Chapter 62: Seven Days: Hegemony
Today's sea is a little strange, there are no fish, anemones and soft corals are curled up, some small crabs, starfish, jellyfish are always busy, and the boy even saw a huge sea mussel with a tightly closed double shell, as if it was dead, the boy couldn't help but maliciously guess, is someone washing his feet upstream? haha. If it were a normal boy, he would definitely be happy to help investigate it, after all, the village makes a living by catching these aquatic creatures.
He was not in a very good mood today, and he had no intention of doing anything to help others, and he was about to leave, but his eyes inadvertently discovered a terrible fact, it turned out to be a pale human hand!
In the early morning, the fiery red sun has just broken above the sea level, giving the beautiful and tranquil sea a layer of rose.
Standing next to the window, you will find that it is a color that makes people shine, and the spirit is uplifted, which is also the reason for this. If you really have a good mood because of the view, the teenager won't mind watching it for more time. Unfortunately, no. He had to go out cautiously to prevent too much movement in this peaceful little village, but this thoughtful thought would always be ruthlessly torn apart by the noisy troublemakers.
The man's lips straightened coldly, he held a shotgun, followed by the same cold woman, and he asked vigilantly, "Where are you going?" โ
"Just walking. The boy shrugged his shoulders and signaled that he hadn't taken anything with him.
"Just for a walk? Oh, go ahead, be careful not to get into the trap. The man turned and left, his body was like a strong bear, and when he twisted it, you found that he was more agile than a hyena, and it was not difficult to see from those hands that his force value should not be half as fragile as his intimidating appearance. When the boy heard the trap, his face turned ugly as if he had just undergone a 'terrible violence'.
Well, what else can you say about this old-fashioned country man who leaves the village and feels like he is in another world. Their minds are forever stuck in an era that you can't even imagine, perhaps slightly more advanced than the Stone Age.
But the family took in the homeless teenager, and they had a lovely daughter at home, and the teenager swore that the reason why he wanted to live here had absolutely nothing to do with the young lady of the family. He would be happy to live here because of the special background of this family, this dark force, which made him feel warm.
It was very interesting that although the man's family were all from the country, and the city was almost like another world to them, the family was indeed 'black', and the opium transported from Akliu was a special income for the family.
They're not good people. There are already half a dozen guys sleeping forever in the cellar of their house.
Originally, the boy was honored to be one of them, but who made him show that he was also a complete villain, which led to a strange compromise between them. It is believed that this compromise is only temporary, and that one of them will surely fall.
In this room, no matter how hard they tried, the sunlight could not enter, their efforts were in vain, and the heavy curtain was like a faithful janitor, specially dealing with a naughty child like Sunshine.
In the house, aside from the salty and wet floors, which seemed to be very much in line with the poverty of a villager, the luxurious sofas were more than enough to attract good people to doubt the family's income. Regardless of the famous paintings of various periods hanging on the walls, it seems that each painting is more expensive than the treasures in the Great Sicilian Museum, and it is obvious that men do not understand the preciousness of these portraits, because there are many traces of cigarette butts burned on them.
"Rumors that the opium produced in the village is mixed with okara powder have affected sales...... the woman said.
"This is an out-and-out slander. He took his hat off and put it back on.
"Let's not talk about this matter yet, this year is Veya's coming-of-age ceremony, and you are just this daughter, and you don't care about it. โ
The man lit a cigarette, and when the smoke blew on the woman's face, she was full of resentment.
Looking at this bear, there was really no nervousness or joy, as if it was not his daughter at all.
After half a candle, the man suddenly said, "You see, I forgot about it, and now there is no suitable candidate." โ
"Damn. The woman cursed under her breath, and the cup on the table flipped over, and the scarlet liquid flowed to the ground, making it even more cloudy in the light of the candle flame. The sound of the quarrel began to feel like a small rain on the leaves, and it became as violent as a thunderstorm. The scope of the quarrel has also changed from their daughter to an uninvited guest staying in their home, although he is not all a white rice eater - sometimes he also helps with the cooking, and the cooking skills are good. But overall it's still a white rice eater.
Three hundred years ago, a revolution overthrew the great king, Richard I's head was cut off by the revolutionary army, and the Rose family rightfully ruled the country. But since there was no heir, after the old duke was poisoned, new revolutionaries began to appear, and the civil war came like a belated rain, but it came anyway, and a final rainstorm came, frantically washing away the traditions of the kingdom, and all the familiar things were gone, and finally the descendants of the king were taken over from the neighboring countries.
The new king crossed the strait and returned to the country ruled by his fathers, and once again became the ruler of real power, although there would be some constraints, but people would not fantasize about using revolution to overthrow him, after all, no one wanted to go through that terrible civil war.
Two families played a very important role in welcoming the king, one we call the ram and the other the great zebra.
Like the one they called the ram, their family leader became the perfect choice for successive prime ministers. And the big zebra had to disappear into history a long time ago because of the problem of having no heirs.
The family, as a special unit, is always there.
In the Kingdom, a number of industries known as the underground, such as gambling, counterfeiting, pornography, drugs, intimidation and violence, and financial fraud, were run by families. These industries will be suppressed by the government, but as long as you grasp a magic line, sometimes the government will also like to see the holders of these industries, first of all, you have to learn to listen to the government, sometimes they are not good to solve things, the industry can serve. As long as you maintain a close alliance with the high-ranking officials, and then do what you can and should do, you can keep the family from perishing.
After the middle of the nineteenth century, the chain of world empires began to take shape. The Kingdom of Sicily, known as Sicily and the United Kingdom of Malta, is also considered to be the empire on which the sun never sets. The Industrial Revolution promoted the progress of mankind, and the true greatness of the great colonial empire was the spread of violence and civilization.
The government began to carry out an even more brutal strangulation of the dark forces, and the line that used to work did not work so well.
As a government, they set new rules. So no matter how much the family obeys the old rules, they have no mercy on the family.
More and more gangsters are turning to construction, transportation, insurance, hotels, factories, mines...... Large-scale smuggling gradually replaced drugs and all sorts of similar things, which were prone to conflict with state institutions.
The role of the port is to become a loading and unloading place for ships.
As a powerful colonial hegemon, Sicily's smallest port has a daily throughput of about 200,000 tons.
The shore cranes are towering, and the container trucks come and go. Countless goods flow through here day and night for transshipment to all parts of the world.
Many times, these ports also lose their former prosperity, such as war.
In the past 50 years, mankind has fought three great wars. Every war was preceded by a journalist who threatened to destroy the world, but every war of magnitude and death did not destroy the world.
In the West and the East, there are only a few powerful countries, but the contradictions and conflicts are often not between the strong countries, but between the strong and the weak countries, only when it comes to the world war, the strong and the powerful will compete with each other like boxers on the field, their foot strength and fists are as important as the comprehensive degree of competition, not as long as the fist strength or the legs and feet are flexible, the fist must be very fierce and the foot can also dodge the opponent's attack, only in the continuous elimination of the last side to win, can claim to be the victorious countryใ
Sicily don't have to worry about these wars, because the sun never sets. The sun never sets means that the sun never sets, and there is no more powerful country than them. In fact, it is true, perhaps the economy of the Western Federation can be stronger than theirs, perhaps the industry of Kane is more developed, and perhaps the population of Petergar is larger, but in terms of comprehensiveness, no country is more powerful than the Kingdom of Sicily. The mainland of this island nation is not very large, but it has many colonies, and most of them are distributed in very important nodes, and it is unrivaled in the financial and diplomatic fields, and the incomparably powerful dual-power navy is enough to cope with the combination of any two adversary sea forces. And in this international order, their leadership is beyond imagination, so they claim that the sun never sets.
But this kind of strength will always cause the opponent to be jealous, especially when the opponent finds that his path is blocked by this powerful being, they will go crazy. Duke Eric was such a person, after he became the emperor of the Kane Empire, although he and the King of Sicily were the same grandmother, but the two brothers immediately began to compete, the new type of dreadnought first appeared in the shipyards of Sicily, but the shipyards of the Kane Empire immediately learned how to build, and in a short time, eight ships were launched in a row.
Kane's threat became more and more prominent, so that His Majesty the Supreme of the kingdom began to pay attention to the preparation for war, but he would not have thought that this war would come so quickly, this is a war of brothers, if their grandmother is still alive, maybe it will be a family dispute drama organized by a third-rate director, rising to the level of the country, and this family dispute is described by this Supreme Majesty as a national war.
But Sicily and Kane are the same in terms of ethnic composition, and even if they have become two nations over the course of a few hundred years, in fact they were one nation a long time ago, but the national question is not the main core issue.
The boy came back at noon, and when he came back, he was dragged by the young lady who came back from school to study history. It is hard to imagine that such a small remote village would have a school, and it seems that education is a country with great importance.
The boy was reviewing history, and although the young lady called him a truant who didn't know anything, she didn't dare to judge so easily now.
The boy said to her, "I see hegemony. โ
"And then, you say. The young lady wondered what he would say.
"The world needs me to save it, I mean humanity needs ......" The young man was slammed on the head, and he was stunned for a moment, and then fainted in shame.
"Daddy, Daddy. Come on, I accidentally knocked him unconscious again. โ
The boy's second consciousness is still awake, but the second consciousness is only a kind of residual consciousness that can remain awake when the main consciousness falls into a coma, and cannot manipulate the body to make any protests, and his second consciousness can only protest with silent silence: "......"