my wife is a consul

Chapter 189
At around ten o'clock the next morning, the train arrived in Nicholas.

Afterwards, the staff of the United Matrix contacted the train to Sand Gravel City, adding additional carriages, and so on.

Because additional carriages were needed, this train did not leave until after five in the afternoon.

During this period, Lu Ming went to Donghai's representative office in the Western Union and asked about Liu Laocai's case.

However, the staff of the representative office said that after sending a telegram to the Bate City Council the day before yesterday, they have not yet received a reply.

Lu Ming can only sigh with emotion that public relations will never be as reliable as personal friends.

Because the owner of the Donghai Telegraph and Telephone Company, his business partner, although his communication business has not yet touched the area of ​​Bate City, his representative here helped him contact a nobleman in Bate City by beating around the bush.

However, he could only send a telegram to the nobleman, hoping that he would help him find out Liu Shoufu's whereabouts, and he also told him where to wait for him, but he didn't have time to wait for his call back.

……

Gravel City is the terminus of the western section of the railway, although it is only [-] kilometers away from Nicholas to Gravel City. , but it stops at almost every station in the middle, and the passengers and even the roof of the carriage are full of people. The train speed is extremely slow, and it is normal to be late and late, and there is no normal train timetable at all.

Just like this train, because it wanted to meet the requirements of a big customer like the United Matrix, it was originally scheduled to leave six hours late, but not to mention the transportation company and the station staff, even the passengers are used to it.

This 30-kilometer journey took more than ten hours, and the average speed of the train may be more than [-] kilometers per hour.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the train arrived at the gravel city.

Further west from Gravel City, there is no railway.

The gravel city-state has a population of more than 30. As for the gravel city itself, it has a population of more than [-], which is considered a big city in the west.

The United Matrix itself has armed pickups, off-road jeeps, and even an armored vehicle. It bought seven or eight trucks directly from the gravel city to load supplies, mostly ammunition and gasoline barrels, and so on.

The trucks were bought from several transportation companies, one bought one or two. As the end of the western railway line, the trucking industry in Gravel City is very developed.

But even a semi-new truck is twice as expensive as the original price of a new car in Donghai.

Although there are no tariff barriers between the western city-states and the empire, under current conditions, the cost of transporting goods from the eastern part of the empire is relatively high.

The helicopter of the United Matrix also took off, causing the whole city to wonder.

The economic and trade group has chartered a bus. According to the driver, it can go directly to Bate City. There are various refueling points in the middle, but the last 100 kilometers are dirt roads, which are particularly bumpy. It’s okay if it’s not the rainy season. In the rainy season, those There is no way to take a large vehicle like a bus on a dirt road.

Lu Ming didn't take the bus, but boarded one of the helicopters with Nicole, Uncle Sun and other entourage.

The three helicopters are not the armed helicopters that Sanmai is still developing, but the wave series medium-sized helicopters of Sanmai.

However, it considers military use, and it can be regarded as a product that must pass through the development of armed helicopters.

The armor is relatively thick, and the rear cabin has a special device for erecting machine guns. It can carry 10 passengers or 1.1 tons of cargo, and the range is 450 kilometers.

The plane that Lu Ming was riding in was purely for transportation. There were no machine gun mounts or shock absorbers, and the seats in the rear cabin were also very comfortable.

Lu Ming, Nicole, Uncle Sun, Luo Yi, Luo Er and the four slave nurses were all sitting in the back cabin.

The moment he sat in the back seat, Lu Ming let out a long breath in his heart.

The parameters of the Hailang-1 helicopter are similar to those of the H-50 in the 19s in the same period in my previous life.It is one of the largest helicopters available today.

In fact, ten months ago, the shareholders of Sanmai had another quarrel over the production of the Hailang-1 helicopter.

It is also true that this kind of helicopter is expensive, and the final price is 18 yuan. Although the shareholders did not know the final price, they also knew that this thing was very expensive and there was no market. The year before last, Sanmai Hailang-1 The grounding of the prototype is because the company found that the final cost of the model will be frighteningly high.

Now, invest in further testing models?Or even start manufacturing finished models?
Few of the shareholders agreed, and it was because of this turmoil that Lu Ming is not only the largest shareholder in Sanmai now, but also has more than 60.00% of the shares, and Madison's shares account for about 30.00%. It can be said that, The company's shareholding structure has become very simple.

In the end, United Matrix Company's order for three Wave-1s also immediately resolved the financial crisis of Sanmai Company.

At the same time, the Eastern Navy also began to negotiate with Sanmai, preparing to order Sanmai's Hailang-1 helicopter.

This also means that the development of Sanmai Company has opened a new chapter since then.

……

From Grit City to Bate City, it is said to be [-] kilometers away, but the straight-line distance is only [-] kilometers.

The three helicopters have a range of 450 kilometers with full fuel, which can be easily reached.

More than two hours later, three helicopters landed on the outskirts of Bite City.

Looking at the outline of Bate City from the air, it is a rectangular earthen city surrounded by earthen walls of different heights. The buildings inside are mostly earthen houses and thatched houses, and there are also a small number of magnificent stone buildings. It seems to be the palaces and official residences of nobles. , private houses and the like.

The population of the entire Bate city-state is less than 5, and there are probably more than 2 residents in Tucheng.

After the helicopter landed.

On the grassy slope, a group of people hurried down, headed by a middle-aged man in a silk robe, they all looked at these helicopters in shock.

"Who is Mayor Lu?" Although the middle-aged man looked at the young man who seemed to be the highest among the people who got off the plane, he was still not sure.

Lu Ming smiled and gestured.

Knowing that the other party was sent by the chieftain family that he had sent a telegram in Sand Gravel City.

This family is the representative of the Donghai Telegraph and Telephone Company in Niguro, who helped him get in touch by beating around the bush.

In Bate City, it is the ruling mode of the city lord and many chieftain nobles.

In fact, the chieftain is described by his own Chinese vocabulary, more precisely, it is the city lord and the big and small landlords.

In a city-state with a population of less than 5, there are forty or fifty families of city lords and chieftains, who are the real ruling class. The rest, except for a small number of merchants and craftsmen, free civilians, etc., are serfs clinging to them .

The chieftain I contacted, surnamed Popolo, is considered a relatively large chieftain in the Bate city-state, owning tens of thousands of acres of land, and the total number of serfs in the manor for him is 4000.

In addition to the city lord, there are four chieftains in Bate City, and the Popolo family is one of them.

I just don't know, what is the status of this middle-aged man who came to receive me in the Popolo family?
Since he can speak the Central Continent dialect, although it's weird that he can't understand it without thinking about it, his status is not low.

After all, don't speak Zhongzhou dialect, even Western language, in a small city-state like Bite City, noble families don't have to learn it, let alone domestic servants and the like.

Moreover, to be able to prepare to find the place where the helicopter landed as you said, there is also a certain level of education.

Because my telegram said that it was about three miles north of Bate City, at a [-]-degree angle, on relatively flat grass or flat ground.

I was still worried at first, wondering if the other party has any staff who can understand what I mean.

Looking at it now, I have got all the points I said.

"Mayor Lu!" The middle-aged man with a bushy black beard walked over quickly, stroked his chest and bowed, "My name is Long Xiang, and my father is the head of the Popolo family and one of the four white-flag councilors of Bate City. one."

Lu Ming nodded. Some states in the Western Regions have weird power structures, and Bate City is definitely one of them.

Also learn from the East, the city-state has a parliament, called the Council, which is the legislative body, but it is also the ruling body, the city lord serves as the speaker, the four chieftains are the four white flag councilors, and thirteen chieftains are the yellow flag councilors, in fact, they are medium chieftains ; The other 20 chieftains are members of the Blue Banner, who are actually small landlords.

Thinking wildly, Lu Ming smiled at the middle-aged man: "You speak Zhongzhou language well."

Long Xiang immediately had a smile on his face, but then he restrained himself and became extremely humble: "I have longed for the culture of Central Continent and the Holy City of the East Sea since I was a child. How lucky I am to be able to receive the mayor today?"

Lu Ming nodded and said, "Most of us will arrive at night or tomorrow, so let's wait for them here. Is there a cooler place around here?"

It's noon now, the sun is in the sky, and it's a place in the southwest, so it's very hot.

But it’s fine to enter the city. Now, if you don’t count the four black slave guards, there are more than a dozen mercenaries, and you have to leave someone to watch the helicopter and supplies. If you enter the city, you will be able to fight. , but caught off guard, casualties must be inevitable.

Although the possibility of this is very small, but after all, people are not familiar with the place here, so everything should be planned for the worst outcome, even if the probability of it happening is very small.

Long Xiang's sunken eyes blinked, "Mayor, if you don't want to go to the city now, there is a manor of my family thirty miles to the west. The environment there is good, and the furniture has just been cleaned. They were all replaced with new ones, my father was going to hide from the spring, if the mayor doesn’t mind, how about going there with your followers first?”

Lu Ming didn't know what their custom of "hiding the spring" meant, so he pondered for a while and nodded: "Okay, let's go there."

A manor, another helicopter flew over, from a bird's eye view, everything can be seen, if the other party has bad intentions, you can take precautions.

……

This area is a plain, with a large area of ​​neat young cropland, and more than a hundred serf households. On the grassy slope in the center surrounded by thatched houses, there is a stone earth castle, two wooden fences, and a circle around the outer circle. , The thatched house is enclosed inside, and there is a fence inside, which encloses the grass slope and earthen castle.

All of this actually shows that the place is not peaceful. If there is an enemy attack, the two wooden fences mean the inner city and the outer city, and young and strong serfs and guards can be organized to defend against the enemy.

The helicopter just stopped on the grassy slope.

When Long Xiang and his party in the carriage arrived in a hurry, the serfs had already been scared away by the mercenaries firing their guns.

Some serfs, obviously brutal, aggressive and ignorant, thought that these people came from nowhere. Although it was scary to be protected by flying monsters, if they invaded their master's house, they would die and drive away these ghosts.

Driven by a few diehards, dozens of mobs with various agricultural tools gathered immediately, but when a gunshot fired, one diehard was hit in the leg. He knew the pain, screamed, and everyone else Ran.

After Uncle Sun took out the bullet and bandaged it for the diehard, Long Xiang and his servants arrived in a hurry.

Uncle Sun's hands are very steady. After following Lu Ming, he gained more skills and learned how to treat wounds easily with the medical guards.

Of course, he has nothing to do with science, and his thinking is different from that of a doctor. He dares to take out bullets, but anyway, there is no hospital nearby, so Lu Ming just let him handle it.

After Long Xiang arrived, he beat the injured mob with a stick first. If Lu Ming hadn't stopped him, he might beat the mob to death.

Apparently, it was all a matter of habit. The mob didn't seem to resent the master's family, but just begged for mercy in fear.

Looking at this scene, Lu Ming didn't know what it was like.

I am also very fortunate that the education I have received in my past and present lives has broadened my horizons. If I had been living in the environment of these serfs since I was a child, I would be no different from them.

Of course, if the rules of human society are explored in depth, the vast majority of people are no different from the serf in front of them. They support the upper class and let them support, but are exploited by the upper class, but they are grateful in the information cocoon. Be the master, sometimes it's just not hard enough.

In this regard, ancient and modern China and foreign countries are no different.

In this world, can I enter the level outside the Three Realms?The class that really makes the rules of society?

While Lu Ming was in a trance, Long Xiang came to apologize again, saying that it was a temporary arrangement, the mayor's flying machine was fast, so there was no time to notify these ignorant slaves.

Although there was a phone in the castle, none of them dared to go in and answer it.

Lu Ming just said it's okay.

Afterwards, Long Xiang led Lu Ming into the castle and introduced the layout of the room.

It seems that this three-story earth castle has just been washed by clean water a few days ago, and the furniture and so on are all new.

From the first floor to the third floor, the iron plates of the windows can fall down and become narrow shooting holes.

The first floor is the utility room, servant room, etc.

The second and third floors are the owner's living room, wash room, etc. There is a large iron bucket on the top of the bunker to supply hot water.

Lu Ming felt that in the western city-state, the accommodation conditions were acceptable.

The bedroom on the third floor is equipped with a telephone, and even the telephone is brand new.

It seems that the custom of "hiding spring" is very particular among the local nobles.

But the phone is the kind of shaker, that is, shake it to the node, say you want to call there, the node connects to the next node, and finally reaches the terminal you want to call.

It is very troublesome, and only a very small number of households with telephones can meet the demand.

"In Bite City, there are very few tourists or businessmen from Central Continent who come to invest. You should know about Liu Shoufu, right? He was also mentioned in the telegram sent this morning. Which security station is he currently being held in? What's going on?" After the third floor, Lu Ming asked Long Xiang.

It is a small town of 2 people, and it is also the chieftain family of the white flag, so you should know it.

There are four public security stations in Bate City, one near each city gate, and four public security officers. It is customary for each of the four Baiqi families to elect one.

Long Xiang nodded slightly: "Actually, before the mayor sent the telegram, the villain and the villain's father really didn't know about it. We knew about this Mr. Liu when he was visiting the local area. There was no news in the past few days. Thought it was gone."

"Received a telegram from the mayor, the villain went to investigate. Fortunately, the mission was fulfilled. The villain found out that Mr. Liu was detained in the Dongmen Public Security Station. The mayor should know that we have four Baiqi families, one family and one house. When the enemy attacks, each guards a gate. The Economic Luo family of the Dongmen Public Security Station has always been at odds with the villain. Moreover, his family has always been married to the owner of Dingshan City, and Dingshan City is our city-state's ally against Bailu City. , is the city lord, to the Jiluo family..."

He paused at this point, smiled wryly, and said, "But don't worry, my lord..."

Lu Ming nodded when he heard this: "Thank you very much, so, you can accompany me to the Dongmen Public Security Station. From now on, I am Mr. Liu Shoufu's defense lawyer. I need to see my client, Ba Te Although the city has its own state law, it is only the similarities and differences of the laws and regulations. The existence of courts and lawyers must exist according to the imperial constitution, right? Moreover, I think that the state laws of your country and the suspects are also seen in the stage of arrest. to the power of a lawyer."

It can be seen that what Long Xiang said is not a lie, under this situation, it is no problem to enter the city.

Long Xiang hesitated for a moment, "Okay, I'll make arrangements now, little one."

　In fact, the four guards of the white flag should be the four guards of the red flag. The three primary colors of red, yellow and blue are the third level of parliamentarians. It is a bit uncivilized. In fact, it also means that it has its own understanding of the laws of the world. But in the current network environment, writing about the red flag I think this word is very sensitive, so,,,,, I say this, will it destroy everyone's sense of substitution?If it is destroyed, it will not spit out this kind of slot in the future.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)