Extraordinary Sailing

beep--!

Bang Bang Bang.

Accompanied by the sound of a long siren, an unstoppable giant steel beast crushed the snow-white steam and galloped along the long dragon-like railroad track. Even with 20 heavy carriages mounted on it, it still ran faster than a galloping horse.

And as a kind of mechanical creation, the stamina point is full, and you don't know what "rest" is at all.

Sitting in the last carriage of the steam locomotive, Aiwen couldn't help but feel a sense of accomplishment as he watched the scene flashing by outside the glass window.

Next to Olivia, who was wearing a lady's long dress and holding his arm, also had bright little stars twinkling in her eyes. Of course, the shock of the drawing and the real thing cannot be compared.

And this is an industrial miracle built by a group of mortals without the help of any extraordinary power!

Traveling between Brunswick, the capital of Georgia, and Far Sail Harbor used to take a full day and a half by boat, but it only takes six hours if you change to a steam locomotive.

This is already a terrifying speed beyond the times that can only be achieved by the [Legendary Battleship Miracle Crown] with a speed of 32 knots. However, steam locomotives and railways can be reproduced on a large scale without being limited to supernatural materials, and the essential characteristics of industrialization can be brought into full play.

Time is money, efficiency is life!

The value embedded in it is clear at a glance.

Originally, the construction period of the entire 368-kilometer Georgia corridor was expected to be one year. However, with the help of Ilya refugees who flocked to the project, the engineering team adopted a construction plan of segmented construction, and it took only half a year to complete the construction.

The official start time is in early spring, but it has just entered winter when it is completed and opened to traffic.

Previously.

During the spring and autumn seaworthy season, most of the large number of immigrants, mainly Ilia, were intercepted by Ivan in Port St. Ivan.

With the extensive publicity of the local residents of Buffalo and the outstanding achievements in saving them from fire and water in Ilia last year, the name of St. Ivan is a savior-like existence in the eyes of the local citizens and immigrants of Ilia.

For the poor and white refugees who just came to the New World, a job provided by Aiwen that can support themselves and their families is certainly attractive. Thousands of railroad workers were recruited by the "Coastal Railway Company" and devoted themselves to the infrastructure construction of the "Georgia Corridor".

They would also be the backbone of a thriving railroad industry.

Of course, sufficient financial support is also indispensable, all thanks to the generosity of several churches.

Although the negotiations with several other churches were not as smooth as the "Black Iron Cross Church", in the naked seller's market, they were not willing to lag behind others, and they couldn't stand up at all.

Especially after the "Black Iron Cross Church" got the upper hand, the "Frost Breath" church, the "Starry Night Church" and the "Dawn Church" who didn't know that the Aiwen group had destroyed their own "Silver Knight" did not hesitate long to follow. He bleed hard once.

The Church of the Seven Gods deserves to be the richest family in the material world. In the end, each family gave Ai Wen a 15-year interest-free loan equivalent to 500,000 golden lions, plus a "copying fee" of 100,000 golden lions.

Considering the 15-year interest-free loan period, it is almost like giving it for nothing, because even if it is calculated based on a 15% return on investment, it can be doubled in seven years even if it is not included in the reuse.

If you calculate compound interest and maintain an annual growth rate of 15%, the money can increase eight times after fifteen years!

Just by copying the [Ancient Scroll] business with a few churches, Aiwen has already made back 30% of the shortfall, which is far more than 30% in the long run.

Of course, if it weren't for relying on the status of a "saint" to pull the banner of the tiger, things would not be so smooth. A high-ranking wizard at most plus the strength of his mother-in-law would not make the Church of the Seven Gods obediently submit, and the fourth-tier crown It's even more like a concrete representation of truth.

As for whether the members of the church will be besieged by the wizards hiding there who are full of hatred against them if they go to the "Broken Star Islands" and various supernatural beings who go sideways, that is not what Ivan needs to care about.

When receiving the transfer from the church, [Libra Balance Holy Sword] Shenguang Cancan almost jumped up and was happier than Aiwen, and then was severely suppressed to the bottom of the box by the jumping Aiwen scolded "get rough".

If Aiwen hadn't encountered a life-and-death crisis again, it was obviously unlikely to see the light of day again.

However, Aiwen is not worried about its work attitude at all. When he activates [The Art of Bankruptcy] again, no matter how cold the holy sword is, it will turn into the most obedient licking dog.

in addition.

【Scale Balance Holy Sword】Sooner or later, it will be used.

Ai Wen seriously considered it for a few days, especially after Macaulay explained that the purchase of a large number of rockets was to deal with the follow-up actions of the "Oathbreaker", and finally informed the holy angel Baylor with the [Heavenly Messenger] brought by the saints. Nuss.

After taking this artifact in his hands and understanding what it represented, Aiwen has already figured out why the "Oathbreaker" fought for it in a tragic way with heavy casualties.

I also realized that the ownership of the [Libra Equilibrium Holy Sword] will determine a series of strategic plans that the "Black Iron Cross Church" will carry out in response to the expansion of [capital]. Wrong intelligence guidance may cause serious misjudgments in strategic decisions, which in turn lead to unnecessary major losses.

It's too funny to fight wits and courage with the air for a long time.

Although Aiwen has some minor problems, the big questions are still very reliable.

Moreover, unlike the "Black Wing Order" that is seeking transformation, the main purpose of the Goddess is to prevent the other party from obtaining the artifact and to delay the time for the "God of Black Wing" to obtain the priesthood of [Capital]. need.

Just taking the artifact from the "Oathbreaker" is already a credit to the sky.

Therefore, as Aiwen's spoils of war, [Scale Equilibrium Holy Sword] also remained in his hands.

In the passenger compartment.

"Your Excellency the Marquis, such a great industrial creation as a steam locomotive is simply a miracle unimaginable by ordinary people!"

"That's right, I think the sooner the construction plan for the entire colony can be started as soon as possible."

"Since it can be built in sections, it is better to start along the Buffalo and Cabushel lines first."

"Go, go, it should start along Georgia and Charles first."

This train has been tested by a special person. The officially launched steam locomotive is used for both passenger and cargo. The first 18 sections are freight carriages, and the last two sections away from the locomotive noise, thick smoke, and soot are passenger carriages.

The governors of all twelve colonies of Phalitis were also invited to experience the epoch-making speed of a steam locomotive with Ivan as the lord and Olivia as the chief consul.

After going through the initial shock accompanying the start of the steam locomotive, they all found Aiwen with red ears, and asked him to start the entire line of the "Binhai Railway" project as soon as possible.

In the past, even with the help of the northeast trade wind, it would take 15 days for a normal merchant ship to travel from the northernmost point of the colony to the southernmost point, and the reverse travel time would be longer. However, with the help of the railway, with the help of a steam locomotive with a speed of 60 kilometers per hour, the one-way north-south intercommunication only takes three days. time.

Not to mention anything else, just the distribution of goods and the exchange of personnel can greatly improve the efficiency of commerce and trade, which is far from being comparable to the slow shipping in the past.

On the first train from Georgia to Yuanfanling, a batch of high-quality white oak produced in the mountains of northern Georgia was carried.

After Aiwen qualified as a member of the House of Lords and was initially identified by observers, in addition to the right to cast guns, the independent right to build battleships also fell into his hands.

And under the guiding ideology that there will be a battle between the Kingdom and Cyrus sooner or later, a large number of orders from the mainland have been obtained, and the destination of the supply is the large shipyard located in Yuanfanling.

Although the white oak from the New World is not as good as the iron oak produced in the Southern Continent's "Treasure Tree Bay", it can be used to build second-tier and first-tier battleships, and even the "treasure tree" that can build legendary battleships.

But there is no problem with building low-level battleships.

White oak is widely distributed in the northern and eastern parts of the New World, and the quality in the northern part of the Appalachian Mountains is the best. In addition to building sailboats, another very well-known use is to make wine barrels for storing wine.

When the steam locomotive returns, it will bring back the raw cotton that has been deseeded by the steam gin.

It is worth mentioning that.

In the past, an Anuma slave who worked non-stop for a whole day may not be able to sort a pound of cotton. Cotton ginning is a costly production process in the entire cotton textile industry anyway.

As a result, the steam cotton gin came into being, and unlike other cotton textile equipment that was born in the kingdom itself, the cotton gin was born in the New World, the origin of cotton.

Obviously, there is demand and there is supply. The urgency of the demand for cotton gins in the local area where there is no large-scale cotton plantation is obviously far less than that in the New World.

This cotton gin, designed and manufactured by the "Mechanical Immortality School", can be driven by water or steam, and can clean 1,000 pounds of seed cotton every day. A labor force can clean more cotton in one day than in previous months.

This also caused a strange phenomenon. Driven by Georgia and Yuanfanling, there are more and more cotton textile factories in the New World, and the demand for raw cotton is also increasing. It has doubled dozens of times in a short period of time.

In any case, the ones who benefited the most were Georgia and Yuanfanling, who were also in the northern cotton belt of the New World. The two marquises even received a personal letter from Her Majesty the Queen commending their achievements.

Before the opening of the railway, Aiwen, Olivia, and the old father-in-law had already made their own industrial plans for the three territories, and focused on developing their own characteristics on the premise that all basic industries must be available.

Buffalo: a large trading port created by its geographical advantage; traditional industries such as animal husbandry, maple syrup, and some fruits that were originally ranked first in the entire league; and fur trade and wine that have just begun to develop.

Georgia: military industry (steel industry), ceramics, cotton textile industry, medicine.

Yuanfanling: Shipping, shipbuilding, agriculture represented by sugar and cotton, cotton textile industry, large-scale smuggling.

As long as the "Binhai Railway" is used to connect them in series to form industrial complementarity, it is not as simple as one plus one equals two. The governors of the colonies are urgent, and Aiwen is even more urgent.

"Your Excellencies, please be calm and don't be impatient. Next, I will discuss the construction of the 'Binhai Railway' and the division of interests in detail as the representative of Your Excellency the Marquis."

Also walking with Ivan and Olivia, Hawkins, who was more and more like a successful person in formal attire, separated from the crowd, followed by Mrs. Edith, the widow of Speaker Jerome, in a Wearing a smart shirt and trousers, he acts as his assistant.

Hawkins, who is in charge of the money bag of the territory "Long Island Development Bank", also needs to practice what is called "industrial and agricultural scissors" through the economic artery of the "Coastal Railway".

The establishment of the railway is of course a great thing for the entire Phalatis colony, creating the necessary conditions for economic growth.

However, the relatively slow-developing royal colonies and autonomous colonies are mainly raw material suppliers for the kingdom, while Yuanfanling and Georgia have already begun the transformation of the steam industry.

And when industrial areas with advanced production technology exchange industrial and agricultural products with agricultural production technology backward, the price of industrial products is often higher than its own value because of the added value, and the price of agricultural products is often lower than its value. It is in the shape of open scissors, that is to say - poor industrial and agricultural scissors.

With the convenience and advantage of the railway, everyone is bound to grow, but the other colonies of the kingdom may increase by "ten", while Georgia and Yuanfanling will increase by "twenty", and half of the "ten" will be occupied by the latter. Take it unknowingly.

This is the essence of First Rich!

Although the ownership of the kingdoms and colonies along the "Coastal Railway" does not belong to Aiwen, economic activities such as trade in goods have no boundaries.

With the help of steam locomotives, it is enough to integrate the power of all twelve Phalatis colonies today, allowing Hou Guo to take the lead in taking off. And it is nothing more than a question of earning more and earning less, and other people will not suffer.

Although the three territories of Yuanfanling, Georgia, and Buffalo do not border each other, under the current measures, the combined influence of the three territories far exceeds the entire territory of 460,000 square kilometers! The potential power in Aiwen's hands has thus been greatly enhanced!

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