On a cold winter night with snowflakes falling, magic crystal lamps with different brilliance set off Duke James's villa beautifully and dazzlingly, just like the bright stars gathering in the deep night sky.
Not even high-level magicians would decorate their magic towers with crystal chandeliers. They often habitually use magic candles for lighting, and the effect is not bad anyway.
For most of the nobles here, they have just understood what true brilliance of lights is today. It is so beautiful that they could not have imagined that besides natural scenery, there are such dreamy scenes. This comes from the great power of human beings to change the world and can be popularized.
The spectacular sight!
"Dear guests, please enter the villa." Barek's female student Lillian seemed to be the master of ceremonies at the banquet, smiling and beckoning everyone to enter this "splendid" villa that was like the palace of the Sun King.
One after another, the aristocratic ladies who loved beauty held up their skirts, their eyes wandering, throbbing with longing, and couldn't wait to walk into Duke James' villa. The gentlemen followed closely, curious and admiring.
"The effect seems to be very good. There seems to be no problem with the initial promotion of our magic crystal lamp." As a man who devoted himself wholeheartedly to making money, Arthur quickly recovered from this shocking scene.
Even though he had never seen a similar spectacular scene in the past, it did not prevent him from focusing most of his attention on observing the nobles' reaction to the magic crystal lamp.
"I want to install it on my magic tower!" Avris has no resistance to shiny things. The bright lights just now made his mouth water. "I will pay with arcane points!"
It is extremely difficult to take out the gold, gems, crystals, etc. that have been collected into its treasure house. Lucien even suspected that it had "corrupted" most of the materials used to build its magic tower, which resulted in what it is now.
The ugly and unsightly appearance of the mountain - it is located in Alinge anyway. It is not afraid of being attacked.
"But it is only limited to the nobility. If the cost cannot be reduced again and spread to the citizenry, it will lose its significance of simplifying and popularizing. This is the fruit of civilization that every human being should enjoy." Lucien said with emotion.
Whether a civilization is advanced or not should be judged by the changes and improvements it brings to the lives of most members of society. And now, the electrical age that is about to begin has such capabilities!
Arthur spoiled Lucien's emotion with confusion: "But, I'm afraid there is no hope of reducing costs again in a short period of time."
"Well, we need a large number of skilled workers to separate some steps that do not require magic and reduce costs through assembly lines, standardization and other methods." Lucien nodded lightly like a capitalist, thinking of the descendants of the dwarves on the Night Plateau. But he
It has caused such a big change in the vampire clan, and it is no longer suitable to pick them out in a short period of time. It will have to wait at least two or three years, when everyone's attention has completely shifted to the search for new unknown spaces.
"It takes a long time to train a large number of skilled workers..." Arthur didn't understand what assembly line and standardization were, but he was not interested in asking for the time being, because he couldn't even meet the basic premise.
At this time, Lillian turned off the main crystal lanterns in the banquet hall. Only a few small ones were left, and the light immediately became dim and hazy, bringing out a warm and romantic feeling.
She smiled humorously and said: "Don't worry that the popularization of magic crystal lanterns will make us lose the romantic atmosphere of candlelight dinner. Romance is always about the heart and feelings. As long as you do it sincerely, you will definitely create the feeling you want." "
"When you walk through the corridors of the castle at night, you no longer have to worry about the candlelight being too dark and the environment being too gloomy. The bright feeling will always be with you with the use of the magic crystal lamp."
Tsk. Lucien bared his teeth. She must have received money from Arthur. She really spared no effort to promote the magic crystal lamp, but I like it! This can bring significant annuity income!
After visiting Duke James's villa, the banquet entered into an elegant court dance - the conservative Holm Kingdom had not yet begun to popularize the twirling dance spread from the Tria Palace. The shoulder-to-shoulder and tightly hugged dance was irresistible. The young and conservative aristocrats scolded her, and only some young people danced this dance, which was labeled as pornographic, during private gatherings.
"Mr. Evans, the magic crystal lamp you designed is so beautiful. I have already ordered a set from Mr. Arthur. I never thought it would be so popular." A dignified girl with a tightly buttoned collar walked away carrying boiled water. When he came to Lucien, he said with admiration in his eyes.
The set she refers to refers to the set needed to completely transform the entire villa, and the price is only equivalent to the previous magic crystal lamp.
Lucien shook the sky blue in the cup and said with a smile: "This is due to the convenience of electric current in transmitting energy."
"Well, to be honest, when the lady pressed the switch just now, I was shocked by the bright and bright lights. I had an indescribable feeling. I felt dreamy and beautiful, but also proud. And all of this was you. A masterpiece, you are truly a miraculous magician." The noble girl's face turned red, her eyes watery, "Even people like me who don't have the talent of a magician or a knight can use it, so there is no need to envy other people."
Lucien chuckled and said: "It is my ideal to popularize some alchemy items so that most people can use them without any barriers." Especially in terms of daily life.
"You are really a great person." The noble girl sincerely praised her, which made even a cheeky guy like Lucien blush slightly.
"Alchemy items that can be used by most people, Evans, you really have far-reaching ideas..." Duke James and the seventh-ring mage Barek came over. After hearing Lucien's words, he sighed in a low voice. In one sentence, he seemed to keenly see Lucien's hidden purpose.
Seeing Duke James, the aristocratic girl's face turned even redder, and she quickly said to Lucien: "Mr. Evans, I won't disturb your communication with the Duke."
"Haha, Evans, why are you standing by and watching like us old guys? Just now, little Julie's face was full of the meaning of 'ask me to dance, please ask me to dance', but you were indifferent? Are you watching? Not as good as our cute little Julie? She is the precious granddaughter of Earl Sea Pines." James joked about Lucien, "I noticed that you deliberately ignored several beautiful ladies before?"
Lucien took a sip of Sky Blue and said semi-exaggeratedly: "Perhaps my soul is really old and I no longer look like a young man."
Young, handsome, gentle and elegant, with outstanding talents, extremely high status, promising future, and rich property, Lucien is such an image in the eyes of aristocratic women. Naturally, he has attracted the favor of many ladies. Moreover, this is a banquet for the enlightened pro-magic party. They have no prejudice against marrying a magician. They are even full of fantasy from time to time.
Duke James chuckled twice, and then said: "When the number of magic arrays that convert water flow into electrical energy increases, and when the lines for transporting electric current become common and enter the citizenry, they will probably be able to use some simplified alchemy items cheaply and conveniently.
And when they slowly get used to this kind of life, this kind of life brought by magic instead of gods, I think your purpose, Evans, will be almost achieved."
Lucien felt that it was time for him to get to know Duke James again. Although he looked like a vicious and reckless bald man, he was quite keen on the inside and had a very open mind. He could guess a lot of things just from what he said casually. Fortunately,
, he is an ally.
"When wires and electric energy drive methods become popular, we have to consider an important issue. Electric current is much more dangerous than a candle flame. You will be burned at most if you touch a candle flame with your hands. But if you touch a damaged wire, you are likely to die directly. This will
Let the church demonize electric current and prevent its promotion." Lucien said the question he planned to raise recently. At present, electric energy is the cheapest and easiest to transmit energy. Instead of directly using spiritual power, solar energy and tidal energy can
Comparable.
James turned his head to look at Barek and got a positive answer: "The magic laboratory of the electromagnetic system. Magicians who forget to protect themselves from electric shock and die accidentally every year."
There is this one on the 50th list of the stupidest ways to die in Arlinge: "The poor magician Ossan discovered a more powerful lightning spell in a magic experiment accident, so he welcomed it with joy and excitement.
When he went up, he discovered that the ball lightning rolling all over the room exceeded the limit of his protective spell. Let us thank him for his outstanding contribution to the improved ball lightning magic, and at the same time, thank him even more for telling us with his charred body,
Must stay away from runaway currents."
"Then what should be done? Since you have thought of it, Evans, you must have a way." James looked at Lucien with a smile, as if he believed in his ability.
Lucien said calmly: "The damage caused by electric current to the human body cannot be eliminated. We cannot force users to be magicians, nor can we use magic to isolate every section of wire. I hope Mr. Barek, your electromagnetic system
The master can write a "Safe Electricity Handbook" to teach people how to use electricity safely and avoid possible dangers."
"Faced with an unknown thing that is both harmful and beneficial, we should not blindly reject it like stupid fools and reject it directly. Instead, we should try to avoid it, reduce its harm, use it, and give full play to its beneficial aspects. This
This is a mature and good view of arcana. Otherwise, we should not use fire. Although it can allow us to eat cooked food, it can also burn down houses and burn people to death."
"If the church and conservatives demonize electricity and incite people to fight against it, we must open up the people's intelligence and let them understand electricity, clearly understand the dangers and benefits of electricity, understand how to use electricity safely, and transform the demonized electricity into
To restore it to its 'real' appearance, this is an arduous and meaningful struggle." Lucien's tone of voice has become more and more like an arcane review committee member.
Duke James nodded slightly: "A very enlightening point, Barek, can you organize the electromagnetic mages to write it?"
"No problem." Barek agreed.
In their eyes, although Lucien's teacher is the Lord of Storms, he has not shown any talent in electromagnetism and has not produced any direct results - the electromagnetic mages believe that electrons are just a side harvest of Lucien's exploration of elemental magic.
, cannot reflect his true level in the field of electromagnetic magic.
"Evans, when will you simplify the voice magic circle? This is something the nobles will definitely like." James talked about his purpose of finding Lucien. The problem of simplifying the electromagnetic communication technology has reached a bottleneck, and they have reached a bottleneck.
I wasn’t optimistic about Lucien’s level in this area, so I didn’t mention it.
Lucien shook his head: "We need to find suitable materials, and we are still experimenting again and again. We can't rush things in alchemical materials, so we can only try slowly."
In this regard, Lucien has experience on Earth, and has avoided many detours. He already has a rough idea, but he has no plans to bring it out so soon. He will wait until the magic crystal lamp is popularized first. In the early stage of the electrical revolution, it is necessary to concentrate on efforts and proceed steadily.
"What a pity." Duke James sighed.
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In the Magician Management Department, Eric looked at the familiar but downcast middle-aged man in front of him and said, "Levsky, long time no see. Are you here to submit a new paper?"
"Long time no see, Eric, this is the perfection of the previous paper." Levsky said bitterly, his hair was like a withered yellow bird's nest, his blue eyes were full of exhaustion, and his body was as thin as a bamboo pole.
Eric frowned and said, "Didn't the previous article be judged to have failed by several committee members?"
"I have perfected it..." Levsky looked firmly, "and I heard that subversive papers that go against current theories can be submitted to Commissioner Evans."
"However, so many committee members think that yours is just imaginary geometry, which is completely fallacious and extremely absurd." Eric said in embarrassment, as if he wanted to persuade Levsky to give up.
Levski clenched his fists, his eyes drooped, and his tone was trembling and firm: "I don't think I was wrong. I want to show it to all arcanists. Eric, please submit it for me."
Eric took the paper and saw the title:
"A rigorous proof of the principles of geometry and the parallel lines theorem".