In this land ruled by the Cecil family, Amber is probably one of the few people who dare to question Gawain's decision, although the half-elf lady's bold doubts in most cases are only because she has a He didn't talk about the door, but Gao Wen was still very happy to see that not everyone here would obey him blindly, which means the existence of independent thinking... Well, it doesn't necessarily mean independent thinking on Amber, she just owes her mouth.
It was difficult for Gao Wen to explain all his thoughts to Amber in a short period of time. He could only briefly talk about the composition of the industrial structure and the concept of technological generation gap. As for the deeper economic and political interests, Leslie He didn't say anything about the long-term control of the leader.
But no matter what, Amber still carried out Gao Wen's order earnestly. On the second day, she set off to deliver a letter from Duke Gawain Cecil to Viscount Andrew's. In the castle.
And Viscount Andrew's response was faster than Gawain had imagined, he readily accepted the invitation on the spot, and on the third day after Amber returned to the territory, the Viscount took a fast boat to the pier in Cecil Territory .
When I saw the viscount last time, the other party was still weakened by magic, but after a period of recuperation, Andrew Leslie has regained his health. He is wearing thick and warm clothes In a dark red coat, his hair was combed meticulously. The newly recruited housekeeper followed him, and he also brought a guard team composed of ten soldiers and business consultants on the territory. The business consultants were naturally written for Gao Wen. The "business" mentioned in the letter, and the guard team composed of soldiers is a necessary pomp for nobles.
He saw a completely different New Cecil collar from what he had imagined.
Whether it was the brand-new and neat houses or the civilians walking on the streets, he was deeply impressed. He was particularly curious about the houses of the citizens, and the serfs and low-class people living in the territory. Where, but compared to Padrik, who has no noble blood, this Viscount is much more stable and calm after all. He maintained the most indifferent and elegant state from disembarking to being introduced to the Lord's Mansion, until he sat in Gawain Se In Searle's living room, there was no excess curiosity and fuss like any country bumpkin nobleman.
Then Betty poured a whole kettle of tea.
The folk customs in the southern region are simple and honest, everyone is honest and more importantly, everyone seems to have the problem of thinking too much. Like Padrik, Viscount Andrew arranged for a maid to keep filling the guests with water during the initial half-drinking process. what's the meaning...
Betty, holding a large water bottle and standing in a daze in the living room, had no idea that she had been crowned with an enigmatic role card. She just looked at the decorative swords hanging on the wall in the room in a daze, and silently recalled Looking at the newly learned vocabulary and grammar, and at the same time, part of her attention was devoted to paying attention to when the guest's teacup needed to be refilled. When she recited the vocabulary list for the second time, Gao Wen appeared.
"Viscount Andrew, I'm glad to see that you've recovered." Gawain warmly greeted you as soon as he entered the door. "I heard that Tanzania Town has completely restored order. This is really good news."
"I should thank you for your help. Without your large order of ore, I'm afraid I can't even repair the big hole in the castle this winter." Viscount Andrew said with a somewhat exaggerated smile, "So after hearing your After wanting to negotiate a new business with me in person, I came right away."
"It's indeed a new business, but it's not easy for us to discuss here. If you don't mind, would you like to come with me to visit the mines in Cecil Territory?"
"Mine?" Viscount Andrew frowned: "You mentioned in your letter that you have some new mining equipment for sale, but the Leslie family has been mining for generations, and I am familiar with all kinds of mining equipment... Hiccup... ah , sorry, I'm sorry."
"Don't mind, don't mind." Gawain quickly waved his hand, wondering why Viscount Andrew's hiccups also started to echo, and then explained with a smile, "It's necessary to see it with your own eyes, because I want to sell it." I'm afraid you haven't seen anything like this before."
Gao Wen had already talked about this point, and of course Viscount Andrew would not continue to be ignorant, so he readily agreed to the invitation to visit the mine and asked where the toilet was.
The Cecil Mine is located in the east of the territory. At the beginning, it was just a small mining site, but with the rapid development of the territory and the increasing demand for ore, the mine has become the second largest in terms of construction after "Cecil". A large amount of manpower, material resources and advanced machinery and equipment have been transported to the central area of Syl City, and it has gradually changed from a mining site with only a few tents to a village with more than a dozen houses. Developing from the village to the town, there are now newly built brick houses here, as well as neat roads paved with slag and cement, and a wide main road connects the mining town and Cecil City, ensuring that The flow of people and goods between the two places.
Due to the convenient transportation, Gao Wen led his guests to the mining town in less than two hours by carriage.
Viscount Andrew maintained his calm and indifferent demeanor until the last stop of the journey, whether he saw the magic spar lamps everywhere in the territory, the straight and smooth roads, or the busy working citizens and He tried his best not to be too surprised by the "factories" with weird noises on the edge of the town, because although these things exceeded his expectations, they were not beyond his imagination. The Searle family was able to build such a territory in a short period of time, but he could still add a reasonable explanation to everything he saw, as long as he understood all of this as "Gowin Cecil dug out The coffin that I buried back then, and then used money to pile up such a place", then everything is understandable.
Until he saw something that he couldn't understand, couldn't explain, and couldn't even imagine.
"This... what is this thing?!"
In front of Viscount Andrew, a huge machine is using amazing power to drive the winch, dragging several carts of heavy ore out of the deep mine, which may require dozens of slave labor to push. There was a deep sound like the roar of a giant, and the huge disc structure was constantly rotating on its side with an indomitable momentum. Every part of it seemed to be made of steel, but these inanimate things were running endlessly like living things. Emotions are endless and powerful, and even carry an inexplicable majesty derived from steel.
After being dazed for a few seconds, Viscount Andrew finally saw a little magical light shining at the core of the machine, and his speech ability finally recovered a bit: "This is... a magic device? Some kind of magic mechanism and mechanism A combination of mechanics?"
"It can be understood in this way," Gao Wen smiled, "This is what I want to sell you, but this is only one of them. Going forward, you can also see more machines in Cecilland, the mine More than half of the heavy physical labor in China is done by these machines."
The more Viscount Andrew looked, the more astonished he became. He knew about mines and the mining equipment, but no matter how he thought about it, he would never have imagined that the "mining equipment" mentioned by Gawain would be a bunch of such... giant steel beasts. He looked at the huge machines, and quickly noticed the unbelievable precision of these seemingly crude iron bumps, the tightly stitched parts, the precisely fitted connecting rods, and the unmanned but unmanned machines. The rapidly switching magic circle... How on earth are these monsters made? !
"Is this... the magic technology of the ancient Gondor Empire?!" Finally, Viscount Andrew thought he had found the only possible reasonable explanation. He slowly turned his head and looked into Gawain's eyes and asked.
"This was jointly designed by me and the technical experts in my territory. Of course, if you think that because I am the first generation of the ancient Gondor Empire, the technology I master is considered to be ancient Gondor technology... then it is okay to understand it that way." No problem," Gawain deliberately gave a rather vague explanation, and then looked at Viscount Andrew's reaction, "How, are you interested in these 'magic devices'?"
"As long as you are willing to sell it!" Viscount Andrew said with widened eyes.
"Presumably you can also see that the details of these machines are frighteningly difficult to process, and the cost of manufacturing one is high, so the price is naturally high. According to the difference in its scale and manufacturing difficulty, the cost alone Between hundreds and thousands of Cecil gold coins, and the manufacture of these things obviously requires the participation of extraordinary beings, labor costs... you can imagine," Gawain said unhurriedly, but before Viscount Andrew gradually lost his smile , He changed the subject, "Of course, I only set this price when I sell it to others. If it is sold to a neighbor, I only charge the material cost price and if you have difficulties, you can even use ore to pay for it."
Viscount Andrew felt a great heartbeat.
These machines are not cheap, of course he is very clear, but he is also very clear that these machines are equivalent to the strength of how many people are running!
A tractor can withstand the strength of dozens or hundreds of slave laborers, and the ore crushed by a crusher in half a day can make all the crushed stone slave laborers in the Tanzania mine have nothing to do! Of course, it will cost a lot of money to buy these machines, but he will recover the cost very quickly. After the cost is recovered, Tanzania Town, and even the entire Lesley Territory, will usher in unprecedented benefits!
Moreover, the magic part of these machines does not seem to be too complicated. After paying back the money, he may try to recruit a group of rune craftsmen and magic circle experts to study how this thing works...
At this time, Gao Wen's voice interrupted his thinking: "By the way, Viscount Andrew, I have to tell you something: these machines cannot work by themselves, you should have found out, there is no magician here to give the machines provide energy… "
"Hmm... I'm really curious about this too," Viscount Andrew touched his chin, "I didn't see any magician controlling these machines, nor did I see the person who charged them...there are big Is it a storage magic crystal with capacity?"
"They also need a companion 'Magic Web' technology, about which I want to talk to you..."