The days of being a spiritual mentor in Meiman

Light smoke floated up, and soot continued to fall in the sleepy and cramped cage. Outside the window shaped like a golden grapevine, a hand opened the lid of the incense burner, took out the burned spices, and replaced them with The freshly pressed incense powder replaced the strong sandalwood aroma in the room with the light scent of salt.

The heavy curtain fell, and there was a gauze curtain inside. The sunlight from the high altitude broke through the obstacles and fell on the black-haired man who was burning incense.

He was wearing soft-lined underwear under dark blue armor, with a shining golden helmet beside him. His staff was leaning against the door. When the door was pushed open, he was almost touched.

Strange walked in. He was wearing a white silk turtleneck shirt and a dark blue Tibetan robe. The ends of the skirt and cuffs were embroidered with patches of Gesang flowers with silver thread, and he also tied a Belt studded with ba beads.

Are you resting? Loki. Strange took a step back and leaned half in and asked.

I just came from Asgard and I'm preparing for lessons. Come in and talk about anything.

Strange walked in with a large pile of paper in his hand. He sat down opposite Loki. Loki looked at his outfit and said, Is there another traditional festival in the village?

Yes, today is the Tibetan New Year's Eve, and the Supreme Master needs to hold a dance meeting in four villages. Strange picked up the teapot on the table, poured a bowl of hot tea, took a sip, and let out a sigh of relief. .

This outfit is nice. Loki praised sincerely: Blue suits you better.

Fortunately, I didn't bring a cloak. It wouldn't listen to this. Strange said with a smile.

You seem to be in a good mood. Loki also turned over the tea bowl in his hand and made himself half a bowl of tea.

Because the harvest in the village is good this year, and there are 32 newborns, which breaks the record in the past ten years, and two college students have returned.

Before coming here, I thought Kamal Taj hardly interacted with ordinary people. Loki recalled: I thought you were an aloof organization.

A very realistic point, what do we eat? Strange knocked on the table, looked at Loki and said: We need to learn magic and hone our skills. The mages can take time to farm, but we can't spend all our time doing it. To do this, and if we want to practice martial arts, we need to get enough protein from meat, and grazing is not something that can be done in the mountains.

The village supports you, and you help the villagers. Loki tilted his body slightly, resting his elbow on his knee and said: It reminds me of the very, very early history of Asgard. At that time, every time we docked, almost It’s all about celebrating traditional festivals with the villagers around the coast.”

In fact, we are the villagers. You can think of the surrounding villages as a tribe, and we are the leaders and wizards of the tribes to help them maintain unity and adapt to the times. The translation of Supreme Master in Tibetan is 'Great Wizard' '.

Strange took out an oil paper bag from his pocket and handed it to Loki and said, These are butter fruits fried by the old people in the village. They are a snack that goes with tea, as well as highland barley cakes and highland barley wine. But to prevent the kids from drinking, I left them downstairs.

Loki opened the oil paper bag and found that it was filled with snacks one after another. Most of them were not very exquisitely made, and the edges were a little rough and crumbly, but there was an aroma of ghee as soon as they were opened.

You can actually carry them through the dormitory of those little hungry wolves? Loki picked up one and put it in his mouth and said: Last time I took two cinnamon rolls from home and planned to make them before class. They finished eating, but within two seconds of taking it out, it was in their stomachs.”

I always feel hungry when I'm growing up. Strange began to rummage in his bag again and said: This year's food harvest will be bumper, and the village decided to hold a banquet. I want to take the children there, but I must not let them do this. It’s easy to get it all.”

Loki laughed and said, I guess your memory of their paper is still fresh in my mind and I told you not to read it.

Strange pressed his forehead. He recalled the disastrous day before. He suddenly had the idea to check the homework of the little mages, focusing on the age group of 12 to 16 years old, both older and younger children. No need to write a paper.

Then, as expected, Strange got some very avant-garde essay assignments with exciting content.

Although Strange is not a master of theory and has not studied magic for a long time, he is extremely accomplished in surgery and medicine. Before becoming a surgeon, he was also a leader in medical school. If it were not for him in He is extremely talented in surgery, and he will also be an extremely good physician. Writing papers will be a breeze.

But in the past, most of the supreme mages, specifically Gu Yi and the great mages of her generation, first figured out the way to success in practice, and then taught the students by words and deeds. There was a lack of systematic teaching basis. As a result, half-year-old children who have been studying with them for several years do not even know what written homework is.

After Strange took over, he required them to combine theory and practice like most students in ordinary schools. They had to spend at least half a day learning theoretical knowledge about magic. Older children also had to study economics and social sciences. Studies and finance, and there are small essay assignments every day.

Although Strange arranged it in this way, he did not have much time to check it. Most of the mainstays in the teaching community were pure-blood mages who came to the mountain when they were young. Most of them had not been exposed to this kind of education method. After collecting the homework, they probably read a few I thought it made sense, so I just let it go.

So much so that when Strange checked, they had accumulated a lot of strange-shaped papers filled with words in their hands. When Strange read them, he used more of them not magical knowledge, but Archaeological techniques.

This has to be said about one of the biggest problems in Kama Taj education - they do not use unified language and writing.

Because Kamal Taj is built in the Himalayas, most of the students here are of three nationalities: Chinese, Indian and Nepalese.

Chinese students use Mandarin and Tibetan, Indian students use Hindi and English, and Nepali students use Nepali and Newar dialects.

Most of Karma Taj's magical theories require students to master Chinese classical Chinese, Sanskrit and Persian.

The children who go up the mountain are not very old. They will learn many languages ​​​​from conversations with their peers and teachers, remember many proper nouns that cannot be accurately described in their language family, and use them creatively in writing.

Most of the papers Strange saw were in a mixture of Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Devanagari, and Tibetan.

Strange is an authentic American who only knew 26 English letters in the first half of his life. Any one of these letters is like a bible to him, and when they are mixed together, coupled with the wild and uninhibited children Strange's writing style made Strange want to hire a code-breaking expert several times.

This is indeed a big problem. Rocky said: As far as I know, most of the teachers here are much more knowledgeable than us. They know at least five languages ​​and texts and can answer all the children's questions.

But this also allows them to mix complex languages. Strange took another sip of tea and said: We must establish an education system with sufficient standards, which usually can only be based on 1 to 2 languages.

So what do you think that would be?

Gu Yi thinks it should be Chinese, because most of the theoretical knowledge of magic she has learned is written in this language. Some ancient cliffs and stone slabs are recorded in ancient characters such as bronze inscriptions, official script, and small seal scripts. A magical history constituted.”

But we can't give up English. Rocky spread his hands and said, There are many students from other countries. As far as I know, English is the easiest language to learn.

Strange waved his hand and said, It doesn't depend at all on which language we want.

After speaking, he finally took out a stack of paper from his bag, and then said: The most important issue is actually the teachers, and what makes me most happy is that I just learned that a group of teachers will come to the village in a few days, from China’s big cities.”

What are they doing here? Loki asked with some confusion.

Help the village make money. Strange turned over the dozens of papers in his hand and said, At least this is what I read from these things. They think the village here is a bit poor, and they hope the villagers can make more money. There was a lot of money, so I came here to help them.”

Loki took the thing from Strange's hand. In fact, he knew only a little about Chinese. He tried hard to recall the knowledge that had been forgotten in his mind, and pieced together some of the meaning.

They're going to build a school here?

I heard that many have been built, but none of them are so remote. This time they seem to be planning to make a big splash, with traffic designers, railway workers, satellite base station staff, teachers and officials coming.

Loki frowned and thought for a moment before saying, They plan to actually control this place? Do you think this is a good thing?

Strange looked at Loki with slight contempt and said, Don't tell me that you sit here quietly and burn incense and meditate because you like it. Do you know how fast the Internet speed is in the city closest to here? ?”

They want to connect the network here?! Loki opened his eyes in surprise and said, Oh my God! This is halfway up the Himalayas! Where are they going to connect the network? Asgard?

Strange changed his posture with some excitement, beat his numb legs and said, I have asked the Archmage of the Hong Kong Temple. Yes, they are planning to fully connect satellite signals here, all the way to the mountain. the other end.

But this is not the best news. The good news is that they seem not to be satisfied with railways, but intend to establish a high-speed air transportation system over the entire Himalayas, completely eliminating airplanes and ships.

Cough cough cough...

Rocky coughed for a long time and said: They plan to build a high-speed rail across the Himalayas?! Pass over our heads?!

That's right. Strange rubbed his hands and said, I have discussed it with the village chief. If we propose it together, we might be able to get a station on the hilltop next to it for the transportation of mages and villagers only. The nearest town is about ten minutes, and it only takes three hours to reach Chengdu.”

What about the conditions?

We teach in Chinese and help the four villages near us make a lot of money.

Strange stared at Loki and said: This is why I came to you, help me think of a solution.

You have found the wrong person. Loki took a sip of tea and said, Shouldn't this matter go to Schiller?

He is busy with a banquet, have you received the invitation?