Chapter 458 The Opening of the Steam Era

Wang Zhan first gave these fresh things to the royal families of the four elf kingdoms for free, and at the same time expressed his willingness to form an alliance to deal with the trolls together.

The people of the four elf kingdoms have always looked down on the goblins, thinking that they are vulgar, dirty, ugly and uncivilized, and always regarded them as almost a kind of monster.

When they saw the alchemy items brought by the goblins, the elves couldn't believe that they were made by the goblins, and even suspected that the goblin messenger was lying to them.

But soon, they discovered the magic and charm of alchemy items.

If nothing else, the colorful glass products alone made the elves fall.

These glass products are beautiful and delicate, attracting elves who are very obsessed with beautiful things, not to mention the glazed lamps that can illuminate at night.

The elves used vegetable oil for lighting at night, but it was unsafe because most of the elves' houses were made of wood, and secondly, the smell was very unpleasant when burning.

But these glazed lamps are different. I don't know what kind of wick they are made of. The light source they emit is pure and safe, and they don't produce flames.

And the outside is all made of glass, and some are carved with landscape figures, flowers, bamboo and feathers, which are very wonderful to see at night.

Some are made of pure white like jade glass, which is dazzling and dazzling, like a clear ice jade pot, which is refreshing to the mind.

The elves love these things, the only regret is that the carving skills of goblins are still far worse than elves, so in the eyes of elves, this is simply a waste.

When the royal families of the four elf kingdoms knew about the trade request made by Wang Zhan and hoped to form an alliance, the reactions of the major kingdoms were different.

After all, for elves, goblins were the enemy of life and death thousands of years ago.

Although over the years, goblins have become slaves to trolls and are no longer a threat, but the long lifespan of elves has not made them forget their former enemies.

But soon, Irelia, the queen of the moon elves, was the first to make a decision.

It is possible to trade with the kingdom of Bua and to form alliances, but the goblins must teach elf alchemy.

Not only the goblins could not accept Irelia's decision, but even the elves couldn't understand it.

For elves, goblins are low-level creatures, like monsters, and now Her Majesty has let them and goblins learn alchemy, which makes the arrogant elves accept it for a while.

Needless to say, the goblins, they finally seized the opportunity to rise up, and now if the alchemy is handed over, if the elves learn it, do they still need to trade with the goblins?

When Irelia proposed this condition, she naturally saw the value of alchemy.

But unexpectedly, Wang Zhan agreed.

Wang Zhan also had no choice at this time. Although the position occupied by the goblins was large, the land was barren and not suitable for the development of agricultural production.

As a large number of goblins began to starve, Wang Zhan could only choose to trade with the elves in exchange for resources, so that the goblins could temporarily survive the food crisis.

However, Wang Zhan did not hand over the most core alchemy techniques, such as alchemy cannons, but only handed over basic alchemy techniques and explained it to Irelia very bluntly.

Irelia really appreciated the frankness of this goblin king, and did not mention other conditions, but agreed to the terms of alliance and trade with the goblins.

To this end, Irelia also invited Wang Zhan to go to the Moon City to personally conclude a covenant.

This invitation was originally told to the messenger casually. Irelia thought that Wang Zhan would probably refuse, but what she did not expect was that the goblin king actually had the courage to go to the Moon City.

Irelia was surprised, and finally understood why Wang Zhan, who had only Tier 3 strength, could lead the goblins to forcibly fight a bloody path on the troll's territory and establish a kingdom belonging to the goblins.

After the moon elves and the goblins concluded an alliance, Wang Zhan arranged for the goblin alchemists to teach the wizards the knowledge of alchemy in the elves kingdom.

At the same time, the trade with the Moon Elf Kingdom was opened, which greatly eased the food and resource crisis of the goblins.

The other three elf kingdoms began to be able to make those novel gadgets after seeing the moon elf learn alchemy, and they couldn't sit still.

This time, they didn't hold back any more, and contacted Wang Zhan on their own initiative, expressing their willingness to trade on the same terms as the Moon Elf Kingdom.

Naturally, Wang Zhan would not refuse. Anyway, the primary alchemy technique was also handed over to the Moon Elf, and if those spies stole it, these primary techniques would spread out sooner or later. More favorable conditions for goblins.

After forming an alliance with the Four Great Elf Kingdoms, the Buya Kingdom entered a stage of rapid development.

But as time passed, Wang Zhan discovered new problems. The population of elves was too small, and the number of goblins was too large, and the speed of reproduction was faster than them.

No matter how many resources the elves have, they will give priority to their own clan, and then they will consider trading with goblins.

This situation is not a problem now, but as the future goes, the population of goblins will increase, and they will have no land for farming, and will eventually fall into a situation of lack of resources.

Once that time comes, you can only start a war to snatch the territory of trolls and elves, and this is not what Wang Zhan wants to see.

So, he began to worry about the future of the goblin again.

It didn't take long for Wang Zhan to think of a way.

Since there are too few elves, then go to other continents.

Isn't there the Yani Continent where the Dwarf Continent, Human Race, and Orcs are located!

Their population bases are very large. If sea trade between continents can be opened, then the goblins are bound to gain a lot of wealth.

However, the distance between the Alvin Continent and the other two continents is extremely far. With the current navigation technology of the Western Fantasy World, even without a large number of magical beasts in the sea, it is impossible to sail so far, but now with alchemy, it is different.

Wang Zhan thought of a modern ocean-going ship. With alchemy and the racial talent of goblins, it is not too difficult to create it in the Western Fantasy World.

The first step in building an ocean-going ship is naturally a steam engine!

With the development of today's network, it is not too simple to find the design drawings of the steam engine.

After Wang Zhan brought in the drawings of the steam engine, he began to experiment continuously.

Although it was made according to the gourd painting, but due to the different rules of the two worlds, there is a big difference between the steam engine and the reality, resulting in very poor practicality.

Wang Zhan was not discouraged, and continued to improve and manufacture with the alchemists, so that it could run in the Western Fantasy World.

This continued for another three years, and Wang Zhan finally produced the first steam engine that could be put into use.

But the goblin's early steam engines were all used in industrial production, such as mining and textiles.

This also led to the rapid emergence of various workshops using steam engines as power in the Kingdom of Bua, which further improved the productivity of goblins.