Chapter 597: 597 candle seventeen
Chapter 597 597 Candle Seventeen
Early morning in Bunas, the confused guard was looking listlessly at the old man sweeping the floor passing in front of him.
This place must have been much deserted before. The old people who stayed behind were telling the new young people about the glory of Bunas all the time.
In the past, Bunas really did not close their homes at night and did not pick up things on the streets. Even the beggars here could earn several times that of farmers in other places.
It is no exaggeration to say that this place was once the richest place on the planet. People who have never been to Bunas will not be able to appreciate the prosperity of this place at all.
In fact, after living here casually for a few days, you can easily understand how luxurious this place was back then.
The roads here are all covered with electric street lights, and the amount of electricity consumed in one night has already made some cities salivate. What's more, the streets and alleys here are lit up with countless neon lights every night.
There are 7 large casinos here and more than 30 small casinos open all night. There is a huge cinema here that continuously broadcasts the latest movies every night.
Horse betting people at the racecourse outside the city wave their tickets and shout wildly every week, and the cars parked around them can even block traffic.
Thousands of workers work in the factory in Bunas every day. When they get off work, countless bicycles and cars instantly fill the streets of the city like a tide. The scene is absolutely spectacular.
The air in this city is filled with a proud industrial smell, and severe pollution makes people here cough non-stop every day. As long as the window frame is not wiped for a day, black soot will fall and accumulate in a thin layer.
The spherical storage tanks of the huge chemical factories here are connected one after another, and the steel pipes connect the surrounding factories. Even when walking on the paths of these factories, you can't see the complete sky when you look up.
This is Bunas, this is the industrial pearl Bunas that Lanes I has been obsessed with and tried his best to get!
Unfortunately, this place is no longer what it used to be. Although the Lions Empire has tried its best to restore the glory here, it still cannot return to its former appearance.
Although a series of compensation policies have been launched and a large number of workers have been relocated, Bunas is still in irreversible decline, which is visible to the naked eye and is unstoppable.
In the past, it was difficult to find a room in the bustling Bunas Hotel, but now the occupancy rate is not even half of what it used to be.
The door of the Silver Fox Tavern, which was bustling with people half a year ago, was locked. Even the sign hanging on it was damaged, and no one was repairing it.
The nobles of the Lions Empire came here, carved up the former wealthy areas and took away some profitable industries. The rest of the place began to irreversibly decline and become desolate.
Even so, the Lions Empire still made a lot of money: when the Datang Group retreated, the machines and equipment left behind were worth hundreds of millions, providing Lynes with more than ten times its production capacity.
These instant increases in production capacity even caught Lines off guard and caused indigestion: for many production projects, they didn’t even know what they were for.
Of course, more products in factories actually produce some outdated products. Since the development of Dragon Island, the industry in Bunas has rarely undergone industrial upgrades.
It is difficult to imagine that now that Datang Group has begun mass production of the third generation of Rolls-Royce luxury cars, the first-generation Rolls-Royce production line left by Bunas has what use it is.
For the Lions Empire, these technologies may still have reference value, but for the Datang Group, these things are of little use.
Of course, for the Lions Empire, this is not the only improvement: in the Bunas arsenal, there is a complete production line for Thompson submachine guns, as well as a matching production line for .45-caliber bullets.
At the same time, there are also production lines for Maxim machine guns, howitzers, MK tanks, and airships...
This is pie in the sky: if you wanted to buy these weapons before, it would cost a lot of money. Now, the Lions Empire can have these advanced weapons and equipment without paying any money.
Let’s not mention the arms factory for the moment. Just a part of the pharmaceutical factory left behind can make the Lions Empire make a lot of money.
However, in order to prevent Datang Group from taking away any piece of equipment, Lines Empire still took over some production contracts from Datang Group.
These are the weapons sales contracts signed by the Datang Group back then: For example, the MK series of tanks sold by the Datang Group are now taken over by the Lions Empire.
These factories are still in operation now, and workers transferred from various regions have begun to resume production in Bunas. Although it is not possible to restore production capacity to its original state for the time being, the vast majority of factories have resumed work.
On the pier, a sailboat gradually came closer to the pier, the gangway was lowered, and the sailors calmly carried down the catch.
These days, it is rare to see new sailboats if they are purely used for transportation. Most sailboats are fishing boats. The number of ocean-going sailing ships is gradually decreasing. They are all old ships waiting to be eliminated and are still holding on. The sailboat parked on the dock is obviously one of these old sailboats waiting to be eliminated: the ship itself is very worn out, but it is still not willing to be eliminated, so it is just used temporarily.
In fact, this kind of improvisation is not economical: motor-sailboats and similar ships may not be much more expensive than sailboats in terms of usage costs. They may be more powerful, so they may be more cost-effective.
The only important reasons that hinder ship owners from changing ships are whether they can obtain oil, coal, and whether they can get a quota for purchasing ships.
The dock was not busy this morning. Only a huge cargo ship arrived. This cargo ship was carrying rubber from Dorne. The crane was lifting the goods to the dock.
Beside the sailboat, the dockworkers gathered around were already unloading the catch. The small dock here was specially prepared for the sailboat and there was no crane, so it was more troublesome to unload the cargo.
“Woo!” Along with a long whistle, everyone’s eyes fell on another pier not far away, where a large ship was entering the port.
It was a battleship, with two huge chimneys still letting out light smoke. It gradually came to rest on the dock, with waterproof canvas covering the front and rear gun barrels.
It can be clearly distinguished without careful identification that this is a Bunas-class ironclad ship. Made by Datang Group, it bears the flag of the Lions Empire.
On the sea not far away, another cruiser made by Cyric was also preparing to enter the port, and next to it there was another cruiser made by Cyric that was adjusting its course.
This is a fleet! Lines transferred Bunas' fleet from the south! At a glance, there are as many as seven or eight battleships, all of which are iron-clad and dark, giving off the aura of wealth and wealth.
The porters on the dock watched the warships gradually docking. The foreman shouted impatiently behind them: "Work quickly! Work quickly! What are you looking at? Haven't you seen enough after all these years?"
With their shouts, these workers lowered their heads helplessly and began to carry the catch that had just been unloaded from the boat.
The old man sweeping the floor disappeared without knowing when, and the Lions Empire soldiers standing guard didn't pay attention either. He stood there with his weapon on his back, curiously looking at the warships one after another in the distance.
In a building near the dock, a hunched old man knocked on the door. The sound of his knocking was regular, and soon an old woman opened the door.
The two people looked at each other. The old man reached out and pressed the old woman's palm a few times, and then left as if nothing had happened.
The old woman closed the door, then walked to a room inside, opened the closet door, pushed the secret door, and walked to the next room.
This is next door to the house where she lives. There is a telegraph machine on the table. The old woman took out the code book from her pocket, placed it next to the telegraph machine, put on her earphones and started working.
She typed very carefully and quickly sent out the most important information she wanted to send. Then she put away the code book and calmly returned to the room where she lived.
Far away in the telegraph room of Long Island, the officer on duty pulled down a telegram he had just recorded and handed the newspaper to the officer on duty behind him: "Telegram from Candle 17!"
"Candle 17? Bunas's?" Upon hearing this, the officer on duty immediately lowered his head to read the intelligence content. The next second he turned around and ran away, without any trace of his usual leisurely attitude.
The sound of his leather boots hitting the floor tiles was heard in the corridor, and soon a telegram flew across the endless sea to Anpu.
"Information from Bunas! Information from Candle 17, Lines' fleet has been found in Bunas!" An officer rushed into the conference room and shouted to everyone.
“Huh!” the naval liaison officer let out a sigh of relief, and the expression on Loew’s face became slightly more relaxed.
"It seems that the enemy fleet has not all assembled. At least Lions did not participate in Cyric's military operation against Dragon Island." A general took off his hat and scratched his head and said thankfully.
"It seems so." Tang Mo on the side also showed a smile - it seems that the other party has not completely united, which is definitely good news for the Tang Kingdom.
"Report!" Another officer rushed into the conference room panting, bringing another good news: "The fleet of the Ice Empire has also been found, and their fleet has returned to Everwinter Port!"
"Fortunately! It seems that apart from Cyric's fleet, only the fleets of Dorne and Goblins are left to threaten us." The smile on Tang Mo's face became wider.
(End of this chapter)