Using Fifty Horsepower

The very next morning, Ernest arrived at the factory carrying a stack of papers under one arm.

Blueprints.

Sketches.

Cost estimates.

And enough expansion plans to make Hollen nervous.

The forge owner immediately noticed them.

"Oh no."

Ernest looked up.

"What?"

"That's the same look you had before we built three factories."

"I have lots of looks."

"No. You have a specific look that costs me money."

Several nearby workers laughed.

Ernest simply smiled.

Unfortunately for Hollen, he was right.

The steam engine had changed everything.

And it bothered Ernest.

Not because something was wrong.

Because they were wasting power.

A lot of power.

The fifty-horsepower engine had been operating for several days now.

Production had become smoother.

More reliable.

More efficient.