When Hongshi City established its municipal government, a notice had been posted in the city, giving notice of the normalization time.
Regardless of their status, the residents of Red Rock City who had survived until this point finally saw the end.
"To be honest, it's much more orderly than I thought." It was Harkwip who spoke.
After capturing the city that day, Harkwip found the Phoenix Army to help with some small favors. Although the purpose was to keep a few stubborn comrades, he did a lot of things, including helping to persuade some big families to give up their slaves.
Later, he was invited to do official language popularization work or magic teaching for a salary, but he ignored it and stayed in the house with a few friends.
"They moved all those slaves to the new city. Can Red Stone City still exist?"
The person who responded here was Aarons, a wealthy man in Red Rock City. He lost more than a hundred slaves this time, but now still retains more than 20 hired workers and a similar number of private soldiers who were originally considered hired workers.
There are no titled nobles in the penal colony, so the power vacuum does not mean that no one is exercising power. Large households like Aarons are the actual managers of this land, and conflicts between various gangs often require coordination by such people. It’s just that Not strong enough to sit on the throne of lord.
I will come here to ask Harkwip for advice at this time, because after all, he is the person who knows Phoenix City best among the old people in Red Rock City.
Hackwep's understanding of Phoenix City is not very deep, so he can only reason based on the behavior of both parties: "They are not killing people here, and they must still want to maintain it. After opening the city, a group of people will run away, but I think as long as farmers don’t run out of money, they won’t care. After all, asking big farmers to pay taxes honestly will probably cost them some heads.” Biquku
"Does that mean I'll leave too?" If he was willing to give other people money for protection, he wouldn't sneak into Red Rock City.
"Whatever you want, I won't leave anyway, I still have big business waiting for me."
Aarons' eyes, which were squeezed by his fat, opened wider: "I wonder what kind of big business it is?"
Looking at Aarons' obese body, Hackwep hesitated.
He had already registered in Phoenix and obtained a resident card before the war, so he took care of himself after refusing to take a teaching job, and was allowed to travel back and forth between the two cities.
After the Pabra regiment gave up their slaves, those guys couldn't leave the city during the military control period, so they had to turn back and entrust them to take care of the sugar drying workshop.
The sugar-drying workshop is the property of Pabra Tuan. Now that Hackwep and a few friends have withdrawn, it stands to reason that they don’t have to worry about this business.
The problem is that among the group of lizardmen, Pabra Lizardmen are also
Belonging to a rare group of people, it is impossible to live forever without contacting each other, so I still took over the stall and took advantage of this to get back the dividends that should belong to myself and a few friends.
But the big business he talked about had nothing to do with the sugar factory, but with the iron factory's big move.
God knows how he felt when he first saw the high-quality iron laid on the ground. At that time, he and a few friends were so shocked that they hurriedly asked the staff and learned about the railway.
The concept of railways is not difficult to understand, because wooden track transportation systems are often used in mining areas. The principles of the two are the same. Using rail transportation, manpower can achieve a higher transportation capacity than livestock, and it is faster.
What surprised Harkwep was that even before the attack on Red Rock City, Phoenix City had already planned three sections of railway lines waiting to be lined up for construction. It was said that the total length was one hundred kilometers.
One hundred kilometers, paved with iron!
It doesn’t matter how much iron is consumed. Phoenix City is willing to do this anyway, so there’s no reason not to take a ride.
"Huck?" Aarons reminded him when he saw Huck was distracted.
"It's the railway." Huckwep thought about it. Anyone would be surprised by such financial resources and couldn't help but talk about it. He couldn't hide it at all, so he stopped hiding it and made a gesture, "Use such a thick iron to pave the road." A road formed on the ground specifically for rail cars."
"What a sin!!!" Aarons thought he had some money, and his jaw almost dropped when he heard this thing.
What is the price of iron?
A few days ago, the Phoenix City sent iron for livestock. Converted into ancient silver coins, it was 0.6 ancient coins per kilogram of iron, which is what outsiders call three pounds. The same settlement is made with ancient silver coins. If the iron is sold to Heishui City, one kilogram will cost at least three silver coins. This is because Heishui City itself produces coal and there are iron mines nearby. If it is sold to other places without coal or iron mines, at least It is four to five ancient silver coins per kilogram.
Everyone thought it was some way of giving money to appease the people, but now it seems that people really don’t regard iron as money.
"So thick?" Aarons imitated the gesture, imagining how much iron it would take to commit evil.
"When you are allowed to leave the city, go and see for yourself."
"What kind of railcar is it? Is it fast? How much can it transport?" The questions suddenly became numerous.
"I only saw a car parked on the track. It looked like it was hand-cranked by four sharp blades. It should be the size of an average person and should be used by eight people. I don't know the specific speed and capacity, but it is definitely faster than walking animals."
It is not difficult to come to the conclusion that it is faster than animals walking, because I heard workers say that the slope of the railway is
The degree is very small and is calculated in thousandths. Besides, if there is an uphill slope, there will be a downhill slope. Animals such as horses will slow down when going downhill, but human-driven vehicles do not care about this.
Aarons tried to imagine the situation of the railroad tracks and handcarts, and suddenly asked: "Will it be paved to Red Rock City?"
The big man was worthy of being a big man, but his knowledge was different from that of the common people. He immediately realized that the role of the railway was not only to transport materials, but more importantly, it could quickly mobilize troops.
Riding a horse also requires physical strength, but the soldiers who get off the carriage can fight immediately!
Can carriages and railways be compared? I'm afraid it's almost meaningless, because the horse needs to rest anyway.
Regardless of whether it can be compared or not, as long as it has something to do with the ability to quickly mobilize troops, it must be laid out in every corner of the entire territory, at least at important nodes... provided that the money can support it.
Hackwep nodded: "I think so too.
You see, there is an outpost in Red Rock City, New City... You have never been there, and there is a new outpost there, called the Southern Pass. This Southern Border should refer to the southern border of the Dark Land.
There is only a little over ten kilometers between the two outposts. If the Red Rock City outpost is attacked, the best way to respond is to immediately use the railway to gather troops in the new city. Depending on the situation, whether to abandon Red Rock City or choose to attack.
Therefore, the railway will be laid at least to the new city. Whether it will be laid in Red Stone City depends on you. If the remaining people in Red Stone City have no protection value, maybe just abandon this place. "
Aarons doesn't care about abandoning his son or not, he only cares about the railway.
There is no rush to run away for the time being. Let’s take a look at the railway’s capacity first and then decide where to place our future.
He didn't have to wait long to visit the railway.
There are still fifteen days left in the normalization timetable, and the new city government of Red Rock City has posted a new announcement, allowing residents of Red Rock City to apply to enter and exit the city. The application-to-approval period is three days. If no crime report is received within three days, the application will be released.
The bad guys have to be patient. Middlemen like Aarons usually don't offend people. He submitted the application as soon as possible, successfully obtained the certificate three days later, and went to visit with more than a dozen losers.
There is no airtight wall in the world, and Harkwep didn’t think much about keeping it secret after he opened his mouth. As a result, there were actually two to three hundred people who went out of the city to visit the railway that day!
Just like Aarons's first thoughts, the first time everyone saw the railway with their own eyes, comments such as "it was a crime and people took money when it was not money" were constantly heard.
Putting aside the price of iron in Phoenix City, this one-meter-long railway track is enough for the family to live a good life for a year or two!
23shu8*com
