531 Chapter 531: Industrial Revolution

Chapter 531: 531 Industrial Revolution

The three of them sat drinking together, constantly testing each other, and freely revealed those unimportant or confirmed secrets that had been leaked.

Everyone knows it well, but it is completely different for outsiders.

The representatives of the Kingdom of Cleveland looked at Aslan, who was talking and laughing happily, with the twin stars of the Ten-Party Alliance, and they all showed solemn expressions.

Alonso immediately reported the news to Patrick.

After boarding the ship, Alonso kept staring at Aslan with the simple purpose of finding evidence of Aslan's collusion with the Ten-Party Alliance.

After all, Aslan relied on the Maxim Chamber of Commerce to rise. I heard that Maxim Chamber of Commerce still has tens of millions of deposits from him, and the Kyoto Commercial Bank also owes him tens of millions of gold coins.

Thinking of this, Alonso was extremely entangled. The loans from these two companies alone exceeded the wealth accumulated by the Sala family for hundreds of years.

He couldn't understand what exactly Aslan relied on to earn the wealth accumulated by the Sarah family for hundreds of years in just a few years.

After Patrick heard the news, he was silent for a while, and finally asked people to pass the news to several other schools, especially the Royal Academy of Magic.

After Yitzhak heard the news, he threw it aside angrily.

"There are many things about the Sarah family."

Aslan also maintains a close relationship with the Maxim Chamber of Commerce, which Yitzhak has known for a long time, and many products of the royal family are sold from Aslan to the Maxim Chamber of Commerce.

This is why after the Maxim Empire blocked the economy of the Kingdom of Cleveland, the royal family could still live so well.

There are no permanent enemies, only permanent interests.

The Maxim Empire is not monolithic either, as we can see from the fact that the Yamato family still maintains a close trade relationship with Aslan.

Early the next morning, Aslan rubbed his temples. He drank too much last night and was not in a good mood.

But the companion who should have vomited into one piece, his complexion has improved a lot, and his complexion is not as ugly as yesterday, which surprised the magicians of the coastal countries.

Yitzhak came to Aslan early in the morning.

The two sat together and had breakfast. The breakfast consisted of fish soup and white bread. A lot of spices were added to the white and golden fish soup, which was quite special.

"Have you found out any information?" Yitzhak asked calmly after taking a sip of the soup.

Aslan rolled his eyes directly, and said angrily, "Do you think they are all the same as that idiot Alonso from the Sara family? Talk about everything after a few drinks."

Yitzhak nodded and continued to ask, "What's the matter with the revolver?"

Aslan recalled the chat last night, and said with some uncertainty: "I heard that the revolver was designed by Emperor Maxim, even the gunpowder."

Yitzhak nodded, sorted out his thoughts and said: "Furr I of the Maxim Empire was a famous inventor in the mainland thirty years ago. He invented many things, especially the magical steam engine more than ten years ago. , it’s just a sample machine, and I haven’t gotten any new news about the steam engine since then.”

Aslan's eyes widened suddenly, with a look of disbelief on his face.

Steam engine!

Someone invented the steam engine.

"What is that steam engine? Why have I never heard of it?" Aslan asked curiously.

"A steam engine is a reciprocating power machine that converts the energy of steam into mechanical work. Simply put, a steam engine needs a boiler that boils water to generate high-pressure steam. This boiler can use wood, coal, oil or natural gas or even combustible garbage as a heat source. The expansion of the steam pushes the piston to do work."

When Yitzhak said this answer, he was still not sure and added: "This is the introduction I read in the library later, because Foer did not continue the research in this area, and no magister was involved in this area. research, so I don't know much about it."

Aslan's face couldn't help becoming serious. He wasn't sure whether there were any traversers in the Maxim Empire before, but now he was basically sure. At the same time, he was frightened by the hidden strength of the Maxim Empire.

He wouldn't think that the Maxim Empire didn't continue to develop steam engines later, but it was better to hide them. Just like Merlot City, the factories equipped with magic motors have all been under military control, and even the workers have to go through political review. , The family has immediate relatives who are in the United Army or civil servants.

The goal is simply to keep the technological advantage undiscovered.

"It seems that after going to the capital of magic, I must study the research works of King Foer I." Aslan sighed.

Yitzhak nodded and said, "Indeed, Foer I created a lot of new technologies for the mainland, and maybe they can give you new inspiration."

Aslan nodded cooperatively, and then took out the coal and fried steel method.

"This is a new steelmaking technology that I have just improved recently, but it has greatly increased the production of steel."

"It's just that this technology requires a lot of coal." Aslan took out a piece of black coal.

"This thing!" Yitzhak couldn't help showing a surprised expression after seeing this thing.

"The Maxim Chamber of Commerce has always been buying this kind of thing on a large scale." Yitzhak said in amazement: "Could it be that the Maxim Empire also mastered this method of frying steel?"

Aslan nodded solemnly.

The method of frying steel is just a test he took out, and the real key is the existence of coal.

The Maxim Empire has always had a tradition of purchasing coal on a large scale, which means that the other party has already fully rolled out the steam engine, but the control is relatively good, and outsiders have not yet known.

The Maxim Empire may have completed the transformation of the first industrial revolution, but it has been hiding its clumsiness for a long time. The only thing that needs to be considered now is why the mainland has not promoted it for a long time, even though the prototype of the steam engine has been produced.

It's not just that the Maxim Empire deliberately hid it, he still doesn't believe that no one except the Maxim Empire family is also developing steam engines.

"Didn't the Royal Academy of Magic try to produce steam engines?" Aslan asked curiously.

Yitzhak shook his head and said regretfully.

"Why not, but the steam engine produced is unsatisfactory. The requirement for steam energy is too high, and the power is not as advanced as expected. Moreover, the magister who was in charge of developing the steam engine was killed by an accident due to an experiment."

Aslan seems to have discovered a huge conspiracy, and at the same time he is afraid of the power of the Maxim Empire.

It was able to make a magister accidentally die in a magic experiment.

If all of this is true, then the strength of the current Maxim Empire far exceeds the limit that Aslan can perceive.