Magic Industrial Age

Are you saying Miller really wants to join the camp of Finance Minister Alton Franklin?

Loye knows better than anyone else that he really doesn't want to!

He's not stupid. The cabinet respects the Political Affairs Minister, whose authority involves a wider range of areas, not just transportation, but also agriculture, commerce, education, and so on.

Going against such a big figure would make Miller seem a bit presumptuous(presumptuous: overconfident).

The Finance Minister is in charge of taxation and is the empire's treasury, so everyone will give him some respect.

Even the heads of the Imperial Military Department have to curry favor with him.

Even if they fight to the end, these two will be fine. At most, they will lose their positions and retire.

However, Miller, as the early bird, may be crushed to pieces.

But if you want to do things, you must have support, you must get involved, and you must take sides!

This is not something you can decide alone, but rather, the rules of politics are like this.

For months, Loye witnessed Miller's frustration and helplessness, as well as his struggle and determination, from these letters.

He can't back down from this road, so he can only move forward, forward, and forward again!

"Young master, your tea!"

Anger brought a cup of black tea, also waking Loye, he nodded slightly, took a sip of tea, then casually grabbed a small knife, and quickly swiped it.

The knife light cut into the gold lacquer, opening the letter, Loye took out the letter paper, found that there were three full pages inside, written densely.

Loye unfolded the letter and narrowed his eyes slightly, quickly reading it.

Reading a letter means reading the thoughts and feelings between the lines, so Loye doesn't like to let Deep Blue do it for him.

The beginning is still the same old greeting. Baron Miller speaks with Loye in a tone of an old friend, casually talking about some recent events.

So much so that even though Loye has never been to the Imperial Capital, he has an impression of its prosperity, extravagance, tall buildings, magic energy street lamps, and even magic energy locomotives running all over the street.

Then, there are his experiences, encounters, and some anecdotes during this period.

I don't know when he started liking Loye to advise him on some people and things, as if from an outsider's perspective, he could see things more clearly.

Loye has several times looked at Miller's nagging and given some analysis, and then Miller's trust in Loye has increased day by day.

Then, it's time for the real stuff!

With four months and Hohenzollern III watching, things have naturally progressed.

Miller has participated in three cabinet speeches and debates, accepting everyone's questions, and he has analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of the 'win-win model' in detail.

It can be said that in the first three times, he did his best and gained everyone's approval.

Even though the Political Affairs Minister has many talented people under his command, they have not been able to refute him.

But this fourth time, what was surprising was that the Political Affairs Minister did not directly stop it, but instead came up with another plan.

This plan is more thorough, actually abandoning the participation of state capital and advocating that private capital be responsible for the construction of railways.

In simple terms, the empire delineates routes, allowing those wealthy merchants and great nobles to compete, and the empire selects and provides policy and land support.

Then, let those bidders form companies specifically for construction!

Of course, such railways are naturally privately owned. In the future, every magic energy train running on this railway will have to pay.

Simply put, this is treating the railway as a business.

Naturally, there will be many disadvantages. For example, everyone wants those important transportation hubs.

But no one wants those remote sections.

Furthermore, if the railway is contracted to individuals, quality will be an issue, and there must be a saying about the connection between them.

Otherwise, as long as the owner of that section of railway disagrees, it is equivalent to cut off there.

This will inevitably cause extremely bad effects!

Loye can think of these, Miller can think of these, and the big figures in the empire can naturally foresee them.

However, political views sometimes don't care about right or wrong, only about camp.

If you are in this camp, you must oppose when you should oppose, and you must agree when you should agree. Your opinion is not important.

This is opposing for the sake of opposing!

Of course, those people will not admit it, and they also have prototypes for proposing this plan.

However, it is not in the Old Continent, but in the New Continent.

The New Continent was actually discovered many years ago. Then, in the War of the Gods, the Sun God won the final victory and drove all the other alien races to this New Continent.

In terms of area, this continent is actually not much smaller than the Old Continent. Because there are too many races, they fight each other and unite with each other.

In name, they have already formed a coalition government, but in fact, each state is highly autonomous, and each race also has its own reserved land.

How can such a place be described as 'chaotic'? However, there is order in chaos.

Also, because they are losers, races that were driven out of the Old Continent, they are both resentful and eager.

Especially the culture and knowledge of the Old Continent are what they desire and desire.

This is a kind of admiration for the strong.

Therefore, magic energy machinery has not yet been popularized in other countries in the Old Continent, but it has been widely accepted in the New Continent.

They even have struggles between canal faction and railway faction, and their method of building railways is the individual fully funded method.

Some of these people may have their own needs, or they may have seen business opportunities. They lobbied the federal government and obtained the railway construction rights.

However, the federal government is actually afraid that they will default on the bill.

Therefore, they chose to let that person build a section of railway first. After confirming that it is correct, the empire will issue the next section of appropriations and land use rights.

Repeatedly, railways were built, greatly reducing the empire's financial pressure.

Of course, it also nurtured railway magnates.

If the 'win-win model' still has many uncertainties, then this is a real proof and is also the reason for the uproar in the empire.

Miller doesn't really care about this method. What he wants is to build the railway.

But now that he is standing in the Finance Minister's camp, he must not retreat.

In fact, in Loye's view, the Political Affairs Minister may not really want to promote private construction of subways, just because Miller proposed a version, he also has to come up with one.

As long as you can win, you have the right to speak. What will happen in the future and how far you can продвинуть(продвинуть: promote) it is up to them!

The end of this letter is actually an invitation, Miller's invitation, asking him to go to the Imperial Capital to help him.

But Loye knew that he would definitely not go.

A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. His small body is naturally fearless in Oakland City.

But when he gets to the Imperial Capital, he is not enough to see!

Furthermore, he clearly knows that his presence will not have any effect.

However, if you want to say whether there is any way to help Miller, Loye really has an extremely bold idea!

The ruling system of the Habsburg Empire is that the cabinet is responsible for specific affairs and is responsible to His Majesty the Emperor.

The ministers in the cabinet mainly include the Political Affairs Minister in charge of political affairs, the Finance Minister in charge of money, the Military Affairs Minister in charge of the army, and the Foreign Minister in charge of foreign affairs...

Of course, things cannot be done by a few people in the cabinet, so each of them has their own support team.

Today, with the promotion of magic energy machinery, there is another position in the cabinet, which is called the Mechanical Minister.

This is dispatched by the mysterious Royal Society, and its role is to promote and develop magic energy machinery.

Everything related to this, the Mechanical Minister is qualified to ask and also qualified to decide.

These alone make this person's power exaggerated to a very outrageous point. What's more, coming from the Royal Society, he is deeply trusted by Hohenzollern III.

If this person speaks, then all problems are not problems. Even the Political Affairs Minister would not dare to stop him.

If you want to impress this one, Miller naturally has no way, but Loye really has a trump card.

He can even imagine that this trump card is something that the Mechanical Minister cannot refuse!

Now, Loye is a little hesitant, should he do this?

……

Inside the wooden house,

Loye thought for a long time. Even Oliveira and Garimiles could see his hesitation.

This is a very rare situation for Loye, but the two looked at each other and did not speak.

Because Loye doesn't need their comfort, and he doesn't need their opinions.

They just need to do their job well.

When it got dark, the four of them did not choose to leave, but prepared to spend the night in this wooden house.

The fireplace was lit, and the temperature brought by the flames warmed the entire room.

Oliveira went out and brought back two rabbits. He skinned them, drained the blood, cleaned the internal organs, and put them on the fire to roast.

Then, Hoover the butler brought other food, all carefully cooked, placed on the long table, it seemed extraordinarily rich.

Finally, there was the wine taken from the basement, which could be drunk freely. Loye also drank it and got drunk.

Also taking advantage of the drunkenness, Loye wrote back with inspiration, attaching everything he thought of to it.

He even took out some green soul-fixing spices and sealed it in the letter.

After doing all this, he seemed drunk, but also very sober.

"Now that I have come to this era, let the waves of this era come more violently!"

"Hahahaha, countless years later, who would know that this crucial move was actually pushed out by me!"

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