"It's crazy to have the church and the brothers pay for the railroad? ”

As soon as the doors of the leading carriage were closed, Roland began to recount what he had already told Delz, and before he could finish listening, Minerva began to look up. In her opinion, Roland was obviously too optimistic, forgetting the contradictions between the two princes and the conservative position of the Church stubbornly opposing a new thing and social progress, and letting them fund a cause that they hated and even hated, which was as difficult as winning the World Cup in a major country.

He should be a little more realistic and reduce the difficulty to the last 32......

"They'll agree. ”

Roland said firmly:

"For their own sake, they have a good chance to give up unnecessary disputes and join the investment plan. ”

Die-hards and authoritarian powers often make irrational decisions, but as long as their IQ does not fall below the level, they will not miss the opportunity to reach into the territory of their competitors and profit from them.

The joint venture to build a railway is a great opportunity.

At present, the occupied territory is actually the exclusive territory of Titans, and all business opportunities and resources are divided between the royal merchants and the occupying authorities appointed by the Second Prince, except for the consortium. In addition to destroying the business and production environment, this situation also severely hinders the opportunities for other forces to make profits, and everyone has long been jealous and about to go crazy. Therefore, when the Saarbadu Special District opened a hole, the interest animals who had been hungry and crazy immediately rushed to the chrysalis, and Roland did not disappoint them, speculating in real estate and infrastructure to make everyone a lot of money.

But Salbadou is, after all, an inland city. Rather than a port city, its logistics are largely dependent on land and air transport. In order to sustain economic prosperity, it is necessary to ensure smooth transportation, the existing dirt road-animal transportation mode will soon become saturated, and the cost of air transportation is relatively high, and it is urgent to build a complete rail network to meet the needs of economic development. However, due to the security situation in the occupied territories and the mountainous geographical environment, it is unrealistic to rely on the Governor's Office alone to raise funds, and the consortium has just sent a large group of people to hell with stock fraud, and it is not realistic to expect private fund-raising in a short period of time -- under such a reasonable name and real demand, those who have real needs, who are willing to make a fortune, and who are more willing to pull the back of the consortium will not miss this opportunity that is both safe and rewarding.

"Definitely. Brother Wang has always liked to crack down on consortia. As long as General Delz gets the word out through the connections of the Guò Army, he will definitely take action. But the church—"

"Pilgrimage Railway. ”

Roland raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said confidently.

"The planned railway network includes an extension to Imir. Mainly used for pilgrim railways. His Holiness the Pope may not have liked railways. But his old man was willing to see the sight of the pious Castilian pilgrims stuffed with Ymir. ”

In fact, the Pope prefers to see the faithful filling the Church's donation box with money saved for long trips. In the past, even the Castilian middle class had difficulty making a pilgrimage to Ymir because of the distance, the difficulty of the roads, and the high cost of travel. Once the pilgrimage route was successfully opened, the average middle class would be able to enjoy a cheap and fast pilgrimage. There will also be more excess funds to contribute to the church. His Holiness the Pope and the cardinals were of course happy to see this.

"I see, I thought that the people who serve the Mother Goddess really don't eat the fireworks of the world. ”

Minerva grinned, a playful gesture that almost made Roland laugh.

For a moment, he wanted to tell the cold joke that Li Lin had said: "As long as wisdom is sown, there is no place for holiness, even respected priests and scholars, they are no cleaner than politicians, and many times they will be more dark and crazy." ”

A not-so-funny joke.

Shaking his head, he threw Li Lin's mean words into the corner, and at this time, Minerva asked again:

"What did the consortium say?"

The tone was as calm as before, but if you listened closely, you could discern some anxiety and uneasiness in the girl's voice.

This question is the core, and the previous ones have been minor at best. In the commercial realm, compared to the deep-sea behemoths known as the "V.E Consortium", Titans, the Army, and the Church are nothing more than harmless water fish.

As we all know, the consortium has strong financial resources, and it is a matter of underestimating them to say that they are rich and rivaling countries, as long as the president nods, it is a matter of one sentence to take money and stone people to death. If you want to compare financial resources with them, the Pope, the crown prince, the second prince, etc. are really not enough.

What's more, the consortium's methods of dealing with competitors have always been very fierce, and in the process of its rise, it has not been less than a few explosions of competitors' factories and workshops, and the most fierce times even let a small floating transport ship full of explosives crash into the rival's house, and nearly a ton of explosives exploded in front of a family who was dining......

With the consortium's consistently strong style, what reaction will it make to Roland's demolition plan will be creepy just thinking about it.

Even though Li Lin currently supports Roland's policies in the SAR, it will never be unreserved support, and Li Lin's bottom line is precisely the interests of the consortium, and anyone -- including Roland -- will be very interesting if he touches this high-voltage line.

The consortium is equally happy to see this happen. ”

Roland's answer was short, but weighty. Minerva, frightened by this bombshell, glared at Roland with an incredulous expression.

This...... It sounds too unbelievable, and the consortium, which has always appeared with a strong appearance, actually expressed "joy to see it come to fruition" for Roland's demolition plan...... If it weren't for Roland's overthinking and insanity, it would have been a pity for God, the mother goddess had appeared, and the top management of the consortium had taken the wrong medicine and was in a state of delirium. Beyond that, there is no other reason to explain this bizarre reversal of heaven and earth.

However, neither Roland nor the top management of the consortium had mental problems, and the reasons for this situation are indeed valid and reasonable.

"The consortium really wants to fix the railroad this time, and considering the excessive risk, they feel that it is in line with the need to attract more funds to share the risk. ”

The consortium's ambitions went far beyond the construction of new railway lines, they also set their sights on the renovation of Castile's existing road system.

Before the Seven-Day War. One of the most important reasons for the unsatisfactory performance of the railway system, in addition to the confusion of scheduling, is the underestimation of the primitiveness of the Castilian railway.

Most of the railways in other countries use the standard gauge of 1.435 meters proposed by the consortium, but the United States of Castile and Rus uses a broad gauge of 1.528 meters. Their reason for doing this is naturally to create problems for potential enemies, but for the defense forces, this problem is not insurmountable, and the actual application of the dual-track conversion system has also proved that it can fully cope with this difficulty. However, the dual-track conversion system is acceptable in the process of transporting infantry and light equipment, but when transporting heavy equipment such as combat vehicles, it exposes various problems caused by the change of the center of gravity of the carriage. In addition, problems such as incomplete supporting facilities, weak logistical support, too many monorail lines, insufficient bearing capacity of bridges, and zero expressways have also attracted great attention from the General Staff. Take advantage of the Titans' capture of the east wind in northern Castile. The elves are determined to upgrade the transportation system in the Occupied Zone. It will be thoroughly integrated into its own transportation network and pave the way for possible future military operations.

Such a large-scale project, the inputs and risks of which are also at a high level for the consortium in peacetime, against the background of concentrating on the preparation of the "yellow plan". It is even more impossible to invest too much money and labor. Think realistically. They gave up on eating alone. It is determined to involve the funds of other forces in order to share the costs and risks of the construction of their own strategic transportation system.

Roland did not know the plans of the Defence Force, but he also foresaw the fact that the consortium was interested in the roads of the occupied territory, but could not afford the risks and costs. It is this delicate state of mind that has been mastered. Only then did he take advantage of the situation to propose a transportation renovation project to attract capital from all sectors of the SAR into the SEZs, and to use this as a breakthrough point to break the situation in which the SEZs' economy was dominated by conglomerates.

"'The economic base determines the superstructure -- that's what the guy said before, and it is true that the consortium uses economic power as a means to exert influence on the political situation. If we want to truly demonstrate the unique value of the Special Economic Zone, this step is a necessary step......"

However, how far this step can go, to be honest, Roland is not very sure.

At this moment, Li Lin has already begun to start the layout from the level of politics and public opinion, and this welcoming ceremony, the actions of spies and resistance forces from various countries are all part of it.

Li Lin and Luo Lan's focus is on the stability of the SAR, but there are huge differences in specific practices and concepts. What Roland wanted was to exchange a prosperous life for reconciliation between the occupying army and the people, and to make the SAR a showcase for the idea that different races could coexist peacefully, while Li Lin wanted to first smash the identity of the people in the occupied area with the resistance movement, and then give them a relatively prosperous life, so that the SAR would become a cheap labor factory.

To achieve this, Li Lin gave Roland considerable freedom of movement and provided all kinds of support. When Roland achieved his successes, he took advantage of them to push foreign forces and rebels into a corner. After this period of operation, this goal has been basically achieved.

Now, he has set his sights on the last and most difficult of the resistances, the Zorro.

According to the information sent back by the inside line of the infiltrated spy organization, the resistance has leaked the information of the Fourth Prince's visit to the "fox" - this is Li Lin's plan, and his purpose is precisely to force this most famous and strong resistance into a corner.

The governor of the SAR is Roland, and the Prince Charles is Salbadou in the name of "apprenticeship statecraft", in fact, everyone knows that this SAR can be said to be a fief of Prince Charles in disguise, and it is not an exaggeration to say that Shire is more like a symbol and a billboard of the SAR than Roland. Given his royal status and symbolism, there was no better object to be assassinated than the young prince.

But that's where the trap lies.

Roland's various actions have shown a posture of compromise and reconciliation, and the prince who is still in his immaturity has never and cannot show any hawkish style, and the policy of reconciliation will be continued -- if the fourth prince personally issues an amnesty for the "fox" at this time and invites him to assist in the construction of the special zone, how will the "fox", who is famous for his image of a heroic ranger who eliminates violence and peace, suppresses the strong and helps the weak, respond to the olive branch handed to him?

If Roland's intention and sincerity to carry out the amnesty are believed, the personal safety of the fox and most of the resisters will be protected in the case of participating in the SAR. But on the other hand, if they obey the SAR, they will be completely disarmed, and they will become the endorsers of Charlemagne's colonial policy on both a spiritual and a practical level, and the last trace of resistance of the people of the occupied territories will be annihilated with their surrender.

It is equally difficult to reject the proposal, and many people are now in a very delicate state of mind, because their own interests are closely related to the development of the SAR, they have adopted a tacit or cooperative attitude towards the Governor's policies, but they have not really given up the will to resist in their hearts. There is a delicate balance between the desire for a prosperous life and the desire to resist foreign invaders. A rash move will only make a solid public opinion trap prepared by Li Lin of "making profits in the name of patriotism", and there is even a risk of being regarded as an enemy of the people.

Most people believe that the safest response for the "fox" is to wait and see, after all, Roland's jurisdiction is limited to the Saarbadus district, and the other occupation areas continue to be tyrannical by Titans. In other words, the "foxes" do not have to point fingers at the SAR and continue their anti-Charlemagne activities in other regions -- to accuse Charlemagne of hypocrisy in a roundabout way, but because of their retreat in the SAR, this kind of public opinion offensive will inevitably appear to be under-stated. However, in the eyes of many, the "fox" may not actually have an alternative at all.

In any case, the Saalbadu district, which welcomes the arrival of the fourth prince, will attract the world's attention in the future. Even the "fox", who constantly performs gorgeous crimes like deductions, will have a headache about whether to appear on this stage and bear the spotlight in the face of the script carefully written by Li Lin.

-- Either way, it was his victory.

He had a bitter impression of his adoptive father's strategy, and just as he wanted to divert the topic and get rid of the gloom, he exclaimed and swept in front like a wave.

It was not the screams and screams that are customary during an assassination, but an outpouring of sensations and drama that can only be uttered when it is difficult to hide the shock in the aftermath of some extremely impactful and dramatic event, including even the Titans soldiers who escorted the convoy and the soldiers of the Wang Xiejun who were responsible for keeping the roads clear.

Almost at the same time as the sound sounded, Roland had already rushed out of the carriage, his right hand reached into his coat, and the next second he could shoot at the target.

When he saw the situation in front of the convoy clearly, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, looking at the majestic black clothes in front of him, and the corners of the young man's mouth revealed mixed excitement and disbelief murmuring.

"This guy...... It's really daring. (To be continued......)