After news leaked that Copper Furnace Fortress had traded a steam engine with Great Zhou, Copper Furnace Fortress immediately clarified its position to Great Zhou, stating that they absolutely had not been the ones to reveal it.
Zhou Xu, however, was quite calm about it.
So what if it had leaked? They had only prohibited Copper Furnace Fortress from reselling their steam engine or providing it to other nations for research. As for whether the trade itself remained confidential, they actually did not care.
Take the Holy Roland Empire, for example. They had been eyeing their steam engine for more than a day or two.
What good would that do them? They were not selling it.
At the current stage, if they wanted one of their steam engines, bringing out mithril would not be enough to impress them. Unless Holy Roland I handed over the Epic Grade Enchanted Equipment in his possession.
One had to understand that even back then, Holy Roland I had merely made a promise in the manner of drawing a grand blueprint, assuring Zhou Xu that he would provide him with Epic Grade Enchanted Equipment so that Zhou Xu could study the enchantments on it.
Under these circumstances, getting Holy Roland I to trade an Epic Grade piece of equipment for a steam engine would probably be even more painful for him than being killed.
Zhou Xu clearly understood this as well. Therefore, regarding the Holy Roland Empire's inquiries about the steam engine, they focused on one thing: refusal. They could not be bothered to waste their breath on the other side.
He did not believe Holy Roland I was completely clueless.
The other side certainly understood that if they wanted to trade for a steam engine from Great Zhou, they had to bring out an