Lord: Marry the villain's daughter at the beginning?

Lind, who had no idea that he and Lilith had planned a shocking conspiracy, was confirming with Jefferson

“Will all the settlement be made using raw materials?”

"Yes, Governor. The capital is planning to use a large amount of raw materials for settlement. Do we need to ask them to change the settlement method?"

"No, that's not necessary. But the transportation of raw materials is a problem. Let's repair the road connecting to the capital."

Jefferson nodded and left.

Linde looked at the report in his hand with some amusement. It seemed that Her Majesty the Queen of the royal capital should have started preparing to lay the tracks a long time ago, but it was a pity that he had missed out on the opportunity.

With this batch of materials, the actual combat progress of the magic train can be greatly accelerated.

Now the obelisks in major cities in the west have been erected, and as long as the tracks are laid, traffic can begin.

After finishing the matters at hand, Linde saw that it was getting dark, so he went to the laboratory to find Lena in person. Now the preparation work for the train has reached the final stage. Both the power conversion efficiency and the safety and comfort of the train have been significantly improved compared to the initial stage.

As soon as she saw Linde coming, Lena greeted Linde enthusiastically at the front of the train, and Linde jumped onto the front of the train without hesitation.

Today, Reina has her hair tied up high. Although she is already a wife, she is still lively and smart, with a permanent smile on her face. Her green eyes curved into crescents when she saw Lind. After Lind jumped onto the front of the train, the two of them naturally stuck together, as if it was supposed to be that way.

Smelling the familiar soapberry scent on Lena, Linde's mood gradually calmed down.

Originally, Lisha was also on the front of the train with Reina making the final adjustments to the Mathematical Olympiad Array, but when she saw Linde coming up, she hurriedly began to salute, but Linde waved his hand to indicate that she didn't need to worry.

Today, Lisha is the chief rune master in the territory. Apart from the magic train project, all other research has turned to theoretical directions. Now, most of the rune masters studying mathematical arrays in the territory are Lisha's students.

It even included some former members of the Holy Rune Society, who had once worked diligently for Old Derek. After hearing that Lisha had become the chief rune master at Gray Collar, they immediately realized the value of the notes they had studied and quickly came to join them.

The Derek family originally looked down on Gray Collar and Lisha, but since the capture of White Frost Castle, the Derek family began to contact Lisha and Linde through various channels, hoping that Lisha could say a good word for Linde, and that Linde would not take, or take less, the land for Lisha's sake.

If it were someone else, Linde would definitely choose to ignore it. Even now that he had said that, Linde would ask Colin to thoroughly investigate the family.

But regarding the Derek family, Linde still asked Lisha for her advice. The status of technical personnel is always the highest among the white-collar workers, and how to deal with the Derek family is basically a matter of Lisha's words.

Lisha no longer had any resentment towards her family, and was more relieved. At least now her father's Derek Notes had completely become popular in the gray-white collar and had become a compulsory subject for every alchemist and rune master. This was enough for Lisha.

Therefore, Linde did not make any changes to the conditions that he offered to the Derek family. They can invest or not.

As for the magic disease, although there is no cure, I can now find the elves' archdruid every day to absorb and regulate the magic in my body, and have some technical exchanges at the same time.

This was unimaginable in the past. The great druid of the elves could not be hired simply by having money; one also needed connections.

Having connections alone is not enough. The elves have always respected wise men who possess knowledge, and Lisha just happened to have some.

After inspecting the site for a while, the laboratory went off work. Although the research progress had reached the final stage and overtime had become the norm, the Governor came in person to pick up the Governor's wife. It was impossible to let the Governor's wife work overtime, right?

I have to say that the effect of going out for a walk is quite obvious. Reina looks more energetic than before, and more like the period when Gray Collar was still a small camp. On the way back, she was basically jumping and skipping, as if she had endless energy.

"The train is ready to run. Once the track is laid, we can put it into use in the military."

Reina is still as sensitive to machinery and military affairs as she was before.

"As long as we have this, our army will be able to move faster in the northern territory. Then we won't have to worry about some places being too far away for you, Linde, to control."

But then Reina said with some sadness: "If Grandpa had this train, he could have returned to the North faster, and maybe it wouldn't have become like this."

Lind comforted her, "This is not Reina's fault. Grand Duke Lars should be proud of you for being able to create something like this."

Although Lind really wanted to say that it would probably become: "Grand Duke, we have arrived at Winterhold."

The ending is still the same, and the situation at that time will not change due to the development of technology or magic.

"Ah."

Reina responded simply, and after returning to the mansion, she continued to lie beside Linde and listen to Linde's report on the situation in the territory before going to bed every night, just like before.

But now, Reina no longer falls asleep while listening, but actually starts to think about something.

"Linde, this train will also be converted to civilian use in the future, right?"

"Yes, and it may be converted to civilian use soon. Once the military route is stable, we can start considering laying civilian routes."

Those merchants have been waiting for the magic train impatiently, especially since the magic train had been tested in Gray and White Collar for a while.

The bigger the businessmen, the more anxious they were. Some even wanted to throw money at Lind to build the trains and tracks as soon as possible. Especially after they knew that the tracks would be laid wherever the Gray and White Collars attacked, those businessmen began to become more radical. They turned into war maniacs and even said in private that they wanted to attack the capital.

“But the cost of this train is so high, can civilians really afford it?”

Thinking of the sophisticated magic arrays and devices inside the locomotive, Reina, who completed the project personally, should know the approximate cost even if she is slow. Even if this project was put in the time of Grand Duke Lars, it would have been very likely to fail due to cost issues.

In order to complete this project so quickly, a strong government is necessary. Although she couldn't say exactly what it meant, Lena already felt that the control of the Gray-Collar family now exceeds that of the Lars family in the past.

"Don't worry, civilian use doesn't need to be so sophisticated."

For civilian use, one only needs to consider safety and comfort. The cost will be much lower than the current experimental and military types. Moreover, the way to recoup the investment is not just transportation, there are also hidden benefits such as economic benefits.

Of course, Linde did not lay tracks for the purpose of making money; this is a long-term project.

After talking about the things in the territory, Linde suddenly said:

"By the way, Isa sent a letter recently."

"Is she okay over there? Should we send some new weapons and equipment over there?"

Seeing Reina's worried look, Linde hugged Reina and said, "Don't worry, she has no pressure recently. I heard that there are some nobles who want to win her over and use her to join us."

"That's good."

On the other side, Isa was receiving a messenger from a noble in the resistance base.

This was another noble who wanted to surrender to Isa, but the only difference was that this messenger made another request.

"You mean, your daughter wants to be the Governor's wife?"

Isa was looking at the messenger in front of her with a complicated expression, with confusion, shock, and disbelief in her eyes.