Chapter 168: The Mirror That Hides People
On November 9, the Dmingham government announced that it would hold a trial ceremony for the new airship on November 11, and to commemorate the occasion, schools and factories across the city will have a day off, even in private workshops.
Over the next two days, the details of the ceremony were announced through various news agencies.
For a while, the enthusiasm of the people was completely ignited, and the streets and alleys, and the topics of conversation after tea and dinner were occupied by the new airship.
Magazines about the new airships were sold out, and the prices of the special airship models in the shops skyrocketed, regardless of their quality.
People call this new airship an epoch-making product, one of the most conspicuous waves in the industrial wave, destined to be remembered by history, and so on.
All sorts of praise titles keep coming up like money.
The reason for this craze is simple.
On the one hand, because of the collective honor, as a Demmingham person, I can talk to people from other regions in the future.
On the one hand, everyone wants to leave their own footprints in history, and they will all become witnesses of history!
Against this backdrop, the Demingham Daily's news agency finally welcomed a real heavyweight on November 10.
Mayor of Drenham, current head of the Garcia family, Marquis of the Lane Empire, Semil Garcia.
It was a visit, and the main content of the new airship was to generate some discussion.
"I think it's a special era, an era of old and new, a ...... An era full of changes and opportunities, I know that there are many definitions of this era, the industrial age, the capital age...... We must admit that industry and capital are indeed the main theme of this era, not farms and small handicraft workshops. ”
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"Our ships conquer the seas, our steam trains run across the land, and now our new airships are about to soar into the blue sky, these are the best interpretations of this era, but this is far from the whole of this era!"
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"Personally, I prefer to call this era the Age of Awakening, because in the development of industry and capital, I have seen the emancipation and awakening of people's minds, and we are truly exploring and understanding the world. ”
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"It has been said that God created this world, and they also created human beings, so we have to give everything to serve them in return, and I think that's inappropriate, if we were born to serve, is the meaning of life too cruel?"
"I am not denying the merits of the gods, but I respect the faith of religious people, and I also have great respect for the gods who exist in the starry sky. ”
It's just a tribute.
"What I'm really trying to say is...... We deserve something better, this new airship is just the beginning, we have to start building a new era of our own, and you are the hope and future of this era!"
The final image freezes on Semil Garcia sitting behind a table, raising his hand and extending his index finger forward, as if to point at anyone who sees the photograph.
"Thank you for your cooperation. ”
The editor-in-chief of the Dirmingham Daily was personally interviewed, and was now the first to lean in to shake hands with Semir Garcia.
Although the Demingham Daily had caused the government a disadvantage in the previous Anthony Hopkins case, the Demingham Daily is now on the side of the government when it comes to the new airship.
To put it simply, both parties are now in the honeymoon phase.
News agencies need all kinds of information about the new airship to stir up the hot spots, and the government also needs this craze to convince the public that they have control over the new airship industry.
"Your Excellency, may I ask you a question in private?"
Putting away the notebook and pen for taking notes, the two went to a corner of the room, where Semir Garcia's secretary was helping him put on his coat.
"Of course, I'm here to answer questions today. ”
Calmly arranging his collar, Semir nodded back.
"I noticed a noticeable pause in your tone when you were talking about those religions and gods, you must be thinking about something, right?"
After a brief pause, the editor-in-chief of the Dmingham Daily News, once the most experienced journalist, was also brewing words in his head at the moment,
"I'm curious, what is your attitude towards the gods?"
Semir Garcia's movements stopped, glanced at the editor-in-chief, and subconsciously kneaded the cuff of his left hand with his right hand.
"Hmm...... There's no attitude, that's all, I still have something to do, I have to go first, goodbye. ”
The words were hurried, and Semir Garcia left very simply.
"No attitude, that is, no attitude, means the same worship and respect as everyone else, or ...... Really no attitude?"
chewing on the last words left by Semir Garcia, he watched the figure with inexplicable and decisive steps leave.
After coming out of the Dmingham Daily, Semir Garcia went straight back to the town hall, sat in his office and rested, sorting out the script of the speech he was going to give at the ceremony tomorrow, and informing the family guards outside that they were not allowed to let anyone in the door even if they had something urgent.
Naturally, the whole ceremony will not start directly with the parade of the new airship.
Although the new airship has to take off from Whale Island, the people will gather tomorrow in Tallinn's Central Park, where he will have to give a speech, then take the old airship to Whale Island, and then board the new airship.
This means the end of the old era and the beginning of the new era.
After he had put the manuscripts in order, he simply glanced at them and left his place, walking to the portrait of the previous mayor, his father, hanging in the middle of his office.
According to the previous rules, the new mayor naturally had to remove the portrait of the old mayor, but he insisted on keeping it, and only hung his portrait in a different position.
"Father, the success of this plan is a matter of the future of the Empire...... I won't let you down, God bless Garcia! God bless the Empire!"
Reaching out to cover the badge on his father's portrait's chest, after about 5 seconds, some hidden spell patterns spread out from the palm of Semir Garcia's palm.
This portrait was specially made by the Garcia family with several wizards who are quite accomplished in spatial teleportation circles and the best painters in Dmingham, and it seems to be just a painting, but in fact, under those oil paints, it is covered with a teleportation circle activation point composed of a large number of high-concentration crystals.
Back behind the desk in his office, a blue glow bloomed at Semil Garcia's feet.
In the next second, the surrounding environment became a room made of large gray-green stone bricks, and a large brazier burned in the center to dispel the cold in the room.
Bolsh sat at the back of the brazier, with a mirror more than a man tall beside him.
It was supposed to reflect Bolsh's face.
This is not the case.