There are different ways to build roads, and between the two places, should you choose to build roads or railways?

Roland believes that this issue should be adapted to local conditions. The cost and difficulty of building railways in mountainous and hilly areas in the north are too high, so it is more suitable to build roads; The Southern Plains should be dominated by rail transportation, which is more efficient and less expensive than roads.

The start-up investment in the construction of the railway network is huge, but if there is no shortage of money, it is not a big problem, and it is not difficult to cast carriages, but the technical difficulty of producing locomotives is great. At present, there are only twenty locomotives in the Far East......

For example, the Ministry of Communications has set up a railway bureau, a highway bureau, a shipping bureau and an aviation bureau to plan, build and manage water, land and air transportation across the country.

The problem is that it is easy to get the organization on paper, but it is not easy to stuff the above-mentioned institutions with the necessary personnel. Especially when it comes to a high-tech business such as railway transportation, it is not just a group of old fritters from officialdom who can deal with things.

As the saying goes, a snake can't do without a head, and it is imperative to hire a minister with sufficient seniority, prestige and expertise to take the helm for the Ministry of Communications. Zinovi's recommendation to Roland was Mattway Wittgenstein, a famous railway engineer and locomotive designer in the Far East, who lived in seclusion in his hometown of Watchtown.

Just a week earlier, Roland had written to the old man of Sukhoi in Port Baigull, trying to ask him to come out of the mountains to serve as the Minister of Transportation of the Kingdom of Kolas, but he was refused.

The old man of Sukhoi politely refused the errand for two reasons. The first is that he doesn't like to be an official, and mixing in officialdom is a waste of life for him; The second is because he has no time to be a professional. After some twists and turns, the airship company in Baiou Harbor is finally on the right track, ushering in a period of rapid growth with a large explosion of production capacity.

In less than two years since Roland left Baigull Harbor, the company has successfully opened up an air postal route from the North Bay to the New World, and the seventh "Dawning-class" postal airship has been put into operation, but this is far from enough.

Lyubov had already signed a cooperation agreement with Roland on the postal issue of the North Bay and the Kingdom of Kolas, and the airship company would next open a postal route from Port White Gull to Kolrasburg via Kitland City, for which at least ten "Dawning-class" airships would be produced to be responsible for this route.

In addition, Sukhoi also has a large number of military orders in his hands, including three "Dawn-class" large military airships ordered by Roland, the first one is scheduled to be delivered in June this year, and the construction period is quite tight.

Roland is the second largest shareholder of the airship company after Lyubov Yangbo, and every quarter he receives the financial statements of the airship company from Baiou Harbor on time, and it is not difficult to imagine how busy the old man Sukhoi is by the scale of the thriving business, and he did not expect him to accept the invitation to join the cabinet, and the real purpose of writing to him is to ask him to help recommend the candidate for the Minister of Transportation.

In his reply, Sukhoi made a list of recommended warlocks who had made great achievements in the field of roads and bridges, and coincidentally, the first and most recommended candidate was none other than Matwei Wittgenstein.

Matvey is Sukhoi's old classmate, a quasi-legendary trap warlock. He has two great advantages over other candidates: first, he has extensive experience in railway design and supervision, and the railway line that is now in operation in the Far East was completed under his auspices fifteen years ago, and he is a professional counterpart as Minister of Transport; Second, of all the candidates, only this Mr. Matvey has political experience, having served as the commissioner in charge of transportation in the Far Eastern Province for a long time, and his officialdom qualifications are two streets better than those nerds on the shortlist. Such an experienced and skilled retired official, who is only 567 years old, is said to be in good health, and is indeed the best choice for the Minister of Communications.

When Roland received Sukhoi's letter, he was moved by Matvey's person, and Zinovi's recommendation made it even more necessary to invite him out of the mountain.

However, it was not so easy to get this done, and Sukhoi reminded Roland in the letter that Matvey resigned and retired in anger because of the frustration of officialdom back then, and he might leave a knot in his heart and had no intention of re-entering the official career; Zinovi revealed that this person has an eccentric personality and is not easy to get along with, which are potential obstacles.

Roland thought about it, and felt that a respected and arrogant figure like Matvey was probably very concerned about face, and it was necessary for him to go to the town of Sayre and personally invite him out of the mountain.

After making up his mind, Roland first found an administrative map of the Far East, spread it on his desk, and searched east from Colasburg, 300 miles away is the Karon Industrial Zone, and 100 miles east is the Great Rapids, where the railway stops. Continue your search east along a dilapidated road, passing through towns and cities on the way, more than 500 miles from Great Falls, at the foot of Lighthouse Hill lies a small town called Sayre, Matvey's hometown and known as the "Home of Clocks". The town's inhabitants have been making clocks and watches for generations, and most of the clocks and watches on the Far East market are produced in this small town with a population of less than 3,000.

The town of Cell, located almost on the eastern frontier of the kingdom of Kolas, and less than 200 miles further east is the city-state under the control of the "Lighthouse Wizards' Federation", a retreat for the remnants of the ancient Arcane Empire. Stretching north and south along the eastern coastline, like a giant with outstretched arms, shielding the eastern region from storms from the sea, the Lighthouse Mountains are backed by the so-called "Far Eastern Sea", which has been regarded by the people of the continent as the easternmost point of the world of Vares.

As the town of Sail is close to Lighthouse Hill, Roland naturally thinks of his friend Nikita, who has been separated for most of the year. After capturing Dragon City, Miss Mage returned to Lighthouse Hill. During the Chinese New Year, he sent a greeting card and a long letter to Roland, telling him how hard his practice was, and he didn't have much confidence to pass the advanced trial of the "Archmage" at one time.

The prerequisite for an advanced archmage is to be able to perform at least 7 rings of arcane art, and the warlock must be level 14, and the mage must also be level 13 to reach the threshold of participating in the trial.

Roland remembers that Nikita was a level 12 lighthouse witch half a year ago, and now I don't know if she has been promoted to level 13?