Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 184: Platform 184
In a farm in North Ridge, a man was carrying a hoe, gossiping with his neighbors outside the fence about the news he had learned: "Do you know what a rich man is?"

In the past six months, the people of Beiling can be said to have lived a very happy and peaceful life.

A while ago, they defeated the Kingdom of Susas, obtained a large area of ​​Ice Crystal River, and revitalized the economy of Northridge.

Having received a large amount of funds and accepted Bunas's advanced technology, Northridge's economy has naturally been completely revitalized.

Because of the quick victory in the war, Northridge's agriculture was not affected much. Instead, it had a bumper harvest because of the climate.

Coupled with the policy of reducing rents and interest rates implemented by the old Earl and the new Earl of North Ridge, the farmers in North Ridge can be described as happy in the past six months.

With money, there will be mood, and with mood, there will naturally be gossip.

The neighbor farmer was hanging dried vegetables on the wooden shelf in his yard. While hanging, he asked curiously, "Rich man? You mean our Lord Earl?"

"No! No! No! Someone richer than our earl!" The man with the hoe quickly shook his head, looking incomparable.

"How much will it cost?" Hearing what he said, the farmer who was drying the vegetables asked in disbelief with a look of astonishment on his face.

In his understanding, the concept of being richer than the new Earl has already made him unable to understand at all.

After all, in his understanding, a rich person like the Earl should be the richest existence in the world.

Because he heard that the new earl's property is very huge, it is so huge that it is difficult for ordinary people to estimate.

The farmer carrying the hoe asked a name that everyone was familiar with with a mysterious face: "Have you heard of it? That lord named Tang Mo is the baron lord who has a good relationship with the old earl..."

The farmer drying the vegetables was taken aback for a moment, then nodded slightly and admitted: "Master Tang Mo, of course I've heard of him..."

The farmer with the hoe immediately said in an exaggerated tone, while gesticulating with great effort: "He recently laid a road with steel..."

After hearing this statement, the farmer who dried the vegetables immediately widened his eyes: "My God... are you kidding me?"

"No, I'm not joking. That road passes through Duns, and then directly connects to Wolf City." The farmer carrying a hoe explained immediately.

When he heard about Dunsi and Wolf City, the farmer who was drying vegetables immediately became even more surprised: "...such a long road? Are you sure?"

The farmer with the hoe nodded and said, "I'm sure. My nephew just came back from there. He said he saw with his own eyes that a road paved with two long iron pillars was connected there."

The farmer who dried vegetables still couldn’t believe that there would be a person in this world who would build a road paved with iron: “Gods be upon me...how much will it cost?”

"At least 10 gold coins! Believe me!" The farmer carrying a hoe exaggerated a number with his hand, as if he had so much money himself.

The farmer who dried vegetables was shocked by this exaggerated figure again. He never dreamed of seeing 20 gold coins in his life, and he never even dreamed of owning [-] gold coins...

Therefore, he even became short of breath, and 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 used 10 gold coins to pave a road?"

"I don't know how rich he is. I only know that the workers working in Datang Group are all very rich." The farmer with a hoe said quickly.

"How do you say?" 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 with the hoe 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 so much?" The farmer who dried the vegetables looked envious, thinking that he could also be qualified for such a job.

"Isn't it? I want to try what I said...but guess what? I still have to study, learn calculations and geometry...it's a mess...I don't even know a few big characters, how can I learn those Things..." the farmer carrying a hoe said with emotion.

Hearing what the other party said, the farmer who dried the vegetables also extinguished the idea of ​​trying it—he was also illiterate, and it seemed impossible for him to be qualified for such a job.

It seemed that there was no way to continue the topic, so the two of them started to work on their own jobs.

After all, farmers don't just have to farm the land to live. They also need to repair their houses, tidy their yards, dry the millet and watch the fields. There is a lot of work to do every day.

……

On the outskirts of Wolf City, the new railway station has just been built. The platform is paved with cement, which looks very modern.

There is a canopy here, as well as a place to check tickets.Separated by the fence, the freight station is on the other side, and the two sides are very clearly divided.

Tang Mo was standing on the platform, staring at the railway stretching into the distance in a daze.The scene here is almost incomparable with the high-speed rail platform he is familiar with, and every detail is 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 together are looking at everything around them curiously.

The technicians from the Datang Group are introducing this platform to these wealthy nobles, and showing everyone the picture book about the train in their hands.

Standing beside Tang Mo, Alice was also full of curiosity about the coming train.She really wanted to see how a heavy iron lump could gallop on the rails without external force.

Tang Mo withdrew his gaze, looked at Alice beside him, and explained to her: "Set up a station in Dunsi in the south of North Ridge, 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 taken aback by this statement. She 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 also for the sake of Beiling and Wolf City. Collaboration between Burners.

But she really didn't expect that Tang Mo would actually lay a railway to Ice Crystal City, which really exceeded her expectations.

Because she knew exactly how much Tang Mo spent for this railway!This can be described as an astronomical figure, almost every kilometer of railway will cost at least 700 gold coins!
Although with the laying of the railway, this cost will be diluted and become lower and lower, but no matter how low it is, it is still real money!
Tang Mo didn't care about these things, because he knew that the world would eventually accept this new thing: "Believe me, once the function of this railway is seen by people, you will find that countless people are willing to spend ten times price, to build such a railway.”

He knew that there was once a country that used unparalleled perseverance and persistence to build its own railway network into the most spectacular transportation network in the world.

In this country known as an infrastructure madman, the cost of a sea-crossing bridge can shake the economy of his current world...

That is the real construction, that is the real development of railway transportation, and that is the attitude of truly doing great things.

Now, he just laid a more than 100-kilometer-long railway, which is simply a child's work, not worth mentioning!
Alice looked at Tang Mo, and saw determination and confidence from this handsome face.So she also smiled, and said confidently: "I believe in you, because after you gave me the information, I believed that this thing is definitely the most worthwhile investment in the future."

Anyway, the amount of ore produced by the mine has doubled recently. As a little rich woman who has taken over the assets of the Cyric Consortium in Northridge, she still has some family background.

From her point of view, if Tang Mo really went bankrupt one day, she could support him, at worst, let him come to North Ridge and be a good face of the Earl, wouldn't it matter, wouldn't it?

Tang Mo also didn't know that the woman beside him was preparing to take care of him, and she was still explaining the future development of the railway to Alice: "This is far from its ultimate form, and when it develops, it can transport thousands or even thousands of dollars a day. It will completely replace the existing traditional transportation methods and completely change people's lives."

When he saw that Alice wasn't very interested, Tang Mo could only use his trump card and continued to explain: "Now, it only takes one day from Wolf City to Burnas. It's time to come. If you are willing to come to me, have breakfast on the train in the morning, and you can have dinner with me."

"Why?" Alice was really more interested in this topic, and asked back and forth.

"Huh?" Tang Mo didn't react, and looked at Alice's voice in doubt.

Alice laughed and pretended to be angry: "Why did I go to you, why didn't you come to me?"

Tang Mo scratched his head, looked in the direction where the train should appear, smirked and tried to change the topic: "Haha!"

Alice didn't make things difficult for him, and said to Tang Mo in a considerate manner, "Okay, I won't make things difficult for you!"

Tang Mo felt a little embarrassed, after all he was the one who took advantage: "You know, my career has just started, and it's not a good thing to focus on my children's affection now."

"I know, I know! I will support you, and Beiling will support you too!" Alice didn't care, but comforted Tang Mo.

"Thank you." Tang Mo felt even more embarrassed. He felt that he should not let down such a good girl, and should give more to this immature Earl of Northridge.

(End of this chapter)