Chapter 134 132: Building Momentum (Please subscribe, please vote)

Time is approaching the last few days of December 311 of the New Divine Calendar. In a daze, another year has passed.

Looking back on this year, from the initial disaster of the Divine Grace Festival and the pirate massacres, to the subsequent struggles between the old and new nobles and the involvement of the Twilight Priory, the two sides engaged in repeated schemes, battles, and bloodshed, even escalating into bombardments and the White Terror...

All these things have left too many shadows in everyone's hearts.

Even in the second half of the year, when Miller was in power, the changes in Oakland were obvious to all. The city guards were transformed into the police department, and public security improved.

However, some 'scars' cannot be forgotten in just one year.

So, this year's Christmas and Grace Day were very dull!

The Executive Yuan was preoccupied with railway affairs and had no time for celebrations; the common people, remembering the tragedy of the previous year, were even hesitant to go out on the streets.

Even the nobles and wealthy businessmen who loved banquets chose to stay at home honestly and try not to show their presence as much as possible.

Of course, at the end of the year, Luo Yi did not fall behind in his busy work.

After a busy year, there are some holidays, and the workers can have a good rest.

Luoyi still operates the same as last year, distributing salaries, bonuses, food, gift packages, and some daily necessities...

Luo Yi is definitely a generous boss. He doesn't like to be stingy. He gives money and benefits according to the length of service, merit and different levels of employees.

Why work?

It’s just a little salary to support the family!

As long as the money is in place, the workers won’t say anything even if they are a little tired.

Of course, these are small things, but equally trivial.

Luo Yi now has more businesses, and after just one run, it was already the Divine Grace Festival.

This year's Grace Day was not very interesting for Roy. Oliveira had left, and Lilia was not around either, so he seemed a little lonely.

Only Mrs. Cassidy prepared a large table of delicious food for him to enjoy.

It is worth mentioning that on this day, Loy received two letters from the Tudor Empire across the Silver Sea.

One of the letters was written by Lilia, expressing the pain of separation, longing, and her current situation.

She had returned home just in time to see her critically ill father.

The bottle of 'Tears of the Holy Angel' potion played a big role, pulling Lilia's father back from the brink of death.

For this, Lilia expressed her deep gratitude again and promised to come back and thank him properly.

As for how to express gratitude?

She's willing to unlock more poses and stuff.

Although it was just a few words, Luo Yi felt hot all over and his blood boiling, and he almost couldn't hold it back.

However, Lilia also said that her father had just recovered from a serious illness and was weak, so she had to take care of him for a while.

So, if I come back, I'll have to delay it.

This letter is quite standard. It only reports good news but not bad news, and contains almost no key information.

But the letter from the bow-wielding hero, Lien Vasquez, said something different.

Lien Vasquez was under Roy's care, and he was already on edge, thinking everyone looked like a bad person.

Then, before they reached Lilia's house, they were attacked.

Although it looked like the work of bandits, Lien Vasquez keenly sensed that something was wrong.

For example, those robbers may not have a strong intention to rob people, but they want to kill people.

Even when he realized he couldn't win, he tried to take Lilia's life.

This doesn't make sense.

For example, Lien Vasquez caught a bandit and found out after interrogating him.

The reason they targeted this team was because the bandit leader had a sudden idea. A man came from the city, and after they met, this robbery took place.

All signs clearly indicate that the journey will not be peaceful, and the bow-wielding man Lien Vasquez suddenly discovered it.

Lilia's father was more likely to have been poisoned than to be critically ill.

In other words, the effect of the 'Tears of the Holy Angel' was too overbearing, and it cured all the symptoms.

If you change it, you won't get this effect.

It was also because of these thoughts that the bow-wielding man Lian Vasquez carefully observed the members and situation of the Lightninger family.

He discovered that Lilia's stepmother, a charming woman, seemed to have an unclear relationship with Lilia's uncle.

Therefore, he suspected that the poison was administered by the two men and the robbers were also hired by the two men, with the intention of seizing the Lightninger family's property.

Of course, the above are just speculations of the man with the bow. There is no evidence, he just said so.

At the end of the letter, the bow-wielding man expressed his loyalty again. He told Luo Yi that he would definitely protect Lilia's safety.

After reading the letter, Luo Yi felt annoyed, but he did not doubt the speculation of the man with the bow.

There is really nothing new under the sun, and these are actually normal.

He only cares about Lilia's safety!

Roy was really afraid that the bow-wielding man, Lien Vasquez, would fail, which would be bad.

However, considering that this letter has traveled across the ocean to arrive here, even if something really happened, it would have happened long ago.

Since he couldn't go to the Tudor Empire thousands of miles away, he could only wait patiently.

However, you still have to reply!

There's not much to say to Lilia. All her sweet talk is enough to choke you to death.

Luo Yi has memories from his previous life, so he is quite good at it.

As for the letter to the bow-wielding man, Lien Vasquez, Roy gave him greater authority.

Safety is everything. If it really doesn't work, just turn the table over and no one will have an easy time.

Then delay as much as possible to get the message back.

At worst, he could just go to the Tudor Empire!

Both letters were written on the evening of Grace Day, and the next day, Loy sent Ang to deliver them.

However, before Luo Yi had time to savor the moment, he was overwhelmed by visitors.

There is naturally no tradition of "New Year's greetings" in the Habsburg Empire, but socializing and banquets among nobles are still quite common.

Or, there are many cases where a small number of people who get along well will gather together to chat about everything, as if they are doing research or looking for like-minded people.

This has a professional name, called salon!

And Roy was the protagonist of this "salon", and the topics revolved around this new business model, the upcoming railway, and the bidding meeting.

Roy and Miller naturally knew how to capture people's hearts, so they discussed it for a long time, and it was during this time that inside information was released from time to time.

It could be the high status of the imperial engineer, the designer of the railway; or it could be what Miller saw and heard in the throne room, which proved that Hohenzollern III valued him highly.

He could also do some economic calculations. Luo Yi took a pen and paper and started to calculate the gross profit that the railway could earn every year.

If we extend the timeline, the number of gold teels that can be harvested will be a considerable number.

There is also the prospect of the Northern Railway Company. Once the 'joint venture model' is established, it will certainly be promoted throughout the empire.

Apart from other things, as long as the Northern Railway Company completes the construction of this railway, it will definitely have a group of mature railway workers and technical workers.

By then, they will be able to take over railway construction projects in various cities.

In this way, they can find new profit points besides operating the railway.

With such a deal, a very profitable business is right in front of everyone, it is hard not to be tempted.

Of course, you want to ask if anyone doubts it?

Of course there is!

Then, Roy will come forward to say that he owns 19% of the shares and is the actual manager of the Northern Railway Company, and this cannot be changed.

So, he is not fooling people, he just wants to make money with everyone!

If someone else said this, they would probably be criticized to death, but since it came from Luo Yi, they would have to think carefully about it.

The truth is, Luo Yi's rise was too fast, and his wealth grew even faster, so there was no industry he was involved in that was not profitable.

The most commendable thing is that Luo Yi doesn't like to eat alone, but is used to inviting others to join him.

Then, basically everyone who worked with him made a fortune.

This was true for Douglas Hill and Mrs. Linda, but the luckiest one was Maruna Marquez.

Even though Maruna has become Roy's subordinate now, there is basically no one alive in the entire Marquez family except this one.

For this reason alone, Luo Yi's weight in everyone's hearts has increased by several points.

The result is that they will be extremely wary of others advocating this.

After Keluoyi said this, they felt as if it was just as they expected, and they were excited to try it out.

Regardless of what others say, Roy feels that he has successfully completed Baron Miller's mission.

When the bidding day comes, I'm afraid the scene will be very lively, and there will be no shortage of gold and silver needed for the subsequent construction of the railway.

In this way, ten days passed in a busy manner.

On January 11, 312 of the New God Calendar, Loy, who had participated in dozens of salons, finally chose to go on strike.

It was so fucking tiring. He was so tired that he had to squeeze out time to practice every day. He was so tired that he couldn't help rolling his eyes when talking to a group of old foxes.

So, he decided to give himself a day off and go to the shooting range outside the city to have some fun.

People always need to rest. Since Lilia is not here, he can only resort to training.

Going to the shooting range to shoot guns, set off firecrackers, and practice swordplay is a very good relaxing activity.

Finally caught up today!

(End of this chapter)