190. Iron and Steel Ambition 2

Chapter 190 Iron and Steel Ambition 2
Twenty-six year old Mr. Guy Burns was an odd armourer from the royal capital.

The so-called “strange armors” were craftsmen who made all sorts of strange and weird machines, such as a music box that could play music, a little man that could walk on its own after being wound up, and so on and so forth, in short, all of them were things that seemed to be mind-bogglingly brilliant and ingenious to other people.

For example, the clock in this world is from the hand of a certain strange mechanic, but when that master invented it, he probably did not 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 the Odd Mechanics were very popular with the high society, some people were even willing to pay a lot of money to ask them to customize some strange devices for themselves.

Of course, the ones who welcomed them the most were the children of rich families, especially the boys, who always had an innate interest in machinery.

The children of poor families of course loved them as well, but their family circumstances made them basically insulated from the odd mechanic, whether they wanted to buy their work or learn their techniques, it was a considerable expense.

Odd Mechanics generally make a pretty good living thanks to their craft and skill, and the income they bring in.

But Guy Burns was something of an anomaly in this business.

He was born in a lower-class noble family, and his family’s situation was quite favorable. Since he was the second son who was unable to inherit his family’s title, his father sent him to a master of qiqi he knew well, hoping that he could use this as a means to make a name for himself.

As a child, Guy was instantly mesmerized by the strange devices in his teacher’s house, soaking in them all day long, even shouting that he wouldn’t go home at dinner time.

To tell the truth, in the eyes of his teacher, Guy Burns’ talent in this area is still relatively mediocre, but the boy’s keen interest in mechanical aspects and and perseverance made him very satisfied.

Burns’ teacher was devoted to him and hoped that he would follow in his footsteps.

After completing his studies, Burns became active in the Jingyao area as a true mechanic.

But it wasn’t long before he did something that was hated by his peers – this kid went so far as to teach those poor kids the methods and principles of all kinds of machinery, charging a very low fee or even not taking a penny, just because the other party said “Wow~ this is so interesting”. .

What’s wrong with that? If so many profound and inexplicable techniques were spread out in such an extremely cheap way, wouldn’t everyone be able to become a qigong master in the future?
Wouldn’t the profession of a Qi Mechanic become as worthless as a farmer who farms the land or a blacksmith who makes iron?
Even Burns’ teacher reminded him that he would offend many of his peers if he continued like this.

But Burns still insisted on his usual style.

Finally some peers can not help it, they through the friends of the nobles weave a crime, the Burns thrown into the jail, let him in prison a good “reflection” a year, which is still his teacher in front of a group of industry bigwigs to give him to plead for mercy results.

On the day of his release, some punks came to his door and warned him: don’t let us see you in Jingyao in the future, get out of here.

Burns knew that it wasn’t the punks who didn’t want to see him, but the people behind them.

When he was hesitant to go anywhere, he ran into Hansel’s recruitment program at Jingyao, which included the profession of a Charms Master.

The Northwest Bay? It’s a bit out of the way. But I was just about to leave the royal capital when I ran into the recruiters coming over there, could this be the path that the heavens have shown me?
And so Guy Burns enrolled at Hansel’s with a mixture of confusion and hope.

And there he found several other peers, all of whom couldn’t stay in the royal capital for various reasons, in short, every family has its own difficult experience. In this way, Burns said goodbye to his family and set out on the road to the Northwest Bay with a large group of people.

After arriving here, the development of flintlock rifles in the ordnance factory encountered a bottleneck, and the local craftsmen were having a hard time figuring out how to make qualified spring plates.

They took the attitude of trying to ask for advice from the strange armors from the royal capital, and it so happened that Guy Burns was quite knowledgeable about making high-quality spring plates, and he was not a person who liked to hide his secrets when it came to technology, so he taught the artisans the process of making spring plates that he knew.

This earned him a great reward and a high reputation among the craftsmen.

Of course, he didn’t know at that time what the high quality springs the craftsmen needed were for; the military engineering department wouldn’t immediately open up to them as first-time outsiders, and they had to go through all sorts of lengthy tests before they could do so.

Burns was assigned his official job at the Lakewood machine shop, where he was responsible for developing a new type of wagon with spring-loaded shock absorbers.

There he was introduced to a strange machine called the “reaper,” a monster that could easily replace several farmers in harvesting large tracts of grain, saving time and labor.

Burns seemed to instantly open the door to a new world, before he always had a vague point of view in his mind, in the moment he saw the harvester was finally very clear and refined:
Machinery is not just for viewing and playing, it should play a greater role in more areas!
When he had just arrived at Lake Town, he still had a vague sense of superiority in his heart, after all, this place was too remote and secluded, and most people probably had never even heard of the profession of qi mechanic, not to mention having never seen those marvelous inventions.

But at that moment he became humbled, there was already someone ahead of him in this land. This silly machine might not be as subtle as an octave, but it could do far more than an octave that could only be used for entertainment.

Upon learning from the craftsmen in the machine shop that the original design for the harvester had been proposed by Earl Gleiman, Burns had looked forward to the opportunity to meet the lord.

That day he was in the workshop of the machine shop as usual, busy around an experimental model of wagon carriage, when suddenly someone came in and asked for him by name.

It was with great reluctance that Guy Burns was interrupted from his work, even if the person in question was an old countryman, also from Crystalline Flare – Bernard Wood, the laird’s present chief secretary.

Bernard greeted him warmly, “Mr. Burns, it’s been a long time, looks like you’re quite enjoying your current job.”

“I do enjoy it, what does Mr. Chief Secretary want to see me about?”

He added mentally, it would be nice if no one bothered.

“I am here today by order of Earl Gladman, the Lord-Lord would like to invite you to sit in his office at two o’clock in the afternoon.”

“Invite me? To his office?”

Burns was a little pleased, wasn’t this exactly what he had been hoping for?

“Please reply to Count Graiman, I will be there on time.”

(End of chapter)