This also happened to prove to Lorne the fact that the economic strength of the north was far inferior to that of the interior of the empire.
Just as Duke Stuart said, the center of gravity of the empire was in the south.
The most important family in the south is the Stuart family.
During the time that Lorne stayed in the Stuart Territory, the Duke did not put Lorne aside just because he took a gold coin offensive against the reformers.
Although the Duke does not often meet with Lorne, whenever he can meet him, the Duke of the Sea will always show Lorne the strength of his Stuart family.
Lorne was also lucky enough to visit the factory of the Stuart family.
It was obvious that the complacent Duke was very proud of his factory.
But in Lorne's view, those can only be regarded as workshops.
Of course, countless well-organized large workshops can be established in a backward alien world.
It can be said that the Stuart family deserves to be the richest man in the empire.
Compared to their northern territory, the title of country bumpkin was placed on Lorne, which was not considered a deliberate slander by Athena.
Moreover, the Duke's factories do not all rely on manpower.
The Duke of the Sea mentioned steam engines when they first met.
In order to demonstrate his Stuart strength, such a great invention naturally opened the eyes of Lorne, a country bumpkin.
Relying on the power of steam to drive the operation of gears, workshops with steam engines have completed preliminary automation operations.
This is a qualitative leap for the entire different world.
Lorne also had to admire the fellow countryman he had never met before, because if it were him, although he knew that there was such a thing as a steam engine, it was almost impossible for Lorne to build one.
After all, when he was on Earth, he had just entered college.
As a student, Baron Fast knew more mathematical formulas and a lot of English words.
Maybe some basic physics and chemistry knowledge is not a problem, but as a student who aims at exams, poor practical ability is a common problem for them.
Let alone a steam engine, how to use crude and primitive tools to grind gears is a huge problem.
Fortunately, these problems are now solved for Lorne.
As long as he can kill the fellows on the Heretic Island, he can just pick it up.
It's just that since the other party has even built a steam engine, Lorne still needs to work hard to kill him.
After the steam engine, what Lorne coveted was the Stuart family's shipbuilding workshop.
The most powerful thing about the Stuart family, which made its fortune on the ocean, is their fleet.
Supporting their challenge to the sea was naturally the shipbuilding workshop that was so huge that even Lorne was amazed.
In this era, wooden sailboats were definitely the mainstream.
Even with a steam engine, covering it with a layer of iron sheet is the limit.
Lorne had no expectations from the beginning about things like giant steel ships.
But the huge ships of countless styles still exceeded Baron Fast's expectations, and the ships of the Stuart family had a clear division of labor.
For example, the ships used for attacking and transporting troops are very different.
From the introduction of the ship foreman, Lorne found that their attack ships generally do not exceed fifty meters in length.
According to the description of the ship foreman, the Stuart family naturally did not have a ship specially used to transport soldiers.
But when Lorne saw the giant ship being built, with several layers of cargo holds and a length of nearly a hundred meters, he would not be so naive as to think that it was really just for transporting cargo.
The most important thing is that whether it is a flexible attack ship or a huge transport ship, there will be a certain number of torsion catapults installed on the deck and in the inner compartment.
Lorne had seen something similar when he was in the North.
But compared with the equipment specially installed on the ship by the Stuart family, those gadgets all looked like children's toys.
As the volume increases, its effect naturally increases.
The toys in the north can rely on the assistance of torque and gears to send stone projectiles a kilometer away.
When it comes to the Stuart family, the giant and finely processed ones are said to have an effective range of several kilometers.
It has already caught up with the range of front-loaded artillery.
As for its power, just look at the pirates that the Stuart family subjugated with this thing and you will know that wooden ships cannot block its shooting.
Moreover, the ammunition of these catapults are not the stone bullets commonly used in the north.
Projectiles of various shapes meet the needs of naval battles.
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With a huge and refined catapult and a special warhead, what you see in front of you can no longer be called a torsion catapult.
The people of the Stuart family called it the Stuart catapult.
It was simple and easy to understand.
It not only declared the patent but also created the reputation of their family.
But when Lorne expressed that he wanted to see the design drawings of these things, Susan, who accompanied Lorne to visit them on behalf of the Duke of the Sea, directly rejected his request.
"His Excellency the Baron is really a humorous person.
With the design, do you mean how to make these weapons?"
Only the craftsmen of the Stuart family can give you the answer.
Unfortunately, they don't work here, and I can't take you to see them. " Lorne has been in Yuanwang City for three days.
Although he is always under surveillance by the Stuart family, he still has some basic information.
The baron still relied on Lyle and the others to collect them.
For example, the fact that the hot woman next to him was the duke's mistress was not a secret in Yuanwang City.
But the status of mistress, which is not so glorious in the north, seems to be a fashion here.
Not to mention single and widowed women like Susan, even some married women are proud to be the mistresses of certain powerful figures.
A top lord like the Duke of the Sea has countless mistresses.
However, there are not so many people like Susan who can obtain enough benefits for themselves by virtue of their status as mistresses.
From this, it can be seen that women are not only good in bed, but they must also be outstanding in other aspects.
It's a pity that Lorne can only recall the feeling of the hand.
Since the Duke can let Susan replace him, think about the status of women here.
If you want to force Susan, you have to wait until the Stuart family is destroyed.
But before that, Lorne wanted to get some high-end weapons to help him.
Knowing that the Stuart family would not allow him to observe the design drawings of weapons, Baron Fast could only use the most conventional means to obtain them.
"That's really a pity.
If we had such weapons in the north, we could reduce the casualty rate of our soldiers.
I don’t know if the Stuart family will sell these weapons to the outside world, but my Fast family is willing to buy some. " It was Lorne's idea to buy it back, take it apart and imitate it.
Anyway, counterfeit goods are very popular in the North.
With a large number of craftsmen, as long as there are prototypes, imitation is only a matter of time
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