Struggle in the Steam Age

After bowing and sending the emperor off, Lawrence's mind became almost like a paste. He didn't know the purpose of the series of things the emperor just did, especially the gift the emperor said at the end made him a little confused.

"Didn't you realize that you and the king both have white hair and blue eyes?" When Lawrence was puzzled, Nora's voice sounded in his mind, "Maybe he thought there was some blood relationship between you and him What? If I remember correctly, there should be power related to unicorns in the royal blood of the Holy Visby Empire, and if you don’t look carefully, it’s similar to your Bai Ze blood."

"What you said makes sense!" Lawrence also reacted after being reminded by Nora. "The most powerful wisdom and prophecy of Bai Ze's bloodline cannot be seen from the external aura. If others see it, the first thing they will see is the unique sacred aura of Bai Ze as a divine beast. It is indeed similar to the unicorn. beasts have something in common.”

At the same time, he also remembered what the gold medal that was handed over to him just now was. If I guessed correctly, that thing was used to awaken the power of the blood, so I tried to touch Lawrence's soul.

I don't know whether it's the magic item itself or the Bai Ze blood in Lawrence's body does not belong to this world, so the pattern displayed on the gold medal just now is very vague. And the unicorn in the middle of Bai Ze's head that looks like a sheep does indeed look like a unicorn, but fortunately, the lion's paw should not be mistaken.

Of course, Lawrence didn't intend to ask the emperor to explain these things clearly. Anyway, he didn't say anything before, how the other party knows is the other party's business. For Lawrence, it is reasonable to take advantage of this opportunity to benefit himself.

Unlike the previous jackals in the Astral Plane who were bound to Lawrence from a certain angle, the relationship between Lawrence and the emperor was not very close. Not to mention that his actions this time did interrupt the stronger conspiracy that might erupt in the future by the second prince, and saved the emperor from a huge loss. So there's nothing wrong with wanting to get a little extra.

After thinking about these things, Prince Eugene walked in. As a nobleman, he didn't ask what the emperor and Lawrence said just now. Instead, they continued to discuss various aspects of the use of the new weapon of the mortar in the army, and showed great interest in this new weapon.

After discovering this, Lawrence tried to sell his new weapon, which played into the arms of Prince Eugene. For Prince Eugene, who needs to face batches of attacks by barbarian races on the front line, mortars are cheap, highly mobile and capable of good lethality when facing those wilderness races with a huge advantage in numbers. Can play a very good effect.

In particular, this kind of artillery can also be directly reinforced to the infantry to provide firepower for the infantry, which greatly liberates the original artillery. resources can be optimized.

At the end of the ball, Lawrence not only discussed the use of mortars and grenades with Prince Eugene. At the same time, it also agreed on technology transfer and authorized production. As the most important young general of the royal family in the army, Prince Eugene can naturally decide to purchase this new type of weapon.

Not to mention that Prince Eugene himself had several military factories, and the first batch of factories he and Lawrence agreed to were precisely these military factories under his command.

Although the previous agreements were all verbal agreements, for people with identities like Prince Eugene and Lawrence, there is no difference between their oral agreement and their agreement on paper, even if this occasion is an informal occasion.

But this is just that Lawrence is not used to it, actually for someone like Prince Eugene. They don't even need to talk business in a formal setting.

After finishing the banquet that made Lawrence feel a little inexplicable, he returned to the court to start research on magic. As the power in Bai Ze's bloodline was continuously unearthed, Lawrence found that he liked this kind of research work more and more.

For example, I used to feel irritable and boring when I sat at the desk to study or research for more than half an hour, but now I still feel unsatisfied after sitting for a whole morning. What Lawrence felt most regretful after discovering the changes in himself was that he hadn't mastered this ability in his previous life, otherwise he wouldn't have read a normal book after repeating it for a year.

Of course, Lawrence's state of single-minded study did not last long. On the third day after the ball, an attendant often came to the court to look for him in a carriage and told him that he needed to go to the Imperial Heraldry to deal with some matters.

As Lawrence knew before, the matter of his succession to Earl Sauer has now been approved by the emperor, and the speed is very fast. According to the normal process, this is equivalent to being approved as soon as the application is submitted. Of course, approval is not enough, Lawrence also needs to go to the Institute of Arms to register and confirm.

So the royal attendant came to Lawrence with documents and accompanied him to the Heraldry Academy to go through the formalities. Fortunately, Mr. Lambert just sent a bunch of documents to Lawrence these few days, otherwise these things would not be able to be done today.

The reason why Lawrence's title succession was approved so quickly was because, on the one hand, Earl Sauer was a nobleman with royal blood in the emperor's faction, and the emperor also had a certain say in the ownership of the earl's title. In the previous ball, the emperor seemed very satisfied with Lawrence's investigation, which is why he approved the document of succession to the title so quickly.

On the other hand, it is because it is different from the very complicated transfer of inheritance rights among members of some noble families. After the death of Uncle Lawrence's family, the title of Earl Sauer naturally fell to Mr. Lambert, the adoptive father of Lawrence.

But according to the contract between the gods and humans, no clergyman is allowed to hold secular positions or titles except for a few designated ones, unless that clergyman is the first heir of the family. But even so, this heir only has the right to appoint another heir who meets the requirements.

According to this rule, Lawrence, as the adopted son recorded in the family genealogy, naturally became the successor of the next earl. The other possible successors are not only too far related by blood, but also have no way to compare with Lawrence in terms of achievements. Naturally, they cannot be Lawrence's opponent in the competition.

On the other hand, this title is only a court title after all, and the gold content is not very high. So other people's desire to own this title is not so strong.

However, judging from the fact that Lawrence finally received the letter from his adoptive father in these two days, in order to ensure that the title is 100% legal and avoid any disputes in the future. His adoptive father distributed most of the property of the Earl's Mansion to those clansmen. Only the items in the earl's mansion and the treasure house of the earl's mansion were left behind.

Of course, this is not a huge loss. Compared with the extraordinary inheritance and extraordinary treasures in the Earl's Mansion, those industries in the Earl's Mansion, which are equivalent to three times the size of the weapon factory that Lawrence previously opened with the dwarves, are not very attractive to him.

After all, most of his current possessions and wealth are in the New World, and it is impossible to stay in the Old World to take care of these industries that do not have good development prospects in the New World. Rather than leave it to a group of unreliable relatives to take care of it, it is better to give it all to them now to make a break.

Of course, at this time, Lawrence also gained a group of loyal retainers, although there were only more than 30 people. These include Butler Bayer, Knight Joseph, Butler Owen, and Housekeeper Raina. They are all willing to give up everything in the old continent and follow Lawrence to the new continent.

In short, this succession to the title is great news for Lawrence himself. He has already begun to think about sending these manpower to his own industry. After all, both his lighter factory and weapon factory are thriving, and the original manpower is really not enough.