My Empire

My Empire Chapter 39

2020-11-03

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Chris owns a complete technology tree of the world, and what he stores in his mind is a civilization The crystallization of all wisdom.

This means that as long as the right metal is available, he can skip the bamboo and cotton filaments and directly use tungsten filaments to produce light bulbs. It's a matter of experience, Edison needs 1000 trials, Chris only needs one.

The main reason that prevented him from producing light bulbs immediately was that tungsten ore was not easy to find, and at the same time, there was not enough electricity, so it was impossible to use light bulbs in a large area immediately. The problem still exists, it is the production capacity constraints that prevent Chris from developing, not the technical inability to break through.

Once the time for troubleshooting countless failed experiments is saved, and the time for the development of raw materials is saved, then the scientific progress of mankind is actually very rapid. Many people only see the long development of civilization, but do not see the rapid accumulation of civilization to a certain extent.

The time when humans invented the train was 1804, the practical railway appeared around 1840, and the automobile appeared almost twice as fast, and it appeared in 1886.

Subsequent airplanes are even more surprising: the airplane was invented in 1903, and it took only 40 years to develop to the jet stage...

And How long did it take humans to get the magneto to start generating electricity? However, Chris can outline the principle and structure of the entire magnetic motor in just one night, and he can avoid any detours.

Similarly, Chris knows how to cook a delicious French meal, also knows how to cook Hangzhou home-style food, and even knows the most mysterious way of cooking some food that has been lost.

It's just that he can't show it himself. After all, unlike scientific experiments, cooking requires certain skills and innate talent.

Even so, when Chris wrote the recipe and handed it over to his chef, he could clearly feel that his food standards were clearly improving. What's more interesting is that several chefs' admiration for Chris has reached the point of prostrate oneself in admiration, they would rather not be paid, but also ask to work in Chris's castle.

According to the words of these chefs, it is in this castle that they can touch the true meaning of food. It was a devout pilgrimage, similar to the feeling of a madman seeing a temple.

"This is the first time I know that Merck fish is so delicious! It turns out that we can only eat it by cooking it." While happily fiddling with the grilled fish on the plate with a fork, The experienced and knowledgeable Gurlo couldn't help but let out a sigh of admiration.

It's definitely a treat for someone his age to eat such delicious fish. Now Gurlo, or everyone in this castle can be said to be very rich, and they are not pursuing much happiness now, so every time is extraordinarily cherished.

"For the first time, I felt that eating, which was a waste of time and had to be eaten, was a kind of adjustment and enjoyment." Smith, who focused on researching industrial production, was also full at this time. His chubby belly sighed with emotion.

Dez looks like he can't love him, because his food has been getting worse and worse recently. Now that he has eaten such a delicious fish, it is simply a part of his 20 years of life. kind of subversion.

Can you imagine such a scene? People who thought they had eaten all the food in the world, but found that they were eating swill; and when they thought they were going to eat garbage, they saw the peak of this world's food...

"I I think, Your Majesty, you should always prepare such gatherings, which is conducive to the unity of the ministers..." Deans put down his knife and fork with a high-sounding look, a devotion to righteousness that inspires reverence. But the sauce on the corner of his mouth betrayed him, making the Home Secretary look very funny at this moment.

Chris nods, but thinks this is a good idea. He picked up the wine glass in front of him and said, "As long as I'm in the castle from now on, I'll gather you all to have dinner together."

"Hooray!" Smith was the first to cheer, and the others cheered. Also full of smiles. But at this moment, Deans let out a bad laugh.

Looking at the crowd staring at him, his shrugged shoulders, explained to himself: "That...I think of the unlucky Stryd..."

"hahahaha!" Hearing his words, everyone laughed. Stryd, the foreign minister, is destined to miss a lot of food because he wants to travel to other countries. Now it seems to be very unlucky.

"For Alanhill!" Amid the laughter, Chris raised his glass and cheered loudly. Everyone followed him and raised their wine glasses, echoing loudly: "For Alanhill!"

......

A team of cavalry in black armor, holding Alanhill's king flag high, Escorted a long carriage convoy, walking slowly on the plain.

Above their heads, the banners of black eagles fluttered in the wind, and their armors rubbed and collided with the steps of the horses. Every Knight straightens his back, because what they represent is a great country that has never been defeated since its birth.

On the hills in the distance, a group of prairie cavalrymen gathered little by little, each of them three horses, looking grandiose.

"Wow!" After approaching the Alanhill convoy, one of the leading generals on the grasslands grabbed his reins, and the leopard head sat on the horse, looking at the well-equipped Alanhill Knights: " I hope what you have brought is valuable and good stuff."

On the other side, Alanhill Knight, who was in the lead, grinned. Beside the carriage, he pulled out his saber with a bang and stabbed the sack behind the carriage.

"hua!" The white powder began to pour out of the crack, scattered on the grass like a waterfall of silver, flowing like a spring, and it was pleasant to watch.

The general on the prairie stared wider when he saw the white powder scattered. He didn't even have time to give the order, his legs caught the horse's belly and rushed towards the carriage.

Immediately afterwards, he turned over and got off his horse. He even stumbled to the carriage because of his excitement. He caught the falling silver powder with his hand and put it to his mouth to taste: "Ah! Yes! Salt!"

Because of his distressed relationship, he even wanted to reach out to plug the hole made by the long sword, but found that the entire carriage was full of identical sacks. In shock, he turned his head and looked towards the Alanhill cavalry Captain: "These are all salt?"

The smile on Alanhill's cavalry Captain's face became even brighter, and he pointed to the back The long convoy said affirmatively: "20 carriages! All are loaded with salt. There are also 20 carriages, loaded with iron and porcelain."

"Salt!" seems to have thought of it What, the prairie general turned his head, raised his right hand to the cavalry he brought, and shouted loudly.

"Oh!" The vicious prairie cavalrymen immediately shouted mountain cry out and sea howl, one wave after another. Many people turned and dismounted, gathered around the carriage, and looked at the salt bags that were rarely seen in the past with curious eyes.

"My God! It's iron! It's iron!" On the other side, a few prairie people who had lifted the carriage curtain shouted in horror, and they saw the shiny identical iron pot, In order to save space, they were stacked together and built into a huge iron pillar.

In the other carriages, neat snow-white porcelains are piled up. The one by one crystal clear and near-transparent rice bowl made a poor prairie man's jaw drop. They caressed the porcelain bowl, which was as moist as a woman's skin, and didn't even want to let go.

After venting to his heart's content for a while, the prairie general finally remembered something. He took the reins and walked to Captain, Alanhill's cavalry, and asked, "We know, these They are all expensive goods, I don’t know how much Alanhill needs us to pay at this time?”

“Porcelain is cheap, 40 Copper Coins for a bowl... Iron pots are more expensive, after all, we also lack Iron, the price is 25 Silver Coins..." Alanhill's Knight Captain didn't say anything, a businessman beside him played a new calculation tool called abacus, and he continued to calculate his income this time.

In fact, he still made a lot of money, because the purchase price of these things in Alanhill is about half of what he is currently quoting.

"As for the salt...the price is also very fair, 50 gold coins a car...I leave the carriage to you." The businessman was thinking about the calculus, and he was elated: he can come this time. It's a big gain, with a gross income of almost 1,300 gold coins.

Only one transaction of such a caravan is the tax tribute paid by the Serris City Fort for one year. It is conceivable that Alanhill, who is now desperately industrializing, has a terrible income.

Originally, when he heard the number 50gold coin, the generals of the grasslands had already made up their minds that they would be slaughtered by profiteer. But when he heard that the unit was "car", the expression on his face became wonderful.

He looked up at the Knight Captain of Alanhill, raised his hand and handed him the reins of his warhorse: "You are the most respectable merchants I have ever seen! This warhorse is the most handsome on the prairie. Shen Jun's, I'll give it to you! As a testimony of the friendship between you and me! Welcome to the grassland, we won't be drunk tonight!"

"Kill the sheep! Welcome the distinguished guests!" said After finishing, he shouted to his clansman, and those prairie people who were riding on horseback or who had dismounted, also followed by cheering like never seen before: "Oh! Kill the sheep! Kill the sheep. !"

"I heard that trading with the prairie people is very dangerous?" The businessman looked at the Knight Captain beside him with a puzzled expression.

"This used to be... 7 gold coins for a bag of salt." Knight Captain put the reins of another warhorse on his own saddle and replied without raising his head.

The businessman was stunned for a moment, and then he realized in despair how much gold coin he had just lost...

(end of this chapter)