At the end of February and the beginning of March, the world pattern of "Empire" entered the final period of shock adjustment. The major powers are fiercely competing for every piece of "colonial" territory. Every time you add a piece of territory, you can add a market and resources, and you can give your country's players more strength.

The Chinese group firmly controls Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean, and is doing everything possible to digest about 2/3 of the territory of Africa, which is invincible in the world, and is currently the No. 1 empire of "Empire".

The North American bloc is doing everything in its power to destroy the naval fleet of South America. It's just that the anti-US military forces of Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Cuba, and other big countries in South America are very strong, and it is difficult for the North American bloc to gnaw on this huge hard bone in South America in a hurry. Fortunately, for the time being, no other group will compete with the North American group, whether it is Europe or China, they are very busy, and will not go to South America to grab food at this time. It is currently the second empire of Empire.

The European bloc originally planned to swallow the whole of Africa, but unfortunately before it could do so, it was punched in the ribs by the Chinese bloc, forcing it to vomit most of it, and finally only occupied about 1/3 of the African territory. Despite this, it is still gathering its strength, eyeing Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia, and is currently the third empire of Empire.

With the exception of these three blocs, almost all other blocs and countries were listed as the targets of partition. Among them, there are some stronger, such as the South American bloc and the Middle East bloc, and weaker ones, such as the African bloc, the Southeast Asian bloc, and the Central Asian bloc.

If you are lucky, you will become the servant and younger brother of these three empires, and the eldest brother eats meat and the younger brother drinks soup. The unlucky ones were directly listed as the targets of the looting. It doesn't matter if they admit it or not. Where there are people, there is the law of the jungle, and it is natural in any place, and there is no essential difference between the virtual game and the real world in this regard.

To be sure, before all the territories that can be "colonized" are divided. The three empires will not fall into a state of death soon. Once these territories are divided, it is difficult to say that conflicts will multiply.

Qin Xiaobai's basic judgment on the world pattern is that in the next one or two months, the remaining territory will not be able to be carved up. Those rely on shipbuilders. Rely on the Iron Mine home and land allies. Each is rich.

To lay a railway in the whole Yandi, all members of the Bohai Alliance must cooperate to reduce the assistance as much as possible.

After some bargaining among the leaders, the Bohai Alliance decided to formally establish a railway operating company. Zhoushui Alliance invested 20% of the shares with funds. Dozens of player organizations in the Bohai Alliance have invested in the shares with funds, accounting for 1% of the shares per capita, accounting for 80% of the shares in total. Profits are distributed by shares.

In addition, the Zhoushui Locomotive Factory and the Bohai Locomotive Factory were established separately to produce the required locomotives, carriages and rails. Yangang Group provides the required steel. Yantie Group provides the required iron ore raw materials. Yanmei Group provides the required coal mine raw materials. In addition, a railway construction engineering group was established to be responsible for laying railroad tracks. There are also dozens of manufacturers that provide glass, plastics, car interior products, and so on.

The members of the Bohai League signed an agreement to begin laying railroad tracks simultaneously between seven or eight cities in Yandi. These rails are then connected to form a vast railway network.

Because of the serious fragmentation of local player power organizations, and the road is not very easy to use, the most prosperous places in the entire Yandi are in the Bohai Rim Circle: Tianjin, Tanggukou, Bohai, Yingkou, Dalian and other places. These places are close to the Bohai Sea, have great shipbuilding, are very convenient for shipping, and are completely under the control of the Zhou Water Fleet.

The laying of the railway network has connected the main cities at once, breaking the local divisions and greatly enhancing the large-scale transportation capacity of the hinterland of Inner 6. It also allowed the players of Yandi to greatly strengthen their control over the Far East and Baikal.

Among the nine princes, the Zhoushui Alliance relied on strong financial resources to be the first to manufacture a finished steam locomotive. The construction of the Yandi railway network is also at the forefront of the nine princes. However, the railway network was laid in Yandi alone. The effect is limited. After all, Yandi is only one of the nine princes of China

Qin Xiaobai planned to sell the steam engine-related technology to the other eight princes.

However, there were differing opinions within the Zhoushui Alliance on the issue of selling the technology to make steam locomotives to other princes.

Sheep, nameless, and people who want money and don't want their lives don't approve of this.

"Steam locomotives are very profitable. Even past the new warships. If we produce exclusively, we will get the most profits, and it can even be compared to the shipyard industry in Zhoushui, which has become a new pillar industry. ”

"If we sell the technology, we can only do business in one place of Yandi, and we will lose eight big markets."

"You can sell products, why sell technology?"

After listening to their words, Qin Xiaobai shook his head with a wry smile. These few people. Than he is obsessed with money. I want to put almost every copper coin in my pocket.

It must be admitted that the profits of the railway land are indeed surprisingly high. But there are priorities, and now is not the time to settle the bill, but to seize every opportunity to increase the length of the country's railroad tracks. A few of them don't know how precious time is now, but they are just making their own calculations. This is also not to blame them. Their job is to make more money for the Zhoushui Alliance.

Qin Xiaobai could only smile and said: "Money can't be earned, there's no need to put your mind on it." The market for the whole world is huge. It's enough for us to earn. So be it, sell the steam locomotive manufacturing technology to the other eight princes. ”

This week's national is the meeting.

The player representative of the Zhoushui Alliance proposed that the rail width of Zhoushui be used as the standard for the rail width of the national railway. At the same time, the Zhoushui Alliance unreservedly transferred the manufacturing technology of steam locomotives to other princes.

This proposal was immediately warmly welcomed by all the deputies.

The eight princes of Qin, Zhao, Qi, Wu, Wei, Lu, Chu, and Bashu, almost a few days after the Zhoushui Alliance began laying rails, also began to build steam locomotives, and planned to lay rails on a large scale, and the nine princes realized the docking of rails.

The Zhoushui Alliance did not hide its smuggling, and took the initiative to put the technology of the steam locomotive at a suitable price. Sold to the player organization of the eight princes. Let them build and lay the rails themselves.

Railways are a valuable civilian technology, but only on a large scale. in order to truly reflect its scale effect. If it's just a swallow ground laying, it will only swing one-ninth of the potency.

This is not military technology, or how high a civilian technology is, and there is no value in secrecy. The Zhoushui Alliance can take the lead only because it has invested far more than others.

Qin Xiaobai didn't have so much time to let the railway slowly show itself across the country, and he didn't plan to rely on this steam locomotive technology to eat, he needed to activate the nationwide transportation force in the shortest possible time, so as to gain a comparative advantage in the confrontation with the two empires of North America and Europe.

Once the main railroad tracks of the nine princes are docked, the 6th Army Group, which is hidden deep in Bashu in the hinterland of China, can be pulled to Siberia, where Qin and Zhao are located, in the shortest possible time. The minerals in the hinterland of the Inner 6 can also be pulled to the coastal factories for processing and manufacturing in the shortest possible time, and then loaded onto ships. Time saved, money saved.

With the laying of railway tracks, the railway network will gradually become the main transportation artery in the hinterland of China in the next few months, bringing together a huge transport capacity. In the era of industrialization, it began to take off.

The No. 1 railway plan was included in the national council, and the focus was not in the hinterland of the nine princes, nor in the coastal towns and ports, but in the northernmost - the Siberian permafrost.

The natural conditions and traffic conditions in Siberia are extremely harsh, and it is almost impossible to walk on foot. This railway will traverse the entire Siberian permafrost, from the westernmost Siberian city, to Lake Baikal, to the Far East Boli City, Vladivostok, and then connect with the important towns of Qindi, Zhaodi, and Yandi in China.

Once this railway is completed, the troops of the 6th Army Group of Qin, Zhao, and Yan will pour into Siberia like a tide of supplies, and there will be no more obstacles. Even if Russian players invade the east with the strength of the whole country, they should not want to step into Siberia again.