"He's not the only one in the world, so why do you have to invite this strange old man out of the mountain and suffer this wronged anger in vain." Nikita looked at Roland with a disgruntled expression.

"It is true that there are still a few masters of mechanics in the Far East who are not as famous as Matvey, but he is the only one with practical experience in designing and supervising the construction of railways, extending from the city of Great Rapids to the Fortress of Olevi in the Ulino Pass through Krasburg - the only railway line in our Far East is the work of his old man fifteen years ago, and if he wants to change the current difficult situation of transportation in the Far East as soon as possible, he is not able to take on this great task." Roland sighed.

Before visiting Matway Wittgenstein in Sell, Roland visited the railway lines in the Far East. Needless to say, the section from Colasburg to Krasburg was taken more than once, and the section from Krasburg to Olavi Fortress was 1,800 miles long, but in fact, only more than 1,000 miles were under the control of the Kolas Kingdom. The Ulino Pass remained under the control of the Imperial Frontier Corps, and the Olavi Fortress, with 50,000 troops, practically cut off the lines of communication in the area under its control.

After the founding of the Far East, in addition to stationing a part of the army in the capital, the main force of the Kolas Army was transferred to the west, and was deployed along the largest tributary of the lower reaches of the Veres River, the "Turbidity River", the most important fortress of which was involved in the east end of the cross-river railway bridge, and the 1,000-foot-long bridge was opposite the bridgehead of the Imperial Army. In the situation of confrontation between the two armies, the railway bridge has been effectively blocked, and the railway line opposite the bridge can of course no longer be used by the Far Easterners.

Even if the railway line opposite the bridge is included, the operating mileage of the railway in the Far East is only 2,300 miles.

What level is this?

There is no harm if there is no comparison, Roland's hometown before crossing, in the era of poverty and white at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the national railway mileage in 49 years was 21,800. Also in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Far East territory under the rule of the Kolas government was equivalent to half of China, and the railway mileage was only one-tenth of the latter.

Although there are few railways in the Far East, they are of first-class level from design to construction, especially after taking the train to the bridgehead of the Turbidity River and witnessing the railway bridge across the wide river, Roland's inner shock can not be calmed down for a long time.

The fact that such a majestic bridge across the river was built in the Far East, where funds were scarce, technology was backward, and materials were insufficient, and that it had not been properly maintained for 15 years and still stood firmly on the river, and the quality of the project was so high that even he, a person from the earth in the 21st century who is accustomed to seeing super projects, was amazed. How could Matwei Wittgenstein, the founder of the Far Eastern Railway, not be deeply admired?

Roland suddenly raised his eyebrows and smiled, and his face regained a confident brilliance: "I was fortunate to meet Mr. Matvey himself, and I also talked to him a few words, today is a worthwhile trip, and I will visit tomorrow." ”

Nikita followed him out the door and asked in wonder, "He has such a bad attitude towards you, if you don't get angry, do you want to touch the nail again?" ”

"Mr. Matvey is too busy today to listen to my explanation, I will wait until he is free to visit, maybe then he will have the patience to listen to me a few more words, so it is not necessary to change his attitude." Roland smiled, and then said, "As for touching nails, I don't care, anyway, touching once is touching, touching twice is also touching, and the nails are touched more, and the cheekiness will be practiced." ”

Nikita couldn't help laughing, admiring and helpless at the same time as his calm attitude: "You are already very thick-skinned, and you can't pierce nails!" ”

"His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness!" Ferdinando trotted after him, his face full of shame, "I'm sorry, old Matvey, for disgrace to the town of Searle." ”

"Shame?" Roland couldn't help but laugh, "Where does this start?" I'm here to invite him out of the mountains, but people also have the right to refuse, I don't mind, what do you have to feel guilty about. ”

"That being said, it has always swept away your interest......

"You think too much, if I really get discouraged because I hit a nail, how can I be worthy of this beautiful and lovely lady next to me." Roland patted the slender hand that was holding the crook of his arm.

"I gladly accept compliments on my beauty, but you actually compliment me on being 'cute'?" Nikita glanced at him with a smirk, "This makes me have to worry that you're really irritated." ”

Roland is very helpless, can't boast of it? Stinky girl, you want to rebel!

"It's probably because I haven't seen you for a long time and miss it too much, even your bad temper looks a little cute in my eyes, maybe when I calm down, my opinion will become a little more rational." Roland pretended to be cold.

"Ahh~ you hate it!" Nikita really smacked up and showed the girl's cute side.

Roland stopped in front of the carriage, and realized that Mayor Ferdinando was looking at him in trouble, which was also strange and pitiful.

"Mr. Mayor, there is still some time, if you have nothing else to do, how about giving us a tour of the town's watch workshop?"

"Well, of course! But Your Highness, don't you have lunch first? It's almost noon. ”

"I ate a big packet of sweet pomegranates on the way to Sayre, and now I don't feel hungry at all." Roland touched his pocket, took out a pomegranate and handed it to Nikita, "If you're hungry, eat this first, and I'll treat you to a good meal for dinner." ”

"Oh my God! Keep this thing for yourself! "The pomegranate tree my mother planted bears a lot of fruit, and she just gives it away to show off, and she forces me to eat a lot of pomegranates every day, so that I lose my appetite when I see a pomegranate now!" ”

Roland couldn't help laughing, put the pomegranate back in his pocket, and took Miss Mage's hand and boarded the carriage.

The carriage ran unhurriedly through the streets for ten minutes or so, stopping in front of a large courtyard gate. Ferdinando invited Roland and Nikita to enter the courtyard gate, and introduced enthusiastically: "Your Royal Highness Roland, Miss Nikita, this is the largest watch workshop in the town, I can't hide it, I have invested some money here, how much I am a shareholder, haha......"

Opposite the courtyard gate is a row of bungalows, flanked by warehouses. Nikita followed Roland into the opposite workshop, a large light-filled room neatly divided into small compartments, each with a watchmaker polishing and assembling tiny metal parts, and tables piled high with gears of various sizes and many other intricate accessories.