Pirate Kingship

At this moment, Byron saw the natural rubber, and his ears seemed to hear the exciting roar of machines, pistons, levers, and gears combined with each other.

In the intertwining of flames and steam, a huge sound echoed in the skull cavity, forming a solemn hymn:

"Many rivets and steamed steel, the turrets are the greatest! Billions of stars, billions of turrets! Many rivets and steamed steel, the turrets are supreme! Billions of turrets, billions of glory!"

“Toll the bell once, push the lever, and start the pistons and pumps; toll the bell twice, press the button, the engine ignites, ignites the turbine, and breathes life into it;

Ring the bell three times and sing in unison to praise the God of all opportunities! "

Violet, who was spiritually connected to Byron, also felt his uncontrollable excitement.

There is also a key word that echoes repeatedly along with the hymn - boil hot water!

Currently, many tower sequence craftsmen and naturalists, including Violet, are still at the stage of debating the development route of whale oil power.

Byron has found the ultimate answer to the whale oil power revolution, or all forms of energy revolution, which is most suitable for a world without magic and low magic.

Whether it is coal, diesel, natural gas, or even nuclear power, as long as it is connected to an external energy source, it can be used to heat hot water for the steam engine.

“But why, after many energy revolutions, is it still necessary to heat hot water, or to be more precise, to boil water?”

Byron had also wondered about this issue, but the technological upgrade route in his previous life had already explained everything.

From coal to nuclear power, the action of "boiling water" seems simple to the point of crudeness, but it is actually a scientific, efficient and widely applicable method of energy conversion.

One of the most critical reasons is heat engine efficiency!

According to the second law of thermodynamics, when heat energy is converted into other forms of energy, there is an upper limit on efficiency - Carnot efficiency.

Carnot efficiency states that the efficiency of a heat engine depends on the temperature difference between the high and low temperature heat sources in which it operates.

The generation and expansion of steam provide an extremely efficient way to achieve this energy conversion between high and low temperatures.

The method of using boiled water to generate steam, and then using the steam to drive the turbine, can not only use energy efficiently, but also make it easier to achieve safe control and maintenance in engineering.

In addition, the steam engine can be applied to a variety of heat sources, making it an excellent bridge between different iterations of energy technology!

In addition to steel and copper pipes, the most critical thing to restrain high-temperature and high-pressure water vapor is rubber.

Natural rubber may not be up to the task, but vulcanized rubber has excellent properties such as high elasticity, heat resistance, high tensile strength, and insolubility in organic solvents, making it the perfect partner for steam engines.

Since boiling water and vulcanizing rubber were the common choices of engineers and countless mechanical experts in previous lives, Byron also practiced borrowing without hesitation.

Moreover, as we all know, the most important thing about military products is not trendiness but stability.

Whether it is the crest or trough of the source material tide, whether it is the Mythic Era, the Silver Era, or the Snail Annihilation Era.

Boiling water must be the most universal and stable way of doing work, and it is more in line with the characteristics of human beings than another extraordinary route that needs to be achieved by relying on source matter.

"Tall buildings are rising from the ground. As long as I light up this technology tree, I can go all the way to more, bigger, and stronger roads.

The strongest steam engine, the largest steel battleship, and the most turrets represent the most unrivaled power.

Create a world of steam, where there is no fancy witchcraft, but only steam that has multiplied to its peak! "

Once he climbed this technological tree, the knowledge Byron brought from another world was enough to allow him to see the future five hundred years later at a glance.

In the last life, aircraft carriers and aircraft ended the era of cannons, giant ships and mankind's entire sea power.

But in this life, humans who have maxed out their air-forbidden abilities out of fear of the sky masters of the Dragon King's Court may have a different future.

As long as he can advance to the fourth level and become a complete mythical creature [Night Demon Prince], and continue to survive, sooner or later he will see the day when whale oil steam-powered battleships rule the sea.

"Pre-dreadnought, dreadnought, super-dreadnought, Nelson class, Bismarck class, Richelieu class, Iowa class.

Adhering to the military-industrial violence aesthetic of "big is strong, more is beautiful", if we don't build hundreds of steel monsters in the future, what kind of arms dealer will we be? How can he be worthy of being the Pirate King?

This trip to Empire of the Sun couldn’t have come at a better time.

[Beasts Paradise] This unknown continent is still shrouded in the fog of war. I don’t know how many precious treasures are waiting for me to discover. "

With an excited heart and trembling hands, Byron picked up the golden bowl containing something indescribable and suddenly looked up at Prince Atahualpa.

It seemed that because his gaze was too intense, the other party misunderstood him, and even the dignified [Son of the Sun] suddenly shuddered.

Subconsciously, he turned over in the princess's arms and hid his butt behind his back.

The wine was so frightened that I woke up most of the time.

"Gudong!"

I swallowed dryly, my scalp felt a little fried, and my heart was filled with huge waves:

‘If you don’t look at so many beauties, why do you look at me?

Although I really want wealth, royal power, land, and godhood, there is still a bottom line for me to be a prince.

And, besides, so many people are watching.’

If he knew what he was thinking, Byron would have summoned the [Blood Hound] on the spot and pulled out all the Y chromosomes in his body with one claw.

But now Byron only cares about the source of rubber.

"Your Highness, do you have the raw materials for making this thing? Where is the origin?

I just need a batch of such materials. It would be great if you could help."

Atahualpa also subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief and said quickly:

"This is the juice of a 'weeping tree', which grows in the vast rain forest in the central part of the continent. There are many of them.

At first, a shaman accidentally brought it back when he was looking for poison, but after adding sulfur and heating it, he found other uses.

It's just that this tree can't grow in the Ring of Fire Mountains. My territory There are no ready-made weeping trees on the earth.

But one of my subordinates is responsible for collecting juice every year to make contraceptives, balls, cushions and other items.

July and August are the harvesting seasons. If you want, I can send someone to take you to the rain forest. "

Byron was overjoyed when he heard this. As long as he knew the location, the rest would be easy. He hurriedly said:

"There is no need to send someone to go with me. Just point out the general location to me and I will tell my men to do it."

As the prince gave an order, someone soon presented Byron with a very detailed gold plate map.

In line with the superb astronomy and mathematics of the Taya Empire, this map was drawn in great detail, and even the source material tidal flow direction of the corresponding vein nodes was marked.

Byron just glanced at it roughly, and the [Logbook] added it to the database.

"Fukin! Wuni!"

Byron called out the two names softly.

Two large ravens, as black as ink but with golden eyes, flew out from his shadow upon hearing the order, circling above his head like two ferocious falcons and immediately rushed to the palace.

A God's vision from high above appeared in his heart, and the thought disappeared again as soon as it moved, and the automatic cruise mode had been turned on.

"No one knows how to find things better than me.

It just so happens that the evildoers of the Bloodthirsty Cult have all come to the New World. I was a little worried that after three months, they would have done their job with Red Beard and something would happen again.

Once we find those rubber trees, we will let them study how to combine rubber trees with weeds, saving the long growth cycle of ten years and greatly improving the yield and quality of rubber.

Then industrial rubber harvesting, coupled with the steel of the Torrent Fortress, the whale oil of the Rift Trench, and Violet, the witch and craftsman who unifies everything, the pre-industrial puzzle has been completed.

The large-scale installation of whale oil-powered steam engines is just around the corner.

Strictly speaking, it is still in the stage of "storing grain" and the Holy Golden Empire, which has not publicly emerged, may not be without the possibility of catching up later."

When the banquet was declared over, the rain had stopped.

Byron and Violet walked out of the hall hand in hand and went to the palace for entertaining guests under the guidance of a female official to rest.

Atahualpa, who was still feeling a little cold in his "partial" state, did not dare to mention the matter of sending someone to sleep with him, so Byron was spared a lot of trouble.

But for some reason, he gave Byron a small box when he was leaving.

Inside was a golden illusory contraceptive device of the same type - the third-level holy relic [Happy and Worry-free]:

"Conceptual holy relic.

Effect: Great contraceptive technique.

Specify to use it on yourself, other people or a certain object, and it will take effect immediately as long as you wear it on your body.

It is ultra-thin and has no physical sensation. No matter how high your rank is or how sensitive you are, you can't feel its existence at all.

But you can enjoy one-click inactivation, achieve contraception in concept, and prevent diseases and bacteria, worry-free, and let you gallop.

Destiny: Safety first, no 'ji' to take advantage of!"

This holy relic, which sounds very unserious, is somewhat similar to [The Emperor's New Clothes].

But [The Emperor's New Clothes] is not wearing anything, but thinks you are wearing it; this is clearly wearing it, but thinks you are not wearing it.

"It is indeed a magical tool for those who do not want to kill anyone but pursue life experience.

But Lancaster has its own family sentiment. If I want to use this thing, my father will have to chop me with a fruit knife first.

It is good to use it to cheat people."

Byron kept it properly and had already thought of the person to give it to.

The group walked through the palace complex. When they were about to reach the reception room, Byron's ears suddenly moved, and the [God Vision] stress response was activated.

Immediately through the ears, he "saw" another remote palace not far away, and a door was quietly pushed open.

Two figures walked out lightly.

One of them was the captain of the prince's guard, Xinqi Roca, who had just met today.

The other was a black-haired noble lady who was also wearing a jeweled gold dress like the princess, and had an extra black robe on her body.

Without them speaking, Byron also "heard" the smell of hormones exploding from the man and woman.

The two hugged each other before leaving. They were obviously a pair of wild mandarin ducks who had just enjoyed some pleasure and did not want to be discovered.

"Hiss! This palace belonging to the prince should be filled with Atahualpa's women, right?

We encountered such an exciting thing on our first day here?

The prince has a green grassland on his head?

It shouldn't be possible. A group of black wizards who mastered the [Bloodline Codex] could be bullied by others? It's better to commit suicide. "

Just when Byron was thinking about it, the noble lady turned a few corners in the palace complex and happened to walk through a corridor in front of them. The two sides naturally met.

The noble lady was calm and composed, without any guilty feelings at all. She even nodded and greeted the two with her eyes.

She paused on Byron for a moment, then turned and left.

After she was far away, Byron asked the female official who led the way:

"Who is this lady to the prince?"

The female official didn't think about it and answered respectfully:

"This is one of the 217 children of His Majesty the King of the previous generation, the half-sister of His Royal Highness, Princess Pota Capac.

This princess married a general with great military achievements in the empire in her early years.

It's just that a general was killed in battle against the totem god, and Princess Perta has been a widow for several years without children.

After the death of His Majesty some time ago, many bigwigs have been looking for supporters among the princes.

Our Prince Atahualpa is the son of Queen Koya, and is the most favored by His Majesty. Although he is not very old, he has the purest bloodline and has received support from many princes and princesses.

Princess Perta Capac is one of them.

Although it is said that she is only a third-level, she is the first royal family member to move her family to Hot Springs City, and she supports His Majesty the most. "

When Byron heard the lady-in-waiting that the other party was not Atahualpa's wife, he not only did not feel relieved for his "good brother", but narrowed his eyes slightly.

Because the name of the other party shown in the [Logbook] was not Perta Capac at all!

It was another completely different name: Therese Ashber.

The information on the other party could not be read completely, which meant that the other party's rank was definitely not just level three.

However, Byron made another discovery.

He had just finally found the familiar smell he had smelled from the captain of the guard earlier, and the princess who had a close relationship with the captain of the guard was the source.

It turned out to be the smell of. [Night Devil]!

The widowed princess of extraordinary status found an excellent It is normal for the next home to be a "park", "abandoned house", "small woods" and other atmospheres.

But it is absolutely abnormal for a disguised [Night Devil] to take the initiative to find the captain of the guard who is very trusted by the prince!

Thinking of this, the ink on the logbook also smudged and new handwriting appeared.

[Secret: The dark cloud of the succession of the throne of the Sun Empire, historical influence 30, decryption density 13%]

Byron's eyes flashed.

Immediately realized that a turmoil had begun to emerge.

The old god's family on the east coast, the colonists from the north, and some indigenous totem gods who were ready to move, the succession of the throne of the Sun Empire, which was a gathering of wind and clouds, gradually became the eye of the storm for the game between all parties in the entire southern continent.