"I see," Nightingale pondered for a while. "Rather than building a complete railway, it is much easier to build a hard road between two unconnected rivers. And building a railway requires Anna and her skills. Workers, but ordinary roads can be repaired by anyone, even those newly arrived migrants can do it, so we can save a lot of time!"
"Yes, this is another advantage of it," Roland applauded. "As long as it is planned properly, the logistical pressure can be relieved within a month or two at most, which is of great significance to us, where every second counts. It seems that you can occasionally Think of the crux of the matter."
"Hehe, of course... that's not right," Nightingale quickly pressed down the corners of her mouth that had just lifted up, "What is occasional! As long as you think about it seriously, I can do it too, whether it's helping you with official business, or dealing with exams... "
Although she spoke righteously, the second half of the sentence was obviously a bit lower than the first half.
Roland couldn't help but chuckle.
Perhaps for Nightingale, the premise of serious thinking is not to fall asleep first.
He moved his gaze back to the map beside the table. If he wanted to connect the waterways of Graycastle and Dawn, the quickest way was to build a road leading directly to Evernight City at the eastern turning point of the Chishui River, and then go north all the way. Through the windward collar of the morning light, it is connected with the shining river of the neighboring country.
The river originates from the Hermes Plateau. The main river is divided into three parts in the old provincial capital. Two broad tributaries traverse the whole country from north to south, and finally join the sea. In order to further utilize the shipping resources, the Moya family has opened three east-west canals in the past 100 years, which is equivalent to adding three more horizontals to the two herringbone tributaries. Roland offers a shortcut.
Crossing from the Shining River to the Mobei River, and then building a road directly to Longshan Mountain, there will be a "special channel" between the two places separated by thousands of miles. Compared with the extremely expensive railway line, this plan only requires the construction of two hard roads, which add up to less than 200 kilometers, and three supporting loading and unloading terminals.
Considering the destructive power of heavy trucks on the road, if the lotus is used to pave the road and the workers sprinkle gravel to tamp it, it will not take long for someone to be repaired and repaired, and it will collapse faster in the event of heavy rain. Therefore, Roland intends to do it in one step, using cement stabilized sand as the hardened layer, and the road in Neverwinter City has the same specification.
Cement is no longer a rare thing for Neverwinter today, but it is still time-consuming and laborious to transport it all the way to Dawn. Rather than wasting capacity, it is more convenient to produce locally.
After arranging the drawings, Roland wrote a letter to the acting king of the neighboring country, Andrea's father, Horford Quinn.
He decided to dispatch some technicians to Glorious City to teach the cement calcination formula and steam paddle steamer assembly technology to the three major families in the royal capital, and let them build factories and repair roads to share the pressure on Neverwinter City.
He believed that those nobles could see the potential and value of cement.
With these two technologies, Chenxi's domestic transportation can be solved by themselves.
As for the steam engine itself, it is still provided by Neverwinter City. It is not because he is reluctant to spread the core technology, but other than Neverwinter, other cities have no industrial foundation at all. If there is no technology and raw materials still need to be transported, it is meaningless. Send the finished product.
Roland was not at all worried that the other party would violate the yin and yang, or that he would not be able to work hard. If Red Mist really has appeared on the top of Desperate Mountain, Horford should hear relevant news soon, and by then, he will naturally know what to do is a wise choice.
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Two days later, Roland witnessed the arrival of the first migrants at the top of the Miracle Building.
The long fleet of ships could hardly see the end, and the black and white smoke columns seemed to form a high wall perpendicular to the river bank. The dense crowd stepped on the trestle and entered the pier under the guidance of the police. The Chishui River was next to each other for a while, and the colorful heads filled all the open spaces.
"Fifty thousand people... You are equivalent to emptying an entire city, Your Majesty." Barov sighed with mixed joy, "I never thought I would see tens of thousands of wolves in the city of Greycastle before. Heart or Eternal Winter. At this rate, I am not worried at all about the annual growth target of 200,000, but about your treasury."
"There are also issues of public security and management," Chief Knight Carter said with concern, "I am afraid that these outsiders know very little about your reputation. For the safety of the inner city, I suggest isolating them in a specific area. It’s easier to control that way.”
"Then they will never be integrated into Graycastle." Roland shook his head, "If the police department is short of people, they will go to Barov to ask for it. Those who violate the law will be severely punished, those who do outstanding work will be rewarded, and those who have not changed their teachings will be sent to the mine. What I need are workers. , not a bunch of slaves in custody."
There is no doubt that the influx of a large number of foreigners will significantly reduce the security environment of the capital, which is also one of the inevitable side effects of the rough population introduction plan. He also doesn't want to do it if time is available. But what is lacking most now is time. Even if the plan has various hidden dangers, he must carry it out.
After all, these side effects become trivial compared to the benefits of population growth.
For example, as long as 10,000 of the first 50,000 people join the factory, the existing ordnance production scale can be doubled, which means that the front line can obtain more weapons and ammunition, or other new equipment.
At this moment, the manpower and technology are ready, and he can officially start a new generation project based on the Rubik's Cube power unit.
Here... where is it
When Vakiris woke up again, she found herself lying in a snow-white house, both the ceiling and the walls were dazzlingly bright. A strange instrument beside me kept making monotonous beeping sounds, like some kind of timing thing. There was a bag of transparent liquid hanging above his head, dripping slowly through the pipe, and he noticed that the liquid seemed to be flowing into his body continuously.
A large amount of unfamiliar information poured into his mind, making it difficult to respond effectively for a while. There are scenes that have never been seen everywhere, or that even if you have seen something, it is difficult to connect with the image in memory.
For example, the white shorts on his body, the stitches are as fine as hair, completely different from any clothes he has seen before.
It closed its eyes and focused its attention on itself. No matter how strange it was, everything in its eyes was just a foreign object. Since it was in a strange and strange place, the only thing it could rely on was its own powerful ability.
Then Vakiris's heart sank suddenly.
It finds that the body does not belong to it at all.
Although it looks exactly the same, the magic stone embedded in the body is missing. If this kind of thing really happens, then it should die immediately.
But now, it doesn't feel any discomfort.
The magic was still flowing slowly in it in an unheard of way.
At the same time, it no longer feels the whispers of the conscious world.
No matter how Vakiris condensed her energy, or even pulled her face down to call the Vault of Heaven Lord, she didn't get any response.
That means, it's stuck here. .