Magic Industrial Age.

Chapter 268: Alan, the Killer
Lion Manor.

Inside the Mechanical Mage Tower, the empty top floor.

Lilia looked at the bald old man with white beard not far away with a confused look on her face.

He was looking through a thick stack of documents, which were the design drawings that Luo Yi gave her, and included most of the machinery needed for processing.

Turning, boring, milling and grinding are the basics. In addition, there are auxiliary tools, such as cutting machines, angle grinders, drilling machines, etc., basically all of them are available.

The more the white-bearded bald old man looked, the more surprised his face became, and the brighter his eyes became.

Luo Yi didn’t know him, but Lilia did!

She had had some interactions with His Majesty Bartholomew, so she knew much more about his terrifying power and lofty status than Luo Yi.

It can be said that even if it is the magical machinery of the Habsburg Empire, this one can stand in the highest hall and argue with others without giving in at all.

The cooperation between the Empire and the Raymond Family involves all aspects of magical machinery, and requires such a big figure to take charge.

However, what she didn't expect was that this person actually entered the Mage Tower so quietly and looked through the design drawings? !
However, before Lilia could come to her senses, the old man had already dropped the drawing and walked up to her.

There was a moment of silence in the air, as if neither of them knew what to say.

Suddenly, His Majesty Bartholomew spoke up: "I will not accept you as my apprentice!"

"Ah! Ahhh?"

Lilia was startled and blurted out: "But I didn't say I want to be your disciple, did I?"

His Majesty Bartholomew's face turned red, and he felt a little embarrassed.

However, he was always cunning and sly. He changed his mind and said righteously: "It is impossible for me to accept you as a disciple, but I can help you make these magic machines at the fastest speed!"

Lilia was not stupid either, and immediately said, "Then I'll have to trouble His Majesty Bartholomew!

But where do we start?"

"First, show me the design drawings of the magic lathe, and I will help you simplify the magic pattern control system.

If there is something you don’t understand, you can just ask? "

"Ok!"

Lilia was also straightforward. She brought a large pile of blueprints and started working with this real mechanical disaster.

……

Luo Yi naturally didn't know what happened in the Mage Tower, but even if he knew, he wouldn't care.

Because he knew clearly that there were only benefits and no disadvantages.

After he checked the purchase order with the imperial ambassador, he left. Lord Water still had to communicate with the empire about the specific goods and then arrange for someone to deliver them.

That will take some time!

After Luo Yi returned to the manor, he began to deal with various trivial matters.

For example, the letters he sent to his subordinates and friends in Oakland City received replies.

Obviously, they also discussed it and gave a unified time.

That is, after the Divine Grace Festival, at the beginning of the new Divine Calendar 313, they will take a boat to the Flower Forest to play.

Loyi immediately informed Butler Hoover about this matter and asked him to keep it in mind and make arrangements.

There is a saying: If you don't return home when you are rich and powerful, it is like walking in fine clothes at night.

Luo Yi has worked so hard for so long and has finally established himself among the great nobles. He would feel like something is missing if he doesn't show off in front of these old friends.

Apart from this, the only thing worthy of Roy's attention was the Douglas Magic Steel Plant outside Auckland, which was finally completed.

Douglas Hill personally took charge and directed his apprentices and workers to smelt the first batch of steel.

When the waste slag is cleaned, scraped away and transported away, the red-hot molten iron is slowly poured into the mold at extremely high temperature.

The cooled iron ingots exude a cold metallic luster, and each piece is so heavy that it seems to weigh thousands of pounds.

Douglas boasted in the letter that he had produced nearly ten tons of qualified steel in his first furnace.

The furnace is running every day, day and night, and we can run about 14 furnaces, which means 140 tons of steel ingots.

Calculated in this way, if a month is 4200 days, the output is 5 tons, and the output can reach tons in a year of twelve months.

That’s a full 50,000 tons!

If you let a blacksmith hammer away at something, I guess it would take him forever.

Even if hundreds or thousands of blacksmiths were to work together, it would be impossible to reach this production capacity.

But now, it can be done with just one magic steel furnace, and the efficiency is so high that it has increased by at least dozens or hundreds of times, which is unimaginable for mortals.

However, Douglas's showing off seemed a little ridiculous to Roy.

If Shenlan remembered correctly, in the previous life on Blue Star, a steel plant with an annual output of 5 tons was at most a small steel plant.

Even among small steel mills, it has the lowest production capacity.

However, in this world, in the Old World, it is definitely enough.

The steelworks outside Brussels is actually not much different from the Douglas Magne Steelworks, and its production capacity should be the same.

However, there are still many requirements to achieve this step.

For example, raw materials, that is, iron ore, must be sufficient.

Therefore, in order to mine iron in the Dome Mountains, magical machinery must be used, and the roads required for transportation must be paved with rails.

It must also be connected to the railway tracks laid in Brussels, otherwise it will not be able to meet the factory's production capacity requirements.

It can be said that these are closely linked, and only when multiple conditions are met can a qualitative leap be achieved.

In fact, in Roy's opinion, the development of science and technology has always been led by theory.

Then, all technical conditions must be met and satisfied before the final disruptive results can be achieved.

A single breakthrough cannot actually lead to technological innovation. Even if outdated technologies appear, they are mostly in the laboratory and cannot be put into production. But this world is different after all. With magic, many things do not conform to the rules in his mind.

Luo Yi made a few notes casually, focusing on these ideas. Then, he threw the document away and started looking at the next one.

That was the letter from Knight Alan Wells. The whole letter can be summed up in four words: Kill them all!

In fact, Loy's information channels include not only him, but also Grand Knight Vincent Ackerman and messages from Grand Duchess Aphra.

Combining all the information, we can only say that Alan Wells really demonstrated Roy's strategy to the fullest.

Then, the entire city of Auxerre became his home ground, which was really like going against the heavens, the earth and the air.

Everyone was speechless!
……

Auxerre city.

Inside the House of Nobles.

Alan Wells stood on the podium, head held high and eyes looking down upon everyone present as if they were garbage.

"Who is my Lord Earl?"

"Some people privately call him the Bastard Count!"

“It seemed that this was the only way to belittle him, and I once asked, really asked.

I ask, Lord Earl, you don't seem to mind your identity as a bastard? You don't mind some people calling you that?"

"Do you know what my Lord Earl answered?"

"He said, it's not a shameful thing that can't be told, that's how I got here!

Listen, listen to this, what a broad mind and what a proud heart this is! "

"My Lord Earl is less than 20 years old this year, but he is already a third-level extraordinary warrior. He is truly the king of lions and has led us to win two victories!"

“In the east, the army of the Marquis Carlisle family is like a bunch of chickens and dogs, even though he invited a fourth-level natural disaster and a half-dragon to take action.

But so what?
Didn't you, a half-dragon, escape in disgrace? !
Didn’t the Marquis of Carlisle lose his head? !”

"In the west, on the Silver Sea, Davis, one of the three pirate kings, is rumored to be a brutal pirate who can stop a child from crying.

But so what?
You are kneeling down and begging for surrender before my Lord Earl, just like a dog!

After a few days, when you reach the Silver Sea and see the magic warship again, you will see the fluttering lion flag.

Don't be surprised, because that's the flower-necked navy cruising."

"Today, right here, I am very curious, what qualifications do you have to reject the kindness of my Lord Earl?"

"That someone is you, yes, Marquis Sean Castro, you are the Marquis, high up in the sky, but I still want to say something.

If you have the guts, why don’t you just pull out the legion?

If you can defeat the Knights of the Lion, I will go and tell my Lord Earl that I don't need such a large ransom."

"If you don't dare, just shut up!"

"Who else? Oh, by the way, Lord Marquis Ricardo McKinley, what qualifications do you have to hold the Flower Lord accountable from the perspective of strength?"

"How about we stop talking about this now? Let's go back to our own homes and bring out our respective armies to fight and see who is better?"

"Do you have the guts? Do you have the guts?"

"My Lord Earl has said that at worst we can just fight again. Who is afraid of whom?"

"My master also said that this time, the territory is fine, but the ransom and compensation cannot be reduced at all.

Otherwise, we will lead our troops to take it directly!"

"Yes! I'm talking about you guys. Don't you want to inherit the Marquisate of Carlisle?

Shouldn't the new Marquis of Carlisle give an explanation to the Lion King?"

“Look at Earl Wick, he was very straightforward, he just paid the compensation and that was it.

Look at you guys again, a bunch of trash!"

It has to be said that Alan Wells used all his taunting skills, covering everyone indiscriminately, and even the two high and mighty marquises did not give him the slightest face.

In the entire aristocratic meeting hall, the only voice that could be heard was his arrogant voice, which he spoke slowly and unhurriedly.

second floor,

In a box.

Old Marquis Freud looked at Alan Wells with a very interesting expression.

He couldn't help but turn around and asked, "I saw him last time as one of the candidates for the title of Earl. Wasn't he so crazy then?"

"Could it be that Luo Yi's [Lion King] has become so powerful?"

"Also, is he really not afraid of being beaten to death?"

Arch Duchess Aphra had a smile on her lips, as if she was watching another good show.

After a pause, she replied: "I just want to ask you, is it effective?"

"I guess Sean, Ricardo and the others are probably mad as hell right now, but they don't dare to take action. No one dares to take action!"

“Because they are really scared!
Fearing that the news of Alan Wells' death would be reported back to Flower Territory, Loy led the Lion Knights and went straight to their door!"

Old Floyd asked abruptly: "So, do you think Loy can do it?"

Grand Duchess Aphra kept smiling, she knew: “Logically, no, the nobles are always good at calculating.

But the problem is that Luo Yi is very young, very young, and young people are always full of energy and youthful recklessness!"

"So, who knows?"

(End of this chapter)