It was early in the morning of the same day.

Li Yu took Meng Xiaoxiao into a quiet courtyard in the center of the base.

In the courtyard, two gray-haired old men were playing chess on a stone table in the shade of a tree, and next to them, three people, two men and one woman, were quietly watching.

Seeing Li Yu and the others coming in, one of them, an old man with loose skin on his face and a bit of a boy and a girl, greeted them with a smile.

The other old man with an old-fashioned and serious face, as if he had been sharpened with a knife and axe, seemed to have fallen into a long examination, and kept staring at the chessboard without raising his head.

Soon, the game resumed, and the onlookers went from three to five.

"General!"

The old man with a warm smile fell again, completely checkmate the old-fashioned old man, his chess move can be completely irrelevant to his face, fierce and fierce, hiding needles in the cotton, pressing step by step, and making fatal moves.

Even the old-fashioned old man's chess strength can be called old and spicy, but under his set of killer moves of "flowers", he finally conceded defeat.

At the end of the game, the old man still smiled at his mother-in-law, and the old-fashioned old man stared at him for a while, then he patted his leg and said, "Okay, you won today." ”

The old man replied with a smile: "What do you mean that I win today, and when I don't win?"

"Hmph!" The old-fashioned old man finally couldn't help the bad mood of being killed and losing his armor, snorted coldly, turned his head and walked out.

The three men and women who were watching followed him out.

Before they turned to leave, they all bowed slightly to the warm old man to say goodbye, and nodded to Li Yu and Meng Xiaoxiao.

Looking at their departing figures, Li Yu's eyes also had some doubts.

"Xiao Yu, what's wrong?" the old man asked.

Li Yu came back to his senses, looked at the old man, and said, "It's nothing, Professor Gu, did you specially call me over today?"

She just felt that one of them had a good face, as if she had seen it somewhere, so she paid more attention to it.

Professor Gu is one of the oldest members of the Aoyi Pagoda in Zifeng Base City, although he has long since retired from the front line of research, whether it is mental strength or body, he is no longer allowed to continue his high intellectual activities, Li Yu still maintains respect for him, he has a summons, and she rushed here as soon as possible.

She has today's status, and she is inseparable from the hard work of the older generation.

Professor Gu looked at her with a kind face, as if he remembered the young girl who had listened carefully in class, and suddenly laughed.

"At that time, one of our favorite things to do in the dark was to speculate on the future of your students, you are also one of the seedlings we are optimistic about, but you are not the only one, there are a few other talents who do not belong to you at all, but unfortunately, after so many years, you are the only one who still maintains the purity of academic research.

Others, either engaged in administrative work in the university town, or simply jumped to other places, the Command Bureau, the Civil Affairs Bureau, the garrison, the dispensing institute...... or even some consortia, or simply be their own boss...... Of course, there is nothing to blame for this, the original intention of our Ahuita is to hatch, not to control, each of them has the freedom to choose, I just can't help but sigh, in the face of this kind of temptation, you can hold on, especially rare. ”

The more Li Yu listened, the more puzzled she became, she didn't know much about "Professor Gu", just because he was the one who taught him to solve his doubts, so he respected him, but she felt a little confused when he specially called herself to talk about these things.

Seeing her puzzled look, "Professor Gu" smiled even more happily.

"Well, it's really rare, should I praise you for your purity, or should I say you are confused, I think, even the members of the Ahuita, who are as completely ignorant as you, are afraid of not many. ”

"I don't know what?" Li Yu asked directly.

"Professor Gu" shook his head and smiled, sighed lightly, and said:

"Back then, those of us in the ivory tower who only knew how to deal with pen and paper all our lives were overwhelmed, and we had some naïve ideas and wanted to do some social experiments...... As a result, it made a mess and left a big mess......

We haven't deliberately mentioned these to you, anyway, as long as you want to inquire, it's not difficult to know the inside story, where did you ever think that there is really a little confusion like you, making the mistake of going dark under the light. ”

Speaking of which, he introduced the deep relationship between the Ayita and the Purple Maple Base City.

Li Yumeng and Xiaoxiao were stunned when they heard this, but they didn't expect Aoyita to be so highlight.

Li Yu reacted one step ahead and asked, "Professor Gu, why are you telling this now? Could it be that you still have any special thoughts at this moment of change?"

"Professor Gu" shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said: "We were high and low-eyed, leaving a mess, how dare we have any ideas, we only hope that the mess caused in our hands can be ended as soon as possible, and Zifeng Base City can pass this level smoothly...... As for our bottom line, which is that the university town will not be affected by this change, it is not difficult to accomplish this, because the attitude of all parties is similar to ours. As for calling you here to tell you this, the main thing is to remind you that if you really want to say it, you are our descendant, and if you let you fall into this whirlpool without knowing it, it will be a dereliction of duty. ”

Li Yu's eyes showed a thoughtful look.

"Are you worried that I'll be taken advantage of?"

Professor Gu said noncommittally: "I heard that you have recently gotten very close to a lieutenant general named Chen Yiqi in the garrison?"

Li Yu immediately brushed it off, as if something unclean had been forcibly smeared on his body.

"I didn't get very close, and besides, he took the initiative to come to me to talk about something, and I didn't get close to him. ”

Professor Gu nodded, still noncommittal, as if he was just calmly stating the facts.

"The garrison is a staunch reformist, and their internal concept is that even if there is a big war, they will put an end to the current state of ignorance, embarrassment and embarrassment in the base city, and this person is a supporter of this idea...... Of course, I can't irresponsibly say that he approached you with ulterior motives, but you need to hold this string in your heart. ”

Bidding farewell to "Professor Gu", on the way back, the teachers and students were silent all the way.

Back in the university town, Meng Xiaoxiao couldn't help but speak: "Teacher, I still think that General Chen is really sincere to you. ”

Li Yu did not regard this as a sensitive and taboo topic this time, and took the initiative to respond: "The key now is not whether he is sincere or false, but what other people think." ...... This turmoil is becoming more and more conspicuous, even if you stand on the sidelines, you can be affected, let alone so close?...... Hey, with the current situation in the base city, it is becoming more and more difficult to do academics with peace of mind. ”

Speaking of this, her heart suddenly moved, as if she had thought of something, and turned her head to look at Meng Xiaoxiao.

......

Chen Nan personally opened a piece of the curtain and let him see the true core of the base city.

Originally, he saw the flowers in the fog, and he was always a little vague and even guessed, but it was the first time that he could see the "whole picture" of Zifeng Base City so simply and intuitively.

Before they entered the Purple Maple Base City, the "initiators" promised them that you are all the masters of the Purple Maple Base City, and your efforts today will be rewarded a hundred times in the future, what you plant, what you will harvest in the future, we provide you with "land", except for paying a small amount of operating costs and some obligations that must be fulfilled, all the benefits will belong to you.

This is undoubtedly a very attractive plan for those forces that are not up or down, not too big or too small, and with the reputation of the "nerds" like Ohuita, there is no need to doubt their character in keeping their promises.

Therefore, they are all like building their own homes, bursting out with the greatest enthusiasm and squeezing out their greatest potential, which is also an important reason why Zifeng Base City has developed to such a scale in just fifty years, and each of them has devoted themselves wholeheartedly.

If this is the case, if all the students of the Upanisha are as innocent and pure as the original initiator, then there is nothing to say about the development of the matter now, it will be very simple, at most it will be just a joint forced palace, or even an overhead.

What's more, with the urine nature of the members of the Upanisha, you really put him in the air and took over the administrative work in an all-round way, and the other party may even send a pennant to express his gratitude, after all, this can be regarded as freeing up their energy and time.

Unfortunately, it's not that simple.

At the beginning, the Ayita showed its "banner", which not only attracted a large number of non-conglomerate family forces, but also attracted some more progressive organizations.

Among them, the biggest card is the "Governing Bureau".

The ideal of Upanisha is the spirit of scientific exploration in the previous era of scientific and technological civilization, and the re-study and understanding of the world.

The core concept of the Governing Bureau is to maintain the flame of human civilization and do its best!

After some in-depth talks, the people who "entered the game" on both sides of the Ayita and the Command Bureau reached a preliminary consensus.

On the basis of not violating the basic bottom line delineated by Ayita in the preparation for the construction of Zifeng Base City, the Command Bureau maintains the basic order of the base city.

Auta supported the Command Bureau to do its best to attract population, develop population, and expand the space and territory of the base city, which sounded beneficial and harmless to all of the Purple Maple Base City.

When the real "making up" of Zifeng Base City succeeded, the actual situation of Zifeng Base City was that after the Auteisha Pagoda, as the initiator, set aside the three-acre land of the university city, it became a "hands-off shopkeeper".

For Ahuitar, this was certainly not a failure, and it could even be said that their wish was fulfilled, because they finally achieved the academic freedom they had coveted, without anyone pointing fingers at them, without all kinds of covetous prying eyes, they could do their research according to their own hearts, and no one, especially a layman, could override them.

And for those large and small conglomerates who come to invest, they will not lose, and they have all achieved unprecedented rapid development.

For the Command Bureau, of course, it is not a loss, although it is only a "manager" in name, and Aoyita is the main master, but in fact, it is the director who oversees the overall situation of the base city.

Even if it was a little unjustified at first, with the passage of time, the concept was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and it naturally became justified.

Moreover, in terms of management and cultivation, the Command Bureau is really a good hand.

Together with the Ahuita, which already has the responsibility of "incubating", it has "broken up and merged" many institutions that seem to be equal to it by "breaking up and merging" other large and small organizations, or consortium forces that can be naturalized and absorbed.

Defend against wild monsters, guard various achievements, and maintain order in the base city, so there is a garrison.

In order to strengthen the management of the ordinary people at the bottom and who have not cultivated, and also to protect their basic interests from a higher level and protect the basic market of the base city, there was also the Civil Affairs Bureau.

In addition, there is a newly established preparation institute that is responsible for the production, management, and sale of various types of cultivation materials.

......

This has formed a sound and complete official system with the Unified Administration Bureau as the core and each specific functional department.

"Although the Command Bureau does not have an official name, it does have an official reality, and after 50 years of development and precipitation, this understanding has gradually taken root in the hearts of the people. In the end, Chennan said to the Force.

The Force sneered, "If you really have what you said, why bother to drag me into the water at this time, isn't this forcibly thinning the credit that should have belonged to you." ”

At this moment, he gradually lost his awe of President Chen, and he was not worried about what he was using to blackmail himself, and his speech was quite casual and presumptuous, not at all like the attitude of cultivating a weak person to a strong person - even now, under the "insight", he still can't see through his strength, but this in itself is already an extremely amazing information, according to the experience he has summed up during this time, even if his person is not a terrifying golden realm, it is also a silver peak realm, and it is impossible to be weak.

Treating the Force, Chen Nan's temper is also unexpectedly good, not a weak subordinate, but looking at him as an equal, at most it contains the feelings of some elders.

He shook his head and smiled: "There are many kinds of kicks in the door, and with a slight touch, the door will open automatically, or kick it up with a heavy kick, kicking the door in all directions and tearing it apart...... For the Command Bureau and the garrison, they certainly want to get a legitimate card, but for Zifeng Base City, they have a sense of responsibility that is better than ours, as long as there is a possibility of reducing damage and damage, they will do their best. This is more important than any merit or victory!"

Although the Force still maintains disdain and disbelief on the surface, the balance in his heart has quietly tilted.

After all, before this, although he didn't know the inside story, he grew up at the bottom and had a lot of real experience about it.

For example, the Civil Affairs Bureau collects information on every ordinary person in its jurisdiction as much as possible, formulates a perfect and accurate welfare distribution plan as much as possible, taps the potential of the people, and sets up a large number of reserve forces such as joint defense teams, which are far away from ordinary people, to provide them with opportunities and channels for training......

All of this shows that what President Tatsu said is true.