Chapter 825: News
It was this kind of ability, so even if Xiahou Wu was on the first floor of the teahouse, he could actually clearly hear that there were three professionals on the second floor, talking about things. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Soon after they started talking, Xiahou Wu noticed them, because the content of the conversation between the three attracted Xiahou Wu's attention - he realized from it that the identities of these three people were actually professionals in Xia Kingdom!
The discovery of people from the same country in the realm of the Xinghua Empire naturally made Xiahou Wu sensitive to their existence.
Moreover, Xiahou Wu was able to immediately distinguish the professional level of the three - only one was a third-level professional martial artist, and two were first-class professional martial artists, that is, they were basically middle and junior professional martial artists.
In the conversation, the three also revealed their experiences and plans. Just half a year ago, these three professionals brought their families from Jiangzhou to Yunzhou, and from Yunzhou to Xinghua Guowang Dongcheng. After a period of life, all three professionals had the idea of settling in the Xinghua Empire. At this moment, what they are talking about is about professionals from other countries settling in Xinghua Kingdom.
After discovering the true identities of the three of them, especially after discovering that the three of them had the intention of settling in Xinghua Kingdom, Xiahou Wu was even more concerned about the three of them and how they would comment on the difference between Xia Kingdom and Xinghua Kingdom. Because, the views of the three of them should be able to represent the thoughts and feelings of some low-level professionals in Xia Guo towards Xinghuaguo, that is to say, from them, it should be able to reflect the influence of Xinghuaguo on these junior professionals.
During Xiahou Wu's time in Xinghua, all the news came from ordinary people, and the comments he got were also how the commoners supported the emperor and cabinet of Xinghua. But these are still not enough for Xiahou Wu, he is not an arbitrary person, and he still needs to collect more layers of information to ensure that his conclusions are comprehensive enough.
Therefore, Xiahou Wu really wanted to hear how he would comment on Xinghua from the perspective of a professional.
This is very important. Because, if Xinghua Guo has also been praised by ordinary professionals in Xia Guo and has become one of the choices for professionals to settle down, and even, the good impression of Xinghua Guo by professionals exceeds the perception of Xia Guo, so that the professionals of Xia Guo would rather give up Xia Guo and prefer Xinghua Guo to settle down, it is definitely not a good thing for Xia Guo.
As we all know, the foundation of a country's politics lies in the bottom, and whether the superstructure is solid or not depends on the solidity of the bottom.
If the professionals identify with the Xinghua Empire, then the Xinghua Empire will easily attract more and more low-level professionals to settle in the Xinghua Empire, and in that case, the probability of high-level professionals appearing in the Xinghua Empire in the future will be much higher.
And if there are more and more high-level professionals in the Xinghua Empire, the upper echelons of the Xinghua Empire will become more and more stable, and the strength of the Xinghua Empire will become stronger and stronger.
Because of this, Xiahou Wu paid so much attention to the chat content of these three professionals.
It's just that the more he listened, Xiahou Wu was shocked to find that the recognition of these three professionals with the Xinghua Empire was much higher than he imagined.
This realization made Xiahou Wu more and more worried: "Don't these people understand at all that the reason why they became professionals is not to rely on the Xia Kingdom to give them opportunities and cultivate them?
Xiahou Wu muttered to himself with a dissatisfied face, he still couldn't let go, he held back a mouthful of incomprehensible resentment in his heart, and repeatedly complained about these professionals who didn't know how to remember the old feelings.
Xiahou Wu believes that these Xia Kingdom professionals were not only born in Xia Kingdom, but also Xia Kingdom gave them the opportunity to become professionals, creating their current ability, in turn, they should be grateful to Xia Country and should be patriotic. Even if they took 10,000 steps back, even if they wanted to leave the Xia Kingdom, they should not go to the Xinghua Kingdom. Because, the Xia Kingdom and the Xinghua Kingdom are at war, and out of respect for the motherland that raised them, they should also avoid it. If they didn't have any idea of taking the overall situation into account at all, and moved directly from Xia to Xinghua, it would undoubtedly be an act of defecting to the enemy and betraying the country.
Just when Xiahou Wu was dissatisfied, suddenly, a sentence from one of the first-level martial artists not only disrupted Xiahou Wu's thoughts, but also made his heart tremble. I only heard this first-level professional martial artist sigh and said, "Alas, if there is no war in Jiangzhou, I will not leave my hometown easily. ā
Xiahou Wu was a little stunned, and thought to himself: Could it be that they left Jiangzhou just because of the war? But this war is completely unavoidable. At the same time, Xiahou Wu still insisted on his own opinion, if these professionals really just wanted to avoid the war, then they could actually move to other states in the Xia country, and they could leave Jiangzhou, where the war was ignited, and they could avoid being affected by the war, and they didn't need to leave the Xia country at all, let alone go directly to the enemy country. So, it doesn't make sense, does it?
However, before Xiahou Wu could come up with a conclusion, the next conversation between the three professionals gave him another shock.
"However, even if this war doesn't break out, we still have to go, the Xia army's strong walls and clear wilderness have too much impact on us. However, a first-level martial artist like us doesn't have the slightest right to speak, and more importantly, if we dare to question or refuse, Xia Jun will not even hesitate to kill us. Who can stand such a heavy pressure? If we don't leave, we won't even be able to make our own lives, so how can we survive such a life?"
"Well, that's why I left my hometown. Actually, at first, I was going to take my whole family to join my cousin in Yangcheng, but when I went to Yangcheng in person and learned about the price of food in Yangcheng, I had to dispel this idea. Because, in a high-consumption place like Yangcheng, with me, a first-class martial artist, a person with no wealth and no power, it is a big problem to live in Yangcheng, even if I reluctantly stay, I will only live a miserable life. I'm not afraid to expose my shortcomings and make you laugh, my family's savings, if I want to stay in Yangcheng, I'm afraid that within half a month, they will all be spent. Moreover, my cousin who settled in Yangcheng did not have an easy life, and I really didn't want to trouble them. ā
"I chose Xinghua because of its open-minded attitude towards professionals. Before the outbreak of the war, the Xinghua Empire had issued a decree that those with a level 3 or higher occupation were welcome to settle in the Xinghua Empire, and as long as they were willing to go to the Xinghua Empire, they promised to provide basic living security benefits to the professional and his family. This is very much needed for me. If I agree to join Xinghua and renounce my previous nationality and become a citizen of Xinghua, my family will receive a living allowance - even if they do not contribute to the labor force, they will be guaranteed to receive a certain amount of allowance for the family members of the employed every month. In other words, as long as I am alive, they will be able to have no worries about food and clothing, which is not available in the Xia Kingdom, but it is very important to me. Of course, what is more important is that being able to purchase energy crystals for cultivation in Xinghua Country is also very important to my cultivation. So, why shouldn't I choose to live like this?"
The main arguments of these three professionals were that the Xinghua Empire could solve the basic living conditions for them, until the last person mentioned that the Xinghua Empire had enough energy crystals, which immediately aroused a strong resonance from the other two, and when they talked about the fact that they could buy energy crystals in the professional hall, the three of them were a little uncontrollable excited.
It is no wonder that for these professionals, in addition to the basic necessities of life and the quality of life of their families, the most important thing is, of course, their professional cultivation. In particular, among the three of them, only one of them has just entered the category of intermediate professionals, and the other two are still immersed in the initial stage, how to quickly improve their cultivation is naturally their common concern.
However, in the Xia Kingdom, energy spars are a strategic resource, which is scarce and important, and any martial artist who wants energy spars must either go out hunting by himself and kill fierce beasts to obtain them, or he will have to buy first-grade energy spars at a high price on the black market. Under normal circumstances, ordinary low-level martial artists don't have much money, and their strength is not strong enough, so it is difficult to maintain their cultivation.
In contrast, the greatest convenience in Xinghuaguo is that the Xinghuaguo Vocational Association will provide affordable energy crystals for registered professionals, and the only requirement is that the energy of the energy crystals is exhausted and must be returned to the vocational hall.
Many professionals are unaware of Xinghuaguo's technology for reusing energy crystals, and they are very grateful for this initiative. As long as a professional has an energy crystal, he can continue to cultivate and feel his progress...... Cultivation cannot be stopped, and only regression can be achieved when it is stopped.
Not only that, but many professionals also find that their choice of Xinghua is also beneficial to their own next generation. Schmidt's universal education system, as well as the mode of further education, which openly teaches vocational skills, are all places to attract low-level professionals.
As the three professionals continued to tell, Xiahou Wu slowly understood their approach. In fact, if Xiahou Wu was a warrior with no power, no power and no money, it was very likely that he would choose Xinghuaguo.
"Uncle, your tea and snacks are ready. ā
The shopkeeper brought tea and snacks, interrupting Xiahou Wu's reverie.
Xiahou Wu looked at the dim sum on the table and nodded, "It looks good, I don't know how it tastes?"
The shopkeeper smiled, accepted the receipt, and said, "Please use it slowly!" and left again.
If a Chinese person from Blue Mercury can definitely see the so-called dim sum in Yipin Teahouse, which is actually the most common supermarket biscuit food in Blue Mercury. Moreover, the dim sum of this Yipin teahouse is just to take out two biscuits of each item, take a small saucer, and serve it.
"It's crisp, these white things should be frosted sugar, some sweetness, and it's really a unique snack. Xiahou Wu ate a piece of snow biscuit and said in surprise. Then, Xiahou Wu tried other dim sum again, and felt that they all tasted good.
At this time, a person ran in and shouted: "The emperor has issued a decree to hold a contest for the title of the royal professional of Xinghua Kingdom." ā
"What is the Pros Title Contest?" someone in the teahouse immediately asked.
"The emperor decreed that the title of grandmaster and the title of king of professionals were promulgated respectively, and those who possessed these two titles would receive a bonus. At the same time, professionals with professional titles will have a high status in Xinghua and be respected by the people of the whole country. As long as the grandmaster does not betray the Xinghua Empire and do things that are detrimental to the country, the state recognizes its sect as legal and protected by national law. The title of king means the title of the first person in the profession of Xinghua Kingdom, and the individual will get a generous bonus and enjoy the state allowance for a lifetime......" said excitedly.
"How do you know?" said someone in the teahouse.
"This is the latest news in the official newspaper, a professional competition, the emperor personally decreed, and the cabinet assisted in hosting it. In the newspaper, there are more detailed registration conditions and qualifications. The visitor held up the newspaper in his hand and smiled.
Suddenly, there was a lot of discussion in the Yipin Teahouse, and even more anxious people asked clearly, immediately walked out of the teahouse and went to buy a newspaper on the street. Because there are many professionals in the Yipin Teahouse, the discussion atmosphere in the entire Yipin Teahouse is very warm. Everyone was in high spirits and discussed various titles.
Xiahou Wu, who was sitting on the first floor, was also very curious.
"Shopkeeper, can you buy me a newspaper. Xiahou Wu called the shopkeeper to come over and made a request.
"I'm sorry, old man. We don't offer a special service to buy newspapers, but if you need a newspaper and don't care about the waiting time, I will ask another clerk to buy you an extra one when you buy the newspaper. "The shop is small and second.
Xiahou Wu nodded and said, "Okay, buy me more, I'll wait." ā
"Okay, please drink tea slowly, and I'll explain it now. "The shopkeeper retired.
Xiahou Wu was also very curious about the battle for the title of professional in the newspaper, but he didn't want to leave the teahouse yet. Because Xiahou Wu heard several suspected Wangdong City officials discussing the inside story of Xinghua State officialdom in a box on the second floor.
What made Xiahou Wu even happier was that these officials revealed an important piece of news. That is the opening ceremony of the professional title competition, and the Prime Minister will be present to personally present the title equipment and certificates.
Xiahou Wu came up with an idea to sneak into the professional title contest and kill the senior executives and ministers of Xinghua Kingdom in front of everyone, causing chaos in Xinghua Kingdom......
After more than 20 minutes, the shopkeeper brought a newspaper to Xiahou Wu.
Xiahou Wu ordered some take-out snacks, along with newspapers, and took them away from the Yipin Teahouse.