The copy has 0 error tolerance, and the last words on the ground are all wrong for me.

Chapter 383: How can a small voice change Stellan!
Wu Chang destroyed the source of the Great Stink, temporarily resolved the crisis in Grimland, and in exchange obtained Olivia's promise to support Randy in the prime minister election.

It's a bit embarrassing to say that he and Olivia reached an agreement behind the scenes, but this proposal has not been mentioned to Randy, the real owner.

So now Wu Chang and Raventon are riding in a carriage, heading to the residence of Interior Minister Randy, and Raventon is still acting as the coachman.

Ravington drove the carriage, muttering softly:

"I know that the old land nobles are used to getting something for nothing. They are like mosquitoes, sucking the blood and lives of the strong to feed themselves."

It was not until the advent of the Industrial Regulation Act and the Environmental Protection Act that people realized what the landed aristocracy had been planning all along, and why they had cooperated so well in the previous promotion of the Anti-Corn Law.

Although the old nobles are conservative and don't like change, they are not stupid.

As the world's industrial center, Grimland produces countless industrial products every day, which are transported to all parts of the world through a steady stream of ships at the docks.

The wealth created through industry and trade was astronomical, far exceeding the profits they earned through the Corn Laws.

Although in public, they look down on the new aristocrats, calling them either "nouveau riche" or "workshop owners whose cell phones smell like grease."

But watching the new nobles quickly accumulate wealth, they secretly hated them so much that they almost gritted their teeth.

They knew very well that the era of landlords and agriculture was gone forever and the future would belong to industry and trade.

They are unwilling and unable to sit and wait for death.

So from a very early time on, the insistence on the Corn Laws and the exclusion of industry were just their illusions.

Their real intention is the industrial supervision power mentioned now.

Just as Raventon said, the old aristocrats have become accustomed to being parasites. They don't like innovation because it is full of risks; they also don't like labor and industry because it is not elegant enough.

Before the world entered industrialization, they were big landowners. They never farmed the land themselves, but they could extract a lot of wealth from the farmers who did.

After industrialization, factories became "land" in their eyes.

As long as they gain the right to regulate and define the industry, the life and death of the industry will be in their hands.

With the power of life and death in your hands, how can you not extract enough benefits?
At that time, they will be able to restore their former glory. They will not need to participate in industrialization personally, but will be able to directly absorb wealth by virtue of the power in their hands.

And if they succeed this time, they will firmly suppress the new nobles and prevent them from turning over.

This is the calmness of the old nobles.

Thanks to his connections, Ravington has heard the news that the Conservative Party is making preparations for both scenarios.

Regardless of whether the industrial regulation law can be passed, at this point it will be difficult for Glad, the acting prime minister, to become the permanent prime minister.

The old aristocrats who still have energy in the Conservative Party are ready to take a gamble and nominate the Lord Chancellor as the next Prime Minister.

The Chief Justice is not only a member of the cabinet, but also serves as the Speaker of the House of Lords. It is an important position that combines executive, legislative and judicial powers.

The House of Lords has always relied on the power of the Chief Justice to barely maintain its dignity and avoid being completely undermined by the House of Commons.

From a party perspective, the Chief Justice is the leader of the old aristocracy.

As long as the Lord Chancellor becomes Prime Minister, good days will come for the Conservatives and the old aristocrats.

Strictly speaking, the members of the Mystic Knights were once land nobles.

But Ravington was not optimistic about the land aristocracy and conservatives, and his words were mostly sarcastic.

Wu Chang pondered the series of actions of the land nobles and asked:
"If the land nobles' plan succeeds, then looking at what has happened along the way, it seems that they are the beneficiaries behind everything."

First was the death of Prime Minister Rowan, a man of great prestige among the Conservatives but a traitor to the land.

If Prime Minister Rowan were still alive, the Conservatives and the old nobles in the House of Lords would certainly not be able to work together, and the move to gain industrial regulatory power would naturally not be realized at this time.

After all, Prime Minister Ron is a staunch industrialist and will never allow such restrictions on industrial development to happen.

Then came the Pine Tree Coal Mine explosion and the Sloan Textile Mill incident. These two incidents successfully provoked the workers' resistance and triggered a major strike.

If it weren't for the success of the general strike, the Conservatives would have found it difficult to compete with the new aristocracy who were gaining momentum.

Now that the Corn Laws have been repealed and the contradictions between the landed nobles and the workers have been resolved, they have begun to show hostility towards the factory owners, trying to fight for the interests of the workers and win the workers over to their side.

In retrospect, even the General Strike and the passage of the Anti-Corn Laws turned out to be in the Conservative Party's favour.

Not to mention the big stench that followed, and the Steam Parliament that constantly made trouble through industry and provided a steady stream of negative cases for industrial regulation.

When investigating a homicide, both the police and detectives will investigate the beneficiaries of the homicide.

After the Steam Phantom copy began, the Conservative Party had been winning, and it was so overwhelming that the possibility that had been ruled out before now resurfaced.

Wu Chang said: "You said before that the Conservatives were powerless to stop the Anti-Corn Laws, so the Conservatives would not assassinate Prime Minister Rowan for this."

"But from now on, their motives seem to be more sufficient than we thought."

Ravington said;
"To be honest, my detective intuition tells me that Prime Minister Ron's assassination is not in the conservative style."

"But at this point, the suspected targets have been eliminated one by one, and they have become the most likely party to take action."

He sighed and said:

“Eliminate all that is impossible, and whatever remains, no matter how unreasonable, is the truth.”

"If we still cannot identify the real murderer until the end, we can only re-examine those old nobles."

While the two were talking, the carriage had already arrived at Randy's mansion.

During the big stinking incident last night, Randy happened to be near the Royal Small Arms Factory. In order to prevent Randy from getting close, the Steam Council assigned some people to deal with Randy.

But who is Randy? Even though he has never studied mysticism and even firmly believes that mysticism does not exist, he is still able to use his talent to form a spell to cover the Moonlight Sanatorium. He is a powerful man with abilities comparable to a B-level dungeon boss that is on the verge of getting out of control.

Even though Wu Chang has experienced various difficult planes, when it comes to talent in the extraordinary field, only his elder brother-in-law He Yi can compete with him.

Randy in the Steam Phantom copy has fully accepted the existence of the supernatural, and with the help of Julie, he has systematically learned and mastered the supernatural power.

It is no exaggeration to say that Randy is now one of the most powerful people among the natives of the plane.

All the Steam Parliament members who went to intercept Randy were killed by Randy, including two full members, four associate members and two foreign superhumans, that is, players.

Despite achieving such a brilliant record, Randy only suffered a minor fracture in his forearm.

After being treated with the Alchemy Association's extraordinary potion, he will recover in three to five days.

When Wu Chang and Raventon arrived at Randy's mansion, Randy was wielding an ordinary-sized two-handed greatsword with one hand, practicing swordsmanship.

It can be seen that he did not suffer any injuries in the battle last night.

Randy seemed very happy to see the two people appear. He had learned from Olivia that the great stench last night could be stopped thanks to Wu Chang and the Arcane Knights.

“Maintaining the security of Grimland and the entire country should be my responsibility as Home Secretary, but in the crisis last night, I failed to do anything.”

"We failed to protect the small arms factory, and we failed to eliminate the Great Stink. Thanks to your actions, the crisis was not further expanded."

Randy's words were sincere and pure. Wu Chang could feel that Randy really thought that he had failed in his duty yesterday and was upset about it.

But it was this purity that made Wu Chang discover that Olivia only told Randy about the big stinky thing, and did not tell him about the agreement between her and Wu Chang.

Tsk, the queen is worthy of being the queen. She looks defenseless, but in fact, she would never get involved in such troublesome matters.

Olivia failed to provide an assist, so Wu Chang could only take the initiative to explain his purpose.

He said that he thought that no one in Stilan was more suitable to be the prime minister than Randy at this time, and wanted Randy to take advantage of the current chaos in Stilan to run for the position of prime minister. Hearing Wu Chang's proposal, Randy immediately refused and said self-deprecatingly:

"How could a dangerous organization like the Steam Parliament grow up right under my nose, and twice? I can't even do my job as Home Secretary, so how can I be a good Prime Minister?"

Wu Chang shook his head and said, "That's wrong."

"Randy, there is something I wanted to ask you before. Why did you give up Grimland after graduating from college and return to White Stone Town to become the director of a nursing home?"

Randy's eyes showed a look of reminiscence, and he said slowly:

"I am the lord of Whitestone Town, and I have the obligation to build my own territory. I saw that the people of Whitestone Town were living in depression because of my parents' poor management. I wanted to change all this through advanced ideas and technology, so I came to Grimland to study."

"After returning to White Rock Town, I found that the townspeople were suffering from delusions. Compared to the lord, they needed a doctor to treat them more. So I became the doctor they needed."

Wu Chang continued to ask: "Then why did you leave Baishi Town and become the Minister of the Interior?"

Randy sighed and said, "Because with your and Julie's help, I discovered that everything that happened to White Rock Town was a conspiracy from the Serenity Church."

"It's not just White Rock Town. Their conspiracy is all over Stylan. If I don't stop them, more places will become the former White Rock Town. I don't want what happened in White Rock Town to happen again."

"Julie told me that a person's power is limited. No matter how powerful I am, I can only guarantee the safety of a town or a city. Only by becoming the Minister of the Interior can I fight against the entire Tranquility Church."

Wu Chang said: "I can feel that no matter what period you are in, you are doing your best to make life better for the people around you."

"But after coming to Grimland and serving as Home Secretary for a few years, do you now think that people's lives will be better without the Quiet Church and the Steam Parliament?"

Randy frowned and said nothing.

Wu Chang continued to press, asking, "As Home Secretary, whether you like it or not, you have witnessed Prime Minister Ron suppressing the workers' movement."

"Those workers were starving because of the Corn Laws. They were doing the heaviest physical labor but only had two meals a day. Was this a conspiracy of the Quiet Church?"

Randy opened his mouth but couldn't speak.

Wu Chang continued, "Children born in low-income families have to go to the mines with their parents at the age of five. At the age of six or seven, they have to go to the match factory to face the risk of facial rot or even death. Orphans in the slums even have to go to the poorhouse, which is known as the prison for the poor, in order to live two more days."

"Even if you are a good Home Minister and stop the Church of Tranquility and the Steam Parliament, can you prevent these things from happening?"

In order to make Randy cooperate with him, Wu Chang prepared to use moral blackmail on Randy.

Randy is the first leader of the Arcane Knights and a descendant of old Anderson. Old Anderson's moral level is so high that when he holds the Holy Sword of Lake Light, the light of the holy sword can illuminate the entire St. George's Cathedral as bright as day.

If the Lake Sword is a symbol of nobility, honor and perfection, then old Anderson is the most perfect template of chivalry.

As a descendant of old Anderson, although Randy's family sealed the supernatural powers, they inherited old Anderson's moral cleanliness and implemented pure chivalry.

It was his strong sense of justice and mission to help the weak that made Randy not give up on the townspeople and just walk away, even if he was trapped to death in the Moonlight Sanatorium.

This kind of guy is most suitable for moral blackmail.

Wu Chang's words made Randy depressed. He said helplessly, "Even Prime Minister Ron and Her Majesty Olivia can't solve this problem, so what can I do?"

Wu Chang waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter what you can do, what matters is whether you want to solve all this."

He told the future tense what he and Ravington had inferred, but when facing Randy, he directly assumed that the conservatives were the suspects in the assassination of the prime minister.

"Randy, whether they are liberals or conservatives, whether they are old aristocrats or new aristocrats, they all only treat the lower class as tools to extract wealth or for party struggles. No one really cares about their future."

"So, answer me now, do you want to change what you see?"

Randy hesitated for a moment and said, "I want to change all this."

Wu Chang pretended not to hear clearly and said, "Mr. Randy, what did you just say?"

Randy didn't hesitate this time and said, "I want to change all this."

Wu Chang shook his head and said, "If this is the only volume you can produce, then you can't show your determination."

Randy shouted loudly this time, his voice venting his unwillingness, "I want to change all this!"

According to the original process, Wu Chang should have added another sentence, "Haven't you eaten? You want to change everything with such a low voice?"
But Randy's voice was so loud that it made his head buzz. Ravington, who was standing next to him, was even temporarily deafened and had to pick his ears with his fingers.

Seeing this, Wu Chang could only shout, "Good, very energetic!"

"But determination alone is useless. Julie is right. If you want to do something, you must first gain the strength to match it."

"You only have the power to change all this if you become prime minister."

When it comes to running for prime minister, Randy's emotions cool down a bit. He said:

"You have been in the New World and don't know Stian. It's not easy to run for prime minister. I..."

Wu Chang interrupted, "The Liberal Party and the Conservative Party are now at loggerheads. Under the manipulation of the Conservative Party, your biggest competitor, Acting Prime Minister Glad, has already been declared defeated in advance."

"The only competitors standing in your way are the foreign secretary, one of the three ministers, and the chief justice, who is supported by the Conservatives."

"Both the foreign minister and the chief justice lean towards the conservatives. In order to avoid being completely overwhelmed by the conservatives, a large part of the Liberal Party will choose to support you after Gladwell loses hope of being elected."

"Not only that, I also reached an agreement with Her Majesty Olivia. I used my achievements in stopping the Great Stink in exchange for Her Majesty's support for your inauguration as Prime Minister."

Randy was stunned and didn't know how to respond, "Why do you..."

Wu Chang said seriously, "Because I believe that only you can change Stilan. Randy, answer me again now, are you willing to run for prime minister?"

Randy was moved to see Wu Chang recognized him so much and said:

“I’d like to run for Prime Minister!”

Wu Chang said with satisfaction: "Very good, tell me again, are you willing to run for prime minister, do you want to change all this?"

Randy shouted, "I want to run for prime minister! I want to change all this!"

Wu Chang said: "Very good, do it again, with determination!"

Wu Chang and Randy were shouting loudly, while Raventon, who was standing by, covered his ears and began to doubt his life as he watched the scene that looked like a pyramid scheme.

In his impression, Randy has always been serious, mature and steady. He has never seen Randy as excited as he is today.

Raventon grinned. He had reason to suspect that Wu Chang had asked the magical pharmacist who could remove the great stench to prepare some potion to control people's minds.

He covered his ears and backed out of the room.

No matter what medicine Wu Chang gave Randy, if he didn't leave, he would have to find that God's Tongue to get him a medicine to treat his ears.

While Wu Chang was building Randy's confidence and increasing his determination to run for election, the Conservative Party, as Randy's biggest competitor, was also not idle.

In an unremarkable holiday estate in the western part of Grimland, Nestor was sitting in his study, waiting for the next meeting.

The owner of his manor is Marquis Robert Gascon, who also has another identity and is the current Chief Justice of Stirling.

Of course, as Chief Justice and the most popular candidate for Prime Minister, Gascón himself would certainly not risk meeting Nestor.

As the study door opened, Earl Brooke, a core figure of the Conservative Party and former Secretary of State for the Colonies, walked into the room.

Brooke looked at Nestor with a smile and said, "Mr. Nestor, you have done a great job and lived up to Mr. Gasco's support for you."

"But it's not time to rest yet. You have to provoke another big strike and force Glad to make a choice."

Nestor was silent for a moment, took a deep breath, and then said:
"No, we have done enough for you. We will not do anything for you unless you first agree to the Charter Movement's request."

(End of this chapter)