was also the result of Du Wei

suggestions.

Later, in front of the first batch of magic students, a dozen court magicians, and many magicians from magic unions present, Prince Chen suddenly announced an unplanned matter:

"At the same time as the Magic Academy was established, a new organization of magicians was also announced: the Imperial Magic Society!"

The Imperial Magic Society, in name, belongs to the Academy of Magic. The difference between this society and the Magic Union is that it is not a strict organization with any management or legal authority over magicians. It is relatively loose and does not have any control over magicians.

management and constraints.

The so-called "society" mainly allows magicians to conduct academic discussions and exchange their research results in the field of magic. The society will commend and reward magicians who have produced research results.

The reward situation is not calculated in terms of gold coins...

In a very eye-catching corridor behind the square of the Magic Academy, on a wall made of pure jade, at the first position at one end of the wall, there is a statue engraved eye-catchingly.

This is a bust of an old magician. The face is lifelike, with a snow-white cloak and robe, a graceful smile, and even every fine wrinkle on the face is extremely clear.

Under it, a few lines of words were engraved on a pure gold plate:

"Sicilius Jacques Gandolf (Emperor 710-Imperium 960), a well-known magician in the mainland, his main contributions: discovered six ways to hatch dragon eggs, discovered thirteen rare magic plants, and seven kinds.

The improvement of intermediate magic spells, and the creation of a new advanced magic spell, etc. Thanks to Master Gandolf for his contribution, future generations can learn from his research results."

This statue of Gandolf and the gold plates below describing some of the main deeds of his life are placed at the entrance of this jade corridor. Behind it, the 300-meter-long corridor is still empty, leaving behind

Enough places!

"...The establishment of this society is not responsible for restraining magicians. It is just an organization for purely academic discussions and exchanges." Prince Chen stood on the high platform with his unique spring breeze smile on his face: "

Any magician can apply to join the society, and does not need to pay any membership fees, and does not need to bear any contribution obligations to the society. Of course... it is not absolute. As long as you enter the society, you can check the information saved in the society.

Other magicians exchange and contribute magic research results. Of course, this is subject to conditions. For example, the society is in the early stages of establishment. Thank you to our Lord Magician Duwei and Your Excellency Magician Vivian. Both of them are

Disciples of the late Magister Gandolf, they have already set an example and contributed part of Master Gandolf's research results during his lifetime to the society. Every new member can also contribute if you are willing.

Publish some of your magic research results, and then you can check any information currently saved by the society...including Master Gandolf. This is the spirit of our Magic Society: sharing!"

The whole place was in an uproar!

Especially those magicians!
To be continued...