Chapter 1657: Possibility

Whether Prussia perishes or not does not affect the interests of Britain.

But George III still ordered that a bit more economic aid be given to Prussia, so as to let them hold on.

This was absolutely not because George III's conscience had been awakened, but out of consideration for his interests.

Regardless, as long as Prussia exists for one more day, it will help Britain attract the military forces of other hostile nations.

It allows Britain to expand rapidly in its overseas Colonial Area.

Britain has already annexed many colonial areas in Africa and America.

This has made Britain's development even more rapid.

George III's gaze continued to scan downward, and seeing a request for reinforcements from Scotland, he ignored it directly.

Scotland is currently fighting against the Swedish Army.

Scotland is adjacent to Sweden; don't let the size of the country fool you, but its population is actually very sparse.

Its military strength should, relatively speaking, be even smaller.

Yet the Swedes are extremely brave and skilled in battle; in the fighting against British troops, the British troops were beaten by the Swedish Army until they retreated steadily.

There is simply no Method to withstand the pace of the Swedish Army's advance.

However, regarding such a series of disastrous defeats, George III did not pay too much attention.

Although Britain and Scotland have merged into one, they are a single country.

But the British royal family and the Scottish royal family have always been at odds.

Therefore, even though it is the same Britain, the British troops in Scotland suffered a defeat against the Swedish Army.

It is none of Britain's business, and George III had not the slightest intention of sending reinforcements.

After finishing this intelligence, just at this moment, a person wearing a research uniform walked over, looked at George III, and bowed in salute.

George III looked at him and asked indifferently, "How is the research on the Dreadnought-class Battleship coming along?"

That person took a design draft from his bosom and placed it in front of George III; he said in a deep voice, "Reporting to Your Majesty, the preliminary design draft for the Dreadnought-class Battleship has been completed."

"We are currently proceeding with the assembly and production of the number one experimental machine."

Hearing this research progress, George III frowned slightly, feeling very dissatisfied.

In his view, this research progress could already be described as extremely slow.

"It has been so long, and you haven't even built a test machine?"

"Isn't it just enlarging our warships and replacing our Steam Engine with the Longyan Giant Steam Engine? Is it necessary to make it so troublesome?" George III said with great dissatisfaction.

The researcher felt deeply moved after hearing this.

George III truly did not understand technology, but as the person in charge of the Dreadnought-class Battleship, he had to explain this matter to him.

"Respected Your Majesty, it is not that we intend to delay the progress."

"Rather, regarding the research of the Dreadnought-class Battleship, apart from Longyan, no other country has yet manufactured such a huge Warship."

"And although the Longyan sold us the Giant Steam Engine, this machine needs to be matched with our warships."

"It requires a large amount of debugging work to ensure it enters the best state of Operation; all of this is extremely difficult."

"It is the most time-consuming part."

"For the first experimental machine, to be able to produce the blueprints and production in such a short time,"

"This was all thanks to Newton and Stephenson, otherwise we would still need to spend a large amount of time on further research."

After hearing these words, George III's brows furrowed even more tightly.

He did not expect that developing the Dreadnought-class Battleship would be so troublesome, but fortunately, there is no need to fight the Longyan now.

But time is also very pressing; after all, one never knows when Longyan might suddenly come up with some invention that leaves Britain completely dumbfounded.

This is certainly not a good thing for them.

George III sighed and said, "Speed up the progress."

"Yes."

【Note: This line is a continuation of the previous dialogue.】

George III's brows furrowed tightly, and recalling the Newton and Stephenson the researcher just mentioned, he asked, "You said these two people provided you with help?"

The researcher nodded.

George III had a somewhat bad premonition.

He knew Newton; Newton's talent was convincing, and he always had a great many ideas.

Moreover, after verification by others, these ideas were all correct.

Not only that, Newton was also a Parliament Councilor.

Although he had no power, such a scientist always left a deep impression on George III; not long ago, George had helped him solve a difficult problem.

A problem that Newton was not particularly good at—one in economics.

As for the reason, it was because Parliament had hindered his other research time.

But this fellow Newton actually wanted to follow the Longyan people to Longyan!

This was something George III could not tolerate.

How could such an important scientific talent be lost?

Therefore, under George's instruction, an order of house arrest was issued.

As for the other person, he knew absolutely nothing...

It was as if he had never heard this name before.

"Stephenson..." George III murmured.

Looking at the researcher, he asked, "What is this person's background?"

The researcher answered truthfully, "A mechanical engineer with a head full of strange ideas; he has a very deep understanding of the Steam Engine, and the Steam Engines he has improved have better performance."

"Such a small figure, Your Majesty, it is normal that you do not know him; after all, he has no fame."

So that is how it is.

George III nodded; he had developed some interest in Stephenson, as Britain was currently in a time of lacking talent.

Ever since the Steam Engine came into being, he had possessed a very intense curiosity about these strange ideas.

After all, before the Steam Engine was released, no one thought well of this invention.

Everyone thought the Steam Engine had no use; using boiling water and hot steam to move—this sounded simply like a fantasy.

But the result was excessively surprising.

It was the invention of the Steam Engine that changed the appearance of the entire world.

With the rise of the Textile Machine, the economic benefits of crops like cotton increased significantly.

But before that, people could not have anticipated these things.

George III was now very concerned with such ideas; perhaps behind these ideas, an invention sufficient to change the world would be born.

The researcher looked at George III, hesitated for a long time, and did not speak.

Seeing this, George III said, "Speak freely."

Only then did the researcher say, "He wants to make the Steam Engine walk on the ground, just like a Horse Carriage."

Hearing this idea, George III immediately laughed out loud.

Making a Steam Engine walk on the ground—this was simply daydreaming.

If a Steam Engine could operate on the road, then its size would have to be at least as big as a ship.

This would be equivalent to driving a ship onto land.

This was absolutely impossible; as everyone knew, it was impossible for a ship to walk on land, and even if it could walk, how could such a size get on the road?

George III smiled and shook his head, discarding his previous thoughts; he had been overthinking it.

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