The flag of the new party, Lippi, and Boardman came to Pompeii and stayed there.

Luther was extremely surprised and did not understand the purpose of Lippi and Boardman coming to Pompeii.

But at present, it seems that this gentleman came to Pompeii with no intention of destroying the White Eagle.

Luther had no way to deal with the legend and could only let it go.

Let him be strong as he can be; I am just like the breeze blowing over the hills.

Luther did not tell anyone about this, including Lelouch, his close friend. The White Eagle Territory continued to operate as usual.

As time passed, Lelouch, the governor of the White Eagle Territory, selected a group of reliable officials to serve as mayors of the newly acquired 25 cities, and used this as a framework to recruit officials to establish second-level and third-level city halls.

Luther personally saw the list of these new mayors and held an inauguration banquet. He unexpectedly discovered his uncle, Knight Sauron, and contemporary knights from six other families.

Luther welcomed this.

The rising Pompeii, which gathered twenty-five cities, needed these powerful roots to penetrate deep into the soil, absorb nutrients, and build foundations.

This was the only major thing that White Eagle did after annexing the twenty five cities. The other major thing was to build schools, promote agricultural activities, etc.

This will have to be postponed, and Luther doesn't need to be on top of it personally.

So Luther fell into a state of idleness again, reading novels, drinking tea every day, and of course, knight training.

Life is leisurely and carefree.

This morning, Luther was eating steak and reading in his study. He held the book in his left hand and ate the steak in his right hand, eating it greasy and casually.

"Sir Luther, Miss Alice wants you to go to the train factory of the transportation company." A maid came in and reported.

"Crunch." Luther finished the rest of the steak, put down the novel, and wiped his hands with a napkin.

"Did you say anything?" Luther asked, standing up.

"They said the train has been built." The maid was a little confused. What is a train?

Luther's eyes lit up and he said, "Find someone to call Lelouch over to you, and prepare a carriage. Forget it, I'll take the flying magic carpet over by myself."

"Yes." The maid responded and went downstairs.

"Train, my little train can finally start to hum?" Luther was very excited.

You know, the current White Eagle Territory is very large. Thirty-two cities, with a population of about twelve million. This is a very vast territory. If you have a train for transportation, it will save a lot of manpower and material resources and provide convenience for the people.

Not to mention, the emergence of trains and the spinning jenny will surely promote industrial development.

After waiting for a while, Luther waited for Lelouch, then called Aliena and released a flying magic carpet. The three of them rode the magic carpet out of Pompeii and headed northwest.

Soon after, the group arrived outside a building. There was a wooden sign outside the building with the words "Alice Transport Company" written on it.

There was a guard at the door. After a brief negotiation, Luther and the other two walked in and, under the guidance of the workers, came to an open area.

There were railroad tracks laid in the open area, and a section of the track extended outside the factory. Luther estimated that it was very long.

The other end is connected to a rectangular house.

The train should be inside the house.

Miss Alice led the factory staff and stood beside the railway tracks. Miss Alice was dressed very formally today, looking like a lady from a noble family, but she couldn't hide her charm and beauty.

"Luther, you're here." Hearing the footsteps, Miss Alice turned around and smiled.

"Yeah." Luther nodded and stood beside Miss Alice.

Miss Alice ordered: "The protagonist is here, start the train."

"Yes." A staff member responded and entered the room. Not long after, a whistle sounded that Luther was very familiar with.

“Wooooooooooooo!!!”

The locomotive, belching smoke and making clattering sounds, slowly moved out.

The locomotive was completely black, without any paint or pattern, and looked very ugly. But it was powerful enough, and as the whistle continued to blow, the train sped up and moved very fast.

"What is this iron lump? Is it a magical artifact?" Aliena was watching the fun.

"I didn't expect that such a thing could be made." Lelouch was a little shocked. Although he was mentally prepared, he was still shocked when he saw the real thing.

"What speed can it reach?" Luther asked.

"Fully loaded with cargo, 70 kilometers per hour." Miss Alice said with a smile.

This was the second time Alice had seen the train start, so she was relatively calm. The first time, Miss Alice had jumped up.

The iron lump is really starting to eat coal.

"Thank you for your hard work. Build a transportation network, lay rails, produce more locomotives, and train train crews. Get the company up and running as soon as possible. Once the company is up and running, we will monopolize the transportation of bulk goods and make a lot of money."

Luther said.

"Don't worry about that. I am more anxious about making money than you are." Miss Alice rolled her eyes at Luther, and then said, "According to your design, the locomotive and rails must be reinforced by wizards. Ordinary people cannot destroy them, but knights can. So I hope you can enact a law to prohibit the destruction of rails. Oh, and ask people to understand what a train is to avoid the tragedy of being hit by a train."

Luther nodded and turned to look at Lelouch, who nodded and said, "I will make the law."

"By the way, Luther. Our staff has discovered that this type of steam engine can be used to make many things besides trains. Do you mind researching more uses for it and then setting up a factory to produce it?" Miss Alice asked.

"I wish you could build a lot of factories. By the way, I sent someone to explore for oil last time, but they didn't find any. You can ask someone to explore for it. Oil is also a good source of energy."

Luther said.

"I understand." Miss Alice nodded.

Luther just witnessed this incident and didn't care about the details. So soon after, Luther left the Alice Factory and returned to Pompeii Castle.

Then Luther sent for Kuba Brown.

General Manager of Orange Group and Head of Orange Hot Springs Resort.

After watching the new party stumble and fail, Luther is finally going to open this resort.

I also took the opportunity to reunite with those wealthy Orange people whom I hadn't seen for a long time.

As a medium-sized city, Pompeii has reached its limit.

It's time to develop into a metropolis.

(End of this chapter)