Chapter 1734: Morning in the Royal Capital

Traveling Thrush, Royal Capital, Morning.

Thick white morning mist crawled along the outer river, the humid moisture climbed onto the bridge deck, making the newly painted handrails shine. The fingers of the dock workers, covered in grease, had just touched their pocket watches when the sound of six bells rolled leisurely from above the clock tower in the old city area.

"Dong… dong… dong… dong… dong… dong"

The deep, thick ringing of the cast-iron bell spread out, waking the entire city from its slumber. As the first ray of sunlight broke through the morning mist, the sound of steam whistles from public carriage lines and the shouting of newsboys selling newspapers along the street broke out from the morning mist, clearly pouring into the ears of pedestrians.

It's really been a long time since I've seen the morning of the Royal Capital…

Listening to the familiar yet unfamiliar noisy sounds around him, Hearing Hearing Li Ang, who had paid off his debts for a whole night, couldn't help but narrow his eyes and look at the sun on the horizon, then subconsciously took a deep breath. A complex aura unique to the morning mist of the Royal Capital quietly permeated his nasal cavity.

Due to the unbridled excessive sewage discharge in the past few decades, the air of the outer river of the Royal Capital often contained a pungent and slightly spicy industrial sewage smell, as well as a thick, greasy stench that could almost paste the nostrils. The river surface was also often floating with suspicious garbage and patches of greasy, dirty rainbow patterns.

After a full half-year of governance, moving away more than 20 factories, and completely separating the municipal sewage river from the public water area, the wind blowing from the outer river finally no longer stank, and it had a few parts of the freshness that the morning wind should have.

Although the stench had not been completely cleared, when the river water began to evaporate in large quantities at noon, one could still smell some "residual fragrance of the old era" from time to time. It was estimated that it would take several years to self-purify successfully, but it was finally smellable.

Should I go back and talk to Senior Amien, and ask her if she has any water purification potion, and purify the river water in one breath?

Hm… maybe forget it. I feel that if I ask her to take action, although the river water can become clean quickly, the fish schools that just moved into the outer river are afraid that they will start to have crazy diarrhea. Thinking about it this way, it is more stable to take it slowly.

After dispelling the unreliable idea of treating pollution with shit, Hearing Hearing Li Ang did not move all the way in the Mirror World, but carried the coat that was wrinkled last night on his arm, crossed the bridge separating the old city area and the upper city area, and walked leisurely toward the direction of Ship Bridge Street.

Although after Veronica came to power, she specifically approved a large amount of funds to renovate the municipal engineering of the entire old city area, such a large project could not be completed in a year or two, and the changes in the old city area were not too big compared to the past.

From the moment Hearing Hearing Li Ang stepped into the range of the old city area, the surrounding buildings immediately lowered a lot. The aged coal ash seeping from the old brick walls and the slightly pungent paint smell of the newly painted walls mixed together, and fought with the sweet steam sprayed from the bakery chimney on the street side in the narrow alley.

"Make way! Please make way!"

Accompanied by a somewhat urgent request, a clerk wearing a dome hat ran past Hearing Hearing Li Ang, carefully avoiding the horse manure on the side of the sidewalk, but failed to dodge the quilt shaken open by a woman on the second floor, and was covered with tiny fluff stained with fireplace ash.

"Oh my! Are you blind?"

"You are the blind one! Don't you know how to dodge when you are so big?"

"Where should I dodge? Didn't you see the horse manure on the ground?"

"That doesn't matter. I shouted before I shook it anyway. You didn't hear it, who do you blame?"

"You…"

"…"

Alright, although the changes are not small, public health still hasn't kept up. At least the horse manure on the side of the road should be shoveled well…

Passing by the two people who were arguing up and down, Hearing Hearing Li Ang bought two loaves of bread in the bakery on the side, then walked quickly to the public carriage stop to wait for the carriage. After discovering his "suspicious" movements, the old horse resting under the archway opposite immediately snorted.

And the carriage driver who was licking the paper roll heard the movement, immediately spat out the tobacco in his mouth, patted the horse's butt twice with the whip tip, crossed the road against the morning peak traffic, and parked the entire sedan carriage.

"Guest, renting a carriage?"

"No… you just crossed the road like this? I remember the Ministry of Transportation issued new traffic regulations last month? You violated traffic regulations, right?"

"Hey, who cares about that."

Waving his hand indifferently, the carriage driver with two cigarettes tucked in his ears reached out and touched his shiny bald head, then laughed and said:

"The traffic police haven't gone to work yet. As long as you are not caught on the spot, it doesn't count. And I also blocked the license plate. If anyone wants to report me, they don't know my carriage number either… Guest, where are you going?"

"…"

I want to go to the Ministry of Transportation to report you… Crossing the road against the traffic, dangerous driving, and blocking the license plate, you are not an ordinary road killer.

Sigh… forget it. The new public carriage with doubled speed hasn't been laid out yet. Doing this is not too dangerous, but I really have to remind Veronica when I go back. Before the carriage speeds up, I must popularize the traffic regulations well…

"Ship Bridge Street, Happiness Apartment."

After recording all the problems seen this morning, Hearing Hearing Li Ang held the hot bread and got into the sedan carriage, sat on the leather seat with cushions, and then looked curiously at the hanging basket on the carriage wall.

"Hm? Why are there newspapers in this hanging basket? The previous guest left them?"

"No, those are for sale."

Pulling the steam whistle for departure manually, the carriage driver laughed and said:

"Didn't Queen Veronica issue a government decree, requiring a reduction in the cost of public travel? My carriage fee naturally has to be reduced accordingly."

"As compensation for reducing the fee, we can now sell some small commodities, or newspapers and periodicals of the day, and this part is called small amount something, anyway, it is tax-free if it does not exceed a certain amount…"

"Right, guest, do you want to buy two newspapers of the day? If you don't buy them and just read them, it's fine, just pay me an extra copper wheel when you get off."

"Uh… then I'd better buy two…"

Interested in the news on the newspaper, but feeling that renting a newspaper for only ten minutes for a copper wheel was really a bit of a loss, Hearing Hearing Li Ang reached out and picked from the sealed side basket, and pulled out a few familiar newspapers.

New Industry News: "Ryan County Great Development, Mining and Infrastructure Two Industries Long-term Optimistic"

Commentator News: "Minimum Hourly Wage Rises Again! Commercial Union Protests!"

Royal Post: "Interpretation of Queen Veronica's New Policy 'Fifteen Articles', Reorganizing Fiefs is the Beginning of a Strong Country"

Corner Alley News: "Queen's Disorderly Order? Road Administration Department Resists Large-scale Layoffs, Prime Minister Expresses Support"

Sun News: "Shocking! Hearing Hearing Li Ang Prince Leaves Palace for a Long Time, Queen Suspected of Marriage Change!"

"…"

Marriage change your grandfather's marriage change! I am busy with work! Also! I am really wiped… How come this b newspaper that writes news blindly hasn't finished yet?

Throwing three copper wheels into the hanging basket with a dark face and taking away the few newspapers he was interested in, Hearing Hearing Li Ang was just about to flip through to see how this b newspaper was arranging him again, but felt his upper body rush forward violently.

"Guest, Happiness Apartment is here!"

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1735 =====