Chapter 63: The City of Miria and the Doubts of War
It takes about two days to take a steam train from Lanxi to reach the surrounding towns and counties of Miria.
The city of Miria was built on a former swampy wetland with the Rhodelan River and its two tributaries running through the area, as well as two large lakes, Upper and Lower Quarter Lakes, on the north and south sides of the area, making it very humid and uninhabitable.
The first people to settle here were some free people from the southern region of Bodo who followed the law of land reclamation and came here to open up land, and they built the first town here, which was named Bordeaux Town.
Later, the town of Bordeaux grew and became the city of Bordeaux, with the construction of a castle and a subsidiary town.
For a long time, Bordeaux was the heart of the region, until the royal family began to build a summer palace here and began to develop the land in the area, gradually making the French royal family the dominant power in the region.
After Queen Miria I designated the marshy area in the center of the area as the site for the construction of Miria City, the development of this area reached a climax, and finally formed the current province of Miria, with the city of Miria as the center, with thirty-one subordinate cities and counties guarding the surrounding provinces.
Because of the barrier of the Bidia Mountains and the sea breeze blowing from the western coastline, the industrial dust on the Lanxi side could not be blown to the Miria region, and after the steam train crossed the Bidia Mountains, the surrounding air became extremely fresh, as if it had become another world.
After the steam train entered the province of Miria, it did not stop at the stations in the surrounding cities and counties, and the province of Miria has its own regional rails and steam trains in the city and county, which are many times better than this kind of inter-district and cross-city trains in terms of comfort, and the price is not expensive.
After about half an hour of driving through the Bidia Mountains, the train officially entered the city of Miria with a loud and long whistle, and the surrounding buildings became diverse, giving the impression that they had entered a foreign country.
Here you can see the large dome built by the desert people of the desert kingdom of Savile for their belief in the Lord of Life and Death, and you can also see the megalithic palace built by the people of the Maris Kingdom for their Hill King, and even the Sky Tower built by the people of the United States for their Lord of the Sky.
In addition to these magnificent religious buildings, there are also characteristic buildings of each country's own ethnic group, such as sand brick houses, tree houses in the forest, boathouses on the river, hillside terrace houses and other residential communities with obvious exotic styles.
When you had enough of these exotic buildings, the steam train began to enter the main station of Miria City, which became known as the jewel of Miria because the entire station was made of steel frames and special glass, and installed 39,743 specially made crystal oil lamps.
In the daytime, if you are amazed by the beauty of the station's construction, at night, when all the crystal oil lamps are lit, Miria's jewels will shine brightly and enchant the whole city.
It's just that some people like this gorgeous building, and some people are disgusted by it, such as Leo.
Leo hates the feeling of the flood of light shining down from the train, because it reminds him of the troop transport docks that he goes to every time he goes to battle, and the aviation docks are all glass structures.
"This building is great, isn't it?" Nelson leaned on crutches, supported by Catherine, tilted his head, ignoring the glare of the sun, looked at the all-glass building with great excitement, and said, "When I was still in medical school, I saw this great building on the title page of Bernard's train schedule travel guide, but the Miria gem drawn by that artist was obviously much worse than the real Miria gem......"
"Doctor, you just want to live here like the beggars over there, I have no opinion, but until then, let's get down to business!" As Nelson chattered to Catherine about his love and understanding of the station, Leo interrupted him at an inopportune point and said, "Shall we go to the embassy of the Kingdom of England first, or shall we go to the headquarters of the medical school here?"
Before Nelson could answer, Catherine spoke first, and said: "I think we should learn about the situation here first, and don't rush to the official office, and if there is no person of a certain status to lead us, I'm afraid that even if we go, no one will pay attention, so I think we should go to the address that Teacher Pierre gave you first, and have a place to stay before talking about other things." And I'm sure that the address given by Mr. Pierre was not written casually, and since he knew what you were doing here, he would certainly have introduced you to people who could help you, given his hatred of imide gas. โ
Leo and the others were a little surprised to hear Catherine's methodical analysis, and then felt that Catherine's analysis was very good, so they decided to follow Catherine's proposal and go to the address given to Nelson by Pierre, the herbalist of Rabbitskin Town.
Nelson took out the address and looked at it, and saw that it simply said 377 Red House Street.
"Who of you knows where Red House Street is?" Leo asked, looking at the crowd.
Nelson shook his head and said, "Don't look at me, it's my first time in Miria City. โ
"Me too. Catherine smiled wryly.
As for Jason, no one thought that he knew the answer, but surprisingly, Jason nodded and said, "I know." โ
"You know?" said Leo, all three of whom looked at Jason in surprise.
Jason shrugged his shoulders and said, "Didn't I mention that I lived in Miria City when I was a kid? โ
"You've lived in Miria City?" Nelson asked, surprised.
Jason looked at Nelson with a displeased expression and said, "My dad has worked in Miria City for a few years, I was born in Miria City, and now I also have a resident of Miria, isn't it weird?"
"It's kind of weird. Although he felt that it was rude to say this, Nelson couldn't help but say it.
Jason pouted and glared at Nelson.
Leo looked at the platform around him, which was gradually becoming scarce, and walked towards the outside of the platform, and said, "Since you know to go to Red House Street, then you can lead the way!"
"But I don't know how to go?" Jason said quickly, hurrying after him.
"Don't you know where Red House Street is?" Leo said, stunned.
Jason replied quickly, "yes, I know where Red House Street is, Red House Street is next to Candy Street, and I remember there's a big amusement park next door." โ
Leo stood on his feet and asked, "How old were you when you and your father left Miria City?"
"It seems like a little over four years old. Jason thought about it carefully and said, "I still remember when I had my birthday, my dad took me to the amusement park next door for a whole day. โ
Leo looked at Jason, sighed a little speechlessly, didn't say anything more, and continued to lead everyone out of the gorgeous Miria Center Station.
After walking out of the central station, there is a huge intercity plaza with a statue of Miria I in the center.
However, the artist who made the sculpture was obviously an abstract artist, and apart from the vague discernible human form, there was no connection between the stone and Miria I.
The square was very clean, and there were no hawkers, but there were many policemen with red round helmets patrolling back and forth around the square, such as Leo and the people who carried weapons with them were the focus of attention, so that Leo and the others had at least three eyes on them as soon as they walked out of the platform.
The square was filled with all sorts of horse-drawn carriages, which, judging by the manner in which passengers left the central station and boarded them at random, should have served as much as a taxi.
Leo also led the group to a carriage, and without saying anything, he opened the door directly, let Nelson and them sit on, and then, like a seasoned passenger, said to the coachman, "Go to the Red House Street." โ
Apparently the coachman also mistook Leo for a regular customer, and did not say anything about the price, and after Leo got into the carriage, he directly raised the reins, skillfully drove the carriage, shuttled through the traffic, and drove in the northwest direction.
Leo, who was sitting in the car, found several newspapers and a map of the city of Miria from a cloth bag on the door.
The content in this map is not detailed, only a schematic map of the location of each city and block, and does not clearly mark the details of the streets of each city and block.
The two days old newspapers were supposed to have been left over from one of the passengers' rides, and the contents of the newspapers were outdated for most people, but they were still useful to Leo.
The newspapers mentioned that the Continental Congress had begun to mediate the war between the Kingdom of England and the French Empire, but the ambassadors of both sides did not respond, and the parliamentary lobby team had already gone to the capital of the French Empire, Winter, and the capital of the Kingdom of England, Belรฉm.
Behind this news was dozens of comments from academics, politicians and journalists, the vast majority of whom were not optimistic about the mediation. It's just that there is one thing that is very strange, and that is that everyone does not know why the Kingdom of England suddenly launched a war against the French Empire, which happened inexplicably, incredibly suddenly, and for no reason.
However, the comment on this news made Leo think of the death of the French Emperor mentioned by Martin, if the Kingdom of England knew in advance that the French Emperor was going to die, and he did not appoint a crown prince, then the reason for this initiative to start the war would be reasonable.
I don't know why, when thinking about this, Leo couldn't help but think of what Baron Maupassant said two days ago, one of which was that it was easy to send him back to the battlefield, and the second was very sure that they could cooperate.
Baron Maupassant's self-confidence is obviously not untargeted, so it means that he has a certain amount of influence in the Kingdom of England, and even the two are not public collaborators.
In this way, it is likely that the Kingdom of England was already involved in the struggle for the throne of the Falan Empire before the war began, and the person behind Baron Maupassant is likely to be the object of the Kingdom of England's covert support.
"Analyze the likelihood percentage. โ
After Leo made his judgment, he immediately gave an order to the auxiliary brain system, and soon the auxiliary brain system responded, and based on the current analysis and judgment of this information, there is a 97% chance that his guess is correct.
Seeing the results of this analysis, Leo couldn't help but smile bitterly, but he didn't expect that in the end, things would turn back.
"What's wrong?" Nelson asked when he saw that something was wrong with Leo's expression.
Leo didn't speak, just handed him the paper, and then turned his head to look out the window, thinking about the pros and cons of the matter.
Although it seems that they are caught up in a maelstrom and are about to be destroyed at any time, if you think about it, they are actually just wandering around the edge of this maelstrom, and they don't really fall into it, and even if someone notices them, they don't necessarily care about a pawn like them.
On the contrary, if the Kingdom of England really intervenes in the battle for the throne of the French Empire, then these pawns who can provide ammunition will become very important, if nothing else, they will at least be well protected until there is a result.
The only thing they need to be careful about is not to be sold as a bargaining chip, and to do that, they need to increase their weight.
Thinking of this, Leo couldn't help but turn his head to look at Nelson.
If you had to choose one representative from among Leo, Nelson would be the only one who would be suitable.
Not to mention the identity of the mentor of Nelson Velen Medical School, the mere fact that he is a member of the White Rose family of the Kingdom of England is already very important, even if he is the least valued member, I am afraid it is enough to attract the attention of the Council of the Kingdom of England.
What we need to do now is to raise Nielsen's international profile in as short a period of time as possible, to increase his own weight, and to make his voice more weighty.
Leo thought for a moment, and suddenly asked Nelson, "Doctor, didn't you say before that the technique I used on the battlefield to stitch up wounds and speed up wound healing is very important?"
"It's really important. Nelson nodded, and when he saw Catherine's puzzled look, he immediately explained to her.
"There is such a technology!" Catherine also showed surprise, and pondered for a moment, and said with great certainty: "If this technology is published in the form of a paper, at least one gold medal will be awarded at the medical conference, and it will be eligible to compete for the Tovey Medical Award next year." โ
"What if you add some of the same kind of complementary healing techniques?" Leo said of several healing techniques that are often used on the battlefield.
After hearing Leo's technology, Nelson and Catherine both showed shocked expressions, and it is not difficult to speculate with their medical common sense that if these technologies are made public, the proportion of casualties in the war and the proportion of disability after the war will be greatly reduced, and any technology will definitely be valued by governments.
Leo then asked, "If all of these technologies were published in Nielsen's personal name, how far would Nielsen's standing in the medical school and internationally improve?"