When Brian and others carefully recorded the industrial development layout of the Rhineland, Joseph continued, "As for the wooden railways, just build some within the cities.
"The main mineral resources of the Rhineland region are close to the Rhine River, and they can be transported by ship to Baden and Strasbourg first. From there, they can be brought back to the country using the existing wooden railways."
It would have been Carl Friedrich who would have been excited enough to kiss Joseph's boots if he were here.
This essentially turns Baden into the central distribution hub for goods in the entire Rhineland, with the traffic income from caravans boosting Baden significantly.
Like that small country around the Malacca Strait in future generations, doing nothing, they could become a developed nation solely by the profits from passing merchant ships.
