Struggle in the Steam Age

"Of course, I know something about this thing. Because our Coburg family participated in the first pioneering battle across the New World's large mountain range and got a post."

Seeing that almost everyone in the venue looked at him, Safiel was nervous for a while, and then everyone on the venue introduced some of the things he had learned.

The inn of the Coburg family is smaller than the inn we got, and at the same time, out of a certain convention, a part of the income of the church that is stationed is allocated as an offering. "

"But even so, the annual income is a big income for our head of the family. When I went to study abroad in the old continent, they even introduced it to us from the branch family. .”

"Then what kind of facilities are needed for such a rest stop?" After listening to Nora's introduction, Lawrence took out a piece of paper and asked.

"Now the railway operator has given us a list of infrastructure construction, which has marked necessary buildings such as water adding towers, coal storage stations, and coal mine loading and unloading stations, but I don't think even if all these necessary facilities are built, it will not be enough to fill the gap. resting stop."

"Of course, it's impossible to fill it up." Saifier, who has some experience in this area, looked at the map and said. "If only a batch of necessary buildings are built, then this place can at most provide a part of stable annual income."

"So for those forces or people who own this kind of site, what can really make them a lot of money is the construction of some of their own buildings on these extra territories."

"For example, the inn of our Coburg family was later converted into a train station. They built a hotel with a restaurant in that place, and there were several small shops selling various items."

The transcontinental express train that Lawrence took before was the highest-grade train, so in addition to fast speed, strong defense, and luxurious interior decoration, the most powerful place lies in the dangerous mountainous area where it can travel at night.

But not all trains can do this. For most intercontinental passenger trains and almost all freight trains, crossing large mountains at night is still a very dangerous thing.

Although the defenses on these trains are enough to allow them to safely cross most wild areas, top-level wild areas like the Great Mountain Range cannot be dealt with by the armed forces and escorts on the trains.

Therefore, for these trains, when they travel through this not-so-short journey, if it is night, they must find some stations that can be used for halfway stops and can provide defense.

This is the most important role of these slightly dense stations in the Dashan region, once those trains come to the Dashan region at night. Then these trains will choose a pre-agreed station to stop.

According to the information obtained by Lawrence, the largest station on the two railway lines in the Dashan region can stop 12 trains at the same time, and the annual output value is no less than that of a large-scale gold mine.

Of course, the site currently in Lawrence's hands naturally does not have such a scale. Although the area of ​​the entire territory is not small, the area that can be allocated to the train platform is severely limited.

According to the current plan, this station is located in a river valley, and it will be a building complex with a platform that can stop three trains at the same time and a complete defense system.

"About 30% of the land in the entire system is fixedly planned, mainly used for various simple train supply facilities and some basic defense facilities." Lawrence said while looking at the map.

"According to regulations, a platoon of regular troops with heavy firepower should be stationed in this place for a long time. In addition, long-term workers in this area must receive certain military training so that they can provide firepower assistance when a battle really breaks out. .”

In any case, this land is still inside the big mountain range located in the core wild area. Although it is often said that there are not too powerful wild monsters around the opened railway lines, it does not mean that there are no scattered enemy attacks.

When facing those scattered monsters, the church often only serves as an early warning, and at the same time organizes the extraordinary to intercept the opponent's extraordinary. Those who really fight frequently are the guards and ordinary people who work in the stronghold.

Lawrence bought first class on a previous train trip, so he was able to have what looked like a small, double room in a hotel.

But for most people, they only have a sofa chair or even an ordinary hard board chair.

Therefore, if the train stops at such a station at night, many passengers will naturally choose to go to the station to rest for one night.

There is often enough room in the station for people to stretch their legs, at least relative to the seats on the train.

Especially those who can do this kind of intercontinental train will not be too poor, so they are more willing to spend in this regard. Therefore, as long as some service facilities are opened in this area, many customers can always be attracted.

"In addition to regular services, we'd better have some simple entertainment facilities and places to sell special products." After a brief introduction of the whole situation. Syfia began to introduce one of the core issues.

"For example, our family's train station is like this. There is a core small theater that can attract some people of status, and then sell them some luxury products—"

"Sounds good, but we can't learn it." Nora shook her head helplessly, "The Coburg family's territory in the Old Continent is famous for all kinds of jewelry, so naturally they can open a luxury restaurant that everyone can trust. shop."

"As for our local specialties, there are indeed quite a few, but in fact most of them are foods that are not worth much. Selling these foods at the train station can indeed make money, but certainly not a lot of money."

"If that's the case, the firearms probably won't sell much." Safir said after thinking about it. "After all, almost everyone who eats this kind of food will prepare it before the trip, rather than buying it halfway."

"But that doesn't mean we can't do business in this area. For example, we can sell some consumables, or provide weapon maintenance services."

"Weapon maintenance?" Lawrence looked at Safiel with some puzzlement and asked. "I remember when I first started training in weapons, the shopkeeper told me that it is more important to learn how to maintain weapons than to use them."

"Theoretically, that's the case, but it's only for ordinary people." Sai Feier shrugged his shoulders and said. "As far as I know, many people with status will buy firearms, but they have basically never fired a few times, let alone maintain their firearms."

"Especially some women, they will buy some firearms plated with gold and silver, or even precious metals such as mithril, with pearl oyster or mahogany grip inserts, but they don't even shoot a few times .”

"Therefore, there are many things we can do in this regard. For example, we can find one or two dwarf gunsmiths to live in that place. For the group of rich people, they will eat this."

"In addition, we can also sell some simple travel items, such as alcohol tanks, alcohol stoves, and yes, our specialty lighters."

"This is indeed a good idea. It's a pity that our core products are all medicines now. And those things are obviously not suitable for buying as souvenirs on the trip."

Lawrence nodded, and then said in a slightly regretful tone. "However, if these things add up, I think it is enough to build this transfer station."

"And in addition to these, we have something else to develop there." Saifeier added at this time. "Don't forget that there is also a large underground cave in that place."