Magic Industrial Age.

Chapter 375: Shocking News (Subscription Request)
The news of Lilia's pregnancy was confirmed on the next morning. By the afternoon, it had spread throughout the city of Brussels, and even the beggars on the street knew about it.

Then, it spread outward through various magical or non-magical means, like a hurricane sweeping across the entire Flower Territory, and was known by the great nobles of the Norman Duchy.

There are many things that nobles value, such as territory, power, knowledge, and wealth, but in the final analysis, these things must be "passed down".

Therefore, the importance of this offspring is highlighted.

Especially someone like Luo Yi, who was born as an illegitimate child and started from scratch, but built up such a huge foundation. If there is no one to inherit, those followers under him will not be able to rest assured.

That is to say, Loy is still young, just in his early twenties. Otherwise, the vassals and knights under him would have to use roundabout means to get him to find a woman and have children.

The situation was just right now. She got married the day before and the news of her pregnancy broke out the day after. Just based on this point, Lilia's position as Countess was secured.

Of course, Luo Yi didn't care about all this, he was just simply happy that he had a child.

And, vaguely, I felt relieved.

He and Lilia have been together for a long time. Except for being a little shy at the beginning, they really didn't take any contraceptive measures afterwards.

If you have a child, then keep him. Luo Yi can give him the best conditions and education.

But, I don’t know why, after so many times of making love, there was not even a single sound.

After a long time, Luo Yi even began to doubt whether there was something wrong with him.

Logically speaking, it is only legends that have difficulty in having offspring. If an individual is too powerful, it will be difficult for him to give birth to the next generation.

Of course, dragons are an exception. When they are in heat, it is easy for them to make other races pregnant, including intelligent life or magical beasts.

But if they pair up, the chance of giving birth to a dragon egg is very low.

From this perspective, Luo Yi is actually far from qualified. He is just a third-level transcendent and is far from being a legend.

But to be honest, he possesses several secret sacred skills, and his physical soul is no longer human. It is possible that this has had some impact and caused reproductive isolation.

Although this is just speculation, under the "Health Check Module", his sperm is also full of vitality.
But this kind of thing is like a shadow lingering in the heart, which is difficult to dispel!

Until then, Lilia became pregnant and all doubts disappeared.

To this end, Loy even exempted taxes for all the farmers and fishermen in the entire Flower Territory, and all the year's harvest belonged to them.

This is a real benefit, something unheard of in the Old World. Once the news came out, there was a lot of cheers, and Lilia's reputation almost reached the top.

It was only after the wedding that Luo Yi finally had a few days of peace and tranquility.

The magic energy factory is operating normally. Under Maruna's management, the production capacity has reached a certain peak, and the profits are increasing day by day.

The Siren Port is busy all day and night. The flying lion flag is so bright, and the cargo coming in and out is countless.

The railway from Brussels to Siren Port is still extremely busy. Every half an hour, a locomotive departs, towing cargo boxes filled with finished machinery and spare parts.

On the side of the railway tracks, workers gathered to measure the ground, check the foundation and transport materials.

It looks like he's ready for another big move.

Luo Yi himself did not expect that the double-track railway would have to be expanded just a few days after it was opened to traffic.

In the Silver Sea, the Siren King Alexios led his team, transporting a large amount of supplies, and under the guidance of a highly paid guide, they set out for the palace of the Naga Prince.

The risks of this journey are unknown, but he needs to blaze a trail for his tribe.

As for the nobles, after the wedding, of course they all went back to their homes and looked after their mothers.

They would spread what they saw and heard in Brussels to every corner of the Norman Duchy.

They will also publicize the extraordinary and powerful nature of the Flower Territory. Who knows, next time, even the Marquis family may not dare to confront Luo Yi.

Archduchess Afra and Marquis Floyd also left the next day.

They had stayed in Brussels long enough and were anxious to get back to deal with the backlog of government affairs.

Of course, they also took away a lot of technical talents from Xianhualing.

These people will conduct surveys within their territories, and then help plan the construction of magic factories and the layout of magic machinery based on the orders.

Even if you only dabble in a few areas, creating something from scratch is always the most difficult.

Moreover, if they want to develop, the magic energy pool is a threshold that they cannot avoid.

Although magic crystals are convenient and versatile, using them in a factory would be a bottomless pit of consumption and have a very low cost-effectiveness.

The small magic energy pool is very valuable, but it can only be used for a long time.

If you really want to develop the magic energy industry, a magic energy pool must be built. However, this depends on personal willingness and courage, as well as the family's financial resources.

Moreover, even if it comes to Luoyi, it is actually a middleman and still has to import from the empire.

It is worth mentioning that the Imperial Ambassador, Lord Robin Water, has returned before the wedding.

He was happy to see Roy's bold move come to fruition. The Empire gave the Raymond family all kinds of support and technology, and the Raymond family then dragged the Norman family and Freud onto the chariot, and so on...

Perhaps, one day, the Old World will be shrouded in the halo of the magic industry.

The Habsburg Empire could become the overlord and center of the Old World without going to war.

In addition, Roy also arranged a job for Mrs. Linda, which was to take over the secret medicine factory outside Brussels.
Also, set up a standard potion laboratory and ask her to brew enough potions.

The Flower Territory has a fourth-level potion master, Ms. Palacios, and several intermediate potion masters under her command, which has largely solved the shortage of potions.

But this thing is a consumable and also hard currency, so the more the better.

Of course, Roy wanted Mrs. Linda to be busy more. Only when she was busy and extremely busy would she stop having random thoughts.

However, after recovering from her injuries, the first thing Mrs. Linda did was to go into seclusion. She wanted to break through and become a third-level extraordinary magician.

In fact, her situation was similar to Douglas's, and she had already reached the point of breaking through.

However, they were too well protected by the empire and lacked the drive and determination to lag behind.

These may seem unimportant, but if you don't have that kind of determination and just want to play it safe, it will be difficult to take that step.

Then there was Douglas Hill, who came to attend the wedding, but he also had a mission.

Therefore, since arriving in Oakland City, he borrowed Lilia's mechanical laboratory and replicated a magic walkie-talkie.

He also brought in a number of wizard apprentices to provide training in production, assembly, testing and packaging, and tried to finalize the final model and establish a standardized production process.

This is of course to prepare for the future establishment of a magic walkie-talkie factory in Xianhua Territory.

After the wedding, he did not leave immediately, but waited for the great designers to return.

He needed to work with them to ensure that space for wiring was left at the beginning of the design to ensure the installation of the walkie-talkie.

However, what he didn't expect was that his work alarmed His Majesty Saint Bartholomew.

This person was arrogant and didn't care much at first, but after seeing the finished product and the tests, his eyes lit up.

As one of the founders of the Empire's long-distance communication magic network, he actually knew very well the massive resources and manpower that the Empire had invested in maintaining this huge magic circle.

This system is not only expensive to build and use, but more importantly, the subsequent maintenance costs will increase year by year.

There are many magical materials that involve space, so use as little as possible.

Although he voted in favor for the sake of the empire against all odds, this was also a thorn in his heart.

He never thought that he would see another solution in the small flower collar.

The initial investment in a magic walkie-talkie is not small, but even if it breaks down later, it is just a matter of replacing a part, which is not a big cost.

Even if it cannot completely replace the communication magic circle, it can still be used in another form to achieve rapid transmission of information.

This discovery excited His Majesty Saint Bartholomew. After a deeper understanding, he even took over one of the tasks of later research and development.

That is to design and install an automatic dialing system for the communication center to shield human intervention and errors.

And the path he chose was the same as Douglas.

Using machines to solve this problem would require developing it from scratch, which would be very troublesome, but he has connections!
He has already written a letter to a good friend of his, who is a true legendary wizard and is also proficient in the 'Legendary Activation Technique'.

Let him make a trip, use the activation technique to create a tower spirit, and then give the task of transferring the magic energy signal to the tower spirit, and the problem will be solved.

As a carrier of the tower spirit, there is no one more suitable than Lillia's Mage Tower.

Look, all the arrangements, both public and private, have been made.

Of course, if we want the empire to see the results and promote it on a large scale, we have to find a place to practice it.

As a result, the plan to build the new city of Brussels caught the attention of His Majesty.

When he saw those great designers leisurely traveling around, he got angry and wrote a letter directly to each of them.

There was no reprimand, just write your name clearly on the signature and say casually, "Why is your work efficiency so low?"
Then, a group of great designers felt like the sky was falling!

If you offend the imperial family, you should forget about staying in the Habsburg Empire.

The result is that no requirements, no food and accommodation, no pomp and circumstance are wanted.

A group of elite designers demonstrated hard-working spirit and amazing efficiency.

Luo Yi wanted to laugh when he saw this, he just felt that there really is always someone who can defeat someone else!
However, on July 314th of the 7th year of the New God Calendar, which was the tenth day after his wedding, a shocking piece of news was passed to Xianhua Ling through various channels, and he could no longer laugh.

On June 314, 6 New God Calendar, Hohenzollern III's eldest son, Crown Prince of the Habsburg Empire, Archduke Franz Hohenzollern and his wife were assassinated while visiting the Balkans!!!

This piece of news shocked the entire Old Continent and completely opened the bloody storm of the new era.

(End of this chapter)