Looking at the surprised expressions of the three of them, Gooden explained with a light smile.

"These are just rough plans, and it will take a while to get them done."

"You are now the head of the research institute, so you know the future research trend in advance, so you can make preparations."

Behind each of these three is a massive system.

For example, the distillation column is used to prepare various gases for the extraction, such as coal gas or gasoline.

The pumping machine is to provide waterway circulation for the entire Qingyuan Town, and even upgrade and refine into various types of motors.

The generator is the core part of the entire Qingyuan Town, and each plan will contain a large number of sub-projects.

These projects will need to be maintained in the future, although he has the strength to be able to get them out quickly.

But it's impossible to let him handle all the follow-up problems alone, right?

Therefore, these tedious tasks had to be left to the people themselves.

"The general goal of the research is here, and in the near future, in addition to the smelter component finalization equipment, there are only two goals that you need to develop."

"The first to upgrade an existing steam engine to make it more powerful, as well as to design a lightweight version of the original that is easy to transfer."

"Second, the development of a generation of pumping machines needs to be completed as soon as possible, even if it is an experimental version, and it will be used for pumping work in mines."

"Understood, I'll start arranging." Buck also knew that the young master didn't get an iron mine from nowhere, but due to water seepage, the development has been stranded since ancient times.

As Qingyuan Town's iron consumption became larger and larger, the amount that was purchased from Jinyuan City before was about to be exhausted.

And it is not a matter of buying all the time, so the development of iron ore is also on the agenda.

"Well, do a good job and strive to complete industrial upgrading and transformation by next spring."

Goodern clapped his hands and encouraged the crowd.

Then continue to solve some plans for everyone.

It was not until late evening that Goodern returned to the castle.

Eating a hot meal and taking a hot bath is not too refreshing.

Although there is a great lack of entertainment in Qingyuan Town, for 'outsiders' like Goodern, there are also many interesting anecdotes from local books.

For example, in the northernmost part of the desert land, there is a place called the 'Flame Land', where huge pillars of fire erupt from the ground all year round, and there is a large amount of flammable black grease around it.

Isn't Goodern looking at oil at this point? And according to the book, that place has been burning since the Third Demon War a thousand years ago.

It has been burned for nearly a thousand years and has not been burned out, and this reserve really makes Goodern's heart move.

It's a pity that this place is at least 2,000 kilometers away from the Land of Flames, and such a long distance will not be possible until the train becomes more popular.

In addition to these, he is also very interested in the development history of this world, and has been studying "History of the Dawn Continent (I)" all day long these days.

Coming out of the bath, Gooden quickly wiped off the water stains on his body, and then quickly wrapped himself in a slightly thicker layer of cotton wool pajamas.

The weather in Qingyuan Town is a master who changes his face, and he was still a little stuffy in his slightly longer nightgown a few days ago.

And now if he doesn't wear this thing, the autumn wind at night will make him shiver.

Back in the study, Goodern casually lit a lighting spell on the ceiling, and the milky white light instantly filled the entire study.

Since obtaining the Lord of the Elements, he no longer needs to use mental power to maintain this low-level magic, and he can completely switch it at will.

Such lighting conditions are much better than the previous candle lights, at least you won't see half of the wick to re-pick the light to restore the light.

Sitting back at his desk, Goodwin pulled out the history of the Dawn Continent that was under the weight of the manuscript and continued to read.

But before he could flip through the two sheets, a folded white piece of paper fell out of the book.

"What's this?"

Seeing that there seemed to be something inside the fold of the white paper, Goodern picked it up casually and took it apart and glanced at it.

"Pop ......"

With this cursory sweep, Goodern instantly felt a chill down his spine, and the history of the continent in his hand also fell to the ground.

'Future Lord of Qingyuan, when you see this message, it means that my family and I have suffered misfortune. ’

'My death must have been a conspiracy of the Charleson family, and no matter how natural my death may be, please beware of him. ’

'I hid a secret compartment in the study, and after the penultimate row of the third bookcase, I tapped on the stone brick in the upper left corner, which contained all the evidence of Charlison's collusion with Astor. ’

'The Charlisons are secretly colluding with Astor, they have completely betrayed the Empire! ’

'I beg you, Lord Qingyuan, who has not yet met, to hand over this evidence to the Empire! ’

'Charleson, if you find this letter, I curse your family to perish in this coup!' ’

'Zeng, Lord of Qingyuan, Seshit Hurtia, stay. ’

Scribbled more than 200 words, Gooden could see from it that the other party's time was urgent, presumably the previous lord was in an extremely critical situation at that time.

And the content of it shocked him, the Charleson family actually murdered the previous Qingyuan lord, and wanted to destroy him secretly?

Thinking back on Charlison's various behaviors before, Gooden couldn't help but shudder, his predecessor had been stiff in this environment for three years, this is not easy, right?

Then he looked back at the contents of the letter, quickly got up, and began to follow the records on the note to find the secret compartment in the study.

"The third bookcase...... Bottom row ......"

Goodern looked at the rows of cabinets filled with books, and pulled them all out with a magical hand.

Then he reached out and touched the brick wall behind him, and sure enough, the upper left corner was obviously different from the rest of the place.

With a slight press, a slight sound of stones grinding against each other sounded from the side.

"Z-z-"

Following the source of the sound, Goodern walked briskly forward to inspect it.

The stone wall on the side opened a hole under the impetus of the mechanism, and when you looked at the light, it seemed that there was a book and an iron round box inside?

To be on the safe side, Goodborn didn't reach for the items in the dark compartment, but instead used his magic hand to do it for him.

And also put a magic shield in front of him to prevent accidents.

After a careful inspection, after confirming that there was no problem, he opened the book and checked the contents.

The first half of the book is made up of ledger-like records, while the last few pages are scribbled with suspicious place names.

After looking at it for a long time, Goodern didn't understand what it was, and then set his eyes on the iron round box.

The thing looked unremarkable and unremarkable, but Goodern sensed a faint trace of magic on his object.

With the entry for the Lord of the Elements, he was able to distinguish between the traces left by his magic and those that came with the item.

And the trace of thunder magic left on it was definitely not left by him.

Playing with it in his hand, Goodern didn't find a place to open it.

"Could it be that this thing is a magic prop?"

In this world, he had only seen a magic item once in an auction house.

If you want to count the staff and the mana cloak, it's a different story.

Looking at the round box in his hand, Gooden was a little undecided for a while.

The fact that this thing can be placed in a dark compartment is also an important piece of evidence.

And now it seems that he wants to use the thunder element magic to activate it, but he has never touched this kind of object, and he has no idea how to operate it.

If you use the wrong thing to destroy it, you're done with it.

After thinking about it, Goodern directly unleashed his spiritual power and searched for the location of Old Joseph in the castle.

Then use magic to transmit the voice.

"If you have something urgent, come to the study quickly."

Old Joseph, who was arranging for tomorrow's work, heard a sudden sound in his ears and hurriedly got up.

The young master had also used magic transmission to call him to meet before, but he had never used the word urgency, so I am afraid that he had encountered some problems.

I walked all the way to the study, pushed the door in, and saw the young master sitting on the ground, and at the same time there were books scattered around him.

Closing the door with his hand, Goodern cast a spell to block eavesdropping.

"Old Joseph, do you remember how the previous Lord of Qingyuan died?"

When he came up, Gooden didn't hand over the note directly, but asked about the cause of death of the former Qingyuan Lord.

"Baron Sechte? I remember that when the family was heading to Jinyuan Castle, they encountered a thunderstorm and torrent, and when the convoy passed the stone bridge, it was unfortunately swept into the river, and all the members of the family drowned in the river. ”

"Several surrounding families helped to search for more than a month before they found the body...... What's wrong? Master? ”

Hearing such a 'plausible' cause of death, Goodern nodded, and with his magical hand, he sent the note left behind by Sechter to Joseph Sr.

"Let's take a look at this."

Joseph, slightly puzzled, reached out to take the note and looked at it, and after a brief glance, his expression was the same as Goodern's before.

A look of surprise appeared on his face at first, and then quickly changed to solemnity.

"What do you think about this?"

Goodern, who was sitting on the ground, asked.

With such shocking news, Joseph Sr. couldn't give a point of view for a while, and only after a while did he say a little seriously.

"If it is really as the letter says, this matter is no longer something we can handle, and we must report it to the empire and let the empire send someone to deal with it."

"Well, but who are we going to contact to escalate this message?"

"Jinyuan City Lord? Arbitral courts? Or go straight to the Governor's Palace in the North? ”

"This ......"

When asked this, Joseph Sr. couldn't give an answer at once.

The other party had already planned a slaughter of the baronial lord four years ago, so wouldn't the local officials of the empire investigate this matter?

There must be that, but the final result was an accident, if it weren't for seeing this testament, coupled with what happened to the young master during this time, there must be an imperial official behind the other party.

If such an important information is submitted rashly, and it happens to be intercepted by the other party's people, the death date of himself and others will not be far away.

Looking at old Joseph who couldn't answer, Gooden also knew the choice problem, so he skipped the topic for the time being.

"Forget it, don't talk about this, look at this, can you see anything?"

So saying, Goodern handed the book containing the evidence to Joseph Sr.

He couldn't understand this, so Joseph Sr. shouldn't have a problem, right?

As Joseph Sr. continued to flip through the pages, it didn't take long for the answer to be given.

"It seems to be an account book, although it does not mention what it is, but from the perspective of the unit, it is nothing more than grain, iron tools, horses, etc."

"And the next few addresses, my guess may be the location of storage, or some transit station or something."

Professionals really gave a very close answer.

Goodn's expression was a little thoughtful, and then he handed the iron disc in his hand.

"Do you know this? I also found it in the dark grid, and I felt a faint elemental residue on it, and it felt like a magic prop,"

Looking at the slightly familiar items handed over by the young master, Old Joseph said with a little thought in his eyes.

"I've seen this thing, a magic prop that can record the sounds of the surrounding area, and is generally used in some important meetings or places where you can't attend in person but need to convey orders......"

Magic Voice Recorder? Goodern listened to the explanation, and looked at the small metal round box in his hand with a little surprise.

Raising his head slightly, he was about to ask Old Joseph how to use this thing, but he spoke in advance.

"I don't know how to use this thing, but I do know that it seems to be able to reproduce as long as the magic is provided when the sound is recorded, and I don't know anything else."

"Okay." Goodern shook his head with a little regret.

This kind of important item, he should not try to use it rashly, and still find a professional person to come when the time comes.

Putting away the items, Gooden got up from the ground and, with a magic hand, picked up the books that had fallen on the ground one by one and sent them back to the bookcase.

"Sechter's suicide letter has cleared me up a lot, but I still haven't figured out one thing, what are the Charlisons trying to do?"

"Four years ago, and even more so soon, this unknown project was planned."

"Exterminating the Secht family, raising orc troops, and coercing a new lord with a second assassination, no matter which of these things is revealed, the Charleson family will fall into ruin."

"At such a risk, what are they for? Could it really be that the coup d'état was carried out as stated in the letter? ”

Goodern said as he sat back at his desk.

Everything has to be told about the cause and effect, but the actions of the Charleson family are completely confusing, and they have no idea what they want to do.

"Young master, I'm afraid these things are not something we can figure out."

Old Joseph shook his head and said, "Our problem now is to find a way to get this information into the hands of reliable Imperial officials. ”

"That's right...... But I don't know any reliable officials, all these years...... Ahem, right? ”

Goodern was a little helpless, and then looked at Joseph Sr. and suddenly thought of something.

"By the way, old Joseph, why don't you take these things back to the royal capital? Ask the people in the family. ”

"Isn't there some energy in the family, compared to outsiders, your own family should always be able to believe it, right?"