The railway gauge in Kingsbia differed slightly from Dierjia's. This measure, once intended to guard against the Empire's army, meant there were no direct trains from Dierjia to Kingsbia.
But now, after traveling some distance, Mulan could see workers through the window of the Kingsbian train, modifying or building tracks along the railway.
This was undoubtedly Nisheriel's doing. Now that Kingsbia had fully aligned itself with Dierjia, it held immense strategic importance for the Empire.
Securing peace along one border alone would never be the Queen's goal. Kingsbia's Niptiles Port was the finest deepwater port in the continent's southeastern corner, and Nales Bay, between Kingsbia and Angler, was now effectively open to Dierjia without conditions.
Dierjia's Central Sea Fleet could resupply at Niptiles Port without hindrance. It could also sail out of Nales Bay and approach Bach's southeastern border from the south, making both strategic deterrence and troop deployment far easier.
Unfortunately, the war in Kingsbia had ended too quickly, and Bach had lacked the resolve to declare war on Dierjia outright at the time. Now the deed was done, and there was no undoing it.
The Holy Temple's uncompromising stance at the time had certainly helped enormously. Otherwise, Basman and Bach might indeed have helped Kingsbia tie down the Empire.
Of course, a ruler as wise as the Queen would never want to fight a pointless war, but she had clearly made the necessary preparations. In terms of her grasp of the bigger picture, she simply outclassed her father.
Why was Mulan so certain this was the Queen's doing? Because no one else in the Empire could execute a plan to this degree. Besides, in Mulan's eyes, the military had far too many useless people.
Since he needed to familiarize himself with the itinerary and subsequent arrangements, Mulan did