Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 69 How to develop industry in the idealistic world?
Alexi, an orphan adopted by the royal orphanage in the northern part of the empire.

Through his own efforts, he got an opportunity to study. After receiving elite education at the University of the Rhine, he was recommended to study at the Royal Military Academy.

He covered rhetoric, logic, history, and even military theory.

But Hughes's point of view was something he had never heard or thought of before.

In his original worldview, the world was divided into the parts that he understood - the parts that were within his reach, the things he had heard from others, and the parts that were vague and confusing but in line with his cognition.

The rest is the unknown.

This part is weird and incomprehensible, incomprehensible and unacceptable, and is evil and blasphemous.

But Hughes' words opened a new door for him.

He gave himself the torch called science to illuminate the fog of the unknown.

Those terrifying monsters didn't seem so scary once they entered the firelight.

Even a bold idea popped up in his mind:

Would those pollutants and monsters, or even extraordinary beings, be afraid of muskets and bayonets?
If that doesn't work, what about exploding the barrel?

There are many methods in the Royal Infantry Drill Manual.

Xius found it a little funny. His chief clerk was sometimes depressed and sometimes excited, and now he was looking at him eagerly.

"Okay, open your notes and let me tell you why the factory can continue to operate."

"I've already explained the problem we're having this time, namely cognitive interference."

"Although the direction of its mutation is idealistic, at present, its cause can be roughly guessed."

In fact, in Zeus's previous life, the church's practices gave him great inspiration, allowing him to perfect the specific rules of cognitive interference.

"First of all, there were already olive oil workshops in Castres. After we established the factory, we continued to use the old technology. There has been no cognitive intervention in these olive oil factories until now."

"Secondly, soap and nitroglycerin weren't newly created. I've repeatedly prepared them in the lab many times, using various processes, such as the sulfur and pyrite acid production processes. All of them were successful and didn't cause cognitive interference."

"Then, only part of our soap factory experienced cognitive interference, and this part had one thing in common—"

“The artisans didn’t know what the soap was for.”

Alexei was stunned. Indeed, he discovered that the soap had mutated because the craftsmen were stealing the soap, thinking it was a kind of food.

"At the same time, cognitive interference also occurred in the nitroglycerin factory. Due to the need for confidentiality, we did not tell the craftsmen the true use of nitroglycerin. We only told them that it was a medicine."

Well, then it actually became a medicine.

"Another detail is that the soap factory that experienced cognitive interference actually produced normal soap at first, but this batch has mutated."

Hughes sat back in his chair.

"You've noticed, it's actually quite obvious. Cognitive interference only occurs when new technologies are used and there's a huge discrepancy between the craftsman's perception and actual use."

"We'll discuss the specific results of cognitive interference later, but its causes are completely understandable and can be utilized."

Alexey's eyes lit up. "Should we just tell the craftsmen the true purpose of these things?" "Pretty much. My guess is that once the craftsmen fully understand the correct principles, cognitive interference won't occur."

"That is to say."

“We need workers with the right cognition, whose solid cognition can prevent cognitive interference from coming.”

"hiss"

Hughes couldn't help but grin.

He finally put the last piece of the puzzle in place.

The new technologies in this world have extremely high trial and error costs. Any mistake will result in cognitive interference, and the rampant pollution is difficult to control. They do not have the purification methods of Zeus, and the consequences are too serious, so the major forces have joined forces to prevent the advancement of technology.

The science in this world cannot conduct experiments, and cognition cannot be closed-loop, so it can only rely on imagination to make up for it. The results are naturally extremely biased.

This in turn leads to the need for more trial and error in technology, and more cognitive interference. Major forces have further intensified their efforts to suppress new technologies, using increasingly extreme methods.

Finally one day, people no longer remembered the reason for the suppression of technology, and the extraordinary people of the church simply followed the ancient rules and unconditionally killed those who tried to advance technological progress.

From then on, the world only spiraled, not upwards. All major forces became more and more conservative, and those who pursued change were gradually equated with believers of evil gods.

The worker Hughes fell down like this.

It is really ironic that the idealistic world, which can shake the reality with personal will, has become the most conservative. Any force is unconditionally strangling the reformists, and anything unreliable will be ruthlessly abandoned.

But since there is technological stagnation, there was technological progress before. What caused the technological progress to be stuck here? Isn’t cognitive interference always there?
It’s not idealistic! ?
There is too little known information now, so there is no point in thinking about it. Let’s just continue to develop industry first.

"Alexi, how's our school going?"

"The first batch of literacy classes has ended, but the advanced classes haven't started yet. This..."

Alexi looked at Hughes.

It's very simple. I think Zeus is the only one in the territory who can teach advanced courses.

Alexei did receive an elite education and knew a lot about military theory, but the people he educated couldn't work in a factory.

Besides, he is very busy now and has no time.

Xiu Si sighed and said, "Okay, I'll start teaching the advanced class tomorrow. I'll make a schedule later. You can spread the word among the people."

"Yes."

Xiu Si really didn't expect that. He thought he had attached enough importance to education, but he didn't expect that the world forced him to pay more attention to it.

"In short, the nitroglycerin workshop is temporarily suspended. At the soap workshop, you must explain the principles clearly to them. Don't worry about technical leaks. Outside forces may not dare to use our technology—I even suspect they don't dare to understand it. In their eyes, technological innovation is almost like worshiping an evil god."

"Oh, there's one more thing. I caught a polluted beast and collected a lot of pollution. You have to mark this place as a restricted area and assign people to guard it. Don't let anyone in."

"Pollution!? You mean..."

"It's physical contamination. Oh, you haven't seen it yet. Come to think of it, you don't even know about the Banshee. It's a good opportunity for me to tell you about it. I have a great use for that contamination."

(End of this chapter)