"So fast?" McGonagall looked at Hill in surprise, he had only given the final drawings to Hill before going to Lotus, and it had only been half a month now, and Hill had already built the first steam locomotive, and had also carried out preliminary commissioning, which was simply amazing.

"We hope to have a route from the City of Chaos to Wake Ridge open and complete before negotiations begin in three months' time. If there are no problems in the test, the steam locomotive and rails will enter the mass production stage, and both the Qian Zhuang and the City Lord's Mansion are very determined. Hill smiled and nodded.

McGonagall thought for a while, looked at Hill and shook her head slightly: "It is not easy to start from scratch in three months, and to complete a section of hundreds of kilometers of railroad tracks, just the production of rails is a big project, not to mention the terrain conditions required for the laying of rails." Although I recognize the ability of the City Lord's Mansion and the financial resources of Warren Buffett's bank, it is necessary for me to remind Miss Hill that the railway is a people's livelihood project, and whether it is safe and reliable is related to the lives of everyone on the train, and it must not be too perfunctory because of the rush of construction. ”

Although he doesn't understand politics, he probably understands why Hill is in a hurry to complete the opening of a railroad before the start of peace agreement negotiations, which is to increase the bargaining chips at the negotiating table between the City of Chaos and Buffett's bank.

When it comes to a consortium of the size of Warren Buffett's bank, the rise and fall is not only determined by one country and one city, but to do the business of the bank, stability and peace are the most important elements.

The City of Chaos was born because of the peace that followed the end of the war, and if the war resumed, it would fall into a very embarrassing situation, and might even become the target of public criticism.

Although the strength of the City of Chaos has continued to grow over the past hundred years, it is only a city after all, and it cannot compete with other races.

Moreover, the city of chaos is based on peace, and naturally does not want the war to resume and launch a steam locomotive, to a large extent, it is to hope that all races can calm down and see the possibility of racial integration.

However, McGonagall is still an engineering man in her bones, no matter what capitalists and politicians think, steam locomotives are not only freight, but also bear the heavy responsibility of basic passenger transportation, and safety is undoubtedly very important, and it is not allowed to be sloppy.

Blair, who was on the side, looked at McGonagall with a serious face and said: "What Mr. McGonagall said we all understand that the three-month opening is the shortest construction period after repeated deliberation and demonstration by our engineering department.

From the east side of the City of Chaos to Wake Ridge, the area is basically plain, and the geology is stable, so the amount of track laying will be much less.

In addition, we have recruited a large number of blacksmiths and fire mages from various races, and we have made extensive use of magic tools to set up a large number of rail manufacturing points along the railway line to ensure the quantity and quality of the rails. ”

As he spoke, Blair took out a few drawings from his bag, a topographical map of the City of Chaos towards Wake Ridge, a plan for the manufacturing site, and presets and solutions to some of the problems that might be encountered in laying the rails.

McGonagall looked at the drawings and came to one conclusion in her mind: trench!

In his previous life, he was more or less a rich second generation, not a person who had never seen the world, but with his father's capital, building a highway was already the limit, and it was impossible to use countless manpower and material resources like this, and under the conditions of complete backwardness of heavy industry, it would take less than three months to build a railway on a barren plain.

Fire mages and dwarven blacksmiths are used as coolies...... At this level, in addition to the wealth of the country, it is hard for McGonagall to imagine that with the power of the Buffett money bank, she would dare to play like this.

If Hill is not in a bad brain, it is that Buffett's money is even more exaggerated than he imagined, and the money network that spreads all over the Nolan continent has brought an unimaginable amount of wealth to Buffett's bank.

Miss Hill, who was sitting across from her with a smile on her face, looked normal, so it was clearly the latter.

"Mr. McGonagall, please trust our determination and attitude." Hill said as he looked at McGonagall and smiled.

"It seems that Miss Hill really values the steam locomotive project." McGonagall handed the drawings back to Blair, with a somewhat complicated expression.

Hill is making a big gamble, if he loses, Buffett's money may also be dragged into the abyss, this is not a car.

"I believe that Mr. McGonagall's remarkable creations will make a huge difference in the world." Hill gave McGonagall a deep look and smiled.

McGonagall looked away and smiled, "When would Miss Hill want me to visit the locomotive that has already been built?" ”

"If it's convenient for Mr. McGonagall, it's okay to go now." Hill Dow.

McGonagall glanced at the clock on the wall, shook her head, and said, "It may not be convenient now, I will soon be preparing for the noon opening, and if I can, I can go there at one o'clock in the afternoon." ”

"Mr. McGonagall is such a good boss, I'll have someone come and pick you up at one o'clock in the afternoon." Hill stood up, smiled at McGonagall and nodded, and turned to walk towards the door.

"Goodbye, Mr. McGonagall." Blair put the drawings away, shook McGonagall's hand again, and hurried to follow Hill.

"When technology meets a huge amount of money, it can really be accelerated." McGonagall looked at Hill's back and sighed silently, under Hill's push, the world may not be long before the world enters the age of steam, whether this is good or bad, McGonagall is still unclear.

After all, this is a world of swords and sorcery, and the experience of Earth does not apply.

However, one thing is certain, if the railway to Wake Ridge is really completed in three months, it will inevitably have a certain impact on the upcoming peace talks, and Buffett Money, as one of the leaders, will also be tied up in the city of chaos and have the opportunity to stand at the negotiating table with all ethnic groups.

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"Any requirements from the engineering department have been met, have the negotiations between the City Lord's Mansion and the goblins come to an end?" Hill got into the carriage and looked at the secretary sitting across from him.

"The news just came back, the negotiations have been basically finalized, based on the turmoil that may be faced and the long-cherished wishes of the elves and forest trolls, the goblin clan is willing to reach an alliance with the city of chaos, and open up all kinds of mineral resources underground, and jointly develop them with our money village and the city of chaos." The secretary nodded.

"Good." Hill nodded, lifted a corner curtain and glanced at McMille's restaurant, "At one o'clock in the afternoon, you will pick up Mr. McGonagall to the construction site." ”

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"I was disappointed by the vegetarian dishes at the restaurants I ate this morning, there are no restaurants worth rating, I wonder what will happen to this one?" In the line outside Maimi's restaurant, a middle-aged man with his short gray hair meticulously lost to the back of his head looked at the sign of Maimi's restaurant and whispered to himself.