From Baron to Lord

They could easily obtain unexpected gains.

In the underground ruins, the alchemists were full of enthusiasm, and in just one month, they had almost completely mastered the iron car's construction.

After that, they manufactured the iron car outside, and as expected, in two months, the first iron car of the Allen Principality was successfully manufactured.

This was an iron car capable of holding three thousand people. Although it looked relatively small, as the first iron car, it was undoubtedly a steel behemoth that shocked the entire Allen Principality.

Its speed could reach between one hundred and three hundred kilometers per hour.

However, normally, a speed of one hundred kilometers per hour would be sufficient. This would not consume much energy and would also ensure the safety of the passengers.

During wartime, the speed would be three hundred kilometers per hour, and perhaps with future technological improvements, it could even break through the speed of three hundred kilometers per hour.

But that would be in the future.

Today, Allen was dressed in his clothes, a gorgeous noble robe, surrounded by knights and followed by mages.

The entire royal capital was already boiling.

The residents of the royal capital, the residents of the entire principality, had been looking forward to this for a long time.

From the moment Grand Duke Allen began collecting land, they watched the beastmen and behemoths build a strange structure.

The Grand Duke called this thing a railway, and no one was allowed to approach it. He also built fences around it, and it was said to be very dangerous.

At the same time, it was said to be a very powerful means of transportation.

It could allow people to reach the southern port city of Spet City from the royal capital in one day!

An unimaginable speed!

Many commoners wanted to see what this means of transportation called the iron car was like!

From the royal capital to Spet City, there were railway inspectors responsible for the safety of a section of the road.

This ensured that no civilians would approach and that there were no problems with the railway.

In this way, safety was greatly improved.

In short, everything was ready, and all that was left was to start the traffic.

Allen led Lucy, Saint Cecilia Mina, and Annie out of the palace.

Immediately, the commoners excitedly shouted Allen's name.

From the palace to the iron car station outside the royal capital.

Soon, in the sunlight, Allen led two beautiful and stunning women and a little girl down from the carriage. "Grand Duke, this way."

Boltzmann had been waiting for a long time.

He led the way, and Allen entered the very sturdy and magnificent station.

Through the gate and inspection point, they arrived at the edge of the railway track and saw an iron car that was incredibly similar to a train but not a train.

"Oh, this is the iron car, the steel behemoth that can connect the royal capital and Spet City. Heavens, look at it, how huge and powerful!" There were also many officials from the royal capital following Allen.

Although they were not Sparrow or Bax, the ministers of the royal capital, they were responsible for some minor matters.

These guys gasped when they saw the iron car for the first time.

The structure of this iron car was too shocking for them.

It was like a steel behemoth, making them feel amazed.

The nobles immediately became excited, as for the commoners, they saw the appearance of the iron car in the back. "Unbelievable, is this a means of transportation? I thought it was a war weapon!"

"What a majestic iron car, so beautiful!"

"Can we go in and visit?"

"I really want to take a ride."

Waves of shock and praise rose and fell in the crowd.

Everyone stared at the steel behemoth in front of them. "My people, please be quiet."

Allen, dressed in gorgeous clothes, slightly raised his hand, signaling everyone to be quiet.

"Everyone has seen it. This huge fellow made of steel in front of us is one of the means of transportation in our principality in the future, the iron car!"

"Don't look at this guy as huge and bloated, but its speed and endurance are faster than ordinary magical beasts!"

"In one day, one day, it can take us from the royal capital to Spet City!"

"This is a great change for our Allen Principality. This is the benefit that industry brings us, my people..."

"In the future, we will build more railways."

"Every earldom, every place in the principality can be covered."

"From today onwards, we will bid farewell to the long journeys that used to take three to five days, or even half a month!"

"Whether it is a noble or a commoner, they can enjoy the benefits of the iron car!"

"My people, cheer, our country is becoming stronger!"

"Our transportation is becoming more convenient!"

"Let us celebrate the birth of the principality's first iron car! I once again give it the name Sirius, cheer, my people! Let us welcome its birth!"

After Allen finished speaking, everyone cheered again. "Praise the Grand Duke!"

"Heavens, can we ride this kind of thing too?"

"It must cost a lot of money, right?"

"No, didn't you see the price list over there? Ordinary seats only cost a few copper coins!"

"Oh! Heavens, it's so cheap. A few copper coins can't even rent a carriage, but you can ride the iron car?!"

"Praise the Grand Duke."

"What a benevolent and great monarch, is he a god?"

The commoners reacted strongly.

This was the first time they had encountered a monarch like Allen who thought of them, the commoners.

1. 7 As for the nobles, they already knew about the iron car and also knew that there were noble carriages and commoner carriages inside the iron car.

So at this time, they were not surprised.

These nobles were more curious.

That's right, curious.

They were curious whether this iron car was as magical as Allen said. For this reason, they prepared some manpower to do experiments. "Okay, the first batch of passengers can get on the car."

Boltzmann immediately said after seeing Allen finish speaking.

Soon, the passengers who had been waiting on the side stepped onto the iron car one after another.

There were representatives sent by the nobles, and there were also people selected from the commoners.

After everyone got on the car, the iron car made a few warning sounds, which meant that the iron car was starting.

Soon this huge fellow began to move.

This caused another commotion.

The next moment, the iron car rushed into the distance and disappeared into everyone's eyes.

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Chapter 365 Light Industry and Textile Industry, Jackson is about to break through

The opening of the iron car means that the Allen Principality will enter the industrial age.

Traditional agriculture can feed people, but industry can enhance the country's national strength and enable people to be rich.

After leaving the metallurgical factory, Allen has recently been studying another thing.

Textile factory.

Textile industry, the leader of light industry.

Compared to heavy industries such as metallurgy, light industry is obviously more suitable for commercial development.

Allen has already investigated. Currently, all the evolution points in this world are focused on supernatural power.

There is basically not much research on technology, agriculture, and other aspects.

The reason why I say basically, but not completely without research, is because there are always some special people in this world who are still working very hard to research things within agriculture.

For example, the magic circle used for agriculture that Allen saw in the Norton Kingdom before.

Although that thing is supernatural power, they used it in agriculture anyway.

It also helps agriculture a lot.

However, the textile industry here is indeed an industry that has not been developed by anyone.

Now, the clothes, fabrics, and other things that are openly circulating are all made by manual labor.

This undoubtedly wastes a great deal of labor.

Moreover, the production efficiency is extremely low.

This is undoubtedly an opportunity for Allen.

In the Allen Principality, there are also some small vendors who sell various fabrics, but most of them are coarse cloth and linen. Real silk and satin are extremely rare.

Especially the nobles that Allen saw, their clothing styles and fabrics cannot be called silk and satin in Allen's serious sense. They are just better than coarse cloth and linen.

If Allen can create the textile industry and make silk or something.

Allen feels that this must be a big business.

The reason why he didn't plan to do this before was because his territory was small, he didn't have enough manpower, and he didn't have enough time, so he didn't develop any industries other than agriculture at all.

Except for the three major factories.

"According to the current progress, the iron car has been officially opened, but it is only the first railway."

Of course, Allen cannot build only one railway.

As the saying goes, if you want to get rich, you must first build roads.

Just like when Allen built the commercial road before.

At that time, there were no conditions, so he could only build the commercial road. Now, the importance of the railway is higher than the commercial road.

Allen cannot give up.

"Money, ah, is still a problem. Most of the money from the Beast Spirit Grass and the three major factories has been invested in industry, and the light industry textile factory also needs gold coins."

Allen sighed. Why is it that every time he feels that he has made enough money to spend, he always finds that he doesn't have enough money?

Actually, it's not that there's not enough money, but that Allen is developing rapidly.

His country has left other principalities far behind.

In any aspect, whether it is finance or military power.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Allen Principality can crush two or three principalities at the same time.

A principality with dragon knights, this national power is top-notch in the mainland.

In just half a year, Allen has developed the principality from the mess it was at the beginning to what it is now, because there is a large amount of gold coins to support it.

The rapid consumption of gold coins has also become a problem that Beryl must worry about every once in a while.

Because the Allen Principality is investing in many things at the same time.

"But it's still necessary to spend the money. Investment will bring rewards. Textile factories can bring me huge profits."