Chapter 659

Episode 659: This time we also brought firewood, and a lot of it. (5)

As the cohesion of the network became increasingly weaker, there was a lot of resentment left between professors whose relationships were fractured due to competitions between professors for mastery.

In the past, sharing research results with each other regardless of country of origin or residence would have been common. But at some point, this sharing decreased.

The scope of professors sharing their knowledge and research results was broadly limited to colleagues working together in the same country or school.

And as the network weakened, student exchanges began to gradually decrease in scale.

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Meanwhile, professors who had fallen behind in the battle for masters struggled to turn this around and made a decision.

The move they thought was to contact political leaders.

And the political leaders they met readily accepted their demands.

For example, Charles VII of France went so far as to say this out loud.

“We, French people born and raised in France, work for the benefit of another country! This is treason!”

Charles VII, who said so, banned French craftsmen from leaving France.

Charles VII’s decision received strong support from the French. This was because, after experiencing the Hundred Years’ War, a strong sense of belonging to ‘the motherland of France’ and ‘the French’ was established among the French. This was because of the enormous benefits that would come if the steam engine was completed faster than other countries.

Under the strong orders of Charles VII, craftsmen who had made contracts with scholars from other countries had to break their contracts and return to France.

And as a reaction to France’s decision, foreign craftsmen staying in France were also ordered to return to their countries.

Many historians later summarized this period as follows:

-The phrase ‘Study has no borders (Vestibulum non finibus sapien)’ was changed to ‘Study may have no borders, but scholars do (Etsi scientia fines non habet scholares faciunt).’

Many areas began to close, except for the traditional form of exchange, the presentation of papers and discussions about them.

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The changes did not end here.

As political leaders from around Europe began to get involved, the form of research began to change.

-For more efficient research, we must follow the empire’s behavior.

Under this decision, research institutes created by Hyang and facilities imitating Area 51 began to be established in European countries.

And scholars who entered the research institutes and development facilities created in this way were able to conduct research with abundant support from the country.

Soon, political leaders around the world discovered another use for these laboratories.

-Ideal for shutting up noisy guys!

Regardless of field, scholars needed research funds to conduct their research.

In order to obtain funding for this research, they sought out wealthy merchants and nobles, such as Cosimo, and asked for their support.

However, once you enter a research facility created by the government, you will no longer have to worry about research funding issues.

Because of this, many of the most powerful scholars competed to get into these research facilities, and once they did, they tried desperately not to be pushed out.

And soon, scholars were able to learn something important.

-To avoid being pushed out, results are important, but keeping your mouth shut is even more important.

And soon the leaders noticed this and began to use it properly.

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In this way, as research facilities created by the country and private research facilities sponsored by aristocrats and wealthy merchants mushroomed, research on steam engines in Europe began to accelerate.

After going through all kinds of trials and errors and even experiencing personnel issues, European scholars encountered another wall.

-It is difficult to make a proper steam engine with bronze.

-No, it can be made, but it is difficult to make a commercially meaningful steam engine.

-The answer is iron. steel. steel. steel. Iron is the only answer.

Scholars and craftsmen who reached that conclusion began to focus on iron-making technology.

-A way to produce large quantities of iron more easily and cheaply.

In the past, he would have given them bribes disguised as gifts, but the situation was reversed.

In any case, since he had received a lot, Cosimo relayed the business to the empire through Giovanni.

And the answer that came back from the Empire was an entire warehouse of the ship filled with test papers, sealed answer sheets, and 10 officials in charge of grading.

The city’s response sent through officials was simple and clear.

-I will accept those who have excellent test scores.

“I don’t know if they have a lot of courage... or if they are confident that the leaks through them are not that big of a deal.”

Cosimo, who was shaking his head while checking the fragrance’s answer, soon moved on to the next thing.

“But since I got the answer, I guess I should move.”

Cosimo delivered his response to the leaders who had wronged him and also conveyed this fact to the University of Florence.

Soon, European universities became noisy once again.

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College students were eager to study in order to qualify as international students for the Empire.

And the residents of the village around the university who saw this looked amazed.

Cambridge, England.

In a pub where residents of Cambridge, where Cambridge University is located, gather, the topic these days was ‘University students have changed.’

“What’s up with gowns these days?”

“I heard they did it so that I could be selected as an international student going to the Land of Flowers.”

The resident who spoke in response to his neighbor’s answer snorted.

“joy! “I’m just as good as usual!”

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During this time, the relationship between European universities and the towns where they were located was quite poor.

Students and residents shouted at each other, calling each other nicknames such as ‘Gown’ and ‘Town’.

This was because they moved as separate beings while living in the same space.

Usually, universities were established with the support of the church, so they were subject to church law rather than the civil law of the city in which they were located.

Also, because the professors and students spoke only Latin, residents in the same room had no way of understanding what they were saying. And this made the relationship between both sides worse.

Lastly, problems arose from an economic perspective as university students and professors formed guilds to manage their interests.

As these things piled up, the relationship between college students and residents became bitter.

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Meanwhile, in Seoul, ministers who had accepted the town’s decision to accept international students were worried.

“Wouldn’t it be better to ask Your Majesty to reconsider?”

Hwang Hee shook her head in response to Kim Jong-seo’s question.

“Isn’t this decision made in anticipation of something like this already happening? No need for inventory. Rather, it is wise to think about how to fulfill the orders given by His Majesty.”

The order that Hyang gave to Hwang Hee and the ministers was summarized as follows.

‘What comes in is up to you, but what comes back is up to me.’

What I added to that was this.

‘Don’t show it.’

Kim Jong-seo pondered over Hyang’s command and sighed.

“Whoa~. In some ways, it is a good thing that the number of people working at the research center is increasing. “There are many research tasks that urgently need to be resolved for the empire.”

“yes! “If you look positive, good things always happen!”

Saying that, Hwang Hee muttered to herself.

‘You know when you see me, right? ‘I feel so relieved to have given up on resigning!’

On the contrary, it was Hwang Hee who tried to ignore the fact that her subordinates were becoming more and more annoying.