The telephone line itself was in the hands of the government. As for who invented the telephone and the telephone line, it was no longer important. What was important was that the telegraph office controlled this business. In order to facilitate some special connections - the privileged class may never admit that they are a privileged class, but they always silently express their superior privileges.
Maggs and all cabinet members have special contact information that, although still by phone, ensures that calls are not monitored or recorded.
Magers then gave Dulin a very unfamiliar number. The moment Dulin dialed the number, the operator at the Vanlier Telegraph Office saw the red light above his head lighting up and flashing, and he immediately put down his hand. All operations were carried out and reported to the director of the telegraph office. Under the supervision and observation of the director, the operator inserted a plug into the top socket of the wiring cabinet. The flashing red light turned into a solid state.
During this process, all plugs on the wiring cabinet were removed to indicate that there was absolutely no possibility of eavesdropping or recording. As for whether someone was calling the police and waiting for police rescue at this time, or whether a pregnant woman living in the slums of Ogdin was struggling and calling the hospital in fear, it became less important. You know, a simple thing like a telephone may also have short-term signal conflicts. It always happens several times every year, and it happened to happen at the Vanlier Telegraph Office this time.
Three telegraph offices in a row stopped working completely before Dulin's call was picked up again by Maggs.
"I attended a gathering two days ago, a gathering of the Tushen Religion. I think there is something wrong with this religious organization."
After hearing Du Lin's first sentence, Magus fell into thinking. He seemed to have heard the name of the Earth God Cult somewhere. After waiting for about a minute, he suddenly realized, "It's the one who advocates eating horse shit as a cure." Diseased tissue?" Maybe Magus didn't realize the seriousness of the problem yet, "What? They made you eat horse shit too?"
"This joke is not funny at all. This organization is very large, including at least half of the celebrities, wealthy businessmen, and government officials in the West. They have established their religious altar in the heart of the mountain and have been engaging in horrific illegal activities. I think this organization is very destructive. Their purpose is not to obtain more money. It may be some amazing purpose that we don’t know..."
As Du Lin conveyed what he saw and heard in the past three days to Magus, Magus's face gradually became solemn and serious. The Cult of the Earth God, the seat of the Earth Mother Goddess, no matter what it is called by the people or what they call themselves, is actually dirt. But the activities they engage in are not vulgar at all and are very fashionable. Mags could imagine that no one had told him what this meant until today.
At least, the Western State Government has been infiltrated, and it is an official at the governor's level, not an inconspicuous little player. Whether all three governors have become the protective umbrella of the Tushen Cult, Magus is not sure, but as long as one person is not, it means that there is also a problem in the cabinet. Someone is preventing this news from being passed upwards, and has formed a strict network to block the leakage of all the true information about the Earth God Cult.
Today, these people can get governors and even cabinet members to provide them with asylum. So if one day they want to do something that shakes the empire, will they have to wait until something breaks out before they can be exposed? If that time comes, I'm afraid it will be too late.
"This news is very important..." Magus pondered for a moment, "I will arrange for people to investigate the Tushen Cult. Don't expose yourself. I will send someone over in a few days. The next time there is a gathering , take that person with you.”
After hanging up the phone, Dulin shrugged his shoulders. The local official monitoring system may have been completely penetrated. This also made Dulin start to think about another thing - whether that idiot Memnon knew about the underground world in the west when he was alive. There is such an organization in China. If he knows about it, what is his relationship with the Tushen Religion and whether there is any cooperation. If he didn't know... maybe those people under him were also infiltrated
But when I think about it, I think it's impossible... It's really a troublesome organization.
At this time, a large-scale "extermination" operation was underway in the west. Memnon's death meant that the Kadima Party with Memnon as its core had lost its only support. During the period when Memnon was in power, the Kadima Party used threats, Intimidation, bribery and other methods have eroded the three state governments throughout the West, and even the governors have become puppets. Even if these people are not willing to serve Memnon, when they think about the money in their pockets, the better life their families now have, and the threat to their lives brought by Memnon, these people have no choice but to compromise.
But now, Memnon is dead, and they have taken the initiative to cut off the relationship with the Bloody Dawn. The people of the Bloody Dawn are also being arrested and run away because of Memnon's betrayal. All the advantages of the Kadima Party have been completely destroyed. These repressions For a long time, government officials began to deal with the people and problems left behind by Memnon.
No one likes to be threatened, even if the other party gives him a lot of money, especially the arrival of the new Mayor Van Leer, which has completely kicked off the reckoning.
Every day, police cars roar through the streets, and members of the Kadima Party are arrested and imprisoned one by one. Of course, what awaits them is not a fair trial. Most of them are imprisoned in the Vanlier Regional Prison. This was the former headquarters of the Kadima Party and the city with the largest number of Kadima Party members. A separate section of the prison was emptied out, which is used to imprison members of the Kadima Party. What awaits them is most likely the death penalty, or an indefinite sentence that will never see freedom.
"Ladies and gentlemen!", the new mayor is called Julio, who served as mayor of a developed city in the south before coming to Van Lier as mayor. It seems that being transferred from the developed south to the backward and closed west is a kind of punishment and demotion, but it may not always be like this, at least not for Julio. The purpose of his coming to Verier was to run for governor three years later. It was too difficult to run for governor in the South.
The economy in developed regions is definitely very prosperous, which increases the role of capitalists in elections. Without a strong consortium to support them, running for governor in the southern region is simply a dream. Those capitalists who control a large number of factories and millions of jobs hold almost 70% of the votes. They will let the workers vote for whoever can bring benefits to them.
Julio does not have so many supporters behind him, and he lacks the help of large financial groups. Running for election in southern cities will only lead to a dead end. This man is very open-minded in his thinking, and at the same time he is wary of capitalists. He is considered a young man that Maggs is optimistic about. He came to the west just to give him the opportunity to take the most critical step in being promoted to governor in a relatively simple place in the west.
At this time, Julio was standing in the conference hall of the Grand Hotel Vanlier. All the people sitting there were local celebrities and businessmen. As the mayor of the city who had just taken office, he must meet with important people in the local society. This is a very necessary behavior. At least he must express his governance philosophy and determination in this venue today, let local celebrities know him, and let him have a more intuitive understanding of local celebrities.
"My name is Julio, and I am very honored to be able to come to the beautiful western city of Verier and hold an important position. Before I came to Verier, I had many guesses about what kind of city this place is. , what kind of living atmosphere is there, the historical, cultural and humanistic background here, the commercial scale infrastructure here, and..." He smiled slightly, "What can I do for everyone after I come here?"
"I come from a southern city, and the environment there is different from here, which makes me very scared. If I want to contribute to this city, I need everyone's help. This is why we met today... "
Looking at Julio talking on the stage, Henry curled his lips. He was not interested in southerners. This prejudice came from his brother's attitude towards him, and all southerners became in Henry's eyes. clown. He tilted his head and said to Dulin, "I hate his glib look. Many businessmen in the south are liars. He may have been dealing with those people for too long and forgot that he is a government official." , rather than a businessman.”
What Henry said cannot be wrong or right. There is a huge difference in the attitude of government officials towards people in society from north to south. In northern cities, the attitude of government officials is more rigorous, and northern businessmen and consortiums often have aristocratic backgrounds. In the north, it doesn't matter if you offend people with no background, but offending people with aristocratic backgrounds can easily lead to unbearable passivity. It is difficult to issue any political order and implement it. Citizens who have lived in the north for generations are more aware of the influence of nobles on the local area, unless the official also has a noble background.
They are also very strict in the management of cities - this does not conflict with caution. Ensuring the sovereignty and position of each city at all times is what every northern city manager must do.
This situation is no longer visible in southern cities. The economy in the south is more developed, it has more contact with the federation, and it is more open-minded. They treat the work of managing the city as a "business". Everyone can sit down and talk about anything, and even policies can be discussed and resolved. Perhaps it is precisely because of this kind of management style and attitude that the economy in the south has developed faster. Businessmen can obtain more government support by conveying their demands and make more significant economic contributions.
(End of chapter)