bookandnovel Chapter 843 The Voice of Babel
Chapter 843 The Voice of Babel
Chapter 843 The Voice of Babel
Yesterday's World of Warships, Texas.
The coarse yellow sand hit the cowboy's eyelids outside the mask, scratching him so that he couldn't open his eyes. "This damn sandstorm, those gangs from Arizona dared to take advantage of this weather to come to our territory to cause trouble."
Riding a horse and carrying a spear, Leon walked slowly in the vast wilderness with his rangers.
They had just defeated a gang that had robbed a bank in Chihuahua. This gang had crossed the border many times before, escaping back into the mountains of Arizona after each robbery, leaving marks on the body of the victim during one robbery, and openly provoking the Texas Rangers.
This time they traveled thousands of miles and finally captured them all in one fell swoop.
"Guys, relax, we'll be home soon, go back and take a nice hot bath, find a pretty girl, happy days are just around the corner."
Centurion Leon was in a good mood. As the sandstorm gradually subsided, he cleared his throat and sang: "There is a yellow rose in Texas. How I long to see it. No one has ever forgotten her, but they miss her less than I do."
"She was so devastated when I left her, and it broke my heart. If I could find her, we would never be apart again."
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The rangers were listening intently. When he finished singing, someone clapped his hands and laughed, "Boss, you've been single for so long. When can you bring your yellow rose out to show the brothers?"
The smile on Leon's face froze for a moment. Without saying anything else, he squeezed the horse's belly and urged it forward.
The rangers sighed from behind: "You idiot, the boss's lover died in the war with the British ten years ago. This is a taboo in our team!"
"But it's been ten years, it's time for the boss to move on."
"Yes, ten years have passed, but the Centurion is still trapped in the past."
The rangers quickened their pace and galloped after Leon.
The road ahead gradually became flatter, and they could see the winding railroad tracks and a steam locomotive with thick smoke billowing out of it, pulling a long string of carriages, with the blue and white flag of the Saluzzo family flying above it.
New towns are springing up one after another, and in the crisscrossing plantations, farmers are busy transporting goods.
Today, Texas has been renamed the "Republic of Texas Rio Grande". The former Lone Star State, with the tacit approval of the British Empire, annexed large tracts of Mexican territory.
The wolves of the New World pushed the border to the Panuco River, and the vast territory between it and the Rio Grande River, including the states of Coahuila, Chihuahua, and Tamaulipas, have been brought under their rule, making them the overlord of Central America.
As for defeating Britain, it is naturally impossible for the world hegemon to admit defeat.
Although the whole world knew that Britain had suffered a major setback in its own backyard in the New World, Britain still insisted that it had won the victory and made Texas its protectorate.
But except for the civilians who are manipulated by public opinion, everyone knows that this is complete nonsense.
Texas, which had just made a name for itself in Europe, turned around and joined Germany, exchanging white crystal ore loaded on huge 10,000-ton ships for a large amount of machinery, industrial products, and Veneto immigrants under its rule.
At the same time, the Franco-Spanish Federation also had a large amount of economic exchanges with it, with agricultural products, coal, and oil being shipped to France in batches.
In addition, Texas also signed agreements with many families in the Old Wolf Clan. With their help, a large number of immigrants who would have originally flowed to British North America were intercepted, diverted, and flowed into Texas.
There were also many wolf families who, seeing that the Wolf Lord was indifferent, simply followed the example of the original Basilicata family and moved most of their industries and people to the vast fertile land of the New World.
When Texas first annexed the states of Ahuila, Chihuahua, and Tamaulipas, its total population was less than three million. Now, in just ten years, it has more than doubled and is almost reaching seven million.
Leon, who had rushed back to Wolfburg after a long journey, stopped outside the old patriarch's door. He shook off the dust on his cowboy hat and knocked on the door respectfully.
Now, the status of the old patriarch has risen along with the country's strength. In the entire dark creature world, many people call him the "New Wolf Lord", as opposed to the "Old Wolf Lord" of Sicily.
In other words, he is a legendary figure equivalent to the Blood Lord in the Blood Court and a giant of the clan.
Although Leon knew that the old patriarch's personal strength had been wasted, he still admired from the bottom of his heart this leader who had found a way of survival for the wolf tribe.
"come in."
Leon walked into the room, but heard the old patriarch seemed to be talking to someone in the room, but in his perception, there was clearly only the scent of Giuliano in the room.
"Chief, who are you talking to?"
"Mr. Leon, how are you these days?"
An ethereal voice, as if coming down from the sky, rang out in the room.
"Mr. Lothar?"
He was surprised and delighted. He looked around but couldn't find the source of the voice. "When did you come? On my way back, I wanted to show you the development of Texas over the years."
Losa's voice rang out: "You don't have to look for me. I'm talking to you two across a world."
"Oh, it's a miracle."
Leon was a little disappointed. Although he had little time with Lothar, he and many other Texans felt that Lothar was a very reliable leader.
"Mr. Giuliano, I just heard you talk about the current situation in Texas. The pace of development is not satisfactory, but as far as I know, there are only four years left before the outbreak of the European war. With the current size of Texas, it will not be easy to reap the dividends of the war."
Seeing that Losa was getting back to business, Leon didn't dare to interrupt and listened attentively.
Hearing him say with certainty that "the European war will break out in only four years", he could not help but widen his eyes - no wonder the old patriarch has been rushing for development all these years as if something was chasing him.
He even made huge concessions to the British, including but not limited to allowing British capital to come to Texas and open factories. In addition to his compromise with the old wolf tribe, many original Texans had complaints about him.
So here lies the root cause!
The old patriarch smiled helplessly: "That's true, but with the rapid development of Texas, internal problems have become very serious. I think it would be better to slow down and sort out internal affairs."
The European war was Texas' only chance to become a world power while the old powers were busy with the war and unable to extricate themselves, and Giuliano did not want to miss it.
But Texas' original population is so small, and with so many immigrants coming in, I don't know whether it is absorbing the immigrants or being swallowed up by them.
"It's better to eat the meat as soon as possible. As for digestion - there will be plenty of time to digest it after the European war is over."
"I have a suggestion. Texas's international reputation should be pretty good now. Why not use this reputation to exchange for international loans? There is no need to rush to repay the loan. After the European war is decided, both sides will face an economic crisis. Their currencies will depreciate significantly, especially the losing side. By then, they may have to spend 500,000 francs to buy a piece of bread."
"Five hundred thousand francs for a loaf of bread?"
Giuliano and Leon simply could not imagine such a scene.
"The European war is a quagmire. Anyone who steps into it will be covered in mud. Mr. Patriarch, I have to remind you again, don't step into it, no matter what price the Emperor of the Habsburg family and the King of France offer you."
"Believe me, no matter what the price is, it is not as good as Texas continuing to do business with the two warring parties, accepting war immigrants from both camps, and taking over the industries they transferred out."
Lothar smiled. Using inflation to reduce the amount of loans that needed to be repaid was a common practice for time travelers who were prophets.
Unfortunately, he was not sure who would win or lose in this European war. On paper, the Anglo-German alliance was better, but Germany still had to face the dilemma of fighting on two fronts.
If it were in the original world line, he would definitely advise the old patriarch to go all in and buy Wei Lao Er's Imperial Mark, which had depreciated.
Giuliano nodded solemnly: "I understand."
Losa, who was in a different world, held a special shell-shaped prop in his hand and put it in the hands of Cherinina who was standing beside him. He said, "Talk to your father. He must have missed you a lot since we haven't heard from him in ten years."