Unknown Knight

With abundant cash flow, Aix was in a much better mood and devoted himself to the vigorous construction of the territory.

Many projects that were originally delayed due to insufficient funds were also put on the agenda by him and were gradually implemented.

One of them is the Biological Research Institute led by James and assisted by Catherine and Zhang Ping.

Axe discovered that James, like Amanti, was an academic in character, knowledgeable, insightful, and stubborn, making him a good candidate for scientific research.

However, after working in the design institute for a period of time, he had an irreconcilable conflict with Amanti, and the two quarreled many times over their different opinions on the project.

They even almost got into a fight shirtless when they were arguing, and in the end even Bandak couldn't mediate, so they had to go to Aix to separate the parties.

At first, Axe didn't take it seriously, but as the two of them came to him more and more often to sue, Axe slowly discovered these strengths of James. He also had a passion for what he learned that Amanti didn't have, which was what Axe admired most about him.

So one day he called him over alone and said to him:

"James, I find that you have a talent for research. Have you ever thought about setting up your own research institute?"

When James heard his words, he slapped his thigh happily and said:

"Sir, you are so considerate of James. I have long wanted to stop working under Amanti. He is not only pedantic but also rigid. He doesn't know that everything can change.

He thinks that what he has learned from his mentor is the golden rule and that what he has learned from books and classics is the truth. He dare not question it at all and insists on following it even if it is wrong. He is truly hopeless and extremely stupid.

He didn't know that what his mentor taught him might be stale stuff from hundreds of years ago and might not work at all today.

I don’t know whether the so-called truths in his books are just false records or even fallacies and distortions that the author himself has not figured out.

However, he did not dare to argue, let alone question, and even used this as an excuse to deny other people's new discoveries. How could such a person do the scientific research work that adults talk about?

My Lord, you are really kind to me. I promise you that as long as you let me be in charge of a research institute alone, I will never let you down and will definitely produce decent results for you."

When Axe heard what James said, he was stunned. This passage not only contained the basic theory of relativity, but also the basic theory of dialectical materialism. No matter how hard he thought about it, he could not believe that these words came from the mouth of a medieval barefoot doctor.

So he began to think about testing him, and asked him:

"The classics of our ancestors and the knowledge passed down by our teachers were also obtained through long-term testing and summary. How can you think that these are all illusions and chaff?"

"Sir, please forgive me for saying something absolute because I was angry. In fact, most of the knowledge passed down by the ancient classics and mentors is correct, but we cannot ignore the harm of a small part just because most of them are correct.

Simply blindly following the knowledge given to us by our predecessors and obeying it blindly will only lead to two bad consequences.

One is being influenced by the originally wrong cognition and rigidly applying all existing knowledge, which will have serious consequences.

For example, although both are caused by colds and fevers, Vijia's colds are mostly caused by colds and should be treated with herbs that can produce fever and dispel colds, while Rhodok's colds are mostly caused by wind, heat and humidity, and should be treated with herbs that can cool and remove dampness.

The symptoms of these two diseases are almost the same, but we cannot just ignore them and treat them with one prescription, as that could end up killing people.

I have learned this lesson after experiencing some bloody lessons. If you have the same stereotyped cognition as Amanti, it will cost people's lives and cause big problems at critical moments.

Second, they dare not question or challenge the definitions and experiences given by their predecessors. When they encounter new problems that they cannot explain, they use the things of their predecessors to distort and implement them.

This will only make mistakes worse and create more serious problems. It also avoids the pursuit of truth and makes people become lazy mentally. From then on, there will be no new discoveries, let alone the possibility of improvement and growth.

I was like this before, but as I grew older and gained more knowledge and experience, I gradually discovered that the prescriptions given by predecessors were often not applicable. Instead, it was the judgment based on my own experience that played a key role at the critical moment.

Sir, this is just my personal experience. Sir, you are very knowledgeable. If there is anything wrong, please correct me. "

Aix was stunned by his words, and immediately said hurriedly:

"Okay, very good, you are very good, I didn't misjudge you."

It seems that practice makes perfect. In a feudal separatist country with a history of no more than a thousand years, there can be people who have such profound cognition. And in our country of about five thousand years, how many such talents have been lost in the long river of history of tens of thousands of years!

Excited, Axel walked up to him, patted James's shoulder vigorously with both hands and said:

"Just go ahead and do it. I believe in you. If you need any materials and Yaman disagrees, just come to me. You don't have to think about anything. Just do your research well.

If you really can’t solve a problem, you can come to me and we can discuss it together. Maybe it will give you new ideas and thoughts.”

Axe's words deeply touched James' heart. This was undoubtedly the greatest affirmation for this middle-aged man. It also moved this man who had been groping in the darkness of the Middle Ages for half his life in pursuit of truth.

Soon a new research institute was officially established. Due to limited space in the main castle, the institute was located in the outer castle, and was composed of the original health center, part of the school, and some vacant dungeons.

The institute is mainly responsible for researching four major subjects: medicine, herbal medicine, crop planting and cultivation, and livestock breeding and treatment.

Since the research objects of the institute are animals and plants, which are living organisms, Aix named the institute the Institute of Biology.

Although this research institute is located in the Outer Castle, Aix attaches as much importance to it as to the Technical Research Institute. The treatment is no worse than that of the Technical Research Institute, and even more funding is allocated to it.

Sometimes, Aix would deliberately assign a project to two colleges separately, so that the two colleges would compete secretly under the leadership of Amanti and James.

It is inevitable that doing this will hurt feelings, but it will actually greatly promote the progress of the project.

For a time, the academic competition in Tangquan Fortress was filled with smoke of gunpowder, and there was a tendency for it to break out.