Chapter 187: Hearts of Iron II

Twenty-six-year-old Mr. Guy Burns is an artificer from the capital.

The so-called mechanic is a craftsman who makes all kinds of weird machines, such as a music box that can play music, a villain that can walk by itself after being wound up, and so on. Wide open, exquisite things.

For example, the clocks and watches in this world were made by a certain artificer, but when that master invented it, he probably didn't expect that it would soon become popular all over the continent, replacing the corona and hourglass as the most important timekeeping tool.

The things made by artificers are very popular in the upper class, and some people are even willing to pay a lot of money to ask them to customize some strange devices for themselves.

Of course, the children from rich families are most welcome, especially boys, who always have an innate interest in machinery.

Of course, the children of Qióngrén's family also like it very much, but their family background basically insulates them from artificers. Whether they want to buy their works or learn their techniques, it is a lot of money.

Relying on their craft and technology, as well as the benefits they bring, artificers generally live a pretty good life.

But Guy Burns is something of an oddity in this line of work.

He was born in a low-level aristocratic family, and his family was fairly well-to-do. Since he was the second son and could not inherit the title of the family, his father sent him to a master of strange weapons he knew well, hoping that he could make a name for himself.

When he was a child, Guy was immediately fascinated by the weird devices in the teacher's house. He stayed there all day, and couldn't even call home when he was having dinner.

To be honest, in the eyes of the teacher, Guy Burns' talent in this area is relatively mediocre, but the child's strong interest in mechanics and his perseverance attitude make him very satisfied.

Burns's teacher taught him everything, hoping that he could inherit his mantle.

After Burns finished his studies, he began to be active in the Jingyao area as a real artificer.

But it didn't take long for him to do something that was hated by his peers - this kid actually went to teach those poor children the methods and principles of various mechanical manufacturing, the fee was very low or even no money, just because the other party said "" Wow~ this is so interesting."

Is this okay? So many unfathomable technologies spread out in such an extremely cheap way, wouldn't everyone be able to become an artificer in the future?

Wouldn't the artificer industry become as worthless as a farmer or a blacksmith?

Even Burns' teacher reminded him that he would offend many colleagues if he continued like this.

But Burns still insisted on his usual style.

Finally, some colleagues couldn't bear it anymore. They weaved charges through the nobles they had befriended, and threw Burns into the prison, where he had to "reflect" for a year. The result of pleading with him in front of industry leaders.

On the day he was released from prison, some gangsters came to his door to warn him: Don't let us see you in Jingyao in the future, get out of here.

Burns knew it wasn't the gang of punks who didn't want to see him, but the people behind them.

Just when he was hesitating about where to develop, it happened that Hansel was recruiting people in Jingyao, including the profession of artificer.

Northwest Bay? It's a little out of the way. But just as I was about to leave the capital, I ran into someone who came over there to recruit people. Could it be that this is the path God showed me?

So Guy Burns signed up with Hansel, full of confusion and hope.

And there were several other colleagues who couldn't stay in the capital for various reasons, and every family had hard-to-recite scriptures.

In this way, Burns bid farewell to his family and embarked on the road to the Northwest Bay with a large group of people.

After coming here, it happened that the development of flintlock guns in the ordnance factory encountered a bottleneck, and the local craftsmen were struggling with how to produce qualified spring pieces.

With an attitude of giving it a try, they asked the artificers from the capital for advice. It happened that Guy Burns had a lot of experience in making high-quality springs, and he was not a person who liked to hide his secrets technically. , and taught the craftsmen the spring leaf production process they knew.

This allowed him to get a large reward and won high prestige among the craftsmen.

Of course, at that time, he didn't know what the high-quality springs needed by the craftsmen were used for. The military industry department would not immediately open them to foreigners who had just arrived, and had to go through various long-term tests. .

The official job that Burns was assigned was at the Huxin Town Machinery Factory, where he was responsible for developing a new type of carriage with a spring and shock absorber.

There, he saw a strange machine called a "harvester". This monster could easily replace several farmers in harvesting large tracts of grain, greatly saving time and labor.

Burns seemed to open the door to a new world in an instant~www.readwn.com~ He always had a vague point of view in his mind before, but at the moment he saw the harvester, he finally refined it very clearly:

Machinery is not just for viewing and playing, it should play a greater role in more fields!

When he first arrived in Huxin Town, he still had this faint sense of superiority in his heart. After all, this place is remote and too secluded. Most people probably have never even heard of the artificer profession, let alone those who Wonderful invention.

But at that moment he became humble, and in this land, someone had already walked in front of him. This silly, dark machine may not be as sophisticated as a music box, but it can play a role far beyond the music box that is only used for entertainment.

When he learned from the craftsmen in the machinery factory that the original design of the harvester was proposed by Earl Greyman, Burns looked forward to the opportunity to meet the lord.

On this day, he came to the workshop of the machinery factory as usual, busy around an experimental model carriage, when suddenly someone came in and asked for him by name.

Guy Burns was very reluctant to be interrupted from his work, even if the other party was a fellow from Jingyao—the lord's current chief secretary, Bernard Wood.

Berna greeted him enthusiastically: "Mr. Burns, long time no see. It seems that you like your current job."

"I'm really enjoying it. What can Mr. Chief Secretary do for me?"

He added in his mind that it would be better if no one bothered.

"I'm here today at the order of Earl Greyman. The lord would like to invite you to his office at two o'clock in the afternoon."

"Invite me? To his office?"

Burns was a little happy, isn't this what he expected?

"Please reply to Earl Greyman, I will definitely be there on time."