Magic Industrial Age

In the early morning,

The cold wind of spring had not completely dissipated, and the fish-belly white of the sky was just beginning to appear.

Luo Yi had already completed his first round of morning cultivation, taken a bath, and was standing in front of the second-floor window wearing a thin nightgown.

“Extra! Extra! Today's headlines: The City Hall was besieged by Abyss demons, the Imperial Legion launched a strong attack, and corpses littered Elfat Square.

Lord Dorgi Petrovich, the Chief Administrator, fought to the last moment and died heroically!”

“Extra! The evil Baron Marcus has been executed by the Empire, and the city of Auckland welcomes the dawn.”

“Extra! Extra! The great pirate Gies is about to arrive in port, and the City Hall has decided to carry out the execution by hanging at Fisherman's Wharf in two days!”

“Extra! The Empire's youngest Chief Administrator, Baron Miller, has succeeded to the position of Chief Administrator of Auckland, immediately redressing grievances for innocent civilians.

Furthermore, he has denounced the Security Office for indiscriminate arrests and inaction, and is about to implement imperial reforms!”

“The City Guard may face layoffs, and a professional force will be established to maintain city security, named the Police Department!”

Loud and childish voices rose and fell, as a group of eleven- or twelve-year-old newsboys with backpacks full of newspapers hawked their wares along the street!

Their thin clothes could not withstand the cold morning wind, and their little faces were red with cold, some even with long, runny noses.

But they still used their loudest voices to solicit customers and squeezed out smiles to satisfy them as much as possible.

As the lowest class in the city, they were either orphans or from impoverished families, unable to afford even the most basic food, and had to earn their own wages to support themselves.

They only had food to eat if they were busy every day.

With these days of 'white terror,' it was likely that many little guys had frozen to death in remote corners.

Such was the era, and no one could do anything about it!

Of course, their business was quite good today, and there were many pedestrians coming and going in the streets.

Most people were willing to spend two copper Tills to buy a copy of the newspaper that interested them, and then sit down at a nearby stall.

Either order some bread, or a breakfast, with some hot cocoa, coffee, or the like, for a hearty breakfast.

If you were not short of money, there were many shops open nearby, where you could order a more delicate snack, with mushroom soup, and enjoy the city's prosperity while reading the newspaper, which was also a kind of enjoyment.

Second floor,

Luo Yi looked at this scene in front of him, feeling a sense of unreality.

From lifeless to full of vitality, it was only a matter of two or three days, and the atmosphere of the entire city of Auckland changed so abruptly.

Of course, there was the reason that everyone had to support their families, but the ability of the new Chief Administrator, Baron Miller Petrovich, could not be denied.

Knock, knock, knock!

“Come in!”

The sound of knocking came, and Mrs. Cassidy walked in with a tray, with bread, bacon, roast meat, milk and mushroom soup, and after-dinner snacks.

Luo Yi's stomach was growling!

He couldn't help it, who told him to care about his appetite so much?

Of course, Oliveira also came in with him, holding seven or eight newspapers in his hand.

“Young Master Luo Yi, the newspapers you wanted.”

“Teacher Oliveira, come, let's eat together.”

The round table was moved to the window, facing the morning sun, Luo Yi ate breakfast while picking out the ones he wanted from the seven or eight newspapers.

In this world, movable type printing had long existed, and printing technology was relatively mature, but the newspaper industry had not developed much.

The reason was simple: the upper class had magical communication and their own information dissemination channels; most of the lower class civilians were illiterate.

Moreover, they were already exhausted from making a living every day, so where would they have time to care about outside news?

It was not until the development of magic-powered machinery that a batch of literate and qualified workers were cultivated, which allowed newspapers to be accepted by more people.

Well, this so-called 'accepted by more people' actually refers to the Habsburg Empire.

Most of the other countries in the Old Continent still went their own way!

Back to the main topic, the newspapers that Oliveira bought for Luo Yi were almost all of them on the market.

Mainly seven newspapers, including the 'Auckland Daily', 'Imperial Political Report', and 'Northern People's News'.

Printed in black and white, the printing was not clear, but it was barely readable.

And the first one Luo Yi picked up was the 'Imperial Political Report'.

This was considered the mouthpiece of the Empire and the largest newspaper in the entire Habsburg Empire.

It published either the latest policies, current affairs, and commentaries of the Empire; or the Empire's movements, and various activities of the royal family; or major events such as foreign visits and trade negotiations.

It can be said that if you read this guarantee, you can grasp the latest trends of the Empire.

The last time Auckland City was qualified to be on this newspaper was because the 'Multilateral Covenant' was signed in Auckland City!

And then, this time, he saw a report on the Auckland City incident in a remote corner of the newspaper.

The name was, 'The Last Madness of the Marcus Family'!

This article directly accused Baron Marcus of being a madman who, for personal gain, colluded with Abyss demons, and attempted to use the entire city of Auckland as a sacrifice to extend his life.

Unfortunately, the conspiracy was seen through by Lord Dorgi, and then, together with the Imperial Seventh Mixed Legion, all the demons were killed.

Destroyed along with them was Baron Marcus, who had been contaminated by Abyss magic.

Thus, a family with a history of several hundred years was cut off from its lineage.

Luo Yi looked, looked, felt both horrified and taken for granted.

He knew the truth better than anyone else, but what about now?

Turning black and white upside down, calling a deer a horse, nothing more than this.

However, being able to be on this newspaper was already a foregone conclusion.

Regardless of the facts, this was bound to be the truth recorded in history books.

This one thing vividly demonstrated the saying 'history is written by the victors'.

From this day on, Auckland City would no longer have direct nobles, but would be co-managed by the royal family and managed by dispatched Chief Administrators.

In addition, Luo Yi also saw two very interesting pieces of news.

First, the Empire intends to lay a large number of railways, and it is obvious that the dispute between the canal faction and the railway faction is still won by the railway faction.

Secondly, the Empire has also reached its limit of tolerance for the current chaos in public security, so it is preparing to lay off the City Guard.

Accurately speaking, it is to strip the City Guard from the army system and form a government agency specializing in public security and various criminal cases.

That is, professional police!

The latest novel is first published in the six-nine-book bar!

Putting down the newspaper, the food in front of Luo Yi had been eaten, and he picked up the milk to taste it.

The sugared milk rippled between his lips and teeth, Luo Yi narrowed his eyes slightly, enjoying it while thinking for a moment.

Picking up the newspaper again, it was the 'Auckland City Daily', which mainly wrote about the major and minor events in Auckland City.

This real local Auckland City newspaper, to a certain extent, also spoke for the Auckland City Council.

Basically, if the City Council had any policies that needed to be interpreted, it would be published by it.

However, Auckland City was so big, and it was a daily newspaper, where would there be so many policies to publish?

Therefore, in most cases, it would also have various hearsay, aristocratic romances, and family trivia, etc.

However, in these days, it was almost all covered by the evil of the Marcus family and the heroic deeds of Chief Administrator Lord Dorgi Petrovich.

Compared to the brevity of the 'Imperial Political Report', this newspaper was quite detailed.

Not only did it dig out the unknown dark stories of the Marcus family, but even the news that the last generation of Baron Marcus was actually born from an affair between uncle and sister-in-law was said to be very convincing.

Of course, some people definitely like to watch this part, but real smart people will always find extremely important information in it.

For example, the white terror brewed by the City Guard and the Seventh Legion, arresting so many people and causing panic.

And as soon as Miller took office, he immediately signed an amnesty decree, releasing most of the innocent people.

This measure had a very strong trace of artificial manipulation, but it still won the gratitude of many people, and his prestige was immediately established.

Then, he rushed to meet some big merchants, and through various means, guaranteed the supply of food.

Leaving aside other things, in these two days, the price of bread in the city has directly dropped by 50%, allowing countless civilians to have food to eat.

Then, he inspected some factories and solved problems on the spot, ensuring the production of the factories.

With a series of moves, the entire city of Auckland immediately recovered from being lifeless to being full of vitality.

Don't look at Miller being very young, but his prestige is even higher than that of the former Lord Dorgi.

There was no way, Dorgi's work was full of a strong military style, and he wanted to be clean and neat, and cut through the mess quickly.

In this way, things might be able to be pushed forward, but it was too rough, and the hidden dangers were endless.

And Baron Miller was not so sharp, but preferred to use various means, play both sides, and induce benefits, showing himself to be comparable to those old foxes.

Instead, he pushed many things forward more smoothly.

Just as Luo Yi's mind was boiling with thoughts, there was the sound of footsteps, he pricked up his ears slightly, and his brows furrowed slightly.

A moment later, Luo Yi looked at Maruna in front of him, and was a little strange: “Why are you dressed like this?”

At this time, Maruna was wearing an overly large windbreaker, and there seemed to be a lot of things filled inside, so that his figure looked a little changed.

Most importantly, he put up the collar of the windbreaker and wore a hat, and he could hardly see his appearance.

When he raised his head, he saw a stubble beard, and his eyes were bloodshot, full of fatigue.

As soon as he heard Luo Yi's question, Maruna knelt down with a thud, and said with a mournful face: “Young Master Luo Yi, you must save me!”

Next to the window, Oliveira suddenly turned his head, looked out the window, and said: “There are a few uninvited guests coming, they look like detectives, do you want me to arrest them?”

“Wait a minute!”

Luo Yi turned his head, looked at Maruna, and asked: “What did you do again?”

Maruna said with a mournful face: “What did I do? I didn't do anything?”

“It's still the fault of this surname!”

“Occupying the surname Marcus, there are not many benefits, but there are really too many bad things.”

At this moment, Maruna Marcus could no longer bear it, he cursed a series of words, almost emotionally collapsing.

However, Luo Yi listened, listened, but also understood the reason.

To put it bluntly, one sentence encompasses it, it is still the city gate catching fire, endangering the fish in the pond!

I actually want to say, history has no truth!