Magic Industrial Age

After so many years of development, the Habsburg Empire has a massive force of mechanical mages, an unimaginable number for Loy.

But even with such a large number, they couldn't possibly devote too much energy to repetitive production processes.

For example, would a peak Rank 2 mechanical mage do nothing but hand-craft rifling all day?

One after another, day after day, not to mention the workload, no mage could endure it!

Therefore, processing machinery became a necessity.

Even magic-powered forging hammers are nothing special; at best, they're just magic-powered large iron hammers.

But even so, they are still sought after by some people in the Empire!

This time, magic-powered machine tools that can quickly turn and process rifling are what the Habsburg Empire urgently needs.

Loy believes that as long as the news is released and the product is made, it will definitely attract the Empire's purchase.

Of course, the idea is good, but it will still take some time to implement.

Mainly because although the prototype exists, it still needs enough research and optimization to miniaturize, integrate, and solve some obvious problems.

In addition, training machine tool operators is not an easy task either!

These all take time!

However, Loy still asked Lilia to collect as much of the existing data as possible for him so that Deep Blue could calculate and optimize it.

He can't help with the magic control system, but he can help with the overall layout, shape, mechanical stability, and so on.

After wandering around the industrial area of Brussels, it was already afternoon, and Lilia was unwilling to go back with Loy, so he had to leave alone.

In the carriage,

Loy sat quietly, listening to the rolling wheels and the undulating bumps, but he was a little lost in thought.

These days, he has almost run all over Brussels, conducting on-site inspections of railways, factories, personnel, and management, gaining a more intuitive understanding of the promotion of magic-powered machinery in the Fleur-de-Lis Territory.

If before, he only saw data, things on paper,

Now, he has seen all kinds of people, gained an in-depth understanding of the territory's current situation, discovered many problems he had never thought of, and had more ideas...

And with a deeper understanding, he has a greater grasp of what he wants to do!

In fact, delaying until now is already a bit too late.

...

When the carriage approached the Lionheart Manor, there was already one more person.

Loy waved: "Don't stand, sit down, sit down!"

Anger did not hesitate and sat directly opposite Loy, bowing with a straight face: "Greetings, Earl!"

Loy rolled his eyes and slapped him on the head again, saying: "You can learn anything from Teacher Oliveira, but don't learn this cold tone. I don't like it!"

Anger immediately forced a big smile: "Lord, it's just that it's been a long time since we've seen each other. I'm just afraid of becoming estranged, so I'm trying to act more serious."

"Serious my ass?! If you hadn't shamelessly pestered me in the first place, would I have paid attention to you? Would you be where you are now?"

After a pause, Loy asked again: "Did unifying the Brussels underworld encounter any tricky characters?"

Anger shook his head: "No! To be precise, it's not that there weren't any, but the destruction of Lionheart Castle scared away those who were hiding.

"So, the power vacuum allowed me to take advantage and didn't encounter any decent resistance."

After a pause, Loy's expression became serious: "What about the deployment of the secret lines?"

"The series of battles gave me the opportunity, so I arranged everyone I could."

"Has there been any unusual activity among those people recently?"

"Not for now!"

"That's good, that's good!"

Loy relaxed again, saying: "Pay more attention to Teacher Oliveira. If you need anything, go directly to Butler Hoover. Tell him I'm waiting for him to return after breaking through."

"Yes!"

The carriage stopped, already inside the manor. Loy jumped down directly, and Butler Hoover greeted him.

At this moment, he no longer had the ease he had in the carriage but became majestic, like a lion.

"Are the people all here?"

"They are all here!"

"Then let's go. It's been many days since the war ended, but the military merits haven't been announced. My vassals and knights must have been grumbling in their hearts. It's time to deal with it."

As he said this, he strode forward.

The direction was the Lionheart Manor's conference hall!

...

Today, the Lionheart family's conference hall was a little different. Although it was still dark, cold, and the tables and chairs were rough, the candles had been extinguished.

Replaced by magic crystal lamps!

The construction of the mage tower is equivalent to adding an infinite source of magic power. With magic power, it is convenient to use tools such as crystal lamps.

At this time, there were two magic crystal lamps hanging on each side of the conference hall, illuminating the small conference hall.

The long chairs were already full of people, all vassals and knights of the Lionheart family.

Loy had not yet arrived, and they seemed very relaxed, chatting left and right, or talking to each other, all guessing what this was for.

Most people guessed it was for rewarding merits!

This was what was supposed to happen. Knights who had performed well in this battle had begun to look forward to it, and those who had not performed well secretly vowed to hone their physique in preparation for the future.

In addition, the most noteworthy thing was that in front of the long chairs, there was a whiteboard with black charcoal pencils.

Obviously, something should have been written on it, but it was covered with black cloth, and nothing could be seen.

At this time, the sound of footsteps came, the sound of leather boots colliding with the ground was so crisp, and it was amplified through the corridor, so it was still unusually clear in everyone's ears.

They only felt that the footsteps were firm, calm, and seemed fearless and unstoppable!

Hearing only the footsteps, all the noise disappeared. Everyone put away their smiles, sat upright, and shifted their gazes to wait for their lord to appear.

Loy walked into the conference hall in their gazes. After doing this many times, even if everyone's eyes were focused on him, he could still be calm and indifferent.

On the other hand, Butler Hoover behind him, even though he had a strong mind, was ultimately limited in strength. Being stared at by many powerful knights made his breathing chaotic for a moment.

Only after sitting in his seat did Loy take a stack of ledgers from Butler Hoover and place them by his side.

Pressing on the ledger, Loy looked at everyone. Because of the lights, everyone could see his expression, and he could also see everyone.

Patting the ledger, he said: "I know everyone has been waiting for a long time. Rewarding merits is the first thing to do after the war.

"However, for some reasons, I delayed it for a while, just to make the final plan."

Seeing that everyone was still silent, he said again: "The merits of this war were calculated by the three great knight commanders, Alfonso Zech, Sol Dean, and Vincent Ackerman, and finally reviewed by Butler Hoover. After confirming that there were no errors, they were reported to me, and I also approved them."

"Because it's not about expanding territory, everyone doesn't need to think about territory.

"However, everything else will be in accordance with the old rules!"

"You can use military merits to apply for what you want, such as titles, secret knowledge, advanced breathing techniques, extraordinary combat skills, magic inheritance, magic potions, magic weapons, props, etc...."

"As long as the Raymond family has it, and your military merits are enough, you can exchange it!!"

Leaving aside the Habsburg Empire, in other countries of the Old Continent, all kinds of secret knowledge, inheritance, breathing techniques, and extraordinary combat skills are very expensive.

Even, the nobles consciously create circle isolation to ensure their huge advantages.

People, even if they want to resist, must first have the spirit of resistance before they will try!

But if knowledge is cut off, even the spirit of resistance cannot be born, and they are just slaves and the bottom class for a lifetime.

Nobles are actually more willing to use the policy of keeping the people ignorant to maintain their rule. Most of the people under their command cannot even write their own names well.

This is the status quo of the Old Continent!

But it's not just the people, even including the nobles, layer by layer upwards, the blockade of lower nobles by higher nobles is also common.

Therefore, knights must exchange military merits to obtain better inheritance.

The military merits obtained through dangerous life and death can only be exchanged for some knowledge and resources, how expensive!

But this is the reality!

However, at this point, Loy pushed the ledger aside and said: "These are all rules that have been around for thousands of years, and I don't want to say more.

"Today, I want to talk to you about some new things."

"Before, I said that I would promote the development of magic-powered machinery while maintaining the original system.

"However, the arrival of the war interrupted my rhythm, causing it to be delayed for so long.

"But this time is a better opportunity, so here, I want to tell you in detail."

"First of all, I plan to create a group company, named Raymond Magic Power Group."