Volume 1: Raging Waves City Chapter 71: Waiting for the Thunder
The inexplicable disappearance of this huge amount of gold will inevitably cause suspicion among the bigwigs who rule this city. Once an egg has a crack, flies will naturally bite it.
The last time there was a meeting at the City Hall, Viscount Isklan wanted to interfere in the government affairs of Nutao City, and Luke was present at the time.
In the game, this rare enlightened noble in the Blade Brotherhood forced his way into the City Council of Raging Waves and became a member of the council.
If there is any unrest within Nutao City this time, he will definitely take action immediately.
Only by letting the new and old nobles fight in Nutao City will they have no energy to take care of the Cape District.
As for whether this gold will be exposed in the future.
Humph!
So what if I’m exposed?
At that time, whoever has this gold will be the boss!
Um……
After figuring out what to do next, Luke felt that coffee tasted smoother and more refreshing.
Two navy warships carried the survivors of the Clover away and headed for the City of Raging Waves. The four merchant ships of the Cape District Secret Intelligence Bureau continued to salvage the airship. The most important thing was to salvage the safe in the vault first. The others could organize a fleet to tow the wreckage of the airship back to Cape Harbor.
Everything went very smoothly for Lady Tashia , without any interference, so the Nagas could search every corner of the seabed with confidence.
The gold was put into pockets and transported back to the underwater cabin of the Luck Princess. After more than a hundred Nagas swam back and forth a few times, all the gold was transported.
After receiving the gold, Luke asked Shelley to keep an eye on the other three ships and continue working, while the Lucky Princess returned...
The news of the Clover armed airship crashing after being attacked immediately caused a huge sensation when it was reported back to Nutao City. This airship was carrying the tax that Nutao City had paid to the empire, more than three tons of gold, which was not a small amount.
If the emperor of the empire blames others, I don’t know how many people will be implicated.
Fortunately, news came out soon.
When the armed airship Shamrock was attacked, Inspector Meteor of the Cape District Secret Service was leading the Secret Service and the Navy's joint fleet to chase pirates in nearby waters. Inspector Meteor immediately rescued the crashed Shamrock, successfully rescuing all the passengers and salvaging the imperial tax money.
The treasury safe containing the imperial tax money was sent to the city hall, where Councillor Ibrahim opened it personally, and the gold inside was found to be intact.
Many people breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as the taxes are there, all the responsibility will be on the attackers.
And...the safety risks of steam airships.
In order to clear itself of responsibility, the City Government Office of Nutao City not only condemned the attackers, but also directed its criticism at the armed airship "Shamrock" that was responsible for the transportation.
"The military was right not to purchase the steam-powered airship! In order to reduce its own weight, it uses a soft airbag without any protective ability, making it as easy for attackers to cut the airbag as cutting their own fingernails.
Only hydrogen can give the airship greater lift, and it does not need to carry a large amount of fuel like conventional thermal airships. The surplus load can allow the airship to be equipped with a hard airbag shell, giving the airship a larger pod, and we can install cannons on the airship.
The Alchemist Association of Raging Waves City has developed a hydrogen stabilizer. When mixed with a gaseous stabilizer, hydrogen is no longer easily ignited and is the best material for building airships.
However, there are always some people in the palace who use the high price of hydrogen stabilizers as an excuse to prevent the development of new hydrogen airships.
The new steam airship is cheap, but if there was no Meteorite Detective this time, it would not be just a loss of a steam airship.
The Empire's taxes and priceless senior Imperial officials will all leave us!
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For a time, a wave of public opinion denouncing the new steam airship swept through Nutao City. The hidden dangers and backwardness of steam airships, as well as the advantages and prospects of new hydrogen airships, dominated the headlines of major newspapers.
The news that the Cape District Secret Service rescued so many important people on the Shamrock became a foil to the battle between the steam airship and the new hydrogen airship.
Even Congressman Ibel, when being interviewed, talked a lot about the shortcomings of steam airships and touted that new hydrogen airships are the future.
Luke sighed: As long as the capitalists are still breathing, they will think about how to make money first. Is the problem with your hydrogen stabilizer just the high price? The stabilizer itself is not very stable!
It is necessary to constantly refill the stabilizer to keep the hydrogen stable, and you can make a lot of money.
Luke didn't care about the steam-hydrogen debate, and he didn't want to draw too much attention to himself.
Running his own rabbit hutch in the Cape District is his hobby.
The wreckage of the Shamrock airship was towed to the beach near the port of Cape District. Luke had the wreckage fenced off and sent spies to guard it closely.
No one is allowed to enter without the inspector's order!
The investigation of this case still needed to be done in a pretense manner. Luke personally took the lead in establishing the Clover Incident Investigation Team. He also asked Kylena to write a report and applied to the City Government Office for 20 million Reichsmarks in case handling funds.
I didn't expect that the City Government Hall would approve such an outrageous funding application. The City Finance and Taxation Office bypassed the Security Office and directly transferred the funds to the account of the Cape District Secret Intelligence Bureau.
Councillor Ibrahim is so loyal!
Luke also generously gave Mrs. Tasia 5 million Reichsmarks to let her buy a batch of supplies in the Cape District and transport them back to Fishbone Island. After everything on Fishbone Island was settled, he would return to the Cape District to discuss how to cooperate between the two backward regions.
Next, we just have to wait for the black gold bomb to explode.
Congressman Ibrahim cannot get the gold back. Will those bigwigs believe his claim that he can't remember where he threw the gold?
How did the attackers end up on the airship?
What is her purpose? Who is behind this?
Nearly nine tons of gold was enough for them to indulge in all kinds of imagination.
The most important thing is... only a few people inside their group knew about the secret transportation of this batch of gold. If anyone had their eyes on this batch of gold, that person must be one of their insiders.
Just guess each other.
I'll work on my secret technique first.
Luke, who had some free time, began to think about improving his own strength.
Troll bloodline (Taotie), spearmanship, Wolf Dagger No. 4, and Greedy Red Dragon Spear, these are the basis for Luke to build his own power system.
The combination of troll bloodline (Taotie), spearmanship, and the Greedy Red Dragon Spear can basically meet my needs for close combat. Combined with my identity as a detective, with so many subordinates around, there shouldn't be many opportunities for close combat.
The gun flow is still relatively strong in the early stage of the game, and the identity of the Secret Service detective can get special bullets. Hiding in the back and shooting coldly is the fighting style of a qualified detective.
Is there a secret technique to increase the power of firearms?
Of course!