The Night Adorer Chapter 95: Steam Castle
It was already eight or nine o'clock in the morning when Sulman got off the stagecoach and stepped into Gran Vía.
At this moment, the Gran Via is very lively. Looking around, you can see the workers wearing white-washed overalls and hurriedly carrying steel bars passing by. There are also pushing rickshaws loaded with carts of minerals. Workers leaving for the processing plant.
The air above the street is filled with faint smoke and dust. Their source is soaring into the clouds. The misty chimneys and the atmosphere full of gray mist are the eternal tone of the steelmaking area.
"First... Sir, would you like to buy a morning paper?"
A familiar voice sounded from behind, and Sulman turned around to look, but was surprised to find that the other party was peddling a newspaper to him last time, with a clever trilby girl. This time, compared to the last time she met At that time, it seemed to have grown a bit taller.
Correspondingly, the skinny of the opponent is more profound, the complexion is hungry and yellow, and you can faintly see the yellowish skin, some eye-catching cyan veins, giving people a thinness that will fall when the wind blows. feel.
Along with Sulman's turning back, she seemed to recognize the other person. After all, the appearance of the former is still impressive, especially for the opposite sex, so her originally fearful voice has become a little more relaxed. ——
"This... This gentleman, would you like a copy of "Gangdian Morning News"?"
Sulman nodded slightly, but before waiting for a reply from the other party, he took out a 5 silver banknote from his wallet.
Silver order is the second-tier currency in the currency ladder of Eternal Night World. It has diversified forms. There are coins with denominations of 1 silver order and 2 silver order, as well as 2.5 silver order, 4 silver order and 5 The banknote denomination of the silver order.
Sulman obtained the largest denomination of 5 silver orders. As far as he has seized a lot of cash from President Qisheng, he doesn’t need to worry about this small amount of money. The squires in Diancheng should be richer.
After all, the squires with small land have an annual income of about 1,500 gold, but they also have a large amount of workers' salaries, repairs and maintenance workshops, the employment of maids at home, and the maintenance of private carriages.. ...After some consumption, the liquidity in their hands may only be a few hundred gold pounds, which is not as rich as Sulman.
The little girl's eyes straightened when she saw the 5 silver ream note handed over by Sulman, but she hesitated for a few seconds and said frankly:
"I...I can't find such a large denomination."
Sulman tried his best to smile, not to worry the other person, and said in a soft tone: "I am not buying a copy."
Speaking, he pointed to the roll of morning newspaper under the little girl's thin arms.
"My colleagues in the office prefer to read newspapers." Sulman added a reason.
The little girl no longer hesitated. She handed all the newspapers to Sulman. Then, she carefully collected the coins, bowed deeply towards Sulman, turned and sprinted, not in line with the physical swiftness. , A smoke disappeared at the end of the street.
This time, Sulman didn't worry about the other party. After all, with the intelligence of the little girl, I believe she can protect the wealth.
"You are really compassionate."
Suddenly, there was a pleasant voice of a young girl behind him. Sulman turned around and saw a familiar, slightly rounded and lovely face. As for the owner of this face, he was standing in the orphanage. In front of the door.
Even though she was dressed in overalls, she was clean and tidy, which was very different from ordinary workers. In addition, her cute face with a little baby fat and pretty features like a doll attracted some attention.
It is the investigator of the Steam Church, Annie.
"But sympathy can't save everyone..." Annie stepped up to him, her voice a little low, and she looked emotional.
"I'm not sympathetic, just what I want to do." Sulman noticed her depression and couldn't help asking: "What's the matter? Seeing you, does it seem to be in trouble?"
Annie heard the words and shook her head lightly, her face a little confused: "I...I am not in trouble, but the scene I saw after I came to Steel City, it seems There is a little difference between the education I received before........"
While they were talking, the two walked into the orphanage with them. As Annie was an acquaintance, many orphans knew her. Suddenly, they cast a curious look at the young man beside Annie. Others whispered and pointed at them like a thief.
Listening to her words, Sulman understood a bit...
Is this leaving the ivory tower and seeing the outside world, resulting in an ambivalence? Sulman knows very well that in the moving castle of the Steam Church, their lives are like gears, regular, orderly and rigorous.
In the mobile castles governed by the Steam Church, for example, the hometown mentioned by Annie, the "Iron Heart City" they belong to.
Each resident will undergo a qualification test from the moment they are born, and if they possess a high degree of fit for the profession of'craftsman', they will be absorbed into the steam church. On the contrary, if they have a low fit but better Ordinary people are better.
Such personnel are often labeled as ‘technicians’. They will receive better education resources in the mobile castle. They may not be as good as the officials of the Steam Church, but they are far better than ordinary people.
When they graduate from the ‘Secondary Technical School’ run by the church, those with excellent grades can be promoted to the ‘Steam University’ and receive higher education for free. After graduation, they entered the important industry in the mobile castle, served as the management, and controlled the fate of a large number of workers. This is the social structure of the mobile castle, which is completely different from the civilized city-states outside.
Anne is a typical ‘miaozi player’. From the moment she was born, she has become an important talent cultivated by the church with a high degree of compatibility, and even her promotion is faster than others.
When Eddie in the same group was still undergoing the assessment, Annie was already an official investigator, a craftsman in control of extraordinary powers.
Unsurprisingly, she even hopes to be promoted to the second rank in a short time, and then go to the church of the Steam Church to accept the church trial. If she can outperform others of the same age and successfully graduate... ...At that time, she was the saint of the Steam Church.
However, after seeing the ecology of the residents of Gangdian City, for the first time, she was shaken by the education she received, and even her worldview.
This is a very common phenomenon.
Such situations usually happen when they leave the mobile castle for the first time and come to outside steam investigators~IndoMTL.com~ After all, there are two different social forms.........]
Sulman looked at her appearance, but his heart moved.
Because in his impression, in the history of the Steam Church in the current Third Era, a great change has taken place.
It was long-term oppressed by the'technicians', the middle and lower-class believers who believed in Steam, and the inside of the Steam Church, were bewitched by a secret organization. There were a group of people who were dissatisfied with the status quo and wanted to overthrow the original system. Saints.........
It swept across the entire northern cold soil, even triggered a war of gods, and eventually led to an epic event of debilitating northern China.
[Steam Revolution].
PS: The second one came out. The next step is to the winding line of Steel City, slowly pushing to the climax of the first volume.
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