On a cold winter night with snowflakes, the Duke James's villa is set off beautifully and dazzlingly by magic crystal lamps of different brilliance, just like the bright stars gathered in the dark night sky.

Even high-level magicians, no one will decorate their magic tower with crystal lamps, and they often habitually use magic candles for lighting, and the effect is not bad anyway.

For the vast majority of the nobles here, they only understood today what is called the real brilliant lights, beautiful, and they can't imagine that in addition to the natural scenery, there is such a dreamy scene, which comes from the great power of human beings to change the world, and can be popularized into a spectacular scene!

"Distinguished guests, please enter the villa. Barek's schoolgirl Lillian seemed to act as the master of ceremonies for the banquet, smiling and motioning for everyone to step into the "splendid" villa, which resembled the palace of the Sun King.

A noble lady who loved beauty lifted the hem of her skirt, her eyes wandered, throbbing and yearning, and she couldn't wait to enter Duke James's villa, and the gentlemen followed closely behind, curious and admiring.

"The results seem to be very good, and the initial promotion of our magic crystal lamp seems to be fine. As a man who devoted himself to making money, Arthur quickly recovered from this shocking scene.

Even if he had never seen a spectacular scene like this before, it didn't prevent him from focusing most of his mind on observing the nobles' reactions to the magic crystal lamp.

"I'm going to put it on my magic tower too!" "Afrith was the least resistant to shiny things, and the bright lights just now made his mouth water, "I'll pay the bill with arcane points!"

gold, gems, crystals, etc., which were included in its treasury. It was very difficult to take it out again, and Lucien even suspected that it had "embezzled" most of the materials used to build the magic tower to make it look like the ugly and ugly mountain it is now - it is located in Alinge anyway, and it is not afraid of being attacked.

But it is only limited to the aristocracy, if it cannot be reduced again and popularized to the burghers, it will lose its significance of simplifying and promoting, which is the fruit of civilization that every human being should enjoy. Lucien had a feeling that a civilization was advanced or not. It should be seen as the change and improvement it brings to the lives of most members of society. And now, the upcoming electric era has such capabilities!

Arthur incomprehensibly ruined Lucian's feelings: "However, I am afraid there is no hope of reducing the cost again in a short period of time." ”

"Well, we need a lot of skilled workers. Isolate some of the steps that don't require magic. Reduce costs through pipelines, standardization, and other methods. Lucien bowed his head lightly like a capitalist. I thought of the dwarven descendants of the Night Plateau, but I caused such a big change in the vampire clan that it was no longer suitable to pick them up in a short time. It will have to wait at least two or three years, when everyone's attention has completely shifted to the search for new and unknown spaces.

"It takes a long time to train a large number of skilled workers...... Arthur didn't understand what assembly line and standardization were, but he wasn't interested in asking for the time being, because he couldn't even meet the basic premise.

At this time, Lillian turned off the main crystal lamps in the banquet hall, leaving only a few small ones, and the light immediately became dim and hazy, bringing out a warm and romantic feeling.

She smiled humorously, "You don't have to worry that the popularity of magic crystal lamps will make us lose the romantic atmosphere of a candlelit dinner. Romance is always about the heart and feelings, and as long as you do it sincerely, you will definitely be able to create the feeling you want. ”

"And when you walk through the corridors of the castle at night, you don't have to worry about the candlelight being too dim and the environment too eerie, and the bright feeling will always be with you with the use of magic crystal lamps. ”

Tsk, Lucien bared her teeth, she should have received Arthur's money, in order to promote the magic crystal lamp, it is really spared, but, I like it!

After visiting Duke James's villa, the banquet entered into an elegant court dance – the circle dance that had been passed down in the Trian court had not yet begun to prevail in the conservative kingdom of Holm. The dance of hooking shoulders and hugging tightly made many old-fashioned aristocrats scold, and only some young people danced this dance in the name of pornography when they met in private.

"Mr. Evans, your design of the magic crystal lamp is so beautiful, I have already ordered a set from Mr. Arthur, and I didn't expect it to be so popular. A dignified girl with a tightly clasped collar walked up to Lucien with boiled water and said with admiration in her eyes.

The set in her mouth refers to the one needed to renovate the entire villa, and the price is only equivalent to a magic crystal lamp before.

Lucien shook the azure in the shaker cup and smiled, "This is thanks to the convenience of electric current to transmit energy." ”

"Well, to be honest, when the lady pressed the switch just now, I was shocked by the bright lights, and I had an indescribable feeling, both dreamy and beautiful, and proud and proud, and all this is your masterpiece, you are really a miracle magician. The aristocratic girl's face was slightly red, and her eyes were like water, "Even people like me who don't have the talent of magicians and knights can use it, so there is no need to envy others." ”

Lucien laughed and said, "It's my ideal to popularize some alchemy items so that the vast majority of people can use them without barriers. "Especially when it comes to life.

"You're such a great person. The aristocratic girl admired from the bottom of her heart, so that a thick-skinned guy like Lucien couldn't help but blush slightly,

"Alchemy items that can be used by most people, Evans, you really have far-reaching ideas......" Duke James and Barek, the mage of the Seven Rings, walked over, and after hearing Lucian's words, he sighed in a low voice, as if he keenly saw Lucian's implicit purpose.

Seeing Duke James, the noble girl's face turned a little redder, and she hurriedly said to Lucien: "Mr. Evans, don't disturb your communication with His Excellency the Duke." ”

"Oh, Evans, why are you standing by and watching like us old fellows? Just now little Julie had 'please dance me' and 'please me dance' written all over her face, and you were indifferent? Don't you look down on our lovely little Julie? She is the precious granddaughter of the Earl of Seapine. James joked with Lucian, "I noticed. You've deliberately ignored several pretty ladies before?"

Lucien took a sip of sky blue and said semi-exaggeratedly: "Perhaps, my heart is really old, and I don't look like a young man anymore." ”

Young and handsome, gentle and elegant, talented, extremely high-status, promising, and wealthy, Lucien was so imaged in the eyes of aristocratic women. Naturally, it has attracted the favor of many ladies. Moreover, it was a pro-magic enlightened banquet, and they had no prejudices about marrying a magician, and were often even full of fantasies.

Duke James laughed twice, and then said, "Wait until the water flow magic array converted into electricity increases." and other transportation currents are popularized. Enter the burgher class. They will probably be able to use some of the simplified alchemy items cheaply and conveniently, and when they get used to this life, a life brought about by magic rather than gods. I think Evans, you've almost achieved your goal. ”

Lucien felt that it was time for him to reacquaint himself with Duke James, although he was a fierce and reckless bald man on the outside, but he was quite sharp on the inside, and his mind was also very open, and he could guess a lot of things just from a casual sentence he said, fortunately, he was an ally.

"When wires and electric energy are widely available, we have to think about an important issue. Electricity is much more dangerous than a candle flame, and touching a candle flame with your hands will cause you to burn at best, but touching a broken wire will likely cause you to die directly, which will allow the church to demonize the current and prevent it from spreading. Lucien said what he was going to ask recently. At present, electrical energy is the cheapest and easiest energy to transmit, and it is not comparable to the direct use of mental power, solar energy, and tidal energy.

James looked sideways at Barek and received an affirmative answer: "In the magic laboratory of the electromagnetic system, there are magicians who forget to do electric shock protection and die unexpectedly every year. ”

In the fiftieth place on the list of the stupidest ways to die in Alinge, there is this one: "Poor magician Aosan, in an accident of magic experiments, discovered a more powerful lightning spell, so he greeted it with joy and excitement, and only then did he realize that the ball lightning rolling around the room exceeded the limit of his protective spells." Let's thank him for his remarkable contribution to the improved ball lightning magic, and even more so for telling us with his charred body that we must stay away from runaway currents. ”

"What should I do? Evans, since you've thought of it, there must be a way. James looked at Lucien with a smile and seemed to believe in his abilities.

Lucien said unhurriedly: "The damage of electricity to the human body cannot be eliminated, we can't force the users to be magicians, nor can we use magic isolation for every section of wire, I hope that Mr. Barek, the mage of your electromagnetic department, can write a "Safe Electricity Manual" to teach people how to use electricity safely and avoid possible dangers." ”

"In the face of an unknown thing that is both harmful and beneficial, we should not blindly reject and reject it like a foolish fool, but should try to avoid and reduce its harm, use and play its beneficial aspects, this is the mature and good arcane view, otherwise, we should not use fire, although it can make us eat cooked food, but it can also burn houses and burn human beings. ”

"If the church and conservatives demonize the current and incite people to fight it, we must turn on the wisdom of the people and make them understand the electricity, clearly understand the dangers and benefits of the electricity, understand how to use electricity safely, and restore the demonized electricity to its 'real' appearance, which is an arduous and meaningful struggle. Lucien's tone of voice had become more and more like that of an arcane reviewer.

Duke James nodded lightly: "Very enlightening point, Barek, can you organize the electromagnetic mage to write?"

"No problem. Barek agreed.

In their eyes, although Lucian's teacher was the Storm Master, he had not yet shown a talent for electromagnetism himself, and there was no direct result of his ability to do so—the electromagnetic mage believed that electrons were only a side gain of Lucian's exploration of elemental magic, and did not reflect his true level in the field of electromagnetic magic.

"Evans, when are you going to simplify the gramophone magic array, this is something that the nobles must like. James talked about his purpose for finding Lucian. The problem of simplifying the electromagnetic communication technique was in a bottleneck, and they were not optimistic about Lucian's level in this area, so they did not mention it.

Lucien shook his head: "We need to find suitable materials, and we are still experimenting again and again. The things in alchemy materials science are not in a hurry, so they can only try slowly. ”

In this regard, Lucien has the experience of the earth, and he has taken a lot of detours, and he already has eyebrows, but he doesn't plan to take it out so soon, and wait for the magic crystal lamp to be promoted first. In the early days of the electrical revolution, it was necessary to concentrate on the efforts and make steady progress.

"It's a pity. Duke James sighed.

............

In the Wizard Management Department, Eric looked at the familiar and downcast middle-aged man in front of him: "Levsky, long time no see, come to submit a new paper?"

"Long time no see, Eric, it's a refinement of the previous paper. Levsky said bitterly, his hair like a withered yellow bird's nest, his blue eyes full of exhaustion, and his body as thin as a bamboo pole.

Eric frowned and said, "Didn't the previous article be judged to be rejected by several committee members?"

"I've perfected ......," Levsky looked at firmly, "and I've heard that subversive papers that run counter to existing theories can be submitted to Commissioner Evans." ”

"However, so many members of the committee think that you are just imaginary geometry, which is all fallacious and absurd to the extreme. Eric was embarrassed and seemed to try to persuade Levsky to give up.

Levsky clenched his fists, his eyes drooped, and his tone trembled and firm: "I don't think I'm wrong, I want to show it to all the Arcanists." Erik, help me submit. ”

Eric took the paper, only to see that the title reads:

"Rigorous proof of the principles of geometry and the theorem of parallel lines". (To be continued......)