After returning to the palace in the royal capital, they no longer had to worry about being attacked by monsters even when sleeping. Elaine and her party felt completely relaxed.
Abagon took care of everything in an orderly manner, and after arranging the maids to serve them for bathing and meals, he found Downton and reported on the recent work.
"What, my appointment as mayor is still valid?" Downton was holding black tea and looking at the supply list. After hearing Abagong's words, he was a little surprised. He thought that Enbill, the second son of the Duke of the West, would definitely be dismissed for offending him.
Already.
"At least so far, I have not received a letter of revocation." Abagon explained that based on the relationship between Downton and Dofink, if the master was dismissed, he would definitely notify him as soon as possible.
"Haha, just in time, as long as I become the mayor, he will stop trying to remove me." Downton was very happy and couldn't wait any longer. "Go and notify the Giant Guards, by the way, and Quasimodo."
, let it take a group of ogre guards back with me."
"Yes!" Abagon bowed, "Master, where is the list of supplies and harvest this time? I need to sort them out, put them in storage or sell them!"
"Well, I forgot about it!" Downton patted his forehead and flicked the grimoire with his fingers.
The burning demon flame text is arranged and scrolls upward slowly.
Abagong took a quill and recorded it quickly, but after seeing the steam airship, he suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong?" Downton was puzzled.
"Are you sure you're right? It's a steam airship?" Abagon couldn't hide his excitement, his wrist was shaking so much that the ink on the tip of his pen fell off.
"Yes, but they have been in the temple's treasure house for tens of thousands of years and have been scrapped." Homer asked, "Do you have a way to repair them?"
"No!"
Abagon's answer disappointed Downton and Homer, but then he added something that made the two of them ecstatic.
"But my ancestors did!"
"What do you mean?" Downton asked. "Do you still have the design drawings of a steam airship at home?"
"Master, how many airships have you found?" Abagong signaled the master to calm down.
"Ten ships!"
"Oh! That happens to be an expedition expedition, so there should be a wrench pattern on the side of one of the ships, which represents the maintenance of the airship."
Downton looked at Homer, waiting for confirmation.
"That's right!"
"When I was a child, my father always told me about the glory created by our ancestors in the era of hobgoblins, so I also knew some secrets about the expedition group." Abagon smiled, "For example, under the floor of the captain's room of the airship during maintenance,
There are a lot of maintenance diagrams hidden away.”
"What are you waiting for? Hurry and go to the backyard!"
Downton couldn't wait.
The goblin expedition is not for conquest, but for exploration and sowing civilization. Due to various unexpected circumstances, the goblins are unable or unwilling to return to the Western Continent, so they will take root in the discovered plane continent. In order to pass it on to future generations.
Civilization, there are various books kept under the floor in the captain's cabin.
In the captain's cabin, Downton held his breath and looked at the goblin butler expectantly.
"You can't use brute force, otherwise the books will be destroyed." According to his father's description, Abagong cracked the mechanical code with a wrench.
The alloy floor opened, revealing a metal box, and Homer eagerly stretched out his elemental arm to pull it up.
"The goblin-style mechanical lock can be regarded as a symbol of civilization of an era." Homer sighed, opening it himself without Abagon having to do anything.
There is no musty smell of rotting paper, but the smell of anti-rust oil hits your nostrils, because every book is made of copper.
"There are so many precious copper-plate books, Downton. We have made a fortune this time. If we hand them over to the Great Library, your authority will be directly upgraded to another level."
After confirming the value of the book, Homer, who had always been calm, became excited and became a little incoherent. He took the copperplate book and read it eagerly, unwilling to put it down.
Downton nodded and was also very excited. In his hand was a thumb-thick book. Each page was made of bronze pages as thin as cicada wings. The goblin writing on it was still clearly visible even after tens of thousands of years.
.
In order to facilitate preservation, the goblins used ultra-high technology to process copper alloys to make copper pages as soft as paper, and then bound them into books. They are not afraid of fire and moisture, and will remain intact even if they are crumpled and unfolded.
"Science, nature, astronomy and geography, crafts, damn, what poetry collection should I bring? You goblins are really narcissistic. Wouldn't it be better to bring more books about science and technology?"
Homer looked through the box and was very depressed. The space under the floor of the steam airship was limited, and the books he brought were naturally incomplete, which meant that there was a lack of knowledge. For the ancient grimoire, the literature and art of the goblin era was like a dog.
Shit, their most brilliant civilization is machinery and steam technology!
"Lord Homer, if you insult my ancestors again, I request a duel with you!" Abagon was a little angry.
"Hey, I haven't seen you for more than half a year, you have a good temper!" Homer's tone darkened.
"Ah, Lord Homer, I farted just now and didn't say anything." The goblin butler quickly nodded and bowed, begging for mercy with a humble expression on his face.
Life has been good recently, which makes Abagong feel a little complacent.
"Okay, stop bullying him." Downton searched for a long time and finally found the maintenance manual. It not only described the production process of the steam airship in detail, but also included hundreds of pages of structural diagrams, detailing every detail.
All are annotated.
Homer just scares Abagon, telling him not to think that he can take credit for contributing books.
"The structural diagram is so detailed because it is left for the descendants of the expedition group. If they can no longer live there, or want to return to the Western Continent, they can recreate the steam airship according to this drawing and return through the portal.
"Abagon sighed, "But the ancestors probably never dreamed that the era of the hobgoblins was over. Even if they built a steam airship and found the portal according to the coordinates left behind, they would not be able to return."
"Good stuff, good stuff!"
Downton turned over the copper pages with admiration. In his opinion, the structural diagrams above were more precious treasures than rare magic diamonds, because with them, he could create an air force.
"Don't get carried away. I checked and found that the metal and material workmanship on these are incomplete. So it's a bit difficult for you to completely forge metal suitable for flight."
Homer splashed cold water on it.
"No problem, I can find Krupp, find dwarves who are good at forging, and even offer a huge reward of gold coins to solve these problems. With the manufacturing blueprint, those small details will not be a problem at all."
Downton is still fanatical. He is already imagining his army of airships crisscrossing the skies of the West and turning them into the corridors of his own home.
"Do you think the military technology of the nine empires is just a decoration? Their trump cards are just not revealed. Even if you have an air force, you will only be able to compete with the arrogance of those third-rate countries." Homer continued to attack, "And you can't touch it.
Flying monsters, otherwise with the speed of the steam airship, it will definitely become a target."
"Yes, where are the weapons? Are there any defensive weapons?" Downton rummaged through the box.
"Master, the steam airship is for voyage exploration and scientific research. Attack is not its main purpose." Abagon explained.
"Steam rifle? Not bad, steam catapult? My Dipolo, this thing is not bad, a siege weapon! Steam chariot? What is this?"
Downton hummed casually, but he couldn't listen anymore. Every time he saw a new weapon, he would growl happily.
Quasimodo knew that this was a big deal. He drove away the ogre guards and led the abominations to guard the backyard. Only they are the most loyal and will not leak the secret.
"I'll make a fortune, I'll make a fortune. These are weapons that have disappeared in the long river of history. If I make them, I can become a rich man in this life just by selling arms."
Downton smiled happily.
"Where's the big fortune?" Hutao was always too energetic. After washing, he came to Downton with a plate of fruit. When he heard his words, the little Loli's eyes widened and he looked around.
"Here!" Downton waved the book in his hand. "With it, we can become one of the top arms dealers on the Western Highway!"
"Come on, although I don't know how the era of hobgoblins died, some of these weapons are outdated, and the nine empires have military technology that can rival them."
Homer warned Downton, "And you'd better not play with fire. The arms trade will always be in the hands of those wealthy nobles, and the shares are allocated. If you enter rashly, you will be torn apart by those people."
With Downton's current power, the arms smuggling business cannot be carried out, let alone production and sales, otherwise it will be waiting to be attacked and assassinated by business.
"Then I can make it for my own use, right?" Downton didn't let go. "One hundred, no, at least two hundred steam airships. Even if they can't fight, they can be used to expand transportation, lease, and sell them. It's a big business.
!”
"My master is right." Abagon's eyes lit up, "If we have enough airships, we can completely launch aviation business. No matter how slow the airship is, it is faster than a horse-drawn carriage, and it is more upscale. Those nobles will definitely flock to it.
greedy."
The goblin steward, who has a strong economic acumen, thought of many plans in an instant, and also guessed how much impact it would have on the traditional transportation industry.
If done well, Downton can definitely become a giant in the transportation industry and ascend to the throne of the top 100 richest people in the West by relying on this, rather than relying on inheriting the wealth of some underground city.
"No, Downton has spent so much effort, it can't be just for tourism. This is not in line with his style." Homer was almost misled by Downton's rhetoric. He did not intend to become a big businessman, but
To be a duke or even a king.
"What is this oval-shaped thing?" Hutao lay on Downton's back, stretched his head to look around, and found that there were many new things on the copper page that Downton was reading.
"Goblin bomb?" Homer looked over, a little confused, "What are you going to do?"
"This is a one-time attack weapon. You can light a match and throw it out. It will explode after burning. It uses shock waves to kill the enemy. It is the best weapon to deal with cavalry." Abagong explained to Hutao that as a goblin, plus
Based on my father's description, he is relatively familiar with these things. (To be continued...)