Chapter 61: Pale Fate
Under the gloomy darkness of the night, a number of carriages with the marks of the revolver intersecting to the bronze bell began to accelerate.
A number of armed carriages galloped, and the swaying bells pierced through the layers of fog, and the cars drove towards the central square of the lower city.
The carriage drove into the bustling square, driving through the square passages guarded by layers of gangsters, the crowd took off their hats and saluted, and the carriage stopped under the stage.
Dehona also came to the square tonight, mingling in the bustling crowd.
There were iron hooks and long ropes hidden under the trench coat, and he watched with a little envy as the armed carriages with the death knell emblem drove by.
"Virtue, you see, we have won!"
According to the newspapers, although the Elsie Empire defeated the Forrest Empire through the Seven Years' War and achieved world hegemony, the huge military expenditure made the finances more and more decadent. ”
Under De's sharp gaze, Na closed her mouth and remained silent.
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Knell's deep pupils reflected the surging black crowd, and then looked at the dark clouds condensed in the sky, "How many people are here today?"
The assistant straightened his glasses, "About 20,000 people."
The brightly lit square is full of noise.
"What about security?"
"Everything works fine. ”
"Good", Knell walked up to the stage, raised his right hand with a gold-striped white glove, and the cacophony gradually narrowed and disappeared.
The sound was transmitted to the ears of the crowd with inexplicable power, stirring up layers of waves.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I am the death knell, and as always, I will protect the lower city with the sound of the death knell. ”
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"The war has been going on for five years, with North McCann fighting alone in the first two years and the Forrest Empire joining the war in the third year to relieve most of the military pressure. ”
"The current situation shows that the war is about to be won. ”
Stars and raindrops fell in the sky, and Deathstroke frowned, "But the war has made it impossible for a large number of farmers to farm, so they have to flee in search of food and livelihood!"
The voice began to be hoarse, "A lot of people, no income at all!"
In the bustling crowd of people in the audience, Na's hands were trembling slightly.
The voice still echoed in his ears, stimulating the remaining reason, "Because of the economic downturn, the income of gentlemen who barely keep their jobs has also dropped significantly. ”
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All this was brought by the army of Elsie, who, like thugs, burned farms, destroyed workshops, and carried out brutal repression. ”
"It is inconceivable that gentlemen who once had a decent job had to go to the almshouse and beg for food. ”
The night was depressing, "There's bad news here." ”
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"The Elsie military forcibly purchased all the grain on the market, 400,000 people in the city, and the food was only enough to eat for ten days, and after ten days, the order would collapse, and the people would be hungry and cannibalistic!"
There was a faint commotion and even sobs in the audience.
There have been more than one breakdown of order in the lower part of the city due to food shortages, and there have also been tragedies of cannibalism, and no one wants to recall.
"We have no hope! There is enough food for the whole city for ten days, but there is only enough food for six days in the lower city!"
"After six days, we can only eat rats, or resign ourselves to fate. ”
Riots began to erupt in the audience, and the suppressed military horns temporarily suppressed the spread of the riots.
The death knell still tells many secrets, "What about the front, what about the Lassi Heights! The army fights in tattered clothes, and the food is scarce than ours!"
"Who knows that the army has not eaten food for two days!
"It's all about the miracle of fishing, and how many soldiers died in the icy river, do you know the number of souls underwater!"
"Compared to the difficulties of the army, our difficulties are nothing!"
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The voice grew louder and louder, "Remember, we are the foundation of North McCann, and although there is suffering, we should look at the twinkling starry sky through the suffering and look forward to the glow." ”
"We will never be defeated by suffering!"
"Never will!"
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"My hometown is a remote village attached to Port Will, and the men work from early morning until sunset. ”
"They're all ordinary people who barely get by, on a shoestring salary. ”
"Farmers toiled in the evenings or on weekends, plowing the future on their own land, just to get a little more gold pounds in the hands of grain merchants. ”
"In their tight leisure time, they would wander around the local taverns, the wine served in cheap copper cups so charming that countless people would get themselves drunk to forget their pain for a while. ”
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There was pain in the depths of his eyes, "Old Lake, who was carrying heavy loads on the docks, had a spinal disease, and it was an incurable injury. ”
"Fisherman Xia Duo insisted on fishing in the icy river and suffered from stomach ulcers, and his feet were painful and ulcerated due to years of immersion in ice water. ”
The rain began to weave, thickening and thickening, "I was afraid of growing up, of aging earlier, of suffering from the long-term pain of continuous labor. ”
These are not the only destinations for living beings, the newspapers are full of lawyers, doctors, aristocrats, factory owners, bankers. ”
"To the people of the village, these are like portraits in paintings, distant and unreal, like clouds in the sky, untouchable. ”
The cold and dampness began to permeate, but the crowd listened quietly, "They live in the pale land of fate, seven days a week, twelve months a year, huddled in factories for thirty or forty years. ”
"Inside the pitch-black mine, struggling to split the rocks, digging out a little bit of coal, and then I developed lung disease. ”
"Our difficulties are nothing compared to their hardships. ”
"The countryside, the docks, the low-level factories, fate is pale and powerless, not even the gods can save it. ”
"So, we are united, we seek, and we face difficulties together. ”
The audience was applauded by tens of thousands of people.
Knell's eyes lost focus for a moment, and a deep voice sounded again, "Start!"
The black curtain was lifted, revealing the towering tombstones, four buildings tall.
Nearly 10,000 names are engraved on it, and the gangsters solemnly carry the ashes or corpses and send them into the ground.
The loud military horn sounded, "Remember, heroes live forever, I hope that under the heroic soul monument, there will be no more pain!"
"I hope that under the monument of the heroic soul, our country can become a sovereign nation-state, and no longer a divided alliance that has lost its freedom!"
"North McCann lives forever!" "Hooray!"
In the bustling crowd, shouts rang out, "Hooray!"
A wave swept by, with the tombstone as the center, and spread across the small half of the city.
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Location, small burial area.
Time, 8 p.m.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and there were only soggy police officers and generals here.
The raindrops fell with a huge amount of kinetic energy, and when they touched the Charr, they dispersed and flowed down the contours of the void.
The generals' unkind gaze swept over the Charles, for Corsi and the generals' clothes were already wet and wrinkled in the rain.
Perhaps the wet garments are remembered for hatred and humiliation.
In the cold air, Charles sneezed, he couldn't let the rain fall, and he didn't want to catch a cold.
Waiting for the ceremony to begin, the clouds are missing small openings, and the moonlight is becoming more and more beautiful.