On the carriage, Fulen was sometimes reviewing yesterday's knowledge and sometimes planning what he would do today, but his heart was not calm, just like studying on a mobile phone, feeling a lot of gains, but it seemed like drawing water with a bamboo basket, forgetting his original thoughts.
So, Fulen didn't want to think too much; he simply entered a meditative state on the carriage. Time gradually passed with Fulen's meditation. After an unknown period, Fulen heard the coachman's call.
Fulen got off the carriage and saw the place he paid the most attention to in this world, at this time: the Trier National Library.
Leaving the carriage, Fulen walked with familiar steps, like a Scholar who frequently came here to study, and easily made his way to the second floor of the library.
As Fulen walked upstairs, he saw many elegantly dressed gentlemen slowly descending the stairs. Fulen checked the time and realized it was time for lunch, around 11:15 AM.
Although Trier was already undergoing industrialization, the middle class and above did not have the frantic spirit of modern Earth. They still handled things with a very leisurely attitude; even work was more relaxed than the 996 work schedule of today.
Of course, this only applied to a very small group of people. Even the number of people Fulen called the middle class was far less exaggerated than the middle class on Earth, or rather, it was the top 10% of people in this world. From this perspective, although the modern 996, and even 996, had positive meanings, the negative impacts were even more terrifying, with disadvantages outweighing advantages.
Fulen ignored them. Although he also wanted to eat very much now, if he went downstairs to eat now, his trip upstairs would be meaningless. The education Fulen had received told him that everything he did must have meaning, which was very much like the modern person's eagerness for quick success. However, Fulen was, after all, a person who grew up in modern times; some things would always accompany him, and the idea of meaning also had a positive side, he just needed to calm his mind.
It happened to be the peak dining time, so Fulen easily found a seat on the second floor of the library. Usually, these seats were very crowded, after all, you couldn't expect those wealthy people who loved to study to read books that made people's scalps tingle and tested their intelligence in a library, which they considered a place for leisure and entertainment.
Similarly, the fifth floor of the library was also the most favored place for those who were rich and had leisure. After all, no matter where they were, what nobles liked to discuss most was philosophy, theology, and literature. It was impossible to expect them to hold a book like advanced mathematics or linear algebra and talk eloquently at a salon.
Of course, it's not that no one would do this. Some people who made fortunes in Trier due to the Industrial Revolution would invite similar people to their private salons for discussions, but the format was equivalent to a modern scientific conference, though the atmosphere might be a bit more relaxed.
However, even those scientific magnates, when facing nobles or wealthy merchants, could only discuss these things that had long become traditions. In the social circles of the present world, it was clearly somewhat different from scientific settings.
Fulen still wanted to read that voluminous book, "A Concise History of Ancient and Modern Philosophy". Although its size was not very friendly, its content was quite friendly to beginners, especially a self-taught learner like Fulen who didn't have a dedicated teacher for philosophy.
Fulen's mind was not very calm, so before reading each time, Fulen would meditate to get himself into the right state. This could both calm his mind and practice his meditation speed, which was very useful.
Leaving Fulen immersed in the ocean of philosophy aside, when Fulen woke up again, it was already close to afternoon. Fulen checked his watch; it was past 1 o'clock. It seemed that the internal clock Fulen had developed was subtly reminding him.
Feeling his stomach still quite empty, Fulen thought carefully and realized that the last time he ate was those two pieces of dixi pie and the seafood stew. So, Fulen tidied up his notes, put his notebook on him, and then put that voluminous book back into the bookshelf.
During this process, Fulen consciously slowed down his pace. After all, his personality was still a bit impetuous, always emphasizing efficiency. But today, seeing the unhurried steps of those elegantly dressed people, it made one wonder if they didn't exercise often. However, the only people Fulen could get to know recently were them.
And it's very difficult to get to know people whose pace is inconsistent. Being unsociable will only lead to rejection. This is a human flaw and instinct. Of course, one cannot expect too much from people controlled by instinct.
Fulen could only secretly hope in his heart that these young people he was about to meet would not adopt the rhythm of their parents, as this would be a torment for Fulen.
After leaving the library, Fulen looked at the restaurants around the library and was unwilling to try them immediately. Although Fulen had a lot of money now, if he continued to eat like yesterday, it wouldn't be long before his wallet would be empty and never return. And the potion materials he needed to prepare were also a large expense. Although the main material costs for Sequence 8 and Sequence 7 were saved, the subsequent materials would require his attention and were very expensive.
Fulen followed the roads that radiated from the library, bypassed the rows of obviously high-end restaurants, and then arrived at some restaurants that didn't look so luxurious but also not so poor, ready to eat a normal Trier lunch.
Fortunately, Trier at this time was still in the tail end of lunch. The waiters hadn't completely relaxed, and the firewood used by the chefs hadn't completely extinguished, so Fulen could still get some relatively quick meals now.
Trier's lunch was nothing special, mainly salads, including main course salads, and also things like French fries. Of course, it wasn't fish and chips, after all, on Earth, fish and chips were accompanied by Stargazy pie, as they were the two major food specialties of the British Empire.
Of course, there were also steaks and lamb chops, but not many fish dishes. The difference between Intis and Britain should be that Intis only had nearly half of its border along the coast, so Intis people would not be overly fond of eating fish, which was quite consistent with Fulen's eating habits.
With an empty stomach, Fulen ordered a steak and a Trier coffee. Trier's coffee was not expensive; it was just a low-grade coffee, as Trier was not a suitable place for coffee production.
Tasting the steak that tasted almost the same as on Earth, Fulen could only regretfully say that it seemed the taste of steak in the new century hadn't changed much from the taste of steak on Earth.