Book 12: Chapter 5
The money issue in the North was considered solved. I never thought that the old geezer from the winged race had so much wealth. He legit embezzled the entire national treasury. The money and jewellery was virtually enough to cover half of the forecasted expenses for the North. Karana and Nara helped me out with some expenses. With Troy City supplying the North with some financing, as well, the financial issue in the North was finally resolved.
It was very hard for a single city to fund an entire continent, but with three cities and the assets of the North, itself, we had enough. At present, the North didn’t require living facilities. What I wanted was an industry district, and that would require a labour force. The North couldn’t possibly provide me with sufficient manpower. In the past, it would be possible to use low anthropoids as materials to burn the factories. Unfortunately, I couldn’t continue reproducing low anthropoids. That meant that I needed to replace manpower with machinery.
That was where factories came in to play. I couldn’t establish a large factory previously, as I lacked a power source. Troy City’s factory was water powered. As a result, we had to build the factory around the location of the river. As a consequence, we had to depend on the terrain, consequently, limiting the radius limit of the factory.
If the Brilliant Moon Stone could create mana-powered machines, then it’d be the equivalent of steam-powered machines. Steam-powered machines were the catalyst for the first industrial revolution. If I could create machines powered by Brilliant Moon Stones, then I’d be able to create a factory. If that came to fruition, the small population of the North wouldn’t inhibit production volume.
What had my interest most, though, was the theory of how the Brilliant Moon Stones could store mana similarly to electricity. If it could, would I be able to get the North to enter the era of electric power? But on second thought, I gave up. After all, electricity and mana were two different things. Mana circuits were totally different to electric circuits. It was pointless to try and force history’s advancement. Furthermore, a correspondent mana machine was what was most important, not the Brilliant Moon Stone.
After all, a big production revolution in society couldn’t occur alongside a single scientific and technological advancement. If one scientific and technology advancement occurred, then other science and technology advancements needed to accompany it.
The pursuit of powering machines with Brilliant Moon stones was Lorana’s business. She only had part of a mana machine blueprint, and such a thing had never been made. After making it, we needed to prove that it could actually be integrated into work, too. So accordingly, there was no rush. It was all in Lorana’s hands.
I really wanted to produce it together with Lorana. We might be able to provide each other with some new inspiration. Nevertheless, I needed to focus more on my two wives compared to the Brilliant Moon Stones. My Lucia and Nier were eight months pregnant. They were scheduled to give birth soon.
Lucia was still in the same state. Though she had shown a remarkable improvement compared to the past, since the child had successfully settled down and created his or her own mana, the child still needed to absorb his or her mother’s mana, except to a lesser degree. Lucia could fall deep asleep now, though. Lucia was essentially in an ill state all day. She didn’t even want to open her eyes. Fortunately, she no longer required the elven spring water or Ling Yue’s blood.