Mage? Spell Engineer!

"Why?" You don't really want to get rid of me, do you? Rorschach silently squeezed the cane and entered the ready state.

"Dang-dang-dang. Intermediate Mage Rorschach, please allow me to introduce to you - the Non-Magical Advanced Technology Laboratory!" Snow snapped his fingers, and the other brothers hurriedly operated, and a steel-framed greenhouse appeared out of thin air in the wasteland. son.

Therefore, the magic-free laboratory must be covered with illusion magic. Anyone with [Arcane Vision] can see that there is something wrong here, so Rorschach, who only shields Muggles, feels that the setting of this greenhouse is very awkward.

The two walked into the greenhouse, and Snow introduced Rorschach: "Master Kano doesn't know why, but he asked our Alchemy Department to research alternative technologies that can operate without magic, so as to ensure that the guild can maintain its internal structure under extreme conditions where magic fails. The basic functions of remote communication, power and energy are operated. Therefore, we have this great laboratory.”

It is said to be a laboratory, but the interior of the greenhouse is extremely empty. The vault supported by the steel structure provides enough space. Rorschach saw that the steam engines and generators that were previously in the power room of the research building were moved here, as well as some processing equipment and cables. .

"I have to say that after adding the restriction of 'cannot use Ether', it has become quite challenging to obtain the previous technical indicators. Although the difficulty has increased, it has also become more interesting!" This is what the old man said sincere words.

Are you a little masochistic? Rorschach looked at the excitement in the laboratory and felt quite emotional. He couldn't help but speculate whether Kano already knew that the empire had the technology to ban magic, so he proposed and vigorously promoted the seemingly redundant project at hand.

Obviously the magic guild is not completely ignorant of the trends in the empire. Most of the people Rorschach met were mages, but there were also some teachers from the former Valuana High School, especially teachers from the Artillery Academy. To be precise, They should be engineers specialized in battlefield applications.

"Master Rorschach!" Andre was also here, and he saw Rorschach calling over. Seeing Andre, Snow seemed to have just remembered, and said to Rorschach: "Oh, I forgot to tell you, we built Unit 3 underground here to provide ether. Although we need to develop technology that does not rely on magic, but It doesn’t mean that magic cannot be used in the research and development process.”

The current lighting and illusion are maintained with the continuous supply of ether. Rorschach gave the boss of the alchemy department a roll of his eyes: "When did you inform me?" When the No. 2 machine was built, he killed it first and then announced it.

However, Rorschach knew that a new collector had been built. The evidence was that the experience value of [Spirit Exile Technique (Blue)] increased faster, but he did not know that it was built here.

Rorschach faintly sensed his symbol, and sure enough, he saw a bright light spot in the east of the underground, and a dimmer core in the symmetrical west underground, which should be unlit.

"Are we going to build another one?"

Snow was shocked: "Brother Rorschach, can you guess this? Yes, the funds are really sufficient. We plan to build another one and do other things at the same time."

Snow did not elaborate on what the "other things" were, and Rorschach stopped asking.

The researchers in the laboratory are called the "Magic-free Alternative Technology Research Group". They are not only members of the Alchemy Department, but also include people from all walks of life. This was something that was unimaginable before and can be regarded as Kano's "new dynasty". Yazheng".

"Those teachers at the Artillery Academy are having a miserable life. Before they came here to work, they could only receive a salary of two new gold coins a week. Recruiting them here is very cheap and easy to use." Snow said that Muggles couldn't hear it. [Messaging Technique], directly praising the "engineer bonus".

Look down on your two-dollar brother? Rorschach ignored the proud Snow. He was more concerned about Andre: "Now that I have exchanged new coins, can I double the support I will give you?"

"No, no, no, Master Rorschach, how can you be so embarrassed?"

"Don't be polite to him, this kid is not short of money." Snow squeezed Rorschach's shoulder hard. There is Fonda Company's payment through the Magic Guild. Because the remittance was imperial gold coins, the purchasing power of gold coins soared after the devaluation of the Holy Kingdom's currency, and Rorschach's cash flow increased instead of decreasing.

The first project focused on public relations in the laboratory is "long-distance communication." The messaging system currently run by magic guilds has advantages and significant disadvantages.

First of all, it is actually a transmission array network. Under the artificial power limit, it only allows ordinary people to transmit light carriers such as letters. However, in fact, when there is sufficient ether, it can also transmit other entities, including people, and the information transmitted will never distortion.

The disadvantage is that both operation and maintenance require spellcasters, which is a very luxurious thing, resulting in ridiculously high costs and guilds being in a hurry when there is a large demand for communication. The "stock mania" some time ago greatly increased the amount of information sent and received, which immediately exceeded the load of the system.

In addition, the transceiver and receiver must be fixed, and a large amount of resources must be invested in construction. Each expansion of a node means solidifying a transmission array and supporting a group of operating personnel. The current communication network and system are the results of the guild's hundreds of years of accumulation. The portable communication array also requires a complete receiving end or sending end, and can only communicate through a single line.

During his journey to the secondary plane, Rorschach had seen a transmitter similar to a radio, but it still required the caster to use the ether and the vibration crystal to transmit feedback at a specific frequency.

It's a pity that the Alchemy Department and other team members did not realize that radio waves can also fill space and become the carrier of information just like the ether.

Snow introduced the invention of a former teacher at the Artillery Academy. He developed the idea based on the military signaling flag: "We can build signal beacon towers in two places, and observe the different positions and placement of three signal beacons of different colors through telescopes. Over two hundred combinations.”

Such a system is similar to a beacon. The signal beacon enriches the amount of information transmitted. Of course, increasing the color will increase the amount of information transmitted, but the probability of error will also greatly increase. The three colors are the optimal values ​​obtained through multiple experiments.

Although the amount of information transmitted is extremely small and the efficiency is very low, the effect of the cannon-like telescope is surprisingly good - the maximum distance is 24 kilometers when the weather conditions are good.

"When the weather is fine, or at night with lighting." Snow emphasized.

"Have you really done an experiment?" Rorschach looked down upon this method of communication. It was only slightly better than the Beacon Tower. The maintenance cost was also high, and it was also subject to weather restrictions.

"This is big business!" Snow explained that in order to prevent the trading companies affiliated with the guild from going bankrupt due to the poor economy of the Holy Kingdom, the Magic Guild invested a large amount of funds in those companies for infrastructure construction. After the new signaling system is completed, it will be open to ordinary people, and the future market will be immeasurable.

Not only the Magic Guild contributed, the Valois Currency Issuance Committee (the official name of the new currency issuance agency) will unite the banks behind it to continue lending to the kingdom to repair the kingdom's roads, renovate and build water conservancy facilities, etc., in order to save Bankrupt businesses, absorbing the unemployed and landless workforce.

Great construction works wonders! Rorschach always felt that such a "dilemma-solving" solution was the result of that man, Necker, scheming behind the scenes.

Meanwhile, somewhere in the Empire.

"Hurry up, hurry up!" The dwarf's voice echoed in the valley. For the first time, something called the "Railway" appeared outside the Dwarf Federation. It started from the hinterland of the empire and continued to extend southward.