Chapter 663

Chapter 663

2021-03-02

Chapter 663 Opening to traffic and the difference between industrial and agricultural scissors

Beep!

bang bang bang.

With a long whistle, an unstoppable steel giant beast crushed the snow-white steam and galloped along the long rails, even if With 20 heavy carriages on it, he still ran faster than a galloping horse.

And as a mechanical creature with full stamina, simply don’t know what “rest” is.

Sitting in the last carriage of the steam locomotive, Alwin looked at the fast flashing scenery outside the glass window, and he couldn’t help feeling full of accomplishment.

Next to Olivia, who is wearing a lady’s long dress and hugging his arms, there are also sparkling little stars in her eyes, and the shock of blueprint and real objects is of course impossible to mention on equal terms .

And this is an industrial miracle built by a group of mortals without the help of any extraordinary power!

It used to take a full day and a half to travel between Georgia’s capital Brunswick and Far Sail Harbor by boat, but it only took six hours for trifling to take a steam locomotive.

This is already a terrifying speed beyond the times that can only be achieved by the [Legendary battleship · Crown of Miracles] with a speed of 32 knots. On the other hand, steam locomotives and railways can be replicated on a large scale without being limited to extraordinary materials, and the essential characteristics of industrialization can be brought into play vividly and thoroughly.

Time is money, efficiency is life!

The value contained therein is obvious at a glance.

The entire 368-kilometer Georgia Corridor was originally expected to take one year to construct, but with the help of the influx of Ilya refugees, the engineering team adopted a construction plan of segmented construction, which took only half a year of trifling. Time is complete.

The official start of construction was in early spring, when it was completed and opened to traffic, but it had just entered winter.

Previously.

During the spring and autumn sailing seasons, the overwhelming majority of migrants, mainly Ilyans, were intercepted by Alwin at the Port of St. Alwin.

Because of the widespread publicity of the natives of Buffalo, and the remarkable deeds that saved them from fire and water in Ilia last year, the name of St. Savior-like presence.

For the poor and poor refugees who just arrived in the new continent, a job offered by Alwin that can support themselves and their families is certainly attractive. Thousands of railway workers have been recruited by the Coastal Railway Company and have joined the construction of the Georgia Corridor.

They will also become the backbone of the booming railway industry.

Of course, there is also sufficient financial support, all thanks to the generosity of several churches.

Although the negotiation with several other churches was not as smooth as that of the “Black Iron Cross Church”, in the naked seller’s market, they were not willing to be left behind.

Especially after the “Dark Iron Cross Church” took the lead, the “Breath of Frost” Church, the “Starry Night Church” and the “Dawn Church” who didn’t even know that the Alwin group destroyed their “Silver Knight” It didn’t take long for the fiercely to bleed.

Church of Seven Gods is worthy of being the most profound family property in the material world. In the end, each family gave Alwin a 15-year interest-free loan equivalent to 500,000 Golden Lions, plus 100,000 Golden Lions. “Copy Fee”.

Considering the 15-year term of an interest-free loan, it is almost like a free loan, because even if it is calculated based on a 15% return on investment, even if it is not included in the reutilization, it cannot be used for seven years. Years can also double.

If you calculate compound interest and maintain an annual growth rate of 15%, the money can grow eightfold in fifteen years!

Just from the business of copying [ancient scrolls] with several churches, Alwin has already made back 30% of the deficit, and in the long run, it will be far more than 30%.

Of course, if it weren’t for the fact that he was a “saint” and pulled the flag, things would have gone so smoothly, a high-ranking wizard at most plus the strength of his mother-in-law would not let the Church of Seven Gods Obediently obey, the fourth rank crown or even the representation of the truth is almost the same.

As for the members of the church if they go to the “Broken Star Islands”, will they be besieged by wizards and transcenders who are full of hatred for them there? It’s not something Alwin needs to care about. .

When I received the transfer from the church, [Libra balanced holy sword]divine light Cancan almost jumped up and was even happier than Alwin, and then was yelled at by the jumping Alwin for “fiercely” Suppressed to the bottom of the box.

If Alwin hadn’t faced another life-and-death crisis, it’s obviously unlikely he’ll ever see the light of day again.

However, Alwin is not worried about its work attitude at all. When he launches the [Breakdown Technique] again, no matter how cold the Divine Item holy sword is, it will turn into the most perverted Licking the dog smoothly.

Additionally.

【Libra Balance Holy Sword】Sooner or later, it will be taken out for use.

Alwin seriously considered for a few days, especially after Macaulay explained that the purchase of a large number of rockets was to deal with the follow-up actions of the “Oathbreaker”, and after all, he still used the [Heaven Realm messenger] that came with the Saints. ] Informed the Holy Angel Belenus.

After taking this Divine Item in his hands and understanding what it stands for, Alwin has figured out why the Oathbreaker is fighting for it in such a way that it pays heavy casualties.

I also realize that the ownership of [Libra Equilibrium Holy Sword] will determine a series of strategic plans for the “Black Iron Cross Church” to deal with the expansion of [Capital]. Wrong intelligence orientation may lead to serious misjudgment of strategic decision-making, which in turn leads to unnecessary and heavy losses.

It’s too funny to fight with the air for a long time.

Alwin has some small problems, but the big problem is still very reliable.

And unlike the “Black Wing Religion” that is seeking transformation, the most important purpose of Goddess is to prevent the other party from obtaining the Divine Item and delay the time for the “Black Wing God” to obtain the [Capital] priesthood. , it is secondary to whether or not to personally control the Divine Item.

Merely taking the Divine Item from the “Oath-Breaker” is a huge credit.

So, as Alwin’s spills of war, the [Libra Holy Sword] is also in his hands.

In the passenger compartment.

“Your Majesty, the great industrial creation of the steam locomotive is simply the Divine Vestige of unimaginable mortals!”

“Yes, I think the later the construction plan of the whole colony will be faster. Start the better.”

“Since it can be built in sections, it’s better to start along the Buffalo and Cabhurst routes first.”

“go go go, it should be started first. Georgia and Charles are the right ones.”

This train has been tested by a special person, and the official first steam locomotive is a dual-purpose steam locomotive, the first eighteen are freight cars, and the last two are far away from the locomotive noise, dense The smoke and soot are the passenger car compartments.

The governors of all the twelve colonies of Phalatis were also invited to experience the epoch-making speed of a steam locomotive with Alwin as the lord and Olivia as the chief consul.

After the initial shock that accompanied the start of the steam locomotive, they found Alwin with red ears one by one excitedly, asking him to start the whole line of the “Balway Railway” as soon as possible.

In the past, even with the help of the northeast trade winds, it would take a normal merchant ship 15 days to travel from the northernmost end of the colony to the southernmost end, and it would take longer to travel in the reverse direction. , it only takes three days for a one-way north-south connection.

Don’t say anything else, just the distribution of goods and the exchange of people can greatly improve the efficiency of business and trade, far from the slow shipping in the past that can mention on equal terms.

This first train from Georgia to Yuanfanling carried a batch of high-quality white oak from the mountains of northern Georgia.

After Alwin qualified as a member of the House of Lords and was initially identified by observers, in addition to the right to cast guns, the independent right to build battleships also fell into his hands.

And under the guiding ideology that the kingdom and Cyrus will have a war sooner or later, they have obtained a large number of orders from the mainland, and the destination of the supply is the large shipyard located in Yuanfanling.

Although the white oak from the new continent is not as good as the special iron oak from the Southern Continent “Treasure Tree Bay”, it can be used to build Level 2, Level 1 battleships, and even the “Treasure Tree” that can be used for Legendary battleships .

But there is no problem with building low tier battleships.

White oak is widely distributed in the northern and eastern parts of the new continent, and the northern part of the Appalachian mountain range has the best quality. In addition to the construction of sailboats, another very well-known use is to make wine storage of wine barrels.

When the steam locomotive returns, it will bring back the raw cotton that has been deseed with a steam gin.

It’s worth mentioning.

In the past, an Anuma slave worked hard for a whole day every second, and could not possibly pick a pound of cotton. Cotton ginning was a high cost in the entire cotton textile industry anyway. production process.

And the steam cotton gin came into being because of this, and unlike other cotton textile equipment that was born in the kingdom, the cotton gin was born in the new continent where cotton was produced.

Obviously there is demand before supply, and the urgency of the demand for cotton gins is obviously far less than that of the new continent where there is no large-scale cotton planting.

This cotton gin, designed and manufactured by the “mechanical immortality school”, can be driven by water or steam and can clean up to 1,000 pounds of seed cotton a day. more.

This has also caused a strange phenomenon. Obviously, driven by Georgia and Yuanfan collar, there are more and more cotton textile factories in the new continent, and the demand for raw cotton is also increasing, but On the contrary, the raw cotton exported to the kingdom has doubled dozens of times in a short period of time.

In any case, the ones who benefited the most were Georgia and Yuanfan, who were also on the northern cotton belt of the new continent. The two marquises even received a personal letter from the Queen Your Majesty commending their achievements.

Before the railway opened to traffic, Alwin, Olivia and the old father-in-law had already made their own industrial plans for the three territories, and on the premise that all basic industries must be available, they will focus on developing their respective industries. feature.

Buffalo: A large trading port due to its location advantage; the traditional industries of animal husbandry, maple syrup, and some fruits, which were originally ranked first in the entire league; and the fur trade and wine that have just begun to develop.

Georgia: Military industry (steel industry), ceramics, cotton textile industry, medicine.

Yuanfan collar: shipping, shipbuilding industry, agriculture represented by sugar and cotton, cotton textile industry, large-scale smuggling.

As long as the “Binhai Railway” is used to connect them in series to form complementary industries, it is not as simple as one plus one equals two. The governors of the colonies were urgent, and Alwin was even more urgent.

“My Excellencies Governors, please don’t be impatient. Next, the construction of the ‘Binhai Railway’ and the division of interests will be discussed in detail with you as the representative of Your Excellency the Marquis.”

Also walking with Alwin and Olivia, wearing formal clothes more and more like a successful person, Hawkins separated the crowd, and beside him was Mrs. Edith, the widow of Speaker Jerome, wearing a dress. Wearing a smart shirt and trousers, he acts as his assistant.

Hawkins, who is in charge of the money bag of the territory “Long Island Development Bank”, will also practice what is called “industrial and agricultural scissors” through the economic artery of the “Coastal Railway”.

The establishment of the railway is of course a good thing for the entire Phaletian colony, creating the necessary conditions for the realization of economic growth.

However, the relatively slow-growing Imperial Family colonies and autonomous colonies are mainly raw material suppliers for the kingdom, while Yuanfan and Georgia have begun to transform their steam industry.

When industrial areas with advanced production technology exchange industrial and agricultural products with agriculture with backward production technology, the price of industrial products is often higher than its own value because of the added value, and the price of agricultural products is often lower than its own value. Value is also in the shape of open scissors on the statistical map, that is, the difference between industrial and agricultural scissors.

With the convenience of the railway, everyone must grow, but the other colonies of the kingdom may grow by “ten”, and Georgia and Yuanfan will grow by “twenty”, and the “ten” will still increase. There will be a small half taken away unconsciously by the latter.

This is the essence of getting rich first!

Although the ownership of the kingdoms and colonies along the “Marina Railway” does not belong to Alwin, economic activities such as trade in goods have no boundaries.

With the help of steam locomotives, it is enough to integrate the power of all twelve Phaletians colonies today, allowing Hou Guo to take the lead in taking off. And it is nothing more than a question of earning more and earning less, and others will not suffer.

Although the three territories of Yuanfan collar, Georgia and Buffalo are not bordered, but under the current measure, the influence of the three territories combined far exceeds the entire 460,000 square kilometers. Film territory! The potential power in Alwin’s hands has also been greatly enhanced!

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(end of this chapter)