Chapter 40: People outside the chess game(1/2)
"Your Highness, your evaluation of me is a bit exaggerated!"
"No, I don't think it's an exaggeration. If everything you have now is not important in your eyes, destroying the empire is just a thought on your mind. Half of the nervousness the second prince felt when he came to see me was faked by him.
, and the other half is true.
The feeling you give me... is that standing outside the chess game in this world, you can see things that we, the chess pieces on the chess board, cannot.
There is absolutely no confusion and hesitation that you should feel when you are there!”
In order to get rid of Meteor, Agatha never stopped studying him. As more and more information was transmitted from Raging Wave City, the trajectory of Meteor's rise in Raging Wave City became clearer and clearer.
The more she learned about the meteor, the more Agatha became in awe of him.
If he is not a prophet, then he is an unprecedented strategist. Everyone's actions are under his control, and they will reach the set position according to the path he laid out. Even if some of them want to break away, in the end
Still can't escape the fate arranged for him by the meteor.
He did not break the original rules of Raging Waves City, but instead used those rules to complete his dictatorship.
If it were just these, Agatha would not give such a high evaluation to the meteorite.
Meteor's ability is not limited to scheming and fighting, his management of Raging Wave City is even more amazing.
According to common sense, a city that experiences such earth-shaking changes in power will definitely experience a period of decline. But this situation did not occur in Nutao City. The economic situation of Nutao City only experienced a very brief shock, and then quickly soared into the sky.
.
The reason why this happened is because Meteor was fully prepared before seizing power.
When he took over the Secret Intelligence Bureau of Haijiao District in Nutao City, he vigorously organized and promoted technical colleges to train low-level technical workers in a short period of time. After gaining a certain amount of power, he relied on his own power to solve work problems for technical workers. He even
Take the initiative to help skilled workers and negotiate with factory owners about salary and benefits.
Now, Yanyang Technical School has covered the entire Nutao City, and has opened two advanced technical colleges to train senior technicians. Yanyang Technical School has become a bridge between the city's lower class people and factory owners. Factory owners save themselves the trouble of training qualified workers, and the lower class
The unemployed have a way to make a living.
The decrease in the unemployed population has made the public security situation in Nutao City very good. Even the famous Haijiao District has experienced a good situation with no homicides for three consecutive days. Good public security and superior geographical location make Nutao City have
An excellent investment environment.
There is an industrial system, there are skilled workers, there is a large market facing the entire Golden Shield Empire, and there are preferential policies for foreign investment... Basically, as long as you bring money, you can quickly open a factory in Nutao City and make money.
In addition, Meteorite forcibly promoted the ten-hour work system and Sunday rest system in Nutao City, and opened a labor dispute arbitration office in the City Government Affairs Department to ensure the rest time and due wages of workers at the bottom.
In the eyes of outsiders, this was like taking a knife to bleed the factory owner. But Meteor just relied on the power of killing when he seized power to fully promote this policy in Raging Wave City.
Then the factory owners discovered that they did not lose much. After a while, they found that the sales of the products produced by their factories increased significantly. Many people found it incredible, and Agatha also found it incredible when she saw this phenomenon.
The sinking of wealth has not only not reduced the wealth of the upper class, but has actually increased it. For the entire city, the increase in consumption power represents an increase in the city's prosperity. After upgrading the city's infrastructure, for the world's rich, Nutao City
It is simply a comfortable residence that shows one's status.
For talents, Nutao City, which is open and has strong development momentum, is the place where they can realize their dreams.
The imperial court was not only a struggle for power, but more and more ministers and officials began to discuss how to learn from the model of Raging Waves City. When Emperor Augustine spoke publicly about Falling Star and Raging Waves City, they all spoke highly of them.
But these are not all of the meteorite's abilities.
He used a technique more fantastic than magic to build the world's first all-metal battleship for actual combat. The Raging Waves City Fleet and the Cape District Anti-Smuggling Fleet became the first fleets in the world equipped with all-metal battleships.
The maritime strength of Raging Wave City leaves its competitors far behind, making this sea area the safest waterway in the world.
He established an extremely harmonious relationship with the World Bank and persuaded the World Bank to make a comprehensive investment in Raging City.
He even has the energy to reach out to neighboring countries. The Republic of Rio is losing its maritime competitiveness with the Golden Shield Empire, and it is unknown whether it will survive in the future.
And the unbreakable bond between him and Elf Qingkong.
If such a person has his heart set on the empire, the empire will be invincible.
If he had other intentions, the empire would most likely become a pitiful toy.
Who is he?
What does he want to do?
Agatha wanted answers.
Within the boundaries of the garden, neither of them spoke. They slowly sipped tea as if enjoying the sunshine, flowers, plants and exquisite sculptures.
After an unknown amount of time, Luke put down the tea cup and said to Agatha: "You are right, I am an outsider, so I can see things that you can't see. As for my purpose...at every stage, my
The goals are all different.
In Raging City, I just want a safe nest.
Now, I want to see what kind of situation the empire's game of chess will eventually play out.
Who can shock everyone?
Who can sweep Liuhe?
Who can expand the territory?
Who can aspire to the throne?
Or... disintegrate into pieces, lose their lives, and the once glorious people end up on the guillotine one by one!"
Luke gave an answer, and every word he said made Agatha's heart tremble. Those were the reasons for his hesitation in facing the unknown future, but for him they were just different endings.
At this moment, Agatha suddenly felt that what she pursued in her life was so insignificant. The rise, fall or death of a huge empire was really nothing to this world...
Agatha took a long breath.
"Thank you for sharing, no matter what happens in the future, we are all participants and creators.
As the princess of the empire, I have responsibilities that I cannot shirk. After fulfilling my responsibilities, I will no longer worry about where the empire will go in the future.
This is an era full of unknowns, and it is an era that allows everyone to shine.
Thank you, Meteor!"
"You're welcome, I just want you to know my position. You looked like you were going to kill me immediately."
Agatha, who was seen through, said embarrassedly: "I have always wanted to kill you, but I can't bear the consequences of killing you. Now let's talk about the second prince..."
The visit of Luke and Sinclair made Alec feel the crisis. Facing the eldest prince who wanted to win strongly, Alec chose to join forces with Agatha. If Agatha could still control the meteor, Alec would get this strong support.
This will stabilize the evenly matched situation.
But Agatha didn't give Alec a clear answer.
After Agatha finished talking about her meeting with the second prince, Luke asked: "Do you want to inherit this empire and sit on the throne?"
Agatha didn't show much emotion, as if she knew she would have to face this problem eventually.
"Before you came to the imperial capital, I never thought about this problem. Because I am a woman, the resistance is not only from my father, but also from the feudal nobles, army generals, and palace ministers.
They are all men, will they bow to a woman?
But my father's vigilance against me made me start thinking about this question, but I still had no answer...until I heard what you just said.
I should also enjoy this process, do what I should do, and see who can aspire to the throne or be pushed to the guillotine."
At this time, Agatha swept away the gloom and murderous intention she had felt when they first met her, and exuded the heroism and determination to leave her own mark on this era.
As she just said: This is an era where everyone can shine.
Don't worry about success or failure, just enjoy the process.
Luke saw an Agatha a few years later. The empire collapsed, and this was what Agatha looked like fighting with all parties in the city of Saint-Lun.
That charm has attracted countless players, who have devoted themselves to her plot and fought for the dusk empire.
Luke said: "It seems you know how to reply to the second prince."
Agatha replied: "I have never intervened in their brothers' fights. If you don't intend to intervene, I will reply to him truthfully.
Maintaining the security of the empire is what I should do."
"I originally didn't intend to intervene in the fight between your two brothers, but..." Luke paused here, and after arousing Agatha's curiosity, he said: "Fania is the mastermind behind the attack on Princess Dale.
"
Agatha's face changed drastically: "How could Fania do something to Del? Do you have any evidence?"
"There is no evidence, but my temptation to Fania and his response convinced me that it was him."
Agatha asked: "Danya sent Sinclair to you because you tested him? What exactly did you do?"
Faced with Agatha's questioning, Luke replied: "I stand outside the chess game in this world and can see things that the pieces on the chessboard cannot.
The death of the suspect Sam was my test of Fania, and then I did something to force him to respond. He knew that I knew it was him..."
"he knows?"
"I know this is hard to convince you. I am going to blame the attack on Princess Del on the Abyss Temple, and then invite Fania to send people to help annihilate the Abyss Mage in the Imperial Capital.
This is a good opportunity for him to get out of trouble, not only to close the case of Princess Dai'er's attack, but also to use the hands of the Abyss Mage to silence those assassins."
Agatha asked: "Are you sure Fania will use those assassins? Maybe those assassins have been silenced long ago."
Luke said with a smile: "The reason why the Secret Service has been searching for so long and failed to find any clues about the assassins who attacked Princess Del is because they all live in the military camp.
To be continued...