Chapter 1260: Kingship on the Road (IV.)
Taking history as a mirror, we can know the rise and fall. Vares and Earth are two different civilization systems, and Roland sees the differences, but also the commonalities. The Far East is already in a position to vigorously build railway communications, and if this rare opportunity for peace is missed, it will probably fall into a vicious circle of falling behind and falling behind in the future.
Governing the country through the world is frightening step by step, and there is never a perfect strategy. Roland saw a strategic opportunity and knew that it was fleeting, and that even if he had to take some risks, he had to choose to rise to the occasion.
"Your Highness Roland, I have spent half my life on the railway, and I think I have a deep understanding of this industry, but after listening to your unique insights today, I realized that I am shallow, and I am really ashamed of my age." Matvey shook his head and sighed.
"Old man, you don't need to be ashamed of this, Roland is a freak, with endless whimsy in his head, we can't treat him as a normal person." Nikita said with a smile, "I, the mage, don't dare talk to him about arcane knowledge and spell-casting techniques, lest I be hit!" ”
Matvey was amused by her, and after laughing, his mood seemed to improve, and he asked Roland another question related to the construction of the railway.
"Your Highness, I would like to hear your thoughts on the planning of the Far Eastern Railway, and if you are dissatisfied with the existing railway design, please also criticize and advise you in person."
The old man said it very politely, and it seemed that he was indeed open-minded, but Roland did not know everything in heaven and earth as Nikita boasted, and did not dare to show off in front of the father of the railroad in the Far East, so he had to avoid the important and ignore the technical details that he did not understand, and only focus on the big picture—and this is exactly what he is good at.
"Mr. Matvey, I don't need to say that you also know that there is only one main railway line in the Far East, which extends from the capital Krasbourg to the east to the agricultural town of 'Great Falls' in the rice-producing area, and the imperial government built this railway to facilitate the collection of grain; The main railway line that extends west to the Parnia region and east to Beacon Hill was never started. ”
Matvey nodded slightly, his face heavy. These invalid railway plans are the scars in his heart, and now when he hears Roland mention them, he still feels a faint pain.
"Mr. Matvey, I don't know about railway planning, but I believe in your foresight, so the Far Eastern Railway Traffic Map in my mind is based on the plan you made fifteen years ago, with a slight addition according to the current situation."
Roland did not mean to compliment Matvey, but was completely based on a realistic attitude. For a week before visiting Matvey in Cell, he would quietly leave Krasbourg in the dead of night to study the railway route map that Matvey had planned fifteen years earlier with the help of teleportation and "divine flight". In the vast wilderness under the moonlight, he flew alone, imagining the desolate land under his feet with railroad tracks following his footsteps into the distance, and when the railroad tracks extended to the corresponding stations on the plan, it was not difficult for him to imagine towns rising from the ground.
At this moment, Roland took out the Far East Railway Transportation Plan he had drawn fifteen years ago in front of Matvey, and the old man couldn't help but hold his breath, and an unconcealable excitement appeared in his eyes.
"Let's start with the line from Krasbourg to Great Rapids, compared to your plan fifteen years ago, the only change in this line is the addition of a platform, specially designed for the Karon Industrial Zone, it can be said that without this railway, we would not have been able to build a logistics convenient industrial base on the banks of the White Deer River, but this is not enough, we plan to continue to extend the railway to the east, and set up a platform in the town of Sail, so that the Sail watch industry can export products and technologies; The railroad continues eastward, connecting with our important friend, Beacon Mountain, so that the Great Library in Beacon Hill opens its doors to us and provides easy access to the wisdom of the ancient Arcane Empire. ”
"The second main railway line also starts from Krasbourg, goes south into the Gobi Territory, and then extends to the magic crystal producing area of the Twilight Valley, so that we can easily transport the magic crystal ore; The Southern Railway will also cross the Tianfang Gobi Desert, pass through the Silver Moon Mountain, and connect with the trading city of Medea on the border of Canaan, which will be very helpful to strengthen the commercial exchanges between China and Canaan; A branch of the Southern Railway will also turn southwest along the Veres River to establish a communication line across the Parnia Peninsula, where the half-vampires of Parnia are also important allies, and this railway will strengthen the commercial exchanges between the Far East and Parnia, and at the same time open up the southern outlet from the Golden Horn to the Coral Sea and even the Stormy Ocean. ”
"The construction of the main railway line of the Northern Railway is the most difficult, but also the most strategically significant, starting from Krasbourg, the railway crosses the reckless wilderness, connects the towns and villages of the north, and then reaches the Casse Plateau, so that the dwarves on the plateau can obtain a corridor to integrate into the family of the peoples of the Far East; The railway continued to advance northward, passing through the town of Big Rabbit's Nest, where the gnomes would catch the train of the rapid development of the Far East; The railroad tracks cut through the jungle and set up a station near the Harvest Ring's headquarters, the Greenlands, though the druids were not very interested in the magic locomotive. Naturally's steel machines were skeptical, but when they got used to the convenience of industrialization, they would gladly take the train to integrate into society, the next stop of the Northern Railway was in the valley village, where there were our pilot agrarian reforms and more than 1,500 rural compatriots who longed to get out of the mountains, the railway continued to advance through the misty swamps, through the Balle Pass, up the icy plateau of Lucia, the northern city of Kitland and the Dragon Castle would be our predetermined stops, and the compatriots on the plateau would do everything they could to assist in the construction of our railway, because this railway pinned their hopes on getting out of the snowfields and their dreams of a warm south; the railway would eventually climb the high plains, extending to the coast of the North Sea, where there is one of our most important allies, the 'North Sea Federation', our maritime enclave 'Koras Island', with railway traffic as the basis, it is no longer an 'orphan of the Far East', with the North Sea Federation as the base, and Koras Island as the port, our fleet and merchant ships can be freely navigated in the meteorite ocean, and the new continent on the other side of the ocean is no longer far away. ”