The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

It takes about two days to take a steam train from Lanxi to reach the surrounding counties of Miria City.

The site where Miria City was built used to be a swampy wetland. The Rhodeland River and two tributaries passed through this area, and there were two large lakes, Upper Crescent Lake and Lower Crescent Lake, on the north and south sides of this area, making The humidity here is so heavy that it is not suitable for human habitation.

The earliest settlers here were some Bordeaux freedmen from the southern Bodeaux area who followed the wasteland reclamation law and came here to open up wasteland and enclose land. They built the first town here and named it Bordeaux Town.

After that, the town of Bordeaux gradually grew, a castle was built, an attached town, and then became the city of Bordeaux.

For a long time, the city of Bordeaux was the center of this area, until the French royal family began to build the summer palace here, and started to develop the land in this area, gradually making the French royal family the leader of this area. By.

After Queen Miria I delineated the swamp area in the center of this area as the construction site of Miria City, the development of this area reached a peak, and finally formed the center of Miria City as it is now, Thirty-one affiliated cities and counties are guarding the surrounding Miria Province.

Because of the barrier of the Bidia Mountains and the sea breeze blowing from the western coastline, the industrial dust from Lanxi could not be blown to the Miria region. After the steam train crossed the Bidia Mountains, the surrounding air became Incomparably fresh, as if it has become another world.

After the steam train entered Miria Province, it never stopped at the surrounding cities and counties. Miria Province has its own regional railways and city-county steam trains. Compared with this cross-regional railway in terms of comfort , The train across the city is many times better, and the price is not expensive.

After passing through the Bidia Mountains and driving for about half an hour, with a loud and long whistle, the train officially entered the city of Miria, and the surrounding buildings became diverse, giving people the feeling of It's like entering a foreign country.

Here you can see the great dome built by the desert people of the desert kingdom Saville for the Lord of the birth and death of all things they believe in, and the megalithic palace built by the people of the Maris Kingdom for their hill king, and even The Sky Tower built by the Melakalicans for their Lord of the Sky.

In addition to these magnificent religious buildings, there are also characteristic buildings of each country's own ethnicity, such as sand brick houses, tree houses in the forest, boat houses on the river, hillside ladder houses and other residential communities with obvious exotic styles.

After seeing enough of these exotic buildings, the steam train began to drive into the terminus of Miria City, and this terminus is called the gem of Miria because the entire station is built with steel frames and special glass. It was completed, and 39,743 specially made crystal oil lamps were installed.

During the day, if you look at this station and are only shocked by the beautiful construction technology of this station, then at night, when all the crystal oil lamps are lit, Miria's gemstones will shine dazzlingly, Make the whole city mesmerized.

It's just that some people like this gorgeous building, and some people hate it, such as Leo.

Leo, who got off the train, hated the feeling of being illuminated by a large amount of light, because this scene reminded him of the troop carrier docks he had to go to every time he went to the battlefield. Those aviation docks were all glass structures. .

"This building is great, isn't it?" Nelson leaned on a cane, supported by Catherine, raised his head, ignored the glare of the sun, looked at the all-glass building with great excitement, and said, "I was still in the building at that time. When I was studying in medical school, I saw this great building on the title page of Bernard's train time travel guide, but the Miria gem drawn by the artist is obviously much worse than the real Miria gem... ..."

"Doctor, you just want to live here like the beggars over there. I have no objection, but before that, let's talk about the business!" Just as Nelson was chattering to Catherine about his love and affection for this station. When he understood, Leo interrupted him inappropriately, and said, "Should we go to the embassy of the Kingdom of England first, or to the headquarters of the medical school here?"

Before Nelson answered, Catherine spoke first and said, "I think we should understand the situation here first, and don't rush to the official office, and if there is no person with a certain identity to lead, I'm afraid it will be regarded as us. No one will pay attention to it, so I think we should go to the address that Mr. Pierre gave you first, and we can talk about other things after we have a place to stay. And I believe that the address that Mr. Pierre gave was not written casually , since he knows what you are going to do here, given how much he hates imine gas, he will definitely introduce you to someone who can help you."

Hearing Catherine's methodical analysis, Leo and the others were a little surprised. Afterwards, they felt that Catherine's analysis was very good, so they decided to follow Catherine's suggestion and go to the address given to Nelson by the herbal master Pierre in Rabbit Skin Town.

Nelson took out the address and looked at it, only to see that it simply said No. 377, Red House Street.

"Does any of you know where the Red House Street is?" Leo asked, looking at the crowd.

Nelson shook his head and said, "Don't look at me, this is my first time in Miria City."

"Me too." Catherine also smiled wryly.

As for Jason, no one ever thought that he knew the answer, but surprisingly, Jason nodded and said, "I know."

"You know?" All three of Leo looked at Jason in surprise.

Jason shrugged and said, "Didn't I say that I lived in Miria City when I was a child? It was Red House Street."

"Have you lived in Miria City?" Nelson was extremely surprised and couldn't help asking.

Jason looked at Nelson with displeasure, and said, "My father has worked in Miria City for several years, and I was born in Miria City, and now I still have a Miriam resident status. Is it weird?"

"It's really strange." Although he felt that it was impolite to say that, Nelson couldn't help but say it.

Jason twitched his lips and glared at Nelson.

Leo looked around at the platform where the number of passengers was gradually decreasing, and while walking outside the platform, he said, "Since you know to go to Red House Street, then you can lead the way!"

"But I don't know how to go?" Jason followed quickly and said hastily.

"Don't you know where the Red House Street is?" Leo said in a daze.

Jason quickly replied: "That's right! I know where the Red House Street is. The Red House Street is next to Candy Street. In addition, I remember that there is a big amusement park next to it."

Leo stood still and asked, "How old were you and your father when you left Miria City?"

"It seems to be a little over four years old." Jason thought about it carefully, and said, "I still remember that when it was my birthday, my father took me to the amusement park next to me for a whole day."

Leo looked at Jason, sighed a little speechlessly, and continued to lead the crowd out of the gorgeous Miria Central Station without saying anything.

After walking out of the central station, there is a huge intercity square. In the center of the square is a statue of Miria I.

It's just that the artist who made this sculpture is obviously an abstract artist. Apart from the vaguely recognizable rough human figure, there is no connection between this stone and King Miria I.

The square is very clean, and there are no hawkers, but there are many policemen wearing red round helmets patrolling around the square. People like Leo and the others who carry weapons are the focus of attention, making Leo and the others just now As soon as they stepped out of the platform, at least three eyes fell on them.

All kinds of carriages were parked in the square. Judging from the behavior of the passengers who left the central station and boarded a carriage at random, these carriages should function similarly to taxis.

Leo also led the crowd to a carriage, opened the door without saying anything, let Nelson and the others sit in, and said to the driver like a seasoned passenger, "Go to Red House Street."

Apparently the coachman also mistakenly thought that Leo was a regular customer, and didn't say anything about the price. After Leo got into the carriage, he raised the reins directly, and skillfully drove the carriage, shuttled through the traffic, and drove in the northwest direction. .

Leo, who was sitting in the car, found several newspapers and a map of Miria City from a cloth bag on the door.

The contents of this map are not detailed. It is only a schematic diagram of the orientation of each urban area and block, and does not clearly mark the street details of each urban area and block. You only need to look at it for a while, and you can remember all the content. .

The newspapers that were two days out of date should have been left here by a passenger during the ride. The contents of the newspapers are outdated for most people, but for Leo, they are still useful.

The newspaper mentioned that the Continental Congress had begun to mediate the war between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of France, but the ambassadors of both sides did not respond. The lobby group of the Congress had already gone to Winterrin, the capital of the Kingdom of England, and the capital of the Kingdom of England. Belem.

This news was followed by dozens of comments from scholars, politicians and journalists, most of whom were not optimistic about the mediation. The only thing that is very strange is that no one knows why the Kingdom of England suddenly launched a war against the French Empire. This war happened inexplicably, suddenly, and for no reason.

However, the comments on this news made Leo think of the death of the Emperor of the Farland Empire mentioned by Martin. If the Kingdom of England knew in advance that the Emperor of the Farland Empire was about to die, and he did not appoint a crown prince, then this time The reason for the initiative to start the war is justified.

I don't know why when he was thinking about this, Leo couldn't help but think of what Baron de Maupassant said two days ago. One of the sentences was that it was easy to send him back to the battlefield, and the second sentence was very sure. They can cooperate.

Baron Maupassant's self-confidence is obviously not aimless, so it means that he has a certain influence in the Kingdom of England, and the two are even undisclosed collaborators.

From this point of view, the Kingdom of England may have already intervened in the battle for the throne of the French Empire before the war started, and the man behind Baron de Maupassant is likely to be secretly supported by the Kingdom of England.

"Analyze Likelihood Percentage."

After Leo made a judgment, he immediately gave an order to the sub-brain system, and the sub-brain system gave a response soon. Based on the analysis and judgment of the current data, there is a 97% probability that his guess is correct.

Seeing the result of this analysis, Leo couldn't help but smiled wryly. He didn't expect the matter to turn back at the end.

"What's wrong?" Nelson asked when he saw that Leo's expression was a bit wrong.

Leo didn't speak, just handed him the newspaper, and then turned his head to look out the window, thinking about the pros and cons of this matter for them.

Although it seems that they are involved in a maelstrom, and there is a catastrophe at any time, but when you think about it carefully, they are actually just wandering on the edge of this maelstrom, and they have not really fallen into it. Even if someone notices them , and don't necessarily care about pawns like them.

On the contrary, if the Kingdom of England really intervenes in the battle for the throne of the French Empire, then these little pawns who can provide ammunition will become very important. If nothing else, at least they will be well protected until things happen. a result.

The only thing they need to pay attention to is not to be sold as a bargaining chip, and to achieve this, they need to increase their own weight.

Thinking of this, Leo couldn't help turning his head to look at Nelson.

If one were to be chosen as a representative from among Leo and the others, Nelson was obviously the only suitable candidate.

Not to mention the status of the tutor of Nelson Villen School of Medicine, the fact that he is a member of the White Rose family in the Kingdom of England is already very important. Even if he is the least valued member, it may be enough to cause the Parliament of the Kingdom of England to protest. Pay attention to.

What needs to be done now is to increase Nelson's international reputation in a short period of time as much as possible, increase his own weight, and let his words have more weight.

Leo thought about it, and suddenly asked Nelson: "Doctor, didn't you say that the needle and thread I used on the battlefield to suture wounds and accelerate wound healing is very important?"

"It's really important." Nelson nodded, seeing Catherine's puzzled look, he immediately explained to her.

"There is such a technology!" Catherine also showed surprise, and after thinking for a while, she said with certainty: "If this technology is published in the form of a paper, at least a gold medal can be won at the medical conference." Medal, eligible to compete for the Tovey Medicine Award next year."

"What if we add some similar auxiliary treatment techniques?" Leo also talked about several treatment techniques that are often used on the battlefield.

After hearing the technologies Leo mentioned, both Nelson and Catherine showed shocked expressions. Based on their common medical knowledge, it is not difficult to speculate that if these technologies are made public, then the proportion of casualties in the war and the disability rate after the war The proportion will be greatly reduced, and any technology will definitely be valued by governments of all countries.

Leo then asked in a surprising way: "If these technologies are all published in Nelson's personal name, how far can Nelson's status in the medical school and the world be raised?"