Magic Industrial Age

"Magic-powered telegraph machine?"

Douglas carefully savored these words, the confusion between his brows deepening, "What kind of contraption is that? I've never even heard of it."

Loy organized his thoughts before saying, "Douglas, don't you think the current means of communication in the Empire are a bit too limited and slow?"

"How so?"

"The Empire's current means of long-distance communication are basically transmission magic arrays and writing letters.

The principle of the transmission magic array is the miniaturization of space distortion. Although it has been developed and optimized over the years, the cost remains high."

"The required magic materials are never cheap."

"So, I was wondering if there was a more convenient and cheaper way to communicate, and then I thought of using magic energy for communication!"

"Using magic energy for communication?"

Douglas was even more puzzled, "I didn't know magic energy could transmit information."

"Well, this was an idea that suddenly popped into my head when you were improving the magic energy forging hammer and upgrading that rotary button.

Since the magic energy in that button can be selectively disconnected and connected, doesn't that mean I can transmit information through it?"

As Loy spoke, he took out another piece of paper and began to sketch and write, explaining his idea in detail.

The principle of the telegraph machine is, in essence, the application of electromagnetic induction and encoding transmission technology.

Magic energy naturally has nothing to do with electromagnetic induction, but by forming different combinations through disconnection and connection, it can also be used to express different letters, numbers, and punctuation marks.

In short, he wanted to apply Morse code to communication, so as to create a new communication tool.

Of course, Loy had to admit that this was a bit of a fantasy.

But thinking about the phones and mobile phones he used in his previous life, he felt that he still had to plant a seed.

Douglas stared at the drawing, his brow furrowed, and he didn't speak for a long time.

After a long while, he said, "This doesn't seem to meet the requirements you just mentioned, and even if it is invented, there are many limitations."

"You're right!"

"Then why did you bring it up?"

"Maybe I just think that the title of 'father of industrial communication,' 'pioneer of new communication modes,' is more impressive?"

"Is that so?"

Douglas tried hard to understand what Loy was saying, but in the end, he shook his head and said, "When I have time, I'll give it a try, including the life-related machines you mentioned,

However, for now, I still want to focus on the magic energy excavator."

"Then excavator it is. That's also very good, with bright prospects and a broad market."

Douglas rolled his eyes and said, "The blueprints! Do I have to say it so clearly?"

Loy also rolled his eyes, "You're leaving tomorrow. How can I draw them in one night?

Even if I copy them, even if I don't sleep, there's not enough time!"

Douglas smiled awkwardly, "Then I'll go back first and build the transmission magic array with Mage Mennon in Auckland City.

When we contact each other next time, you can send the blueprints over."

"I'll try first, and if we encounter any problems, we'll communicate."

"That's natural!"

As he spoke, Loy gave him the letters he had written, asking him to take them to his friends.

After doing all this, they talked a lot, about magic energy machinery, about Flower Collar, about their respective situations, about business...

They talked a lot that night, but time always passes, and dawn always comes.

Loy sent off another friend, watching the ship sail away on the Ruhr River.

This was the second time in a short period.

Fortunately, Loy had a lot to do and could shift his attention quickly.

It would take some time for those professional personnel from the Empire to arrive, but Loy also had many things to do.

First of all, naturally, was the recruitment and training of personnel.

The most important thing in the industrialization process is people, not only a large number of useful workers, but also all kinds of high-quality talents.

Loy had none of these!

So, he had to cultivate them, and cultivate them as soon as possible.

Previously, Karl Raymond wanted to learn from the Empire, directly smash the original system, and then select talents through magic academies on the ruins.

However, even a lion king as powerful as him could not be safe after betraying his class!

Loy would naturally not follow his old path, and his method was to first mobilize the idle people in society.

Flower Collar had a large population. Although the Raymond family did not have specific statistics,

It was about a million.

After all, this was a grain-producing area, and the Raymond family's internal rule was not too strict. Naturally, there was no need to urge people to reproduce!

At night, there were no extra entertainment activities, so the couple had to do more exercise. The number of pregnancies went up, and the number of children increased.

Strictly speaking, the population of Flower Collar had long exceeded the required number of jobs.

The result was that a job, stability, a job that could support a family, was not easy to find.

And this situation was naturally more serious in Brussels City, the core of Flower Collar.

Loy's idea was to gather these people together, give them a job, and let them follow behind to work and learn.

Of course, the emperor would not dismantle starving soldiers, and Loy was not that kind of black-hearted boss,

So, the salary he set was not low, at least a little higher than the income of ordinary handicraftsmen in Brussels City.

This little bit was enough to make all eligible people flock to it, squeezing their heads to get in.

Some nobles were even willing to send their second sons over.

Loy, of course, accepted them all, and as for who would stay in the end, it would depend on their learning and personal diligence.

As for the teachers, of course, they were the people Loy brought.

Magic mechanical apprentices, railway worker backbones, and alchemist apprentices.

There were only thirty people in total, which was a bit small, but it was enough as teachers.

Of course, the shortcomings of these people were also obvious. Most of them had not received education and were illiterate!

Workers, screwing screws, seemed like anyone could do it, but there were actually many things to pay attention to.

If they didn't even know how to read and didn't have much knowledge, it would be difficult for them to become qualified workers.

Therefore, most of these people would only be skilled workers in the end.

In addition, the Raymond family also had talent reserves, that is, slaves who were trained in various ways around the family.

Most of them were literate, had etiquette, and had ambition. As long as they were given a chance, they would work hard to climb up.

Loy drew a lot of people and threw them into the training camp, so that the first batch of candidates was as many as three hundred people.

At this time, the teachers seemed scarce. As a result, ten people were lost in less than two days.

The reason was simple. Loy's first factory had already opened.

The magic mechanical factory was certainly not so fast. The construction of the factory building would take time, but the preparation of secret medicines did not require magic energy!

Therefore, after the raw material channels were opened, the pharmaceutical company belonging to Loy opened.

Loy selected one of the ten alchemist apprentices as the leader, and then brought fifty apprentices, which was the entire staff of the secret medicine factory.

After the initial run-in, they quickly produced the first Soul-Stabilizing Incense.

Then, the speed became faster and faster!

The Soul-Stabilizing Incense was naturally the more the better, whether it was for their own use or sold to the Habsburg Empire, there was no need to worry about sales.

So, Loy simply posted another recruitment notice.

This time, he was specifically recruiting pharmacists or alchemists. As long as they had experience and certain abilities, he wanted them all.

Then, when the news spread throughout Flower Collar, the number of people tripled within a month.

There were two official alchemists alone, and there were as many as twenty pharmacists.

After the production scale also expanded three times, there was a shortage of raw materials in the Duchy of Norman.

In order to give all the alchemy apprentices something to do, Loy even took out the Roy Fitz Warrior Secret Medicine and prepared to sell it as a fist product.

It is worth mentioning that the reason why Flower Collar has so many alchemists is thanks to Ms. Palacios.

This one, in addition to being a fourth-order water-based disaster mage, is also a brilliant alchemist.

Many of the Raymond family's high-level magic medicines came from her, especially some required for cultivation.

The reason why the Raymond family has more strong people than the four major marquis is the reason.

Ms. Palacios has her own mage tower on the Silver Sea. Although she has not actively cultivated them, over the years, she has allowed countless people to embark on the path of alchemists.

That's how those two official alchemists came to be!

Of course, this is all a later story.

Back to the topic, when the Soul-Stabilizing Incense and Warrior Secret Medicine were produced one after another, when the Empire's workers arrived in Brussels City and began to build magic energy factories, it also represented the official start of Loy's "Flower Collar Development Plan"!

It's just a pity that there is no such thing as eternal smoothness in this world.

Trouble always comes unexpectedly.

It's just that Loy didn't expect that this time, it was the Church that was causing him trouble.

In addition to the Habsburg Empire, the beliefs of the Old Continent all belong to the great Lord of Light, the eternal Sun God.

Extra update, sleepy to death!