Struggle in the Steam Age

　　 The chief priest of Brown who entered the room, as a chief priest of the Church of Knowledge, is of the same rank as the person in charge of St. Gutenberg Cathedral in the priesthood.

　　 His arrival surprised the priest Carter, because generally only two priests agree to the review of the value of knowledge, and only the valuable ones require the high priest to come forward. In this case, even in a diocesan church like St. Gutenberg’s Cathedral, it is two or three times a year. When the chief priest came forward, he had been in the church for 20 years, including this time.

　　 So although he thinks this paper is very important, he really didn't expect his old friend's son to write such an important paper at such a young age that the chief priest would come forward for it.

　　 "I will definitely come over." Brown chief priest replied, "Because my lord has just sent down the oracle and asked us to fully support the publication of this paper."

After speaking, he turned his head and looked at Lawrence with a kind smile: "It's nice to see a young man like you who can put forward such an important insight. We will try our best to put your paper on the cover of the next issue of the Federal Medical Journal. On the paper—"

　　 Half an hour later, Lawrence and Liszt walked out of the office. When Liszt walked out of the office door, he looked a little floating at his feet, as if he had been drinking too much. Because he didn't expect that this paper would be fully supported by the Church of Knowledge and the Church of the Crucifixion, and would even appear on the cover of the next issue of the Federal Medical Journal.

　　 After all, although his professor is one of the top professors of Far Harbor University School of Medicine, he has only published an article in the "Federal Medical Journal". Liszt really didn't expect that he would have a paper on the cover of this top medical journal, even if only as the second author.

　　 "Okay, relax." Lawrence patted Liszt on the shoulder. "Trust me, this is just the beginning. I promise that we will have more important discoveries in the future, and may even be more important than this one now."

　　 "Yes, you are right." Liszt reacted at this moment, and then looked at Lawrence with a smile. "We are still young. As long as we study hard, we will definitely have more new discoveries in the future."

　　 After bidding farewell to the excited Liszt in front of the church, Lawrence returned to the church. He decided to go out without going out for the past two days, hoping to finish reading the book "Introduction to Alchemy" in his hand in the shortest possible time.

　　 Especially now that Lawrence finds that he may be talented in alchemy, and the success rate of making things is much higher than that of others. His interest in this book is even stronger, because he found that it can be a very good channel for making money.

　　 Once a person concentrates on something, time often passes quickly, as if it was just a blink of an eye, and the day to pick up one's childhood playmate has arrived.

　　 The adoptive father’s letter mentioned that the ship would arrive at the Albatross Ferry Terminal on the southernmost main island of Eagle Fort around 3 pm. So after lunch, after a short lunch break, Lawrence quickly got up and dressed up. At two o'clock, he walked out of the St. Gutenberg Cathedral in his dress and bowler hat.

At this time, there was a slight rain in the sky. In order to avoid clothes getting wet in this weather or the mud on the street from the trousers, Lawrence took extravagance and paid 6 cents for a ride. A rental carriage went straight to the Albatross Wharf.

　　 In the light rain, the carriage came to the door of the Albatross Wharf. Stepping out of the carriage and opening the umbrella, Lawrence looked at the pier covered in a faint milky white smoke.

　　 There are people coming and going in the dock, and everyone on the sidewalk is in a hurry. In addition, the passenger carriages, narrow-gauge steam trains, steam tractors, etc. that are permitted to enter the port area are mixed together on the road, forming a prosperous and somewhat strange scenery.

　　 According to the location stated in the letter, Lawrence squeezed toward the customs hall among the crowds entering the dock. Soon, he saw the notice related to him on the bulletin board at the entrance of the customs hall. "Due to the fog in the sea today, the Mermaid Princess will be postponed from 3pm to 3:35pm."

　　 "Ha, luck is not bad." Lawrence thought, "The Mermaid Princess is a big ship that can hold 500 passengers. Some small passenger ships like those offshore may need to be delayed for two or three hours to reach the port."

"But now I'd better find a place to rest. It's not a good idea to stand in the cold for half an hour." Lawrence looked at the big clock on the central clock tower of the Port Authority in the distance, and the upper part showed that the time is now two in the afternoon. very. "If the ship arrives at the port at 3:35, it is estimated that four o'clock will be considered as fast as possible before leaving the customs after disembarking the ship."

　　 "So I should find a place to sit for a while now." Lawrence thought, and then he cast his eyes on the row of buildings next to the customs hall. Similar to the former train station, this row of buildings is filled with shops related to the service industry, such as coffee shops, bars, restaurants, gift shops, clothing stores and so on.

　　 Three minutes later, Lawrence sat down on the second floor of a coffee shop against the window while drinking black tea while staring at the direction of the pier. Through the thin rain curtain outside the window, Lawrence saw the densely packed ships docking at the port.

　　The most are all kinds of sailboats, their masts are so dense. It looks like dense trees in the woods.

　　 But these sailboats are not all powered by sails. Lawrence saw that at least one-third of these sailboats had chimneys, and many of them had black or white smoke from the chimneys. Through careful observation, he found that these boats are all propeller-powered, and there is no paddle steamer that was common in previous lives from sailing to steamship.

　　 On the pier closest to the customs hall, there are four or five trestle bridges and no ordinary ships are docked. Lawrence discovered that the four or five boats moored there were either sailing ships with magical aura~www.wuxiahere.com~ or pure steam ships that are very rare now.

　　 In addition to these big ships, there are more than a dozen small steam barges shuttled on the sea inside the harbor. They are busy towing the sailing boats to the wide open sea or helping those big boats dock.

　　As the largest port city in the Federation, all the piers of Eagle Fort are basically so busy. The good news is that even if the wharf is so busy, there is still an orderly order, and chaos in this place can be avoided entirely by the command of the small airship equipped with radio that floats in the air.

　　 Raising his head, Lawrence saw the airship the size of a lemon in his sight. Although it does not look big on the ground, Lawrence knows that this thing is nearly 40 meters long and has a perfect streamlined airbag. The overall painting is conspicuous orange-red, and the port is painted in blue with iron anchors. Bureau badge.

　　The inside of the airship's airbag is supported by some kind of low density and strong alloy, and the canvas on the surface of the airbag also has some simple defense magic arrays. On both sides of the lower cockpit of the airship, two electric engines rotate quickly and quietly to help the airship maintain its position in the air.

　　 This is the crystallization of the cooperation between magic and science and technology. With the help of alchemical technology, a series of problems such as light alloys, high-horsepower electric motors, sturdy airbag materials, and electric energy storage have been overcome. However, it is a pity that extraordinary power is not suitable for mass production, so until now, airships are a rare means of transportation.

　　 "It seems that in a magical world, many technologies may not develop in accordance with the laws of development on the earth." Lawrence looked at everything outside the window and thought. "But it's very good news for me, because it means I can try to recover something from my previous life."