Release that Witch - Chapter 975

[Chapter 959 Witnessing History]

The next day, Neverwinter ushered in the fourth holiday after autumn, which was also the first weekend of mid-autumn.

Since there are no legends about Genesis in this world, for most people, they have to keep busy to fill their stomachs at all times.

Since Roland promulgated the rule of resting every seven days, the lords have attributed this gratitude to him – he can take a full day off without deducting his salary. What is there to criticize for such a benevolent and loving lord?

Especially the refugees who moved from other places, after experiencing the living environment of Neverwinter, all of them are determined to settle down here, even the city hall’s hype about the devil failed to curb this momentum—— Even the threat of the devil becomes less important than hunger and poverty.

However, Barov’s report indicated that after the official promotion of the rest day system, the production situation in Neverwinter was not affected much.

The main reason is that rest is not mandatory, and there are many people who choose to continue working and earn extra pay.

On the contrary, the trade activities in the city have increased significantly. Every weekend, the square area is always overcrowded. Not only local merchants, but also foreign merchants have heard the news. Special products of the Western Territory, and resold to other places.

This kind of weekly cargo flow was unimaginable a year ago, but now with the increasing number of cement ships, the pace of trade has become faster and faster.

In big inland cities like Chishui City, you can even eat fresh sea fish from the Shoal Port and soaked in ice.

In the past, the nobles and merchants there could only eat salted and dried fish at most.

In view of this, Roland simply rescheduled major speeches, achievement demonstrations, and various awards ceremonies to the rest day, using the habits of the masses to further promote the activity of commercial trade-the so-called wool comes from the sheep, and the overpayment The salary can be fully recovered from the transaction tax and consumption, which is simply a multi-purpose strategy.

Today and this weekend are no exception. The remaining warmth of summer has not dissipated, and the cloudless blue sky is blowing with a gentle breeze. Obviously, it is another good weather suitable for travel.

The streets are crowded with people, from the Embankment area to the northern wall of the city, you can see the eagerly awaited figures of the leaders everywhere.

The difference is that this time they are not going to the convenience market to buy a few catties of good meat, but are waiting to witness the new invention of His Majesty the King.

The first test run of an unprecedented means of delivery – “train”.

Jeweler Victor is one of them.

After learning about the city hall’s propaganda, he even left the big deal he was negotiating to his subordinates, and boarded a cement boat from the Old King’s Capital to Neverwinter overnight.

If there is anyone who has been extremely touched by the changes in the Western Territory over the years, Victor is undoubtedly one of them.

He had visited the lord of this place when it was still a remote town.

He didn’t have much impression of the person in charge, he only remembered that he was a bloated middle-aged nobleman who complained a lot when it was his turn to manage this barren land.

If he hadn’t been able to find one or two rough gemstones of high quality from the opponent’s hands occasionally, he probably would have stopped at Longsong Fortress.

Even so, Victor visited the western border at most once a year, and no matter when he came, this border town was almost the same as the previous year, dilapidated and decayed.

But in the past three years, he has come here more and more frequently, especially after Roland Wimbledon announced the establishment of the city, basically reaching the point of once a month.

The western region of Graycastle seems to have become another world.

Here, a day is no longer a day, but a month; similarly, a month is no longer a month, but a year, otherwise it would be difficult for him to explain why the changes in Neverwinter can be so fast.

Victor walked into a tavern facing the street, and the owner immediately greeted him with a smile, “I knew you would come, and I specially reserved a window seat for you on the third floor.”

He casually took out a silver wolf and threw it to the other party, “Take me up.”

“Yes, please follow me.”

As a frequent visitor to this tavern, Victor naturally didn’t have to choose to crowd the streets with civilians—although there were quite a few people gathered on the third floor, at least the view was much wider.

People around are already discussing today’s presentation.

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“That narrow street is where the train waits” The way to go? It’s too far away from the central square and residential areas.”

“Street? I don’t know much about it. It’s called the rail system, something used in mining areas.” Then someone laughed and said, “Since it’s not for human use, of course it should be far away from crowded places. You think trains are horse-drawn carriages!”

“Are you talking about the things shopped in the mines of Silver City?”

“Yes, it was originally produced here, and it needs to be used with a steam engine.”

Victor couldn’t help but join in the fun and said, “I’ve seen a trailer pulled by a steam engine. Its advantage is that it doesn’t care about the terrain. If it is placed on flat ground, mules and horses can completely replace it. This is just like this, and the city hall should not publicize it. Is it a “cross-age transportation tool”?

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“Maybe it’s just a gimmick,” another muttered.

“Go,” there was a burst of booing immediately, “This is your first visit to Neverwinter? His Majesty Roland never boasted about this.”

Unconvinced, the man wanted to say something more, when a high-pitched siren sounded in the distance.

“Woo———————————”

“It’s coming, it’s coming!” The room suddenly boiled, and everyone leaned out of the window, looking at the small street on the side of the castle area without blinking. Lookout.

Victor also looked towards the source of the sound——

I saw a long black dragon slowly driving out from behind the sheltered house, and came into everyone’s eyes little by little.

It has a huge body, and its head is like an iron bucket on wheels. The top of the bucket is spraying out billowing gray smoke, which is no different from the appearance of a steam engine when it is running.

And next to the front of the car, there is also a four-wheeled carriage in parallel – the carriage is pulled by two batches of horses, and its speed is comparable to that of the train. It looks like they are competing with each other.

However, because the box is full of ore, it is quite difficult for the horses to take every step. This can be seen from the behavior of the coachman waving the whip. If it were not for the cast iron wheels, the carriage would have been crushed .

Victor couldn’t help but feel goosebumps creeping up his back as the train gradually revealed itself.

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The com is also full of ore, and in terms of weight alone, it is probably comparable to an inland sailboat specially used for transportation.

The problem is that it carries several train cars at the same time!

People’s exclamation was heard all the time!

“Four…the fourth one!”

“Five!”

“It’s impossible to have more later, right?”

“By gods, six!”

“Come out, the seventh!”

The monster-like front of the car dragged seven full trains across the open space in front of the castle at an extremely steady speed.

The question in Victor’s mind was also answered.

A steam engine that is fixed at the entrance of the mine to pull mine carts in and out, and a steam engine that can move independently are two completely different concepts.

The latter means that wherever the rails are built, it will be able to transport large quantities of goods.

Weight is no longer the bottleneck restricting land transportation. On the contrary, its transportation capacity is stronger than that of shipping.

If His Majesty wishes, he can even evacuate a city in a short time.

Victor, who came from a merchant family, naturally knew the importance of transportation. It was not without reason that most cities were built near rivers.

And the emergence of this kind of delivery vehicle will bring infinite possibilities to the flow of resources, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it has crossed the era.

He felt an indescribable throbbing in his heart. There was both satisfaction and loss in him… He felt that he was witnessing history, but at the same time he was abandoned by history—in other kingdoms, lords were still addicted to sensuality, Their mode of travel is still horses and mule carts, and their roads are still paved with green bricks and full of mud.

But they don’t know it at all, and they are used to it.

An idea involuntarily popped up in Victor’s mind.

The future is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed.

[End of this Chapter]