Chapter 10 The Underground Train

"O Fei, go and pass on the Minister of Works and the Minister of Personnel!" Arthur said to Offi beside him.

Although Ishihara Satomi left, Ophe stayed to serve Arthur.

Ao Fei stood beside him in a daze, and from time to time he stretched out his tongue and licked his lips, as if recalling the taste just now. Arthur called out and she still didn't respond, but she did so after another call!

"Ah! Yes!" Offie hurriedly agreed, then turned and trotted out.

Looking at the foodie maid, Arthur could only helplessly smile.

After a while, two people walked into the study one after the other.

The one in front has a big back, a white suit, a face with clear water chestnuts, a sullen beard, and a melancholy look in his eyes. The whole middle-aged handsome guy is Minister of Personnel Connie.

Mainly responsible for the selection and assessment of officials within the kingdom, as well as the review and transfer of officials, etc., with a gentle personality.

The strong man at the back, wearing a work uniform, with dark skin, grinning silly, and showing his white teeth, was Minister of Works Giles.

He is mainly responsible for the construction of various projects in the kingdom. Unlike his stupid appearance, he has a smart brain, so he is also responsible for the Academy of Sciences in the kingdom. .

Arthur was the county magistrate of Rabbit Country in his previous life. What is the nickname of Rabbit Country?

Infrastructure maniac!

Giles is also more reluctant, and likes to build various infrastructure and scientific research development.

It's a pity that the Kingdom of St. Martin is so big.

There was absolutely no room for him to play.

"See Your Majesty the King!"

The two knelt down on one knee.

"Free gift!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty the King!"

"Okay, you two sit down!"

After taking the two to sit down, Arthur started talking about business.

"Connie, how's the new officer exam?" Arthur asked.

"It's over, and a new batch of officials have passed the exam!" Connie paused and said, "However, our kingdom is full of posts, and we have a backlog of officials!"

The official exam, which is the civil service exam of the Kingdom of St. Martin, is held once a year. Although the positions in the kingdom are now full, Arthur still did not suspend the exam to prepare for the expansion of the kingdom in the future.

"Well, that's good, just this morning, our kingdom has won the blood port town!" Arthur nodded and said.

"Really? That's great!" Connie didn't speak, and Giles next to him spoke first. With the new site, he can build crazy infrastructure again.

Arthur nodded and continued: "Blood Harbor Town needs a group of officials to manage it. Connie, choose a group of experienced officials in the kingdom, and then choose a new group of officials to manage Blood Harbor Town together!"

"Okay, Your Majesty!" Connie said unhurriedly in a voice of vicissitudes.

"Okay, you go down and prepare first, and you will send someone over in a few days!" Arthur shook his head and said.

Connie nodded, gave an elegant aristocratic salute, and went down.

"Giles, come here!" Arthur beckoned and said.

"What's the matter, Your Majesty?" Giles walked over with a little doubt.

"Look!" Arthur picked up the chart, and the draft of his calculations last night.

"This is the distance and chart from St. Maarten Island to Blood Harbor Town?" Giles was a little puzzled.

"Yes!" Arthur nodded, and then asked, "Giles, I remember that your academy should have developed a steam locomotive!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, but it doesn't seem to be of any use. Our country is not large, and at most one round-the-island train can satisfy everything!" Giles explained.

Arthur smiled slightly, pointed to Blood Harbor Town and St. Martin, and said, "You said, how about building a train between them?"

"Your Majesty, I heard that someone on the Great Waterway is building a sea train, but we don't have that technology! If we need it, we need a period of time to develop it!" Giles was a little confused.

"I know, I didn't say Xiu was at sea!" Arthur nodded and said.

"Where is Xiu?" Giles was a little puzzled.

Arthur pointed to the ground.

"Underground?" Giles said with an embarrassed look on his face, "Your Majesty, it can't be repaired underground. If you want to repair the track underground, you must go to the bottom of the seabed, and then you can repair the town of Blood Harbor, but, then In a deep place, ordinary people can't dig at all!"

"Don't worry, I'm ready!" Arthur walked to the side of the study and pointed to the hole digger, "This is a special hole digger, it can easily dig to the bottom of the seabed, but there is one thing, that is It can’t overheat, and if it overheats it can get out of control, so you need to be careful when using it for holes.”

"Good stuff!" Giles didn't ask where it came from, but his eyes lit up and clapped his hands.

If this thing is really as useful as what Arthur said, it is simply an artifact of digging a hole!

He immediately thought of the multiple uses of this thing. It can be dug under the seabed, so digging a cave tunnel is not a problem, right? So mining is also easy, right?

Besides, if the town of Blood Harbor can be dug up, why can't the entire West Sea be dug?

Thinking of this Giles is a little excited!

"Also, this thing!" Arthur took out a wooden box, which was filled with oxygen grass, "This thing is called oxygen grass, which can purify the air underground and produce a lot of air, It reproduces very fast, but at one point, it can't see the sun!"

Giles carefully took the oxygen grass, which is also a good thing!

If you don’t say anything else, just say mining. When you dig deeper, you need air. The air circulation in the ground is not smooth, and it is easy for people to suffocate due to lack of oxygen.

Therefore, most of the time, the mining will not dig too deep. With this thing, you can dig a little deeper, and you can dig out a lot of resources.

"When the time comes to dig a tunnel, you can plant it in the tunnel. If you are not confident to take care of it, you can ask the Minister of Agriculture for help!" Arthur said.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Giles nodded and said again, "Your Majesty, there is another problem that needs to be solved."

"What's the problem?" Arthur frowned.

"Coal mine!" said Giles.

"Coal mine!?"

Immediately, Arthur understood that the territory of St. Martin is not large. There is only a small iron mine in the territory, and there is no coal mine. Now the coal is purchased from the Kingdom of Firth every year.

It's fine now, but once steam trains are used, the demand for coal will skyrocket, and steam warships also need coal, which won't last long with the kingdom's current coal inventory.

Therefore, the acquisition of coal mines is the first priority, and even if it is bad, we must buy more coal.

However, coal mines are an important material for the future development of the kingdom. How can it be done just by buying them?

At this moment, Arthur made a decision in his heart.

Next target.

Felt Kingdom! ! !

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