The good life of the people of Piltover was achieved with the help of the Zaun people?

This sounds counterintuitive.

"The Zaun and the Piltover guys..." Wei felt that her brain was running out of energy: "Shouldn't they be enemies?"

"Yes, yes, that's it -" Levi smiled: "The big plutocrats in Piltover artificially created the difference between Zaun and Piltover people just to make you think the same about each other!"

According to the history he learned from Janna:

In the early days of the split between the two cities, Zaun and Piltover were not actually that far apart.

Now, crossing the canal bridge from Zaun to Piltover is the same as crossing a national border. It is a smuggling inspection and a qualification review. Law enforcement officers are guarding there with guns and ammunition, guarding against every Zaun guy who tries to sneak across—

All it took was a very, very great long wall to completely separate the border between Zaun and Piltover.

And more than 200 years ago, when the twin cities were first divided, there was actually no barrier between Zaun and Piltover.

The people of Zaun cross the river whenever they want, work in Piltover during the day, and return to Zaun to rest at night.

The Twin Cities are not so much twin cities as they are slums and wealthy areas separated by canals.

But later, the situation changed.

"Because people in Zaun can travel freely, and at the same time, poor immigrants from all over the world continue to flow into Pi City, indirectly enriching Zaun's labor force."

"So the business owners in Piltover are more willing to hire the poor people of Zaun who charge lower prices, rather than the civilians of Piltover who can't bear the hardship."

"Gradually, some civilians in Pi City who lacked academic qualifications and skills and lacked personal competitiveness began to lose their jobs, returned to poverty, or were forced to accept salary cuts, or even fell from their original class. They had to sell their houses in Pi City and move across the river.

of Zu’an.”

"The people of Piltover are getting poorer and poorer, but the people of Zaun are not getting richer."

"So, later -"

"When the Zaun first began to rebel against Piltover's business owners, the civilians of Piltover not only did not stand with the Piltover Council, but were secretly helping the Zaun resistance organization."

Li Wei told the historical truth that even the people of Zaun and Piltover cannot believe today:

"Even the law enforcement officers of Piltover at that time, many were hesitant during the suppression, even unable to do their job, and could not bear to attack the rebellious Zaans."

"Because the two cities were not so clearly separated at that time."

"Many of the Zaun people are Piltover people who have lost their jobs and returned to poverty."

"And most of those Pi City law enforcement officers come from civilian families, and they are not willing to work for Pi City's big plutocrats and wield the butcher's knife against their own compatriots."

"This..." Wei listened with great concentration.

She simply couldn't believe that Zaun, the Piltover guy she hated most, and even the law enforcer, could actually be "compatriots" before.

But now, they hate each other and kill each other. Why?

"Because of the Zaun people's successive resistances and the subtle attitude shown by the Piltover people, the Piltover Council finally woke up."

"They realized that they were not fighting against Zaun, but against the poor."

"In order to fight against this weakest and most powerful enemy, the Piltover Council chose to expand their base, consolidate their ruling base, and artificially create divisions within the enemy—"

"They began to set up blockades on the canal, officially separating Zaun and Piltover."

"They began to increase wages and provide benefits to Piltover people, and ensure the employment of Piltover locals. They used this to distinguish Piltover from Zaun and build an ethnic identity belonging to Piltover people."

"The two different ethnic groups of Pi City and Zaun were artificially created in this way."

The people of Piltover are rich. Once a person is rich, it is easy to look down on his poor relatives.

So the people of Piltover began to discriminate against Zaun, and the people of Zaun began to hate Piltover.

The conflict between the poor and the rich was quietly transformed into the conflict between Piltover and Zaun.

"This..." Wei's head felt dizzy after hearing this.

The people of Zaun and Piltover turned out to be compatriots.

The good life of the people of Piltover was indirectly won for them by the resistance of the Zaan people again and again.

"This... this is really ridiculous." Wei Zai muttered in shock: "Then what have we gained in return for so many years of resistance and the sacrifice of so many people?"

"In exchange for a good life for our 'compatriots', and their discrimination against us?!"

"And the real bad guys are hiding high in the sky, watching us bite each other like mice on the ground?"

This is really crazy...

It makes me feel depressed just thinking about it!

Any Zaunite who hears this piece of history can't help but feel a surge of unknown anger.

"Wei." Levi felt her suddenly heavier breathing: "It seems that you understand Hilko's hatred, right?"

"I..." Wei's face froze: "No! I'm different from him!"

In fact, after Li Wei's situation analysis and historical science popularization, her thoughts had quietly changed.

She unconsciously let go of her resistance to the word resistance and realized the necessity and urgency of struggle.

The only person she didn't agree with was Hilko himself.

In Wei's view, Hilko is an alchemist baron after all, the most despicable, cruel, and without any lower limit.

Wei doesn't think Zaun will be much better off in the future if such a bad guy rules Zaun instead of the Piltover guy.

"Not only him, but also the group of alchemy barons who united around him. These alchemy barons also attached themselves to Fandel back then."

"I know them—"

"Each one of them is a treacherous, shameless, cruel, greedy scumbag. They are incombustible garbage that will pollute the environment and be thrown into hell."

"Even if Zaun really defeats Pi City at the hands of these people and gains independence, under their rule... the life of the Zaun people may not be much easier."

Wei sighed thoughtfully.

"You're right!" Levi was pleasantly surprised.

He originally thought that Wei was one of those muscular girls with simple minds and well-developed limbs, but he never thought that she was also very good at thinking.

Wei Ti's question is crucial.

In history, many colonies experienced a strange phenomenon of retreating instead of advancing because the fruits of victory were stolen by the "Alchemy Baron" after they gained independence from their mother country.

And Silko, the so-called leader of Zaun, is actually almost the same as the leader of the martial arts alliance.

He nominally rules Zaun, but actually has a large group of alchemy barons of his own under his command.

If he cannot clean up these alchemy barons, then even if he successfully leads Zaun to independence in the future, the life of the Zaun people may not be much better.

If you want to avoid this situation, you need to do a thorough cleaning in Zaun.

But how can this be so easy?

Silko's rule over Zaun is still based on the traditional leader-branch gang model.

After all the Alchemy Barons were wiped out, Hilko lost his right-hand man and became the bare commander.

At most, he would only slightly suppress a few of the disobedient younger brothers, but it was impossible to clean them all out.

So Li Wei thinks:

Hilko may succeed, but he is doomed to fail.

"Then what if I can still point out a different path than Hilko?"

"Wei, are you interested in hearing it again?" Levi suddenly asked.

"I..." Wei was in a daze for a while.

She obviously only cares about her sister, her only family, she never cares about history, and she has no ambition to save Zaun.

But after having such a long conversation with Li Wei, she became inexplicably interested.
Chapter completed!