Warlord: King of All Clans

After seeing off Archbishop Antonise, Rio immediately formed a team and began to focus on the research of hydroelectric power generation.

Before building a hydropower station, there is still a lot of preliminary preparation.

Hewan's generator is still at the level of a hand-cranked generator in the laboratory and is far from industrialization.

The one in the atrium laboratory was a work created by two master craftsmen, Virgil and Ingersoll, specifically for Archbishop Antonese, using all the cutting-edge materials they could collect.

Even so, due to material limitations and electrical foundations, it could only provide power for ten minutes.

Two masters alone cannot build an entire hydropower system including basic materials, power circuits, and hydropower engineering. Therefore, Al needs to select a group of outstanding talents from the atrium and invest in electricity.

As of now, among the entire race living down the mountain, only Anthonyse has reached the high school level in electrical engineering. Masters Fraser, Virgil and Ingersoll can barely be considered high school students who have passed the physics exam.

Others are not even as good as elementary school students and have never heard of the most basic electromagnetic induction.

In addition to talent, relevant materials are also extremely scarce, and at least half of the materials do not meet the passing line.

Fortunately, in this world, there is the existence of extraordinary alchemy, which can greatly improve the progress of scientific research and make up for the shortage of various industrial materials. Leo does not need to wait for ten or eight years.

Al taught him theoretical knowledge, and masters like Virgil and Ingersoll led the team in practical operations. Despite such poor basic conditions, Leo was still full of confidence.

Leo didn't dare to order Master Ingsol, but he could already control the goblin Virgil.

"The electrical team in the atrium will be led by Master Virgil. The first step is to train a hundred apprentices in the electrical industry and build a usable hydroelectric generator model. The second step is to develop the Anzeno River Falls and build a hydroelectric power station. We will learn while doing, apply theory to practice, and gain true knowledge from practice."

"I will invest 10% of the income of the River Bay Lord's Mansion into the hydropower project."

"I don't ask for how much electricity it generates, I just ask for this thing."

Upon hearing this, Virgil clenched his fists and vowed, "Don't worry, lord, I will definitely complete the task!"

Whether it is hydroelectric power generation or magic crystal charging, it is no worse than his research on alchemical airships in the Free State of the Islands.

The main reason why he appeared in the Southern Capital, besides being attracted by Freeman's magic mecha project, was that the funding of the Free State of the Islands was insufficient to support his subsequent research.

The income of the River Bay Lord's Mansion has exceeded that of most northern earls, and is second only to the northern grand duke's family and the imperial royal family. An investment of 10% of the income is very terrifying.

Before this, there had not even been so much investment in steam engines.

Master Ingersoll was also extremely envious after hearing this, and only regretted that he came too late, so he took the initiative to say: "I will continue to study Archbishop Antonisse's magic crystal charging technology, and try to optimize it before the hydropower station is built."

"Thank you, Master!"

Because of Leo's intimidation, Al began to worry about his own magic energy supply. He also became very interested in the magic crystal charging technology of River Bay and was willing to work with Frasa as a consultant for the hydropower team.

In fact, the sealing of Midgard was not only because Lord Chisel was disheartened, but also because after the Midgard tragedy, the Elven Elder Council of Highgarden passed a resolution to cut off the supply of magical energy to Midgard.

After that, the magic power of the atrium can only use the remaining reserves, which is like a rich second-generation who has no living expenses. Not only can he not continue to spend lavishly, but he also has to save money and find ways to support himself.

During this thousand years, Ai'er could only maintain his basic consciousness. He dared not squander his magic power frequently, let alone possess demigod-level magical powers like in his peak period.

Therefore, only when Leo provided magic crystals with a magic value of 1,000 would Al be willing to restart the atrium.

Only by providing the holy magic crystal Kredaron's Heart can the Alchemical Black Dragon be transformed from a toy into a giant dragon.

Asking her to use up the atrium's reserve magic energy to do work would be tantamount to wasting her life.

The magical energy reserves in the atrium are now only enough for it to operate normally for a hundred years, and then it will have to go into hibernation again.

If it is squandered too quickly, it will exceed the recovery speed of the atrium's magic power, and it may even freeze due to lack of energy.

For the Atrium Intelligent System Al, a crash means death.

El has mastered more advanced magical technology, and the alchemy system in the atrium is in use.

But due to her limited authority, she could not teach it directly to the races down the mountain, nor could she privately plunder the resources down the mountain to recharge herself.

It only works if someone else offers it to you!

Moreover, the fact that the unopened elven heritage cannot be provided to the races below the mountain does not mean that there are no relevant words in the academic works of those races below the mountain.

Al only needed to simply extract relevant knowledge from the tens of thousands of academic papers at the foot of the mountain and put it in front of the hydropower team to increase their research speed by leaps and bounds.

With the emergence of magic crystal charging technology, Hewan's development strategy can be appropriately adjusted.

Due to the scarcity of magical energy resources, extraordinary alchemy is destined to not be popularized on a large scale, so it has been excluded from industrial development by Leo. Only laboratory science will use extraordinary alchemy to improve research and development efficiency.

Energy is the food of industry, but one hundred gold coins of magic crystals cannot provide the energy of five gold coins of coal, and there is a risk of supply interruption at any time. Leo will definitely not regard it as the lifeline of River Bay's industry.

But now with the rechargeable magic crystals, the problem of magic energy supply has been solved, and there are many alternative areas.

After all, compared to conventional energy, magic energy is more efficient and cleaner than electricity and nuclear energy. It is the difference between roughage and concentrated feed.

Once the supply problem is solved, the only thing left is the cost issue.

Even if the price cannot be lowered, its transportation cost alone will make basic energy sources such as coal far behind.

Sending a magic crystal and five tons of coal thousands of miles away are two completely different things.

An alchemical airship with a load capacity of fifteen tons sails across borders. The magic stones used to power one cabin take up three tons, but the magic power it can provide is only equivalent to one hundred and eighty magic crystals.

One hundred and eighty magic crystals, with a total weight of less than twenty kilograms.

If the magic crystal function were applied to airplanes and tanks, the combat effectiveness would double!

Those high-tech industries that cannot be driven by conventional industries for the time being can also surpass the times and achieve industrialization ahead of schedule by using extraordinary alchemy magic crystals for energy supply.

After Anthony left, a heavy snow covered the Wolf Driving Plain, and the entire Earldom of River Bay, except for a few workshops, basically came to a halt.

The Earldom of Riverbend has reached the forefront of the Orlantis Empire, but it is still unable to escape the limitations of this era.

Especially in the cold north, any heavy snowfall in winter can accumulate to waist-deep and take a very long time to melt.

Not to mention open-air industries such as farming, animal husbandry, and mining, even many workshops in the river bend could not withstand the heavy snow and severe cold and had to stop production.

In the lord's house, the fire was burning brightly. Leo looked at Norin holding her son in frustration and said disdainfully, "Knight Norin, why don't you go back? Are you here on a business trip or on vacation?"