When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

Chapter 1056 The Clockwork Revolution of the Holy Machine Court (Part 2)
With the approval of two big names, Sylph and Horn, Lorton's "Bipolarity Conjecture of Ether" finally passed through smoothly.

However, since it cannot be directly confirmed at present, it is still considered a conjecture.

As for Lorton himself, in addition to having his honors restored, he was also recommended to the Natural Theology.

However, the Natural Theological Technical Church is currently embroiled in a dispute over whether Loughton is a prospective Fellow or a Fellow.

However, Sylph didn't have time to mediate these disputes; instead, she focused her attention on a small task given to her by Horn.

She parked her wheelchair in front of the carved oak table, and Shirley's fingertips traced the cover of the newly printed magazine.

This is a quarto-sized academic journal, and also the first academic journal of the Natural Theological Technological Theology Society.

As the inaugural issue, the dark green cover features a silver-embossed sacred tree pattern.

The three words "Journal of the Natural Theology" are written in the simplest abbreviations, with sharp, distinct characters.

Shilov flipped through the samples: "If that's not enough, allocate some more gold pounds, and if that's still not enough, add more. We can recruit people from the windmills to solve the manpower problem."

The attending monk took notes, his pen scratching across the paper: "Is the publication scheduled for one issue per month?"

“A bimonthly.” Shilov shook her head. “It needs to withstand scrutiny. Don’t be like the Scholar’s ​​Gazette from Windmill Place, which just piles up all sorts of miscellaneous articles.”

Sylph refers to the academic journal "The Scholar" founded by Cuvalin and Rufir in Windmill Village.

Because this newspaper stood out from secular publications like "Art Forest," it became even more secular.

In addition to various natural laws and mathematical theories, it also publishes theories of law, art, and business.

In Sylvie's view, many of her theories were not worth publishing; at best, they could only be considered popular science publications.

On the title page of the Journal of the Theological Seminary, printed her handwritten motto: "Only by investigating the principles of nature can one approach the way of the Father."

It's obvious that Shirley Fow only accepts groundbreaking and innovative papers on the laws of nature.

It includes papers and communications on natural theology, etherology, natural history, engineering, etc., distinguishing itself from the more down-to-earth approach of The Scholar.

It typically includes two or three core long papers, as well as a dozen or so short papers and communications, and accepts submissions from across the empire.

"If the entire empire can submit papers? Then what about the paper review process? We can't just have them come to the Holy Alliance themselves, can we?"

Papers often require face-to-face communication between the reviewer and the submitter, especially for papers intended for publication.

If the authenticity cannot be determined, it is impossible to know whether it can be reproduced, or it is impossible to determine whether it is plagiarism or forgery, the journal would rather not publish it.

Comparatively speaking, the Holy Alliance territory, or more specifically the Holy Mechanism Court, is the most convenient.

Because the headquarters of the Theological Techniques Church is located in the Holy See.

“Let’s consider one approach,” Shilov said, not denying it.

After all, scholars these days are never poor. If the paper is approved, they might just get a little reimbursement for travel expenses.

However, this method is not suitable for widespread use because the empire's territory is indeed vast.

It's better to be frugal than to go bankrupt just to submit a manuscript.

After a moment's thought, Shilov said, "How about this, we set up a branch of the Church of Jesus Christ for the Father Worshippers in Windmill Land."

In addition to recruiting locally, we will send some rotating scholars there to be responsible for the review.

With Dawn Island as the boundary, the western side is the responsibility of the Windmill Ground Holy Church branch, while the eastern side is the responsibility of the main branch.

Unlike in the past, after the Sixth Grand Council, the Kingdom of Fran was doing well, but the religious community in Leia underwent a major change.

During these nine months, five industrial and commercial cities in Leia rapidly converted to the Church of the Holy Path, expelling the bishops and armed monks.

The situation is even more pronounced in Windmill Land, where large numbers of mid- to high-ranking monks, as well as El merchants and artisans, are converting to Christianity—something unimaginable just six months ago.

The spread of the Holy Way Sect in Windmill Village broke out of the circle of low-level laborers within nine months.

The head of the Silversmiths Guild in Branding City changed his faith last week, and the master craftsman of the shipbuilding workshop led his apprentices to undergo a collective re-washing.

Even grain merchants from Leia began writing "labor is prayer" on the title page of their ledgers.

The number of chapters of the Church of the Worship of the Father has grown from seven nine months ago to more than thirty now. Of course, it is undeniable that the Church of the Worship of the Father in Windmill Park remains a rather loose organization.

Compared to the Holy Alliance's former Salvation Army, the Windmill Worshipping Fathers are more like an opposition grand alliance.

There was no real ideological unity; the Holy Way Sect was merely used as a pretext to counter the power of the nobility and the Franco forces.

Horn once told Sylph—

At least 30% of the Windmills Worshipping Church members are French, and another 20% are French spies.

Of the remaining people, at least half were surrenderers, and another half were neutrals or loyalists.

Only half a percent can be considered one of our own.

However, it doesn't matter. As long as we can recognize this point and not really believe in the effectiveness of the alliance, this huge organization is actually an excellent smokescreen to cover up its own actions.

The risks of establishing a church in Windmill Village are not as high as one might imagine.

Sherlov opened the inaugural issue of the Journal of the Theology of Nature, and the first paper was the one commissioned by the great saint, "A Conjecture on the Biphasic Nature of the Ether."

Of course, Lorton wouldn't keep this honor to himself.

The first sentence of his paper is "Under the leadership of His Majesty the Great Grandson...".

“That kid knows how to handle people.” Sylph stroked the pages. “But he’s not wrong either; this time, we really are under His Majesty’s leadership.”

"Your Excellency Sylph, have you chosen the remaining papers?"

“Let’s keep waiting.” Shilov picked up her coffee from the table, took a sip, and rarely showed a smile in front of outsiders. “They will be very enthusiastic about submitting their work.”

As Shiroff said, after the news of the founding of the Journal of the Theological Seminary spread, scholars of the St. Reichstag rushed to submit their articles.

Within weeks, new papers flew into the mechanical palace like scraps of paper.

They even inadvertently invented the concept of a special topic.

Kalik wrote a paper titled "On the Boundary Error of the Ether Field of Broken Dragon Bone," while Melara and Kerben submitted a paper titled "A Study on the Affinity of Broken Dragon Bone and Fluorite."

The subsequent papers mainly revolved around the emerging field of etherology.

After all, everyone knows the purpose of this publication: to bring the scholars' infighting into the open.
The Journal of the Natural Theology will definitely become a battleground for academic giants to compete for resources.

Whoever publishes more articles, has a higher citation frequency and wider reach, will receive a higher budget and resources the following year; it all depends on their abilities.

As for Loton, as the youngest prospective academician, his doorstep was practically worn down by suitors.

The Dragon Language Alchemy University deeply regretted their decision; they should have known better than to expel him, even if he was spouting nonsense.

Otherwise, the author of "The Bipolarity Conjecture of Ether," the youngest prospective academician of the Natural Theology, would have ended up at the Dragon Language Alchemy University.

Lorton, however, was not troubled by these disturbances.

He moved his luggage and bed into the new laboratory that the Natural Theological Seminary had given him.

The sign read "Prospective Academician Lowtonwood," and it was directly under the jurisdiction of Shirley.

This title is more prestigious than Leonardo DiCaprio's "Academician of the Papal Academy of Engineering," since the Natural Theological Seminary manages the theoretical research funding for the entire Holy Alliance.

He spent every day in the laboratory, studying "The Properties of Ether Fields" while helping Leonardo adjust the ether clock.

As it turns out, theory and application always evolve in a complementary way.

Following breakthroughs in fundamental theory, and guided by the biphasic conjecture, Leonardo is rapidly perfecting the ether clock.

As a mechanical genius in practical fields, as long as the underlying principles are sound, he can build things quite quickly.

With the help of Sylvie, and of course, Horn's formidable wealth, there was no shortage of resources.

Finally, in the summer of 1455, Horn received news from Leonardo.

"The prototype of the ether clock has been designed. We would like to invite you to come and provide guidance."

(End of this chapter)