The world is very advanced in steam technology.

The big ones are steamships, steam locomotives, steam airships, etc. The small ones have steam intercoms, steam printing machines, etc

The impression of a steam engine is generally stupid, but it is different here, there are many small steam engines in this world.

The reason why the steam engine can be miniaturized is because of the emergence of two energy sources.

One is steamed stone. This stone is solid at room temperature, and when heated to a certain extent, it turns into a liquid and produces a rich water vapor. Moreover, the service life of the steaming stone is very long, and the volume can be cut at will.

The other is burning sand. It is a combustible solid that can be ignited with an open flame and burns for a long time.

People used steaming stone instead of water in steam engines, and burning sand instead of coal. The steam engine can be used without water and fuel for a long time, which is much more convenient than traditional water and coal.

The biggest difficulty in miniaturizing the steam engine is water and fuel. After all, no matter how small and delicate the steam engine is, the water and fuel are fixed.

Now with these two energy sources, this biggest problem has been solved in an instant. After all, these two energy sources have a relatively long service life, and even if they are miniaturized, they can be used for a while.

Therefore, after the discovery of these two energy sources, the steam engine became smaller and smaller, and the steam communicator was quickly developed.

Of course, these two kinds of stones are very expensive because of their production capacity, and they are far less cost-effective than water and coal, so except for some necessary things, such as intercoms, other steam engines are still based on water and coal.

In his previous memory, Roy had seen many small steam engines.

Although the United Kingdom of Stocato is not as good as the Cases Empire in terms of economy and technology, there are many rich people, and this kind of convenient things that can be bought with money will definitely be introduced. Of course, the price is much more expensive.

The store Roy came to was the largest communicator store in Qiongbi City.

"Hello sir and ma'am, is there anything you can help me with?"

As soon as I entered the door, a beautiful orc lady walked over.

Coming here is not necessarily to buy a communicator, it may be to buy "fuel", it may be after-sales, or it may just come to see, so employees will generally ask first.

"Hello, introduce me to the communicator."

Roy spoke directly.

"Yes sir, come with me."

The employee takes Roy and Misha to a glass display case. There are different models of communicators inside, and because this thing is more expensive, it usually doesn't let people get started directly.

Roy looked at the communicators. They are all very similar in shape, consisting mainly of a 30 cm x 20 cm square base, plus a microphone, an earpiece, and a small steam engine.

The intricate lines, delicate gears, and steam spewed from time to time have an alternative beauty.

After listening to the introduction of the staff, Roy didn't talk nonsense, and said directly:

"That's it, help me put it up."

"Huh? Sir, wait a minute! ”

The employee was a little unresponsive.

She has also sold a few communicators, but the customers are basically all kinds of comparisons and entanglements, such as Roy is so decisive, she has seen it for the first time.

"Okay."

Roy nodded.

The reason why he is so decisive is because Roy has already set a budget for himself, and within this budget, only this one walkie is eligible.

His goal is also very simple, he just needs to be able to talk normally, and it doesn't matter about the process, materials, etc.

Although he has money in his hands, he is still relatively restrained in spending it. For example, a gold-plated sky-high intercom in the store is completely unnecessary.

An hour later, Roy and Misha came out of the store.

Misha was holding a large wooden box in her hand.

It contains a walkie, instruction manual, steaming stones, burning sand and other items.

This intercom is one of the cheapest, costing Roy more than 3,000 yuan in total, in addition to the expensive steaming stone and burning sand, this thing also needs to spend money to pull the phone line, pay the Qiongbi call company every month, etc., these are a lot of expenses.

After leaving the store, Roy bought some more groceries before returning home.

With a loan of 240,000 yuan, he only spent less than 10,000 yuan, after all, he is not simply enjoying, he also has to plan well, what industry to invest in or what business to do, in order to maximize the benefits.

……

Greentree Manor.

In a luxuriously decorated bedroom, a coolly dressed figure reclined on the bed. There was a small table in front of her, and it was filled with all kinds of red wine.

"Oh ~ I don't have that smell......"

Novia Charlie looked at the wine in front of her, sighed, and lowered her ears.

As a lover of wine, she has no alcohol every day, but today, for the first time, she has a little dislike of wine, of course, this hate refers to the wine in front of her.

It all started last night.

Yesterday, her cocktail party officially began here. Although the party lasted for three days, she happened to be more idle lately, so she attended the first night.

The process was not as expected, and there was a lot of red wine delivered, but there were almost no that she could appreciate.

After all, they are a group of people who want to try their luck, and they can't be expected to make any good wine.

Although before the dinner began, her sommelier told her that there was a great wine that would definitely suit her taste, and that she might be able to stay early.

Staying in advance meant that she wouldn't let it appear in the banquet hall to share with others, and she kept it for herself.

But who is Novia, she has been drinking for so many years, what good wine has she not drunk? He, Novia, is not a stingy person.

Novia didn't heed the winesmith's advice. But she is not stupid, and there are some characteristics to be praised by the wine inspector so much.

After that, although Novia didn't take the wine away in advance, she still kept it with her, and she was ready to share it with everyone later.

But later, as the banquet progressed, everyone was obviously not interested in the nameless wine, and she forgot about it.

It wasn't until after the banquet that she remembered that the wine recommended to her by the sommelier didn't seem to have tasted it, so she had the wine delivered to her room.

By this time, Novia had already drunk a lot of alcohol—mostly her own. Her own wine, which tastes good and has a relatively high degree, is much better than the wine brought by the guests.

She was already a little drunk, and although she was still far from being drunk, she was comfortable sleeping in this state. So Novia took a hot bath and went to sleep.

I woke up at night with a burst of urine, got up to go to the toilet, and felt a little thirsty, so Novia casually took a wine jug and poured a glass of wine to quench her thirst.

This jug contains Roy's wine.

So, Novia came to her senses in an instant, and she tasted it again with some disbelief.

Hiss!

What kind of wine is this!

Take another bite, I didn't taste it carefully just now - wait, it's gone?