Mystery: The New Dark Emperor Arrives

Chapter 206 Steam Tycoon
In the taxi, Xio said, "It's hard to imagine that Mr. A turned down this commission."

She frowned and said, "But among the Beyonders we know, it seems that only Mr. A has the strength to complete this commission."

"Let's tell Miss Audrey the news as soon as possible." Forsi said, "I still can't believe that Miss Audrey would release such a mission."

Hugh said: "It seems that Miss Audrey is not as naive as she shows. Maybe this is a secret struggle in the aristocratic circle? Or is it a prelude to a premeditated war?"

Forsi also speculated: "Maybe some big figures represented by Earl Hall want the situation to become chaotic?"

The two looked at each other and thought it was a bit funny. How could they two little people guess what these big people were thinking?

Taking the carriage back to Viscount Glenint's mansion, Audrey, who was waiting for news here, immediately felt a little frustrated when she heard that Mr. A rejected the commission.

But soon she made up her mind again: "I want to launch an emergency rally of 'Justice League'!"

Xio, Forsi, and Grelint looked at each other. There are already four promoters here, and only the promoter, Hobert, is absent.

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Hobert had a busy morning and won both lawsuits, which was a good start for their team.

During the lunch, Hobert reviewed the defense for Jessica and Lasca, and corrected them for several mistakes in the defense.

Newcomer Jessica took notes while listening, and even forgot to eat.

Laska also listened very carefully, and was glad that he had made the right choice. He followed Hobert to the new team. For him, this was a good opportunity to increase his experience and work experience.

In particular, Hobert's method of reviewing the case for them is a learning opportunity that is rarely encountered when he is an assistant to other lawyers.

After lunch, Hobert asked Jessica and the two to go back first. He was going to visit a "client".

According to the address given by Harvey Hayden, Hobert came to 1899 Nicholas Street.

As soon as he got off the carriage, he felt something, and looked at an exquisite and large private carriage. The window was open, and he saw an old man and a middle-aged man sitting opposite each other.

The middle-aged man had long hair and looked a little greasy. He was the person in charge of the Tamara family in Backlund that he saw when he channeled members of the Tamara family.

In front of the old man, the middle-aged man looked a little flattering, and he didn't even smoke a cigar.

The battle has passed for such a long time, and Hobert was no longer afraid to meet the Tamara family. He remembered the appearance of the old man, and then went to look at the signboard No. 1899: Ruiyi Machinery Firm.

At this time, the old man on the carriage and the long-haired Alva seemed to be looking at Hobart with feeling. At this time, Hobart was already looking at the signboard of "Sharp Machinery Firm", so he did not attract their attention. .

The two didn't care and continued on their way.

This old man was one of the people sent by the Tamara family to find out why the traitor team was destroyed. He was responsible for the investigation on the surface, but after more than ten days of investigation, there was no result, so he could only accept Alva The statement provided in the report: The action team was killed by the Loen royal family.

Today is the day when the old man leaves, and Alva is going to send him to the train station himself.

On the other side, Hobert entered the lobby of the firm without panic, asked the front desk to see Mr. Dix, and asked the front desk to tell him that he was Hobert Jeffrey.

He is used to the attraction of the "Nation of Disorder" to the Extraordinary of the same sequence, and other Extraordinary people still can't feel their connection with the "Nation of Disorder", so he is so calm.

The front desk originally wanted to reject Hobert's request, but after hearing Hobert's self-reported name, he knew that he might be Mr. Dix's friend, so he asked Hobert to wait on the sofa for a while, and she went upstairs to report.

But it took half an hour to go there, and the little girl came back half an hour later, a little out of breath: "Mr. Dix invites you to meet at the steam pump factory."

Hobert followed behind the little girl and saw the huge factory area behind the firm. From the lobby of the firm, Hobert could see that Dix's business was doing a lot, but he didn't expect it to be so big.

These factories are workshops for the production of large machinery, such as steam cranes, steam textile machines, steam sugar presses, steam mining machines, steam machine tools, and even steam locomotives.

After walking for more than ten minutes, they came to the workshop of the steam pump.

Entering through the small door of the factory building, Hobert saw more than a dozen steam pumps being assembled in the spacious factory building.

Because Emperor Russell did not popularize the concept of "production line", more than a dozen steam engines were assembled at the same time. Although it was time-consuming and labor-intensive, the scene was spectacular.

The whole workshop is full of ping-ping-pong-pong and the sound of chant.

Some parts are too large to use complex pulley structure jacks, or several people lift them together to complete the installation.

This is a labor scene that Hobert has never seen before. It does not have the speed of an assembly line, but it makes people feel very simple.

The steam pump is the earliest use of steam machinery, mainly used to supply water to high places and pump out accumulated water in mines.

The small ones are as big as a carriage, and the big ones are as big as two locomotives. They are really huge.

In front of a steam pump that was about to be assembled, Hobert saw a gentleman in his forties, not very tall, leaning on a cane, smiling at himself: "When I saw you last time, you Still only two years old, smiling at me in your mother's arms, that smile makes people's hearts melt."

Hobert stepped forward to say hello, "Hello, Mr. Dix."

Leaning on crutches, Dix also limped towards Hobert: "Mr. Rex told me not to take the initiative to find you. How did you find me?"

"I took a mission with Mr. Harvey Hayden." Hobert tried not to look at the other's legs: "He told me that I can find you here."

"It turned out to be that kid. I heard that he is doing well in the mercenary world in Backlund." Dix smiled and pointed to his leg, "This is the injury he got in the Southern Continent, thanks to your father's return that time." Help in time, or my life will be gone."

He invited Hobert to sit down in the reception room of the workshop. The sound of ping-pong-pong outside always attracted Hobert's attention.

"There is no man who doesn't like machinery." Dix raised his injured leg with his hands, and found a more comfortable position to sit down: "What you saw is the second generation of water pumps, the first generation is Piston pumps are prone to water leakage.

"What you see now is a centrifugal pump type water pump. You may not have heard of the term centrifugal pump. This is a new invention that requires a higher speed of the steam engine. Of course, the efficiency of the second generation of water pumps has also been greatly improved. "

(End of this chapter)