Chapter 7: 07.Achievers
After a longer journey of three days, they finally entered Prince Ersha's fiefdom, and after the guards searched to make sure it was safe, they also returned home.
After traveling for a while, they could see the workers who were laying the railroad tracks, and the magicians accompanying them were meditating and resting on the side.
Looking at their skillful movements, it was obvious that they were all quite experienced, but even so, Ursa was still expanding the number of related workers.
After all, he didn't have a 'Tony Stark' here who could complete the work in a very short time.
However, there were some other issues ...
"How soon is Grandpa going to make it public, or report it to the King?" William asked.
What was being done now was not made public.
"There's no rush, Lord Erza's fiefdom is autonomous, and while there are others who have learned some news, in the end, it's just assumed that Lord Erza is building strange roads off and on." Uncle Ryan smiled.
"Good." William nodded.
It was Uncle Ryan who had come to take William home, and now they were in the same carriage.
He was supposed to send Frostblade to ride over, but William declined 'on the grounds that he wasn't a child'.
Mainly he also knew that the Frostblade Riders were now being deployed to the various major railroad track areas under construction, in case of unintentional damage by the sudden appearance of magical beasts.
If anything did happen, with Uncle Ryan's strength, it would be enough to protect him.
Of course, if he couldn't do that, then he would have to expose his strength.
As for Uncle Ryan's answer, it was also quite understandable.
Because all the railroads that are currently being built, all of them are not connected!
All is poor last two sides of the finishing stage, so as to achieve a certain degree of secrecy, itself is strange things laying still no end, outsiders and not good to come in to look closely at what, even if the view is not much of a clue, so there will be the final "intermittent strange road" such a word.
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Back home.
Grandpa and the others had already prepared a sumptuous dinner to welcome their gifted child who had succeeded in his studies.
"Hahaha, little William has missed your grandfather, come and let me see if he has grown taller?" Grandpa was the first to come out to greet him, his father Polly shook his head helplessly behind him, while his mother snickered.
"I'm not a dwarf, how could I not have grown taller." William said, rather helplessly.
"I'm afraid that you haven't grown much in body, but your heart has flown very high." Polly said seriously.
"That's for sure." William smiled.
Mother Ivy's eyes also turned a little dark, in fact, she disapproved of William's involvement in the military matter and not for the purpose of gold plating.
As a mother, naturally, she did not want her child to go to war.
"Hurry up and dine, I'm starving, I haven't had a big meal in a long time!" William noticed his mother Ivy's dissimilarity and immediately changed the topic and said.
"Aiens Academy surely doesn't have much to eat, but this time, I prepared your favorite food for you, so I'll give you enough to eat, little William!" Grandpa smiled.
"Really? That's great!" William acted like a normal little kid.
Maybe that was the only way to make his mother feel slightly more at ease and confident.
Just as he took his seat, a clear cry came, and his mother as subconsciously rushed to get up.
William saw this stunned, is it ...
"Hmph! Brat, was also ready to give you a surprise, now can only tell you in advance." Father Polly said without good humor.
"I became a brother?" William was a bit puzzled.
Oh, his own father is quite powerful ah, if he goes out a few more times, he is afraid that he will catch up with 'Darth Vader'.
"Yeah, your boy went to Aeons for a whole year and didn't come back, so your parents aren't happy about adding a little guy to the family fortune." Ursa laughed.
Obviously very happy about the matter of having one more grandson or granddaughter.
After all, because of his grandmother, Ersha only had one son, Polly, and one more family member would naturally be very happy.
"Brother or sister?" William asked.
"It's a sister yo." The mother, Ivy, came carrying the little one in her arms.
Back in his mother's arms, the little guy also stopped crying.
"Let's see!" William also walked with little excitement.
A sister, ah, he had a sister before, but the relationship wasn't really very good.
"What's her name?" William asked.
"Sylvia." Mother Ivy replied with a smile.
Suman Saivya.
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William reached out to play with the little one, and his sister was curious about his big brother, surveying him with big adorable eyes.
"That's cute, why don't you have another one!" William said teasingly with a smile.
William's words caused Ivy to laugh and Ursa to giggle happily in her seat.
"Do you think it's something you can just pick up?" Polly said seriously, but still with a smile on her face.
"Heh heh." William smiled back.
It's good to have a sister at home with mother and the others in the future.
After all, I'm not going to stay home honestly, I have to always be ready to go and open up new territories!
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After a pleasant dinner.
Right in the dining room, Ursa dismissed the servants, and apart from Polly and Ivy, who was holding her sister, only Uncle Ryan was present.
Apparently it was time to get down to business next.
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"The backbone of the railroad has basically been laid in the mining area, the heavy industry area, the harbor, and other important places. It will only take a month to connect and open both sides at any time."
"The magic moving cars that were secretly customized at various shipyards are also stored in warehouses, and the subsequent materials are also prepared and ready to be built in large quantities at any time, so basically, the operation of the various railroads can begin within three months."
"At the same time, a large amount of steel, low level magic elemental power cores, and so on, which I sent people overseas to negotiate, can be delivered to our port by sea at any time."
Ursa said simply, while also personally arranging anti-probing magic around the area.
"Brat, we're prepared for all the ideas you said before. But you should also be clear that our territory's finances are also starting to have shrinking problems. This situation can't be hidden for long, after all, it's war materials we're purchasing."
Polly also said bluntly.
It was clear that there was a fear of 'rebellion'.
Not afraid of being questioned by the king, but afraid of those 'rats' around the king.
"Those things, can they continue to be stored on the seller's side for some time?" William asked.
"One or two years is not a problem, after all, a large deposit has already been paid, but if special circumstances are encountered it cannot be guaranteed. It's best to definitely close the payment after first transporting it to our territory to be able to rest assured." Ursa said seriously.
"Then there's no rush, anyway, our purpose is to strengthen the entire kingdom, it's not like it's a rebellion. It's just that we're going to be the leader." William laughed.
"Your grandfather and I can understand all of this, if it really works out the way you envisioned, then our AivisuKingdom will definitely be able to build up a strong enough strength with this natural geographical advantage. At that time, we even have the ability to take down large swaths of territory on our own, but this is all feasible based on your preconception." Polly remained somewhat cautious.
After all, William was still only a ten-year-old child.
"Father, not to mention my preconceived notions, just based on the railroad transportation that will be able to spread across the entire country by that time. The terrifying ability to mobilize materials and personnel is enough to pull us away from other countries. Aren't you and grandpa, precisely because you see the potential of railroad transportation, prepared to take a gamble?" William laughed.
But Polly was still a bit hesitant.
"Little William, really sometimes, I don't even think you look like a ten year old child." Ursa marveled a bit.
"Isn't it true that those who achieve great things show an unusual side from a young age?"
William smiled and took out a few test papers that he had brought out from the Aiens Military Academy.
All of them scored full marks!
Ursa couldn't help but marvel once again when she saw this.
That's right, the previous William was already very good, and now with his royal bloodline coupled with his efforts that far exceeded those of others, his grades were actually naturally far more than what they appeared to be!
Every time the written test score part is only the top five, occasionally the first, is only his deliberate pressure score performance!
Those who only think of going to the gold-plated guys, how can they compare to someone like him who has both talent and hard work?
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"You kid, stealing test questions from the Military Academy is a felony!" Ursa smiled and confiscated a few test questions.
William spat out his tongue and laughed again, teasing, "Are you going to send your own grandson to a court martial?"