Chapter 431 All living things
Scoog Shipyard is a small shipyard located on the outskirts of Longton. In the past, it was famous for the production of yachts. It once made birthday gifts for the previous emperor and the current queen. It was greatly appreciated and once became a fashion among the imperial nobility.
At that time, any nobleman who did not have a yacht of the same model as the queen who was still a princess would be too embarrassed to go out on weekends.
However, people are not as good as a hundred days, and flowers are not as bright as a thousand days, so Scuge Shipyard still ushered in its decline.
With the popularity of steam engines, new steamships and pleasure boats quickly replaced old yachts. For nobles, being able to stand gracefully on a boat and enjoy the sea scenery is much more respectable than rocking the oars and controlling the sails by yourself. .
In addition to those who prefer traditional navigation, more and more nobles choose new cruise ships with steam engines.
This undoubtedly greatly affected the business of Scugo Shipyard, which was almost on the verge of bankruptcy. It could only make a living by producing lifeboats for the Imperial Navy.
Until Perfectcott invented the airship, the boss of Skoog Shipyard seized the opportunity and quickly completed the industrial transformation, turning to the production of luxurious flying yachts. Bringing Scrooge Shipyards to life.
The flying yacht that the Langton capitalists gave to Earl Brandlis was the work of Scugo Shipyard, and this also created a new brand for Scugo Shipyard. opportunity.
In the past two years, Scuge Shipyard's orders have never been empty, and they have even been backlogged for a year.
This kind of yacht that can fly in the sky is a real enjoyment for any nobleman who pursues elegance, especially when a certain nobleman buys a large flying yacht and then invites guests to fly in the sky After successfully hosting a dinner party, Scugo Shipyard ushered in an even more prosperous peak than before.
It’s just that blessings and misfortunes depend on them, and misfortunes and blessings depend on them. Just when the fire at the Scugo Shipyard was cooking, the news of the doomsday was announced by the imperial government.
This is almost a huge blow to Scugo Shipyard. After all, when the end is coming, who will still want to buy a yacht? They are all thinking about escaping or finding ways to strengthen their homes so that they can survive this terrible doomsday crisis.
Even the workers at the Shiguge Shipyard have begun to fall into anxiety. Strikes, attacks on the factory, etc.
Various problems almost make Shigu The Scrooge Shipyard is completely finished this time, but I have to say that the boss of this generation of Scrooge Shipyard is a truly visionary person.
Previously, he had defied public opinion and mortgaged the property of Scuge Shipyard to the bank. The loan upgraded the equipment of the shipyard so that the old factory could produce the latest airships and transplanted the technology used to manufacture yachts to the aircraft. On the airship, he opened up a new track of airship and made a lot of money.
And now, facing the increasingly tense situation and the approaching doomsday crisis, the boss has come up with new ways out and ideas.
He sorted out all the undelivered orders on hand, and then went door-to-door to promote Skoog Shipyard's new product-the Doomsday Survival Boat.
Yes, this boss seized the business opportunity very shrewdly and transformed the original yacht to enhance its protective performance and cold resistance. At the same time, he also installed various doomsday survival equipment on the boat. , thereby transforming the yacht into a doomsday survival boat.
According to the instructions of this boss, the external publicity of ScuGe Shipyard is "ScuGe Doomsday Survival Boat, built with the century-old craftsmanship of ScuGe Shipyard, with yacht-level comfort and navy lifeboat-level safety Sex, combined with the excellent performance of the airship, is enough to allow you to remain calm and elegant when the apocalyptic disaster strikes, without having to compete with others for a ticket to the North! ”
It must be said that this slogan immediately hit the pain points of many nobles.
For many nobles, they already know the empire’s new policy, and they also know that Perficott does not intend to take all nobles to the north. A considerable number of nobles who have not passed the review will be Stay in the empire itself.
In this case, they can only find a way to go to the north by themselves.
It’s easy for those who are rich, they can sell their property now, dispose of their properties in Langton, and then buy a boat ticket to the north with the money.
Although there will be no noble title in the future, as long as you still have money, you can still live a good life in the north.
Purficott did not make things difficult for these people at this point. As long as they obeyed her rules, she didn't mind if these people fled to the north.
After all, although she said that the population that the North can accommodate is limited, in fact, tens of thousands more and tens of thousands less are not a big problem for a place as big as the North.
Especially since these people have to spend money to resettle themselves after arriving in the north. The money is enough for Perfectcott to build a few more shelters, so it can be calculated accordingly.
This news undoubtedly greatly excited the nobles of the empire who were not qualified to go to the north. They were eager to buy a ticket to the north and escape from the mainland that was obviously about to be abandoned by the empire. .
Undoubtedly, a large part of the customers of Skoog Shipyard are these nobles.
Especially the nobles among them who used to be very rich and lived a luxurious life, they are not willing to go on a cruise ship under any circumstances.
There is no way to escape. If there are other options, they will not choose this path.
Ever since, when the salesman and boss of Skoog Shipyard came to sell the flying survival boat, these nobles were moved.
Even if the price has to be increased, even if they have to wait in line, it is relatively more honorable for these nobles to go to the North and transport some valuables that are not suitable for sale to the North by airship. It is very tempting for them.
After all, even if you buy a ticket, the luggage you can take on board is limited, and you will definitely not be able to take away all the wealth and good wishes of the nobles.
Instead of wasting time and energy on grabbing tickets and squeezing on cruise ships, it would be better to take your own airship, bring enough wealth and assets, and then arrive in the north elegantly.
Especially for some nobles whose lives have become useless and cannot do without the service of servants, the airship can undoubtedly carry more servants with them to the north. More valuables and more important things.
In this way, not only did the business of Skoog Shipyard not get worse due to the news of the end, but it suddenly became prosperous again.
The boss of the shipyard was not a stingy person either. He offered three times the wages to the workers and asked them to work overtime in order to not only complete all the original orders before the end of the world, but also New orders must also be driven out.
This is a painful and happy thing for the workers in the shipyard.
The pain is undoubtedly due to the fatigue of working overtime. After all, I worked hard before the apocalypse came, and I worked even harder after the apocalypse. It would be better to kill me in this apocalypse. There is no doubt that some workers cannot bear this kind of high-intensity labor, and there are many who quit and make trouble.
But the boss of Scuge Shipyard did not get used to these people. Through the relationship with the nobles who were waiting to take the ship, there was an extra man outside the door of Scuge Shipyard. The city guards and police are dedicated to maintaining the security of the shipyard.
For those nobles, this shipyard is their hope to go to the North alive. How could it be destroyed?
Even if it only affects the construction period!
In addition, the boss of Skoog Shipyard also understood at this time that if he wanted the horse to run, he had to feed the horse, so the workers' wages increased to five times, and there were additional overtime subsidies.
Not only that, the boss also got extra rations for the workers through connections with the nobles. As long as they complete their daily work seriously, every shipyard worker can receive enough to feed a family of three for a day. of rations.
This is a shot in the arm for the workers in the shipyard!
In this critical period when the end is approaching, money is actually not important. The empire's economy has fallen into a serious collapse. Even in Langton, money has begun to buy things.
But rations are real. Even those low-quality old grains are still grains! It’s a good thing that can keep you alive and fill your stomach!
As an engineer at Scrooge Shipyard, Peter Bury felt this deeply.
As an engineer in a shipyard, he built luxury goods such as yachts. In the past, Pitbury's income was very generous.
At that time, he could even call himself middle-class, because he did have some assets. Not only did he buy a small villa in Longton, he also had some savings, and his wife's brother also helped him run a small house. The small shop and his wife and children at home also loved him, which made Pitbury feel that his life was very happy.
As a matter of fact, Pitbury's life was indeed considered happy at the time.
However, when the news of the doomsday was announced, the Pittbury family no longer had the laughter of the past.
The first was the wife’s brother. He was in charge of running a small store and was killed by thugs who robbed him. His body was torn into pieces. The thugs even brutally ate his thighs and arms. When the police found the others, only A half-cooked head and mutilated body, as well as unrecognizable bones mixed with others.
This huge blow undoubtedly put Pitbury's wife into great pain. This once beautiful and delicate little woman was suddenly crushed.
If it weren’t for the fact that there were children at home to take care of, maybe she would have collapsed long ago.
But even so, it was difficult for Pitbury to take care of his family. He was just an engineer. He was not strong enough to go to the grain store to buy food, nor could he lose face to receive relief grain.
Although the Pittbury family still has savings, money can no longer buy things, or in other words, Pittbury does not have the ability to buy things with money.
Seeing his wife and two children losing weight day by day, and his young son crying all day long until he had no strength to cry, Pitbury felt only deep despair.
He wanted to commit suicide several times, but in the end he couldn't let go of his wife and children, so he couldn't commit suicide.
It’s not like he hasn’t tried to find a way to get a place to go to the north, but this is Langton, the core capital of the entire Victoria Empire. There are so many talents, how can he get a turn? Is he going to grab a spot?
During this period, it was not like no one came to him, hoping that he would join some organizations, and trying to persuade him to join some sects that were not serious at first glance.
Fortunately, before Pittbury stepped into the abyss, his boss came up with the idea of a flying survival boat, which brought the Scrooge Shipyard back to life, and Pittbury was able to put his life back together. Get back on track.
Although he was exhausted from his daily work, when he took home the daily rations, he looked at his wife, who still had no smile on her face, but had become stronger again, and became more well-behaved and sensible than before. With his daughter and his son laughing again, he felt that it was all worth it.
Therefore, when someone came to lobby him again to join some organization and plan to attack the sanctuary built by the church in the church, he directly chose to refuse.
Not only that, he reported the incident to the police at the factory gate the next day when he was at work.
This news was quickly reported to the public, directly alarming Perfectcott and Princess Anne.
Under the attention of the two bosses, the intelligence department quickly figured out the cause of the incident and located the organization's lair.
Purficott, who was already dizzy with all kinds of complicated paperwork, personally presided over the encirclement and suppression of this organization. Not only that, this time she also put on a set of steam knight armor for the first time and stepped into it personally. She entered the battlefield and crushed the heads of several thugs who tried to attack her.
"Huh~!" When the battle was over and Purficott took off the helmet from her head, she let out a sigh of relief.
The complicated paperwork brought a lot of work pressure to her. Although this battle could not be said to have completely vented her feelings, at least she felt that she felt much better physically and mentally and was able to go back to work.
However, there will always be some troubles to ruin her hard-won good mood. A staff member of the intelligence department suddenly came to her and reported to her: "Your Majesty, we discovered that I’ve got something, please take a look.”
As he said that, the other party handed a letter to Purficott.
Taking the letter with an iron glove that still contained blood and brains, Purficott felt his anger boiling just after taking a glance at it.
The content of the letter is very simple. It is that some nobles feel that the doomsday crisis is just the empire's alarmism, or they think this is a good opportunity to try to start a riot in Langton and incite the people to attack the imperial government. Impact and then overthrow the existing order.
Under normal circumstances, Purficott would not care about this. Since the news of the doomsday was announced, this kind of thing has happened to Langton more than once.
But the letter mentioned poisoning the food at the relief sites, and then creating large-scale riots and arousing people's dissatisfaction with the imperial government. There was no doubt that it stepped on her accurately. On the minefield.
"Find this guy, I will skin him alive!" Purficott fell into a rage, and even the Steam Knight armor she was wearing was in her anger. It was shaped into a terrifying form, showing her anger at the moment.
(End of this chapter)