Chapter 1538: Misunderstanding and Recruitment

At this time, Britain.

The experiments of Newton and Mocheng were interrupted and hit a bottleneck.

Added to this, the Giant Engine imported from Longyan had arrived; ever since Newton proposed the Gold Standard, he had been arranged by the Financial Minister to handle the handover with the Longyan people.

One reason was that he was a technical expert.

The second reason was that he was the one who proposed the Gold Standard.

Therefore, he needed to be in control to avoid causing losses.

At first, Newton refused, but as soon as he heard he could be shown Longyan's newest Giant Steam Engine.

Newton couldn't wait and agreed.

Until today, the transaction with the Longyan people was completed, and the Giant Steam Engine was in their hands.

Newton couldn't wait to take Mocheng and Hu Xi'er to visit this big guy.

"Stop, this is a restricted military area, outsiders are not allowed in."

Newton glanced at the guard and flashed his badge; this was the badge prepared for him by the Financial Minister. As long as he showed this badge, he could go in to view the Giant Steam Engine.

"Can I go in?" Newton asked urgently.

The guard glanced at the badge; the badge was shiny gold, imprinted with the national emblem of Britain, and the two small characters "Haren" were engraved on the back.

Seeing these two characters, the guard was thunderstruck; the Financial Minister of Britain was named Haren.

At this moment, he looked at this disheveled person; this person was clearly not that highly respected Financial Minister of Britain.

But whoever held his badge must certainly not be an ordinary person.

The guard's expression suddenly changed, and he said respectfully: "You may enter, you may enter."

The guard cleared the way, and Newton casually tossed the badge into his pocket and walked in urgently.

When Mocheng and Hu Xi'er were about to enter, they were stopped again by the Guard Army, who looked at these two Longyan people with unkind eyes.

"He can, you cannot."

Newton, who had already gone in, saw Mocheng and Hu Xi'er being blocked and ran over: "They are my friends, can they enter?"

Upon hearing this, the guard said with difficulty: "Duke, this is the order of His Majesty, we have no Method."

"This is now a restricted military area, ordinary people cannot enter."

Upon hearing this, Newton was suddenly furious and slammed the badge from his pocket onto the ground: "Haren, you liar!"

Still not satisfied, he stomped hard on the badge with his dirty leather shoe.

Seeing this scene, the guards on the side were filled with sighs.

That was the badge of Duke Haren, which others held in their hands like treasure, but this guy treated it like a useless piece of scrap iron.

"What use is this piece of scrap iron to me."

After stomping on it for a while, the badge became filthy.

Newton stepped on it under his foot, stared at the guard, and asked viciously: "Can they enter?"

"..." the guard.

The guard looked helpless, not knowing how to answer.

Just at this moment, the true owner of the badge walked over, and seeing Newton here, he greeted him.

"Yo, Newton."

Newton turned his head abruptly, saw it was the Financial Minister Haren, grabbed the dirty badge from the ground, and threw it with force.

It happened to hit Haren right on the forehead; he let out a cry of pain and stared blankly at Newton.

Hearing a clinking sound.

Haren's expression froze, and he instantly slumped.

He looked at Newton with anger, but before he could speak, Newton's reaction was even bigger than his, and he took the lead, pointing at his nose and cursing.

"You old liar!"

"Coaxing me to complete some transaction for you, saying you'd let me see the Giant Steam Engine first."

"You even gave me a badge saying there would be no problems with it, but when I bring the badge, it's of no damn use!"

Newton spewed a string of foul language.

Mocheng was on the side wanting to mediate the fight, but was

pulled back by Hu Xi'er.

Hu Xi'er shook her head and said: "This is their business, why are you going up to join the fun."

"You don't understand, Brother Newton hasn't studied rhetoric much, I'm afraid he'll suffer a loss."

Hu Xi'er turned her head and glanced at the Financial Minister, who was being cursed at like a grandson and couldn't even open his mouth.

Then she kindly persuaded Mocheng to shut his mouth.

The two argued for a while.

In the end, the Financial Minister's methods were superior, shifting the center of the conflict onto the two innocent, unlucky, and dutiful guards.

Then Newton and the Financial Minister cursed the guards together for not knowing how to do their jobs.

And so on.

In the end, the guards looked on in a daze as Newton and the Financial Minister, who had just been like mortal enemies, not only made up but were even walking with their arms around each other's shoulders.

The guard wiped his face.

"Did I make myself clear just now? Let them in," the Financial Minister said coldly.

"Yes."

The guards cleared a path and let them walk in.

Newton snorted coldly, walking in the lead, moving very fast.

Mo Cheng and Hu Xi'er followed behind and slipped inside like two invisible nobodies.

The guard took a glance at them.

He had neither good nor bad feelings toward the Longyan people; he was simply doing his duty.

After entering, Haren looked at the two Longyan people and said indifferently, "I don't know how the two of you know Newton."

"And I am not clear why you are so highly regarded by Newton, but I hope you can understand that you must forget everything you have seen here."

Haren's calm gaze swept over Hu Xi'er, and she felt the hairs all over her body stand on end.

She immediately stated her position: "Rest assured, Duke, we have never been here, and we have not seen anything."

Mo Cheng glanced at the Duke, very much disliking his gaze.

Hu Xi'er hurriedly pulled on Mo Cheng; Mo Cheng understood her meaning, so he did not say anything more.

The Financial Minister took an extra look at Mo Cheng, then paid no more mind to these two people.

In his view, the things here were important, but not to the degree that they required special secrecy.

Showing them to the Longyan people could also serve as a deterrent.

Do not let them think that in this world, only their Longyan technology level is the highest.

After he left, Hu Xi'er finally let go of him.

Mo Cheng looked at the objects all around; he only swept a glance over them, and a trace of disappointment flashed across his face.

He took Hu Xi'er's arm and followed behind Duke Haren.

On the other side, Newton had arrived at the deepest part long ago.

Underneath a huge curtain was the Giant Steam Engine from Longyan.

It is said that such a steam engine is equipped on the largest displacement Supply Ship of Longyan.

The speed of that Supply Ship even exceeds the Battleships of France.

After learning this news, Newton developed a deep curiosity about such a Giant Steam Engine.

Currently, the Giant Steam Engines within Britain have already entered a bottleneck.

The warships they build using them have no Method of comparing to the Longyan Supply Ship.

Although building a good warship requires more than just a good Steam Engine, right now, Britain does not even have one good Steam Engine.

Newton could not wait to pull open the curtain, wanting to see what exactly Longyan had done with this steam engine.

What exactly had been improved.

What knowledge had been applied, and how could this steam engine drive the largest tonnage Supply Ship of Longyan on long voyages!