In the Dawn Capital, Viscount Rost, who had been handling official business, rushed to the Technology Laboratory as soon as he received news from the Wild Mage and the others.
The moment he saw the hovering train, he froze on the spot.
Countless thoughts instantly flashed through his mind.
Endless benefits surfaced, making him unable to stop thinking about how it could be built. With his strength alone, or even that of the Dawn Kingdom, it would certainly be impossible to establish it. Should they continue joining forces with the various nobles?! Entice them with benefits?
Offer shares?
Or lease land from the various lords to build railways?
Hand sections of the railway over to local nobles to operate and collect rent?
Or entice the nobles of each territory to build them themselves, just like the Magic Energy Network, then find a way to connect everything into one network once they had all finished?!
What if they simply made the Magic Energy Network System and the Rail Network System operate together?!
They could even bring the Golden Merchants' Guild into it. Letting the elves handle this seemed much easier.
If it could truly be built, the Golden Merchants' Guild would certainly be able to expand in the future. It would no longer be limited to Magitech Devices and Druid Potions—timber, food, and all kinds of local specialties could seemingly be traded as well.
No! The most important thing about Rail Transit was the routes. They could not leave it to the nobles of each territory to handle themselves; it had to be planned from the very beginning, even if that meant giving up more profits. Still, merging with the Golden Merchants' Guild and the Magic Energy Network was not a bad choice.
As for recovering costs, they could also have