Calvin and Gregory had been assembling the model steam locomotive for a long time, and it looked greasy, and their hands were covered in the grease left by the lube on the model locomotive, and even though they had rolled up their sleeves, their extraordinary-looking gown had some droplets of oil, and if it wasn't cleaned up by magic, their gown would be useless.

Caesar XIII watched with interest, but the other nobles were not so interested.

"Isn't it okay?" a big nobleman snorted coldly, "This kind of thing can be the key to changing the world? Hmph, it's ridiculous!"

"You've wasted a lot of our time......" A very kind-looking nobleman touched his long beard, and the wrinkles on his face seemed to show a little displeasure.

Calvin raised his hand to wipe the sweat on his head, touched the greasy on his hand to his forehead and hair, and replied without raising his head: "It's almost ready!"

His appearance made several great nobles frown, if it weren't for the calm temperament, fast and 'elegant' Gregory next to him who maintained the most basic dignity for them, I am afraid that the great nobles would soon say "no".

The great aristocrats did not like Calvin and Gregory, not only because they were new aristocrats, but also because their work seemed 'dirty' and 'unelegant'.

But Caesar XIII was the opposite, not to mention that the new aristocracy was originally supported by him, although it has only been more than ten years of development history, but their pragmatic spirit is what he is most pleased with.

There are many new nobles who have been supported, but only Gregory and Calvin are not only talented, but also very pragmatic, even after having the conditions to enjoy life, they still do not give up their ideals - this is the new aristocracy in the mind of Caesar XIII!

He was now looking not only at the model steam locomotive, but also at Gregory and Calvin, and the more he looked, the more satisfied he became, worthy of the man he had brought up.

"Hoo ......"

With a sigh of relief, ignoring the grease on his hands, Calvin straightened up and pounded his sore waist with his hand, and his subconscious action brought a bit of a bad impression to those big nobles.

Unlike Calvin, Grigory took two of his once-white gloves from his hands, folded them neatly, and stuffed them into a cloth bag, before taking out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from his forehead and neck.

He was also sweating profusely, but Grigory looked much more elegant than Calvin.

Calvin's approach can be said to be 'informal', but in the eyes of the big nobles, he can be said to be 'cheap bones'.

If you don't want to enjoy the life of an aristocracy, but you have to fiddle with these greasy and dirty things, if this is not a cheap bone, then what is it?

Although the other person looks elegant, he just looks elegant, and in fact he is still the same as the person next to him!

Calvin felt the gazes of several big nobles, and grinned innocently unconsciously.

"Hmph......" The two nobles let out a soft snort.

There were only a few of them in the empty hall, and it was so quiet that Calvin could hear even a soft hum.

But instead of feeling embarrassed, he was still a little complacent.

They hadn't prepared a model before, and this model was also made on an improvised basis, and it took him a night, if it wasn't for drinking energy potions this morning to force himself back, he would still be lying in bed and shouting headaches.

Caesar XIII did not leave, and these great nobles naturally could not move.

The two of them caused several big nobles to sit here for more than ten minutes, and the big nobles must have been unhappy with them a long time ago.

There are many contradictions between the new aristocracy and the old aristocracy, and as the ministers of the two major technical departments of the empire, the budget has been stuck in the hands of these old nobles for a long time, and they have been unhappy for a long time.

Although Calvin proposed this, how could he possibly present this model here without Gregory's acquiescence?

"Allow me to explain to you here the model we have brought. Gregory bowed slightly and sent a request to Caesar XIII.

At this time, Calvin stepped aside, he was not good at words, and he did not like to explain anything, and then he had to argue with those nobles, which was not what he was good at.

As the head of the Empire's R&D Department, he only needs to hand over the plan to His Majesty the Emperor and ask him to approve the project, and he doesn't need to deal with the old nobles, but Gregory's manufacturing department is different, he has 'manufacturing' instead of 'R&D', as long as it is manufactured, it needs money, although the things produced by the manufacturing department can be used in exchange for the budget, but compared to the huge demand of the entire empire, no matter how hard you work to produce, it is difficult to meet, and more budget is needed to invest in production.

For this reason, Gregory had to deal with the old aristocracy, and it was more appropriate for him to deal with the negotiations.

Caesar XIII raised his chin and motioned for Gregory to continue.

Again, Grigory owed, "This model is a 1:50 scale scale, but since we can't make a steam engine that is too small, we now use magic as a power source instead of a steam engine to drive the locomotive model." ”

Caesar XIII nodded his head, and although he didn't understand much, he was sure that Gregory and Calvin would not let him down, and what they needed now was his support.

"Don't say much, even if I am clever, you lords will not believe my empty words, there is no basis for my words, Calvin, let's demonstrate it first. ”

Born into a family of knights, Gregory had never studied the arts, but he knew that the old nobles were tired of them and needed something more 'interesting' to attract their attention.

Calvin started the model locomotive, and after the runes in the model were supplied with mana, the axles began to rotate, and as the magic input increased, the wheels of the model locomotive were also driven, pushing the locomotive forward.

"Steam locomotives can only be used on certain roads, because the main body is made of steel, so we call it a 'railway'. ”

Several nobles immediately understood that if they wanted to produce steam locomotives, in addition to the main body of the locomotive, they also needed to manufacture the supporting 'railroad'.

They frowned, because those 'railways' understood at a glance that they needed to consume a lot of steel, but it had only been half a year since they built factories across the country, and although they had also begun to use steam engines to forge steel, what could they do with the remaining steel if they consumed such a huge amount?

However, although Gregory and Calvin are 'cheap bones', they are really powerful and should continue to listen......

"The steam locomotive now has only one 'locomotive' part, and according to our measurements, the locomotive can not only drive the locomotive forward, but also has a lot of power to spare, and we don't have such a large test site, so we can't measure its load. However, according to our calculations, the speed of the steam locomotive when fully started is at least about four miles per hour - note that this is an average speed and a safe speed, and a maximum speed of six miles per hour will cause a lot of wear and tear on the parts if it continues at a maximum speed of six miles per hour!"

Seeing that the nobles were already a little moved, Gregory decided to drop a bombshell, "In the operation and maintenance of the locomotive, no magic is required to participate in it!"

"What did you say?!"

A big nobleman shouted in shock, Huo Ran got up, he completely ignored his old body, and he didn't care that he had lost his temper.

"If you master the technology, you can produce it in large quantities!" said Gregory, repeating it, confirming the suspicions of the nobles and the emperor.

As soon as the words fell, the hall fell silent, and on the contrary, everyone except Gregory and Calvin, including Caesar XIII, could not calm down.

Seeing the stunned looks of these old nobles, Calvin smiled slightly, this matter has basically been done, and then as long as His Majesty approves them, they can test the load capacity and let the steam locomotive be put into trial production......

"However, this is only a prototype after all...... Calvin couldn't help but feel a little worried in his heart.

But time is never on their side, and there is nothing else they can do. ()

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