On December 15th, Jicheng under the heavy snow woke up very early, the bell of the fifth watch had just struck, and the lights of each county in the Jicheng Hall were lit up almost at the same time, and the quiet hall was lively in an instant, and the councilors who went to bed early yesterday would dress up one by one and come to the hall on the first floor in good spirits, where a rich breakfast had been prepared for them, and after eating this meal, they would set off for the Great House.

The annual Great Council is the moment when various places confront each other, especially those economically underdeveloped, more remote states and counties, and they are full of combat effectiveness. Even a county with a rich and powerful man like Jishi County is thinking about getting an extra piece of the pie, and no one is afraid of having a lot of money, right? With more money, they can naturally do more for the local people, so that the people will be more grateful for the hard work of their parliamentarians. The people of Jishi County have long solved the problem of food and clothing, and now the whole county is making great strides to go straight to the well-off, the county magistrates, and the councilors are bent on seeking more benefits for the people, such as Fang Shu taking the lead in Yingshui to issue allowances for the elderly over sixty years old, so that Jishi County regrets not falling, such a big reputation, why didn't he think of it? Even if you keep up now, that's second!

The first place has a prize, and the second place can only drink soup.

According to the agenda of previous years, the first day was the annual work report of the government for the deliberation of the councillors, and then the top officials of the ministries summed up the achievements and mistakes of the year, and from the second day, they began to deliberate on the budgets submitted by various localities. But this year, there is an agenda that will be voted by all the members of the parliament to elect the next first assistant, which is the first time in the world, for these members. With one vote in their hands, it is possible to decide who the next legislator is, so why not make them excited?

When the day was light, the people were well fed and drunk, and the carriage outside the door was ready, and they went out one by one, boarded the carriage, and went straight to the place where the Great Council was.

The new parliament building was completed just this year, and compared with the previous Grand Council Hall, it is completely independent from the former government office yamen. It is far away from the royal palace, but compared to the tall royal palace, this parliament building is much taller.

The new parliament building using the latest reinforced concrete structure is as high as five floors, the building of nearly 20 meters high is like standing out from the crowd, standing on the top of the building, you can completely overlook the whole Jicheng pantheon, when it was originally built, the old Shangshu Xun Xiu of the Ministry of Rites is also strongly opposed, Xun Laoshangshu thinks that in Jicheng. There can't be any building higher than the main hall of the Han Palace, but this proposal was rejected by Gao Yuan without giving face, and Xun Laoshang was so angry that he fell ill. Even let the queen visit in person, but this building is still growing taller and taller day by day, and finally it is proudly presented in front of the eyes of the entire Jicheng people.

On the roof of the building, the four one-meter-sized words "Parliament Building" are extremely conspicuous. In the distance, you can see this building and the big characters on it at a glance, which has become a landmark building in Jicheng. before the building. It was a huge square, and at this time there were quite a few carriages parked, and the soldiers of the Young Guards were directing the coachmen to stop these carriages one by one to the designated place.

In winter, when the day is late in the morning, the sky is still very dark, but in front of the parliament building, there are two beams of light from the ground, illuminating the four words of the parliament building, this peculiar sight immediately attracted all the members who came to the meeting, and they flocked to the light source of the two beams, which were two boxes installed in the flower bed, the flower bed was erected in front of the railing, and there were guards on both sides, but they could only be viewed from a distance and could not be played with.

The railing, which was crowded with curious councillors, came up to them, and they could see more clearly that the box was lit with a candle as thick as a child's arm, but how could this supposed faint light come out of the box so brightly?

"What kind of invention is this?" One of the councillors asked aloud.

In the Han Dynasty, there are strange inventions in the world every day, and every day someone will become rich because of their own inventions, and now seeing this strange scene, the Han people will not think that this is another manifestation of heaven, what demons and monsters, and will naturally think that this is another strange invention.

This is true of ordinary Han people, let alone these well-informed councilors.

"This is just developed by Mingbo." Chen Fang whispered to a councilor beside him that as people from Jishi City, they have a natural sensitivity to new technologies, and they have long inquired clearly. "You all know the glass they make, right?"

"Of course I know, I just installed it at home, not to mention, this winter really has the same benefit, you can enjoy the snow scene while sitting in the house, and you don't shrink back from the cold like before. But it's really expensive. A person next to him said, shaking his head again and again.

"Whatever good things just come out, they are naturally expensive." Chen Fang smiled: "Like Procter & Gamble, three years ago, what was the price of a piece of soap?" But now, with more people doing it, his price has naturally come down, and I've heard that this thing is made of this glass, which can amplify the faint light. ”

"This thing is transparent, how can you still make such a trick?"

Chen Fang laughed, "If everyone knows, then how can others get rich?" Of course, there is a special technology here, but we don't know it. ”

"Councilor Chen, since you know so much, you must be thinking about whether you want to join him or simply buy him, right? If there is such a good thing, don't forget to give your brother a hand. A person squeezed over behind him, and Chen Fang turned his head to see that it was a councilor from Tianhe County, this old man, like himself, was also a workshop owner on the rich side.

"Of course I inquired, but I advise you, brother, not to bother with this idea, right?" Chen Fang smiled, "The boss of Mingbo Company is called Wang Kang. ”

"Wang Kang, I haven't heard of it!" The merchant shook his head.

Chen Fang laughed again: "Brother, then go and inquire first, who this Wang Kang is, and then think about it, okay?" Dropping these words, he put his hands behind his back and staggered away.

"Speaker, who is this Wang Kang?" Behind him, a councillor from Jishi County asked in a low voice.

"This Wang Kang used to be a personal soldier by the king's side." Chen Fang lowered his voice and said, "So if you think about it carefully, what is the origin behind this Ming Bo company, isn't it self-evident, at first I also thought about buying this Ming Bo, but as soon as I inquired about the origin of this Wang Kang, I immediately stopped fighting." ”

"It turned out to be Dawang's company." The parliamentarian stuck out his tongue, "It seems that our king was really forced by Minister Wang, and he actually let his soldiers come out to do business and dare not hang it in his name." ”

Chen Fang laughed, the king because of the salary of the king failed to chase Wang Wuyan, because of the Han Weekly and spread all over the world, after everyone read it, after laughing wildly, I had to sigh, a holy monarch like the king is really a rare encounter in a thousand years, throughout the history books, when can we see that the lord of a dignified country actually asks for a salary from his subordinates, this king is not a false name, but the founder of the strongest kingdom in the world!

The bell struck, and the door to the parliament building slowly opened in the midst of the bell, and hundreds of councillors climbed the stairs into the parliament building, and as the door creaked shut, the inside and outside were cut off, and a group of heavily armed Young Guards soldiers stood solemnly in front of the gate.

The hall on the first floor is extremely high, look up, only afraid of more than five meters, the layout of the hall is also very distinctive, high all around, low in the middle, rows of desks and chairs are neatly arranged, each area is marked with a place, each chair is pasted with a name, obviously done enough, everyone sees the inside, just glance at it and they all know it, everyone looks for their own area, hit their chair and sit down.

In the middle of the lower section, there is only a table, but there are no chairs, which are reserved for those who make government reports or propose bills, and all the parliamentarians can look down on the speaker in the middle. This arrangement has inexplicably given these parliamentarians more self-confidence.

Pick thorns, point out the mistakes of the government's work, in recent years they have already developed a habit, some people have even done their homework a long time ago, ready to speak in various departments and then questioned on the spot, last year, several departments of officials were asked sweaty, and even caused a major earthquake in the Ministry of Industry, a waiter lost his head, another waiter was also implicated, and worked hard until this year to resume his original post, he should have taken over the post of secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and now it is still held by Wu Kai, who is a politician.

On one side of the building, a passage connected a row of small rooms, inside Chiang Ka-kuen, dressed in a new official uniform, sat precariously as he summed up the gains and losses of a year's government work in front of hundreds of legislators. After making this government work report, he will step down as the first assistant and return to the general public from a position below one person and above 10,000 people. In front of him, Gao Yuan's face was also solemn.

The door was gently pushed open, and Kou Shuguang walked in, "Your Majesty, Shoufu, the outside is already in place." ”

Gao Yuan stood up, walked to Jiang Jiaquan's side, and gently helped Jiang Jiaquan up, "Sir, let's go!" (To be continued......)