April 2, 1868,

"Ha~"

At eight o'clock in the morning, Tom reluctantly got out of bed, yawned, and stretched out.

For Tom, getting up at eight a.m. is torture!

According to Tom, eight o'clock should be classified as early in the morning, and everyone should get up after ten o'clock.

Tom hated the workers who worked overtime to "find death".

After waking up, with the help of Miria, Tom completed all the morning preparations.

Slowly putting on his mask and sunglasses, Tom walked out of the office, and secretly got into the ordinary Smith carriage that was not his exclusive use under the escort of the "security guards".

Around nine o'clock, Tom arrived at the Smith train station in Houston.

The train station was already filled with reporters from the three major Texas newspapers.

The three major newspapers in Texas are the Texas State Newspaper, the Heroes Newspaper, and the Texas Workers and Peasants Newspaper.

It is not difficult to see from the name that these three newspapers are supported by the Texas government, Hero Company, and Texas labor unions.

Reporters from the three major newspapers have received "credible information" that Tom Smith, the founder of Hero Company, and Governor James Srockmoton, the new governor of Texas, will be taking a train from Austin to Houston this morning.

Tom and James said in the "grapevine" that they had traveled from Austin to attend a mourning service for the 1868.4.1 bombing.

Tom and his party quietly entered the train station through the side door of the train station.

A train from Austin entered Smith Station, this train was a "special car", the whole train was empty with more than a dozen people, and when they got off the station, a dozen bodyguards surrounded one person, Governor James Rockmorton, and walked out of the train station.

Considering the death of the previous governor - "stoning", Governor James reasonably cleared the unrelated personnel at the train station in advance for the sake of safety.

The crowd of guards walked and walked, and after a corner, there was an additional crowd "out of thin air" next to the crowd of governors.

When the group of people walked to the main entrance of the train station, all the reporters present looked over and looked at the two people surrounded by the "security guards" - Tom Smith and James Srockmorton.

"Mr. Smith, what do you think of the bombing of the Hero Factory, is it a Yankee conspiracy?"

"Mr. Rockmorton, how is the Texas government going to deal with this incident?"

"President Carr, the president of the Texas State Union, is also on his way to Houston, what do you two think of President Carr's point on this incident -- to thoroughly investigate the bombing and kill the workers on a sunny day?"

"Mr. Smith......"

"Mr. Slockmorton ......"

Through the guards, the reporters frantically asked questions to the Texas governor and the founder of Hero Inc., who were at the center of the two crowds.

As long as the two top people have any answer or any reaction, these reporters will write it down in a small notebook, go back and "slightly" "artistically" process it, and it can become a headline.

Tom and James were well aware of the reporter's urine, and they kept their heads down and didn't show any expression along the way, and hurried towards the carriage that had been arranged in advance.

"Mr. Smith! There are rumors that this bombing was arranged by Hero Company! What do you think? ”

A tall, brown-haired woman told a "rumor", a real "rumor", in a high-pitched voice, in a high-pitched voice when Tom stepped into the carriage.

Tom didn't even react, and got into the car normally, a glimmer of light flashed in the eyes of Milia behind Tom, and his body trembled slightly, but unfortunately, the focus of the reporter's eyes was not Milia, and no one cared about the maid.

Several wagons drove towards the factory area of the Hero Company, but the reporters kept following the wagons, and from time to time they continued to shout some sharp questions, imagining that the two men in the carriage could stand up and answer.

On the way, Tom's carriage finally shook off the reporters who were following him.

"Tom, that woman, do you want it?"

"Milia, why did you start worrying about this kind of thing, like that guy John. It's not cute if the little rabbit wants to eat meat and drink blood, and you won't be allowed to do this in the future. ”

"Don't people care about you~"

"Hiss~"

In the carriage, Milia was a little upset that the woman just now, following John's usual tone, made a suggestion to "deal with the female reporter amicably".

Tom really decided that Milia was getting weirder and weirder, and Tom didn't like Milia like this, so he scolded Milia slightly.

Milia had already figured out Tom's habits, and deliberately curled up into Tom's arms, and made Tom forget about Milia's "uncute" behavior just now.

Tom didn't mind what rumors these reporters would spread, anyway, the three newspapers were all under his sister's control, and if the three newspapers didn't "spray" a few times on the surface and attack their opponents a few times, it would be too fake.

The two carriages came one after the other to a small square next to the Hero Factory district on the outskirts of Houston, which was crowded with people and the occasional crying of the crowd.

The flames in the Hero Factory area have been completely extinguished, and the fire caused by this explosion is not worth mentioning at all.

Hero Company's goods have long been in short supply due to Tom's behavior of "buying high and selling low" food, and the factory production link has also been cleaned up in the world in the afternoon.

After Tom and Smith got off the bus, they didn't immediately enter the center of the square, the center of the mourning service.

Instead, they went to different groups of people to comfort the families of each "accidental death" worker.

"The state government of Texas will definitely come to the bottom and bring those hateful Yankees to justice!"

"The dignity of our Texas state does not allow those shameless and despicable Yankees to trample on it at will!"

"I, James Srockmoton, assure you that the state of Texas will protest to the federal government against their inaction in this mega case!"

Governor James Srockmorton was so tall and upright that he almost wrote "I'm a good man" on his head.

James was selected by Tom to become the new governor because of this "decent" white looks.

James continues to wander among the families of the deceased, belonging to the traditional "red-necked" group, relying on Dicks' anti-Yankey feelings, constantly wooing and appeasing the families of the deceased.

Let the families turn their grief into hatred, hatred for the Yankees.

"Shhh~"

"I still remember the day when Li 13 recognized me as the chief helmsman in front of Guan Gong."

"I didn't expect it, there are unforeseen circumstances ...... the sky"

"The family of the Heroes is my family, Niu Dan! Take care of this family, if there is anything wrong, I will ask you! ”

Tom's eyes were slightly red, and his deep breathing was a manifestation of "extreme sadness", in the eyes of Niu Dan and others, it was simply Liu Bei and Song Jiang's "albino version".

"The chief helmsman is noble!"

"The chief helmsman is benevolent!"

Tom plays different roles in different groups, and is the chief helmsman of the Heroes Association in front of the Chinese workers, telling the members of the Heroes Association to be kind to the families of the deceased.

In front of blacks is the "enlightened Dixie" who does not discriminate against blacks.

In front of the white people, you have to pay more attention to see if the other party is Dixie "red neck" or a European who fled the famine and came to the United States not long ago.

Tom can always change into the most suitable "mask" in a moment.

Anyway, there is a huge gap between each race, and no one wants to reveal in front of "outsiders" what kind of "preferential treatment" they have received from the founder of Hero Company.