Fairy’s Box

When Yale was facing the terrible plague in the middle interface, his friends were not idle, especially Amber.

Ever since he made his fortune with the golden apples presented by Figores, Amber's business has grown bigger and bigger. Seeing that he has dominated the catering industry in Thrace, he turned his attention to new industries.

As a cross-industry giant, Amber thought that his marigold consortium could be invincible, and made great achievements in real estate, metallurgy, lumber, fertilizer and other industries, but as a result, it hit a wall in the entire eastern part of the empire, and could no longer reproduce the time when Thrace started out. of brilliance.

The reason is very simple. As a large empire that has lasted for thousands of years, the various forces within Roservia are intertwined, and a large number of outdated vested interests have been formed. Simply put, the class has solidified to an astonishing degree.

For a long time of 1300 years, if it is a federal state with loose central power, it will be fine. Large and small federations will always be born and die, and the process of metabolism will be completed.

However, Rosevia is a centralized empire, and because of the king-selection ceremony, there are few faint-hearted kings. To a certain extent, this is not a bad thing, except that being well behaved means being conservative, and being conservative means being inclined to compromise. As a result, many things, including national policies, cannot be thoroughly implemented.

From a national level, one or two generations may not be a big deal, but the accumulated disadvantages of one or 20 generations are terrifying. Unlike the catering industry, which is a highly competitive industry, real estate, mining, metallurgy, lumber, etc. are too easy to monopolize, and have long been carved up by the privileged class, so how can there be a share of newcomers.

The privileged class here refers not to emperors and knights, nor to mages, nor to fairies, but to Amber's counterparts - merchants.

The reason is a little more complicated. In addition to the blue blood family, the descendants of knights have a first-mover advantage, and the starting point is not much higher than that of commoners, and the same is true of mages. The non-inheritability of the extraordinary and the inheritability of personal property have caused a strange phenomenon.

The knights and mages are keen to marry businessmen, thus colluding to form a community of interests. In addition, Rosevia is a country where politics and business are not separated, and businessmen can easily gain political status... In this way, relying on personal property is sacred and inviolable The social consensus of the society, coupled with the complementary interests of the mages and knights, the most stable privileged class, the golden power, the noble family, was born.

There was a proverb among the Franks of the North that there are two things in Rosevia that are stronger than gold—the emperor and the great merchants.

The Iberian kingdom dominated by mages also used this to arrange the Rosevi people—900 years ago, there were only knights and nobles in Rosevia, and 900 years later, Rosevia will have golden power. | Noble | family.

And now, although Amber also relies on wealth to rank among the top class, after all, his qualifications are too shallow, and he is far from some big consortiums and big chambers of commerce. In comparison, he is a nouveau riche.

How could the veteran Jinquan|noble|family look down on him, plus there are more wolves | less meat, of course the claws stretched out by the Calendula consortium are slapped back.

After trying again and again, Amber gave up some naive ideas and decided to find another way. Since the traditional industry can't handle those golden antiques, then he will do his own thing!

That's right, he still has a trump card, that is, the steam locomotive bought from the second dealer Yalei!

It's a pity that I hit a wall again...

New things are destined to be questioned, and the emergence of steam locomotives has actually touched the interests of the entire mage class. No mana drive, no rune spells, and you can move on your own!

what is this? Ordinary people can make it, and ordinary people can use it!

When this technology matures, how many people will we have to lose their jobs?

Moreover, to actually not use magic stones as energy, but to rely on burning black carbon to provide kinetic energy, is simply heresy!

what is this? That's the trick!

resist! resist!

All in all, the mages don't really dislike steam locomotives, they just don't want to see new energy sources that ordinary people can control.

Neither Yale nor Bishop Ike, the inventor of the steam engine, thought that a small steam engine would cause a huge uproar in the political arena.

In the House of Commons, the magistrates made generous statements, saying that steam locomotives are useless, as long as there are enough magic stones, they can build a flying castle.

Moreover, the exhaust gas discharged from the broken machine contained toxins, and even as an adult, I felt a strong discomfort, not to mention the goblins and children. By the way, once this technology is promoted, it will seriously damage the surface environment, and the speed is slow.

As a result, under the well-founded promotion of the entire magic stone interest group, the House of Commons abruptly passed a law that classified steam engines as dangerous and prohibited items, and must not be produced.

It’s a pity that some new things are destined to flourish from the moment they are born. Unless they can kill all the insiders with great powers, they can’t hold back!

Take, for example, the business Amber is talking about now.

"Mr. Amber, look."

An unshaven middle-aged mage who didn't seem to care about his appearance stepped forward, spread out the dirty blueprints in his hands, spread them on Amber's expensive desk, swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said nervously:

"Our research found that in a high enough pressure environment, the condensation rate of magic stones will increase many times, do you know what this means? In some special places with strong magic power, a large amount of low temperature can be generated overnight. Quality magic stone particles. Think about it, what a great benefit!"

"As far as I know, the results of this research have long been discovered, and this theory has long since been put into practice because of making ends meet." Amber waved his hand casually, puncturing the other party's old bottom again and again. .

"That's right..." The middle-aged mage blushed and added quickly: "But it's different now. We can use steam engines instead of magic stones to consume, carry out pressurization operations, and then..."

Having said this, he deliberately paused, and in a seductive tone, he said something that he was confident that no businessman could refuse:

"Cheap, bulk, low-quality magic stones."

"Do you have a machine?" Amber raised his eyelids unmoved.

"Yes, I have a testing machine." The middle-aged mage licked back his chapped lips.

"But steam engines are now prohibited items."

"That's why I asked you to cooperate."

The mage slowly approached Amber, with the light of desire in his eyes, and said with a smile:

"Such a great masterpiece is listed as contraband by a bunch of stupid and greedy vested interests. As the master, you will not be reconciled to it."

"We will all go to jail for this." A smile appeared on Amber's chubby face.

"Yes, we will also become billionaires because of this." The other party nodded understandingly.

In a country where business and government are integrated, quick money can help the gods. As long as you have gold in your hand, even if you are in prison, you can live a life of a superior man.

"Happy cooperation, I'm Amber Dillett."

"I'm Soren Hals, happy to work with you."

In the office with luxurious facilities, two hands representing money and wisdom, because interests are held together.

At this moment, Sauron smiled contentedly, as if success was in sight, but Amber knew that such a great benefit could not be grasped by two people alone.

He also needs another strong, firm, trusting hand that represents strength. These three hands are connected together to become the lever to move the cake.