The three of them sat together drinking, constantly testing each other, and openly revealed the secrets that were not important or were already leaked.
Everyone knows it well, but to outsiders it is completely different.
The representatives of the Kingdom of Cleveland looked at Aslan and the two stars of the Ten Directions Alliance who were chatting and laughing, and they all showed solemn expressions.
Alonso immediately reported the news to Patrick.
After boarding the ship, Alonso has been staring at Aslan, and his purpose is very simple, which is to find evidence of Aslan's collusion with the Ten-Party Alliance.
After all, Aslan relied on Maxim Chamber of Commerce to rise. I heard that Maxim Chamber of Commerce still had tens of millions of his deposits, and Kyoto Commercial Bank also owed him tens of millions of gold coins.
Alonso was extremely troubled when he thought of this. These two loans alone exceeded the wealth accumulated by the Sala family for hundreds of years.
He could never understand what Aslan relied on to earn the wealth that the Sarah family had accumulated for hundreds of years in just a few years.
After Patrick heard the news, he was silent for a while, and finally asked someone to pass the news to other companies, especially the Royal Academy of Magic.
After Yitzhak heard the news, he threw it aside in anger.
"The Sarah family has a lot of things going on."
Aslan also maintains a close relationship with the Maxim Chamber of Commerce, which Yitzhak has known for a long time, and many of the royal family's products were sold to the Maxim Chamber of Commerce from Aslan.
This is why the royal family can still live so well after the Maxim Empire blocked the economy of the Kingdom of Cleveland.
There are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests.
The Maxim Empire is not monolithic, as we know from the fact that the Yamato family still maintains close trade relations with Aslan.
Early the next morning, Aslan rubbed his temples. He drank a little too much last night and was not in good spirits.
However, the companion who should have vomited into pieces turned out to be much better, and his face was not as ugly as yesterday, which greatly surprised the magicians from the coastal countries.
Yitzhak came to Aslan early in the morning.
The two of them sat together and had breakfast, which consisted of fish soup and white bread. The white and golden fish soup had a lot of spices added to it, which gave it a unique taste.
"Did you get any information from the test?" Yitzhak took a sip of the soup and asked calmly.
Aslan simply rolled his eyes and said angrily: "Do you think they are all the same as that idiot Alonso of the Sala family? They will tell you everything after a few drinks."
Yitzhak nodded and continued to ask: "What's going on with the revolver?"
Aslan recalled the chat last night and said with some uncertainty: "I heard that the revolver was designed by Emperor Maxim of the Empire, and even the gunpowder was designed."
Yitzhak nodded, collected his thoughts and said: "Four I of the Maxim Empire was a famous inventor in the mainland thirty years ago. He invented many things, especially the magical steam engine more than ten years ago.
, it was just a prototype, and I never got any new news about the steam engine."
Aslan's eyes widened suddenly, with a look of disbelief on his face.
Steam engine!
Someone invented the steam engine.
"What is that steam engine? Why have I never heard of it?" Aslan asked curiously.
"A steam engine is a reciprocating power machine that converts the energy of steam into mechanical work. Simply put, a steam engine requires a boiler that boils water to produce high-pressure steam. This boiler can use wood, coal, oil or natural gas or even combustible garbage as a heat source.
The expansion of the steam pushes the piston to do work.”
When Yitzhak gave this answer, he was not sure and added: "This is the introduction I saw in the library later, because Foer did not continue the research in this aspect, and no magister was involved in this aspect.
research, so I don’t know much about it.”
Aslan's face couldn't help but become serious. In the past, he was not sure whether there were time travelers in the Maxim Empire, but now he was almost sure. At the same time, he was also frightened by the hidden strength of the Maxim Empire.
He would not think that the Maxim Empire did not continue to develop steam engines later, but it was better to hide them. Just like Mero City, all factories equipped with magic electric motors have been put under military control, and even the workers have to undergo political review.
, the family has direct relatives in the unified military or civil servants.
The purpose is simply to keep the technical advantages undiscovered.
"It seems that after going to the Magic City, I must study the research works of Foer I." Aslan sighed.
Yitzhak nodded and said: "Indeed, Foer I created many new technologies for the mainland, and they may be able to bring you new inspiration."
Aslan nodded in agreement, and then took out the coal and steel frying methods.
"This is a new steelmaking technology that I have just improved recently, and it can greatly increase the production of steel."
"It's just that this technology requires a lot of coal." Aslan took out a piece of dark coal.
"This thing!" After Yitzhak saw this thing, he couldn't help but show an expression of surprise and uncertainty.
"The Maxim Chamber of Commerce has always been engaged in large-scale purchases of this kind of stuff." Yitzhak said in surprise: "Could it be that the Maxim Empire also mastered this method of frying steel?"
Aslan nodded with a solemn expression.
The method of frying steel was just a test he used. The real key was the existence of coal.
The Maxim Empire has always had a tradition of purchasing coal on a large scale, which means that the other party has already fully rolled out steam engines, but it has better control, and outsiders have not yet known about it.
The Maxim Empire may have completed the transformation of the first industrial revolution, but it has always been hiding its clumsiness. The only thing that needs to be considered now is why the prototype of the steam engine has been produced, but why has it not been promoted in the mainland?
Not only was Maxim Empire deliberately hiding it, but he also didn't believe that no one except the Maxim Empire family was developing steam engines.
"Didn't the Royal Academy of Magic try to produce a steam engine?" Aslan asked curiously.
Yitzhak shook his head and said with regret.
"Why not? However, the steam engine produced was not as good as expected. The requirements for steam energy were too high and the power was not as advanced as expected. Moreover, the magister responsible for developing the steam engine was accidentally blown to death due to an experiment."
Aslan seemed to have discovered a huge conspiracy, and at the same time he was afraid of the power of the Maxim Empire.
It was actually able to cause a magister to die unexpectedly during a magic experiment.
If all this is true, then the current power of the Maxim Empire far exceeds the limit that Aslan can recognize.