Chapter 260: Mark Twain Was Reported by the Masses!
As for what happened in London, Li Mengyang, the emperor of the American Empire, he still didn't know for the time being, because the mission did not come back, and the news came late.
To be honest, Li Mengyang really wants to build a telegraph cable connecting the Americas and Europe now, because without this thing, the news is really too closed. However, it is clear that this thing can't be done now...... Well, in fact, he destroyed it with his own hands.
But Cyrus. Field's good work in the empire is not bad, the telegraph has been repaired to Mexico, and the next step will be to Panama, in that case,...... Hehe, if the progress of the railway can be faster, then the empire's control over these territories will be greatly strengthened!
It seems that Li Mengyang really has a little bit of an emperor's flavor now, and he knows that he has to maintain his rule.
After all, he is the emperor, but to say that Li Mengyang's work is really quite competent, because the current development speed of the American Empire is simply jaw-dropping.
There is no concept of GDP, but it doesn't matter, the empire depends on the operating rate, the employment rate, the railway, the steel production, the electricity consumption...... Look at these things, it's growing almost every day.
In addition, the new thing car is selling quite well now.
This thing is new, and the new thing has room to rise, so the original one looks like a walk-behind tractor, and then it ...... Ahem, the current situation is that there is a walk-behind tractor that is very similar to that of later generations!
Production needs, production needs, because when this thing is put into real production activities, everyone thinks that the tractor looks very good. Actual. Good. And it's inexpensive.
As a result, the cars were diverted, some of them became tractors for agricultural work, and the other part was used as a means of transportation.
As a means of transportation, it is natural to have a shell, because it will rain, so the shape of the car is getting closer and closer to the future generations.
The development is really fast. And the fundamental reason is because it sells very well!
In fact, Li Mengyang somewhat underestimated the charm of automobiles, and he originally calculated that he would need to rely on a large number of subsidies to open up this market, but the real situation is that it did not take much effort.
On the one hand, production is really needed, and tractors are much stronger than horses in cultivating farmland!
On the other hand, it's the car, it's so fresh, it's so new, it's so new, if you go out in a car like that. That's definitely in the limelight!
It's like in later generations, Li Mengyang has watched some videos. For example, if you drive a Ferrari and go out and talk to beautiful women, then in a place like the United States, 100% of beautiful women will get on the bus, and they can even easily open their thighs!
Other words...... A car is equal to a pickle girl?
Well, the Pure Emperor, he really didn't think of this at the beginning, he really didn't. Of course, I'm afraid this is also because there were fewer women in the empire...... For this reason, to be honest, I'm really curious.
But the fact is that it happened, everyone felt that the car was very tall, although at the beginning of the car produced by the Hongqi Automobile Factory, it was really bad, basically it took more than ten hours to repair it, and the people of the empire praised it in their hearts, Hongqi Hongqi is not in a hurry to repair the car...... But despite this, there are still a lot of people who buy cars!
Have face! There is a lizi! And the emperor himself advertised the blessing, good!
Of course, the speed of improvement after that is very fast, and the current car generally needs to be repaired only once after driving for more than a month, and it is still improving, and more models have appeared.
As for the price, this ...... No way to improve it!
In any case, the success of the automobile industry will lead to faster development of many industries, such as steel, rubber, and ...... Anyway, a lot, a lot.
As for rubber, this thing seems to be a bit difficult to do, because there are almost no such things in California, and they can only be imported from Southeast Asia, but fortunately, people there don't know the value of this thing, and it's cheap.
Anyway, Li Mengyang, the emperor, he is busy with these industries every day, which is really good, and he feels thriving, but there is a big event on this day!
"ιxiΓ ! We caught a big reactionary! Now it's brought! β
"What? Reactionaries? β
When Li Mengyang was dealing with government affairs, a group of gendarmes walked in with a person, and during the meeting, many senior officials of the empire were present, such as the deputy minister of education and minister of justice, Joshua. Chamberlain, as well as the Secretary-General of the Secretariat, Mr. Lim Hau-yi, and the Minister of Science, Mr. Thomson......
What's going on? The most important thing is the person...... Li Mengyang was shocked when he saw it!
"How is Mr. Mark Twain?"
That's right, it was none other than Mark Twain, the Minister of Culture of the Reich and now the Temporary Minister of Propaganda, who was also being escorted by the gendarmes!
"You can't be mistaken, can you? Mr. Mark Twain is a minister, how can he be a reactionary? "Joshua spoke first because he was now the new attorney general.
You know, the laws of the empire are still being revised, this is a very complicated work, Li Mengyang was not in a hurry to legislate at the beginning, but you can't help but do this work, so let Chamberlain do it first, and compile more laws, that is, a law-related issue that arises from real social life, and then everyone will discuss it, and finally everyone will vote...... Anyway, the process is more complicated.
Chamberlain is the Minister of Justice, so he naturally has to express his position first on who has become a reactionary, because is there a procedural problem here? Have you wronged someone?
It turned out to be Mr. Mark Twain? Isn't that?
"Your Majesty, have you gone too far in this matter?" However, some people are very direct, Mr. Thomson saw this situation, and immediately looked directly into the eyes of Li Mengyang, the emperor, and was completely one, "You did this, right?" 'Attitude!
"This, this, it's definitely not me!" Li Mengyang: He's also very strange. His previous shock was definitely not fake!
"Mr. Thomson. How can you glare at Your Majesty like this?! Lin Xiaoyi was puffing up at this time. Because in his heart, the monarch is a monarch and a minister, and everyone can't mess with the rules, even if the emperor is more enlightened.
Thomson didn't back down! I only heard him say, "My suspicions are very reasonable! Because I know that some of Mr. Mark Twain's recent articles ......"
This also wrote an article? Recently, Li Mengyang has mainly focused on selling cars and various industries, and his other reading is much less. But before Thomson could finish speaking, the gendarmes spoke.
"Mr. Thomson! Your suspicions are wrong! "The gendarmes are all soldiers. They don't talk about politeness or impoliteness, and the soldiers are loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, and they also have a reason, "The reason why we arrested Mark Twain is mainly because of the reports of the masses!" β
"Mass report?"
On this question, Li Mengyang also wanted to ask, because this really made him return to the future generations, the aunts in Xicheng District, Beijing, how many big and important cases they helped the police uncle solve, they were all reported by the masses!
The gendarme explained again. "That's right! It is reported by the masses, and there are reports from the masses. Mark Twain, the Empire's Minister of Culture and Temporary Minister of Propaganda, actually wrote an article insulting the Emperor of the Empire! This is unacceptable to the masses of the people! So, under the report, we verified that the situation was basically true, so we arrested Mark Twain, a reactionary! β
So that's what Mark Twain wrote? This question is what Li Mengyang wants to ask, but in the current occasion, some people don't care about this.
I only heard Mr. Thomson say angrily: "I arrested Mr. Mark Twain just because the masses reported you?" It's just unacceptable! I ask you, how many people have reported that you did it?! β
Obviously, Mr. Thomson thinks this is a bit of a fuss, what if it is reported, even if it is reported by the masses? Is this the reason why people were arrested? It's so unbelievable!
However, in the face of Thomson's anger, the gendarme was unmoved, and only listened to him sternly say, "Mr. Thomson! The police department has received at least 2,000 letters of informance! β
Two thousand!?
"......" Thomson stopped talking, because this number was really much more than he expected, and he really didn't expect Mark Twain to be angry.
So what about it...... Li Mengyang still wanted to know what Mark Twain had written, but it was still not his turn to ask.
I only heard Chamberlain ask: "So many reports really should be investigated, well, I have also checked after listening to your words." However, how can it be the gendarmes who handle the case? What are the police doing? β
Yes, in this case, it should be the police dispatched, and the gendarmes are in charge of the army, right?
But however, the gendarme's answer was also very reasonable: "The comrades of the police say that the matter is very high, and that Mark Twain, as a minister, openly insulted His Majesty the Emperor, and that he must be a reactionary leader!" Therefore, the police comrades need our assistance in handling the case. β
It's reasonable, but what about it......
"Pay attention this time, this program is very important!" Li Mengyang finally found a chance to speak, "It should be the police's business, it's theirs, you don't care about such things." β
βYES-YOUR-MAJESTYοΌβ The gendarme saluted.
Li Mengyang didn't care about this, he immediately asked, "What did Mr. Mark Twain scold me?" As for so many people reporting? β
Hey, this question has really been haunting Li Mengyang's heart for a long time, so what is the answer?
"Hahaha......" only listened to Mark Twain smile, and then said: "I wrote an article that said that you, the emperor, will become a dictator!" β
Just because of this?
"......" Li Mengyang was a little surprised.
"......" and others also have different expressions, because some people know and some people don't.
So now......
What I didn't expect was that Mark Twain said another word.
"ιxiΓ ! What you do with me, whether you kill me or imprison me, it's nothing. I'd love to talk to you individually right now. β
It was almost as if Mark Twain had asked for the last time, as if he had been put on the execution ground...... (To be continued......)
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