In the southern part of the kingdom, in the territory of Earl Joyce.

Those wealthy businessmen and small nobles who were jubilant and looking forward to the triumphant return of Grand Duke Rickman never expected that Redl, who they thought would be crushed by the army, would come back with a large group of people the next day.

This time, Redel had no intention of holding back. He confiscated the properties that needed to be confiscated, and cleared out those that needed to be cleared out. After several days of hard work, he finally occupied the entire territory.

The subsequent operations to take over various towns and villages were also very smooth. The local nobles' private armies and resistance forces often lost their ability to resist after a few rounds of flintlock fire.

In the Kingdom of Hadratha, territorial claims and annexation wars between nobles are not uncommon, and the earldom has also experienced several wars in the past.

No matter which army it is, once they invade a territory, the soldiers will inevitably engage in burning, killing and looting, and are sometimes even more brutal than bandits.

Therefore, the poor people all closed their doors and some even abandoned their homes and fled...

But they soon discovered that this group of people holding strange long sticks were an exception. After looting the nobles who had rebelled, they not only did not ask for anything from them, but even planned to distribute food, silver coins and land to them...

It was like a dream.

However, many people insisted that this was a means for the other party to deceive them, in order to lure everyone to the square and then slaughter them.

The rumor was dispelled after a few days, because those poor people who had bravely received the money and food were still alive and well, and the guards had no intention of stopping those who were preparing to leave the village with the money and food.

Everyone then realized that this might not be a scam...

Could it be that their sincere prayers moved the great Lord of the Stars [Ella], so he sent down messengers from God to build the world into heaven? Countless rumors spread in the territory. After a few days of getting along and communicating with them, the poor people and miners in the earldom gradually realized that these musketeers holding strange long sticks and able to use the power of fire were not from heaven, nor were they messengers from God.

It came from the Land of Wizards, a holy land without kings or nobles, ruled purely by wizards...

Wizards are undoubtedly a symbol of evil in the Sekas Empire.

Rumor has it that these degenerate people who worship evil gods and are bewitched by the devil will kidnap children, dig graves, spread disease and plague, and curse those they hate. They are the embodiment of all evil.

Old York, a member of the Musketeers, laughed at the nonsense of these fools. "Why don't you think about it carefully? Will the devil's followers give you food, wealth and land?"

"And what have the church and the nobles done for you? These people only let you stay in the fields and mines all day long, working hard day after day, and then reward you with a few pieces of hard-to-eat black bread... In the final analysis, who are the followers of the devil?"

The poor people present were all stunned by the question. If it weren't for the grievance meeting a few days ago, they would have thought that all this was a test from God so that they could enter the kingdom of God and enjoy glory in the future instead of falling into hell.

The reason why those noble lords are high and mighty is that they were chosen by God and given noble blood. It is God's grace that allows them to be the managers of the earth.

"It's different in Yieta!" Old York said proudly. Looking at these poor people who bowed their heads and remained silent, he felt an inexplicable sense of superiority in his heart.

Old York talked endlessly about the magic of Yieta. The workers in the workshops could make exquisite glassware from the sand on the ground, and make wood into paper that was whiter and hundreds of times more useful than parchment. Moreover, the wizards only needed to wave their hands and the mud would pile up automatically, and a house would be built quickly...

"Then are you going to do farm work? Where will the food come from?" a poor man couldn't help but ask loudly.

"Yes, but we are different from you. Those alchemists have developed a machine that can plow the land automatically... One person can plow a two-kilometer-long and wide area of ​​land in an hour." Old York said confidently. Although he had never seen this machine, his brother's nephew was fortunate enough to become one of the first people to experiment with this machine.

Everyone present looked at each other in bewilderment, thinking that Old York must be bragging. Not to mention one person, even ten people would find it difficult to finish so much work even if they worked themselves to death. However, they were also very interested in the novel scenes that Old York described.

The constant questioning made Old York curl his lips. It turned out that the area outside the wizard's land was indeed a wild area. There was no knowledge at all...

"Whether you believe it or not, this is the truth!" Old York paused and announced another extremely important piece of news. "In addition, tonight, Lord Lin En said that he would conduct an experiment in the territory that would make the night as bright as the day!"

The poor people were confused at first about who this Lord Lin was, and then they started discussing. Could it be that he was going to make a very, very big bonfire...but he couldn't possibly take down the sun, right?

When it comes to wizards' experiments, they think of the dark and weird ones, such as reviving skeletons or drawing strange patterns on the ground to summon the devil.

In view of this, most people chose to stay indoors at night, but there were also many people who were curious. An open space in the Earl's territory was soon surrounded by people, and they stared at Lin En and others in the center with wide eyes.

In the light provided by the torches they could see a large number of strange alchemical instruments that they had never seen before.

For this experiment, Lin En got out the latest type of generator and used a thin copper wire to connect a very simple light bulb!

Now that we have electricity, we must also point out the related electrical technology. The most representative one is undoubtedly the electric light! Lin En searched the entire wizard land but couldn't find tungsten ore, but he unexpectedly found a substitute.

The reason why tungsten is the best material for filaments is that it has a high melting point. The temperature of the filament when it is glowing is as high as over 2000 degrees Celsius. At this temperature, ordinary metals have melted, but the melting point of tungsten is about 3400 degrees Celsius.

The second is that the resistance is large and the conductivity is poor. Under the condition of equal power-on time, tungsten generates more heat than other metals.

Finally, the chemical properties are stable and the antioxidant ability is strong, which makes the bulb life very long. If it is well made, it can be used for decades without any problem.

There aren't many metals that can meet these conditions and are cheap and available in large quantities. This gave Lin En a headache for a long time, until Philip reminded him that he could try the hair of a fire lion...

When Lin En heard this proposal, his expression was extremely strange. Isn't it funny to use the hair of living creatures as filament material?

However, after the experiment, Lin En was immediately ashamed. He was the ignorant one. The strangeness of the magical creatures was beyond his imagination...

(End of this chapter)