Gregory Carleton, the head of the Imperial Manufacturing Department of the Ogordon Empire, stepped out of the carriage with his cane in his hand, and when he looked back, he saw the coachman take off his hat and greet him, and the young minister bowed slightly.

The white smoke over the distant factory quickly melted into the pale sky, and since they were forced by the Sadwind Leader to expose the 'steam engine' and the 'factory', their Emperor Majesty ordered the expansion of the factory and the expansion of production.

But at the same time, it's not necessarily a bad thing – especially for their 'new aristocracy'.

Exhaling a cloudy breath from his mouth, his white-gloved left hand pulled out his pocket watch, protected by a silver hunting shell, and after glancing at the time, Minister Grigory walked with his cane to the brass gate not far away.

Four rows of rivets were nailed to the door, and Gregory couldn't help but snort at the sight of what looked like decorations, as a sign of displeasure.

Last night, heavy snow covered the trees on both sides of the road, but the road in front of me was spotless.

When Gregory approached the gate, he was greeted by a guard at the gate: "Excuse me, are you Mr. Gregory Carlton?"

The guard had a blank piece of paper in his hand, and Gregory, who turned his head to look at the guard, pursed his lips when he saw the paper in his hand.

"Yes. Gregory nodded, and at the same time, raised his hand to adjust his monocle, "I'm Grigory Carlton." ”

The guard glanced down at the portrait on the paper before nodding in confirmation and waving to the doorpost behind him.

"May you have a good mood today. After raising his hand in salute, the guard turned to face the road behind Gregory.

Grigory looked back and saw that the door was slowly opening, which made him sneer.

Just to greet him, he would open the front door? You don't have to think about it, this is certainly not what that madman did.

Before the gate could be fully opened, Gregory impatiently raised his steps and walked into the large complex with the sign "Imperial R&D] hanging from the door.

Twelve miles away from Moro, adjacent to the factory area, the department corresponding to the [Imperial Manufacturing Department] in the Empire, and the most mysterious department except for the intelligence system, the [Imperial Research and Development Department].

Prior to this, Gregory had asked the Imperial R&D Department to help build a vehicle, and now they had built it, but their minister had only informed Gregory of himself, so Gregory naturally stepped into the realm of this 'old enemy' alone.

It was bitterly cold outside the brass door, but behind it, the temperature made Grigory frown.

The Imperial R&D headquarters was equipped with two giant elemental pools, but they used those precious resources to keep them warm, which made Gregory frown.

"Hey, hey, isn't this our Mr. Carlton?"

On the way to the office building, Gregory saw a man in front of him, someone who could make him feel uncomfortable.

"Yo yo yo, you're still wearing an overcoat in such a warm place!" the man in front of Gregory raised his eyebrows, and the corners of his mouth rose, "Mr. Carlton, don't you feel hot?"

The man who appeared before Gregory was dressed in a dark yellow open-breasted robe with a waistcoat and shorts, which was more scruffy than raunchy, because the robe was supposed to be white.

The head of the Imperial R&D Department, Calvin George, put his hands in the pockets of his robe and looked at Gregory in amazement, still wearing his coat.

"Mr. George, the Empire didn't grant you the Elemental Pool to do this!" Gregory reminded with a frown.

Calvin George shrugged his shoulders and didn't care: "What's the matter, anyway, if you don't use it, those magic will escape, and I call it making the most of it, understand?"

Gregory is unsmiling, Calvin is a promiscuity, Grigory grew up in a traditional knightly family, and Calvin is a mage, and this is the biggest contradiction between them.

"Where's the thing?" Gregory decided to avoid the topic, although he would always bring up this kind of question with the annoying person in front of him, but every time this person was so indifferent, even His Majesty the Emperor was indifferent to this kind of behavior, so Grigory didn't bother to take the time to continue standing here and debating with this person - when he had that time, he might as well go back and think about what to do next for their Imperial Manufacturing Department.

Calvin laughed twice, clapped his hands, and as soon as their vision changed, they appeared in a wide square.

Surrounded by towering walls to block out prying eyes, this is one of the largest testing grounds in the Empire's R&D department.

After being teleported by Calvin, Grigory felt dizzy, but fortunately he was able to stand on his feet in time and support his body with his cane, otherwise he would have been laughed at by Calvin again.

Even though he had experienced it a few times, Grigory was still a little unaccustomed to it, and he had to endure not only dizziness, but also stomach discomfort.

"Look, that's my most ~for~ awesome invention yet—"

Calvin stood beside Gregory, opened his hands, and introduced him: "Steam, steam, motor, car!"

When Grigory had gotten used to it, he looked at the 'behemoth' in the proving ground.

"Because the steam engine was too big and too heavy, I had to build the car that big. Calvin laughed and gestured with his hands in front of him, "You know, six wheels are not suitable for turning, but if you have four wheels, you can't make it bigger, and you can't support the weight of a steam engine, so you see, that car looks big, but it's actually ...... Not optimistic. ”

It's only when it comes to 'invention research' that Calvin takes it seriously.

Looking at the behemoth in the test site, he couldn't help but shake his head: "Although the direction is good, but without adding magic, the volume of the car cannot be compressed at all, and the consumption of the steam engine is too large, which is not practical at all." ”

"There are earthly dragons and giant tortoises in the load, and war horses, flying dragons, and griffins in battle, but if they are used to carry people, the consumption is too great. ”

Calvin was positive about Gregory's idea, as he had said before that it was his 'greatest invention to date', but he was not very optimistic about the prospects of the 'steam locomotive'.

Grigory didn't say anything, he quietly looked at the huge steam locomotive in the test site.

The wheels should be six feet in diameter, but such a huge wheel is still much smaller than the body.

Gregory picked up the data and saw that the car was fifteen feet long, eight feet wide, and four feet high, and looked like a vehicle made for giants.

A steam engine, larger than a wheel, was placed at the rear of the car, so that the seats in front of it were reduced to four people, as many systems and components were added to the front of the car.

The underside of the car is only a foot above the ground, which is a dangerous distance that can easily hit rocks, and the front of the car is too long for the driver to see the road ahead.

These can be improved, though!

“...... How's the motivation?" Gregory suddenly asked as Calvin grumbled.

"Power ......," Calvin grinned and took a breath, "The power is okay, it's not very flexible, but at least it's quite fast." ”

"Put armor on the outside of the car, make the wheels smaller, don't put the wheels on the sides of the car, improve the bearings, widen the wheels, and put the wheels under the car. ”

Grigory offered improvements, and his eyes behind the monocle looked calmly at Calvin: "Can it be done?"

Grabbing his messy hair, Calvin objected depressedly: "It's okay, but it doesn't mean much......"

"I improved the steam engine to make the car even smaller. ”

After dropping a fluttering word, Grigory turned and left.

Because, there is nothing left to look forward to.