Chapter 492

Ren originally planned to live in Red Dragon Castle until his son's full moon.

However, he has too many things to deal with.

The council duties of Wezeland Floating Void City, a few students, the affairs of Glamorgan Territory and the Principality, as well as various researches of his own, etc., some can be delayed for a while, and more need to be decided by him in time.

Aegon had just left for two days when Akland, the vice-chairman of the Mechanics Union, came looking for him.

"Ren." Under the guidance of a scale-controlling blood guard, Akalande saw Ren who was teasing his son, and laughed loudly: "You really made it easy for me to find you." He glanced twice Rex, who was growing up, said, "Congratulations on becoming a father. This child knows that he has a bright future."

"Thank you." Ren nodded reservedly, knowing that the other party was just a compliment, he still felt very happy in his heart.

Maybe this is what it's like to be a parent.

He handed the babbling Rex into the nurse's arms, looked back at the dusty Akalande, and asked, "You are in such a hurry to find me, do you have something important to do?"

In the past few years, the two have maintained close cooperation and are very familiar with each other, so they get along more casually.

"Nonsense!" Akalande stared, "Have you forgotten what day it is?"

"What date?" Ren didn't remember for a while.

"Shuanglong Railway is officially opened to traffic today." Akland replied angrily: "This railway is an idea you proposed. It has been repaired for more than two years and is finally about to open. You, the owner of the railway, should show up and attend the opening. Ritual?"

"Sorry, it's my fault." Ren was a little embarrassed.

The Ssangyong Railway is indeed my own idea. The first phase of the project starts from Longji City, the capital of the Principality, and connects to Stream City, another city in the north of the Principality of Augustus, and then goes north along the coast, passing through the three Drogonburg Principalities. The main city, and finally arrived at the port of Kingsland, the capital of the kingdom.

There will be a second phase of the project in the future. The railway will pass through the giant dragon forest and connect the five cities in the south of the Principality.

The third phase of the project is planned to be farther away, to open up all the five duchies in the central and southern parts of Congatero, one is to drive the economy of the cities along the railway, the other is to facilitate the dumping of industrial products produced by the Duchy of Augustus to other countries, and at the same time Shipping back raw materials.

When the railway network is fully completed, it will become the economic lifeline of Congatero.

Ren took out the sound meter and looked at the time. It was just past half in the morning, and he said with a smile: "Is there still time for us to go there?"

The opening ceremony was held at Kingsland's first station, not far from Red Dragon Fort. It was located in the port area to the east, and it only took ten minutes to ride a horse.

"Everyone will be waiting for you." Akalande got up and said.

"Let's go then."

Ren asked Emily to be notified that the guards came back and said that His Majesty would also attend the opening ceremony, so the trip became more grand.

A while later, Ren and Akland boarded Emily's luxurious carriage, guarded by the scale-riding blood guards in front and behind, and there were nearly 300 extraordinary knights on the periphery to open the way, and they drove out of the red Longbao attracted pedestrians on the side of the road to stop and watch.

Akalande had met Emily a few times before, although he was stronger than Emily, but the invisible majesty brought by the crown made him a little cautious.

Emily asked a few questions about the mechanic union and the railway, and he answered them in detail.

Ren watched from the sidelines, feeling a little strange.

Akalande's soul fluctuated a lot, and his posture was cautious to the point of flattery, not just because of Emily's queen status, it should be because of her request.

Reminiscent of the process of cooperation between the Mechanics Union and himself in the past few years, giving in everywhere, regardless of cost, giving various preferential conditions, and even doing business at a loss, just to fully carry out mechanization in the Duchy of Augustus, Ren has something in his heart It is guessed that the plan of the Mechanics Union is not satisfied with Augustus, but has taken a fancy to the entire Kingdom of Congatro.

"The ambition of the Mechanical Union is not small!"

Ren couldn't help but secretly thought.

Not long after, the Queen's convoy entered the port area and arrived at the Wangdu Railway Station, which had just been completed.

The style of this station is incompatible with the surrounding buildings. A five-story building stands out from the crowd. The exterior walls made of cement and steel bars are painted gray. People are even taller, and they can glow red at night, which can be seen from miles away.

One side under the building is a spacious train platform, with a canopy propped up by steel brackets above the head, which can shelter from wind and rain.

Renn had only seen the design drawing of the station before, but when he saw the real thing, he was in a daze.

This is what the train station looked like when I was a child in my previous life.

Later, when I grew up, most of the train stations were transformed into more advanced train stations. I didn't expect that in another world, I would have the opportunity to relive the feeling of the past.

For railway transportation, he set up an "Augustus Railway Company", in which he and the mechanic union each own half of the shares. The mechanic union is responsible for daily operation and maintenance of steam trains, and the service personnel at the station are recruited from the local area, with benefits. Far beyond ordinary work, it caused quite a stir at the time.

At this moment, the station is full of people everywhere, and the inside and outside of the platform are tightly packed.

Most people don't come to take the bus, but to watch the excitement.

All the extraordinary security guards at the station had already been dispatched to maintain order on the scene, and a passage was made at the gate of the station to let the queen's convoy enter.

The carriage stopped at the entrance of the ticket hall.

Ren, Akalande, and Emily got out of the car, and the crowd surrounded by the scale-riding blood guards outside the human wall immediately half-kneeled in a large area, and someone shouted loudly: "Meet Your Majesty the Queen!" !"

The person in charge of Wangdu Station stood respectfully at the bottom of the steps. He is a high-level mechanic transferred from the Empire by the Mechanics Union. He is not only in charge of the management of Wangdu Station, but also the general manager of the railway company. He has very rich experience in transportation management. experience.

The mechanic led several main managers of the railway company, stepped forward and saluted: "See the Queen."

Then he greeted Ren and Akalande, "Your Excellency, Vice President."

"Thank you for your hard work."

Emilys has been a queen for several years, so this kind of scene has long been used to. She smiled and waved to the people around her, and was surrounded by crowds into the station hall.

The crowd in the hall was separated by the Scale Control Bloodguard. The mechanic accompanied Emily and her party to visit the entire station, walked around the interior of the railway company upstairs, and finally returned to the platform. A steam train is parked on the tracks, waiting to depart.

The outer casing of the steam train is painted in a striking green color. People who see it for the first time will find it a bit strange, but it feels very comfortable after a long time.

In fact, this is Ryan's strong request.

Most of the 12 cars of the train are already full of passengers, only the luxury car at the end is still empty, which is specially reserved for Ren and Akalande.

After a solemn ceremony presided over by the Queen herself, Ryan and Akland waved goodbye to Emily, and the two boarded the train. Under the curious eyes of the people of the capital, they slowly drove out of the platform.

Whoooo!

besides besides...

The rhythmic friction sound between the wheels and the rails made Ren feel familiar and brought back memories of his previous life. The train was running smoothly, and the speed gradually picked up. After a while, Kingsland was left far behind, and it moved quickly along the rails.

Ren looked at the passing scenery outside the window, and visually estimated that the speed of the steam train was about 80 kilometers per hour, which was the same as the speed of the imperial train.

This speed is just right, if it is faster, there will be risks, and too much gray coal will be consumed; if it is slowed down, the utilization rate of the railway will be too low, and the transportation potential will not be fully realized.

"how?"

Akalande, who was sitting across from him, took a sip of the black tea brought by the flight attendant, stretched out his body comfortably on the soft sofa, and asked in a relaxed manner, "Is your lord the Duke satisfied?"

"Very good!" Ren nodded, expressing his satisfaction.

The cooperation of the Mechanical Union in the past few years has indeed spared no effort, but this also made him more suspicious of the motives of the Mechanical Union.

"Take your time to enjoy the scenery along the way, I want to sleep." Akalande stretched his waist, "Wake me up in Dragon's Back City."

He soon fell asleep after speaking.

However, the eyes of the soul saw that Akalande did not really fall asleep, and the fluctuation of the soul was still very active, obviously pretending to be asleep.

"This guy……"

Ren snorted secretly, guessing that Akalande was afraid that he would ask him something he shouldn't ask, so he could only escape by pretending to be asleep.

Forget it, take advantage of the advantages first, and the purpose of the mechanic union will be exposed sooner or later.

The first phase of the Shuanglong Railway is less than 400 miles long and passes through four stations, the first three of which are all within the territory of the Drogonburg Principality. Each station stops about ten minutes to allow passengers to get on and off. After more than three hours, the steam train finally entered the territory of the Principality of Augustus, and the scenery outside the window changed soon.

Large tracts of reclaimed farmland have been neatly planned, and the crops planted are also consistent, which is pleasing to the eye from a distance.

There are not many farmers working in the fields.

Half of them drive steam-powered mechanical farm tools, like simplified modified cars, to perform work such as planting, fertilizing, and mowing. The work efficiency of one person can be as high as dozens, or even hundreds of people.

When the train passed by, these farmers would also look at them, but they were not as surprised as the farmers of the Duogen of Drogonburg. They seemed to be used to it before continuing their work after a few glances.

The front is getting closer and closer to Stream City, and the villages and towns on both sides of the railway are getting denser.

Gradually, you can see paved roads, various types of motorcycles running on the road, there are two-wheelers, there are also three-wheelers, and occasionally you can see four-wheeled cars full of goods, going back and forth in cities and suburbs.

Before the train entered the city, huge chimneys could be seen rising from a distance, emitting white smoke and water vapor into the sky.

These are all factories under the name of Rennes and managed by the city hall. There are roughly a dozen of them.

The city wall of Stream City was demolished in three years, and the steam train drove directly into the station in the city. When it stopped, Ren saw a crowd of people outside.

The wide streets have been rebuilt to accommodate six cars in parallel, and the streets are clean and tidy, and they are always swept. The pedestrians on the road are in a hurry, everyone has their own work, their clothes are much neater and thicker than the people of other principalities, their faces are rosy, and they look full even when they are tired.

Not far away, in the temple school of the goddess of magic, the voices of students reading and literacy came out.

There are construction sites everywhere in the city, and new schools, factories and residential buildings are being built. When they are completed, they can accommodate more people and attract people from the countryside to live in the city.

The whole city is full of vigor and vitality.

If someone left Brook City three years ago and came back now, it would be almost impossible to recognize this city not far from the sea but always very poor.

The same changes didn't just happen in Stream City. The seven cities of Augustus were all developing rapidly, but to different degrees.

The guard at the stream station recognized Ren in the car, and with a look of excitement, he hurried to notify the mayor.

However, when the mayor arrived, he saw only the tail smoke of the train going away, and couldn't help but beat his chest, regretting that he couldn't teleport spells, and missed the great opportunity to report to the Duke face to face.

The steam train continued to drive for nearly an hour and arrived at the final stop of the trip—Longji City.