Chapter 27 The grudge on the wasteland
In prehistoric times, the land under their feet once destroyed the aristocratic class, and the people were proud of it. However, the war that destroyed an era changed all this. At the most difficult moments, the people who longed for someone to lead them out of the predicament were not willing to give up their stupid rights, but were also worried about the frequent need to decide who to lead their own affairs. So in order to avoid trouble, new nobles emerged, and power became the private property of the family, and ordinary people enjoyed the freedom without using their brains.
In the royal capital, the formation of new aristocrats was mixed with various reasons, and the reasons for their occurrence were very complicated. However, in the barren land of the wasteland, the original native aristocratic family did bear the responsibility of building their homes, and indeed paid a huge price.
For example, the Edwards family in Gongqingcheng sacrificed several generations for this. Even after the dark era of the times and the civilization was re-established forty years, the people of the Edwards family were not yet recovered. It is said that the head of this generation, Alec once had a brother, but disappeared strangely after adulthood. Therefore, he was the only one in Alec's generation, and only one son among his three children. From this point of view, even if the Edwards family was not single-handed for generations, it was actually similar.
The formation process of the Jugashviri family in Salt Lake City is similar to that of the Edwards family. In fact, this is also the basic process of the emergence of nobles in remote areas of the United Kingdom.
As for the other three small towns on the wasteland, because they are too poor, although people have been working hard for this, they cannot give birth to people who can compete with the above two families. Even if someone has worked hard for this goal, he has failed.
The previous generation of Lancaster family heads were one of these losers.
Oak Town is a resource-based town. It is located on the edge of the death plain with the worst living conditions on the wasteland. The reason why it cannot be closer is that it cannot survive, and the reason why it cannot be further away is that it cannot survive.
Because the death plain is filled with deadly radiation, it is said that the most serious place can melt steel and humans cannot set foot. However, most people in Oak Town survive on these radiations, so they cannot be too far from the death plain.
Because the radiation on the death plain is also a resource in this era and a very important resource, there are not many lands that can own such resources in the entire United Kingdom territory, and this part on the wasteland is the largest area and the highest radiation metering.
Since Woodpecker developed a machinery that can collect energy adhered to rocks and soil in a radiation environment and store and utilize, all strong radiation areas on the surface have become new natural resources. The existence of Oak Town is to collect radiation energy from the death plain more efficiently and then supply various applications in the city.
This kind of energy is used on Glova's nuclear-powered trucks, which is generally called "x-energy".
Because they work in strong radiation areas all year round, the average age of Oak Town residents has been far lower than the average level on the wasteland.
An interesting thing is that the original Oak Town was established by Gongqingcheng, but after Gongqingcheng went through the initial development stage and completed capital accumulation, the previous generation of Edwards family, the ruler of Gongqingcheng, the uncle of Alec decided to transform Oak Town, a pollution-filled place, at least to improve the working environment of workers, the price was to increase the price of the "x energy" produced.
Before this was implemented, it encountered resistance from all sides. Soon, the Lancaster family, who worked for the Edwards family in Oak Town, betrayed the Communist Qingcheng. With the support of other forces that did not want the "x energy" source to fluctuate and affect the price, Alec's cousin died.
Later, Oak Town once became the battlefield between Gongqing City and Salt Lake City. Both sides consumed a lot of manpower and material resources here, and also caused the collection of "x energy" to be stuck in a long period of time.
Although the mutual consumption of forces on the wasteland is in the interests of the royal capital, in contrast, the nobles of the United Kingdom are even more unable to bear the "x energy" standing up and the price rises sharply. So with the mediation of multiple parties, the war between the two cities ended. Because of their own rebellion, the contemporary Lancaster, who accidentally killed Edwards' next generation of the head of the family, committed suicide and apologized. After an agreement to supply goods indefinitely to Gongqingcheng and promise not to fall to Salt Lake City, the Lancaster family exchanged for the result of the Edwards family giving up control of Oak Town.
The three parties involved in the war were actually not satisfied with this result. The head of the Edwards family who signed the agreement at that time publicly stated that this was not peace, but just a ceasefire.
Unfortunately, the consul of the Communist Qingcheng who lost his beloved son and forced to command the war died of illness. Alec became the new lord of the Communist Qingcheng, another method on the wasteland. It was precisely because the consul felt that his life was not long that he signed this peace agreement to buy time for his successor.
Because the consul had no living direct descendants, the position of the consul of the Communist Qingcheng City fell to Alec, who was only twenty-six years old at the time. Alec at that time lacked both qualifications and prestige. Although he later married his widow's cousin-in-law, the daughter of his uncle's best assistant, he barely settled as the city lord, but he was not able to directly confront Salt Lake City for a while.
More than 20 years have passed in a blink of an eye. Many people who still remember the past history suddenly remembered what Old Edwards said after hearing the assassination of the Lancaster family. Obviously, Edwards' new head of the family is already full of wings and can start to get back what once belonged to his family by himself.
Alan was not a native of the wasteland, so he had no idea about the grievances of the wealthy families on this wasteland, but he came from the capital. Compared with the messy love, hatred, love and hatred between the nobles of the capital, the relationship between the various families on the wasteland was as simple as doing the Fourier transformation. So after hearing Glova's reminder, he immediately woke up.
He looked at Glova in surprise and said, "If this is the case, I suggest you leave Maple Leaf Town as soon as possible."
Glova sighed. To be honest, when the war broke out, he was still a little brat who knew nothing. Every day he thought about was peeking at the servant's little daughter to take a bath. Now he is not interested in the dispute caused by this.
With his current strength, no matter who wins or loses, he will definitely not be the one who gets the advantage. On the contrary, when two big families collide, people like him who are not as good as cannon fodder are the most suitable for being cannon fodder.
"I will." He said to Allen: "I will, but not now."
He said, "You can find a way to send Rebecca back first."
According to Glova's idea, as a member of the Jugashviri family, he happened to be in Maple Leaf Town at this time. He shouldn't turn around and run away no matter what. At least he should look at the direction of the wind. Maybe he can rely on his identity as a sod commercial consul to gain some benefits?
Unfortunately, he soon regretted it, because after nightfall, a ghost appeared in his room and woke Glova who was nervous and finally fell asleep.
Chapter completed!