Cool raindrops hit the ground with a chill, stirring up mud puddles and expelling the restlessness of the heat. Workers on the side of the railway www.biquge.info frolicking and hiding under the shed, smoking the worst tobacco, discussing the food for the evening and the future of the future.

It was the beginning of the summer of the three hundred and seventy-third year of the Orlando Empire, and since Maticos officially announced the use of something called the magic steam engine for transportation on behalf of the Imperial Academy, countless workers had gathered on the planned railway route from the imperial capital to the western border.

The Magically Modified Steam Engine has a higher output, higher speed, and greater transport capacity. The speed of up to 40 kilometers and the transportation capacity of hundreds of tons were enough to transport a large number of soldiers from the imperial capital to the border at the first time of the outbreak of war. The strong war potential made the Full Moon feel the heavy pressure, and after the advent of the magic steam engine, the conflict on the Western Front gradually decreased, giving the Western Front unprecedented peace.

The railroad played such an important role before it was built, and it also made the Empress Pars and Prime Minister Gamwen keenly aware of the leap forward in centralization. Over the next decade, the royal family will build a railway system that will cover the entire empire, firmly holding the place firmly in the hands of the royal family. However, in the face of extremely large funds, even the royal family, which has accumulated three hundred and seventy-three years, is a little difficult.

"So, on behalf of the royal family, I raise some of the funds from your party for the construction of the railway. In the face of Sarcomo and several party bosses in the business party, Gavin did not show much strength. For the first time, money has become so scarce and important. In fact, the nobles could have scraped together the funds to build all the railways, but the Empress Pars was unwilling to let the nobles meddle in the affairs of the railways, and took the money from the nobles, so she always had to make some concessions for them.

Let one step here, one step there, but it is better not to build this railway.

Sarcomo wears a simple dress, which has been popular in the imperial capital since the beginning of spring this year, without a swallowtail and with a more serious front. The popularity of this costume is also due to the civilian members of the Imperial Diet. They are not nobles, they are not qualified to wear the exclusive dresses of nobles, and they cannot wear those ultra-high-spec jewelry. However, they were reluctant to enter the Imperial Diet as commoners, so a new simple dress appeared that was different from the aristocratic dress, under the pushes of some people intentionally or unintentionally.

This simple dress looked more simple, understated, and gave people a very capable but not undignified look, and it was loved by almost all classes, including the aristocracy.

Of course, the aristocrats will still wear some oversized accessories on this kind of "councillor's suit" similar to the suit of another world, in order to distinguish the gap between the nobles and the commoners.

He smiled and nodded, his smile like a spring breeze gave Sarcomo a very intimate feeling, his meticulous gray hair behind his head, looking shrewd and powerful. The purple iris-shaped purple gemstone cufflinks at the cuffs are restrained, low-key but also very luxurious. He raised his hand and pinched his chin, lowered his head slightly, his gaze turned back and forth, and he had a belly case, "Whether I am a nobleman of the Orlando Empire or the leader of the Industrial and Commercial Party, I am extremely loyal to the royal family. Since Her Majesty the Empress Pars has this idea and thinks of me at the first time, it is an honor for me, and for the Chamber of Commerce and Industry!", he owed, glanced at several party lords around him, and continued: "But you should also know that we are not as good as the nobles after all, we have not accumulated for generations, and our wealth is relatively small. ”

"So?", Gampin replied for Sarcomo.

"So, while we were financing the construction of the railway, we wanted to get something in return. As soon as Sarcomo finished speaking, the party lords around him laughed.

At the end of the day, even though they now wear parliamentary outfits to go in and out of some government departments, and they have to vote in the Reichstag every month, they are still businessmen. Businessmen must always be mercenary, and only mercenary are businessmen, otherwise they will cease to be businessmen and will become dangerous.

Faced with a listening Ganwen, Sarcomo pursed his lips, and the title of Legendary Merchant was once again elevated, becoming a Miracle Merchant. He is now a common idol for businessmen throughout Orlando and indeed throughout the Western world. An old man who became a nobleman and a parliamentarian as a businessman, and was also a party leader, his deeds and legend inspired countless followers. He chuckled twice and gave an answer, "I hope to get the right to collect fees for thirty years." ”

In fact, before Gan Wen came to meet Sarcomo, both parties had a simple plan in their hearts for this cooperation. In order to increase the power and output of the magic steam engine, the fuel used by the magic steam engine is not only the conventional wood soaked in fuel, but also the use of Tiberium spar. The price of Tiberium spar remained high, completely driving up the transportation cost of the magic steam engine.

From a business point of view, running a railway is a loss-making business, but at the national level, it is necessary to run the railway. No matter how much money you lose, you will make a sure profit in the end.

Gan Wen shook his head without changing his face, "Thirty years is too long, and I can only give you the right to charge for ten years at most." ”

"Ten years?", Sarcomo laughed noncommittally, "After all, the construction of the railway involves a very large amount of money, and this is not something that I can decide alone, so what do you think?"

A really big business is never done all at once. If it can be negotiated the first time, then there must be big concessions and sacrifices on one side, and in this regard, neither the merchant class, represented by Sarcomo, nor the orthodox ruling class, represented by Gavin, have any idea of self-sacrifice. Gan Wen is also well aware that this must be a long-term process, and there may be several stoppages and the like.

He is not in a hurry, he believes that Sarcomo is not in a hurry, what both sides have is time.

Today's meeting is just a kind of ventilation, and by the way, guess the psychological price of the other party, so as to make a prior preparation for future negotiations. After the business is over, the rest is a private matter, "I heard that Rennes's coming-of-age ceremony doesn't plan to invite too many people, is it?", Gan Wen admired the guy in front of him who was not much younger than himself, his vision was really as good as his title, his vision was unique, and he dared to invest.

Wren is now the biggest winner after the reform of the Imperial Diet, from not having a single vote to holding fifty-seven seats, becoming the most unreasonable potential force in the Imperial Diet. In addition, he also has many "allies" among the nobles, and these allies have not yet come forward, and according to Ganwen's private speculation, at least a dozen seats can fall to Wren at a critical time.

But then again, Queen Pars is also arguably the biggest winner. In the past, her existence in the parliament was meaningless, and she had nowhere to start in the face of the united aristocratic group, but after the reform, she also had the possibility of wrestling with the aristocratic group. Making something out of nothing is a remarkable victory in itself.

And all of this was driven behind the scenes by a guy named Wren. When Wren was exiled to Ortlenburg, no one in the entire empire was optimistic about his future, and a down-and-out aristocratic heir who had been cut off from all his henchmen and stripped of all his resources, even if the God of Light was present, could not allow him to rise again. In the face of an almost desperate situation, Sarcomo also promised his little granddaughter to Wren as a little lover, which is definitely not something ordinary people can have.

The facts also proved Sacomo's vision, and Rennes not only got up, but also fought a beautiful turnaround battle with a super posture and the fastest speed. A number of scholars are now studying the resurgence of Wren, hoping to draw some inspiration from it.

As a relatively close partner of Wren, Sarcomo smiled and nodded, "That's true, Count Wren doesn't feel like an ordinary young man, he doesn't have the impetuousness and ostentatiousness of a young man. On the contrary, he is like an old guy of the same age as me, low-key and introverted, full of life experience and wisdom. ”

"He's the first!", Sarcomo said of the proudest investment of his life, bursting with a rare strength, "Even after countless years, there will be no second person like him." ”

Indeed, he was not wrong.

Even after countless years, there will be no second Wren, and it is difficult for someone to surpass him.

Wren was sitting in the middle of the garden, and he was faced with a problem that he found very tricky, and that was his rite of passage. As a golden nobleman, the coming-of-age ceremony is more like a ritual rich in religious nature, which is different from the coming-of-age ceremony of ordinary noble heirs. On this day, it means that his bloodline has fully matured, and he will be recognized by all the nobles who bear the divine bloodline, and become a true part of them.

As a "descendant of the gods", the importance of the rite of passage goes without saying, and Empress Pars hopes that he will let more people know about the golden nobles and their special bloodline through a very luxurious and grand rite of passage. But Wren didn't want to do that, he wasn't a person who liked to be too boisterous, and he didn't like the feeling of being in the spotlight. He prefers to sit in a dark room, in the shadows, wielding his scepter and dictating the fate of one person after another.

It's a real headache!