Extraordinary Voyage-Chapter 772 - 664: Opening to Traffic and the Scissors Gap Between Industry and Agriculture_2

After all the fuss, fighting with the air in wits and courage is just too amusing.

Even though Aiven has some minor flaws, he's very reliable when it comes to major issues.

And unlike the "Black Wing Order," which is seeking transformation, the main goal on the side of the Goddess is to prevent the other side from obtaining the Divine Artifact, delaying the time for the "God of Black Wings" to gain the Divine Position of [Capital]. Whether they personally control the artifact is secondary.

Simply seizing the artifact from the "Oathbreaker" is already a massive accomplishment.

So, as Aiven's spoil of war, the "Libra Balance Holy Sword" remained in his hands.

Inside the passenger car.

"Your Lordship, the steam locomotive, this great industrial creation, is nothing short of a miracle beyond mortal imagination!"

"Indeed, I think the later the construction plan for the entire colony starts, the better."

"Since it can be built in sections, why not start with the Buffalo and Kabushir routes first?"

"Go, go, go, it should start with the Georgia and Charles routes first."

This steam locomotive, which has been officially tested and launched by specialists, is used for both passengers and freight. The first eighteen cars are freight cars, and the last two cars, away from the noise, smoke, and coal dust of the locomotive's head, are passenger cars.

And the governors of all twelve Phaletis colonies were also invited to experience the epoch-making speed of the steam locomotive along with Aiven as the lord and Olivia as the Chief Governor.

After overcoming the initial shock accompanying the steam locomotive's start, each had excitedly blushed and asked Aiven to quickly begin the full-scale project of the "Coastal Railway."

In the past, even with the northeast trade winds' help, a normal merchant ship took 15 days of sailing from the northernmost to the southernmost part of the colony; traveling in reverse took even longer. However, with the railway, aided by a steam locomotive with a speed of 60 kilometers per hour, the one-way north-south connection only took three days.

Not to mention anything else, just the assembly and movement of goods and people can greatly enhance trade efficiency, far superior to the slow-paced shipping of the past.

This first train trip from Georgia to the Far Sails Territory carried a batch of high-quality white oak produced in the northern mountainous region of Georgia.

With Aiven's qualification as a member of the Upper House and preliminary identification by an observer, in addition to the right to cast cannon, the independent shipbuilding rights for battleships also fell into his hands.

And with the guiding principle that there will soon be a battle between the Kingdom and Hilus, Aiven received a large number of orders from the Mainland, the destination of which was the large shipyard in the Far Sails Territory.

Although the white oak from the New Continent cannot compare to the iron oak unique to the "Treasure Tree Bay" of the Southern Continent, which can be used to build Level 2, Level 1 Battleships, and even Legendary Battleships' "Treasure Tree."

It's still suitable for building low-level battleships.

White oak is widely distributed in the eastern part of the northern New Continent, with the best quality found in the northern region of the Abayachi Mountains. Besides shipbuilding, another famous use is for making wine barrels.

When the steam locomotive returns, it will bring back the raw cotton from there, already de-seeded using the steam cotton gin.

It's worth mentioning that.

In the past, an Anuma Slave working intensely all day without a single break may not have been able to sort out a pound of cotton. In the entire cotton textile industry, ginning was a highly costly production process no matter what.

That's why the steam cotton gin emerged just in time, differing from other cotton textile equipment born from the Kingdom Mainland, the cotton gin originated in the New Continent, the cotton-producing area.

Obviously, demand drives supply, and the need for cotton gins was far less urgent in the Mainland, which was not planting cotton extensively.

This cotton gin, designed and manufactured by the "Mechanical Immortality School," can be powered by water or steam, capable of cleaning 1000 pounds of seed cotton daily. A single laborer would gather more cotton in a day than several months' worth previously.

This also resulted in a peculiar phenomenon; although under the influence of Georgia and the Far Sails Territory, the number of cotton textile factories on the New Continent was increasing, the raw cotton exported to the Kingdom Mainland multiplied dozens of times in a short period.

Regardless, the biggest beneficiaries were Georgia and the Far Sails Territory, located in the northern New Continent's cotton belt, and the two Marquises even received handwritten letters from Her Majesty the Queen commending their achievements.

Aiven, Olivia, and the old father-in-law had long planned their industry for three territories. On the premise that fundamental industries must be present, they focused on developing their specialties.

Buffalo: A large trading port created by its locational advantage; traditional industries such as livestock, maple syrup, and some fruits, already topping the alliance; and newly developing fur trade and wine industries.

Georgia: Military industry (steel industry), ceramics, cotton textiles, pharmaceuticals.

The Far Sails Territory: Shipping, shipbuilding industry, agriculture representing sugar and cotton, cotton textiles, large-scale smuggling.

By linking them with the "Coastal Railway" to form industrial complementarity, it's far more than merely one plus one equals two. The governors of various colonies are eager, and Aiven is even more so.

"Please, Governors, be patient. Next, the matters of construction and division of interests for the 'Coastal Railway' will be discussed in detail by me on behalf of His Lordship with you all."

Also traveling with Aiven and Olivia, Hawkins, now dressed increasingly like a successful businessman, parted the crowd. Accompanying him was Lady Edith, the widow of Speaker Jerome, dressed in a smart shirt and trousers, serving as his assistant.

Hawkins, in charge of "Long Island Development Bank," the financial pocket of the territory, is also set to practice what "Agricultural and Industrial Scissors Difference" means through the "Coastal Railway" economic artery.

Railway establishment was certainly a great thing for the entire Phaletis Colonies, creating necessary conditions for achieving economic acceleration.

However, the relatively slower-developing Royal Colonies and autonomous colonies primarily served as raw material suppliers to the Kingdom, while the Far Sails Territory and Georgia had already embarked on a transformation toward the steam industry.

When industrial regions with advanced production technology exchange industrial and agricultural products with regions with backward production technology, the price of industrial goods, due to added value, is often higher than their worth, while agricultural goods are often priced lower than their value. The statistical graph also presents an open scissors shape, which is—Agricultural and Industrial Scissors Difference.

Given the convenience of the railway, everyone will definitely grow, but while other colonies might grow by "ten," Georgia and the Far Sails Territory could grow by "twenty," with half of that "ten" quietly absorbed by the latter.

This is the essence of getting rich first!

Although the ownership of the Kingdom colonies along the "Coastal Railway" truly does not belong to Aiven, economic activities like goods trade have no boundaries.

With the aid of the steam locomotive, it integrates the power of all twelve Phaletis Colonies, allowing the Marquisate to lead the first leap. Moreover, it's only a matter of earning more or less, and others won't lose out.

Although the Far Sails Territory, Georgia, and Buffalo do not border each other, under the current measures, the combined influence of the three territories far exceeds a contiguous area of 460,000 square kilometers! This substantially enhances the potential power in Aiven's hands!