Chapter 51: Ribbon Cutting

After visiting the seven factories, these nobles finally had a certain concept of industrial production as Xia Lin said, and the Dorothea princess was even more convinced that Xia Lin's words were not empty words, and she was glad that she had decided to support Xia Lin.

The power displayed by this industrial park alone is enough to greatly strengthen the strength of the enlightened faction and unite more people under her banner.

This kind of solidarity will not be the unity formed by relying on political leanings in the past, but will become a relatively close alliance of interests, and the unity of each other will be more closely related to each other.

"Sir Charlin, I am glad I believed you at the beginning, your talent and wisdom are indeed admirable!"

On the way to the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Queen Dorothea's attitude towards Xia Lin became more and more friendly and cordial, and even praised it unabashedly in front of all the nobles.

"It is my honour, Your Highness, that I would not have been able to achieve this result if it were not for the vision of you and Sir Ellen, this honour is mine, yours, and enlightened.

Conservatives like those who are stubbornly attached to the land will never allow such a change to happen on their territory! ”

Xia Lin replied with a mage salute.

"Now please continue to come with me and all major shareholders, the ribbon-cutting ceremony is about to begin!"

"I'm looking forward to it!"

Dorothea smiled reservedly and nodded, and followed Xia Lin to the ribbon-cutting table set up at the entrance of the industrial park.

Today, there are more than 1,000 full-time and temporary employees in the seven factories in the industrial park, and after more than a month, these people have developed a certain sense of identification with the industrial park that gives them relatively stable and high-paying jobs.

In this case, Xia Lin only had to pay a small amount, such as a piece of molasses per person, and many people who worked in the industrial park brought their families to cheer for the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

The crowd in front of the ceremonial platform made of bamboo and wood and covered with pale red cheesecloth is almost comparable to the most prosperous streets of the wharf in the north and south districts.

The workshop leaders and team leaders from each factory led the team members to maintain order in front of the crowd, preventing them from crossing the white line drawn by the lime on the ground, and at the same time preventing some ill-intentioned people from interfering with the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Chairs, a round table, and a parasol are placed in the white line area under the stage, and on the round table are placed fruit shaved ice made by Xia Lin from ice cubes made of frost rune stones.

Charlin asked Wyatt to guide the other Enlightened nobles to the stage, and he himself took Her Royal Highness, Earl Cullen, and Viscount Hart to the high stage, and gave the opening speech of the ribbon-cutting ceremony to the crowd under their rather curious eyes:

"Hello to the employees of the industrial park! I'm Charin Karl, the head of the industrial park, and I'm sure everyone has heard my name!

But some of the new employees may not know that I am a child from a real slum, growing up in a slum, and my parents work hard every day, but can only earn copper biss that can barely fill the stomach of the family.

The slums have left me with many impressive memories.

I remember one time, my father did not find a job for two days, and the whole family could only live on my mother's spinning income.

On the third night, my sister and I, who were dizzy from hunger, fought desperately for the potato and vegetable porridge for dinner, but the porridge bowl was knocked over to the floor, and my mother could only tearfully pick up the food that had been spilled on the ground and share it with everyone to eat.

Our family didn't have enough to eat that night, and my sister and I were beaten up by our father for it.

I can still remember the night when I was so hungry that I wanted to eat my fingers, and under the force of hunger, I didn't feel the slightest pain in the scars on my body.

Three years ago, I was diagnosed with mage talents, so my family changed a little, but it wasn't much, it was just that my family was barely able to fill their stomachs.

It wasn't until after I graduated that I had the power of magic and used my talent and wisdom to make a fortune that changed the lives of my family and lifted my family out of the slums.

That's why our family is known as the 'Lucky Carls' family by the people in our neighborhood.

Fortunate? We are indeed fortunate to be able to leave the slums, a place where there is no hope.

But in the slums, there are still so many families like us who are enduring the darkness of not seeing the light and trying to survive!

In order to help everyone get out of this quagmire full of hunger and misery like us, I thought of changing the slums after I had some powers! ”

Xia Lin was silent for a moment, looked around at the crowd that had quieted down because of empathy, and then said in a heavy tone:

"Change the slums! How easy is it to say? There are thieves, robbers, people who work in all kinds of shady trades, and members of the gray organization who have nothing to do but can enjoy all day long!

Just a few hundred miles away from our slums, the West End, which is where people live.

But here, we are rats in the sewers, covered in filth, and we can only carry bags and beg for work on the docks every day, or let mothers and daughters spin yarn all day long, just to earn those few copper plates of hard-earned money, and only have more freedom than those slaves!

When life is bad, the whole family starves, and even has to send their sisters to a big house so that everyone else can survive! ”

Hearing Xia Lin's words, the people in the audience also looked gloomy, they recalled the days when they used to work all day but could only barely eat, and the family gathered around the table at dinner to look at the pitiful food in the pot and worry.

"However, change is possible!"

Xia Lin looked around at the faces of the people in the audience, and said in a firm tone:

"Now, look at your pots and bowls, and see if the food in them is much richer. Even the youngest son in the family can eat enough! You can even occasionally taste molasses from 5 copper bis from the sugar factory!

Look at your body, and see if you are wearing cheesecloth made by the factory, which is fifty copper pesas cheaper than the cheapest cloth on the market? Now even the youngest daughter of the family can have a body of covering?! ”

Hearing these words that were closely related to their lives, the people in the audience began to think about Xia Lin's words, and they found that their recent lives were indeed much better.

"And who brought this? It's the factory, it's the industrial park, it's me who built it all, Charleen Carr!

It is Her Royal Highness Dorothea Akhlica the great Empress Dorothea Ahelika who is behind me to change all this, and the nobles of the Enlightened Sect! The most important thing is to be yourself!

It is the industrial park that provides you with better job opportunities than the docks, so that you can use your power to change yourself, your family, and even the entire slum!

Therefore, today's ribbon-cutting ceremony is not only a ceremony for me and Her Royal Highness, and Your Excellency the Earls and Viscounts to celebrate the completion of the industrial park, but also a celebration ceremony for those of you whose lives have changed because of the industrial park!

So please rejoice! Let's get excited! Celebrate the first brick and stone in the industrial park that transformed the slum! In the future, it will not only change you, it will change this slum, and even the world! ”

"Good !!"

"Lord Xia Lin is right! I will definitely work harder in the future! ”

"Change the slums! Let's not be rats! ”

As soon as Xia Lin's sonorous words fell, the crowd in the audience who were completely agitated began to cheer and shout.

In Xia Lin's speech, they did recall that their families seemed to have more and more smiles on their faces recently, that the children no longer fought for food every day, and that their younger son and daughter also had clothes and did not have to stay at home all day and were afraid to go out.

And these changes did indeed take place when the construction of the industrial park began. It is also natural to celebrate the industrial park that has changed their lives and given them hope.

From this moment on, these people working in the industrial park finally have a sense of belonging from the bottom of their hearts.

And this is exactly what Xia Lin needs to achieve.

"Next, I would like to invite Her Royal Highness Dorothea to deliver a speech, and then officially cut the ribbon!"

Xia Lin saw the excited and excited appearance of the people in the audience, and showed a satisfied smile on his face, making way for Her Royal Highness the Imperial Highness.

His arrival has changed some things, but now it seems that the changes are always good, and these changes will make this place and the world a better place in the future.

Behind him, Queen Dorothea's eyes full of surprise withdrew from the high-spirited Xia Lin, and she stepped forward generously, looking around at these people who were poorly dressed, but all had a beautiful vision for the future.

There was no tirade, but after a short silence, solemnly and loudly declared:

"I am Dorothea Ahlika, the second princess of the Sassen Empire, and I was invited here today to participate in the ribbon-cutting ceremony, I don't have anything to say, only one sentence to tell you."

"Citizens of the Empire, the change you have been waiting for has arrived!"

"Oh!!"

"Her Royal Highness! Her Royal Highness! ”

"Thank you, Your Highness the Imperial Lady! Thank you to Her Royal Highness the Empress for bringing the industrial park! ”

Seeing the beautiful and noble Royal Highness personally promising that their lives would change for the better, the atmosphere on the field became more and more enthusiastic, and some people who were overly emotional even wanted to rush across the white line to the stage to express their respect to Her Royal Highness.

Fortunately, Xia Lin had already made arrangements, and the employees of the factory were like a reef firmly blocking the surging crowd.

Such a warm and surging atmosphere, so that all the nobles in the audience could not help but feel a little shocked, turned their heads to look at the excited and even shed tears, they have been in a high position for the first time to realize that they are not only making money, they are still carrying out a career, and this career, will change the lives of countless people.

In such an atmosphere, Xia Lin asked two employees to carry the light red silk flowers, and the four ribbon cutting staff picked up the scissors and followed Xia Lin's reminder to cut the colorful flowers tacitly.

"Now I announce: the industrial park has officially been completed!!"

Xia Lin raised his fists high and struggled to let out the first cry of the industrial park in this world.

……