Durin's Diary

Chapter 764 Battlefield
Lille is Sidney's most important industrial city in the North.

Two hundred years ago, Lille entered its development period - the steam engines and textile machines from the Engineering Association made it an early industrialization center of Sidney Union. The local handicraft industry was directly crushed by various mechanized factories, and various light industrial products from Lille became the first choice for many civilians in their lives, and factory owners made a fortune from this.

With the discovery of iron ore and coal in nearby provinces and the construction of railways, Lille became a trade hub.

With the development of Lille and the first rise and fall of Northernism, the workers' uprisings failed again, and the exploitation of the nobles and the rich became more terrifying.

Then, just a few years ago, Northernism rose again in Farol, and this time it was a big deal. The workers started striking, demanding fewer hours and more wages, and Northernism was frantically shipping arms here.

The Clegane royal family did nothing wrong this time. Half a year ago, they hosted a round of negotiations between the two parties, and eventually reduced the weekly working hours from a terrifying 112 hours to 98 hours.

Can this be considered a victory for the workers? Fuck these capitalists!

Daju cursed loudly.

Normally, in my timeline, during the same period in the British Isles, only 80% to 70% of every 1,000 live births would survive to the age of six. Starting at age five, children from poor families would become child laborers, working twelve to sixteen hours a day in a variety of dangerous working environments. Children faced injuries from machinery, dust inhalation (such as ventilation workers in coal mines), toxic gases (such as lead poisoning in ceramic factories), malnutrition, and infectious diseases. In the most extreme case, only half of every 1,000 child laborers would survive to adulthood, and those who did survive would suffer from a variety of occupational diseases.

Eleven's database is more detailed, so it makes Daju even more speechless.

You mean to say that the Clegane royal family did a good thing, the nobles here were also very kind, and the workers were very satisfied, right?

It posed such a clever question.

Eleven is very sure about this.

You cannot show your compassion out of touch with the times. The problem is that this world and this era are in full swing of the Industrial Revolution. During this period, the lives of the poor are the least valued. Otherwise, think about it, why Northernism has been defeated time and time again, but can still make a comeback again and again.

The two AIs spoke quickly beside Du Lin.

Durin slapped his thigh bone as he watched the mages screaming and running away.

Broken, I forgot to cut it back.

The little female dragon smiled evilly and reached out to touch Durin's pelvis, and was slapped by Durin.

A portal over there quickly opened, and the old man who came out was stunned. He looked at Du Lin and found that Du Lin did not attack, so he stopped the few old men who followed him out and said: "I think I know this person."

"Ah?" They were also stunned.

A bearded wizard pointed at Durin and said, "You are the bishop of the original creator! How could you know such a bone lich?"

"Because he might be Lord Durin Elsh." After saying this, the old man looked at Durin and said, "Is it you, Lord?"

Du Lin changed into the form of a candle dragon: "Yes, it's me."

With the misunderstanding resolved, the heroes who had emerged breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing the signal flares fired by the teleportation center's mages, the Transcendents, knowing that a terrifying enemy was approaching, had bravely come over. After all, three red flares represented an enemy of at least Legendary rank, worthy of the word "terrifying."

Now, although it is terrifying, at least it is not the enemy who is coming.

"Sir Durin, what are you doing here?" The white-bearded old man was wearing a wizard's robe. Seeing that it was Durin, he was a little confused - he had seen Durin and Anta in the north two years ago, and after comparing his memories, it was indeed the little dragon in front of him.

But he wasn't sure why Du Lin came.

"I met Romil Clegane before I came here. The guy had the flu and was very sick." Dulin said, looking at everyone in front of him: "He said he came to you before he fell ill. What's the situation in the city now?" Dulin deliberately chose the words and did not mention Paris - because he didn't know why Romil would go to the lower town of Paris. What if he was going there to do some serious business?

He didn't know where the real business was. If it was inconsistent with his identity as a broker, telling it out might harm him.

The old bishop who came first sighed, and Du Lin knew something was wrong: "How many people died."

"At least two thousand people died before the city was closed. We've now sealed off all the districts. You can see the teleportation center here, you can only come here, not leave. As for the railway, all vehicles have been diverted." The old man said, looking at Durin: "I heard that the Utari family has medicine, but..."

"But the price is too high. Even small factory owners may not have enough money to buy medicine. The poor and ordinary people who get sick are almost doomed to die."

"I'll help you." Du Lin said, and once again transformed himself into a lich: "Lina, come here."

When the young mother came before Durin, he cast a spell to purify her body. "Fly immediately to the Everforged Fortress, making a detour to avoid flying over towns and villages. I will use Hemo to tell Anta to purify your body with flames on the sea. Then you go tell my brother to notify Negan Loval in Lausanne and have him bring any undead who are willing to come. As long as they can help Lille overcome this crisis, I am willing to grant amnesty to any undead who want to reform and return to society."

"I understand." Lina said and walked outside.

Then, under the gaze of everyone, Lina transformed into a silver dragon and took off.

Du Lin turned around and said, "Your Excellency, may I ask..." "John Box," the old man replied.

"Bishop John, do you know who the first patient is?" Du Lin asked.

"I don't know. We only know that the first people to die were in the Weston district, one of the seven districts in the downtown area," the bishop replied.

"How are you blocking the city now?" Du Lin asked, motioning for the Bishop to lead the way. "Please lead me to the Weston district."

"People are dying there every moment. Our deacon uses a barrier necklace woven from holy oak vines, but it can only keep the safety period for 30 minutes. They are now trying to burn the bodies of the dead, but too many people have died." The old man hesitated, but still took Durin and many other people out of the teleportation center.

"Is there enough food for the citizens?" Du Lin asked at the door.

This time, the bishop remained silent. Finally, he tugged at his collar and said, "Your Excellency... We and the Church of the God of Suffering have done our best."

Du Lin nodded in understanding, then waved to the middle-aged man in military uniform standing beside him.

(End of this chapter)