In the end, Gwen still could not figure out Veronica's true intentions.
But at least he was sure of one thing. The Saintess, who was incomparably pious in everyone's eyes, might not be as pious as she appeared to be. Or rather, the object of her devotion was not the Holy Light that the North Church had created.
The Captical visitors had left, and a huge source of income had been opened. The port to the Holy Spirit Plains would bring a huge amount of money and resources to the new Duchy of Cecil. The guests from the Eastern Region had left even earlier. Before the arrival of the Cold Moon, the series of trade routes established by Kord in the Eastern Region would be on the right track.
In the study of the Lord's Mansion, Gwen handed a document to the Minister of Commerce, Padrick. "You will be in charge of establishing the 'White Sands Mining Company'. You can use the latest mining machines and explosives as you wish. I only have one request: Dig out as much ore as possible in the shortest amount of time and then transport it back."
"Yes."
After Padrick left, Gwen lowered his head again and quickly signed a second document. He then placed it on a metal plate under the Magic Net terminal. With a slight hum, the document was transmitted and copied.
Above the Magic Net terminal appeared Walter's half-naked figure. Gwen nodded to the old Knight. "Prepare a special pier in the port area of Monolith City for the merchant ships from the Holy Spirit Plains to dock. You only need to transport the resources and all the gold coins mentioned in the list attached to the document. The rest of the resources will be directly sent to the arsenal in Monolith City to be processed into swords and armour for them to transport back."
The old Knight on the holographic projection bowed in a Knight's salute. "Yes!"
The Magic Net terminal was turned off. Gao Wen rubbed his eyebrows and let out a sigh of relief. Meanwhile, Amber's voice came from behind him. "You really don't hold back when you're bullying others. It's almost like a robbery."
Gwen did not turn his head. "I didn't ask Walter to process it in front of them. And what daylight robbery? Isn't the cost of technology a cost? "
"Then the cost of your technology is really high."
"I can't let the Holy Spirit Plains infiltrate too many spies into the Southern Territory through trade. I've shown them enough." Gwen waved his hand and then directly skipped the topic. "Compared to this, you'd better focus more on the establishment of the intelligence network in the Eastern Region. Coade has already opened up the trade route there. It's time for the Military Intelligence Bureau to show its skills."
Amber immediately waved her hand proudly, "Don't worry, the first batch of officers has already set off with Codd's caravan."
Gao Wen nodded. He stood up and stretched his arms and legs, relaxing his slightly stiff joints. But just as he was about to sit back down, a faint sound of an explosion suddenly came from afar. "Boom!!!"
Amber's figure disappeared into thin air almost instantly. Gwen abruptly looked in the direction of the explosion — it was the Magitech Research Institute.
Did something happen?
"Come with me and have a look," Wang Yao said.
Gwen casually grabbed Amber, who was invisible, and left the study. At the same time, through the crystal glass of the study, a cloud of smoke and dust had risen in the direction of the Magitech Research Institute.
When Gwen rushed all the way there, a large number of people had gathered around the Magitech Research Institute. The soldiers maintaining order were blocking the unrelated people outside the blockade line. The internal security personnel of the Magitech Research Institute were cooperating with the soldiers who came to help to transfer the wounded to the square in front of the institute. Medical personnel in doctor's robes had arrived and were giving emergency treatment to those who were burned and injured by the explosion. A few fully armed White Knight had also arrived at the scene and cooperated with the doctors to treat the wounded.
A large hole was blown in a building on the flank of the Magitech Research Institute. Billowing smoke was rising from the big hole.
Seems like an experiment accident? Or did Rebecca finally make a big fireball in the lab?
The order of the scene seemed to be under control. The safety drill system that had been constantly implemented finally came into effect at this moment. Gwen passed through the nervous soldiers and medical personnel and shouted, "Where's the person in charge? Report the situation! "
Amber, who had been sandwiched along the way, did not protest when she realized that there was an accident here. She obediently followed behind Gwen. At this time, her sharp eyes saw a figure standing in the open space. She immediately poked Gwen's arm and said, "Over there, over there. Rebecca is over there!"
Gwen followed the direction of Amber's finger and finally saw Rebecca standing at the edge of the crowd, looking a little shaken.
He immediately ran over to her.
Rebecca's face was blackened by smoke, and her clothes were tattered by the explosion. But other than a few obvious abrasions, she did not seem to be seriously injured. After seeing Gwen, the girl immediately shouted, "Ancestor! The lab exploded! "
"Are you okay?" Gwen immediately looked at Rebecca from head to toe. After confirming that the girl was not seriously injured, he continued, "What happened? How are the casualties? How did the lab explode? "
Rebecca tilted her ear and continued to shout, "Ah? The wind is too strong, I can't hear you! "
"She is shaken." Pitman had also arrived at the scene. The little old man held an oak cane and waved it beside Rebecca's head. A pale green halo descended and quickly healed Rebecca's wounds. "She should be fine now."
"Ah, the wind has stopped." Rebecca shook her head with a look of surprise on her face.
Pitman bowed slightly to Gwen. "I was testing the artificial nerve cord in the nearby lab. When I heard the explosion, I immediately rushed over with the apprentices."
Gwen nodded. He realized that Rebecca was at the scene of the explosion, so he turned to the Pitman to understand the accident. "How are the casualties? How bad are the casualties? "
"Three are seriously injured, a dozen are lightly injured. The good news is that no one died." Pitman did not continue to smile in this situation. Instead, he reported quickly and seriously. "The lightly injured can be left to the doctors. I have personally treated the seriously injured. Don't worry, they won't die. But I'm afraid it will take a few days for them to fully recover. As for the damage … It seems that one of the labs has been completely destroyed. Next to it was another lab and a small warehouse. As for the cause of the explosion, I don't know. "
Hearing that no one had died, Gawain heaved a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, this was a world where supernatural powers existed. Healing spells were far more effective than medical technology on Earth. As long as they did not die on the spot, they could basically be saved.
As more White Knight rushed to the scene, the order around the Magitech Research Institute was completely stabilized. The seriously injured were quickly moved to a more suitable place for treatment.
After receiving Pitman's treatment, Rebecca was completely fine. She stood in front of Gawain with her head down, looking as if she was ready to be beaten up at any time. Judging from her skillful posture, Gawain was afraid that even Heidi would not be able to do it the moment she arrived.
Gwen, of course, did not intend to beat her up. At least, he could not do it without understanding the situation. He cleared his throat and asked Rebecca to look up. "What happened?"
"We were testing the engine." Rebecca shrunk her neck. "The engine of the magic-powered train … and then it exploded."
"The engine of the magic-powered train?" Gwen was shocked. "You built the engine of the magic-powered train so quickly?!"
"Nope." Rebecca shook her head. "It wouldn't have exploded if I built it. We just got a large amplifier and a set of high-powered magic nets to test how much power was needed to power such a big engine. Then it exploded."
As she spoke, Rebecca could not help but shrunk her neck again. "I know you said that the train project can wait, but I wanted to do some preliminary testing … and I didn't delay the other projects! But the lab did explode … "
Looking at Rebecca, who looked like a frightened rabbit, Gwen did not know whether to laugh or cry. Of course, he would not punish Rebecca for doing these tests, but at the same time, he needed to investigate the cause and effect of the accident, and immediately start a series of clean-up work.
The explosion of the Magic-Powered Research Institute was not a small matter, and it was not something that could be brushed aside with a joke. Although people often said that "no mage's lab does not explode", the Magic-Powered Research Institute was completely beyond the concept of a "mage's lab" in this era. There were too many ordinary people involved, and the operation of the institute itself was closely related to the lives of the citizens. The explosion here could have a lot of repercussions.
Besides that, the test project that Rebecca described also made Gwen vaguely aware of one thing: the production of the magic-powered train was not going to be so smooth.
Just to test the amplification and power supply module of the high-powered magic-powered engine, and such an accident happened …
In the next few minutes, he learned a lot about the details before the explosion from Rebecca, the environment of the lab, the test data, and the various technical measures used. The more he learned, the more he was sure of his theory.
Compared to the other magic-powered technologies that Cecil had developed so far, the magic-powered train had many unique points.
Gwen knew that the early trains on Earth were simpler in structure and did not have high technical requirements. But in this world, steam engines with lower technical requirements could not be built, and the magic-powered train could only start with a rotary engine, which led to the technological starting point of the 'train' in this world being even more advanced than the 'car'.
The large magic-powered engine that was not mature enough, the complicated amplification device, and the Mana Net structure that was affected by the scale of the runes greatly increased the difficulty of the development of the magic-powered train. And there was an even bigger problem in the middle, which was that the magic-powered train technology was a product of the 'magic-powered industry'. Its foundation was brand-new, so much so that many old magical technologies were not useful in this field.
Cecil had developed many 'advanced things' that outsiders would find inconceivable, such as the Mana Net terminal that integrated instant communication, holographic images, and file transfer functions, the Rainbow Cannon that used energy beams as a means of killing, the Heat Ray Gun, and the White Knight's Holy Light Inverter device. These things seemed to transcend the era, or even surpass it. But Gwen knew that the truth behind these things was just an extension and recombination of the existing technology in this world. The ignorant would be amazed at how fast they developed, but those who knew the truth would realize the height of the technology in this world. And it was because of the solid foundation of the existing magical technologies that Cecil's magic-powered industry had been developing so smoothly.
But the magic-powered train … it had gone too far on the path of the magic-powered industry, so much so that the old magical technologies could not give it such a big boost.
There was no existing magic that could continue to optimize the Mana Net and the magic-powered engine. The progress in this aspect had to rely on Jenny's Rune Research Institute and other materials science and engineering departments to make breakthroughs. Now it seemed that Rebecca had encountered a problem in this aspect.
Fortunately, when the concept of the magic-powered train was first proposed, Gwen felt that the difficulty of this project might be high, and he was mentally prepared for it.
"Ancestor …" Looking at Gwen in deep thought, Rebecca could not help but touch her head. She guessed that she might not be beaten today, so she asked carefully, "Then … should we stop this project for a while?"
Gwen woke up from his thoughts. He looked at Rebecca's dark face with hope and made a decision.
"You can continue. I will think of a way to deal with the aftermath of this incident. But in view of this lesson, all testing of the magic-powered train project must be done far away from the city. In addition, the experimental process will be replanned, and the safety precautions will also have to be redesigned to ensure the safety of the experimenters, and to isolate the people from the experimental equipment … "
Rebecca listened to every word carefully, and Gwen spoke one by one.
In the process of technological development, accidents were always unavoidable. As early as the beginning of the construction of the territory, Heti's laboratory had been blown up by Rebecca's crystal. But in the end, Rebecca's crystal was not sealed away, and it shone brilliantly in the field of military and engineering today.
As magic-powered technology continued to develop, the scale of the energy that humans could control was bound to increase. Today's explosion would not be the last, nor would it be the most powerful. But even Rebecca was prepared to continue, and so was Gwen.
In order to continue, they could only be careful, cautious, and cautious, and do everything possible to ensure safety — and then, do it again.
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