Nick Fury was patrolling around the town. He chose this place because there was no one around. Some inland towns in the United States (usually a small town with a population of a few thousand) often rose because of traffic, and at the same time, declined because of traffic.
The national highway on car wheels was one of the most important national resources. They connected the economic lifeline of the entire country. The proportion of rail transportation and air transportation in this country was far less than that of cars (motorcycles) on the ground.
This was a country with a strong car culture. In the United States, apart from social security numbers and passports, the driver's license was the most commonly used thing to prove one's identity.
Many people liked cars, such as Tony Stark. The various classic and classic cars parked in his underground garage were worth tens of millions of dollars. Because Tony maintained them well, these old cars were no different from new cars when driven.
Captain Rogers also had several Harley heavy-duty motorcycles. The two most common means of transportation for him in World War II were jeeps and motorcycles. But compared to the jeeps, which had a full steel frame structure that could shake a person to pieces, Captain Rogers preferred motorcycles. For example, the old-school Harley was Rogers' favorite.
When riding a Harley, Rogers could feel a sense of nostalgia.
Cars were one of the most important things in this country. However, everything was about to change. Nick fished out a flat stainless steel wine jug from his pocket, opened the lid and took a sip of the gin inside. Finally, he shook his head.
The deserted city of Kesh something was because of the reconstruction of the highway. Traffic no longer passed through the city, so the residents eventually moved away.
And in the future, there would probably be more and more cities like this. Nick stepped on the asphalt road that had not been maintained for more than ten years. The quality of the road was good, solid, and the coefficient of friction was high. In fact, it was a good road.
He probably did not need to worry about the quality of the road when driving fast on this road. Nick looked into the distance. The straight road crossed the north and south ends of the city, each extending into the endless distance. The only thing visible to the naked eye was a black asphalt road disappearing into the desert of Nevada.
"I'm afraid there will be more and more cities like this in the future," Nick Fury said to himself. He wasn't trying to scare people or anything. It was something that really happened.
This was because Randall Company (Daniel Iron Fist's company) was trying its best to persuade Congress to promote the implementation of the high-speed rail project in the United States.
The integration of Eastern Europe and East Asia has begun to take shape. For various reasons and purposes, China was willing to provide low-interest loans to many Eastern European countries (the interest rate was much lower than that of international banks) to encourage them to build this super high-speed railway together.
Randall Company also handed over a considerable part of the infrastructure work to China's infrastructure engineering team. Now there was a surge of vitality throughout Eastern Europe.
The social unrest caused by the war and the economic turmoil was slowly improving. Using Kane as an example, almost half of the country's banks went bankrupt, and the lack of funds would cause a terrible chain reaction. It would affect the entire industrial system of the country and affect the stability of society.
Because the bankruptcy of banks would lead to the bankruptcy of some enterprises, and the bankruptcy of enterprises would lead to a wave of layoffs. A large number of people would lose their jobs and wander the streets without income, which would affect public security. If this last series of problems were to brew, it would eventually lead to a terrible social problem.
The Kane government was powerless in this matter. The national minimum wage standard had been adjusted to more than 60 USD per month, and it was difficult to survive with this salary.
But coincidentally, the construction plan for the super high-speed railway was led by Latvia at this time, and a large number of recruitment was carried out across the country.
This greatly alleviated the pressure brought by the wave of layoffs. In addition, China's participation in this super high-speed railway project brought a large number of low-interest loans, and some projects needed to be done locally to be more cost-effective. Therefore, it helped Kane to alleviate some of the pressure.
Just like that, a social crisis that could have erupted was suppressed. A large number of young workers poured into the railway construction. This kind of infrastructure construction required the most manpower.
The average wage in Kane was lower than that in China, and China's infrastructure companies were also willing to hire these Kane locals.
All of Eastern Europe and East Asia seemed to be ignited by a fire, and the super high-speed railway project made countless people burst with incomparable enthusiasm. Although many people, like Kurno from the Kane countryside, didn't understand the meaning behind this railway. But this didn't prevent them from changing their passion for building their hometown.
For many years, it had been many years since many countries had a unified goal and stood together to work hard for a certain matter.
Some old-fashioned and stubborn members in the Congress thought of the 1920s and 1930s of the last century, and some people thought it might be the comeback of the new Soviet Union. Of course, this comeback shouldn't be called the new Soviet Union, because this was the start of another country, one of the largest and only few remaining socialist countries in the world.
Some people accused Randall Company of putting the UA in a dangerous situation by selling technology. But the negotiation delegation of Randall Company took the opportunity to lead the topic to the construction of North America.
"We also need to build such a super high-speed railway. Together with North America and South America! "This was the original words of the Randall Company's delegation. They constantly lobbied the liberals in the Congress and clearly pointed out that the UA could no longer be stagnant.
Their delegation also went to Europe to persuade European countries to integrate into Europe.
"Since you have formed the European Union, why don't you make the road more smooth? Why did Prussia become Germany? Because they were the first to abolish tariffs and tolls. They opened up their own transportation! "
In Africa, the super high-speed railway was also being developed, although the progress was a bit slower. However, everyone clearly felt a tendency, a tendency that someone wanted to unite the entire world into a single entity.
When the UA Congress was wavering, the straw that broke the camel's back came. Beijing sent a diplomatic delegation, ostensibly to discuss the import of UA corn and soybeans.
But in fact, the real goal of the delegation was to discuss something else. Beijing wanted to build a direct super high-speed railway between China and the UA! They had already convinced Russia that the railway would cross the Bering Strait and take the Arctic route to Alaska. (This was one of the conditions for controlled nuclear fusion.)
After reaching North America, it would extend from Alaska to the most important major cities on the east and west coasts of the UA.
"Impossible! This is too dangerous for the UA! We are exposing all our strategic locations to China! "A member of Congress jumped up and objected.
In response to this situation, the Chinese representative only replied faintly, "This is mutual. Because the cities we open are Beijing and Shanghai. From Beijing to Washington, DC, and from Shanghai to New York. "
The member of Congress who raised the objection was shocked by the conditions offered by the Chinese and had a hard time organizing his words.
In fact, the main reason why the Chinese put forward this concept was that the high-level people believed that the future was no longer about land, but about mining and colonization in the vast universe.
This was a brand new era, where everyone was standing on the same starting line. Now it was up to who looked at the future and prepared for the future first. They once gave up on the ocean, so they couldn't give up on space this time. Otherwise, this group of leaders might be nailed to the pillar of shame forever.
Regardless of the considerations, the proposal put forward by the Chinese made the high-level people of the UA start a closed-door discussion. The UA president was actually trying to avoid this kind of thing from happening during his term. He had less than a year left in office, why the hell would he do this?
If he did well, it would be the credit of the next president. If he didn't do well, he would be the scapegoat. This was truly a difficult decision to make.
Speaking of the candidate for the next president, people had already begun to build momentum for Rogers, and he was also very popular among the people. Steve Rogers was also highly praised internationally, and everyone was looking forward to it. They wanted to see who would move into the White House this year.
Because Captain Rogers's preference for the super high-speed railway was very obvious, some people who wanted to pick a side in advance put forward a middle opinion. That was to spread the railway network in the UA first.
Now the first railway had broken ground in Kansas in January. With the rise of the super high-speed railway in the future, the culture of cars and highways in the UA might slowly decline.
This was why Nick said that there would be more and more abandoned towns like this in the future. He couldn't determine whether this was a good thing or a bad thing. The merits and demerits of this matter could only be judged by time and future generations.
Nick took another sip of wine and murmured, "Maybe I should see how their discussion is going?" Nick said as he walked towards the fast food restaurant.
But just as he walked to the door, Nick heard a sound that scared him to death.
King Black Bat was drinking Jianlibao and eating french fries. Crack crack crack crack ~ ton ton ton ton ~ Burp ~
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