Chapter 57 Congressman Tallis
Noxus 984 - In mid-July, under the scorching sun, the entire city of Piltover seemed to be covered with a golden veil. In this evolving city, tourists were first surprised.
, of course, those piles of buildings high into the sky, with all kinds of strange equipment that can be installed in the air.
The most eye-catching thing is naturally the new parliament building.
It is the tallest building in Piltover and is now the center of power in Piltover.
Next to the building, outside a slightly shorter building, a blue light like an arc shield suddenly flashed out, and then, the space was distorted. After the dazzling blue light, a figure suddenly appeared in the air.
A huge airship.
"Damn it, those damn Freljordians!"
"Damn it, they are so greedy! It's just a Poro. Apart from the fact that rich people want to keep it as pets, how valuable is it? What if Professor Heimerdinger hadn't started the trend of raising Poros?
, who would want to raise those little snowballs!”
"Without meat, I can't eat it, and I can't use it as a mount. I don't have any combat power to survive in that place. What can only be used as a cute toy is sold so expensively!"
"When you do business with people like this, they really deserve to have to eat frozen soil in the ice and snow!"
The airship slowly stood beside the tall building. Then, a blue light bridge extended from the building, forming a metal blue staircase, connecting to the exit of the airship. Then, a businessman dressed like
The Picheng man cursed angrily and walked down.
He was holding a strange long blue box in his hand, and he was holding it to his ear and kept yelling at the other end of the box.
"I told you to pay attention. I went to Freljord, and you have to handle the family affairs. Now you tell me that you have been waiting for news from me? Oh my god, Freljord.
There is no signal there at all! I can't make calls or write letters there? Do you think it's still the same as before? It takes several months to send the letters. Are you kidding me? Let me go to a more open place? You
...Do you think that’s Piltover? I can’t make a call even if I’m flying in the air, what are you thinking?”
"You, you are such a hopeless idiot!"
His voice clearly disturbed the people next to him. Several men and women holding boxes as long as him walked by and cast disdainful glances at him.
Soon, a law enforcement officer also walked up, wearing advanced equipment. He said to the businessman with a smile: "Sir, please pay attention to your volume. Please don't make any noise or fight around Feimen.
Yes, please try not to call Hex when getting off the airship. This is very bad for your safety. Someone once made a mistake because of this and lost his life."
The businessman immediately nodded and lowered his voice, but did not lower his hand.
Seeing that he did not hang up the phone to Hex, the law enforcement officer shrugged and went back to stand guard.
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And at the same time, in the parliament building in Piltover.
A new meeting was convened, and this time, a total of seven members came.
It’s not that the members of the Philos family have appeared, but that Piltover has changed from its past. Piltover now has a new member of Parliament—Member Tallis.
Councilor Jess Tallis.
"The city's economy has soared in recent years. The poor workers in the bottom city have never even come to the upper city. Without them, there are a lot of jobs at the dock. No one in Pi City will do those jobs unless the salary is a lot of gold wheels, but
How can this be?"
"Indeed, in the past, one gold coin could hire people from Dicheng for three years, but now, the same hiring time costs dozens of times the money."
"Nowadays, the people in Dicheng are slowly getting out of our control, and the biggest reason is because of Lin Wen!"
"Because of his Hex phone!"
On top of the round table, behind the fat congressman is the sky. From time to time, airships will be ejected from the flying door and then fly to various parts of the world.
This has become a major feature of Piltover.
Piltover has also made profits as a result, earning nearly a hundred times its income compared to a few years ago.
The tariffs on Feimen alone are sky-high.
And these are all brought to you by the newly promoted congressman, Congressman Tallis.
With more convenient transportation and faster transportation methods, Piltover, which was originally the World Trade Center, has now truly become the heart of the world.
Because of these reasons, Hex Technology has now become an indispensable part of Piltover. Therefore, in order to bundle interests, Jess was also elected as a new councilor.
He was a member of Parliament not long after Feimen was born the year before last.
"Congressman Tallis, I have asked you many times about Lin Wen's whereabouts, but you always give me an answer of "I don't know."
The fat congressman looked at Jace unhappily, and then said: "We are all congressmen and should work hard for the future of Piltover, but now you are always facing the Zaans. What are you doing?"
Jess sat in a corner, and the two seats next to him were Representative Gila Mann and Representative Mel who had good relations with each other.
He stood up, put his hands on the table and said, "I'm sorry, everyone, I really don't know the whereabouts of Lin Wen. He hasn't contacted me for a long time."
"You, Victor, and him, the three of you created Hex together, and he also used your Hex technology to create the Hex phone..."
"Do you need me to say more about your relationship?"
The fat congressman squinted at Jess, and then said: "I can understand that you want to be a good friend, but Congressman Tallis, Piltover is greater than anything else!"
Jace looked at him helplessly and said loudly: "Lin Wen left Pi City three years ago, and he is not in Zaun now. Victor can help me testify about this."
"Why did he give the Hex Phone to the Zaans instead of to us? What is his purpose?" the mechanical councilman said loudly.
Jace looked at him, "Because he is a Zaun. It can be seen from the fact that he has not received any funding from any family. He has always remembered that he is a Zaun."
"But he received a Piltover education!"
Jess retorted: "You are wrong, Congressman. Lin Wen is a handyman in the school. He is not a student. He has not received help from Piltover University. On the contrary, Lin Wen has helped us with a lot of things. The professor can testify for me about this."
.The only one who said that she taught Lin Wen was Zewei, but now she has disappeared with Lin Wen."
Heimerdinger immediately raised his hand: "Yes, I can guarantee Jess that Lin Wen has not received an education from the academy."
The congressman who said this fell silent.
However, Ms. Gila Mann stood up again, "But the Hex Phone cannot be attributed to a Zaunian. Jess, the income from this invention is no less than the Hex Flying Gate. If he is a Piltover, then
He has no problem keeping this income to himself, and Piltover won't stop anyone from pursuing their dreams, but he is a Zaunite."
"You can also see what he is planning with the money brought by this technology. In the past few years, people from the upper city have been completely unable to enter Zaun!"
"This is not the reason for you to exploit Lin Wen!"
"Can you ensure that he will not harm Piltover? Congressman Talis, you can't." The female congressman with countless gold rings around her neck said loudly, "You gave us a guarantee before, and you said that Zaun would not
Threaten Piltover, but now, the Zaun people have begun to govern themselves, they refuse to accept our management, they don’t even need our funding!”
"Your good friend, Lin Wen, handed over the process of making Hex gems to the Zaun people! They now have their own Hex gems. Isn't this your fault?"
Jess paused, and then said very seriously: "Hexcraft does not belong to me alone, it belongs to all Mrs. Piltover. This technology is transparent and open to the public, and Victor and I have no intention of monopolizing it.
This craft, he and I created Hex, so that people can live a better life, so I don’t mind others learning Hex’s craftsmanship, but you..."
"Jace!" Councilor Gila Mann sternly stopped him from continuing. She looked at him and shook her head: "If you say any more, you will be rude."
"Jace, that's enough." Mel also reached out and took Jace's arm. With emotion in his eyes, he shook his head slightly and motioned for Jace to sit down.
Jess took a deep breath and sat down.
He looked unconvinced and looked at everyone present.
Jace said again:
"Anyway, everyone, I really don't know where Lin Wen is right now."
"If you want to find Lin Wen, then please go find him yourself."
"I am Councilman Tallis now, not Jess Tallis."
"So please respect me!"
Chapter completed!