Chapter 1790: New Year's Eve in Dragon Sleep Valley
Longmian Valley is rich in magic crystal deposits, and it is geographically the closest rich mine to the Far Eastern border. The entire mining and smelting industrial system in Longmian Valley was established with the assistance of the Far Eastern government, and in return, Far Easterners were able to purchase finished industrial magic crystals from Longmian Valley at a price slightly higher than the cost. In addition, although the Dragonvein clan is not very good at mining mineral deposits, they have a talent for communicating with wurm creatures and are very good at domesticating bipedal wyverns. This monster, known for its perverse temperament, became as docile and loyal as a domestic dog in the hands of the Dragon Vein Beast Tamer.
On the cliffs on both sides of Longmian Valley, densely packed with flying dragon nests, every summer when the flying dragons lay eggs, the male dragons hovering over the valley are in groups, almost blocking the daylight, and making courtship calls from morning to night, making the local residents very annoying, eager to sell this group of noisy big lizards to the Far Eastern government, in exchange for local scarce industrial products. Of course, the Far Eastern government will not suffer a loss, exporting industrial products to Longmian Valley to develop this place into an emerging market, and at the same time replenishing the urgently needed cavalry beasts for the Far Eastern Air Force, which is expanding its armaments, which can be described as a win-win situation.
By 1624, the situation in Longmian Valley had changed again. As a result of the economic reciprocal agreement between the Far East and Canaan, the distance from Mochizuki Castle to Medes was included in the "Preferential Trade Zone", and the railway between the two cities was completed and opened to traffic, and trade was more active than ever.
The geographical location of Longmian Valley is located between Mochizuki City and Media, and its commercial status is also highlighted. In order to make full use of the geographical advantages, Andrea specially invited Roland to visit Longmian Valley, hoping that the Far Eastern authorities would build a railway branch line extending to Longmian Valley to bring more convenient transportation to the local area, so as to play a more important role in the "Mochizuki City-Medes" economic circle.
Roland was invited to come and stayed in Longmian Valley for a week. It was the happiest week of Andrea's life, and apart from convincing Roland to agree to build a spur railroad, something else happened between the two of them, and for Andrea, it was a little secret worth remembering from time to time.
Roland did what he said, and in July of that year, he dispatched a railway construction team to Longmian Valley to start construction. As the climate in the Far Northeast turns colder, railway construction is blocked by ice and snow, and in order not to idle engineering equipment, the major railway engineering groups always move to the south every winter. With the movement of a large number of railway troops to southern Xinjiang, the Longmian Valley railway line also ushered in the peak period of construction, and by the beginning of December, this 340-mile branch line had been completed and opened to traffic.
The current capacity of the Far East is still relatively tight, and the magic guide train is in short supply, so in principle, priority is given to ensuring the capacity of the main line, and the railway branch line such as the "Mochizuki City-Longmian Valley Section" can usually only be dealt with with by the Loesmon traction train first. Due to the close relationship between Longmian Valley and Dragon City, there is no shortage of Lothmon pulling trains in the local area, but considering the special status of Longmian Valley in the "Mochizuki City-Medes" economic circle, Andrea still made a trip to Krasbourg, personally lobbied the heavyweights in the cabinet, and returned to Longmian Valley a week later, bringing good news to the local residents - before the New Year, there will be at least three newly opened magic trains docking in Longmian Valley!
The Dragons cheered and praised Her Majesty's successful diplomatic trip, and some people privately suspected that the reason why Longmian Valley was repeatedly treated with special care by the Far Eastern government may be largely due to the special friendship between Her Majesty and the Prince of the Far East. Of course, people do not think that this scandal has damaged the dignity of the Dragon Vein family, on the contrary, most of the local residents are happy to see it.
On December 29, two days before the New Year, at six o'clock in the morning, the sound of the train whistle waking up the sleeping people in the houses near the train platform in Longmian Valley, followed by the rumbling of the wheels running over the tracks.
Curious people got up and pushed open the windows to look in the direction of the platform, and were surprised to find that Her Majesty's promise had been fulfilled - a magic train spewing high and spewing water was marching majestically into the Valley of Longmian.
After the train docked at the station, a group of passengers from all ethnic groups in southern Xinjiang came down, carrying large bags and small bags, mostly business-minded hawkers, taking the magic guide train that opened for the first time to Longmian Valley to sell all kinds of small commodities, attracting groups of women and children of the dragon vein to watch, and the business seemed to be quite prosperous.
Not content with just dealing with hawkers, the residents of Dragon Vein rushed to the train and went for a ride in Mochizuki City. When they came back in the evening, people were also carrying large bags and small bags, most of which were purchased New Year's goods.
One of the most popular purchases among locals is the "Magic Radio". This thing has only been launched for a year and has become popular in the Far East and even the whole territory of Vares, and a tin house has also been built near the municipal square of Longmian Valley to store public broadcasting, and the news program of "Voice of the Far East" is broadcast at a fixed point every morning, noon and evening, and the most popular "fireside chat" program will be broadcast at 8 o'clock in the evening.
Residents of Longmian Valley have become accustomed to the radio in their daily lives, and gathering in the square after dinner to listen to the radio while enjoying the shade is the most common social activity in the local area. But young people are not satisfied with public broadcasting, they are eager to have their own radio, in addition to news and talk programs, but also want to listen to music, entertainment and even emotional programs, listen to when they want, all by themselves, and these are not satisfied by public broadcasting, so part-time work to save money to buy magic radio has become the common wish of the local dragon pulse youth. With the opening of the railway, it will be easier for locals to travel to Mochizuki Castle for work, and this small wish is no longer far away.
The social changes that originated in Krasbourg, fueled by the press, radio and transportation networks, quickly spread to every corner of the Far East, making it easier for people from all over the world to communicate with each other. The fashionable clothing styles in the capital will become popular in the border towns within half a month, and the new things that happen in the capital will spread all over the country in just one night and become the talk of thousands of households on the dinner table. In this era of rapid change, Longmian Valley, located on the border of southern Xinjiang, has also been affected by the trend, people's lives and thoughts are undergoing drastic changes, life is getting better day by day, dreams are realized one after another, as if everything is perfect.
"Five years ago we were living an almost barbarian life on the Lucian plateau, and instead of being ridiculous, we were complacent, and it's hard to put into words."
Andrea stood at the window, looking at the brightly lit and crowded train platform at night, and sighed with emotion.
"Yes, it is said that His Royal Highness Roland was still your hated enemy at the beginning, how do you know that in a blink of an eye, you will become your closest friend." Behind Andrea came the girl's slightly narrow laughter.
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