Chapter 55, Satisfaction and Frustration (Part 2)
At the same time, the Senate residence of Lingao Travelers, Bairen City
Pfft--Hand, index finger and thumb, grasp the tail of a match, let the friction between the red phosphorus coating and the frosted surface, and the high temperature brought by the oxidation-reduction reaction of the ignition medium ignite the combustion medium, and a cluster of bright yellow faint The firelight illuminated the black background in a short time like a firefly.
Even such a moment of light was covered up by a hand, leaving only the light coming through the gap; the shadowy and swaying firelight showed that this was a not particularly spacious room, and For some reason, all the curtains were drawn down, making the room so dark that it was almost impossible to see... but I couldn't get any more information from this.
Soon, the match was extinguished, and was replaced by a dark red light source that flickered on and off, emitting energy with weak thermal radiation against a dark background. This was a kind of light that was warm but not bright at a glance. The light...
"...Chairman Moon! You really can't smoke anymore! The air in this room is already bad enough to smoke bacon!"
A slender hand suddenly snatched away the newly lit cigarette and put it out in the ashtray. Then he opened the curtains and opened the windows, letting in the sunshine and fresh air. When he came in, he also illuminated the face of a decadent and depressed middle-aged man.
At this moment, the middle-aged man's hair was as messy as a bird's nest, his chin was already covered with messy stubble, his clothes were rumpled and messy, and his whole body was filled with the unpleasant smell of smoke and alcohol. The ground at his feet was covered with stubble. littered with cigarette butts and empty wine bottles.
After just a few days, the white hair on his temples has grown a lot, and there are also very obvious dark circles under his eyes.
In general, this guy looks like a lost dog in life, as if he has lost the meaning of survival.
Obviously, the middle-aged man's decadent appearance made a certain energetic lady who broke into the house very uncomfortable:
"...Chairman Moon! You can't go on like this! Are you worthy of so many people who trust you?"
Her voice is not particularly resonant, but it is full of the unique vitality and vitality of young people. It is as energetic as the sun at seven or eight o'clock in the morning. Unfortunately, it still cannot move someone whose heart is as dim as a wooden tree. of frustrated leadership.
"...Chairman? Well, what kind of chairman is a guy like me? You should call me boss! Xiao Du, now our little place has a real former president, and two former ***** *Prime Minister, seven or eight former deputy prime ministers! There are also former ***, former Chairman of the National People's Congress, former Director of National Security, former Minister of Defense, former Minister of Public Security... As for academicians, there are retired and active generals. , even more piled up.”
Wen Desi, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Lingao Travelers Senate, waved his hand with a wry smile, and said to Du Wen in a self-deprecating tone, "...in our remote little temple in Lingao, so many golden statues suddenly came to us. Bodhisattva, how can I, the self-proclaimed chairman of the executive committee, have the nerve to speak out?”
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——For most members of the Lingao Senate Time Travel Group, the emergence of government power in the old time and space is not necessarily a bad thing. For example, those "little time-travelers" who were brought here by their parents in ignorance were delighted to taste all kinds of modern carbonated drinks that they had not seen for a long time. For two days, they drank Sprite, Coke, Fanta as water and potatoes. There are slices, snow cakes, Wangzi steamed buns and chocolate cake for dinner.
Those low-level time-travelers did not suffer any bad effects. Basically, they continued to do what they were supposed to do, and even received a lot of benefits. Among them are daily consumer goods that cannot be produced in this era, as well as various equipment that facilitates their work.
For example, the education department received a lot of teaching aids, books, and experimental instruments, and even magical props such as Doraemon World’s [Dream Learning Device] and [Instant Standard Chinese in One Day]... After hundreds of students just After the new students mastered the reading and writing skills in Mandarin in just one day, some teachers felt that there might be no need to teach Chinese as a required course in the future, and they would just need to prepare an after-school literature appreciation reading book.
The electric power department has acquired a lot of transformer equipment and generator sets. New hydropower stations, thermal power stations and solar power stations are under intense construction, and all of them use the 22nd century black technology from the Doraemon world. It is expected that they will be built soon. This will enable the electrification of Dongmen City and Bobu Port.
In addition, Lingao's tap water system is also under construction. Although it is not possible to have a faucet in every household due to cost and public affordability considerations, there is a public faucet under each building. This level of things is still not a big problem.
The agricultural department has obtained a large amount of high-yielding hybrid seeds, fertilizers and pesticides, including exotic varieties from the interstellar era (also from the Doraemon world), as well as an agricultural expert group from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, who are here to treat illnesses and recuperate. By the way, I personally provide guidance on the agricultural development of Lingao County - and at the same time, I also want to see what kind of strange things can be made from the various seeds and plant modification liquids in Doraemon World...
For the nearly 100,000 "naturalized citizens" living in Lingao County, the arrival of these "celestial beings" is actually a good thing: in order to appease the people and avoid social disorder, the government first took over Lingao The first thing is to distribute meet-and-greet gifts on a large scale - all regular employees of "state-owned units" who travel through Lingao are each given an enamel tea cup and some White Rabbit toffee; students from various "public schools" in Lingao are also given They received a set of stationery, and the girls were given an animal stuffed animal, and the boys were given a folding umbrella; the soldiers under the Senate of Lingao Traveler were given two pairs of hairspray shoes and a set of stainless steel tableware for each soldier; the officers also received a set of stationery. You can get a mechanical watch and a thermos cup; and officers above the rank of captain will also be given an additional gorgeous decorative saber, as well as several bottles of famous wines from later generations... In short, everyone will be rewarded as much as possible.
Of course, in order to treat everyone equally, the members of the Huamei Group and the East Coast Group's expeditionary fleet currently staying in Lingao also enjoy the same standards of treatment.
After such an unprecedented and generous reward for the whole people, almost every man, woman, and child in the entire Lingao County was overjoyed and in high spirits. The initial fear of the arrival of the "Heavenly Man" disappeared without a trace, and instead there were many people who were worried about it. They burned incense and worshiped in an airship to express their gratitude. After the residents of other towns on Hainan Island learned about this, they bit their fingers with envy and drooled. They wished that those generous "heavenly people" would fly to their hometowns early and distribute such a portion to themselves. Unprecedentedly luxurious super gift package.
After receiving so many benefits, neither the grassroots time travelers nor the natives of the Ming Dynasty were at all hostile to the new powerful forces.
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Therefore, in the entire Lingao County today, the people who are really frustrated are actually the senior officials of the original Senate, mainly the big bosses of the "Executive Committee" - although the "relevant departments" have not held them accountable for their role in modern times. The world is guilty of financial fraud and not paying back money, but The state took on all the debt holes, and did not simply and rudely order them to close down their businesses for rectification. Instead, they were asked to stay in their original posts and continue business as usual, and no one was sent to replace their positions and take over their power... …But Wen Desi and others still felt very disappointed.
You must know that time-traveling can bring a natural position to the time-travelers, which is to get rid of the original boring, lack of stimulation, and inescapable real social environment (to put it bluntly, it is the ruling system of the party and the country). From then on, the sky is high and birds can fly, and the sea is wide and fish can swim (of course, it is more likely to die on the roadside with no one to bury it). Unless they regret it because they have been miserable, travelers will like this feeling of freedom.
However, today's reality that "even if you rush to another world in one breath, you can't escape the government's Wuzhishan" is equivalent to dragging people out of their dreams and giving them a slap in the face, trampling on their time travel with the malice of reality. Dream... Although Wen Desi is not the narrow-minded Long Aotian, he will not push himself and others to death just for a "clear idea". But seeing myself, the leader who had been the focus of attention, a king who was not a king, suddenly turned into a worker for others, I really didn't like the party and government that suddenly appeared.
In addition to Wen Desi, most members of the Lingao Executive Committee also felt a similar sense of loss, as if a gray curtain was slowly being drawn down in front of their eyes, and all the fruits of struggle they had worked hard to win in the past were lost. Most of the meaning.
——If Wang Qiu had not made it clear to them from the beginning that the government power could not stay in this time and space forever, and would still let them make their own decisions after a period of time, Wen Desi and the other "senator executive members" My mentality is probably even more unbalanced than it is now.
Of course, in addition to several big bosses on the executive committee, there were also guys who ended up even more unlucky. They were the two who followed Guo Yi to investigate the transnational arms smuggling case of the Lingao Group, but unfortunately they traveled to the United States in the 17th century. Agent of the Liquor and Firearms Bureau——In the era when the time traveler Senate ruled Lingao, Xue Ziliang He and his partner Salina could still get positions and appointments, but after the People's Liberation Army took control of Lingao County, the relevant departments politely invited them to "temporarily" stay and eat in prison in Qincheng Prison in Beijing. As for what? When it will be released, well, it seems only God knows...
Hey, I hope their final fate is not to be imprisoned in Qincheng, or simply to be dealt with secretly! God bless!
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Thinking that he was still better than the worst, Wen Desi finally managed to cheer up. He first picked up the enamel cup and took a sip of cool strong tea, cleared his throat, and then looked at the man who was glaring at him. Female cadre Du Wen asked, "...Xiao Du, what's the matter with you coming over?"
"..." Du Wen took a deep breath, calmed down, and started talking about business, "...the railway from Sanya to Lingao has just been completed, and the opening ceremony will be held this afternoon to give this original The longest railway in time and space cuts the ribbon, so I ask you, boss, to come and watch the ceremony..."
"...Is it completed so soon? Oh my god, it seems that it hasn't even been a week since the construction of this railway started!"
Wen Desi was dumbfounded and shocked from the bottom of his heart, "...the legendary 'China Speed' doesn't seem to be such an exaggeration!"
"...They didn't just rely on the engineering technology of our world, but they also used the magical props of the fat blue guy from Doraemon!"
Du Wen rolled his eyes and replied, "...In the comics, it only takes a few weeks to transform a planet, okay?"
"...That's true..." Wen Desi nodded dully, "...but at the sanatorium in Lingaojiao, there are so many genuine old leaders who are often on the news network, and they also What did I, a little person, do in the past?”
"... Because these former national leaders expressed no interest in this, only *** was willing to attend the ribbon cutting, so in order to make the scene livelier, the People's Liberation Army Engineering Corps sent invitations to us 'local people' " Du Wen sighed and replied.
"...That's it! So we are just adding to the mix? This is really... Oh, let's go take a look! Don't ruin the face of the People's Liberation Army."
Wen Desi shrugged his shoulders at first, and then said in a nonchalant manner, "...by the way, is the order in the market still stable now? In terms of internal and external publicity, can the set of narratives we urgently concocted be able to Can you get by? No troublesome jokes or troubles, right?"
"...The situation is not bad. Except for the first day, the market has been very stable. Whether it is the natives of the Ming Dynasty, Western businessmen or natives of Southeast Asia, they all calmly accepted 'The Emperor of Australia and the Song Dynasty, together with the princes and prime ministers, The idea of leading troops to patrol the border, appease the border residents, and reward the frontier officials... Although there are many strange rumors among the people, there is no sign of chaos yet. "
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Du Wen replied, "...in the past two days, a few scholars who looked like official fans actually went to the 'Ao Song Emperor's Palace' in the Lingaojiao Sanatorium to submit letters, hoping to gain an audience and offer them What is the strategy to regain China and stabilize the country, so as to find an identity for themselves? In addition, two Jesuit missionaries also went there, wanting to spread the doctrine and tell the leaders about their 'Almighty Lord. '..."
"...Hehehe, this is really... so funny! Hahaha, I can't hold it in anymore! How could such a thing happen..."
Wen Desi couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and immediately held his belly and laughed, while Ms. Du Wen's work report continued:
"...Then, it seems that because the old leaders were bored, they actually opened the door yesterday and let people in, and met a few guys... What exactly they said there, we don't know yet at the moment. Very clear. Do you want to find a way to find out?”
After hearing this, Wen Desi couldn't help but imagine such a strange scene in his mind - in the sun umbrella cafe on Sunshine Beach, several seventeenth-century scholars and scholars were acting like monkeys, wearing long robes. With his hair tied in a bun, standing in the 21st century, the President of the country, Prime Minister of the People's Republic of China, In front of the chairman of the National People's Congress and a group of ministers and academicians, he quoted scriptures and pulled out his book bag, showing off the teachings of saints... Or a bearded preacher wrapped in a black robe and smelling of sweat, holding a Bible in his hand, chattering to a group of party members and atheists. who promote their Lord God...
Oh, such an embarrassing and gorgeous scene is so beautiful that I dare not look at it! It makes people feel unbearable! It seems like even my stomach is cramping!
With an unknown amount of effort, Wen Desi managed to hold back the laughter that was on the verge of bursting out in his stomach, and did not laugh out loud again, but the expression at the corner of his mouth could not help but be a little distorted, "...cough cough , Xiao Du, let the people from the central government worry about such insignificant matters! I want to get involved!" He said in a serious manner, "... I think all the old chiefs are sensible people, and the most you can do to meet them is to have fun, and you won't reward a bunch of county magistrates and county magistrates casually. What kind of official hat is causing trouble for us... Is there anything else?”
"...Next, there is another matter closely related to us, Boss Wen!"
In sharp contrast to the frivolous expression on Wen Desi's face, Du Wen's face became more serious, and his tone became more serious, "...the list of veterans who decided to withdraw from our common cause and return to modern time and space , now the statistics have been calculated, please take a look! ”
After that, she took out a piece of paper from her arms. The front and back sides were filled with densely packed names and positions. Roughly speaking, there were dozens of people.
Looking at the rows of familiar names on the paper, Wen Desi suddenly felt as if he had been punched hard. All the strength in his body was drained away, and his eyes dimly lost their luster... After a long time, Wen Desi felt infinitely melancholy. He sighed and nodded helplessly. "...Oh, so many people want to break up! It seems that those who have the perseverance to change the world must be made of special materials! Anyway, there is no banquet in the world, and the melon that is forced is not sweet. Since they are determined to leave, let them go anyway, let’s stop them! Can't help it! Besides, we have been together through thick and thin for so many years. It would be good for everyone to have a good reunion... By the way, Xiao Du, please help me ask for the opinions of other executive committee members. I need you. Give these people a farewell party? ..."