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Chapter 367: Bright Light

The next morning, Wu Chang and Irene were woken up by the maid. When they walked out of the bedroom, they saw Ravington already sitting at the dining table.

"Chef Brown made cinnamon applesauce today that's even better than the one I had at the Deer Hunter. Can you pack me two to go?"

Wu Chang sat in the main seat, glanced at Raventon, and laughed and scolded:
"You really think my house is a restaurant. Not only do you come to eat, but you also pack your own food."

Raventon said as a matter of course: "It is the greatest sorrow of food that it is not eaten by diners who know how to appreciate it. I am helping you."

Wu Chang asked, "You mean, I should thank you?"

Ravington bowed slightly and said, "Don't mind. It's my honor to serve you."

Wu Chang rolled his eyes and started to enjoy his breakfast.

The main course for breakfast is grilled pork chops with applesauce. In Wu Chang's opinion, this is definitely a dark dish, but it tastes surprisingly good.

At least in the Gourmet Basin, Stellan's food is definitely far above the average level. No wonder the villa's previous owner specially invited this chef from Fran.

This is Stellan, the center of the world.

In order to satisfy their appetites, the new nobles could hire a chef from the neighboring country of Fran to serve them exclusively.

For example, Brown, the head chef of Wu Chang's house, once worked for a high-end restaurant in the capital of France. In order to poach him, the previous owner of the house offered a price of three hundred gold pounds per year.

The annual salary offered to the chef alone is equivalent to the food expenses of an ordinary family of four for ten years, or even more.

And this refers to families who can live in working-class areas and have a stable life.

Even if we don't count the colonies, and only count the mainland of Stirling, tens of thousands of poor people starved to death every year because of the Corn Laws.

While the rich live in luxury, there are people freezing to death on the streets. This happens even in the most prosperous city in the world, Stellan.

After breakfast, they continued their investigation into the assassination of the Prime Minister.

Today's goal is the Charter Movement.

However, they did not start by marching to find the workers. Instead, they went to the Gray Church Slums first. Just like yesterday, Ravington was still the coachman.

When I arrived at Thomas's house, I saw that Thomas' sister Grey was able to get out of bed and move around, and her complexion looked much better.

They had just finished breakfast, which for the two of them amounted to less than half a pound of brown bread, a little butter, and two small bowls of oatmeal, which cost less than a penny in total.

In terms of price conversion, the price is equivalent to the minced meat picked out from between the teeth after breakfast at Reventon, and the sauce wiped from the corners of the mouth with a napkin.

Irene checked Grey's body again to make sure there were no remaining toxins in her body, and then asked her to call the residents around who needed treatment to continue last night's treatment.

Wu Chang and Raventon found Thomas and asked him about the mine thieves.

"Thomas, among the group of mine thieves who recruited you, do you know a man named Mick?"

Thomas nodded and said, "Yes, he is the leader of the mine thieves. He shows up every time we sell coal to the black market and start dividing the money."

"Mr. Sean, if you want to talk to him about something, I'm afraid it won't work."

"I heard from his companions that he was in the deep mine area when the coal mine exploded and didn't have time to get out."

Wu Chang and Raventon exchanged glances, which means that not long after Mick discovered the extraordinary refining machine, the Steam Parliament immediately planned the coal mine explosion.

"Do you know who is close to Mick? For example, when you have information to pass on to Mick, who do you usually pass the information through?"

Thomas thought for a moment and shook his head.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Sean, you may not believe it, but Mick has a special quality that makes people gather around him unconsciously."

"When he was in Songshu Coal Mine, there were always a lot of people around him. If you wanted to find him, you just had to go to Cave 37 and ask a few questions, and someone would be able to tell you where he was."

Wu Chang raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect that Mick was so charismatic.

But that was true, he remembered that members of the Steam Council in Grudge had mentioned that messaging magic was aristocratic magic, a magic that was only passed down in aristocratic and extraordinary families.

This shows that Mick is no ordinary extraordinary mine thief, but comes from a prominent family, or at least once was.

He then asked, "Have you heard about which important person he is close to?"

Thomas repeated doubtfully; "Big man?"

To him, there are too many people who can be called big shots.

Wu Chang added: "It doesn't have to be too big, a small noble will do."

The term "little noble" touched upon Thomas's blind spot. He shook his head and said,

"If someone in the mines could make friends with the nobles, it would be known to everyone the next day. I don't remember hearing such rumors."

"but……"

"I mentioned to you yesterday that some time ago, when everyone went to the city for a parade, they disliked me for being too thin and small, so they didn't let me go with them. They just asked me to do some small work of delivering letters."

"Most of the time, I was responsible for helping to deliver verbal messages. Only once did a fellow miner gang member ask me to help deliver a paper letter."

Paper letter. Upon hearing this, Wu Chang and Raventon perked up.

In Stirland, most of the low-level workers start working as child laborers at the age of five or six, so you can imagine the level of education they receive.

Especially for low-level workers such as miners and textile workers, less than a quarter of them can write their own names.

Their low level of education is also the basis for Prime Minister Logan to believe that they lack political judgment.

A miner actually delivered paper letters. There must be something unusual in them.

Thomas hesitated for a moment and continued:
"That companion told me to deliver the letter to the Light Newspaper Office and give it to a man named Connor."

"I arrived at the Beacon newspaper office with the letter and found that everyone there respected the man named Connor very much. They called him Mr. Connor. Perhaps he could barely be called a big shot."

Wu Chang turned to look at Raventon. As someone who had always lived in the New World, he had a clear conscience and didn't know the Connor that Thomas mentioned.

Raventon showed a look of surprise and said:
"If I'm not mistaken, Connor, who received Thomas's letter, should be the founder of the Lantern and one of the initiators of the Charter Movement."

"Although he is not a noble, he was once elected to the House of Commons. He is indeed an important figure."

Wu Chang and Ravington did not explain in front of Thomas, but they all understood that the communication magic used by Mick must be related to Connor even if the recipient on the other side was not Connor.

In this case, the next target of the investigation becomes clear.

After investigating the Songshu Coal Mine explosion, Thomas no longer dared to ask Wu Chang about what he wanted to investigate. He could only ask in a low voice:
"Mr. Sean, is there anything I can do for you?"

Wu Chang shook his head. He took out two one-pound notes from the bet he won from Ravington yesterday and stuffed them into Thomas's hand.

"You don't need to do anything extra. Just stay at home and take good care of your sister during this time."

"If someone asks you to deliver a letter again, especially a paper letter, just tell me as soon as possible."

Thomas asked, "How can I find you then?"

Wu Chang said helplessly: "You don't need to look for me. My wife will come here often to help patients around who need help. You just need to tell her."

Hearing that Irene would often appear in the slums, Thomas immediately showed a look of joy, even happier than the two gold pounds he had in his hand.

After yesterday’s treatment, Irene’s status in the slums has become equivalent to that of a saint walking on earth.

This can be seen from the miracle tree which has grown to three meters this morning.

Now that they have found their next target, Wu Chang and Raventon will not stay in the slums any longer.

Before leaving, Ravington found two literate workers from the crowd gathered around and handed them a pamphlet.

The booklet lists methods for preventing and controlling malaria, such as filling sewage pits, cleaning up garbage regularly, organizing people to remove mosquitoes, etc.

It's not a complicated matter. Raventon has written down the solutions to each problem in a booklet, and it can be completed with just some labor and some money.

Wu Chang paid for it. He didn't feel bad about spending the money since it was directly from the Queen. And it was just to improve the environment and labor costs, so it wouldn't cost much.

You have to know that this is the Gray Church Slum, which is full of low-level laborers who are willing to do anything as long as they can guarantee food and clothing.

Even in the Grey Church Workhouse, where the mortality rate after entering was as high as 15%, there were people willing to go there in order to avoid starving to death. Managing the slum environment was an easy job, with free meals, wages, and it also served themselves. It was simply a perfect job.

As for how to get slum residents to cooperate with prevention and control, and maintain the environment as required, the method is very simple.

Suffice it to say that this is what Irene meant.

To put it bluntly, the residents of the Grey Church Slum were only a few days away from death due to their living environment and the torture of malaria.

They were like Grey before she was rescued, so poor that they didn't even have enough to live, and only had strong faith left.

Irene, who performed miracles and saved them from the brink of death, has a god-like appeal in their hearts.

As long as it is Irene's will, it will be implemented within the slums.

After arranging the slum management, Wu Chang and Ravington left the slums. But as soon as they left the Gray Church Slums, they saw Julie's carriage parked on the roadside ahead.

Ravington pulled down the brim of his hat, as if he were a real coachman, curled up in the driver's seat, and whispered:
"I'll wait for you here."

Wu Chang asked with a smile: "Are you so afraid of seeing her?"

"I'm not afraid." Ravington immediately denied it, then lowered his voice and whispered, "It's just that I don't want to have any more unnecessary conflicts with her before dealing with the Steam Council."

Wu Chang shook his head, got off the carriage, and entered Julie's carriage.

The first thing Julie said when she saw Wu Chang was, "I saw what Raventon ordered them to do. If you continue, can you make this place better?"

Wu Chang said without hesitation: "Of course, you just need to wait a few days and come back to see, the facts will tell you the answer."

Julie was stunned for a moment, and her eyes, which had been confused since they met, rarely showed a smile.

"Then you just keep doing what you are doing. I won't let anyone disturb you. If you can really change this place, I can give you the workhouse."

Wu Chang said: "The residents here will thank you."

Julie didn't say it explicitly, but her meaning was clear, that is, as the Archbishop of the Holy Episcopal Church, she had acquiesced to Irene's missionary work in the Gray Church slums.

If Irene could achieve something, she would even give the Gray Church Almshouse to her.

The church can be converted into an orphanage, and the orphanage can also be converted back into a church. If the Everlight Church has a stable church, then this place can truly become Irene's kingdom of God.

But as the Archbishop of the Holy Revelation Church, is it really okay for him to take the initiative to separate the believers and the church?

He asked carefully, "Will this have no effect on you?"

Julie shook her head and changed the subject, saying:

"I have reported your discovery at the Pine Tree Coal Mine yesterday to Her Majesty the Queen. Her Majesty is very satisfied with your actions."

"According to the previous agreement, tonight, Her Majesty the Queen will officially announce the existence of the Mystic Knights and you in front of all of Stilan."

Wu Chang was surprised and asked, "So fast? No need to stay up for a few days?"

Julie said: "The Prime Minister has just been assassinated, and it is not appropriate to convene Parliament frequently recently, so your inauguration ceremony will be combined with the inauguration ceremony of the interim Prime Minister. If you are dissatisfied, I can also help you apply to the Queen for a one-week postponement."

Wu Chang shook his head and said, "No need, today is fine, I like it this fast."

Julie said: "Although time is short, tonight's inauguration ceremony concerns the entire Stian, and we cannot mess up the etiquette."

"So before the evening, you need to practice banquet etiquette with me a few times."

Wu Chang's face turned bitter. It seemed that he could only use his true self to investigate Mingdeng Newspaper first.

Julie said, "By the way, Captain Sean, if you have already chosen your deputy captain, you can bring him to the banquet."

Wu Chang suddenly thought of something and asked, "Will my deputy commander accept the drill with me?"

Julie nodded and said, "Of course, he will also appear before the Queen, so he will naturally have to undergo training."

Wu Chang continued to ask: "Will you guide us together?"

Julie said: "If you are not satisfied with my teaching, I can help you find a special court etiquette teacher."

"No need, you are fine." Wu Chang said without hesitation, and then he stuck his head out of the carriage and shouted to Ravington in the distance:

"Deputy Captain, there's a change of plan!"

While Wu Changben and Raventon were investigating the Pine Tree Coal Mine explosion, Wu Changzhen was also not idle and was wandering around Grimland.

Different from the main body, this main body focuses more on the direct investigation of the assassination of the Prime Minister. With the leader of the Arcane Knights as an identity cover, nothing needs to be concealed.

As for my true self, I focus more on secret investigations, especially those involving extraordinary people, plane rules, and players of the abyss game.

Yesterday, I witnessed many fights between players while using my true self with social phobia.

After a lot of fighting, he discovered two things.

First, the quality of the players in this dungeon far exceeds any dungeon he has joined before.

Almost everyone has a hidden profession, and almost every player has one or two hidden skills.

Second, the root power within the copy expanded further and began to squeeze other rules.

The expansion of the root power was not surprising to him, but what surprised him was that the point at which the root power expanded happened to be when he discovered the extraordinary refining machine and took out its core essence furnace.

Combined with the second main mission of Steam Phantom, obtaining at least one jewel in the crown of industry, he had reason to suspect that the reason for the expansion of the root power was that the extraordinary steam engine was obtained by the player.

Why would taking away the extraordinary steam engine accelerate the erosion of the plane by the roots of the Son of the Plane?
At first he thought that the extraordinary steam engines might be some kind of suppressive objects, and the Children of the Planes were monsters suppressed by them.

Later, when he learned about the existence of the Steam Council from Raventon, he denied this suspicion and needed to be re-investigated.

Through today's morning paper, he saw that the serial killer struck again last night and killed a policeman named Brian.

The crime scene was very subtle, located in an industrial area close to the Gray Church slums. This made Wu Chang somewhat uneasy. He originally wanted to control his true self to investigate the case of the serial killer.

But his original body was attending etiquette training at the moment, and the investigation of the Mingdeng Newspaper was a top priority, so he could only change his plan temporarily and go to investigate with his true self.

The eastern district of Grimland is located in the lower reaches of the Hills River. There are many factories on the river bank and the river is filled with steam transport ships emitting black smoke.

This is where factories gather and where workers gather.

The Beacon was founded to promote the Charter Movement. Its main purpose was to express the workers' demands and guide the workers' movement, so the Beacon's headquarters in Grimland was naturally built in the East District.

When I walk in the East End, I can buy a copy of the Lantern from any newsboy I pass by.

Wu Chang bought one and read it while walking.

Since the main users of the newspaper are workers, the words and sentences in the newspaper are easy to understand and the expressions are completely colloquial, so it can be read quickly.

The content of the newspaper mainly called on workers from all over the country to participate, spread the ideas of the workers' movement, and report on workers' rallies, strikes and marches throughout Stirling.

The Ming Deng newspaper he bought also mentioned that after the Songshu Coal Mine explosion triggered workers' activities, a large number of workers were arrested and imprisoned and have not yet been released.

After a quick reading, the overall tone of the newspaper is still inclined towards peaceful petitions, and it is not possible to link the Light of Life with the assassination of the Prime Minister for the time being.

He walked and looked around, and soon he saw the newspaper office of the Bright Light.

Before he got close, he heard shouting from the front.

"This magical divination secret from the East will show you the way to tomorrow. It only costs a few pennies and can save you from bad luck. You are not allowed to refuse the money!"

Wu Chang looked in the direction of the familiar voice and saw a simple fortune-telling stall not far from the Mingdeng Newspaper Office. The fortune-teller who was shouting was Jian Xing, whom he had met not long ago.

(End of this chapter)