Chapter 269 - State-run Act (I)
"Then I'm honored, how am I going to ride this magic car?"
Receiving this affirmative answer, Dorothea gently placed her slender and white palm into Xia Lin's hand, smiled and looked at the appearance of the Pony One, and asked with interest.
"Please come with me, beautiful lady!"
Xia Lin put on a gentlemanly posture, took Dorothea's hand and came to the co-pilot of the Magic Pony One, opened the door for her, Dorothea sat in the co-pilot's saddle made of hardwood frame, cotton and leather, and experienced the softness and comfort of the saddle, and her face was a little curious.
After the passengers were seated, Xia Lin came to the driver's seat and activated the Pony One, and with a wave of magic that the mages could feel, the Pony One slowly began to move forward under the surprised eyes of Empress Dorothea's attendants and guards.
Skillfully gearing and stepping on the clutch, soon the magic horse number one reached the top speed of an ordinary carriage and began to move forward around the Sun Palace, attracting the knights of the palace guard who accompanied and protected Dorothea to run behind without stopping, but fortunately, the strength of the average knight allowed them to easily hang in a suitable position even if they were wearing a full set of armor.
Dorothea's eyes were full of novelty, and she couldn't stop looking around, and most importantly, she was observing the specific process of Xia Lin controlling the magic car through the disc made of leather and wood, the wooden pole marked with a few number symbols, and the pedals under her feet.
"How? Her Majesty? If this means of transportation is widespread, it won't be a problem for you to reach any corner of the empire within two or three days, right?"
Xia Lin looked at Empress Dorothea for a long time and showed a bit of girlish nature, and said with a smile.
"This speed is just the speed of a normal carriage, and if you don't have any way to improve this magic car to increase its speed, I'm afraid it's still far from the picture you painted."
Dorothea noticed the playfulness in Xia Lin's words, so she withdrew her curious gaze and said undeniably.
"It's just a magic car made with the first generation of magic motives, and the performance is not very good, and the cost is quite high. However, the Magic Car also has its advantages, and when the performance of the Magic Motion improves, the performance of the Magic Car will also increase, and it will not be a luxury to double or even triple the speed of the horse-drawn carriage.
We can even build tracks with steel all over the empire, and use the magic motive to develop the magic motive car, through which in the future, we can cross the eastern and northern borders of the empire in two to three days, and then the soldiers of the empire can quickly come to the place where you want with a single order, and your rule will be more secure, Your Majesty."
In addition to the eaves of the garden palace, the ground in Longmian Palace is paved with fine white feldspar, the road is very smooth, even with the rough suspension shock absorption system of the Magic Horse No. 1 is very smooth, Xia Lin turned the steering wheel, while taking Her Majesty the Empress around the Sun Palace, while drawing a cake for Her Majesty the Empress.
"And how long will it take to realize the kind of picture you described?"
Dorothea is no longer the little girl who got on the thief ship with a few casual words from Xia Lin, she has been the queen for more than a month, and she has her own plans in her heart after dealing with all aspects of affairs, and she immediately pointed out the most critical problem under Xia Lin's vain pie.
"With your support, it shouldn't take more than five years for this vision to be realized in the Empire.
I can promise you here that in five years, I will be able to fulfill most of the promises I made at the beginning, including that the people of the Empire will have enough food and clothing, that everyone will be able to live in spacious and bright houses, that they will be able to enjoy the conveniences of magical creations, and that they will travel in an improved version of the magic car we are riding in now."
Xia Lin swore that his words did not have much to deceive Dorothea, and according to his calculations, as long as the plan went well, the people of the Sassen Empire would be able to live like this in five years.
"Five years? In five years we will both be twenty-one years old, and if you can do that, then I promise you a brother
I can earn the title of knighthood, even the position of marquis or even grand duke, which has long been lost in the history of the empire, I can win it for you!"
Dorothea didn't expect Xia Lin to be so confident and dare to promise to realize most of the pictures he had drawn before in five years, and while she was surprised, she couldn't help but feel a little proud in her heart, and promised without hesitation.
"But if you want to make this happen, Your Majesty, we have an important problem to solve at hand, and I hope you can support me!"
Xia Lin steadied the steering wheel and let the Pony One drive on the open road, his eyes looking seriously at Dorothea in the co-pilot.
"Although Viscount Xia Lin can speak out, from now on, as long as you have a reasonable reason, I will support you in all your needs."
"Since Your Majesty has said so, then I'll just say it! I need His Majesty's strength in the House of Lords to support me in passing a very crucial bill!"
Xia Lin took a deep breath and said with a serious expression.
"What bill?"
As a member of the imperial family, Dorothea is naturally no stranger to bills, not to mention the influence of business alliances and bicameral parliaments.
"This bill is called the State Bill, which can also be called the Antitrust Act, and its tentative specific articles are:
It is forbidden for any organization or individual to monopolize industries that are listed as key industries by the Reichstag, and when an organization or individual forms a monopoly in a key industry, the subject of assets in the form of a company, factory, workshop, etc., established by such an organization or individual, must unconditionally surrender not less than 30% of the equity and control to the subject of the imperial state, or carry out a split to stop this monopoly tendency, and the subject of the imperial state needs to hand over funds or other assets commensurate with this equity in exchange."
Xia Lin organized the wording and explained the state law that he had initially envisioned.
"Antitrust Act? Viscount Charin, isn't this bill directed at yourself?"
Dorothea thought for a moment after listening to Xia Lin's words, and realized that the biggest victim of this bill was not Xia Lin, who controlled many unique technologies, and was immediately confused by Xia Lin's commotion.
Could it be that Xia Lin felt that his goal was too big and wanted to cut himself to reduce the covetousness of the outside world? But with her as the backing, Xia Lin, who is now growing in strength, should not be able to do this.
"Of course not, Your Majesty, our House of Lords is still a simple minority majority, which means that we only need forty-eight votes in our hands to pass all the resolutions we want.
And I have fifteen votes with Viscount Ellen, and I remember twenty-one votes in your hand, and we have thirty-six votes, and we only need to unite a group of deputies to make this bill work the way we want."
Xia Lin said with a smile on the corner of his mouth.
"But these MPs are just hampered by the previous parliamentary threshold and have to accept our conditions, and if they have enough interests, they will not necessarily act according to our ideas."
Dorothea frowned, she was more involved in some pickled matters, and she was no longer as naïve as she used to be, expecting a contract to control these Coalition members-turned-councilors.
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