Whispering Verse

"Good morning, Princess Margaret."

At 9 o'clock on Friday morning, at the gate of the auditorium of the Third National Mechanical Academy of De La Rion in Tobesk University area, Shad greeted the princess in a rabbit fur cloak.

Today Princess Margaret will visit the academy and attend several lectures.

Shad hadn't been invited, but on Monday Chief Anros gave him his pass. After a few days of "learning foreign languages", the princess became more familiar with Xia De. She probably misunderstood the reason why Xia De came here and thought he was here to protect her, so she saw Xia De from a distance. Afterwards, he was called to the front and said a few words, and then arranged a team that he could accompany to visit.

The Higher College of the Steam Age is also a very new place for outsiders. The towering castle-like buildings and garden-like college environment make the inside and outside of the college not like an era at all.

The ancient academy system followed the scenery of the old era, but in this era, civilians who passed the examination were allowed to enroll.

Today's Princess Margaret is dressed up, because she has inquired in advance that her itinerary today has nothing to do with history, folklore and other majors, so Xia De is very relieved about the safety of this day. The princess mainly came to visit the college's basic physics, mathematics, mechanical and architectural majors, and the reports she listened to were also related to this.

In addition to the members of the visiting delegation, the entourage also included officials from the city hall, journalists and accompanying personnel from the academy itself.

Everything seemed normal. Shade, who was wearing the winter warm formal attire that Miss Galina asked the maids to send, followed the group at the end of the group and visited the school building of the Third National Mechanical Academy of De La Rion, and found that this era The accommodation conditions of the students are surprisingly good. Although there is no cooling device in summer, the size of the dormitory and the available space are much better than the schools used by foreigners in their hometowns;

When I visited the laboratory of the School of Physics, the bald professor, who was quite excellent at first glance, demonstrated a simple small hole imaging experiment, and used a large steam engine to drive pulleys and levers in a dark room, showing a set of quite complicated gas lamp projections device. The filter used to maintain a stable light source output is the most expensive part, and the smell mixed with engine oil and lubricating oil in the darkroom is the most unbearable smell;

In the laboratory of the School of Mechanical Engineering, local professors demonstrated a "vacuum cleaner" that has just been registered for a patent. The brass-colored vacuum cleaner body is unusually large, but it works very well. After using the filter cloth and the supercharged steam that foreigners don’t understand, the vacuum cleaner can effectively absorb most of the stains. Princess Margaret was even invited to try it out herself, and took a few photos for tomorrow’s publication photo. Although it is still limited by the volume, this new type of machine cannot be promoted on a large scale, but if this problem is solved, it will be a very economical invention.

However, some unpleasant things were encountered during the visit. When visiting the new milling machine in the factory building of the college, the huge noise generated by the operation of the machine made the 51-year-old Viscount Bronming, who accompanied Princess Margaret, faint directly. past.

This small episode did not cause much disturbance, but it was recorded by reporters, which displeased the gentlemen of the town hall.

"Technology always comes at a price."

Xia De, who was at the back of the crowd, was watching the stretcher carry away the viscount of the southern country, when a familiar voice came from his ear. Turning around to look, it was a lady in a red dress and a black dress, holding a silver notebook in her hand.

Xia De froze for a moment before saying softly:

"It's been a long time since the game at Lakeview Manor, Miss Werther."

In fact, it is Miss Pavo, the vice president of the Truth Society. Xia De never thought that she would dare to appear in such a place.

"Long time no see, Mr. Hamilton."

The sorceress greeted with a smile, and then looked at the old gentleman who was carried away like Xia De:

"Don't worry, this should be a heart attack stimulated by the noise. I think the servant has given the medicine mixed with rum just now, and it will not be life-threatening."

If he didn't know her true identity, Xia De would definitely think that she was a learned noble lady.

Although the viscount's coma had nothing to do with the factory building, the visiting team still left here temporarily, preparing to visit the next destination, which was the model of the new locomotive being manufactured in the academy.

Xia De didn't think about reporting this dangerous sorceress now, she dared to show up and naturally had the confidence to leave, but Xia De didn't want to go with her either. However, Miss Pavo seemed to have made up her mind to follow Shade, so she joined him at the end of the crowd and continued walking southward with the gentlemen and ladies in front.

"Science is so fascinating that the miniaturized steam engine is probably the most important invention of the last millennium."

Miss Pavo praised, and Xia De quite agreed with this, but just nodded, hoping that the lady could see his indifference.

But the sorceress doesn't really care about Xia De's attitude, she just chats with random people:

"The Witte family has invested in some fresh inventions. If you want to change your class in this era, reasonable investment is essential."

"So what did the Witte family invest in?"

Xia De pretended to be curious and asked casually, it would be strange if he really didn't say a word.

"For example, the new locomotive locomotive to be visited next, a unique steelmaking method, a very interesting single-person two-wheeled mobile tool, which is moved by human pedaling, oh, and a four-wheeled locomotive driven by a small steam engine. I am very optimistic about the fourth one, but it is a pity that it is still only in the theoretical stage of blueprints.”

Miss Pavo said regretfully, Xia De tried his best to control his expression and the urge to express his opinion on the above invention.

"Mr. Hamilton, I know that your main job is a detective, so have you considered investing your savings in new inventions?"

She asked Shad again. A group of people were passing through the tower bridge between the tall buildings at the moment. This is the iconic building of the school and has a history of at least 300 years.

"Invest in invention?"

In line with the idea of ​​saying less and making less mistakes, Xia De made random nonsense. Somehow, I thought of what I saw and heard in the fifth era in 5177, so I said:

"I have considered investing in the chemical industry. The clothes we wear in modern times are all biological products made of biological fibers, such as silk, cotton and linen, animal fur, and so on. Although the improvement of textile machines has made the textile industry develop greatly relying on biological products, but I'm thinking, maybe we can try to synthetically manufacture artificial fibers through the chemical industry."

"Chemically synthesized artificial fibers?"

Miss Pavo raised her eyebrows, and together with Shad, they turned left with the people and set foot on the stone road leading to the back of the college. The two Carson Riker gentlemen in front were commenting on the scenery of the college, and the Carson Riker with a local accent was criticizing the loss of the glory of nobility here.

"I've never heard of synthetic textile fibers, or even thought of it."

Miss Pavo became interested, she said with a smile:

"Knight, you have a great idea. Although it sounds unbelievable, once you succeed, you can use artificial fibers to challenge the monopoly of biological fibers. If you can reduce the cost of chemical synthetic fibers to... "

"No no no."

Xia De immediately shook his head. He brought up this topic not to let Miss Pavo admire his wisdom, but to let the other party think that he is an incurable person. inspired him:

"I didn't think so much, it's like this. The current fabric is too elastic."

He tugged at his black coat, and then at the scarf:

"For example, the original stockings were only worn by men. At that time, the stockings were woven by hand, requiring special materials and high manual costs. Later, ladies discovered the charm of stockings, and we The efficient knitting machine was invented a few years ago, and most of the pretty girls in the city can wear a good pair of stockings."

Xia De nodded, and Miss Pavo looked at him suspiciously with her lips pursed.

"But it's still not enough. Even if efficient knitting machines reduce the cost of stockings, the stockings themselves are still not elastic enough and transparent."

"Hmm...transparency?"

Miss Pavo is not an outsider, and she has never really seen the extravagance of the Fifth Epoch Witch Emperor, so she can't understand Xia De's words for the time being. Her women's boots stomped on the stone road under her feet, and she subconsciously recalled what she was wearing under her thick long skirt.

"Yes, there is elasticity in addition to transparency. Because the elasticity is not enough, girls' stockings still need garters to fix them to prevent them from sliding down during walking. But if the elasticity is enough, not only do you not need additional garters, even For the surface of the stocking, just a little tug... ahem."

Xia De paused and added:

"Of course, I admit that the garter itself is very good, but I think, since we can't find an elastic and thin material in terms of biological materials, can we artificially synthesize a man-made fiber that meets the requirements through chemical means? material, to show the beauty of the girls' legs..."

Speaking of this, he smiled and shook his head as if he had just noticed what he was talking about:

"Sorry, these words are a bit disrespectful. Miss Werther, just pretend I didn't say anything."

Xia De wanted to end the topic like this, but the sorceress did not continue talking. Although the values ​​of ring warlocks are somewhat different from ordinary people, in this kind of public place, no one would open their mouths when talking about ladies' legs with a strange man.

"Chemistry is really amazing."

Miss Pavo said that it seemed that the enthusiasm for talking to Shad had decreased a little:

"Synthesis of substances that have never been seen before is unimaginable by people before."

"Maybe it's not that it never happened, it's just that it hasn't been discovered yet."

Xia De said in a relaxed tone, and Miss Pavo nodded:

"I once thought, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com If chemistry can synthesize everything from basic materials, can it synthesize the components of the human body?"

She's great at taking conversations in dangerous directions.

"This belongs to the legendary alchemy."

Xia De smiled and said:

"This is not a problem in the field of chemistry. Alchemists who study ancient alchemy claim that they can turn coal into gold."

"Yes, the rumored Philosopher's Stone."

Miss Pavo also laughed, "The Philosopher's Stone" has a great reputation even among ordinary people, true and false occult books always like to add words like "The Philosopher's Stone".

After all, turning stone into gold and immortality represent the most fundamental desires of human beings.

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