Extraordinary Sailing

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Deep underground, in a deep mine with extremely low temperature, a group of pale-skinned miners in worn cotton coats are still working hard. The iron ore is knocked down by manpower wielding a shovel, and then the mined ore and slag will be towed away by a mine cart that is also driven by manpower.

Why wasn't steam power used? The reason is simple. Since manpower is cheaper than animal power, why use a steam engine that is not cheap but consumes coal?

Looking at the tiny spot of light in the direction of the cave entrance, Sander, who was only thirty years old this year but looked like fifty, sighed deeply. I feel that my future is just like that light, only bleak.

"Oh, when will such a day be the end?"

According to the latest law of the Republic, as miners, they have to stay underground for at least fifteen hours a day, from 5 am to 8 pm. During this period, all physical problems are solved underground, and they hardly see the sun all day long.

Although the mandatory labor laws have only been enforced for a short period of time, the suspended particles in the mines and the consequences of long-term exposure to sunlight, such as lung disease and rickets, have not yet fully manifested.

But excessive heavy physical labor is enough to make a man in his prime gradually collapse.

It is only three months now, and most miners have already chosen to use the meager income from mining to exchange coca leaves with the mine supervisor after work every day, so as to numb their nerves and let their continuously overdrawn bodies recover. I was able to get up as usual the next day.

it's here.

No one dares to miss work due to illness, let alone run away.

Homeless people who are able to work elsewhere may be executed after three times of skipping work, but in this mine belonging to the deputy speaker of the Constituent Assembly, as long as they escape and are caught, they will be hanged directly.

On the gallows that everyone passes by when entering and leaving the mine, several negative role models who have been turned into dried bacon are the best warning signs. This intuitive death deterrent is more effective than putting heavy shackles on them.

Obviously, while severely exploiting the lower class people, the bourgeois also obtained a lot of privileges beyond the scope of the law.

Who would have imagined that just three months ago, this mine was a model of harmonious labor-management relations. The miners are closely united around Mr. Wright, the owner of the mine, and everyone thinks he is a great good man.

While providing loose jobs for those persecuted by the kingdom, he also gave up his noble title, stood with the hardworking people, and took the lead in an "uprising" to fight for freedom and equality with the nobles and royal family.

Many of the miners were once the main force of the "rebel army". Although what he did was just a job of waving the flag and shouting, it was also very powerful.

It just proves in the end that "persons are free and created equal" are all deceptive nonsense.

Thinking of this, Sander violently spit out the tasteless coca leaves, and was about to swing the shovel again to vent out his anger, when he suddenly saw something and whispered to himself:

"Look, why did the mine manager and those supervisors run away?"

Not long after, a loud cheer came from outside the mine:

"There is an extra corpse on the gallows!"

"Damn it!"

"Oh! Hahaha"

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Garriott's family cemetery.

After the two siblings reorganized the cemetery and paid homage to the ancestors of the family, Aiwen activated four permanent "ancient tree guards" and became the grave guards here.

It's just that, based on the strength and life essence of Aiwen and Anita, there should be no use here for at least the next few hundred years.

subsequently.

Standing on this hillside in the northeast corner of the town, I watched the cheering absenteeism pouring out of the mine below my feet. Aiwen knows that the third-level mass base that the bourgeois once united has completely disappeared.

There would be no further hindrance for the Union army to move in and take over the country again, and the Garriotts would have no trouble returning to the land as lords.

Also at this time, quietly.

Olivia, who was wearing a pure black and solemn long dress, emerged from the air surrounded by a large group of emerald butterflies, and slowly landed beside the two of them.

The girl who knew what the siblings had just experienced, looked at Anita, whose eye circles were still red, and gently held her hand.

She thoughtfully did not mention the slightest pain in the past, but said softly:

"Sister, the 'psychic network' responsible for sealing off the entire Ilya has just received news that they have discovered the family members of the high-ranking members of the Republic who have fled.

A family is blessed to share, and when there is difficulty, one cannot be alone. Although the culprits have been caught, it is too cheap for the family members with vested interests to get away with the stolen money.

I think at this time there should be a grand rogue standing up for justice! "

heard the words.

Anita's eyes lit up slightly, she regained her spirits in an instant, pulled Olivia and ran away:

"I'm familiar with justice, let's go!"

The stream of light transformed into a large number of emerald butterflies swept past, and the three of them had disappeared in place.

In the exile fleet.

The beautiful Mrs. Jerome was very frightened by the shock just now, and was still crying "beeping" surrounded by the maids.

And the male members of a large group of members of the councilor's family, surrounded by a dead body with pale skin and bruised veins, their faces were not very good-looking. There are various conditions for being superhuman, and most of them are not idiots.

"It seems to be suffocation caused by unknown reasons. But the eldest son of the Neilco family died of such a sudden illness? How can we explain to the deputy speaker after we arrive in the Heimar Kingdom?"

"It can't be a disease. How can there be such a dangerous disease? I think it should be some kind of attack from the extraordinary level."

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While the family members of the councilors were discussing, the crew members who belonged to the Egret Chamber of Commerce tried their best to hide the joy in their eyes. Even if there is no strength to resist, but watching his companions being killed at will like a dog, he can't help but feel the sadness of hurting his own kind.

Now, Nierko, who didn't take their lives seriously, died in a blink of an eye, and the crew felt that this was the goddess' punishment.

"If we leave the corpses on the ship, will it spread the plague?"

Suddenly, I don't know who said something in the crowd.

A group of people looked at each other, their eyes gradually flickering.

Indeed, there is nothing wrong with leaving Ilya just now, and the temperature will get higher and higher after gradually detouring around the Treasure Sea.

Moreover, Nierke himself is a senior-level second-order transcendent. It is really risky to leave such a terrifying corpse with an unknown cause of death on board.

What's more, the Neilco family's mountain-like wealth is still on board. It is really normal to have some wear and tear during transportation.

subsequently.

Plop--!

The water splashes everywhere, and the sea buries all the secrets. Everyone on board is an accomplice, and there is no need to worry about exposing each other.

The fleet has just regained order.

clang! clang! clang!

On the mast of the leading ship, the lookout rang the alarm bell with all his might.

"Report to the captain, a boat suddenly appeared in front of you!"

The family members of the congressmen who had not yet returned to the cabin looked up, and saw a huge black warship with a body length of more than 130 meters standing sideways in front of them.

No one noticed when he appeared.

"Send a semaphore and ask them."

Before the captain's order was finished, a large blue cloud suddenly appeared on the sea in front of them, engulfing the four armed merchant ships.

Suddenly, they found that they had come to an unknown space. Islands in the water, huge rectangular cities, and blue clouds in the sky.

A loud voice came from far away in the sky:

"Please cooperate, men stand on the left and women stand on the right"

Ai Wen didn't expect that he just wanted to relax with his sister after revenge, but in the end he picked up such a huge bargain.

After inspecting the "cargo" on the four armed merchant ships, they realized that they were indeed too young to plunder the wealth of a country, and even with Ivan's concentration, they felt a little dazzled.

A large number of bearer gold bills, gold products, famous artworks, gems, jewelry, bonds, equity certificates of foreign chambers of commerce

There are only six top-quality natural gemstones of the "Gem Star" level, and even the 20-carat super pink diamond "Artemis" that Olivia obtained back then should have been one of them .

"It turns out that robbing a country can make such money!"

Anita and Olivia, who were in charge of counting, felt their legs go weak when they saw the final numbers.

actually.

There is no need for the Ilia people to say it themselves, the intelligence department of Phalatis Kingdom has already made an estimate.

The official financial surplus of the entire Kingdom of Ilia in recent years can be equivalent to about 250 million golden lions, which is far from the private property of the royal family and nobles.

After the bourgeoisie cleared the entire traditional aristocratic class in a bloody campaign, they naturally received all their property.

Obviously, **** is one reason, and the bloody primitive accumulation of capital is another reason.

Whether it is the colonial plunder of overseas territories or the exploitation of various classes in the country, the purpose of concentrating capital in the hands of a few people can be achieved, allowing the bourgeoisie to grow rapidly.

However, in the modern age when the banking industry is underdeveloped, many traditional aristocrats do not trust the private banking system, and most of the wealth is stored in the treasury at home in the form of physical objects.

In the end, they were wiped out by the bourgeoisie.

In fact, the most valuable assets in this country are fixed assets such as fleets, ports, pastures, factories, mines, forest farms, etc., which cannot be taken away at all.

Those land deeds and factory property rights documents have all become waste paper after the regime change.

After all, the minds of these bourgeois are much more open than the traditional aristocrats, and they dispersed and transferred large sums of assets early on.

Some are also hidden in the treasury as reserve funds; some are deposited in non-alliance-owned banks that are not even located within the alliance; some have simply been injected into the international industrial chain and become overseas investments.

Fortunately, the time is not long. If they follow their principle of "every second of idle funds is a sin", they will digest them and invest them in industries around the world.

And when it is on someone else's territory, it will be difficult to get it back through normal means.

Looking at the figures calculated by his sister and Olivia, Aiwen felt a little trembling in his heart.

"No one is rich without windfall, and the pirate business is indeed a great way to make money! What is it that robbed a mere golden post in Cyrus back then?"

The value of the captured spoils was about a quarter of Ilya's financial surplus, which was a huge sum of 60 million golden lions!

If it weren't for the limited supply of materials, this money could build 1,200 first-class battleships worth 50,000 golden lions!

Bourgeois need the primitive accumulation of capital, and of course Aiwen needs accumulation even more. With this wealth, state capitalism can already be implemented first in Georgia.

It is also enough for the power in Aiwen's hands to complete the magnificent transformation from a grassroots team to a local tycoon!

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