Chapter 184: Platform 184
Chapter 184 Platform 184
In a farm in Beiling, a man carrying a **** gossiped about the new news he had learned to his neighbors outside the fence: "Do you know what a rich person is?"
In the past six months, the people of Beiling can be said to have lived a very happy and peaceful life.
Not long ago, we defeated the Kingdom of Susas and obtained a large area of Bingjing River, which also revitalized the economy of Beiling.
Having received a large amount of funds and accepted Bunas' advanced technology, Beiling's economy has naturally been completely revitalized.
Beiling's agriculture was not greatly affected by the quick victory of the war. Instead, it achieved a bumper harvest due to the climate.
Coupled with the policy of rent reduction and interest reduction implemented by the old earl and the new earl of Beiling, the farmers of Beiling can be described as happy in the past six months.
When you have money, you have a mood, and when you have a mood, you naturally have gossip.
The neighboring farmer was hanging dried vegetables on a wooden shelf in his yard. While hanging, he asked curiously: "Rich people? You mean our Earl?"
"No! No! No! Someone richer than our count!" The man carrying the **** quickly shook his head, as if there was no comparison at all.
“How much does it cost?” Upon hearing his words, the farmer who was drying vegetables asked in disbelief with a look of astonishment on his face.
In his understanding, the concept of being richer than the new Earl was beyond his comprehension.
After all, in his understanding, a rich person like the Earl should be the richest person in the world.
Because he heard that the new earl's estate was very large, so large that it was difficult for ordinary people to estimate it.
The farmer carrying the **** spoke mysteriously and mentioned a name that everyone was familiar with: "Have you heard of it? The man named Tang Mo is the baron who has a good relationship with the old count..."
The farmer who was drying vegetables was stunned for a moment, then nodded slightly and admitted: "Master Tang Mo, of course I have heard of him..."
The farmer carrying the **** immediately said in an exaggerated tone and gestured very hard: "He recently laid a road with steel..."
After hearing this statement, the farmer who was drying vegetables immediately widened his eyes: "Oh my god... are you kidding me?"
"No, I'm not kidding. That road passes through Dons and then directly connects to Wolf City." The farmer carrying the **** explained immediately.
After hearing about Dons and Wolf City, the farmer who was drying vegetables immediately became even more surprised: "...such a long road? Are you sure?"
The farmer carrying the **** nodded and said: "I'm sure, my nephew just came back from there. He said that he saw with his own eyes that a road paved with two long iron pillars was connected over there."
The farmer who was drying vegetables still couldn’t believe that there would be a man in this world who would build a road paved with iron: “By the gods…how much will it cost?”
"At least 100,000 gold coins! Trust me!" The farmer carrying the **** exaggeratedly made a number with his hand, as if he himself had so much money.
The farmer who was drying vegetables was frightened by this exaggerated number again. He had never dreamed of one hundred thousand gold coins in his life, and he had never even dreamed of owning 20 gold coins...
So, even his breathing became faster, and he looked at the other party in surprise: "Ten, one hundred thousand? One hundred thousand gold coins? How much money does he have, and he actually uses 100,000 gold coins to pave a road?"
"I don't know how rich he is. I only know that all the workers who work in Datang Group are very rich." The farmer carrying the **** said quickly.
“How do you say it?” The other party became more interested.
One hundred thousand gold coins is still far away from him, but a job that can earn a few gold coins is definitely attractive to him.
So the farmer carrying the **** continued to show off his nephew: "It's still my nephew. He said that his friend works there and gets a salary of 9 silver coins a day!"
"One day? 9 silver coins? That's a lot?" The farmer who was drying vegetables looked envious, thinking that he could also do such a job.
"Isn't it? I want to give it a try... but guess what? I still have to study, learn calculations and geometry... it's a mess... I don't even know a few Chinese characters, so how can I learn those things..." The farmer carrying the **** said with emotion.
Hearing what the other party said, the farmer who was drying vegetables also gave up the idea of trying it - he was also illiterate and it seemed impossible for him to be qualified for such a job.
When the topic reached this point, it seemed that there was no way to continue, so the two people began to busy themselves with their own work. After all, farmers don’t just make a living by farming. They also need to repair their houses, tidy up their yards, dry grain and look after the fields. They have a lot of work to do every day.
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On the outskirts of Wolf City, a new train station has just been built. The platform is paved with cement and looks very modern.
There is a shelter here and there is also a place to check in. Separated by a fence, the other side is the freight station, and the two sides are very clearly separated.
Tang Mo was standing on the platform, looking at the railway extending into the distance in a daze. The scene here was almost incomparable with the high-speed rail station he was familiar with. Every detail seemed backward and shabby.
But for this world, this place can be said to be the most advanced and avant-garde place. Even the dignitaries who came to visit were curiously looking at everything around them.
Technicians from Datang Group are introducing this platform to these wealthy nobles and showing everyone the brochure about the train in their hands.
Alice stood beside Tang Mo, also full of curiosity about the upcoming train. She really wanted to see how a heavy iron lump could fly on the railway track without any external force.
Tang Mo withdrew his gaze, looked at Alice next to him, and explained to her: "Set a station in Dons, south of Beiling, and set up a station in Wolf City. Eventually, this railway will pass through Sanchakou. , extending all the way to Ice Crystal City..."
"So long?" Alice was shocked by this statement. She had always thought that Tang Mo was just shortening the connection between Bunas and Wolf City at all costs, for the sake of him and her, and for the sake of Beiling and Beiling. Cooperation between Bunas.
But she really didn't expect that Tang Mo would really build a railway directly to Ice Crystal City. This was really beyond her expectation.
Because she knew how much Tang Mo spent on this railway! This can be described as astronomical figures. Almost every kilometer of railway costs at least 700 gold coins!
Although with the laying of railways, this cost will be diluted and become lower and lower, but no matter how low it is, it is still real money!
Tang Mo paid no attention to these, because he knew that the world would eventually accept this new thing: "Believe me, once the role of this railway is seen by people, you will find that countless people are willing to spend ten times the amount. price to build such a railway.”
He knew that there was once a country that used unparalleled perseverance and persistence to build its railway network into the most spectacular transportation network in the world.
This country is known as an infrastructure madman. The cost of a cross-sea bridge can shake up the economy of this other world where he is now...
That is the real construction, that is the real development of railway transportation, and that is the attitude of truly doing big things.
Now, he has only laid a railway of more than 100 kilometers long, which is simply childish and not worth mentioning!
Alice looked at Tang Mo and saw determination and confidence on this handsome face. So she also smiled and said with conviction: "I believe you, because after you gave me the information, I believed that this thing is definitely the most worth investing in the future."
Since the amount of ore produced by the mine has doubled recently, as a wealthy woman who has taken over the assets of the Cyric Consortium in Beiling, she still has some wealth.
From her point of view, if Tang Mo really goes bankrupt one day, she can support him. At worst, she can let him come to Beiling and be the count's sweetheart. It doesn't matter, right?
Tang Mo didn't know that the woman next to him was preparing to support him, and was still explaining the future development of the railway to Alice: "This is far from its ultimate form. When it develops, it will be able to transport thousands or even tens of thousands of people every day." With tens of thousands of tons of materials, it will completely replace the existing traditional transportation methods and completely change people’s lives.”
When he saw that Alice was not very interested and was so distracted that she didn't know what she was thinking, Tang Mo could only take out his trump card and continued to explain: "Now, it only takes one day from Wolf City to Bunas. It’s not time. If you are willing to come to me, have breakfast on the train in the morning, and then you can have dinner with me.”
"Why?" Alice was indeed more interested in this topic, and asked in a nonchalant manner.
"Huh?" Tang Mo didn't react and looked at Alice's confused voice.
Alice laughed and pretended to be angry: "Why did I come to you, why didn't you come to me?"
Tang Mo scratched his head and looked in the direction where the train should appear. He smiled stupidly and tried to change the topic: "Haha!"
Alice did not embarrass him, and said to Tang Mo in a considerate manner: "Okay, I won't embarrass you anymore!"
Tang Mo felt a little embarrassed. After all, he had taken advantage: "You know, my career has just started. It is not a good thing to worry about the love of my children now."
"I know, I know! I will support you, and Beiling will also support you!" Alice didn't take it seriously, and instead spoke to comfort Tang Mo.
"Thank you." Tang Mo became even more embarrassed. He felt that he should not let down such a good girl and should give more things to the still immature Earl of Beiling.
(End of this chapter)