Chapter 662 Desperate Line of Defense

After two days of dream journey, the castle's gray slate roof once again appeared before Roland's eyes. ??

He stretched out his hand, clenched and opened it repeatedly, except for the absence of that peculiar heat flow, every move was so consistent with the feeling in the dream world, if he could not use the fall to escape, he would have been unable to distinguish between fantasy and reality.

Can the brain really be simulated to this extent?

Doubts arose in Roland's heart.

Especially the "star cluster" that looks like a magic cyclone - he has never really seen the appearance of magic power. If the power of nature is modeled on magic power, it should be blurred in the dream.

Coupled with the weird scorched man, and the heat current resonating with the star cluster... He suddenly became uncertain about the results of his previous deduction.

I feel that there is no room for such a complex and huge dream world in my mind.

If the dream is not in the subconscious mind, where is it?

After thinking hard for a long time, Roland was still unable to come up with a satisfactory answer.

He shook his head, deciding to put these things aside for the time being.

Since you can't figure it out, just don't think about it, it's better to do business first.

After taking Zero to the library, he borrowed a lot of usable design materials—even if he just flipped through some of them, he could reproduce them all.

One of the books also included the ratio and properties of some commonly used alloys, which undoubtedly saved Ana and Lucia a lot of testing time.

In this way, the third generation of machine tools for creating higher precision parts will be available.

Of course, the first batch of operators may have to be guided by him personally.

Roland felt particularly excited when he thought that people from all over Graycastle were continuously flocking to the west, and those who had already settled down passed the universal education assessment one after another and went to work in batches.

This is an ever-increasing process, and he has now opened up the situation. When Graycastle is unified next year, Neverwinter may have a chance to touch the threshold of the industrial age.

Once entering the industrial age, this territory will undergo earth-shaking changes.

In the afternoon, Minister of Construction Carl Vanbert brought the news of the completion of Route 67—compared with the Kingdom Avenue, the construction time of this road was much faster. In addition to the shorter distance, the proficiency of the workers was also a key point.

According to the previous promise, the workers trained by the Ministry of Construction have all been owned by the border area.

"Your Majesty, if you don't have a new road construction plan, I plan to send them all to the residential construction project," Carl said. "Although there will be a part of the salary increase, the residential area in Neverwinter City is really in short supply."

Roland also knew this situation. Half of the construction team of nearly 5,000 people were busy building new communities. The reason was to accommodate the large number of people that the city hall had drawn from all over the place. In just one year, the original town has expanded at least three times, not including the newly reclaimed farmland south of the Chishui River.

"The roads are endless." He spread out the map of the border area and pointed to the north slope mountain road. "I plan to build a railway from the mine to the wharf to load the coal brought from the west."

"Isn't there already a road here..." Carl paused suddenly, "You just said... a railway?"

"That's right, railways, or rails." Roland nodded, "It's similar to the rail transportation system in mines, but it's all made of steel."

"I see," he thought for a moment, "but it won't take many people."

If it is just to pave a narrow hardened road, it is true that many people are not needed. Roland smiled and did not say it clearly. In fact, he knew that the Minister of Construction did not understand at all. What he had in mind was not the crude transportation method of the mine that relied on hemp ropes, steam engines or horses, nor was it just for the transportation of coal.

What he wants is a train.

A means of transportation that has brought earth-shaking changes to transportation across the continent since tomorrow.

And this short-distance railway is an attempt.

The principle of the steam train is not complicated, but the railway system is a giant. Roland doesn't know how many years of testing and improvement the train and supporting equipment have undergone from the invention to the actual use, but it must be a long process.

Fortunately, these things can be found in the dream world.

As a symbol of industry, he once seemed to be deeply infatuated with these behemoths.

No matter how heavy the load is, they always spew white mist and walk steadily between the jungle and the mountains. The pitch-black connecting rod drives multiple wheels to rotate, making a rhythmic clanging sound, shortening the wide six-wheel drive to an acceptable range. No matter how the power mode changes after that, its essence has always been the same.

Of course, hardware facilities alone are not enough. The train needs a large number of railway workers with various duties to drive it-this is undoubtedly much more complicated than simply operating a steam engine or a machine tool.

According to Rowland's plan, the railway connecting the North Slope Mountain and the wharf was both a technical experiment and a training ground for the first generation of railroad workers.

"Let's use two hundred people to pave the roadbed first," Roland said, "The route will go in the direction of the Misty Forest and go outside the second city wall."

Carl showed concern, "But Your Majesty... In this way, your railroad tracks will be exposed to the attacks of evil beasts."

"They're not interested in steel, and I don't plan to finish it before the evil moon comes," he said nonchalantly. "As for next year, we won't be hiding behind this mud wall anymore. Is it getting crowded?"

"what do you mean……"

"Expand to the wild land, where resources are no less than those in Graycastle." Roland pointed to the vast and fertile area in the northwest of the Impassable Mountain Range. "If you want to fight against the devil, you can't do it with a thin wall of earth."

If the battle of divine will breaks out and the devil drops the third obelisk on Taquila, the outpost may approach the foot of the Impassable Mountain Range. Just defending the gap in the western border is almost a lost situation. The mutual aid society was able to enter the wild land along the mountain path back then, and they could also sneak into the hinterland of Graycastle in the same way.

Even if you don't take the mountain road, just a group of flying monsters bypassing the mountain peak, riding behind you every day is uncomfortable enough.

Only by turning the Impassable Mountain Range into a city wall can the safety of the kingdom be protected.

Set up the fortress guns on various hills, and the range covered by the range is Roland's new town.

There are no rivers connecting this area to the mainland, and if you want to quickly transport resources to the wild land, you can only rely on the railway.

"The future line of defense planning is a big project, but I believe you can do it."

Incorporating the Impassable Mountain Range into the kingdom's territory sounds like it would make any mason fascinated. If such a city can be built, it will definitely leave a name in history.

"Yes, Your Majesty." The Minister of Construction said excitedly. 8