Chapter 424 Part-time work
Chapter 424 Part-time job
“Oh my god!”
Kevin exclaimed, not close to covering his mouth after seeing the Northwest Bay chemists doing everything they could on their journey of discovery.
But he was actually quite envious of the academic ethos the letter had described.
Although being in the Bachelor’s Tower of Gabella’s Imperial Capital had broadened his own horizons quite a bit, and he had indeed gained a lot of insight. But Kevin felt that the scholars here were still obsessed with “breadth” rather than “depth” in their research.
He continued to look down.
“Relying on the increasing number of talents in the Wis Academy, Lord Gleiman spent a huge amount of money to establish five major laboratories, the first to be established was the Chemistry Laboratory, and then the Biology Laboratory, Metallurgy Laboratory, Geology Laboratory, and Dynamics Laboratory were also established in turn.”
“The latter three just look at the name you may not know what it is for, listen to our school teacher said, metallurgy laboratory is to study there how to better extract valuable metals or other substances from ores and processing, according to my understanding should be iron refining, copper refining and so on. Oh, I can’t imagine that the blacksmiths’ work in the past has also become a discipline in a dignified manner.”
“And the geology laboratory, the current main task is to research and explore the minerals under the ground, put in the past is the work of those miners.”
“As for the power laboratory, it is to study how to better use machinery instead of manpower, such as water-powered windboxes, water-powered spinning machines and whatnot, and the person in charge of it is said to be that famous strange mechanic Guy Burns.”
Well, this all seems to be something closely related to people’s livelihood.
Wait a minute…… metal smelting? Mineral exploration? Is there a high demand for metals in the Northwest Gulf right now?
Kevin’s brows couldn’t help but wrinkle, Earl Gleiman wouldn’t be building weapons and …… starting a war?
He shook his head, the Count should not be such a person.
“The lord sent out three fleets of ships to the north, west and east, besides exploring the new world, they also have a mission – to verify if the earth under our feet is round.”
Wow, that’s an undertaking no one has ever done before!
Eh? Nope, maybe it’s been done before as well, just to no avail, leaving no record in history.
Kevin continued to read the last paragraph of the letter, this paragraph is about a recent case, the lord’s court executed a bad behavior of the squire, and through this set the upper limit of the interest rate of private lending, more than the provisions of the loan is considered usurious and punished severely.
Good thing! Kevin can not help but excitedly slapped the table, the civilian origin of his childhood has seen too many cases of being forced by loan sharks to the death of the family.
The stigma in his heart towards Count Greiman temporarily disappeared.
Kevin carefully iterated these two precious letters into an envelope, and then put it into a delicate wooden box.
“Alas …… how good would it be if the Count Lord could extend his ‘telegraph’ line to the Gabella Imperial Capital?”
This is just a thought, not to mention that Gabella and Aldo are separated by a vast desert, even if the telegraph station is really built here, he can’t afford to use it.
Currently, the main role of the ‘telegraph’ was to transmit military and political information and high-value business intelligence.
Perhaps I should return to the Northwest Gulf after I’ve learned my lesson? But it’s also good to continue to stay by my teacher’s side, that’s what his old man wants, and when the time comes, I’ll bring my parents over as well ……
“Dang~~”
The melodious sound of a bell came from the direction of the Imperial Capital’s Great Bell Tower, interrupting Kevin’s thoughts.
The big clock rang twice in a row, and it was already two o’clock in the afternoon.
It was time to go and pay respects to his teacher.
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“Ah, it’s Kevin, come in come in!”
Kevin’s teacher – Davide Aldrich, greeted him warmly, unsurprisingly, the old maester was discussing something with his senior, Mund Langdon, lately they were getting together for longer and longer periods of time to discuss things, was it some important academic issue?
“Kevin, I’ve secured a good part-time job for you, not only will it benefit your knowledge, but it will also allow you to earn a bit of a living while you study.” The old maester was beaming with joy, still waving the cane that was a royal gift from the Emperor and symbolized his status as the Grand Tutor of the Bachelor’s Tower.
Looking at his teacher’s beaming face, the faint sadness in Kevin’s heart from missing his hometown also dissipated.
This teacher of his own, don’t look in front of outsiders is always solemn, a style of great scholars, but in front of his own people is always a picture of an old child’s appearance.
“Yes? Thank you teacher.”
To have a part-time job is naturally excellent, as Aldrich’s student, Aldrich only symbolically charged Kai Qi ten Aldo coins, and always through the means of letting Kevin help copying books to help him with food, clothing, housing and transportation in the imperial capital, the “hard work fee” he gave for copying books was always a lot, and it was already close to the pay of a regular scribe in the industry. He always paid a lot of money for his “hard work”, which was close to the pay of a regular scribe in the industry.
“Don’t be too busy thanking him yet.” Aldrich narrowed his eyes and smiled, “There is a prerequisite to letting you work part-time – you have to be able to pass my test in your regular studies.”
Well, Kevin didn’t think the teacher would let him go so easily either.
He said confidently, “Please feel free to test.”
“Young man don’t be so arrogant!” Aldrich changed into a stern teacher’s look, “Then let’s use the history of the Holy See that I recently taught you for the test.”
He thought briefly and quickly came up with a few questions before asking Kevin questions one by one.
Tutor Aldrich’s questions were interspersed with some cold questions, but
it didn’t overwhelm Kevin.
The young scholar answered them one by one, with personal insights into some controversial history.
“Well …… although I don’t quite agree with some of your insights ……”
Mentor Aldrich said as he stroked his florid beard and shook his head.
“But there does seem to be some truth to it, well, I declare you passed the test.”
As soon as the mentor’s words left his mouth, Senior Mond snapped his hands in applause, “Congratulations, Kevin.”
“Thank you, Senpai, and thank you, Teacher. So, what is this part-time job you’ve introduced me to?”
Kevin asked with anticipation.
“Oh, it’s the position of caretaker of the Royal Document Library, how’s that? Not bad, huh?”
Mentor Aldrich laughed anew.
“It! Wonderful!”
Hearing his teacher say that, Kevin almost jumped up and down in happiness.
Although the Royal Document Vault’s main duty was to store all sorts of information about the Gabora royal family, such as genealogies and whatnot, it was also a large library that contained books second only to the Bachelor’s Tower, and most of the ordinary books – the kind that didn’t deal with royal secrets – were open to the caretaker – actually the administrator – while the books in the library within the Bachelor’s Tower -are open to the caretakers of the document library-which is actually the administrator-while the books in the library within the Maester’s Tower have permission requirements for borrowers, and the permissions are tied to the internal rank of the Maester’s Tower.
To be able to obtain this position, both to gain their own learning, but also to receive a considerable amount of remuneration, after all, it is the royal.
Kevin was instantly filled with gratitude towards Tutor Aldrich.
(End of chapter)