Steel, Guns, and the Industrial Party that Traveled to Another World

Catherine Rodney finally arrived in Alda. The princess and her entourage came by fleet and landed at Fulan Port.

Everything here made Catherine feel very novel.

The impression of Northwest Bay in the Jingyao noble circle can be said to have changed several times.

At the beginning, many people had not even heard of this place.

Later, "It should be a remote place on the border of the kingdom, right?"

Later, as the goods from Northwest Bay became more and more popular, things such as paper, porcelain, and thermos filled the lives of the nobles, and the image of Northwest Bay in their minds became a large factory.

But now the Fulan Port in front of Catherine is a well-organized city with wide streets, neat city appearance, scattered buildings, and people coming and going, which is not inferior to the royal capital Jingyao.

No, it was even better, because the prosperous and clean places in Jingyao were only limited to the upper city where the nobles lived. Once you leave the upper city, the narrow alleys, low houses, and muddy roads will immediately make people appreciate the two completely different scenes in this city.

But under the leadership of Irene Rodney, Catherine visited many places in the city. The overall style of this city is unified, and there is no huge gap between different places like the royal capital.

Catherine came to Northwest Bay this time, bringing her mother Phyllis and sister Irene. For the little princess Irene, it was a revisit to the old place. During the time when she ran away from home and stayed in Northwest Bay, she had been to Fulan Port many times. There was even a school in this city that she personally supervised the construction of - at that time, she was appointed by Paul to be in charge of education.

However, even so, the development speed of this city exceeded Irene's imagination. The area was larger, and many old places had changed their appearance. She had only been away from here for a few years.

"It seems that Sir Smollett's invitation was not in vain. Paul must have paid him a large sum of money!" The little princess guessed.

Based on his memories of his previous life, Paul Graman proposed many functional areas of the city and some elements that "may" appear in the future. The city planning master was very amazed at Lord Graman's wild ideas. Many of the things he proposed should exist in fantasy novels, such as trains running on tracks, sewers that can accommodate adults, and large cross-river bridges made of steel.

Even including the scale of the city, Paul Graman actually asked him to design the city's plans at different stages of development with a population of millions as the goal.

However, Sir Smollett, who abides by professional ethics, visited each city under the jurisdiction of the State Council one by one in the spirit of customer first, and finally implemented Paul's "fantasy" one by one in the design according to local conditions.

Municipal departments in various parts of Arda strictly develop and build cities under their jurisdiction in accordance with their own plans, which largely avoids random construction under the situation of large population influx and industrial development.

So now Catherine and Irene can see the current Fulan Port.

"Oh, we arrived safely, so good!" Phyllis stroked her chest, seeming to be very fortunate. The queen who had always been pampered had never experienced sailing on the sea, and the feeling of being down to earth again made her breathe a sigh of relief.

Hansel, who was waiting in Fulan Port under Paul's assignment, greeted the two princesses and the former queen Phyllis, and arranged a convoy to send them to Lake Town the next day.

The royal family members who went north this time were not only the two princesses and the former queen, but also a large number of generals from the old royal army, including Ophelia, Klein, Lester, Demps and others. King Rodney XVIII assigned them a task - to serve in the Arda army and learn from their advanced experience.

"What are they doing?"

Through the car window, Irene pointed to the construction site in the distance. The workers seemed to be laying the foundation, but they didn't seem to be building any buildings.

Hansel rode a horse and followed the carriage that Irene was riding. Hearing the princess' question, he looked over there from a distance.

"Your Highness, they should be laying railroad tracks!"

"Railroad tracks? Ah... I remember!" Irene suddenly realized, "I remember that Paul thought about laying a track between Lake Town and Port Fulan, and then using horses to pull carts on the track. It is said that this will make the speed faster."

"Well... you guessed half right!" Hansel smiled pretentiously.

"Tell me the answer quickly!" Irene was a little angry.

"This track is not for carriages, but relies on the power of machines to pull the carriages!"

"The power of the machine?" Catherine and Irene were a little curious.

"Yes, the power of machines!" Hansel explained, "A powerful machine, fill it with coal and burn it, and then it can produce a powerful force that humans cannot match. Not to mention humans, even strong animals such as horses and cows cannot match it. Sir Burns calls it a steam engine!"

"Burns? I seem to have heard this name somewhere." Catherine's mind flashed.

"It's the technical geek who made strange machines in Jingyao before. He has worked here for Paul for many years!" Irene's words reminded Catherine of this person.

At noon, the convoy arrived at the outskirts of Lake Town, and Catherine met her fiancé Paul Graman.

"Welcome everyone!" He greeted everyone enthusiastically, and when he came to Catherine, he held her hand with a smirk on his face.

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The princess blushed when her fiancé treated her so "frivolously" in front of everyone, and turned her head away shyly, causing everyone around her to laugh.

"Congratulations, I heard that your army won a victory in Horn Bay!" Catherine wanted to ease the embarrassment.

"Uh...it was the army hired by the merchants in Lion Harbor that won the victory. Strictly speaking, I am just their military contractor."

"Oh, who doesn't know what's going on!"

Paul asked Catherine to ride in a carriage with him, and they talked while traveling on land.

"I hope you won't be distracted by the things in the Horn Bay. The orcs on the other side are the real enemy."

"Of course, in addition to expanding the army, I am also updating my military equipment and facilities. Didn't you see those rails on the way here? This is the experimental...railway I built to improve logistics!"

"Is it used to run the kind of vehicles that Hansel said, pulled by coal-burning machines?"

"My name is - train! This will be a revolutionary means of transportation! Maybe the current train is still very weak, not much better than a horse-drawn carriage, but with the continuous iteration of technology, it will sooner or later develop into a level that no matter how many horse-drawn carriages cannot match! You wait!"

Paul proudly showed off to Catherine, and then he blinked mysteriously.

"By the way, do you want to see my cannon?"

Sorry, this chapter is a bit delayed.