Chapter 269: The Monarchy of the New Era

Murdock naturally did not hesitate to choose to invest, obtaining a 5% share of the Gas Lamp Company with his distilled gas and, for now, the gas lamp patent that was still in his mind.

5% might not sound like much, but if you calculate it based on an investment of 3 million livres, that's a full 150,000!

This didn't even include future dividends and the continuous increase in stock prices as the company grew.

Joseph went into detail with Murdock about his plans for the gas streetlights, to which the latter immediately said, "Your Highness, if you want to ensure the absolute safety of the gas pipelines, I suggest using gun barrels as conduits."

Upon hearing this, Joseph also vaguely recalled a documentary he had seen in his previous life, which mentioned that the gas streetlights that Murdock created for London did indeed use gun barrels for gas pipelines.

Perhaps this was the inevitability of history.