Chapter 91: The powder keg of interests

The iron cables attached to the main hook of the tall crane are connected to the body of the sea train on the other side of the Aurora.

There was a faint shouting from the deck, presumably someone above confirming the link, in order to make sure nothing went wrong.

There are thousands of people watching below, and more than eighty percent of the news agencies in Dmingham have come, and the rest are tabloids that focus on gossip and entertainment.

If something happens here, the government's punishment is one thing, and the anger of the people and public opinion will definitely make them unable to eat and walk around.

Honk~

The loud whistle reverberated through the square again, and the body of the sea train finally appeared in front of everyone from the other side of the Dawn, pulled by the chains.

The nearly 10-metre-long body has a nose similar to the front of a train on which Donald came to Dmingham, but instead of the usual steam vents above, replaced by a large searchlight, and at the front there is a white inscription of 1918, which is the year of the year.

It is not like a train, the front of the locomotive only occupies about one-fifth of the entire body, and Donald can see through the window that there are many control instruments inside, which should be similar to a control room.

The rear body is brown and red as the main color, one outside and one inside, except for the whale oil lamps that are hung at intervals, there is no special structure, but the things in the carriage are somewhat interesting, and you can see through the window that they are all red velvet benches, and there seem to be two chairs on the left and right when the aisle is excluded.

With such a long body, there are not many guests who can carry it, and Donald is not surprised by this fact.

As mentioned before, the trial operation of the sea train in the Wangque District is more of a formality, and it will not be used as a means of transportation as it is actually a sightseeing car.

Do you expect those who go to the Kingbird to shop like sardines in the carriages?

This is absolutely impossible, and in the eyes of many upper-class people, it is unacceptable to be crammed into the same carriage with some civilians, even if they are sitting together.

This "equality" in status is an insult to them.

The world is like this, even if some people are unwilling, but more people acquiesce.

Donald even doubts that when the sea train starts running, there will be a situation where there will be high-priced tickets, which will make it difficult for ordinary people to retreat.

Perhaps this will only change when the construction of sea trains begins in Tallinn or Xialin.

Of course, both the inequality of the present and the inequality of the future.

This did not prevent the people from cheering for the appearance of the sea train, and when it successfully parked on the tracks, there was thunderous applause.

The mayor was in the middle of the crowd, he gave a loud speech, and sometimes patted a young man next to him on the shoulder, he was the driver of the sea train that was scheduled, although he didn't have to board the train today, but it was almost there, and when it came to the day of the trial run, there would be some excitement.

Listening to the person next to him, the young man seemed to be a cousin of a distant cousin of the mayor.....

Donald pressed the railing on the shore and looked at the crowd, and the mayor seemed to say something else after introducing the young man.

On the technical development of sea trains, about the future operational control of this aspect, etc.

Donald didn't understand some of the nouns and titles mentioned in it, but he saw the pleasure on the faces of some people, the gloom on the faces of others, and the depression on the faces of others, and even ...... Anxious?

"What kind of expression is this?"

Turning against the fence, he carefully looked at the most agitated man in the crowd, who had been standing closest to the mayor, but someone whispered a few words in his ear and then retreated, as if he was furious about something.

In the end, he didn't even care about the ceremony and left the venue directly.

The mayor is still giving a speech on it!

It's naturally okay for ordinary people to want to leave, but it's a big problem for a big person like you to stand at this time, you must know that even if other people feel as uncomfortable as eating, they still insist on staying where they are.

Show the mayor in public?

That's not a good idea.

"Let's go, I've seen everything I need to see, and I'll go shopping in a different place?"

Both the Aurora and the Sea Train saw it, and Suzanne was a detached person, and her mind began to drift to the rest of King's Sparrow.

The others did not object, they were not interested in the mayor's speech, and the group left the coast.

Then wandered around King's Sparrow Island for a whole afternoon, and then returned to the villa slowly after dinner.

Donald packed up and prepared to go to the study to make two inscription scrolls to keep his hand, and tomorrow he was officially starting to make the inscription scrolls, but as soon as he sat down, he was called out again by Susanna's voice outside.

"Come and see, something has happened to the celebration!"

Suzanne's voice could be heard clearly even from upstairs, and Donald thought it was the echo of the larger room.

Putting down the brush, putting away the scroll and going downstairs, there were already a few people sitting at the table in the hall, and Boglo was there, only Horn Shelley was still lying in the room.

"What's going on, it's not like the sea train just got installed today and fell into the sea, right? If that's the case, then it's the biggest joke the government has made this year, or it can be poked in the backbone by the people below for years. ”

Pence gloated and said that he was from a civilian background, and he never looked down on those officials, and even the image of the government was not too good in his eyes.

At the previous celebration, Donald had noticed that there was not even a single symbolic applause from beginning to end.

"It's not a sea train...... There is something about the sea train, but not because it fell, but because of what the mayor announced in his speech, the whole sea train project and the airship project that is about to be put on the agenda, will be under the full control of the government!"

Suzanne said a passage from the newspaper in a brief way, and Donald raised an eyebrow, this was not a trivial matter, he vaguely remembered that he had read the newspaper about it from Professor Cook's office, and that the profits contained in the airship industry had been fought for a long time, but he did not expect to be confirmed in this way.

"Which chambers of commerce did the government win?"

Boglo's questions have always been incisive, and people of his age have always paid more attention to social events than the fancy world outside.

"Of course not, the airship industry can be said to be the most promising industry in Dmingham in the next few years, so many chambers of commerce, companies, and consortia have begun to pay attention to the technological innovation on Whale Island, and have made I don't know how much preparation, but the government has not even given them a chance to bid and swallow it all, if they can endure this breath, it is strange, you look at the report on this page, almost less than two hours after the mayor's speech, the news agency of Drenham's news agency immediately found the directors of several large consortia, asked about this situation, the wording mentioned by these directors, 'Unbelievable', 'absurd', 'barbaric predation', 'disruption of the rules of the market', I haven't found a good word for it, look at it, some of the fuss in the next period of time. ”

If what is reported in the newspapers is correct, then this is a planned action by the government.

As long as this trend takes shape and the people think that the government has the capital and the ability to take off the airship, which is related to the future development of Dmingham and contains huge economic benefits, can the chamber of commerce still send someone to storm the government building and lift the mayor's table?

Naturally, the business community will not oppose the Demingham government on the surface, but since some managers dare to say such things to the people of the news agency, it proves that the Demingham government's behavior has touched the bottom line.

Don't forget, the consortium in Dmingham is not just those small local conglomerates, there are some consortia that are quite famous even in the entire Ryan Empire, and now they are not the ones who sit idly by and see that the biggest piece of the pie is about to be swallowed.

"But to be honest, this matter has nothing to do with us, anyway, we don't do business, so can we just have an airship to sit on it then?"

Pence is a man who can see clearly.

"No, it's about us...... At least it has something to do with the Anomaly, there are many consortia in Dmingham that have their own teams of outlaws, and their usual job is to go to sea to explore the island, and at this time, the combat experience they have gained from fighting overseas can also be used in assassination, kidnapping, and intimidation!"

The struggle for interests is always the most brutal struggle, and those people dare to do anything in order to hear the jingle of the gold pound when it falls into the pocket.

"In fact, I feel as if some kind of struggle has begun, and you can see the back of this newspaper, where the eldest daughter of the Tate family disappeared during the celebration...... It was Mathil Tate, whom we met at the restaurant. ”

Stephanie flipped the newspaper over on the table, and in addition to a large section of text, there were portraits of two people, one was Mathil Tate, and the other was the person Donald had seen in a rage during the mayor's speech and left on the spot.

The newspaper mentioned that Mathil Tate was supposed to attend the ceremony, but she was not found at the scene, and a news reporter filmed her father, Wesley Tate, the current head of the Tate family, angry......

In one of the villas in the Manor District, Wesley Tate sat on a gilded chair, and in front of him stood a group of heavily armed men, many of whom were aliens.

Holding his cheeks with his hands, the twitching flesh of his face proved that his mood was not calm at the moment.

"Remember, find my daughter at all costs, and whoever dares to let go, he is your example. ”

He pointed to the man on the ground, who was Mathil Tate's attendant.

A few hours ago, he was a able-bodied lad.