Struggle in the Steam Age

The Priest Brown who entered the room, as a priest of the Church of Knowledge, is at the same level in the priesthood as the head of St. Gutenberg Cathedral.

His arrival surprised Priest Carter, because it is generally enough to have the approval of two priests for the review of the value of knowledge, and only the most valuable ones need the high priest to come forward. In this case, even a diocesan church like St. Gutenberg's Cathedral is two or three times a year. As for the pastor's presence, he has only been involved twice in the 20 years since he entered the church, including today.

So although he thought this thesis was very important, he really didn't expect that his old friend's son could write such an important thesis at such a young age, so that the officiant would come forward for it.

"I'm definitely going to come here." Officiant Brown replied, "Because my lord just issued an oracle and asked us to fully support the publication of this thesis."

After speaking, he turned his head and looked at Lawrence with a kind smile: "I'm glad to see that young people like you can come up with such important insights, and we will try our best to put your paper on the cover of the next issue of the Federal Journal of Medicine On the paper—”

Half an hour later, Lawrence and Liszt walked out of the office. After leaving the office door, Liszt looked a little fluttering when he walked, as if he had drunk too much wine. Because he did not expect that this paper would receive the full support of the Church of Knowledge and the Church of the God of Suffering, and even be on the cover of the next issue of the Federal Journal of Medicine.

After all, although his professor is one of the top professors in the Faculty of Medicine of Far-Kang University, he only published an article in the "Federal Medical Journal". Liszt really didn't expect that he could have a paper appear on the cover of this top medical journal, even if he was only the second author.

"Okay, take it easy." Lawrence patted Liszt on the shoulder. "Believe me, this is just the beginning. I guarantee that we will have more important discoveries in the future, and may even be more important than this discovery."

"Yes, you are right." Liszt realized at this moment, and then looked at Lawrence with a smile. "We are still young, as long as we work hard to study and research, we will definitely have more new discoveries in the future."

After bidding farewell to the excited Liszt in front of the church, Lawrence returned to the church. He decided not to go out these two days without going out, hoping to finish reading the "Introduction to Alchemy" in his hand in the shortest possible time.

Especially now that Lawrence discovered that he might be talented in alchemy, and the success rate of making things was much higher than others. His interest in this book is even stronger, because he found that it can become a very good way of making money for him.

Once people concentrate on doing something, time often passes quickly, as if it is only a blink of an eye, and the day to pick up their childhood playmates has arrived.

The letter from the adoptive father mentioned that the ship would arrive at the Albatross Ferry Terminal at the southernmost part of the main island in the city of Eagle Fort around three o'clock in the afternoon. So after a short lunch break after lunch, Lawrence hurriedly got up and tidied up. At two o'clock he came out of St. Gutenberg's Cathedral in his frock coat and bowler hat.

At this time, it was raining lightly. In order to prevent himself from being too embarrassed by his clothes getting wet or his trousers stained with mud on the street in this weather, Lawrence took a extravagant 6 cents for a ride. A cab went straight to Albatross Wharf.

In the light rain, the carriage arrived at the gate of Albatross Wharf. After getting out of the carriage and opening the umbrella, Lawrence looked towards the pier shrouded in a faint milky white smoke.

The pier was full of people coming and going, and everyone was hurrying on the sidewalk. In addition, passenger carriages, narrow-gauge steam trains, steam tractors, etc. that are chartered to enter the port area are mixed together on the road, forming a bustling and somewhat strange scene.

According to the location mentioned in the letter, Lawrence squeezed in the direction of the customs hall among the crowds entering the pier. Soon, he saw the notice related to himself on the bulletin board at the entrance of the customs hall. "Due to the fog in the sea area today, the Mermaid Princess docking time will be postponed from 3:00 p.m. to 3:35 p.m.."

"Ha, I'm lucky." Lawrence thought, "The Mermaid Princess is a large ship that can accommodate 500 passengers, and some small passenger ships like those offshore may need to be delayed for two or three hours to arrive at the port."

"But now I'd better find a place to rest. It's not a good idea to stand in the cold wind for half an hour." Lawrence looked at the big clock on the central clock tower of the port building in the distance. very. "If the ship docks at the port at 3:35, it is estimated that it will be fast at four o'clock after getting off the ship and then leaving the customs."

"So I should find a place to sit for a while now." Lawrence thought, and then he turned his gaze to the row of buildings next to the customs hall. Similar to the train station in the previous life, this row of buildings are all shops related to the service industry, such as coffee shops, bars, restaurants, gift shops, clothing stores and so on.

Three minutes later, Lawrence sat in a coffee shop on the second floor by the window while drinking tea while staring in the direction of the pier. Through the thin rain curtain outside the window, Lawrence saw the densely packed ships docked at the port.

Most of them are all kinds of sailing ships, and their masts are so dense. It looks like dense trees in the woods.

However, not all of these sailing ships were powered by sails. Lawrence saw that at least 1/3 of these sailing ships had chimneys, and many of them emitted black or white smoke. Through careful observation, he found that these boats were all powered by propellers, and there were no paddle steamers that were common in previous lives when they changed from sailboats to steamships.

On the wharf closest to the customs hall, there were four or five trestles that did not dock any ordinary ships. Lawrence found that the four or five ships moored there were either sailing ships exuding magical aura, or pure steam ships which are now very rare.

In addition to these large ships, there are more than a dozen small steam barges shuttling on the sea inside the harbor. They are busy pulling sailboats to the wide open sea or helping those big ships to land.

As the largest port city in the Federation, all the piers in Eagle Fort are basically so busy. What is gratifying is that even though the pier is so busy, there is still a good order, and the chaos in this place can be avoided entirely by the command of the small airship equipped with radio floating in the air.

Looking up, Lawrence saw the airship that was the size of a lemon in his line of sight. Although it doesn't look big on the ground, Lawrence knows that this thing is nearly 40 meters long, has a perfect streamlined airbag, and is painted in a conspicuous orange-red color. There are also port services with anchors mainly painted in blue. Bureau badge.

The inside of the airship's airbag is supported by some kind of low-density and strong alloy, and there are some simple defensive magic circles on the canvas on the surface of the airbag. On either side of the airship's lower cockpit, two electric engines spun quickly and quietly, helping the airship maintain its position in the air.

This is the crystallization of the cooperation between magic and technology. With the help of alchemy technology, a series of problems such as light alloys, high-horsepower motors, strong airbag materials, and electric energy storage have all been overcome. Unfortunately, extraordinary power is not suitable for mass production, so airships are a rare means of transportation until now.

"It seems that in a world with magic, many technologies may not necessarily develop according to the laws of development on Earth." Lawrence looked at everything outside the window and thought. "But it's very good news for me, because it means that I can try to restore some things from my previous life."