Chapter 414: The Stairs That Cannot Be Climbed

West District, Fish Mud Avenue.

Mlanga did not use the disguise skills taught by the Kingdom Intelligence Department, but walked on the street with his true identity.

Street lights were lit one by one, and the muddy road surface reflected under the street lights. Occasionally, a few carriages passed by, easily leaving deep ruts on the ground. Most of the workers and staff walking home from work saw such an ascetic monk, but they pretended not to see him. Only a few people nodded and greeted him.

Mlanga also returned the greetings, but he was not in a good mood.

He didn't like winter.

Even though his skin could withstand small-caliber bullets, the bleakness of winter still made him feel uncomfortable. Every time this season when the trees are bare, the earth and the sky become hard and ruthless, the beggars and unlicensed prostitutes on the street gather around the iron barrels burning garbage to keep warm, and they are all lingering with extremely desolate and desperate feelings. Sometimes you can see a few bodies that died of starvation and freezing on the street, and the corpse collectors hired by the government are busy on the street.

In Wei Aodi, this uncomfortable scene can be seen at any time.

Better than Yaxin, he thought thankfully.

Although the religious sect he converted to, the Brotherhood of Sincerity, was called the representative of the ascetics, Mlanga and his fellow believers did not like suffering that much, and the sight of suffering did not make him feel nostalgic.

Because in this world, ninety-nine percent of suffering has no positive meaning, and it knocks people down before giving them lessons.

As the ascetic walked along, there was only one special figure in his eyes that never left his sight.

He was following Alexander Ilevan.

According to Julius, the son of Grogne, he called the police in the East District as a member of the Conrionay family. The police in the East District were very diligent and quickly found Alexander Ilevan to verify the situation, but Alexander denied that he had lost the things he had entrusted to the Conrionay family and sent the police back.

The matter seemed to be over, but Mlanga found that there was a follow-up.

Alexander stayed in his room for a while, and then the engineer went out alone and walked north without any entourage.

The route Alexander was walking on now passed through the West District, which was of course much better than the North District, but crime was not completely eliminated, and a gentleman of status like him would not usually pass through here alone at night.

However, his reaction confirmed to Mlanga that what Julius said was true.

There was only one reason why Alexander insisted on going out alone even if he took the risk - that was that he did not want others to know what he was doing.

The things that interested the Basbe family must have unique value.

It was not without reason that the Kingdom Intelligence Department targeted Weiodi. It was Jeremy Basbe's railway company that provided train services to the residents of Weiodi. It took this man less than fifteen years from buying his first industry to becoming a railway king. He annexed and defeated many of his peers one by one. During this period, it was so smooth that it made people suspect that magic was involved.

But this was already a thing of the past. When the Kingdom Intelligence Department officially launched an investigation into him, those details were no longer traceable.

Jeremy Basbe was a devout believer, at least on the surface. He paid a large amount of donations to the church, and naturally became the target of the church's attention. He also had connections in the House of Lords (the House of Lords in Dorne was composed of nobles and clergy). An open investigation of him would cause a scandal, so the Kingdom Intelligence Department could only send Nightingale to carry out this task.

What attracted Jeremy's attention was his career trend.

Although he was called the Railway King, his railway company was not the most outstanding among his peers in the Kingdom of Dorne. It only had a greater influence in the central and southern parts. There were at least thirteen people with the same status as him. It was just because he was younger than other giants of the same status that many people thought he had a bright future.

A year ago, the Busby Railway Company stopped expanding. Some people said that this was because corruption within the company began to affect their business; others said that this was because the company accidentally lost a batch of important documents and account books, causing internal communication to become chaotic and slow; and some people believed that the Busby Railway Company was secretly formulating a new cooperation plan or competition plan, which might guide the future development of the country's railways.

However, the real reason had nothing to do with these.

Jeremy Busby encountered a wall.

The world in which ordinary people live is included in the "real world". No matter how many times they miss each other, there will always be a day when they meet.

The government does not allow a monopoly in the railway field. People in relevant departments call it anti-monopoly, which has a positive effect on promoting the economy. However, even if they do not fight against monopoly, the expansion of railway business is also restricted by the extraordinary field.

In the south of Dorne, there are large tracts of woodland, hills and swamps. Many dark descendants and other non-human creatures regard these lands as their base camps. Railway companies are prohibited from incorporating these territories into track planning and using steam engines to break their peace. Among them, there are five largest gathering places, including places such as Godolin, Erheit and Philiujin that are still worshipped by humans. In addition to being the home of non-human creatures, they are also regarded as the holy places of druids and are defended day and night by these powerful creatures and believers.

Unlike unarmed civilians, when the railway company conflicts with them, they are absolutely determined to fight to the end.

If the railway company wants to build railways in the south, it must first negotiate with the secular spokespersons of these forces.

The disadvantages are obvious - the route planning of the railway requires frequent detours, which greatly increases the cost of construction, but the advantages cannot be ignored - these forces do not like frequent changes. Once a partner is selected, they will not take the initiative to make changes. Trading with them is very stable, and there is no need to worry about betrayal.

The railway field has been built for more than a hundred years, and the railway business in the south has become a foregone conclusion. There is no new position for latecomers. It is reasonable for Jeremy Busby's company to stop expanding.

But strangely, in recent months, Busby Railway Company has begun to make a lot of preparations for the construction of railways. In addition to a large number of lumberjacks, they have also hired some Nanbuliga scholars who understand geology as guides. However, the Kingdom Intelligence Department did not get the news that there was a vacancy in the railway network in the south, nor did it find which company wanted to cooperate with them, so this change was recorded at the first time, and someone was responsible for the investigation.

Mlanga's companions are recently responsible for investigating a high priest of the Druids named Gregory, who is charged with more than 27 murders, and even witnesses saw him burning people alive in the street. The local court had notified him to appear in court several times but he was ignored. He also resisted arrest by force many times. He was a very troublesome character. But now he came to Weiodi at the request of Jeremy Busby.

If Jeremy Busby wanted to start a business in the south, Druidism would be the wall that he could not bypass. Maybe he reached a cooperation with the traditionalists in Druidism, but how to achieve this was really incredible.

The father of the current queen, the fair king Daite II, had tried to support the urban integration faction in Druidism to deal with these fundamentalists, but with little success.

This matter is now to be completed by Jeremy Busby.

Although the nightingales who investigated Gregory died at the hands of the guards, the marks they left behind still conveyed some information to Mlanga.

The Sacred Heart Fraternity in Weiodi is secretly planning an attack.

They want to attack the city of Sasha and seize the important territory of the fusion sect of this Druid city. The traditional Druid sect is their ally. As long as this matter continues, the situation that Daite II expects will naturally form.

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But the Kingdom Intelligence Department must seize the initiative. They not only need to know what will happen in the future, but also the reasons for these things.

That's why Mlanga is still investigating Alexander here.

Mlanga believes that Alexander Ilevan doesn't know these things. These scholars may not have extraordinary powers, but because there are many wizards in the academic world, they will know a little about the field of magic, but they are not proficient in the way of dealing with the real world.

Perhaps the secrets that Alexander kept were related to the wizards involved in the actions of the Sacred Heart Fraternity. Because of academic exchanges, they discussed some information that was not suitable for sharing, so they were targeted by the Basbe family.

Mlanga speculated, and the pace of following Alexander gradually slowed down in line with the goal.

When Alexander stopped, they were at a dock in the west district, where several boats of different shapes were parked. He looked around and finally walked to the oblique side of the wooden boardwalk.

Mlanga went around from a distance and observed from another angle. It turned out that a speedboat was towed to the sloping shore below the wooden boardwalk. The wooden supports blocked it well, but the light source above exposed its existence.

Someone was working on the side of the boat with a light.

To be precise, it was using sandpaper to wipe off the old paint on the hull.

The emblem of the Conriona family was already in tatters.

This was obviously a gang doing "recycling" work. The previous driver did not lock it, so it fell into the hands of these people, and even its real owner, the group of werewolves from the Conriona family, could not find it back.

So how did Alexander find it?

Divination? Or did he have a special intelligence channel?

Mlanga did not think that he was Alexander who directed and acted in this theft, otherwise he would not have come here in person.

"My stuff is on that boat, give it to me." The engineer pointed to the boat.

The man who was painting the boat looked up at him and said, "You got the wrong boat."

"Since I can come to your door, it means I didn't get it wrong. I don't want the boat, but you have to return the stuff to its owner, otherwise someone will come after you in the future." Although he had a lame leg and was not strong enough, Alexander's gloom and confidence made up for his deterrent power.

The gang member looked around uneasily and finally allowed Alexander to get on the boat.

After a while, the engineer left the boat with the machine.