"Of course, I know something about this thing. Because our Coburg family participated in the first battle to open up the road across the great mountains of the New World and obtained a station."
After seeing almost everyone in the venue looking at him, Saphiel was nervous for a moment, and then everyone in the venue introduced some of the situations he had learned.
The Coburg family's inn is smaller in scale than the inn we got, and at the same time, due to certain conventions, a portion of the income must be allocated to the churches that settle there as offerings."
"But even so, the annual income is a huge amount of income for our family. When I went to study abroad in the old continent, they also introduced us to a group of people from the branch family.
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"So what facilities are needed for such a rest stop?" After listening to Nora's introduction, Lawrence took out a piece of paper and asked.
"Now the railway operator has given us an infrastructure list, which marks necessary buildings such as water filling towers, coal storage stations, and coal mine loading and unloading stations. But I think even if all these necessary facilities are built, it will not be able to fill that space.
resting stop."
"Of course, of course it's impossible to fill it up." Saifei, who has some experience in this area, looked at the map and said. "If we just build a number of necessary buildings, then this place can at most provide a stable annual income.
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"So for those forces or people who own such sites, what can really make them make a lot of money is building some of their own buildings on these extra territories."
"For example, our Coburg family's inn was later converted into a train station. They built a hotel with a restaurant and several small shops selling various items in that place."
The intercontinental express train Lawrence took before was one of the highest-grade trains, so in addition to its high speed, strong defense, and luxurious interior decoration, its most powerful feature was its ability to travel in dangerous large mountainous areas at night.
But not all trains can do this. For most intercontinental passenger cars and almost all freight cars, crossing large mountains at night is still a very dangerous thing.
Although the defenses on these trains are enough to allow them to safely cross most wilderness areas, top-level wilderness areas such as large mountains are not something that the armed and escort personnel on board can deal with.
Therefore, for these trains, when traveling through this not-so-short journey, they must find some stops that can be used to stop and provide defense at night.
This is the main function of these densely packed stations in large mountainous areas. Once those trains arrive in the large mountainous areas at night, then these trains will choose a pre-agreed station to stop.
According to the information obtained by Lawrence, the largest station on the two current railway lines in the Great Mountains region can accommodate a total of 12 trains at the same time, and its annual output value is no less than that of a large gold mine.
Of course, the station currently in Lawrence's hands is naturally not of such a scale. Although the entire territory is not small, the area that can be allocated to the train station is severely limited.
According to the current plan, this station is located in a river valley and will be a building complex with a platform that can accommodate three trains at the same time and a complete defense system.
"About 30% of the land in the entire system is fixedly planned, mainly used for various simple train supply facilities and some basic defense facilities." Lawrence said while looking at the map.
"According to regulations, a platoon of regular troops with heavy firepower should be stationed here for a long time. In addition, long-term workers in this area must receive certain military training so that they can provide firepower assistance when a battle actually breaks out.
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In any case, this land is still inside a large mountain range located in the core wilderness area. Although there are often not too powerful wild monsters around the opened railway lines, it does not mean that there are no scattered enemy attacks.
When faced with those scattered monsters, the church often only serves as an early warning, and at the same time organizes extraordinary beings to intercept the opponent's extraordinary beings. The real regular combatants are the guards and ordinary people working in the stronghold.
When Lawrence traveled by train before, he bought a first-class cabin, so he had a room that looked like a small double room in a hotel.
But for most people, they only have a sofa chair or even an ordinary hard chair.
So if the train stops at this kind of station in the evening, many passengers will naturally choose to go to the station to rest for the night.
At least compared to the seats on the train, there is often enough space in the station for everyone to stretch their legs.
In particular, people who can take such intercontinental trains are not too poor, so they are more willing to spend money in this area. Therefore, as long as some service facilities are opened in this area, a lot of customers can always be attracted.
"In addition to regular services, we'd better have some simple entertainment facilities and a place to sell specialty products." After briefly introducing the whole situation, Saifiya began to introduce one of the core issues.
"For example, this is the case at our family's train station. There is a core small theater there that can attract some status people and then sell them some luxury products -"
"It sounds very good, but we can't learn from it." Nora shook her head helplessly, "The territory of the Coburg family in the old world is famous for all kinds of jewelry, so naturally they can open a luxury store that everyone can trust.
shop."
"As for the specialty products we have here, there are indeed many, but in fact most of them are food that cannot be sold at a high price. Selling these foods at the train station can indeed make money, but it is certainly not a big profit."
"If this is the case, the firearms probably won't be sold for much." Saifei said after thinking for a while. "After all, almost everyone who eats like this will prepare them before traveling instead of buying them during the trip."
"But that doesn't mean we can't do business in this area. For example, we can sell some consumables, or we can provide weapons maintenance services."
"Weapon maintenance?" Lawrence looked at Sephiel with some confusion and asked. "I remember when I first started receiving weapons training, the shop owner told me that it is more important to learn to maintain weapons than to use them."
"That's the case in theory, but it's only for ordinary people." Saifei shrugged and said. "As far as I know, many people with status will buy firearms, but they basically haven't fired them a few times.
Guns, let alone maintenance of firearms.”
"This is especially true for some women. They will buy firearms plated with precious metals such as gold, silver, or even mithril, and with pearl oyster or mahogany grip panels, but they have not even actually shot a few times.
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"So there's a lot we can do in this regard. For example, we can find one or two dwarf gunsmiths to live in that place. For those rich people, this is what they do."
"In addition, we can also sell some simple travel items, such as alcohol cans, alcohol stoves, and, by the way, our specialty lighters."
"This is indeed a good idea. Unfortunately, our current core products are all potions. And those things are obviously not suitable for purchase as souvenirs on the road."
Lawrence nodded, and then said with a slightly regretful tone. "But if these things are added together, I think it is enough to build this transfer station."
"And in addition to these, we have some other things that can be developed there." Seifer added at this time. "Don't forget that there is also a large underground cave hall in that place."