Ding ding dang dang …
Deep underground, in a deep mine with extremely low temperatures, a group of pale-skinned absentee workers in tattered cotton-padded clothes were still working hard. They used manpower to wield a shovel to knock down the iron ore, and then the mined ore and slag would be hauled away by a mine cart that was also powered by manpower.
Why didn't they use steam power? The reason was simple. Since manpower was cheaper than animal labor, why use a steam engine that cost a lot of money and consumed coal?
Looking at the almost undetectable light in the direction of the cave entrance, Sander, who was only thirty years old this year but looked like he was fifty years old, sighed deeply. He felt that his future was just like that ray of light, only a piece of bleak darkness.
"Sigh, when will these days come to an end?"
According to the Republic's latest law, as absentee workers, they had to stay in the mine for at least fifteen hours a day, from five in the morning to eight in the evening. During this time, all their physiological problems were solved in the mine, and they could hardly see the sun at all.
Although the law of compulsory labor had only been implemented for a short period of time, the suspended particulate matter in the mine and the harmful effects of not seeing the sun for a long time, such as lung disease and rickets, had not yet fully emerged.
However, excessive heavy physical labor was enough to gradually break a man in his prime.
It had only been three months, but most of the absenteeism workers had already begun to choose to exchange their meager earnings from mining for coca leaves from the mine supervisor after work every day. This was to numb their nerves, so that their exhausted bodies could still get up the next day.
Here.
No one dared to be sick and absentee from work, and no one dared to run away.
Elsewhere, vagrants with the ability to work might be executed after skipping work three times, but in this mine that belonged to the Deputy Speaker of the Constitutional Assembly, as long as they were caught running away, they would be hanged directly.
At the entrance of the mine, everyone would pass by the gallows when entering and exiting. Several negative examples that had already been turned into dried bacon were the best warning signs. This direct deterrence of death was more effective than putting heavy shackles on them.
Obviously, while harshly exploiting the people at the bottom, the capitalists also received a lot of privileges that were beyond the scope of the law.
Who would have thought that just three months ago, this mine was a model of harmonious relations between labor and capital? The miners were closely united around the mine owner, Mr. Wright, and everyone thought that he was a great philanthropist.
While providing easy jobs for those who were persecuted by the kingdom, they also gave up their noble titles and stood with the hard-working people, leading the "uprising" to fight for freedom and equality from the nobles and the royal family.
Many of the miners had once been the main force of the 'rebellion'. Although they were only doing the work of waving flags and shouting battle cries, their momentum was still great.
But in the end, it proved that "freedom of the person, equality of all men" was a lie.
Thinking of this, Sang De spat out the tasteless coca leaves. Just as he was about to swing the shovel again to vent his anger, he suddenly saw something and whispered to himself.
"Look, why are the mine manager and the supervisors running away?"
Not long after, loud cheers could be heard from outside the mine.
"There's another corpse on the gallows!"
"Lai … is dead!"
"Oh! Hahaha … "
“.....”
In Garriott's family cemetery.
After the siblings cleaned up the graveyard and paid their respects to the ancestors of the family, Elvin activated four permanent "Guardians of the Ancient Trees" and became the guardians of the graveyard.
However, with the current power and life essence of Elvin and Anita, this place would not be used for at least the next few hundred years.
Then.
Standing on the hillside in the northeast corner of the town, they looked at the miners who rushed out of the mine and cheered loudly under their feet. Elvin knew that the third level of mass foundation that the capitalists once united had completely disappeared.
The Union's army would no longer face any obstacles in taking over the country, and the Garliot family would no longer face any difficulties in returning to the land as the lord of the land.
It was also at this moment that something happened silently.
Olivia, who had changed out of her gemstone armor and was wearing a pure black solemn dress, emerged from the air surrounded by a large group of emerald butterflies and slowly landed beside the two.
The girl, who knew what the siblings had just experienced, looked at Anita, whose eyes were still a little red, and gently held her hand.
She considerately did not mention the slightest pain of the past and only said softly,
"Sister, the 'Mental Network' responsible for sealing off the entire Ilya just sent a message. They found the families of the Republic's top officials who fled.
A family enjoys blessings together, and when there's trouble, one person can't bear it alone. Although the main culprits have been caught, it's too easy to let the families of the vested interests get away with the stolen money.
I think at this time, a hero thief should stand up … to uphold justice! "
Hearing this.
Anita's eyes lit up slightly, and she instantly recovered her spirit. She pulled Olivia and ran.
"Fight … upholding justice is something I'm very familiar with, let's go!"
A large group of emerald butterflies turned into a stream of light and swept past, and the three people had disappeared.
.....
In the exile fleet.
The beautiful Mrs. Zerom was frightened by the sudden turn of events. Surrounded by maids, she was still sobbing.
A large group of male members of the parliament's family surrounded a pale corpse in the middle with bulging veins. Their expressions were not good. With all kinds of extraordinary conditions, most of them were not idiots.
"This seems to be an unknown cause of suffocation. But the eldest son of the Nelko family died of a sudden illness? How are we going to explain this to the vice president when we reach the Kingdom of Heimar? "
"It can't be an illness. How can there be such a dangerous disease? I think it's some kind of attack from the Transcendent level. "
“.....”
While the members of the parliament's family were discussing, the crew members of the Egret Chamber of Commerce were trying their best to hide the joy in their eyes. Even if they didn't have the power to resist, they couldn't help but feel sad when they saw their companions being casually killed like dogs.
Now, Nelko, who did not care about their lives, died in the blink of an eye. The crew members felt that this was a punishment from the Goddess.
"If we leave the corpse on the ship, will it spread the plague?"
Suddenly, someone in the crowd said.
The group of people looked at each other and their eyes gradually flickered.
Indeed, it was not a big deal when they just left Ilya. Once they went around the Treasure Sea, the temperature would get higher and higher.
Moreover, Nelko was an experienced Level Two Transcendent. Leaving such a terrifying corpse of unknown cause on the ship was not a small risk.
Moreover, the Nelko family's mountain of wealth was still on the ship. It was normal for it to be damaged during the transportation.
Then.
Splash —!
Water splashed everywhere. The sea buried all the secrets. Everyone on the ship was an accomplice. There was no need to worry about exposing each other.
The fleet had just regained order.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
On the mast of the pilot ship, the lookout sounded the alarm.
"Captain, a ship suddenly appeared in front of us!"
The members of the parliament's family who had not returned to the cabin looked up. A huge black warship with a length of more than 130 meters was blocking their path.
No one noticed when it appeared.
"Send … Send out the flag signal. Ask them …"
Before the captain could finish his order, a large green cloud suddenly appeared on the sea in front of them and swallowed all four armed merchant ships.
In the blink of an eye, they found themselves in an unknown space. There was an island in the water, a huge rectangular city, and the green cloud in the sky.
A loud voice came from the sky.
"Please cooperate. Men, stand on the left. Women, stand on the right."
.....
Elvin did not expect that he would come across such a great bargain. He had only wanted to accompany his sister for a walk after his revenge.
After checking the "goods" on the four armed merchant ships, they realized that they were too young. Even with Elvin's mental fortitude, he felt a little dizzy after plundering a country's wealth.
A large number of anonymous gold notes, gold products, famous artworks, gemstones, jewelry, certificates of shares of foreign merchant companies …
There were a total of six "Jewel Stars" grade gems. Even the super pink diamond "Artemis" that Olivia had obtained in the past should have been one of them.
"I didn't know that robbing a country could be so profitable!"
Anita and Olivia, who were in charge of counting, felt their legs go weak when they saw the numbers.
In fact.
The Illyrian Kingdom did not need to say anything. The intelligence department of the Kingdom of Faletis had already done the calculations.
The entire Illyrian Kingdom's official financial surplus in recent years was about 250 million gold lions. This was far from including the private property of the royal family and nobles.
After the capitalists wiped out the traditional nobles in a bloody campaign, they naturally took over all their property.
Obviously, greed was one of the reasons, and the bloody accumulation of capital was another.
Whether it was the colonial plunder of the overseas territories or the exploitation of the various classes in the country, they could achieve the goal of concentrating capital in the hands of a few people, allowing the capitalists to grow rapidly.
In the modern era where the banking industry was not developed, many traditional nobles did not trust the private banking system. Most of the wealth was stored in the form of physical objects in the treasury of their homes.
In the end, it was all taken by the capitalists.
In fact, the most valuable things in this country were the fleet, ports, ranches, factories, mines, forests, and other fixed assets. They could not be taken away.
Those land deeds and factory property rights documents had all become waste paper after the change of regime.
After all, the capitalists were much more open-minded than the traditional nobles. They had dispersed and transferred large amounts of assets early.
Some were also hidden in the treasury as reserve funds; some were deposited in banks that were not owned by the Alliance or even stationed in the Alliance; some were simply injected into the international industrial chain and became overseas investments.
Fortunately, it was not long. According to their principle of "every second of idle funds is a sin", they would have digested it and invested it in industries all over the world.
Once it was in someone else's territory, it would be difficult to get it back through normal means.
Elvin looked at the numbers calculated by his sister and Olivia and felt his heart tremble.
"No one can be rich without a windfall. The pirate business really has a long way to make money!"
The value of the seized spoils was about a quarter of the Illyrian financial surplus, which was a huge sum of 60 million gold lions!
The capitalists needed the primitive accumulation of capital, and Elvin certainly needed accumulation more. With this wealth, state capitalism could be implemented in the Georgia territory first!
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