Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 19—The Planning of Parents

How do you know?Claude is very curious.

Borkal whispered in front of Claude's ear: "My father was very excited to go home last night and stayed in the study for a long time. When I went to the study in the morning, I saw a map on the table with three lines drawn.

A black line is the sea route from Whitestag town to Port Neru, which is a long time ago. A red line is heading north from our Whitestag town, connecting several islands in the storm sea, and then continuing straight north until we are in the Kingdom of Tyrussim in the mainland of Nubissia…"

"So I guess your father and my father are trying to open such a route."Borkal is also a little excited, and he can share with Claude the secrets of the big plans that his founding fathers are planning, which makes him very proud:

“My father used to analyze with me. Whitestag town wants to upgrade from town to city and get rid of the jurisdiction of Baromiese County. It is not easy to achieve with the increase of population and business prosperity, unless it can be upgraded. The strategic position in Kingdom.

Whitestag town, which is the gateway to the three major transportation routes in the southwestern region, does not have a very important strategic position in peacetime. The business travels are more like a supply point than a commodity transaction. Land is not a wholesale market where raw materials are concentrated.

So my father believes that if Whitestag town wants to upgrade to the city, it must occupy a pivotal position in Kingdom's strategic layout. Although in the market, workshops, raw materials and these aspects can not compete with the three southwestern counties, Whitestag town is close to the sea, with the natural deep-water strait lake of Beringa Lake, and the upgrade to the port city has a unique geographical advantage.

I really hope that my father and your father can achieve their planning. Once this route is successfully developed, Whitestag development is just around the corner. Even if the Bungis isthmus plan proposed by West Rock County can be successfully implemented, it will not stop us from taking off Whitestag…"

Claude nodded. Borkal said that it was all right. If this route can be successful, then the Whitestag strategic position will rise in the territory of Kingdom. It is an unquestionable fact to upgrade to the city.

From the map of Kingdom of Aueras, the three southwestern counties are like a gourd, surrounded by mountains, even if the north faces the sea, it is also a cliff, a rocky forest. The Whitestag town is in the Hulukou, so it becomes the main traffic artery of the three southwestern counties.

In addition, from the map of Freia Continent, the place facing the sea in the southwestern three counties is a large bay, just like a big cake is bitten by a big bit, recessed into a large piece, and the Whitestag position is the most indented. bottom. In addition, from the mouth of the bay to Whitestag town, not only will it take a day, but also a waterway that lasts for more than ten miles.

Therefore, even if this is the maritime commercial trade channel of Kingdom to the western countries of the mainland, it basically ignores the white sea fishing port of Whitestag town, but directly passes straight through the bay mouth. Unless they are vessels that are hit by a storm or at sea, they will think of going to Whitestag town for supplies and boat repairs.

This is why King's top executives hope to expand the fishing port of Whitestag town when they want to expand the armed forces at sea. Compared to Port Neru, Whitestag Town has a strait deep-water lake, Beringa Lake, which is large enough to accommodate two or three ocean-going warship formations, and is not affected by natural disasters such as storms and tsunami, but it is more than ten miles long. Access to the waterway has limited the rapid attack of the battleship formation.

In addition, during the outbreak of the naval battle, the location of the Whitestag town fishing port is also in an extremely unfavorable terrain. The enemy can use only a few warships to make our warship formation unable to get out of the waterway. Even if the enemy fleet can't block our warships in the Beringa Lake, we can set up a second blockade at the mouth of the bay. With only one sub-fleet, we can contain all the warships in the bay, making them impossible. Go to the main battlefield.

The last point is that in the territory of Kingdom, the location of the three southwestern counties can only be too remote. It takes three days to sail from Whitestag town to Port Neru. If Kingdom's fearless fleet has a sea battle with the Eastern Five-Country Joint Fleet, the battlefield can only be located in the east or more northeast of Kingdom. From the outbreak of the naval battle to the formation of the warships arranged in the Beringa Lake to reach the battlefield, the old saying goes that the yellow flowers are thankful, you come…

Both the maritime trade and the Kingdom armament have neglected the fishing port town of Whitestag town, which has caused Whitestag town to develop only marine fisheries. The problem is that inconvenient transportation also affects the development of fisheries. For example, it takes only one day to get a carriage from Whitestag town to the county town, but the demand for seafood and fisheries in the county town is so large that not everyone can afford to catch. Unless it is a catch of rare species, a large amount of ordinary aquatic products will be shipped to the county for sale.

As for the transportation to other places, I don’t even think about it. The hilly hills of the three southwestern counties, except Baromis County in Balivia County, have to travel to other towns for at least two or three days. The catch stinks on the road. So now the biggest industry in the Whitestag town is the production of dried seafood, which has become the most famous specialty of Whitestag town.

If Borkal's guess is that the big thing they are planning is to open Whitestag town to the Tyrussim territory of Nubissia, then the success of Whitestag town is a top priority for Kingdom's strategic layout.

The new route will not only reduce the voyage of Kingdom to the mainland of Nubissia for more than ten days. The most important thing is to get rid of the disadvantage of the maritime strategy. The fearless fleet can no longer need to defend the sea lifeline. They can even initiate the initiative to the joint fleet. The challenge is to block the enemy's threat from the sea outside of the Kingdom's waters.

In addition to the strategic position, the opening of this new route is more valuable in business. By then, Whitestag town is likely to become the largest transit point for various raw materials in the mainland of Nubissia, the first-hand wholesale procurement market. It's no wonder that Borkal's father was so excited after returning last night. He stayed in the study for so long. As a famous businessman in Whitestag town, he naturally realized how many business opportunities he contained and how much benefit he could get…

Think again about Eriksson's father, who was at the party last night. If you open a new route, you will definitely find the most famous Captain Altroni in Whitestag town. As we all know, Captain Altroni is the captain who is most familiar with the sea conditions in the stormy waters outside the bay. His Shark of Red Sea ocean fishing boat has intensively searched for those rare catches in the stormy seas. How many island reefs in this stormy sea are all one? Clear two Chu.

With this captain, the stormy seas are not a threat, and the rest is going straight north through the silence between the two continents, which is the biggest test to open this new route. Compared with the route across the quiet ocean in the far east corner of the mainland, the width of this silent ocean is several times larger. There is no danger in the endless ocean. This is unpredictable.

"Do you know there is a red line where is my father?"Borkal said mysteriously: "You may not know that my father made a red line between the Beringa Lake and the Kemida Marsh, and between the Normandis River in the county of Dodegas. I think they want to get through the waterway traffic in these three places and connect them into a canal. In that case, the transportation of goods in the three southwestern counties does not have to go through long mountain road traffic, and can be transported directly from the waterway to our Whitestag town, reducing transportation costs and shortening the transportation date…"

Borkal is a little excited to dance: "If you think about the success of these two routes, our Whitestag town will be the most important southwestern town in Kingdom, even if it is the county town of the three southwestern counties. , we will develop into the largest port city in the southwest…"

Claude grabbed his hand and pulled it to the next one: "Hey, whisper, you caught the attention of Vincent." Also, why are you so excited? ”

“Ewww.”Borkal quickly sat down, seeing the Vincent teaching on the podium no longer pay attention to his side, and lowered his voice and asked Claude: "Don't my father and your father plan the two routes they planned to surprise you? This is a big plan to change the future of our Whitestag town! I feel very excited when I think about it. Just like the words that our history teaches Mister Ellim, we are in the historical torrent of the changing times. We are witnessing history, and history is witnessing our every move. ”

"Hey…"Claude can't help it. After all, Borkal is sixteen years old, and the youngest teenager of this age is the second most likely, and Borkal has always been proud of being born in Whitestag town, which is also brainwashed by history books. Washed, because the history book says that Whitestag town is the origin of Kingdom revival…

"Boa, I understand everything you just said, and I am also shocked by the big plan that our fathers planned. But you think about us. We are just a 16-year-old national middle school student. Can we intervene or help our parents to achieve this big plan?

As you might guess, my father and your father are planning the development of these two new routes, but the plan is just a plan, just like the Bungez isthmus plan proposed by West Myrtle County, the budget is so It’s huge, and it’s still only on paper until now. And now we don’t know what the funds are needed for the father’s new route plan, how to get it…”

Because of the geographical environment, the three southwestern counties are the most closed and conservative areas of the Kingdom of Aueras. Only the Whitestag town is such a foreign traffic artery, and the economy is lagging behind other parts of Kingdom. To this end, the people of insight in West Millock proposed the Bungis Isthmus program, which took five or six years to concentrate more than 100,000 young and strong labor, opening up an external channel from the Bungis isthmus in the Farins Mountains. .

If the Bungis isthmus project is successful, then the three southwestern counties will have another important route to the outside world. The products of the three southwestern counties will be able to pass through the Kingdom, which will greatly enhance the economic capacity of the three southwestern counties. Make it better integrated into the economic development of Kingdom.

The only bad thing about this plan is that once the construction is successful, it will greatly reduce Whitestag town, the status of the three major traffic routes in the southwest. It is conceivable that by then all the whitestag business travelers will choose the Bungis isthmus. In the three southwestern provinces, it is more convenient and shorter.

So when White Deer Morning News published the Bungis isthmus plan, it was screamed by the residents of Whitestag town, but the good news soon came, the budget of the Bungis isthmus plan was 300,000 crown. That is, one hundred and fifty thousand silver thale, which is calculated as one silver thale for one hundred yuan, is equivalent to 150 million yuan.

Such a huge amount of engineering budget has been stuck in the nationals parliament, and the nobility council has clearly stated that it will not support such a huge traffic project, especially now that it is still budgeted. Actually, it does not know how much money to add, and no one is willing to bear this. responsibility.

"Do you want to understand?"Claude looks at Borkal: "What we can do now is not to scream, to divulge this plan of the father. We have no ability to help them, then we wish them success."