The Steam Age [Western Fantasy]

(Volume Two is finished! Volume Three will appear at random, most likely with lots of updates over winter break...) In nineteenth-century Britain, the great workers' movement was getting underway. The House of Lords and the House of Commons were at loggerheads, the slave trade was openly abolished but secretly continued, and colonial rivalries were growing ever fiercer. Meanwhile, demand for coal kept rising, and steam technology was reaching its peak... Currents stirred beneath the surface, and all was chaos and darkness. What kind of collision would take place between two people of different backgrounds: a steam engineer from the working class and a noncommissioned officer from the bourgeoisie? Beneath the Union Jack, how many tangled loves and hatreds lay hidden, enough to crush bones to dust? At sixteen, the genius steam engineer Qiao came to London alone to study, heading for the Mechanics' Guild, a den of tigers and wolves. At a ball, Qiao ran into the young master he had known in childhood. Behind that astonishing first glimpse, an extravagant tapestry woven from coal and steam, kindness and cruelty, was slowly unfurling. "We are steeped in sin. Our hands are stained with blood and evil, greed has taken over our minds, and no amount of death could atone for our sins. We are sinners of our age, witnesses to it, and its victims." "Why so sentimental?" "I want to live for myself, just once." "And then?" "Kiss me." Note: 1. A top who would die without being spoiled and would also die if he didn't dote on his wife X a selfless nineteenth-century genius who dedicates himself to science and the people. 2. The history is all made up. 3. Against war, colonialism, and oppression. 4. HE. 5. Steampunk. 6. If any chapters are missing, check Weibo++: Mumingzhiming2323. Theme: