The night was dark, the passengers fell asleep one after another, and the snoring in the carriage was like the sound of the tide.

Perhaps the snoring had a magical hypnotic effect, Palatine yawned, took the blanket from Roland and covered her body, and took a nap in her clothes. I don't know how long I slept, I was awakened by a whistle, and I looked up the window to see that the eastern sky was already white, and the whistle and the sound of the waves entered my ears one after another.

The train was running on a bridge across the river, and the rushing water outside the window reminded Palatina of the Turbidity River. Although the railway bridge in front of you is not as majestic as the Turbidity River Bridge, it can also be called a super project in this barren mountain range.

"Did you sleep well?" Roland's greeting came to his ears.

Palatina nodded, stretched in satisfaction in the morning light, stretched her waist and straightened her chest, and inadvertently showed Roland her rather spectacular ravines and peaks.

"Haven't you slept yet?" Palatina asked Roland with a yawn.

"I'm not sleepy, I'm about to go to the Balle Pass, which is the pass into the Kitland Plateau, and where the general headquarters of the Villas River water conservancy and dredging project is located, where the train will stop for half an hour, are you interested in visiting the construction site?"

"Of course I want to go!" Palatina jumped up excitedly, "I'll go wash up, I'll be fine right away!" ”

Ten minutes later, the train stopped near an improvised platform. Roland got out of the car and led the visitors around the water construction site, this time following not only Palatina, but also Alberton Jr.

Roland led the team to the engineering command post perched on the riverbank high ground, and introduced the chief engineer of the project, Matwei Wittgenstein, the Minister of Transport for the Far East, and the two deputy commanders, the high-ranking druid Suphie sister from the "Harvest Ring", and the lighthouse mountain engineering mage Fox, nicknamed "The Fat Fox".

"The Veres River, which originates in the Lucia Snow Mountains and runs through the Far East from north to south, is the mother river that nurtures the civilization of the Far East, and is also a natural treasure trove of infinite water resources." Standing on a large rock standing near the river, the old man pointed to the army of migrant workers on the left bank of the river who were digging sand and reinforcing the embankment, and introduced the huge project he presided over to the visitors, "Our work mainly includes two aspects, one is to dredge the river, eliminate the reefs that hinder navigation, and ensure that the upper and lower reaches of the Villes River can be navigated smoothly by ferries; The second is to repair the farmland water conservancy project, strengthen the embankment along the river, build a barrage dam in the Balle Pass basin, and build the largest reservoir in the Far East and even the entire Atlas continent. ”

When the old man Matvey talked about the excitement, he waved his big hand and was full of spirit, quite like "the old man is in wait and strong".

At this time, there was a roar from Jiang Xin, which attracted people's attention. I saw a group of engineering mages in yellow robes stepping on the surface of the river as if they were walking on the ground, and jointly cast spells around a huge reef protruding from the water, and the arcane brilliance continued to shine, and many "fossils turned into mud" were applied to the reef at the same time. With a series of rumbling roars, this "Devil's Rock", which has stood in the middle of the river for thousands of years, finally fell apart against the erosion of magic, turned into a large pool of mud and sand, and was swept away by the surging river in a blink of an eye. Thunderous cheers erupted from the riverbank construction site, and thousands of workers applauded the successful elimination of the "Devil's Rock" that forced the river and obstructed the passage of ships.

Magic is widely used in the field of hydraulic engineering, cleaning up reefs requires "soft stone" and "fossil to mud", building embankments requires "stone plastic" and "turning mud into stone", digging canals and dredging silt is indispensable for "digging the ground", "moving soil" and even "seismic".

"Magic is powerful, but magic alone cannot solve all problems, hydraulic engineering also includes a lot of purely manual work, which requires thousands of laborers wielding pickaxes and shovels to complete, these ordinary laborers who do not know magic are also worthy of respect, they are the main force in the construction of the country, of course, it is not easy to organize and manage this army to sleep and work hard in the wilderness for a long time, and this is precisely the unshirkable responsibility of a national government."

Roland led the visitors on a tour of the construction site and was deeply moved by the enthusiasm of the people.

"As we all know, the construction of water conservancy and dredging such projects are not only costly and have the so-called 'positive externality', the dredging of the river can be used by anyone, dams and reservoirs regulate the local climate, and it is also beneficial to those farmers who have not participated in the construction of water conservancy, which brings a 'free rider' problem, everyone does not want to let people take advantage of it in vain, no one wants to take the lead in building water conservancy and dredging the river This thankless thing, just dry and consume, sit back and watch the dam fall into disrepair, and the river siltation, I had to endure the torment of floods and droughts, and I didn't want to be 'hitchhiked' so that everyone didn't have a car. ”

One monk carries water to eat, two monks carry water to eat, and three monks have no water to eat - the best decision made from the perspective of safeguarding personal interests has seriously damaged the interests of everyone, which is a typical "prisoner's dilemma".

"Since the people can't be expected to build water conservancy on their own, then the government can only come forward to undertake this public service responsibility, and the state will fund the construction of water conservancy and dredge the river, so as to break the dilemma of 'three monks have no water to eat'."

Alberton Jr. followed Roland and listened to him talk about the Far Eastern authorities' philosophy of actively promoting infrastructure and public services, and then shook his head lightly and offered different opinions.

"You just said 'free riding', this kind of selfish mentality is actually human nature, the state to fund the construction of water conservancy can not change anything, those who do not participate in water conservancy projects but directly benefit from water conservancy projects can still 'free ride', do not work hard, considering that a country's government's construction funds mainly come from the national tax, that is, a small number of beneficiaries take advantage of all taxpayers in vain but do not pay the cost for it, and will ultimately damage the overall welfare of society, in the long run, this may not be a wise move."

Roland stopped and looked back at little Alberton in surprise, quite disrespectful of the depth of thought of this "rich third generation" of the empire, worthy of being the eldest grandson of the legendary archmage and the future leader of the Weinstein family.