Chapter 278 [0276] Bully at Home

In the past, the identity of a Piltover councillor, which represented a political status, could bring real benefits - whether it was the decision of the council or the first-hand information, it was quite valuable.

It was for this reason that when Lux first came to Piltover, she saw people trying to get into the council by lobbying speeches and promising rewards.

At that time, in the Piltover council, four of the eight people represented the interests of the Sungate and the dock shareholders, and two of the remaining four were elected to make a fortune.

The Sungate councillors at that time were good at dancing with their sleeves, and had a very close relationship with Noxus. It could be said that they could call the wind and rain - anyway, the Sungate's income was enough, and as long as a little bit of it leaked through the fingers, it would be enough for others to scramble for it.

However, with the end of the Ionian War, the independence of Zaun, and the birth of Hextech, the income of the Sungate decreased year by year, and Piltover began to seek transformation.

During this process, although many members of the Sun Sect had a hard time because of the unpleasantness with Noxus, the first to be cleared out were the two unlucky people of the election faction.

Their base was just the voice of the people. As long as the public opinion was slightly tightened, they would soon lose their voice and fall from speculators to the political ecology of brokers.

At the same time, with Jayce entering the parliament, a new faction, the Hextech faction, officially emerged.

In the following three years, as the Hextech industry became larger and larger and its influence became more and more profound, the industries and jobs related to Hextech in the Piltover parliament soon reached half, so the Sun Sect's dominance was completely ended, and the pattern of the parliament became a dispute between new money and old money.

Considering that Camille was somewhat biased, in this confrontation, the old money camp included not only members of the Sun Sect, but also wealthy merchants who started out as traders. They united together to compete with the investors and technicians of the Hextech faction, forming the current new pattern.

Because the number of seats of the Sun Gate has been reduced, Gunoja and Midalda, who were "forced to step down", were unwilling to accept it, so they simply chose to invite the wolf into the house, hoping to use Noxus to restore Piltover to its previous state.

The result was that Swain was beaten up by Karya, and the Noxians left without looking back - now, it's time to clean up the mess.

The Sun Gate, which was already declining, has just produced two traitors, and the Trade Faction that formed an alliance with them is no longer united with them. Even if there are still three members representing the interests of the Sun Gate, they are already a minority in the parliament.

Considering that they don't have irreplaceable technology or private soldiers that people are afraid of, even if they really turn the table, for Camille, it's just impotent rage.

Such a mess in Piltover is completely caused by you wastes who only know how to lie on the Sun Gate dividends and do nothing. Now I am willing to stand up and clean up your ass, and you still think it's not clean enough?

Sure, then you guys do it yourself!

This behavior, which was almost like giving up, stunned the indignant councillors just now - at this moment, they suddenly realized very clearly that the councillors of Piltover not only have rights, but also bear considerable responsibilities.

What does Camille rely on to control and guide the parliament as an arbitrator?

It is her extraordinary strength.

And in the current situation, Camille's strength is even more significant to Piltover - in this case, the first person who can't bear it is themselves who are overturned.

The three councillors sat back in their seats in disgrace.

These three guys are scared.

It was not beyond Camille's expectation at all, they... are scared.

They have to be scared!

Among the Sun Gate faction, those who were willing to give it a try have now followed the Noxians. Although both Jagu Midarda and Persong Gunnoga failed, and the former even died on the spot due to "serious injuries", their families and related personnel were taken away directly by the decisive Swain.

The three guys left in the parliament were just characters who relied on playing with power and money to open the way in Piltover.

They did not have the courage to raise their arms and call for action. Even when they were fighting against the Noxians before, they trembled and accepted the flag of Noxus at the last moment. Such spineless guys were destined to be unable to change the overall situation.

And the fact was just as Camille expected. After the changes, the three of them seemed to have become invisible people and did not say a word in the subsequent meetings.

Only on the issue of public opinion control and the time of news release, they expressed their own opinions, hoping to temporarily announce to the outside world that they had controlled the situation and would not announce the content of cooperation with the Zaun people until everything was settled.

As for the reason for doing so...

It is obvious that these three guys have already started planning to take over - while the news has not been announced, they can cash out the shares of Sungate!

Seeing that these three idiots finally regained some brains, Camille also gave them the last dignity.

"The Piltover Daily will spend a day criticizing the shamelessness of the Noxians." Camille raised a finger, "Then, it will directly announce the general direction of cooperation with Zaun. This is the bottom line."

One of the three councillors wanted to say something, but the other two seemed to have broken their throats and hummed desperately, which blocked his other words.

No longer paying attention to these completely outdated guys, Camille quickly reached a consensus with the other councillors.

With the name of Vazuan, the trade faction was proud and was about to become Piltover's cash cow for the next period of time; while the Hextech faction collectively turned around and promised to start researching Hexpower engines to manufacture new ships and other means of transportation.

For the civilians of Piltover, whether it is trade caravans and fleets, or Hex factories that have expanded their production scale, they are capable of accommodating the unemployed workers of the Sun Gate - even for the dock workers who have not made money in the past period of time, as long as they can learn to operate Hextech transporters, their days will return to their peak in the next period of time.

In this way, as the plan of the three unlucky guys to stop losses in time was officially launched, the Piltover Parliament finally formed a roughly unified opinion on the current situation and future direction.

Although the negotiations with Zaun are still long and the future is still unknown, at least now, Piltover has found the direction to take steps.

Karya's small class · Piltover's industry:

Piltover has a considerable scale of industry, but in the parliament, the industrial faction itself is not a very prominent faction - when the Sun Gate made money, the industry relied on the related industries of the Sun Gate; after the rise of Hextech, the industry became the supporting industry of Hextech products.

Due to its small size and narrow market, although Piltover has good industrial capabilities, its own industrial scale can only rely on other cash cows, which is a pity.

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