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Chapter 211 The Confluence of Different Era

Cecil stood in front of the window and looked melancholy at the locusts flying all over the sky outside the window. He thought that this thing would not appear, but it still came, and it was the hottest season of the year.

"What to do?" Cecil muttered, "This is too much."

The largest locusts in this world are the size of a carrot, and they cannot be called "worms" at all, and their flying ability is also extremely amazing. It is said that there has also been a plague of locusts in the southern continent, and this batch came from the direction of Dianba Port. If their appetites cannot be satisfied, the farmland along both sides of the highway is their long-awaited meal.

Langdon stood side by side with Cecil with a serious expression, and stared out the window for a long time in silence. After that, he opened the window, reached out and caught a locust, and observed it carefully.

Cecil thought that Langdon was thinking about a solution, so he didn't dare to vent his breath. After waiting for a few minutes with bated breath, he saw Langdon put the locust into his mouth and chewed it twice, showing a satisfied expression: "It's okay, can eat."

Cecil: "..."

What kind of a bunch of guys did I bring out?

Cecil said in a daze: "You can eat...then what?"

"As long as you can eat it." Langdon said, "Isn't it a good thing to have food?"

"But these locusts eat food!" Cecil said angrily, "They not only eat food, but also lay eggs in the soil. If there is another drought and warmer next year, there will be another locust plague, and then we will have nothing to harvest. !"

Langdon laughed, stroked Cecil's forehead caressingly, and said, "Don't worry, we have magic."

As soon as he said this, although he was very embarrassed, Cecil immediately felt relieved.

"This density will indeed cause some loss of farmland." Langdon said, "However, if all the magic resources are mobilized, it should not be a big problem."

Cecil secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "The magic country should be fine if it encounters locusts."

"Not necessarily." Langdon shrugged his shoulders. "It depends on whether the king has formulated a corresponding strategy, but if all the magic bits are used for disaster prevention, ordinary life will definitely be affected."

This makes sense at first glance, but when you think about it carefully, it doesn't feel right.

"Why do I feel that magical countries are always underprepared for natural disasters and other issues?" Cecil wondered, "It's not like I haven't experienced it before, shouldn't I prepare in advance?"

"How to prepare? Who knows that a disaster is coming?" Langdon said, "Magic slots are dead and difficult to upgrade. It would be too wasteful to reserve magic slots for disasters that don't know when they will come. Besides, many big In the face of natural disasters, personal magic is not worth mentioning."

"Then let a mage in this field, the more powerful one, just keep such a person?" Cecil thought for a while, and said, "It is equivalent to an insurance, which can make society safe from emergencies. As for not being prepared."

"Why does such a powerful mage listen to you?" Seeing that Cecil still had a face of disapproval, Langdon sighed, "For example, this locust plague, if we want to get rid of the locusts without harming any crops, we will calculate the distance by one kilometer." Well, at least you need a legendary mage to do it alone, and if you are an archmage, you can increase it to three or 40 people..."

"Wait a minute!" Cecil interrupted Langdon, "Isn't this comparison too exaggerated?"

Langdon tilted his head and said with a smile: "If it is converted into senior mages, then three to four hundred people are needed."

"Fuck, the multiplier has increased? Is there such a big gap in strength?" Cecil said in surprise.

"A legendary mage can probably use magic that covers one kilometer, and an advanced mage can only cast about two or three meters." Thanks to Cecil who has spared no effort in popularizing various metrics over the years, people in the Middle Kingdom are now speaking in a more orderly manner , "This comparison is normal, and the lower the level of mages, the less magic they have, and they don't necessarily have magic in this area. Then, in this way, how many people do you think usually need to keep magic for the locust plague that comes at an unknown time? place?"

Cecil stopped talking. Obviously, this is an impossible setting. Even if the Legendary Mage's distance of one kilometer cannot solve the locust plague, not to mention the Legendary Mage himself is a high-ranking person in the magic world. Who can command them?It should be said that magic is very powerless in solving such a large-scale natural disaster, but on the other hand, it is much easier to protect a person in such a natural disaster. If it is not enough for a mage, a piece of magic bread and a cup of magic water every day, No matter how deteriorating the external environment is, you can always survive. Then, when a natural disaster exceeds the limit that can be solved by magic, it is more convenient to directly protect the person. Anyway, the natural disaster will always end, and rebuilding will be enough. .

Cecil realized that the Middle Kingdom was able to survive the natural disasters repeatedly not because of all kinds of science and technology, but precisely because of magic. Science and technology solved daily life, so the extra magic can be used to solve various emergencies. In this regard, magic has an incomparable advantage.

So, can the kingdom of magic copy this system?

The answer is of course yes. In this way, the power of the country of magic will definitely be able to rise to a higher level. The problem is that such a country is no longer a country of magic, and the nature of civilization has completely changed. Magic has become icing on the cake instead of establishing a country This is a different concept.

Langdon thought that the plague of locusts could not last for a long time, so he went to work after calming down. Cecil was still a little worried, so he simply went out for a walk.Guangshu, who was on duty, and the former "false queen", and now the real bodyguard followed, and according to Langdon's routine, the three of them got into the carriage and headed out of the city.

Cecil's carriage didn't have any markings and was not glamorous. It looked no different from any carriage on the road, for the sake of camouflage and convenience.He looked at the scenery of the street through the magic transparent glass window. Sure enough, many people had already made net bags and were desperately trying to catch the locusts. The number of locusts in the city decreased rapidly. In some streets, there were only two or three small insects left. It just made him feel more at ease.

When the carriage arrived at the city gate, Cecil saw a white thing lying on the second ring wall from a long distance, with its long and slender neck raised, he didn't know what it was doing. When he got closer, he saw that Homer was holding He remained motionless with his mouth open.

Homer has gained a lot of weight over the years, white is already fat, what's more, he really has flesh, his neck looks a lot shorter, what is surprising is that when he turned into a human, he was still the slender and pale noble boy The image of a teenager, not fat at all, is enviable.

Cecil signaled the carriage to stop, observed secretly for a while, and found that Homer was really as motionless as a sculpture. Just when he was wondering, a large group of locusts flew over, and the little white dragon suddenly stretched his neck forward, opening his mouth He swallowed a large group of locusts in an instant like a trap, and then he quickly closed his mouth and began to chew. The juice flew around, the insects danced wildly, and even many broken limbs and liquid fell on the city wall. Not to mention how embarrassing the scene was. people.

"Is it delicious?" Someone shouted from below.

"It's okay." Homer said slowly, "Ordinary, a little sweet."

"Really?" The fisherman cheered up, "Sounds good! Hurry up!"

After Homer finished chewing, he lay down lazily again and opened his mouth, motionless...

Cecil silently watched as Homer ate mouth after mouth, people under the city wall caught bag after bag, locusts came in groups and died in batches, and he always felt that the world had come to an end. The abnormal development is gone forever...

Seeing that someone imitated Homer and directly opened his mouth to catch locusts, Cecil couldn't bear it anymore, and said loudly: "This can't be eaten raw, be careful of parasites!"

"Your Majesty the King!" Someone exclaimed happily, "Are you here to catch worms too?"

"No, let me take a look." Cecil actually really misses it. He has eaten fried locusts, and the taste is very special, although the shape is really ugly. "Fry it in oil, it is very delicious."

"Really?" The obedient person's eyes lit up, "I'll try it!"

The little white head lying on the wall obviously heard it too. He closed his mouth and meditated for a moment. When another group of locusts approached, he suddenly released a huge fireball. Everyone felt like the sun had exploded in the sky. After that, without waiting for the locusts When he landed, he quickly opened his mouth and swallowed the large group of burned locusts.

This "pot" was obviously overheated, Homer stopped chewing a few times after swallowing it, and said dissatisfiedly: "It's tasteless."

"Nonsense!" Cecil jumped angrily, "How high is your fire, it's all burnt to carbon!"

"I'm coming! I'm coming!" Homer is the star figure in Moon City. Some people want to hold the dragon's feet. At that moment, a mage raised his staff and robes—it was normal, and it seemed that this person was sticking to the tradition. Pai—climbed up the city wall swiftly, "I can control the temperature to make sure it's the same as the one that was fried."

"Frying needs oil!" Cecil said loudly, "Your barbecue is different! It doesn't taste good without oil!"

When the mage was in trouble, another person ran up: "I will! I will! Greasy spell! When the next batch comes, I will throw the greasy spell up, and you will burn it!"

"it is good!"

The two mages just looked at the sky expectantly, and Cecil always felt that the usage of the greasy technique was a bit wrong... Isn't this oil edible? !

Another group of "beautiful meals" with long wings flew over, a greasy spell formed in the air, and when it landed, it was covered with a lot of bugs, and another fireball was sprayed over with a "bang", finally, Homer stretched his neck leisurely He took the finished product with his mouth, chewed it for a while before swallowing it, and said with satisfaction: "This is really good."

The two mages showed happy expressions at the same time, and rainbow farts spewed out. For the mages, the darling of magic, the Dragon Clan, is always a friend worth making.

"Sprinkle more salt!" Cecil insisted on being a good person to the end, "Salt and pepper is the best, or add some spices like pepper!"

"No problem!" Another mage jumped out, "I'll go buy it! I'll spread it when the time comes!"

"I don't need you! I know seasoning!"

"Go away—His Majesty the King said that he wants realistic spices!"

"You can't sprinkle that much seasoning!"

The mages fought, and spells and staffs flew together. Homer propped his head on one front paw, and watched the mages fighting gracefully. .

Cecil felt that this scene was too hot for the eyes, so he simply got into the carriage and went out. There were many people catching locusts in the farmland along the way. Of course, ordinary catching methods would not work. Humans on earth are very difficult to deal with locusts even in modern times. Sprinkling the pesticides that kill all the locusts will have an impact on the crops, and it is difficult to catch them all by manpower. Although there are many natural enemies in nature, the locust plague buys time. Even if all the locusts are killed, the crops are gnawed. Replanting is not possible.

A mage set off a strong wind, and the locusts were blown out of the farmland and planted into the nets that had been set up in advance.Some mages formed a torrential rain in a certain area, and combined with the pre-built ditches that were as high as the crops, they drowned the locusts and were harmless to the crops.There is also a mage who rushed into the farmland with a group of chickens, ducks, geese and birds, ate a big meal, and changed another batch when they were full. This is obviously animal-related magic.

The Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing their magical powers, probably this is the scene.

When the locusts came, they really covered the sky and even formed a black mist. As time went by, many food shops had the smell of fried locusts. The animals ate their stomachs round, and there were more and more piles of crushed locust corpses. It was scary. The "black mist" disappeared so quietly.

Cecil returned to the city with peace of mind, and began to ask the magic countries that were short of food if they needed temporary rations. This year's Moon City was hotter than previous years, and the fried locusts would not last long, so they had to be effective as soon as possible.

Soon, Alpha, Black Sea, and Roja Forest all sent messages willing to accept locusts, and the new king of Black Sea secretly sent a message back, saying that Clorenza complained about why the locusts did not come to them.

Cecil also thought about it. The magic country that does not farm the land really welcomes the locusts when there is a shortage of food. After all, the meat is delivered to the door, and there are no small problems with the locusts here.

In a week, the locust crisis disappeared completely, and there was indeed some loss of farmland, but it was within an acceptable range. Even in a modern industrial society, this is an incredible result.

Cecil couldn't help but wonder: Maybe, magic can coexist with technology?

The All Things Expo is scheduled to be held in the golden autumn of October. The weather is very pleasant, and it will be separated from the magic expo in the first half of the year. Unfortunately, the only big countries that will come to the first All Things Expo are Alpha, Roja Forest and Black Sea. The "begging" surprise is Holy Thunder, which is not surprising to a certain extent. After all, the "boss" behind Holy Thunder is a dragon who is very interested in everything in this world.

It can only be said that Empress Raksha taught well, not just in theory.

"What is this?" Cecil looked at the huge machine in front of him in a daze, "Steam engine?"

"No, I'm sorry that the steam engine has not been completed, but this is also on the drawing you gave us. We don't know what it is called, so we just made it if it looks easy." The female dean of the power academy said a little embarrassedly, " You said that we should let go of our thinking and not stick to magic, this seems very unmagical."

"Indeed." The problem is that Cecil didn't see what this thing is, "Where's the blueprint?"

When Cecil saw what was left on the drawing, he suddenly felt a little heart attack.

On the drawing, it is a box with a crank handle on one side and a large disc connected to it. The internal structure is not too complicated. There are coils and magnets, and there are various "small parts". Something like that would appear, the problem is, this one is too big, the size of a house!

What excited Cecil was the line: hand generator.

Electricity can be said to be one of the greatest inventions of human beings. The electrical age marks that human beings have the capital to break out of the earth and enter the universe, because complex calculations need to be replaced by computers.

"You, do you know what this is?" Cecil's throat was so dry that he could hardly speak.

"The name seems to make lightning?" The female head said reservedly, "We decided to make this thing unanimously, and also wanted to see if lightning would really come out."

"Hahaha, Lightning! Hahaha, Lightning!!" Cecil couldn't stop laughing, and after finally calming down, he asked, "Then have you experimented?"

"It's not finished." Probably because the lunatic mage has seen too much, the female headmaster didn't show the slightest surprise, and said calmly, "I haven't found suitable materials for the other parts of this drawing. We don't have some materials, so I used magic to Instead, because there is really no corresponding one.”

Cecil can also understand this point. For example, rubber has not been found so far. Although he has been searching for a long time in the southern continent, he is now afraid to release high-priced adventure missions at will. As long as he releases it, he will be targeted immediately. , even a pseudonym is not enough, the Adventure Association and the Mercenary Union are not robots, everyone seems to have reached a consensus that what he is looking for must be very valuable!

Cecil frantically contacted Langdon after saying "you go on", and asked, "Who is the mayor of Tongcheng?"

"You don't even know who the mayor of Tongcheng City is?" Langdon rarely looked down upon his dear Majesty the King, "At any rate, I've come to see you."

"I don't remember...that's not the point!" Cecil excitedly took Langdon's hand, "The Expo of Everything, I thought of a cool opening! Bamboo, I want bamboo, a lot of bamboo! Bamboo made, carbonized, and packed into a base!"

"How much?" Langdon never asked the bottom line, only the need.

"The more the better, as many as there are stars in the sky!" Cecil said loudly, "I have electricity!"

Langdon was puzzled, and said, "You know how to use lightning magic?"

"Ha!" Cecil threw his arms around Langdon and kissed him hard. "Yes, scientific lightning!"

The large hand-cranked dynamo didn't bring in more power, or rather, output less than Cecil imagined. When the first bamboo filament bulb glowed in the dark, it seemed to light up his soul. , It's a pity that the continuous lighting time of the bamboo filament bulb and the lack of glass cover and inert gas is too short, but he doesn't need it for a long time, at most one or two hours will do, all he wants is an opening scene , a soul-stirring impression.

"Make more, it doesn't need to be so big, combine this...whatever, experiment." Cecil instructed blindly with enthusiasm, after all, this thing only has an impression, and the specific thing and effect have long been forgotten. Light, "Experiment more."

The female dean nodded politely and agreed, and just about to leave the venue, the ground suddenly shook, and then the steel ring came out with a piece of neatly cut concrete on the ground, and said loudly: "Enemy, I made a good thing!"

Since the steel rings were too damaging to the ground, where he would often appear, Cecil simply stipulated a fixed location. If he wanted to "revenge", he had to appear from here, otherwise he would be kicked out of Moon City.

Under the real threat, the steel ring succumbed, and regarded this as a new humiliation...

"What?" Cecil was still in the excitement of the generator, "You did it?"

"No, I'm just helping out. Both Cindy and Helen are very interested in that iron guy." The voice of the steel ring was always full of enthusiasm. His upper body was stuck on the ground, and one hand reached under the ground for a while, touching Out came the long black thing, "Look, that train you're talking about!"

This is a very small model train, the style is different from modern trains and more similar to a steam train, the wheels are driven by a horizontal shaft, and there is a shovel in front of the front to push away the sundries on the rails.

Cecil was stunned for a while, the thing in his dream appeared so suddenly, he couldn't accept it for a while.

"Is this a solid shell?" Cecil asked curiously, "You guys made it?"

"Alright!"

The steel ring made a disdainful expression, reached out to the rear of the train, held the transmission shaft and gently pushed it, and the wheels on both sides of the train turned. Since the problem of the steering shaft was solved, the train could even turn normally. The model has two wagons with tow hooks between the wagons - it's a real, working train!

Cecil's hand was shaking when he took over the model, and he received two good news from across the ages in one day. He was almost unable to control the power of the prehistoric!

"Aoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo... " the imperial palace rang out, "I have a train! I have a generator! I have a train! I have a generator!"

The steel ring propped one hand on the ground, showing a disdainful expression: "Fool!"

Putting trains on the road and households connected to electricity is still a distant topic, but it is possible to light up thousands of bamboo filament lamps at the same time at some point. The only problem is that it will cost a lot of money.The hand-cranked generator is actually not a sustainable product, and it may take a long, long time before a serious power generation product can be produced. After all, it is just following the gourd, and the principle is not even known, and Cecil can't make up for it. A short board, so these generators can only be transitional one-off products.

After working out the budget, Cecil struggled with the not-so-cheap figure, and sighed for several days, making Russell impatient: "You can do whatever you want, this little money won't be enough for us!"

"But... this will be useless in the future." Cecil whispered.

"Aren't you wasting less?" Russell sighed, "Just do what you want, for the sake of your happiness."

For a moment, Cecil felt that Russell's baby face was much cuter.

"It would be nice to reduce the budget for next year. You can think of a few more money-making ideas. If you can't make money, eat magic bread for a year. Let Langdon provide it. If you can save a little bit," Russell continued.

Cecil: "..."

Nima eats magic bread for a year, I would rather die!

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Social animals never admit defeat!