The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

Because the identities of the people attending the banquet at Silvermoon Castle were not ordinary, the security here was also very strict. Even distinguished guests with special invitations were not allowed to enter the banquet with weapons.

Beforehand, Leo knew this, so he put the king, queen and backpacks in the old man's villa, and went out with only the twins turned into fists.

Leo was very clear-headed when he put things in the old man's place. It is undeniable that he had such an idea more or less influenced by that affinity, but the decision he finally made was made after the sub-brain system calmed down. Analytical results.

Although Leo still doesn't know anything about the old man's real identity and other information, he can tell from the attitudes of Anne, Rupert and others that the old man's identity is very unusual. Judging from this identity, those things are priceless treasures in Leo's eyes, but they are nothing in the eyes of the old man, so it is very appropriate to put them in the old man's place.

On the way here, Leo was also thinking about why the old man would hand over the invitation to him?

Just let him observe Rupert, a supporter of the Duke of Devin, as the old man said? Leo is deeply suspicious of this.

Leo, who has been unable to figure out the old man's intentions, lowered the brim of his hat, covered his glasses, closed his eyes and meditated, guessing the old man's intentions, and ignored Emily who was sitting opposite.

After the initial tension and restraint, Emily also relaxed a little bit, perhaps because she felt that the atmosphere in the carriage was a bit too cold and lonely, so she had nothing to say, and said, "Will I bring you What's the trouble?"

"Trouble?" Leo, who was out of his contemplative state, looked at Emily and asked, "What trouble will it be?"

"Is it going to affect your work?" Emily said with some concern, "Although you are a senior servant of the castle, bringing people into the castle banquet..."

Leo smiled, looked at the confused little woman, and asked, "Who told you that I am a servant in the castle?"

"Huh?" Emily was a little surprised again.

At this time, a carriage in front of him was found to be a fake invitation after inspection, and the carriage was immediately taken away by the police in the Shangquanyue Lake District who maintained order. It is unknown what kind of interrogation the people in the carriage will face, but he is sure of his official career It's over.

Seeing this scene, Emily looked at Leo nervously, obviously worried that the invitation on Leo's body was the same as that of the people in the previous carriage.

At this time, the castle steward who was in charge of inspecting the invitations led the bodyguards to Leo's carriage. He did not show any contempt or suspicion because of Leo's old carriage and ordinary clothes, but it was the same as when he checked other people's invitations before. , bowed respectfully to Leo in the car, then lowered his posture and said, "My guest, please show your invitation card so that we can arrange your route to the castle."

Hearing the steward's voice, Emily looked nervous, lowered her head, and shrank her body in the shadow of the carriage, and the image of herself being taken to the police station appeared in her mind.

However, what surprised her was that when Leo on the opposite side took out a black invitation letter that was different from other invitations, the expression on the face of the steward outside the door changed slightly, and then he took the invitation with both hands very cautiously, carefully compared Checked the code in his manual.

After the results were obtained, the steward returned the invitation to Leo in a more respectful manner, turned his head and gave a few instructions to the castle security, and then said to Leo: "Please let me guide you."

After obtaining Leo's permission, the steward boarded the driver's seat of the carriage, took the reins from the driver, skillfully manipulated the carriage to escape from the many carriages in the square, and drove into a purposely vacated entrance. Under the amazed gaze of everyone, they drove into the Silver Moon Valley.

"It's a special invitation, it must be a special invitation!"

"Damn it, I was right there just now, why didn't I go up?"

"I remember someone went up."

"Looks like a woman in a cheap lace dress."

"That woman is lucky."

Just after the old carriage passed through the special entrance and drove into the Silver Moon Valley, there were bursts of discussions in the entrance square, and there were many emotions such as envy, jealousy, and annoyance in these voices.

Emily was completely speechless at the moment, no matter how confused she was, she could tell from the manager's attitude that the invitation was not ordinary, which also made her take a closer look at Leo, comparing his appearance and memory Compared with those big figures in Miria City.

"This invitation was given to me by someone else." Leo guessed Emily's thoughts from her small movements, and explained.

"Oh!" Emily obviously didn't stop Leo's words, and was still guessing Leo's identity.

Leo asked a little bored: "Why do you want to attend this banquet?"

Emily hesitated for a moment, but still truthfully stated her purpose.

When Leo heard Emily's words, he couldn't help being stunned for a while. Only then did he recall from his body's past memories that for people in this era, it is not a shame to be a lover or mistress of a powerful person. People at the bottom are also willing to use this relationship to gain money for advancement.

"Good luck." When Leo was a cyborg in the past, he didn't have this kind of emotional and moral cognition, and now the thoughts and cognition from his previous body made him not disgusted with this kind of behavior, and also I don't agree, so I haven't changed my concept of the little woman in front of me who is willing to give for her family.

"Thank you." Emily replied softly.

The carriage quickly passed a boulevard, and the huge trees on both sides of the road formed a natural dome, covering the road, making the road appear very dark, but when the carriage passed through this dark environment, the scene ahead All of a sudden, the strong light like daytime made the entire Silver Moon Castle the most brilliant pearl.

"Wow! It's so bright!" When the strong light came in from the car window, Emily couldn't help being curious, she stretched her head over and looked out, and the strong light that adorned the manor was in her eyes. She was fascinated by it as if it had turned into gems.

Compared to Emily's amazement at those strong light sources, Leo was a little surprised and puzzled by those light sources, because those light sources Leo was very familiar with, they were the light bulbs seen in Jean Valjean's studio.

It's just that the shape of these bulbs is much better than the bulbs in Jean Valjean's studio, and it seems that the filaments of these bulbs have also been changed, using another filament that can withstand higher temperatures and is brighter.

These light bulbs are not only a light source, but also a heat source. Under the irradiation of a large number of light bulbs, the temperature inside the manor is not cold even in the cold wave. Many people are willing to stay in the courtyard and walk back and forth. Communicate with each other.

"What are these? Are they so bright?" Emily looked at the light bulbs hanging high on both sides of the road and couldn't help asking.

The steward sitting at the front of the car regarded this inquiry as a request from the guest, even though Emily did not meet any of the requirements of the guest, he also patiently explained: "This thing is called an electric light, and it uses electricity to generate strong light. "

"Electricity?" Emily couldn't help but think of the power grid outside the prison, and said, "Is it the electricity used by the prison to monitor the prisoners?"

"Yes." The steward seemed to be very proud of the grand scene in front of him, and said, "This electric light is an invention that the master got from an inventor, but the master has made some improvements to this invention to make it emit more light. Stronger and more durable, this evening's banquet is the first time the master has shown this great invention to the outside world."

"How much does this electric light cost?" Leo suddenly asked.

Obviously, Leo is not the first to ask this question, and it is not a confidential matter, so the steward replied without any thought: "The cost of a single electric light needs two thousand gold flanges, and other supporting equipment The cost is at least 100,000 or more."

"What? Two thousand gold flanges?" Emily looked at the palace-like buildings in the distance, and asked in a daze, "How many lights did Silvermoon Castle use?"

"A total of 20,000." The steward said proudly.

Emily's heavy inhalation was heard in the carriage, and then she was seen sitting on a chair, speechless for a long time, pinching her fingers and counting how much gold flannel it cost, but based on her After calculating for a long time, she didn't come up with a result, but she felt that the number was too big for her to imagine.

"Forty million gold flanges?" Compared to Emily's shock, Leo's attitude towards such a huge amount of money was more doubtful and contemplative.

Fighting wars is fighting for money, whether it is in the Earth Federation or in this world, this sentence is as true as it is.

Although 40 million gold flanges are nothing to the finances of big countries such as the French Empire and the Kingdom of England, if they are all invested in a war, such as the current war between the Kingdom of France and the Kingdom of England, then the Enough to turn the tide of the war.

However, such a huge sum of money, Rupert did not give it to Duke Devin for the war, but used it to decorate the castle, which made Leo wonder what the purpose of doing this was?

Just when Leo was puzzled by Rupert's generous arrangement of light bulbs, Emily, who was sitting opposite him, muttered casually, Mr. Rupert Fitz is really rich, which made Leo's thoughts instantly clear.

Yes, Rupert did this to instill an idea in all the guests present, that is, Rupert is rich, and the Duke of Devin he supports is also rich, and the money is enough to support them in a game In the protracted war of attrition, anyone who is against them cannot see any hope of victory, and the only thing they can see is endless consumption of money.

No matter how high the fighting spirit is, when faced with a war that is absolutely impossible to win, there will be no desire to fight, and Rupert wants to achieve this effect.

The guests he invited this time accounted for more than 90% of the rich and powerful in Miriam, and half of them were officials from embassies of various countries. He was instilled with the idea that if he continued to fight against Rupert and Duke Devin, there would be no possibility of victory. And this kind of thinking will be brought back to the embassy, ​​their respective institutions, and their respective countries, which will eventually give the Duke of Devin a chance to win in this war without gunpowder.

"What a heart attack!" After analyzing Rupert's intentions through the sub-brain system, Leo couldn't help admiring him.

Although Leo saw through Rupert's thoughts, he couldn't solve it at all, and he was not the only one who saw through Rupert's thoughts. The owner of the invitation in his hand might have guessed Rupert's idea the moment he received the invitation. Special care.

So the old man didn't think about being there at all. He handed this invitation to Leo, probably because he wanted to let Leo see how clever and powerful his opponent was.

After driving for a distance around a garden, the carriage came to a square in front of a courtyard.

This square is very large, full of all kinds of high-end carriages parked here, and when Leo's carriage stopped here, the carriage that should have been the most inconspicuous became the most eye-catching. The coachmen all set their sights on this old carriage in unison, as if they were looking at something rare.

But when they saw clearly that the person driving the carriage was the steward of the castle manor, the expressions on their faces immediately became a lot more solemn, and all the expressions of disdain were restrained.

The coachmen who often went in and out of the castle with their masters to attend banquets knew very well that there was only one kind of person who would be escorted by the steward of the castle, and that person was the person with a special invitation, and such a person was definitely not something they could laugh at.

After the carriage stopped at a special parking space, the steward jumped off the front of the car, walked to the side of the door, opened the door, raised his hand towards Emily, and made a gesture of support, without revealing anything because of Emily's original clothes. The slightest resentment and discrimination.

Emily also carefully held the steward's hand, and got out of the carriage. Seeing that the drivers in other carriages were all looking at her, she couldn't help shrinking her neck, looking around, trying to find a place where she could hide from sight. for a while.

If it is said that Emily's coming down just made the coachmen and servants present feel puzzled, then when Leo got out of the car, under the guidance of the steward, the scene of entering the banquet hall with Emily in the courtyard made it even more confusing. There was only doubt and bewilderment in their eyes.

The first and most important condition for powerful servants like them is to know people, to know the identity information of other nobles in Miria City, and to be able to recognize at a glance who this person is, what his identity is, etc., so almost All the dignitaries in Liya City could not escape the eyes of these people.

But this time they made a mistake, because they found that they didn't know the young man who was personally received by the castle steward, as if he had jumped out of a rock, without any identity information, only the one who had been to the business district in the morning Only the servants in the food street vaguely felt that the mysterious dignitary Leo was somewhat similar to the gourmand from behind.

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