After visiting the buildings on the ground, Huo Jinyuan did not take the guests underground, but took them to visit the agricultural and pastoral areas. The wings flew out of the main fort through the south-facing passageway.

Luo Youcheng finally asked the question that he had been holding back for a long time, why are there so few young people in the settlement?

"You're going to see them soon." Huo Jinyuan replied, "Young people need work, they need training, and they have very little spare time. ”

Luo Youcheng asked: "You young people here are under a lot of pressure?" ”

Huo Jinyuan sighed: "Very big." This is also the biggest problem we are facing, Huishan has entered an aging society. ”

Luo Youcheng asked: "What is the proportion of the elderly?" ”

Huo Jinyuan replied: "45%, and most of them have lost their ability to work. ”

Luo Youcheng was surprised. Over the past few hundred years, with the continuous improvement of social productivity, the average life expectancy of human beings has increased, and the definition of an aging society has also been constantly adjusted. The proportion of the elderly population has increased from 14% in the 21st century to 25% before the catastrophe, and it is considered to have entered an aging society. But the proportion of elderly people in Huishan is really too high, accounting for almost half of the total population. Too much stress among young people is sure to breed serious social problems.

Sure enough, Huo Jinyuan mentioned that the year before last, some activists organized a strike to demand the eviction of the old people in the settlement. Their reasoning also sounds a little reasonable, they provide for the old people they don't know in the settlement, but they have no descendants, and when they are old, they have nothing to support. There is only giving, and there is no return, which is indeed unfair.

Naturally, the Huishan Council would not accept their coercion and expelled a few who took the lead in making trouble.

In the last days, expulsion from settlements is a very severe punishment, which means that these people will return to a life of wandering and displacement and may die at any time. The workers also woke up and recognized the era and their role. This is not a time of peace, they are sheltered by the settlement, not the owner of the settlement.

Hui Shan then did a lot of work to reassure people. For example, improve the treatment of workers and improve their spending power; increase and improve entertainment venues, so that workers have a place to relax and vent after work; We promise to find and collect more smart cores for manufacturing smart housekeeping and solve the worries of workers when they are old.

Luo Youcheng doesn't think that the council will keep the old man entirely because of public intentions. The top management of Huishan is not young, and the chairman is over seventy. Everyone grows old one day, and they don't want to be given up on the day they are forced to relinquish their authority, right? However, this is also beyond reproach. In all fairness, Huishan handled this matter very kindly and properly.

Luo Youcheng believes that the invitation to Huishan may be related to the aging society.

The wings come to a stop in front of the accordion-style building. This kind of three-dimensional ranch is similar to the academy, and Luo Youcheng is not interested in visiting. So Huo Jinyuan took them to the long strip of buildings stacked by triangles. As Luo Youcheng expected, this is indeed a center for crop cultivation.

Each triangle is a production workshop. The design of the workshop is extremely exquisite, there are no auxiliary light sources, but the lighting in the workshop is exactly the same as the outside. The cultivation rack is also cleverly set up, making full use of every inch of space and light.

There are three workers in each workshop. In other words, this indoor farm alone has created 1,200 jobs.

After leaving the farm, Luo Youcheng asked Huo Jinyuan, why not use artificial intelligence a lot? That can greatly reduce the labor intensity of workers and reduce their dissatisfaction. Huo Jinyuan said two reasons:

First, the inventory of smart cores is limited, and the council must ensure that when the workers are old, there are smart housekeeping available.

Second, once people are idle, they like to think about things, but they will cause trouble. The Gallic state of the Old Era is a typical example of the opposite, their people with high wages and benefits, enjoying the longest vacation, but they are the most strike-loving group in the world.

The first reason shows that the Huishan Council is very honest. The second reason is also irrefutable, idle hands will be idle, and leisure will be hard work. Luo Youcheng's favorability towards Huishan increased by another point, and he was willing to help them, he asked:

"How big is the gap in your intellectual core?"

"There are less than 1,000 smart cores for smart housekeeping, and there is a gap of more than 5,000 pieces."

"You are also an old power, why do you only hoard so many chips?"

"If you compare the world to the African savannah, we're bigger herbivores, and we're at the bottom of the food chain."

Luo Youcheng glanced at Shangguan Xu, and immediately turned to Huo Jinyuan: "I heard that your military strength is very strong. ”

Huo Jinyuan pointed to the main fort and smiled helplessly: "Our strength is limited to this fortress. Once we leave this protective shell, what do we do against jackals, tigers and leopards? Grabbing resources, fighting hard, we really can't do it. ”

Luo Youcheng was sure that the other party was not lying, nodded and stopped talking.

Subsequently, they visited the factory and the reservoir area. It was found that the degree of mechanization of the equipment was very high, but the intelligent control was inferior. Obviously, each equipment has an intelligent control system, but most of the processes on the assembly line require manual intervention. Luo Youcheng suspected that Huishan did it on purpose.

……

In the evening, Hu Qiyan and Ren Wentao held a banquet in the hotel to entertain Luo Youcheng and his party, and the group of people who picked up the airport in the morning followed them.

The kitchen skills of this hotel are very deep. In terms of taste, it may not be as good as Liu Xun, but compared to carving and plating, it is a street to throw off Chef Liu. Every dish is a beautiful work of art.

Luo Youcheng praised the chef's craftsmanship in his mouth, but he was scolding in his heart.

Let's eat when we eat, and we have to put out a picture of the Qingming River on the dining table. Here there are small bridges and flowing water, and there are pavilions and pavilions. Where do the chopsticks go? Am I here for dinner, or am I here for demolition? How can you eat a good fish steak if you have to look like a fisherman? Cannibalism?

Luo Youcheng does not reject delicate food, but you have to have a degree. If it is excessive, it will not increase the appetite, but make the customer's appetite decline sharply.

Of course, Luo Youcheng didn't have much opportunity to move chopsticks at the dinner table, he was busy pushing cups and changing lamps with the high-level leaders in Huishan. The wine table culture of China has been accumulated for thousands of years, and the rotten problem of persuading wine and toasting has not changed even in the last days.

Luo Youcheng is out socializing, and he will not be as sincere as drinking with his family. A wave of his mind ran down his esophagus into his stomach, making it into a sac. All the wine that was drunk went into the Mind Power Wine Bag, and when I went to the bathroom, the Mind Power gave it all out.

Dao Xing and Shangguan Xu can drink, and they take care of themselves. Liu Ying and Jiang Xiaoyu's alcohol consumption is not large, and when they came to toast, Luo Youcheng helped stop it. Later, it evolved into Luo Youcheng's wine table battle heroes. His face was not red and his heart was not beating, but all the high-level leaders of Huishan were carried out by their respective assistants.

After the troublesome drinking game, Luo Youcheng felt empty in his stomach, and everyone said that he didn't eat well.

The fifteenth floor is the food street, Shangguan Xu suggested going to supper together, and he would be the east to taste the special food of Huishan. Several people changed into casual clothes, led by Shangguan Xu, and came to a restaurant. They were quiet, so they found a seat in the corner.

Shangguan Xu said that there are actually very few local dishes in Huishan on the food street, and this one is more authentic. He ordered a few side dishes: fried river mussels with grass head, large pork ribs with sauce, fried screws, oil gluten, fried shredded tofu, plus two baskets of xiaolong soup dumplings, and a small bowl of fish skin wontons per person. I asked for another jar of rice wine brewed by the boss.

Luo Youcheng likes this tone, the dishes are not exquisite, but the local flavor is pure. The family is together, talking and laughing, and there is no intention of socializing. Two words, at ease!

At the end of the supper, another group of customers came in the restaurant. Ten people, about 30 years old, are all over 1.9 meters tall, and they are sturdy. These people are very loud, and as soon as they come in, they ask the boss to order warm wine. The comfortable atmosphere was immediately broken, and Luo Youcheng frowned. In the afterglow, he saw a young man turn and run away from the floor-to-ceiling window.

Shangguan Xu said: "It seems to be a worker who has just gotten off middle school." ”

Luo Youcheng thought about it, and did see these people in the warehouse area, so he didn't pay attention to them anymore. People who work hard are very loud, and they can't force others to whisper like white-collar workers just because they like to be quiet. They're going to run out anyway.

The seats chosen by the ten people were separated from Luo Youcheng's five by a table. Strangely, as soon as these people sat down in their seats, they became quiet, and they gathered around the table, whispering about something.

If you are abnormal, there will be a demon. Among the five people, Dao Xing and Jiang Xiaoyu have good ear power. Listening to this, both of them frowned. Luo Youcheng asked with his eyes. The knife did not answer, and took out the monocle and put it on. Seeing this, the rest of the people also put on monocles and started a text information meeting.

Knife Dealer: These people are here to trouble us.

Jiang Xiaoyu: Someone instructed it, but they didn't say who it was.

Luo Youcheng: Do you think they will be superpowers?

Jiang Xiaoyu: No.

Knife line: Ordinary people with big heads.

Luo Youcheng: Shangguan, if we beat them, what do you think will be the attitude of the council?

Shangguan Xu: These people are probably going to be locked up in a dark room.

Luo Youcheng: So sure that the council will face us?

Shangguan Xu: The council should ask for something from us and not offend us. And Chairman Hu is very reasonable.

Liu Ying: What should I do if there is a fight?

Luo Youcheng: Sister Liu, you are responsible for watching the excitement. Brother Dao, if they provoke trouble, I'll leave it to you, I'm too lazy to do it.

Knife Walk: Okay.

A silent meeting ended, and the five of them continued to eat and drink.

When the boss was serving the dishes on the table, the ten workers also ended the small meeting, caught the right two by two, guessed and drank. Ten loud voices were about to explode the canteen in an instant. The boss came to stop him and was pushed away by a strong man. The other two tables in the store hurriedly checked out and left.

The knife shop sent another message: they want to provoke us in this way.

Luo Youcheng sneered and replied: Ignore them for now, I want to see what tricks they want to play.