"The Railway Company?" Theresa asked cautiously, "Your Highness, isn't the railway supposed to be managed by the Ministry of Transportation?"
Joseph smiled and gestured for him to sit down, "Please trust me, the Ministry of Transportation certainly cannot handle it all.
"Not just the France Railway Company, there will be many more railway companies in the future.
"Here's a simple example. Suppose a small town in northern Rouergue wants to build a railway, what should the Ministry of Transportation do?"
Theresa was about to say "then allocate funds to build it," but suddenly stopped.
Rouergue is one of the poorest provinces in southern France, with many mountainous areas and a sparse population. The priority of building a railway there will be very low.
So the Ministry of Transportation's funds will surely be prioritized for places like Paris and Lyon, and Rouergue will probably have to wait sixty or seventy years before getting any funding.
