Inside Merlin's Tavern.

Char sat in the position where he often sits, looking at the street scene outside the window, drinking a cup of tea, which was the best Longjing brought from Beichen, the tea fragrance was overflowing, refreshing.

Strictly speaking, Char should be over 100 years old today, but Char has no intention of remembering how old he is.

But as he gets older, it's not appropriate to drink alcohol or anything, so recently he has become more and more fond of drinking tea and maintaining health.

Outside the window is the street scene of the imperial capital, and the environmental protection bill to reduce carbon emissions, which has been committed by several presidents, has achieved initial results, and the thick soot cloud on the street in the past has dissipated a lot, and it is not so unpleasant.

Of course, due to the restrictions of the times, even if so many laws were introduced, it was impossible for Britannia to give up industry in exchange for the environment, so the pollution of the imperial capital was still not small.

Even Char's façade has been corroded by these corrosives and needs to be renovated every once in a while, not to mention the people.

Although the city is the economic center of the entire country, it is not suitable for human existence.

But even so, it still can't hide its prosperity.

The streets were filled with well-dressed people, and in addition to the horse-drawn carriages often seen on the streets, there were also four-wheeled internal combustion engine cars.

It's similar to some of the antique cars you usually find in museums, but it's even a little behind, with no roof cover, no doors, only a sofa on it, and even the steering wheel is not round.

But in this era it is a novelty.

Even if it is the imperial capital, few people have it.

The speed and handling of cars in this era did not have many advantages over horses, and people were more willing to leave their safety to horses with thousands of years of experience than lifeless cars.

So the car was supposed to coexist with the carriage for a while.

In fact, the existence of automobiles was much earlier than the appearance of the internal combustion engine.

As early as the last century, in fact, some people developed steam-powered locomotives in order to pull some large artillery, and even developed the earliest buses based on this.

But the steam engine was too bulky, inefficient, and slow, and when the boiler was burned, it would emit a lot of black exhaust, which made the steam engine hot and dirty, far from comfortable.

More than 10 years ago, this steam locomotive was phased out.

The most eye-catching thing is probably the bus-like vehicle that is slowly passing by at the intersection of a short distance away.

If you look closely, there are no tires under the car, but it is walking on the track, and above it is a power line, and an electric pole extends from the car and makes a sizzling sound when it touches the wire.

That's a tram, in this world, this should be the second tram in the world, and it's an absolute black technology in this era.

It is the "dang dang car" in the old movie, shuttling through the streets of Baijing and the old magic capital

In 1775, the world's first road rail car used for passenger transport was opened in Beichen, and it was pulled by horses and called "public carriages".

Britannia has also been affected because of its close relationship with Beichen, and there is such a track in the imperial capital.

In 1835, the engineers of the German Empire, Aemond, who invented the electric motor, exhibited the first electric car powered by a power line at the Berlin Industrial Exhibition.

Three years later, he laid the first tram track in the suburbs of Berlin, electrified by one track and looped by another.

But the line was too dangerous for traffic on the street, so he solved the power supply and safety problems by raising the transmission line.

In 1841, Fandel, a native of Britannia, experimented with trams carrying passengers at an agricultural fair. The tram he tried used a collector pole with a tentacle and an overhead contact line to transmit electricity and a steel rail to supply electricity to another circuit.

A few years later, a Britannian used the above method to switch to electric tractors on several horse-drawn rail car routes, and improved the vehicle's current current collector device, control system, electric motor suspension method and drive mode, so that the current tram appeared.

There are only two places in the world where this kind of tram is available, and it is only a small part, and it should be decades before it becomes popular.

Looking at the diesel locomotive spewing black smoke, and the tram, the people in rococo clothes and wigs that I saw when I first came into this world in the past seemed to be close to me.

Before he knew it, Char had been in this world for a whole century, longer than he had been in the other world.

Time flies by and gives a sense of unreality.

This era is a reference to the era of Queen Victoria in another world, a most steampunk era, with industrialized cities, gushing chimneys and punk-style cars, and Char actually likes this style of playing.

"Jingle Bell~"

The door slowly opened, and a man in a black suit, tie, and black top hat walked in, came to Char's side and took off his hat, and then sat down opposite Char.

This is Gallant, fifty years of promise has arrived again, and he has come to the appointment.

Compared with the last fifty years, his condition is obviously much better, his hair and beard are meticulously groomed, he wears a suit and tie, and he is a living upper class.

"Looks like you've had a good time." Char lifted the green tea on one side and took a sip.

Gallant smugly pointed to the diesel locomotive outside, "That's my company." ”

Char raised her eyebrows in surprise.

"I came to Britannia and I made the best decision I ever made." Gallant said brightly, "The imperial power has just been overthrown, there is gold everywhere, many rich people panicked and sold their houses at low prices, thinking that they would be liquidated by the new regime, I bought them with some gold I saved, and in less than ten years these houses have multiplied several times, and I saved my first pot of gold." ”

"Later, the internal combustion engine appeared, and I seized the opportunity to introduce the technology of internal combustion engine vehicles from Beichen and improve it, that is, the cars outside."

"Is that so?" Char whispered, "What's the name of your company?" ”

"I use my wife's name, it's Mercedes." Gallant said.

Char's face showed a little amusement, but there were no words.

But then, Gallant was silent for a moment and said, "I'm going to go back to Germany next." ”

Char looked at him with some surprise, "You are in Germany, but you don't have any good memories. ”

"There are still some." "At least, my wife and children live there," Gallant said. When I was on the run, a friend of mine. His name is Simon, and you should have seen him in the first place, when he was in Egypt, with me. ”

Char nodded, "There are some impressions. ”

"He helped me escape, and he provided me with the news, I don't know what happened to him, but it shouldn't have turned out too well." Gallant said, "I've had a heart problem in my heart all these years, and I want to go back and see if he has any descendants, and I want to give them some help." ”

"Thanksgiving, good deeds." Char nodded.

After a pause, he asked curiously, "Haven't you remarried all these years?" ”

"After experiencing a life-and-death parting, I saw something." Gallant said, "I'm immortal, and I'm going to go through it again, and I've already done it anyway, so I don't have to force it anymore." But I have a few lovers. ”

Char smiled, "You're very open-minded. ”

After a pause, Gallant took something out of his pocket and placed it in front of Char, it was a small stone.

It looked unremarkable, but Char felt a strange aura in it

Char's eyes flickered.

"Is this the thing?" Gallant asked.

"Don't you already have the answer in your heart?" Char said.

At the beginning, he was the one who studied the ** jade record under Eliton with Stark, and his talent was naturally inferior to Stark.

But the talent is not enough time to make up, and nearly a hundred years of research has made him obviously study something.

"So, I succeeded," Gallant was still a little unconvinced, "I really refined the Philosopher's Stone?" ”

"Have you ever tried turning some stones into gold?" Char asked.

Gallant reacted, and then took out a piece of chalk from his body, drew a circle on the table, and then placed the chalk on the circle and placed the stone on it.

His palms pressed against the sides of the circle and began to channel his magic.

The Refining City Array shone brightly.

After a while, the light dissipated, and the small stone was a little smaller, and the chalk was actually glowing yellow and golden in the light.

Gallant suppressed the excitement in his heart, directly picked up the chalk and put him in his mouth and bit it, leaving a gum on the gold, which had been completely transformed into gold.

"It worked! This is truly the Philosopher's Stone! Gallant said excitedly.

"You have now surpassed the vast majority of alchemists." Char said.

Gallant came back to his senses and said, "If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have had a chance to touch this world. ”

Char lifted the dragon well on one side and said lightly.

"So. Do you still want to live? ”

"Of course!" Gallant said without hesitation, "My future has just begun, and with the Philosopher's Stone, my name will surely resound throughout the world in the future!" ”

Char nodded, his face calm, unbelievable, "I'm looking forward to it."

Gallant looked at the clock hanging in the corner of the tavern and said, "I'm on the boat at noon today, so I'll take my leave, sir." ”

"See you in fifty years."

"See you in fifty years"

Gallant bowed slowly to Char, then pushed the door open and left.

Semer, who had been at the counter, also walked over from the side and placed the cocktail in his hand in front of Char.

"There's no reason not to drink in the tavern, try my new product."

He looked through the window at Gallant, who was gradually coming to the end of the street.

"He's not from the wizarding world, and he's not registered with the Magic Society, but he's an alchemist who can refine the Philosopher's Stone and comprehend the Jade Record.

Don't you make it clear to him about the existence and rules of the wizarding world, do you intend for him to apply alchemy to the world? ”

"Magic, after all, has to merge with the human world, doesn't it?"

Char sipped the cocktail given by Semerle and said, "The Philosopher's Stone is just a key, a key to the higher realms, and whether it can truly realize its potential depends on the user itself.

He is inferior to Stark, and there is a limit to the technological leap he can bring to this world. ”

"I'm not optimistic about what he can bring." "I don't know the Philosopher's Stone, but I know about humanity." Unless what he has created can be used by the nations of the world, it will only be the beginning of chaos."

Char drank the cocktail in his hand without words.

(End of chapter)