Chapter 267: Hiccup?
Nick Fury is cruising around town. He chose this place because there was no one around. Some small inland towns in the United States (generally a small city with a population of a few thousand) tend to rise and fall because of transportation.
This national highway on wheels is one of the most important national resources. They connect the economic lifeblood of the entire country. The proportion of train transport and air transport in this country is far less than that of cars (motorcycles) running on the ground.
This is a country with an extremely strong car culture. In the United States, in addition to social security numbers and passports, a driver's license is the most common thing they use to prove their identity.
A lot of people love cars, like Tony Stark. The variety of classic cars and classic cars parked in his underground garage can be worth tens of millions of dollars. Because Tony is so well maintained, these old cars are driving in the same condition as new.
And Captain Rogers also has several Harley-Davidson heavy locomotives. The two most common means of transportation he used during World War II were jeeps and motorcycles. However, compared to the Jeep, which has an all-steel structure and can shake people apart, Captain Rogers prefers motorcycles. The old-school Harley, for example, is Rogers' favorite.
When riding Harley, Rogers could feel a sense of a bygone days.
Cars are one of the most important things in this country. But that might all be changing. Nick Fury pulled a flat stainless steel flask from his arms, opened the lid, took a sip of the gin inside, and finally shook his head.
The reason for the abandonment of the city was that the highway was rebuilt, and the traffic stopped passing through the city, so all the residents of the city eventually moved out of the city.
And I am afraid that there will be more and more such cities in the future. Nick stepped on asphalt that had not been maintained for more than a decade, and the quality of the pavement was good, strong and with a high coefficient of friction it was actually a good road.
If you drive fast on this kind of road, you probably don't have to worry about the quality of the road surface. As far as Nick's eye can see, straight roads run across the north and south ends of the city, each stretching into the endless distance. All you can see is a black asphalt road that disappears into the Nevada desert.
"I'm afraid there will be more and more cities like this in the future. Nick Fury said to himself. He's not alarmist or anything, it's something that's really happening.
Because Randall (Iron Fist Daniel's company) is trying to convince Congress to push for a super-high-speed rail plan in the United States.
The integration of hyperloop between Eastern Europe and East Asia has begun to take shape. For a variety of reasons and purposes, China is willing to provide low-interest loans (at much lower interest rates than international banks) to many Eastern European countries to push them to build the super-high-speed railway.
Randall has also entrusted a considerable part of the infrastructure work to the Chinese infrastructure engineering team. There is now a surge of dynamism throughout Eastern Europe.
The social unrest caused by the economic turmoil caused by the war is slowly beginning to improve. In Ukraine, for example, almost half of the country's banks have failed, and the failure of bank funds can cause a terrible ripple effect. The industrial system of the country as a whole is affected, and social stability is affected.
This is because the bankruptcy of banks will lead to the bankruptcy of some enterprises, and the bankruptcy of enterprises will lead to a wave of layoffs, and a large number of people will lose their jobs and have no income, and wandering the streets will affect the problem of public order. In the end, this series of problems, if brewing, will eventually lead to a terrible social problem.
The Ukrainian government is powerless in this matter, and the national minimum wage has been adjusted to more than $60 per month, which is difficult to make ends meet.
However, it coincided with the fact that the construction of the super-high-speed railway was planned to be led by Latvia at this time, and a large number of workers were recruited across the country.
This has greatly relieved the pressure brought about by the wave of layoffs. In addition, China's entry into this super high-speed rail program has brought a large number of low-interest loans, and some projects need to be more cost-effective locally. So it helped Ukraine to alleviate part of it.
A social crisis that could have erupted was thus suppressed. A large number of young workers poured into the construction of the railway. This kind of infrastructure is the most labor-intensive.
Ukraine's per capita wages are even lower than China's, and Chinese infrastructure companies are willing to hire these Ukrainian locals.
The whole of Eastern Europe and East Asia seems to have been ignited by a fire, and the super high-speed rail project has caused countless people to burst into enthusiasm. Although many people, like Kurno, a guy from rural Ukraine, do not know what the meaning behind this railway is. But this did not prevent them from changing their enthusiasm for building their hometowns.
It's been a long time, and it's been a long time since we've seen a situation where so many countries are working together with a unified goal for one thing.
Some of the old-fashioned and die-hard members of the National Assembly think of the twenties and thirties of the last century, and some think that perhaps it is the resurgence of the new Soviet Union. Of course, this comeback should probably not be called the new Soviet Union, because it was the beginning of another great power that was one of the largest and few remaining socialist countries in the world.
Some are accusing Randall of putting the United States in a dangerous position by selling technology. However, the Randall negotiating delegation took advantage of the situation to turn the topic to the major construction of North America.
"We also need to build a super high-speed rail like this. Together with North and South America!" were the exact words of the Randall delegation. They have constantly lobbied the enlightened wing of Congress and made it clear that the United States can no longer afford to be complacent.
And their delegations also traveled to Europe to persuade European countries to carry out European integration.
"Now that you have all formed the European Union, why don't you make the roads smoother? Why did Prussia end up being Germany? Because they were the first to abolish customs duties and tolls, they opened up their traffic!"
And in Africa, the super-high-speed rail is also underway, although the progress is a little slower. But there is a clear feeling in all of us that there is a tendency to want to bring the world together.
And when the US Congress wavered, the last straw that broke the camel's back came. Beijing sent a diplomatic mission, ostensibly in the guise of business talks about importing American corn and soybeans.
But in reality, the delegation's real goal was to talk about something else, that Beijing wanted to build a super-high-speed railway that would connect China and the United States! They had convinced Russia that the railway would cross the Russian Bering Strait and take the Arctic route to Alaska. (This is one of the conditions for controlled nuclear fusion)
After reaching the North American continent, it stretches from Alaska to the most important cities on the east and west coasts of the United States.
"Impossible! This is too dangerous for the United States! We are tantamount to exposing all our strategic points to China!" Some congressmen jumped up and objected.
To this situation, the representative of the Chinese side only replied lightly: "This is mutual." Because the cities we are open to are Beijing and Shanghai. From Beijing to Washington, D.C., from Shanghai to New York. ”
The congressmen who raised objections were shocked by the conditions offered by the Chinese side, and it was a little difficult to organize the language for a while.
In fact, a very important reason why China has put forward this concept with such courage is that high-level people have decided that the trend of the future era will no longer be a penny on the ground territory, but mining and colonization in the vast universe.
This is a new era, and everyone is on the same starting line. Now it's up to who looks to the future first and prepares for the future. If you have given up on the ocean, you can't give up space this time. Otherwise, this group of leaders may be nailed to the pillar of shame forever.
Regardless of the considerations, China's proposal has led to closed-door consultations at the top level of the United States. And the president of the United States is actually trying to prevent that from happening in his office. He has less than a year left in his term, why do you do this?
Doing well is the credit of the next president, and doing it badly is your own responsibility. It was a dilemma.
When it comes to the choice of the next president, there are already people building momentum for Rogers, and he is also very popular among the people. Steve Rogers has also received extremely high praise internationally, and everyone is looking forward to it. See who's going to be in the White House this year.
And because Captain Rogers' preference for super-high-speed rail is obvious, some people who want to stand in line early have put forward intermediate opinions. That is, to roll out the rail network in the United States first.
The first railroad broke ground in Kansas in January. In the future, with the rise of super high-speed rail, the car culture and highways in the United States may slowly decline.
This is also the reason why Nick said that there will be more and more abandoned towns like this in the future. He couldn't tell whether this was a good thing or a bad thing, and the merits of this matter could only be left to time and posterity to judge.
Nick took another sip of wine and muttered, "Maybe it's time to see how they talked?" Nick Fury said as he walked over to the fast food restaurant from before.
But no sooner had he reached the door than Nick Fury heard a voice that made him feel uneasy.
Black Bolt King is gulping down Jianlibao and eating French fries. Kazkazkaz ~ tons tons ~ hiccups ~
Damn, Black Bolt hiccuped!