People in Terra, governing a weird little country

"Using airships, high-speed warships in the air, as carriers, connecting the blocks to form a mobile city, the mobile city itself is also a super-large high-speed warship, and the sky city may not be the same."

Ernst wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "Miss Nastie, you are right."

But I really can't capture a few hundred fire demons for you to provide energy for the airships that you mentioned to form a "mobile city".

You're not going to let Safar burn it, are you? Even if you squeeze out the last bit of fire in him, he still won't be able to do it!

Besides, apart from the energy problem, where can we get enough building materials to build a mobile city, not to mention the materials for a "mobile sky city".

There is no MC in this world where you can use a small wooden axe as a creator module and build a building with just a click.

Uh...it shouldn't exist, right?

Chapter 280: The White Jade Capital in Heaven, Twelve Towers and Five Cities (Part 2)

“Building a city in heaven?”

When hearing Nasti's dream for the first time, even someone as imaginative as Kristen was stunned.

Building a city in the sky is much more difficult than flying into the sky. In fact, flying into the sky is just the first step in building a city in the sky, the foundation of the foundation.

But after looking into Nasti's eyes and understanding the stubbornness and determination in her eyes, Kristen nodded.

She never laughed at any dream, no matter how ridiculous, fantastic, or daydreamy it sounded.

Scientists do not believe that dreams are false. Every dream has its value to be realized. Before Christen's parents, as pioneers, developed a flying machine that could fly stably, how many Terrans believed that they could fly in the sky like feathered beasts?

Geniuses are on the left and lunatics are on the right. Christen knows it best. After her "genius" parents died in a flight accident, many people called their persistent actions to challenge the sky "the behavior of lunatics."

Today, the Terran land's brief gaze toward the sky has turned into dust in the wilderness along with the remains of the two pioneers burning in flames. How many people believe that Kristen Wright alone can replicate her parents' great deeds and once again arouse the Terran people's interest in the sky?

Kristen herself didn't believe it. She had no intention of fulfilling her parents' dream.

She wants to surpass.

Breaking through the shackles imposed on humans by the earth and breaking through the limitations of the star pod on the sky, she wants to step onto the stars, stroll beside the stars, and bathe in the water of the Milky Way.

She never seeks recognition, nor does she bother to arouse the curiosity of fools on earth about the sky. She is a person who insists on her own way, so the country's obstruction and moral accusations cannot limit her steps. She has never found a true "companion".

Rhine Life is just a tool to her, and the heads of various departments are just lubricants that make this tool more handy.

Even Saria, a close friend who was bound by rules and regulations and possessed extraordinary rationality, which was in stark contrast to her free and easy nature that transcended everything, was just a close friend.

The world calls this behavior crazy. If her thoughts were discovered, Christen was sure that among her original companions, the saddest person would be Muerseth, the angriest person would be Ferdinand, the person who admired her the most would be Parvis, and the person who would definitely stand up to stop her would be her "mirror", Saria.

So she kept this secret in her heart, and hid this dream in the countless normal business and research of Rhine Life, pushing her forward bit by bit.

But at this moment, she had a rare urge to share it with others.

"I wonder which dream is crazier, this one or your dream of building a city in the sky?"

"You are a real freak, Kristen Wright."

Nastie said so.

Even the banshee, who has a long life, finds it difficult to understand Christen.

Is it worth it to use everything you have built with your own hands, your emotions and relationships, and even the trust others have in you, as fuel and pour it into a flying vehicle that can break through the sky?

A madman indeed.

If Columbia knew that the future star of the technology city that they praised was actually a madman who was ready to set the detonator on the entire company and blow himself up, those congressmen and the vice president would go crazy.

Fortunately they don’t know.

Anyway, it wasn't my "Kazdel" that was blown up, so do they still expect me to warn them?

As if she had seen through Nastie's thoughts, Kristen raised the corner of her mouth with a charming and confident arc:

"Sarkaz, demons, devils, aren't you also called monsters?"

"It's only fitting that the monster does something crazy."

"I can promise you that when I achieve my goal, I will serve as your experimental material and ride the aircraft you built to break through the barrier."

Take my aircraft to break through the barrier and test whether the city in the sky I mentioned is feasible?

To anyone who hears this, it means nothing less than "I put my life in your hands!"

Nasti suddenly understood why so many brilliant scientists were trying their best to get into Rhine Life.

Christen is indeed a charming woman.

............

"So you're telling me all this just to tell me how attractive your Rhine Life chief is? Are you here for a blind date?"

Ernst's head was full of black lines. Of course, what made him speechless was not only Nastie who started telling him "Rhine Life Recruitment Stories" as soon as they had a disagreement, but also a certain "very charming" lady who had been standing next to him and listened to Nastie talking for most of the time, but did not react at all!

"Kristen, why are you just watching like that? Do you agree with this?"

"I don't agree." Kristen shook her head. "People always subconsciously beautify their past memories and create a perfect person in their memory. In fact, Nastie's narration just now has many biases."

She corrected him seriously, "For example, I didn't actually laugh at the end."

She corrected him seriously X2: "When I said you were a demon, I was really scolding you. After all, you just scolded me, and I never hold grudges overnight."

She corrected him seriously: "Also, I don't deny that many scientists want to join Rhine Life, but that has nothing to do with whether I am attractive or not. As a large scientific research enterprise with tens of thousands of employees in Colombia, Rhine Life has obtained considerable resources and policy support. Many scientists come here just for this platform, and it doesn't matter whether I am the general manager or not. To be more precise, I have never even met most of them."

After all, he is the boss who has the rumor that "If you can see the general manager in his office, it means the sun has risen in the west."

Ernst suddenly remembered the complaints made by Saria when he visited Rhine Life.

Oh, by the way, she seemed to have asked me to persuade Christen to go home early for dinner... ahem, go back and take charge of the situation...

I'm so sorry that I forgot about this.

Thinking of the great reputation of "Invincible Iron Fist" Saria, Ernst was already sweating profusely.

It's not easy to just ask "Mom" to solve this matter, after all, it's my own fault. How about we contact the guards right now? I know Mr. "Bridge Cliff". Can I get a discount if I hire a group of people from Black Steel?

Seeing that the "very charming" lady was about to correct Nastie and break her defense, Ernst quickly stopped her:

"Kristen, I'm not talking about the little story just now. I'm talking about the matter of building the sky city. Do you agree with Nastie to do it in Kjerag?"

"Why not?" Kristen asked as a matter of course.

Ernst's voice choked, and he explained, "Very charming...Ms. Kristen, do you remember the contract we signed?"

"Rhine Life helps Kjerag rebuild Tukarim, and Kjerag agrees and assists Rhine Life in building a dome research station on the Matterhorn." Kristen simply summarized the most important content of the treaty, completely ignoring the additional unequal terms that would make little Justin scream and scratch.

Ernst nodded. "Building a sky city over Kjerag was not part of our deal."

"Can't you sign another one?" Kristen frowned, obviously not expecting that Ernst would be so concerned about this kind of issue.

This is a great experiment, an experiment that, if successful, will go down in history and even usher in a new era. Why should we care about a few rules and regulations?

Look at this relaxed tone, look at the nonsense that shows how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are!

You don't care about the cost at all, do you?

Ernst could imagine that if little Justin was here now, he would probably have already started choosing a mountain that suits him.

The ropes and nails had to be bought in Kjerag. This was also a contribution to the development of Kjerag.

Am I a little too bad?

Christen looked like she didn't care about the cost and said she would give her whatever she wanted, but Ernst did need to consider it.

After all, Kristen and Nastie helped him a lot. Although it was a deal, everyone knew that if it was done by someone else, it would be considered a scam. Since the two helped him, Ernst naturally had to return the favor.

He explained: "Ms. Kristen, Ms. Nastie, it's not that I disagree with this plan, but you two still have to consider the actual situation."

How to transport materials, how to build a city in the sky, how to make more airships, how to keep the airships functioning, where to capture more Safar, and even if the probability is one in a million, if all the above problems are solved, how to determine the ownership of this city in the sky?

Kjerag's, or RheinLife's? Or Columbia's?

Wait....Colombian?

Ernst suddenly thought of something, his expression changed slightly, and he changed his words:

"However, I do support you two in achieving your dreams."

"How about this? Shelagh can agree to rent you a test site so that you can use it to work on your Sky City plan."

Nastie raised her eyebrows. She was a little surprised by Ernst's sudden relaxation. "Really?"

"Really!" Ernst nodded. "This land covers an area of ​​6 square kilometers. The land is flat, the location is good, the transportation is convenient, and there are not many people living there now. It fully meets your requirements for city construction. Kjerag's requirements for this are also very simple, that is..."

Nastya: “That’s it?”

"You'll have to deal with Magnus Bank on your own."

It's time to resolve a certain historical issue.

Chapter 281 Kal'tsit: I know everything!

Survivor bias, also known as the "survivor fallacy", refutes a common logical fallacy, which is only seeing the results after a certain screening and ignoring key information.

For example, in an accident, people only see a part of the survivors, but fail to realize that these survivors are just individual data.

Kjerag is this survivor. The fact that he can now exist and develop safely is just an extremely individual data, which is inseparable from various coincidences and the Kjerag people's persistent struggle and cautious walking.

When Ernst first came to power, Kjerag was in the most difficult period of its development. Because it lacked the initial start-up capital to get the entire country on the right track and give itself room to play, Ernst chose the fastest way to make money that Kjerag could do and within the scope of modern laws.

——He borrowed some money.

To be precise, he used a six-square-kilometer piece of land northeast of Tukarim as collateral to the Colombian banker Luther Magnus in exchange for a bank loan of 600 million Colombian gold certificates.

Frankly speaking, he actually had no intention of paying back the six hundred million. Kjerag is located at the crossroads of the three kingdoms and is surrounded by mountains. It is a natural bridgehead that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The importance of its strategic location is self-evident. When Ernst discussed this matter with Enthiodis, he had already made plans that if the money could not be paid in the future, the whole country would simply become a deadbeat.

What's wrong with being a deadbeat? There are so many people in strange small countries who are deadbeats. Those "benevolent kings" in Tongliao can be deadbeats, but why can't I, the prime minister of Xuejing, be deadbeats?

You know, as the saying goes, you are the boss when you lend money, but once the money is lent out, the one who owes the money is the boss! Kjerag's position is so important. You are a bank, and you have a certain cooperation with the military behind you. You dare to come to collect the debt. I, Kjerag, dare to let you in. Do you dare to come in?

Were Casimir and Victoria blind enough to sit by and watch Kjerag be infiltrated by the Colombians?

They don't care whether your capital activities are legitimate or not. Even if the capitalists like Casimir can control the situation to realize their fantasy of "capital without borders", the grand dukes of Victoria will definitely not sit idly by. For an old-school Victorian noble like the Duke of Castor, if she doesn't cause trouble for Colombia, then she has gone out without a brain.

Theoretically, this method is fine. In practice, it is feasible, and with the diplomatic environment in Kjerag gradually improving, it can basically be said to be foolproof. The only problem is

——It’s a bit embarrassing.

If this were done, although Victoria and Casimir would definitely intervene for whatever reason, in the end, Kjerag would definitely lose face.

Even if everyone openly believed that this was definitely a conspiracy of Colombia, there would definitely be people who guessed that the Kjerag people were trying to get away with it by using someone else's knife to kill someone.

No one will pursue it, but someone will always remember it. This is how the cause is planted.

In the future, if Kjerag were to take charge of something with an image of absolute neutrality, innocence, fairness and justice, this incident would become a stain.

Stains are very troublesome things because people only see the stains.

A piece of white paper is pure and flawless, but as long as there is a stain on it, everyone's attention will be unconsciously attracted to the stain.

Even if a person has done good things all his life, if he has done something bad in his life and it is discovered, people will think that this person is a hypocrite.

The irony is that if a person does bad things all his life, but finally turns over a new leaf and becomes a new person, people will instead praise him for returning to the right path, calling him an enlightened person who has put down his butcher knife and become a Buddha, and a good person.

The same goes for countries.

Defaulting on a debt was not a big deal, and the amount of 600 million was not that critical for a country of this size. To be honest, it was not that Kjerag could not have come up with the 600 million by scraping together some land at the time, but Ernst had no prestige, no real power, and a great elder above him, so he could not get a penny from the three major families, so he had no choice but to resort to this desperate measure.

But this involves "faith".

A man without integrity cannot stand, and this may become a stain.

Kjerag was at this stage. Kjerag dared to compete with Lateran in the World Expo and the World Summit because both countries were flawless white lotuses in terms of international reputation.

One had no international reputation before, so it was naturally impeccable. One had built a holy city, a paradise, and a neutral persona for thousands of years, and had long been recognized as the Garden of Eden by Terra. This gave Ernst the confidence to challenge the Pope directly and force the expo and summit to be held in Kjerag.

But if at this time, there were problems with his personal morality as the prime minister, it would probably be magnified infinitely by people with ulterior motives, and nicknames such as "corrupt government team", "corrupt prime minister", "country of scammers" and so on would immediately come one after another.

Man is the animal that loves nothing more than to build a tall tower and then see it collapse.

If something like that happened, all the preparations Ernst had made would have gone to waste.

Therefore, since Kjerag got back on track, Ernst has been trying to find a way to pay back the money as soon as possible. But Kjerag needs money everywhere now, and the finances have always been in deficit. Although deficit is not a bad thing, as a Paradox player, Ernst said that he likes to see green numbers.

The government could not spare the money to repay the debt, so Ernst had to find a way out on his own. He kept saving the royalties and shares from his "Geography of the Nations" in preparation for the repayment date. If there was still some money short, he would pay out of his own pocket.