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2118 Boiling London

London, the greatest city of mankind in this era, has no one, only one.

Since 1850, London's population has reached three million, and then it has risen all the way. By the 19th century, the population of London had approached six million.

In the era at that time, this was simply unimaginable. With the ancient scientific and technological level and the government's management capabilities, the population of a city reached one million was already the limit.

Since more than one million people have increased by one order of magnitude, it has put forward a severe test on the organizational ability of various resources in society.

Society has to ensure that so many people have basic survival needs such as eating, drinking water, dressing, housing... garbage disposal, wastewater and sewage discharge.

With a larger population, you must provide sufficient work and security, medical care and other guarantees. Not to mention the only medical treatment, it is already a curse of the Middle Ages.

With a larger population, infectious diseases will increase naturally, and medical methods cannot keep up with super cities.

What is comprehensive national strength? This is comprehensive national strength. When a country can maintain the stable operation of such a super city, this kind of strength will already stand out as the most powerful.

World War I and World War II. In fact, Britain's victory was largely based on its own super organizational capabilities, especially when the Nazi wolf packs on the Atlantic Ocean began to slaughter cargo ships without restrictions, and when the aid from the United States had not yet arrived.

For countless days and nights, Britain relied on its strongest organizational capabilities to coordinate the distribution of materials for all citizens and reshape social order, without causing any trouble.

This is the soft power of a country, which is something that many politicians ignore. Without this soft power, a civilization will lack resilience. When the war drags on very long, countries with strong organizational capabilities can always laugh at the last.

Today, the organizational capabilities of the entire London city government have been extremely challenging. The city has already started to get restless yesterday, and all London police can smell this smell.

This is not a precursor to chaos, nor is it a fermentation of conspiracy. Everything is just because of the arrival of the East. Under the continuous publicity and bombardment of the Chinese series of reports, the curiosity of the people across the UK was detonated to the extreme.

Since half a month ago, London hotels and hotels have been continuously entering and leaving, and ten days ago, there have been no empty rooms in all hotels and hotels in London.

There are rich and leisure European aristocrats, capitalists, and huge merchants everywhere... They will never miss such a major historical event. Some wealthy Americans even took cruises across the Atlantic to watch the excitement.

God knows if they are spies or ordinary spectators.

Not only are the big men in Europe and North America acting, but countless middle-class people with better economic conditions have also begun to gather in London.

Especially the people in other cities in the British Isles, they can’t book hotels or hotels and choose homestays all over the city. Countless local London citizens made a lot of money by renting out their spare houses in the past half month.

Many people hope that the Chinese envoys would simply stop leaving. If they stayed in London for a long time, they would have to die.

The busiest thing in London is the police. In order to ensure the safety of this diplomatic event, all foreign guests in the city must be registered, especially the guests from France and Tsarist Russia are potentially dangerous elements, and there are even plainclothes specializing in Scotland Yards for a long time.

The London Police Chief mobilized all more than 30,000 police officers in the entire city, but this was not enough and he mobilized another 20,000 support forces from other cities.

Fifty thousand elite police forces were concentrated in London, which greatly improved social security. The number of police officers patrolling the streets every day was twice as high as usual.

Not only that, Prime Minister Benjamin also ordered the Army and the Navy to mobilize some emergency forces to station on the edge of the city. Whether it is useful or not, necessary preparations must be made.

Benjamin really wants all these Chinese to die, but he must not die in London or in Britain!

All preparations are for today. The Police Department finally counted that nearly 100,000 foreign guests came just to watch the ceremony. Such a diplomatic era is really a once-in-a-lifetime, so the people in London will also go to watch the fun.

It is initially estimated that this welcome ceremony will have more than 300,000 people crowded on both sides of the streets where Emperor Tongzhi and Xiao Letian were traveling. Fortunately, the city of London was big enough, and fortunately the parade street arranged for this ceremony was long enough.

Otherwise, these 300,000 people watching the fun would not be able to assume it!

The chaos reached its peak today. The police chief stationed at Tower Bridge in London did not sleep for a whole night. Police officers across the city rode fast horses to deliver orders, and even the army temporarily set up several telegram lines here.

"Emergency! Emergency... More than 3,000 people suddenly surged out of Paddington, and our police force was not enough to ask for support..."

"Waterloo Bridge is overcrowded, and people have fallen into the water... Ask for support, ask for support!"

"Western District, there are crowds on Twelve Streets, and we are evacuating..."

"Exceeding imagination! It's really beyond imagination, and it's completely more than we expected..."

The urgent request for help was summarized at the Tower Bridge in London. The Chief Police Officer was in a room inside the Tower Bridge. From the window, he could see the dock and the beautiful welcome ceremony venue. At this moment, all the flowers were in place.

The police chief, who was anxious and sweating, shouted, "Where is the subway? Is the subway safe? God, it's okay to be a little crowded on the streets, at least it won't die. Don't have any accidents in the subway, it will trample on people to death..."

The London Underground is the first subway in human history, and it is also a transportation hub that was forced to be built with the continuous expansion of London cities.

In 1863, the Metropolitan Line was opened to traffic. This was the first subway for mankind and the pride of the British Industrial Revolution. In the era when the Qing Dynasty was still fighting the final decisive battle with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the British had an extremely sci-fi underground railway. How big is the gap between the East and the West? This shows how big it is.

The Chief Police Officer’s concerns make sense. The Metropolitan Line is now overcrowded, and all the police forces on the third floor of the entrance cannot cope with the surging crowds.

"Back back... everyone back back... get off the subway one by one!"

"My hat, my hat fell off..."

"Child, you squeezed into my child's hand..."

"God, do you idiots have the taxes of the people who support you idiots?"

The crowded subway entrance was crowded with people. The police used their bodies to block the entrance and exit, leaving a small gap for the crowd to slowly enter. They knew that once the opening was opened and the people rushed in, there would definitely be a trampling disaster.

"Gentlemen, ladies! Gentlemen... Please don't crowd, it's too dangerous. You all rushed in at once, and the subway couldn't accommodate so many of you!"
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