Extraordinary Sailing

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Accompanied by the long whistle sound, an unstoppable 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 endurance point is full, and there is no idea what "rest" is.

Sitting in the last compartment of the steam locomotive, Ivan could not help but feel a sense of accomplishment as he watched the scene flashing past the glass window.

Olivia, who was wearing a lady's long skirt holding his arm next to her, also had small sparkling stars in her eyes constantly flickering. Of course, the shock of the drawings and the real objects could not be compared.

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

It used to take a full day and a half to travel between Brunswick, the capital of Georgia, and Yuanfan Harbor, but it only took six hours to transfer to a steam locomotive.

This is a terrifying speed that has surpassed the times that the [Legendary Battleship·Crown of Miracle] can reach a speed of 32 knots. However, steam locomotives and railways are not limited to large-scale replication of extraordinary materials, bringing the essential characteristics of industrialization into full play.

Time is money, efficiency is life!

The value contained therein is clear at a glance.

The original construction period of the entire 368-kilometer Georgia Corridor was expected to be one year, but with the help of the flock of Ilya refugees, the engineering team adopted a construction plan of staged construction, and it took only half a year to complete the project.

The construction was officially started in early spring, when it was completed and opened to traffic, but it has just entered winter.

Before.

During the spring and autumn seaworthiness season, most of the large numbers of immigrants, mainly Ilyans, were intercepted by Ivan in Port St. Ivan.

With the widespread publicity of the local residents of Buffalo, and the outstanding achievements made 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 refugees who have just arrived in the New World, a job that can be used to support themselves and their families is certainly attractive. Thousands of railroad workers have been recruited by the "Binhai Railway Company" to devote themselves to the infrastructure construction of the "Georgia Corridor".

They will also become the backbone of the booming railway industry.

Of course, sufficient financial support is indispensable for this, 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 market, they couldn't stand up even if they were not willing to lag behind.

Especially after the "Black Iron Cross Church" took the lead, the "Breath of Frost" church, the "Starry Night Church" and the "Morning Church" who didn't know that the Ivan Group had destroyed their "Silver Knights" did not hesitate to follow them. There was blood once.

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

Considering the fifteen years of interest-free loans, it is almost the same as giving it for nothing, because even if it is calculated at a rate of return on investment of 15%, it can be doubled even if it is not included in the seven years of reuse.

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

Just by doing the business of copying [Ancient Scrolls] with a few churches, Ivan has already earned back 30% of the shortfall. In the long run, it is far more than 30%.

Of course, if you don’t rely on your identity as a “saint” to pull the tiger’s skin and pull the banner, things will not go so smoothly. At most a high-level wizard plus the strength of your mother-in-law will not make the Church of the Seven Gods obediently submit to the fourth-tier crown. Even the reality of truth is almost the same.

As for the church personnel, if they went to the "Broken Star Islands", would they be besieged by the wizards and all kinds of extraordinary people who were hiding there and hated them? It is not something Ivan needs to care about.

When receiving the transfer from the church, [Libra Balance Sacred Sword] Shenguang Chancan almost jumped up happily than Aiwen, and then he was yelled at by the jumping Aiwen and was brutally suppressed to the bottom of the box.

If Ivan had not encountered a life and death crisis again, it was obviously unlikely to see the light of day again.

However, Ivan didn't worry about its work attitude at all. When he launched the "House Bankruptcy Technique" again, even the coldest artifact, the Holy Sword, would turn into the most obedient licking dog.

In addition.

[Sacred Sword of Libra Balance] Sooner or later it will be used after all.

Ivan seriously considered it for a few days, especially after Macaulay explained that the purchase of a large number of rockets was in response to the follow-up actions of the "Oath Bearer". After all, he used the Saint Angel’s [Heaven Messenger] to inform the Holy Angel Baylor. Nuth said.

After taking this artifact in his hand and understanding the meaning it represents, Ivan has already figured out why the "Oath Bearer" has to fight for it in a way that pays heavy casualties, which can be described as tragic.

I also realize that the ownership of [Libra Balanced Sword] will determine a series of strategic plans for the "Black Iron Cross Church" to deal with the expansion of [capital]. Wrong intelligence orientation may cause serious misjudgments in strategic decisions, which in turn may lead to unnecessary and significant losses.

It's too funny to fight the air for a long time.

Although there are some minor problems with Aiwen, the big problem is still very reliable.

And different from the "Black Wing Religion" that is seeking to transform, the main purpose of the goddess is to prevent the opponent from obtaining the artifact, and to delay the time for the "Black Wing God" to obtain the [capital] priesthood. Is it not to personally control the artifact? need.

Merely seizing the artifact from the "Oath Bearer" has already made great achievements.

Therefore, as Aiwen's trophy, the [Libra Balance Sacred Sword] also remained in his hands.

In the passenger compartment.

"Your Excellency, such a great industrial creation as a steam locomotive is simply a miracle that mortals can't imagine!"

"Yes, I think the sooner the construction plan for the entire colony is started in the later period, the better."

"Since it can be built in stages, it's better to start along the Buffalo and Kashoel routes first."

"Go and go, you should start Georgia and Charles first."

This line of steam locomotives has been tested by a dedicated person, and the first steam locomotive is dual-purpose. The first eighteen sections are freight cars, and the last two sections far away from locomotive noise, smoke, and soot are passenger cars.

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

After passing through the initial shock that accompanied the start of the steam locomotive, one by one, the red ears on the ground were excited to find Aiwen, and asked him to start the full-line project of the "Binhai Railway" as soon as possible.

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

Don't say anything else, only the collection and distribution of goods and personnel exchanges can greatly improve the efficiency of commerce and trade, far from being comparable to the slow shipping in the past.

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

After Alvin was 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 Sirius sooner or later, a large number of orders from the local area have been obtained, and the destination of the supply is the large shipyard located in Yuanfanling.

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

But it is not a problem to build 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 Appayachi Mountains is the best. In addition to building sailboats, another very famous use is to make wine barrels for storing wine.

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

It is worth mentioning that.

In the past, an Anuma slave worked tensely all day long and might not be able to pick up a pound of cotton. In the entire cotton textile industry, ginning was a costly production process anyway.

The steam gin was also born at the historic moment, and unlike other cotton textile equipment born in the Kingdom, the gin was born in the new continent of cotton.

Obviously, there is demand for supply, and the urgency of the demand for cotton gins in the local areas without large-scale cotton cultivation is obviously far less than that of the New World.

This cotton gin, designed and manufactured by the "mechanical immortality school", can be driven by water or steam, and can clean up to 1,000 pounds of seed cotton a day. A laborer can pick more cotton a day than in previous months.

This has also caused a weird phenomenon. Obviously, driven by Georgia and Yuanfanling, there are more and more cotton textile factories in the New World, but the raw cotton exported to the Kingdom has increased dozens of times in a short period of time.

In any case, the biggest beneficiaries are Georgia and Yuanfanling, who are also in the northern cotton belt of the New World. The two marquis even received a letter from the Queen acknowledging their merits.

Before the railway was opened to traffic, 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 under the premise that all the basic industries were required.

Buffalo: A large trading port created by its geographical advantage; the traditional industries of animal husbandry, maple syrup, and some fruits, which originally ranked first in the entire league; and the leather 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" connects them to form an industrial complementarity, it is not just as simple as one plus one equals two. The governors of the colonies are urgent, and Ivan is even more urgent.

"My Excellency Governors, please stay calm and rest assured. Next, as the representative of the Marquis, I will discuss with you in detail the construction of the Binhai Railway and the division of interests."

Hawkins, who also walked with Irving and Olivia, and dressed more and more like a successful person, separated from the crowd, followed by Mrs. Edith, the widow of Speaker Jerome, wearing Wearing a capable shirt and trousers, acted as his assistant.

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

The establishment of the railway is certainly a great thing for the entire Falitis colony, and it has created the necessary conditions for achieving economic growth.

However, the relatively slow development of the royal colonies and autonomous colonies is mainly the raw material supply for the kingdom, and Yuanfanling and Georgia have already begun the transformation of the steam industry ~www.ltnovel.com~ and the industrial areas with advanced production technology When agricultural products with backward production technology are exchanged for industrial and agricultural products, 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 also appears as an open scissors on the statistical chart, that is, ——The difference between industrial and agricultural scissors.

Everyone will inevitably grow by taking advantage of the convenience of the railway, but the other colonies of the kingdom may grow by "ten", and Georgia and Yuanfanling will grow by "20". In that "ten", there will be less than half of the latter. Take it away without knowing it.

This is the essence of getting rich first!

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

With the help of the steam locomotive, it is enough to integrate the power of all twelve Phalitis colonies today, allowing the Hou State to take the lead. And it is nothing more than a question of earning more and less, and other people will not suffer.

Although the three territories of Yuanfanling, Georgia and Buffalo are not bordered, 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 also been greatly enhanced!