From the day of the successful launch of the inaugural issue of the "Motherland Daily" on 1 June, to the end of June, when the nationwide newspaper distribution network and the operation of the "Far East Press and Publication Syndicate" passed through the initial period of stumbling and running-in, Roland devoted his main energies to press and publication work in the past month. It was not until the affairs were on the right track, and the people of the Far East became accustomed to the new way of life brought about by the newspaper revolution, that Roland took a break from the field of journalism and publishing.

On the last weekend of June, His Royal Highness made an exception and did not go to the Cabinet or the Central Bank to work overtime, and teleported to a small town in the far southeast called "Caishi Town", where he met Lyudmila and Tonya, who were conducting land surveys there, to inspect the famous gem mines in the early summer sun, and to have a picnic by the creek near the town.

The gemstone reserves in Caishi Town are not as rich as the legend says, and it is very difficult to mine, and the commercial prospects are not optimistic. But Roland was not disappointed, how could he regret the trip to walk hand in hand with Lyudmila in the clear stream, step barefoot over the colorful pebbles laid on the riverbed, and enjoy Tonya's carefully baked bamboo rice by the river at night?

After spending a warm weekend with his long-lost girlfriend, Roland returned to Colasbourg the next morning to continue his work. At half past six in the morning, when Lyudmila and Tonya set sail in an airship to continue their journey of land survey, Roland had already arrived at the office of the assistant prime minister at 10 Independence Avenue half an hour ahead of schedule and began to write a report to be submitted to the cabinet for discussion.

The first half of the report summarizes the achievements of the industrial reform in the Far East in the past year, and Roland has already written the relevant content; The second half of the report is more crucial, with an in-depth discussion of the direction of further development of Far Eastern industry.

While writing the report, Roland reviewed the brief history of the development of industry in the Far East in the past year, and deeply realized that the industrial base of the Far East is still very weak, and even the thriving Karon Industrial Zone is still in the initial stage of "transition from handicraft industry to large industry" in terms of industrial technology.

There are nearly 1,000 factories in the Karon Industrial Zone, and the industrial output value of the two quarters since its establishment has exceeded the total industrial output value of the Far East in the five years before independence, which seems to be a remarkable achievement, but considering the weak industrial base of the Far East and the low starting point, unless the hidden dangers of the Far East's industrialization can be solved at the root, this rapid growth model will be difficult to sustain, and industrial development will inevitably fall into a bottleneck - pointing out and eliminating the above hidden dangers is the main purpose of Roland's report.

"There are two complementary dimensions of industrial development, one is basic industrial technology, the other is basic industrial resources, the two constitute a complete industrial framework, any dimension of progress is blocked, will lead to an imbalance in the framework, industrial development is forced to stagnation, just like the many planks that make up the barrel, it is precisely the shortest plank that determines the capacity of the barrel."

At this point, Roland put down his pen, pressed his thumbs on both temples, rubbed vigorously to relieve the swelling pain caused by overexertion, and his relaxed thoughts drifted back to his hometown before the crossing, recalling the relevant historical materials of the industrial revolution era on earth.

Western scholars who study the history of technology on Earth tend to divide the technological changes during the first industrial revolution into four categories: power technology, metallurgical technology, textile technology, and technology in other industries and services.

In the world of Vares, a similar "power revolution" is taking place, except that Vares's "steam engine" uses magic crystals as fuel, and its performance potential is much greater than that of the earth's coal-fired steam engines and even heavy oil steam engines, as for whether this will hinder the birth of the next generation of "prime movers" - such as the internal combustion engine - Roland is unknown, at least he himself has not tried to invent the idea of the internal combustion engine, The main thing is that there is no such technical ability.

Vares's metallurgical technology is actually more sophisticated than it was during the first industrial revolution on Earth, thanks to humanoid civilizations such as elves, dwarves, giants, and gnomes with a long tradition of forging. Especially in the Far East, a strong dwarf or Kitland who knows nothing about mining and blacksmithing is likely to be regarded as an alien or even despised by his people. With such a cultural tradition, it is not difficult to understand the high level of metallurgical technology. The Far Eastern Industrial Development Plan under Roland's auspices fully absorbed and utilized the smelting technology of the above-mentioned ethnic groups, and the steel mills in the Karon Industrial Region actively recruited dwarves and Kittland to maximize their racial talents, and the metallurgical industry grew well.

The reason why the textile technology in the first industrial revolution on the earth is particularly important may be related to the fact that the industrial revolution first occurred in Britain, the textile industry is the representative of light industry, and the industrialization of Britain started with the textile industry has its historical logic, but this is not necessarily the only way for all industrialized countries.

The textile industry in the Far East was not satisfactory to Roland. In contrast, the food processing industry, the other leader of the light industry, is more prosperous than the textile industry.

This is mainly determined by two factors. First of all, the two largest textile bases in the Far East are in the North Bay and Parnia, the former supplying fur coats, wool and animal wool textiles, and the latter providing high-end silk products, almost monopolizing the textile market in the Far East. The embarrassment is that the North Sea Federation and Parnia are both friendly countries of the Kingdom of Kolas, and it is impossible for Roland to impose high tariffs on textiles in these two places, and the local textile industry is ruthlessly crushed by the two monopoly groups, and the difficulty of survival can be imagined.

The woolen textiles of the North Bay, the silk of Parnia, the dominance of the Far Eastern market is already unshakable. Roland had consulted with Yodling, the Minister of Agriculture, about the possibility of bypassing wool textiles and silk and starting with cotton and linen textiles to push the local textile industry in the Far East to fight their way out.

Jodel told Roland that the climate and geography of the Far Southeast, near the Gobi, were once one of the most important cotton-producing areas in the Assanid Empire. However, in recent years, it has been frequently looted by bandits from the Tianfang Desert, and the cotton fields in the Gobi Territory have been seriously damaged. Local cotton farmers had to abandon their fields and move their families to the interior to escape bandits, and it is now very difficult to rebuild the abandoned cotton-producing areas – at the very least, the military needs to provide security for the cotton plantations in the Gobi Territory.