Returning to the royal capital mansion, there was no longer a day when they had to worry about being attacked by demonic beasts even when they slept, and Elaine and her party were completely relaxed.

After arranging for the maids to bathe and eat, Abagon approached Downton to report on his recent work.

"What, my mayor's appointment is still valid?" Downton was holding black tea, looking at the list of supplies, and after hearing Abagon's words, he was a little surprised, he thought that Embier, the second son of the Duke of the West, must have been removed.

"At least so far, I have not received a letter of revocation. Abagon explained that with Downton's relationship with the Dawphonk, if the master was removed, he would inevitably inform him as soon as possible.

"Hehe, just right, as long as I become the mayor of this town, he won't want to get rid of me anymore. Downton was happy and couldn't wait, "Go inform the Giant Guard, by the way, and Quasimodo, and have him take a team of ogre guards back with me." ”

"Yes!" Abagon bowed, "Master, what about the supplies and harvest list this time, I need to sort them out, put them in storage or sell them!"

"Well, I forgot!" Downton patted his head and flicked the tome with his fingers.

The Burning Demon Flame text is lined up, slowly scrolling upwards.

Abagon took a quill and recorded quickly, but when he saw the steam airship, he suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong?" Downton was puzzled.

"Are you sure that's right? It's a steam airship?" Abagon's face couldn't hide his excitement, and his wrist shook so much that the ink on the tip of his pen fell off.

"Yes, but it's been in the temple's treasure vault for more than tens of thousands of years, and it's all scrapped. Homer asked, "Do you have a way to fix them?"

"Nope!"

Abagon's answer disappointed Downton and Homer, but then added a sentence that made them ecstatic.

"But my ancestors had!"

"What do you mean?" Downton asked. "Do you still have blueprints for a steam airship in your home?"

"Master, how many airships did you find?" Abagun motioned to his master to calm down.

"Ten ships!"

"Oh, that's an expeditionary expedition, so one of them should have a wrench on the side of its hull, representing the maintenance of the airship. ”

Downton looked at Homer, waiting for it to be confirmed.

"That's right!"

"When I was a kid. My father always told me about the glory of the ancestors in the era of the Great Goblins, so he also learned some secrets about the expedition. Abagun smiled, "For example, under the floor of the maintenance airship captain's room, there are a lot of maintenance drawings hidden. ”

"What are you waiting for, hurry up to the backyard!"

Downton couldn't wait.

Goblin expeditions are not for conquest, but for exploration and sowing civilization, and due to various unexpected circumstances, goblins are unable or unwilling to return to the Western Earth Continent, so they will take root in the plane continent they discover. In order to pass on the civilization to future generations, a variety of books are kept under the floor of the captain's cabin.

In the captain's room, Downton held his breath and looked at the goblin butler expectantly.

"You can't use brute force, or you'll ruin the book. "Abagon followed his father's description and cracked the mechanical code with a guò wrench.

The alloy floor is open. A metal box was revealed, and Homer eagerly reached out for the elemental arm and dragged it up.

"Goblin style mechanical locks. It can be regarded as a sign of civilization of an era. Homer sighed and opened it herself without Abagon's hands.

There was no musty smell of rotting paper, but a smell of rust-proof oil, because every book was made of copper.

"There are so many precious copperplate books, Downton. We've made a fortune this time, and if you hand them over to the big library, your authority will be directly upgraded by one level. ”

After determining the value of the book, Homer, who had always been calm, became excited and a little incoherent. It held the copperplate book and read it hungrily, reluctant to put it down.

Downton nodded, also excited, in his hand was a thumb-thick book, each of which was as thin as a cicada's wing, and the goblin text on it was still clearly visible even after tens of thousands of years.

In order to facilitate preservation, the goblins used ultra-high-tech processing of copper alloys to make these copper pages as soft as paper, and then bound them into books, which are not afraid of fire and water, even if they are crumpled and unfolded, they are still undamaged.

"Science, nature, astronomy and geography, craft, damn it, what kind of poetry book do you bring, you goblins are really narcissistic, wouldn't it be good to bring more books about science and technology?"

Homer looked at the box, super depressed, the space under the floor of the steam airship is limited, and the books brought are naturally incomplete, which means that there is a lack of knowledge, for the ancient magic book, the literature and art of the goblin era is shit, and their most brilliant civilization is machinery and steam technology!

"Lord Homer, if you insult my ancestors again, I ask to fight you in a duel!" Abagon was annoyed.

"Yo, I haven't seen you for more than half a year, and your temper is growing!" Homer's tone sank.

"Ah, Lord Homer, I just farted and didn't say anything. The goblin butler nodded hurriedly, and begged for mercy with a humble expression.

Life has been good lately, which has made Abagun a little carried away.

"Alright, stop bullying him. "Downton searched for a long time, and finally found a maintenance manual, which not only described in detail the process of making the steam airship, but also accompanied by hundreds of pages of structural drawings, and every detail was annotated.

Homer was trying to scare Abagon into thinking that he would be proud of his contribution to the books.

"The structure diagram is so detailed, it is for the descendants of the expedition group, if they can't live in the local area anymore, or want to return to the Western Continent, they can remake the steam airship according to this drawing, and return through the guò portal. Abagon sighed, "But the ancestors probably never dreamed that the era of the goblins is over, and even if you make a steam airship and find the portal according to the coordinates left behind, you will not be able to return." ”

"Good stuff, good stuff!"

Downton couldn't put it down, and the structural drawings on them seemed to him to be more precious treasures than rare magic diamonds, because with them, he could build an air force.

"Don't get carried away, I've checked, the metal and materials on these are incomplete. So it's a bit difficult for you to completely forge a metal suitable for flying. ”

Homer splashed cold water.

"No problem, I can find Krupp, find dwarves who are good at blacksmithing, and even offer a huge bounty of gold coins to solve these problems, with the manufacturing map, those small details are not a problem at all. ”

Downton is still fanatical. He was already fantasizing about his legions of airships roaming the skies of the Western Soils, turning them into his own corridors.

"Are you the military technology of the Nine Great Empires just not shown, and even if you have an air force, you will be arrogant in the sky of those third-rate countries at most. Homer continued to strike, "And you can't run into flying monsters, otherwise at the speed of a steam airship, it will definitely become a target." ”

"Yes, what about weapons, are there any defensive weapons?" Downton rummaged through the box.

"The hosts. The steam airship is used for expeditions and scientific research, and attacks are not its main purpose. Abagon explained.

"Steam rifle, yes, steam catapult, I'm Deboro, this thing is good, siege weapon! Steam chariot? what is this?"

Downton hummed casually, he couldn't listen to it anymore, and every time he saw a new weapon, he would roar out happily.

Quasimodo knew it was a big deal. Drove out the ogre guards and put the abominations under martial law in the backyard. Only they are the most loyal and will not leak secrets.

"Get rich, make a fortune, these are all weapons that have disappeared in the long river of history, if I make them, I just sell arms. You can also become a rich man in this life. ”

Downton's eyebrows widened.

"Where's the big money?" Hu Tao has always been overly energetic, and after washing, he came to Downton with a plate of fruit, and when he heard his words, Little Lori's eyes lit up, and she looked around.

"Here!" Downton waved the book in his hand. "With it, we can become one of the best arms dealers on the Xitu Road!"

"Come on, I don't know how the Great Goblin Age died, but some of these weapons are outdated, and the Nine Empires have military technology that can match them. ”

Homer warns Downton, "And you'd better not play with fire, the arms trade is always in the hands of those wealthy nobles, and the shares are all distributed, and if you rush in, you will be torn apart by those people." ”

With Downton's current power, he can't afford to smuggle arms, let alone produce and sell them, otherwise he will be attacked and assassinated by commerce at that time.

"Then I can make it for my own use, right?" Downton didn't let go, "a hundred, no, at least two hundred steam airships, even if they can't fight, it's a big business to expand transportation, rental, and sales!"

"The host said it well. Abagon's eyes lit up, "If we have enough airships, we can completely carry out aviation business, no matter how slow we take the airship, it is faster than a horse-drawn carriage, and it is more classy, and those nobles will definitely rush to it." ”

The goblin steward, who has a super economic mind, came up with a lot of 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 with this, he will become one of the 100 richest people in the West, rather than inheriting the wealth of some dungeon.

"No, Downton has spent so much effort, it can't be just for tourism, it's not in line with his style. Homer was almost misled by Downton's rhetoric, that he was not going to be a great merchant, but a duke, or even a king.

"What is this oval thing?" said Hu Tao, who lay on Downton's back and craned his head to look around, and saw that there were many new things on the copper page that Downton was reading.

"Goblin bombs?" Homer looked over, a little confused, "what are you going to do?"

"This is a disposable assault weapon, which is thrown out after lighting a fire rope, and will explode when it burns out, using a shock wave to kill and injure the enemy, and is the best weapon against cavalry. Abagun explained to Hu Tao that as a goblin, and with his father's description, he was familiar with these things. (To be continued......)

PS: I'm really sorry for the late update!