It was already evening and the last train was on the way.
The front of the train and the two cars in front of it rolled over on their side. Fortunately, trains were a new thing. The steam power of this era was not enough to allow the train to run at high speed. In addition, for safety reasons, the two cars closest to the front of the train were freight cars.
But the passengers in the seven cars behind did not feel comfortable. The huge inertia caused many people to be injured, with bloody heads, and some fractured bones. The most serious thing was that two passengers died - they unfortunately happened to be in the incident.
Shi was standing in the middle aisle, so the impact was the hardest.
Amid the wailing and yelling, Sean ordered Arthur Young to walk to Billington City to find rescue forces, while he was busy comforting the injured passengers.
The white shirt he was wearing was blood red, and he looked scary. In fact, he was drunk with wine. Carmen was in a worse situation. He hit his head and his face was covered with blood. When the rescuers arrived at 8 p.m., his head was still there.
Feeling dizzy.
This railway belongs to Sean's private property, so it is his duty to arrange for his men to compensate the dead and injured passengers as soon as possible, and he is not stingy in this regard.
This incident is a moderate blow to Sean's career. It will undoubtedly cause people to question the safety of the railway. Some people even spread rumors: the place where the railway occurred was once an ownerless cemetery, because it violated the souls of the dead.
The accident was caused by rest.
The real reason was that a section of railway track had been stolen. The train driver discovered the situation and took emergency braking measures, but it was still too late to prevent the accident.
The local patrol police arrested a large number of people the next day, but failed to find the thief. Three days later, a shepherd boy discovered the stolen rails in a small ditch three kilometers away from the accident site.
It is not easy to throw the rails three kilometers away, so it is intriguing to throw them away after so much effort.
You must know that for safety reasons, the railway at this time only ran during the day, and the train where the accident occurred was the last train of the day. There was another train full of coal running in the opposite direction an hour before it arrived at the site of the accident.
Passed by everywhere.
In other words, the thief only had one hour to commit the crime, and there should be three to five people working together. In this way, in this wilderness, these people could walk three kilometers away carrying the heavy rails.
Although this place is remote, it is impossible to hide such a big action. This is not a sneak attack at night.
Stealing is not the purpose? Deliberate demonstration?
After hearing the reports from Nelson and others, Sean made a vague judgment.
"Most of the people in several nearby villages are people with their own jobs. They are engaged in agriculture and herding, and a few people work in the mining areas. We focus on these people who work in the mining areas. Only they are likely to come into contact with outsiders." Nelson.
He said, "Because when outsiders come here, no matter if they are a group of several people, they will definitely be discovered by the locals, but if they have personal help, it will be easier."
Compared with targeting the railroad company or Sean's other industries, Nelson was more worried that it was coming at Sean himself.
"What did you find?" Sean asked.
"There is indeed a discovery." Nelson nodded, "There is a man named Bobby, a villager from a nearby village. This man has always been idle and a gambler. After our coal company opened, he became a miner. You know
, recruitment in the mine only depends on your strength, and you rely on your strength to make a living. This person has been relatively generous recently, threatening to make a windfall..."
"Catch him." Sean ordered.
"Unfortunately, when we noticed him, he had been missing for several days. Today someone found his body in the coal dump area. His throat was cut and buried under the coal pile." Nelson looked at it carefully.
Sean's face changed dramatically, "We immediately checked his co-workers and found that there were five guys who claimed to be from Moore City and had been mining for several days, and these five people had more contacts with Bobby. Some people had seen them hanging out with Bobby frequently.
Let’s drink together.”
Mining areas require a large number of manpower. Most of these miners come from other provinces, so the personnel are complex. It is natural for tens of thousands of able-bodied people to gather together and form gangs. There are also some criminal cases, and fights are even more common.
It's a common occurrence.
There are a few guys with ulterior motives lurking among tens of thousands of people, making it difficult for people to detect them. It is impossible for Sean to send someone to keep an eye on every miner.
Although the true purpose of these five Moors is not yet clear, some measures must be taken.
In the coal company, Sean separated the miners from different areas, tried his best to prevent them from forming gangs because they were from the same hometown, and formed a fully controlled off-the-job self-defense force, equipped with weapons. At the same time, through bribery, he helped the miners
The placement of a large number of eyeliners can be regarded as a way to make up for the situation.
Just as he was about to leave after inspecting the coal company, a vicious explosion occurred in the warehouse area, killing seventeen people and injuring more than fifty others.
On the night when Sean was confused, there was a brief fight outside his temporary residence in the mining area. Several guys shot at Sean's residence. One of Sean's guards was hit by a stray bullet and was slightly injured.
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Sean's guards immediately fired back, and in the darkness the gangster fired a few shots before leaving the body of one of his accomplices and fleeing.
This series of vicious events made Sean wary.
This was obviously directed at him.
The news quickly spread to Poitou and immediately caused an uproar. The news became more and more outrageous. It was even said that Sean was seriously injured and died.
Sean is no longer what he used to be. He has risen so quickly that people have forgotten that he was once a run-down nobleman.
The properties under his name are worth hundreds of millions. Not to mention the promising industries and mining industries he invested in, even the value of the tea gardens under his name is beyond the reach of many families who have worked hard for generations.
However, Sean is unmarried and has no heirs.
The good guys are even worried about Sean's huge inheritance.
In Northern Genoa, Sean still didn't know how distorted the news would be when it reached Poitou.
He indeed disappeared, leaving on the night of the shooting. His loyal guards believed that it was necessary for their master to temporarily hide his traces in case something unexpected happened.
The enemy is in darkness and we are in the light.
This kind of opponent hiding in the darkness is the most difficult to deal with. Because you can only be a thief for a thousand days, but there is no reason to guard against a thief for a thousand days.
And his temporary disappearance will cause more speculation from the outside world. Even Sean's friends think that Sean may have been seriously injured.
Sean's foundation in Genoa was not strong, and he rose too quickly. Although he already had common interests with many people, he took this opportunity to hide aside and see who his real friends were.
Therefore, it was discovered that all the surgeons in Northern Genoa who were good at surgery were invited by Sean's guards with rifles, while Professor Nolan, the most famous doctor in Poitou, went north at night.
Soon, someone saw Sean's personal bodyguard, Arthur Young, guarding a carriage slowly heading east and south. It was said that the carriage, which was covered tightly in the hot summer, gave off a foul smell, and the guards looked sad.
color.
At this moment, Audrey headed north in panic.
She braved the scorching heat and the dust to rush to Northern Genoa, asking for news about Sean everywhere she went, and at the strongholds related to Sean's industrial layout in the north.
No one knows where Sean went, but many people believe that Sean died.
Rumors always spread more deeply than the truth.
Audrey's helpless figure fell into the eyes of interested people, until a white-robed priest came to her with a letter.