The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

The mayor of Cape West is usually selected from the civil servants of the city hall, and then reported to the city council for approval, so the mayor has always been the most prestigious and powerful civil servant in the city hall, which can prevent him from publishing some When the decree was issued, the civil servants below obeyed and violated it, and did not carry it out.

Therefore, the city hall of Cape West Port has always been known for its high efficiency. A large number of urban construction projects, laws and decrees that do not need to be passed by the parliament can be implemented very well, and there are very few cases of government decrees being blocked.

As the core of this efficient municipal machinery, the mayor of Cape West can only serve for two terms, and each term is three years. This is mainly to avoid that one person stays in this position for too long, and it is easy to produce something that should not be there. thought.

However, the current mayor, Maurice Vinson, is an exception, because he has served as mayor for four terms, and a few days ago, the council passed his proposal for the fifth term, even for Some provisions of the mayor's bill were amended to make him a reasonable mayor.

What's interesting is that the reason why he was able to sit in this position for such a long time was not because of his outstanding ability, but because he was the most incompetent mayor of Cape West Port in history. Each of the ministers of the department is dozens of times more capable than him.

The reason for this anti-traditional mayor candidate is entirely because the mayor before Morris was so capable, and even the mayor's sworn enemy had to admit that the mayor was the past generation of Ziwangyang One of the most capable and prestigious of the Corner Mayors.

It is precisely because the mayor is so capable and prestigious that he has a strong ambition far beyond the previous mayors. He not only wants to be the mayor forever, but also He wants to completely erase all the rights of the city council, and take the political and armed rights of the entire city into his own hands.

It was even later discovered from some documents left by the mayor that the mayor had already contacted some anti-powerful organizations and formulated a complete plan to use these anti-powerful organizations to clean up for him those who could not The people and forces he controls, not limited to his political opponents, even the church has been written into his plan.

And more importantly, these plans are not fantasy, they are feasible plans that can be implemented and succeeded. Some scholars who study politics in the college have used this plan to conduct deduction, and found that as long as the plan is implemented, the final city The possibility of growing up to become the king of Cape West will be as high as 90%. Even if there is an accident, he can also get greater rights.

Fortunately for all those who were recorded in this plan, in the end this plan was not pushed forward and died in the womb, because the core mayor of this plan died of a heart attack while going to the toilet, and everyone died in the end. Dodged a bullet.

It is precisely because of the astonishing performance of the mayor that exceeded everyone's expectations that incompetence became a necessary condition for the mayor when selecting a candidate for the mayor, and among all those who have the qualifications for mayor, they serve as municipal documents. Morris, the Minister of Records Management, became the most suitable candidate.

The Archives Management Department belongs to the Pension Department in the Cape West Harbor City Hall. Basically, those civil servants who are about to retire and have no ability will be stuffed here. Morris is the head of this department entirely because of his incompetence and confusion. Days pretty much sums up Morris's political career perfectly.

Such a mayoral candidate with sufficient qualifications and ability that would not cause people to worry was naturally pushed to the mayor's seat by various forces. He sat for more than ten years and became the mayor with the longest reign.

When the second mayor's term was approaching, it was not that the rich and powerful in the city did not think about changing to another mayor, but in the end they searched all the candidates and could not find a person who was more incompetent than Morris. Almost all civil servants who are eligible to become mayor are extremely capable, which is not reassuring. In the end, the city council had to ask Morris to propose a term extension proposal.

Although Morris's ability to govern is recognized as poor, and he has not submitted a truly useful proposal during his tenure in office for more than ten years. What he does every day is to go to and from work, and then go to some private clubs to play cards and chat, but what is interesting is that this For more than ten years, the political and economic development of Xiwangjiao Port has been the fastest for more than ten years, and the security and other aspects have also been good for more than ten years. Basically, there have been no large-scale workers' demonstrations, Pauper riots and stuff like that.

This is not because Mosley has any magical abilities, but because the city hall had to come up with a set of governance plans by itself in order to adapt to this incompetent mayor. This plan is the round table council, which is also known as the small parliament.

The members of this council are the ministers of various departments, and unlike the city council, a speaker who is responsible for the order of the council and the nominal leader is set up. All the ministers participating in the round table council, no matter how much power they have in the department, they are in the The status here is the same as that of other ministers, without distinction.

All the decrees to be implemented are discussed and approved at the round table council, and then issued for implementation. In order to avoid stagnation of issues caused by disputes, each decree has a fixed discussion time. After the discussion, vote immediately. Once passed, it must be implemented no matter how unwilling it is. If it is not passed, the decree can be amended and left for the next discussion, but each decree can only be discussed three times, and if it exceeds three times, the decree will be completely abolished and no further discussion will be held.

The decree passed at the round table council will be handed over to Morris, the nominal mayor, to sign, and then handed over to the city council for the record or voted on as a proposal, and finally implemented to the point.

It is precisely because of the high efficiency of the round table council that even without the leader of the mayor, the city hall can continue to operate efficiently, creating the rapid economic development and stable public security in the past ten years.

If a slightly more motivated mayor were to change, he would never allow a special organization like the Round Table Council, which completely deprives the mayor of his rights, to exist in the city hall, but Mayor Mosley was different. He was very happy to see The round table council took away all his rights, and he didn't even need to go to those boring meetings. He just had to wait until the meeting was over every day and sign the document brought by the secretary. It's no exaggeration to say that he can't remember Remember when was the last time you read a government order document carefully.

Enjoying all kinds of delicious food every day, playing cards with a few close friends, and going fishing during holidays, Mosley felt that he should live like this for the rest of his life.

However, what gave him a headache was that such a stable life might not be able to continue, because some heretics came to the city. Judging by the appearance of the enemy, these cultists are definitely very dangerous, and because of this, as the mayor, he was placed under house arrest in the mansion in the name of protection, not only the city hall sent a team of elite city guards to protect For his safety, even the Church of the Dead Chaser next to the official residence sent five church knights to station in the official residence to prevent accidents.

Morris felt that these arrangements were completely unnecessary. He didn't think those cultists would attack him. After all, he was a recognized display, and his life and death would not have any impact on the entire Cape West Port.

But others don't think so. Even if Morris is a useless mascot, as long as he is the mayor for a day, then he represents Cape West Port. If something happens to him, he will definitely It dealt a great blow to the reputation of Cape West Port.

"Can't you tell me what kind of cultist it is? I'm the mayor, and I have the right to know which cultists are threatening my city?" Morris scratched his oily bald head, trying to look majestic Some, he asked his secretary.

However, the majesty he was trying to feign looked particularly comical in the way his fat body quivered as he walked.

However, the secretary of the mayor has received professional training after all. Facing the funny boss in front of him, he was able to hold back the smile in his heart, keep himself calm, and then replied formulaically: "Mr. Mayor, you I have submitted the request to the Round Table Council, and their response was that if you know what the cultists in the city are, what are you going to do? Is there any specific plan and method to solve the cultists?"

"Uh!" Facing the inquiry relayed by his secretary, Morris opened his mouth and said nothing. As the question said, even if he knew which cultists were in the city, he couldn't do anything.

Thinking of this, he curled his lips, and sat on the sofa with some displeasure. Although this new sofa had been reinforced, it still inevitably made some creaking noises when facing his weight. The secretary who heard this sound Quickly wrote a sentence in his notebook that needed to customize a new sofa.

"Mr. Mayor, Bishop Mullen of the Church of the Happy is here." At this time, someone knocked lightly on the door, and then the housekeeper opened the door, saluted Morris, and said.

Morris immediately stood up from the sofa, and said happily: "Bishop Mullen is here, it's great, finally there is someone who can talk, please come, wait, let's invite him to the playroom! Last time, he and I still had a round of destiny cards to play, and I just finished it today." Then, he turned his head to look at the secretary, and said, "Go back! Just let me know if you have any news, anyway. I can't do anything either."

"Okay, Mr. Mayor." After the secretary gave a very decent salute, he turned and walked out of the room.

Morris also left the official mansion office, and while walking, ordered the housekeeper to prepare some delicious food and drinks, and send them to the playroom later.

Morris moved his huge body with short legs, walked through the foyer, bypassed the main building of the mansion from a small path, walked through the garden of the mansion, and came to the play room at the back of the mansion.

I saw that this amusement room converted from the former mayor’s studio is filled with all kinds of chess and card games that are popular in mainland China. There are also many classic old games stored in the display cabinets remodeled on the walls. It is no exaggeration to say that they are stored in The number of chess and card games here is enough to develop a complete chess and card game.

Although Morris is almost incompetent in his ability to govern, no one can deny his talent in chess and card games. He is the five-time continental destiny card champion and the four-time sacred chess champion. One term, and in order to become famous for his amazing achievements in chess and cards, the Continental Chess and Cards Association also customized a set of destiny cards and sacred chess with gold and gemstones for him.

Bishop Mullen of the Joyful Church is also a master of chess and cards. Although he can't compare with Morris, at least the two of them can have a good relationship in the game of cards and chess. They are not easily defeated by Morris like others, so Maurice As a result, Bishop Lun became Morris' good friend, and it could even be said that he was one of Morris's few friends.

When Morris came to the game room, Bishop Mullen hadn't been brought over by his servants. He quickly cleared out a table, unsealed the set of fate cards he had just bought, and followed the one they hadn't completed before. The fate of the game is placed on the table.

After completing these preparations, there were footsteps coming from the game room, and then the servants of the mansion opened the door, and the familiar Bishop Mullen walked in from outside.

However, the moment he saw Bishop Mullen, the happy expression on Morris's face suddenly stagnated, replaced by doubt and puzzlement, and his gaze towards Bishop Mullen was also full of vigilance.

The servant closed the door of the game room as usual, leaving Bishop Mallon and Morris alone in the game room, and then left.

When the footsteps of the servant leaving entered the room, Morris asked in a somewhat abrupt voice, "Who are you?"

"Old friend, what are you kidding? Don't you know me after you haven't seen me for a few days?" Bishop Mullen said blankly.

Morris said in a deep voice: "I know my old friend Bishop Mullen, but I don't know you."

Bishop Mullen had a dumbfounding look on his face, and said, "What are you talking about? Am I not Bishop Mullen?"

Morris said with great certainty: "Of course not. You just look like Bishop Mullen. Your behavior, demeanor and temperament are completely different from Bishop Mullen."

Hearing what Morris said, Bishop Mullen couldn't hide his surprise on his face, and he looked Morris up and down like a lot of strangers, and then said: "It's really surprising, Morris City Boss, you are really surprising, everyone outside has underestimated you, and the name fool Morris should not be used on you."

"I don't think there's anything wrong with this title? Sometimes it's much harder to be a fool than a smart person." Morris was very calm, and asked in a deep voice: "What is my good friend Bishop Mullen now?" dead? dead?"

The other party said: "Of course not, I just let him sleep for a while, and then borrowed his identity to come to you to take something that belongs to me."

"Things that belong to you?" Morris was stunned, then pointed to the half-length mermaid statue that he had someone move from the office to the game room this morning, and said, "Is that the statue?"