Chapter 39: Friends of the City-State
The warm water flowed through Ke Junxia's young and energetic body, taking away the fatigue of his days.
Looking at the clear water, Ke Junxia remembered the statement about the end of the metropolis's water source, the temporary comfort made him not believe that this kind of thing would really happen, if it did, where should he go?
Ke Junxia slapped a handful of water on his face again, and he thought: What is Irina doing now? Could it be that you are also taking a bath?
Thinking of this, Ke Junxia laughed evilly, and then shook his head again, driving those brain supplements out of his brain.
Since he was a child, Ke Junxia has always been particularly attached to his mother, as he grew older, Ke Junxia began to have a special preference for "big sister", which also confirmed the theory of Freud, a philosopher in the classical earth era in the region, but Ke Junxia wanted to reduce his mother's burden through his own efforts, so he never had enough time to start with the senior sister or young teaching assistant in the university, but it does not prove that he did not think about it.
Wrapped in a bath towel, when he walked to the door of the bathroom, Ke Junxia suddenly felt a shaking of the floor, and he held on to the door frame.
After a few seconds, the shaking stopped, and the sounds of panicked people could be heard in the alley outside the window.
"There was an earthquake." Someone shouted.
Ke Junxia knew that this kind of chaos would not last long, and this kind of small earthquake had happened very frequently recently, but it was only slightly more serious today. People in Downtown spend most of their time struggling to make ends meet and don't have much time to worry about the future.
However, today's small earthquake has made Ke Junxia really worried, maybe it's time to think about the future.
However, Ke Junxia is also a big-hearted person, since the probability of the end coming tomorrow is very small, so let's sleep well today.
Ke Junxia was woken up by the knock on the door downstairs, he originally planned to pretend that he was not at home and just mixed up, but the person knocking on the door downstairs was too persistent, and he was going to knock on the door and knock on the ground.
Ke Junxia couldn't survive him, so he had to come down and open the door in the end.
Outside the door stood three men, dressed in robes and hoods, with embroidery of a blue planet on their chests.
"I'm tired, it's taken so long to open the door." The first person raised his head and let Ke Junxia see his face clearly, it was Gaia.
The reputation of the Earth Sect is not very good in the metropolis, and Ke Junxia didn't want too many neighbors to see the Earth Sect people visiting, so he simply let them into the house. Then he said to Gaia: "Even if so many people come, they are still dressed like this, and those who don't know still think that I am colluding with a cult." ”
Gaia was not angry, as a key member of the Earth Cult, he had long been accustomed to this. But he still half-jokingly said: "It doesn't matter, anyway, it won't be long before this kind of robe is hard to find." ”
Ke Junxia didn't believe his words, anyway, he would definitely not wear this kind of robe.
After inviting Gaia and the others to sit down, Ke Junxia went back to the bedroom to change into loose home clothes, and when he came out of the bathroom, he went straight to bed, with only a bath towel on his body. In any case, it's always rude to be wrapped in a bath towel, even though this group of guests is a bit unwelcoming.
Even so, Ke Junxia still boiled a pot of boiling water, intending to make a cup of tea for the guests, but at the stall where he was boiling water, Gaia and others had already spread out a lot of documents on his coffee table, which made Ke Junxia suddenly have a headache.
"What's the situation, do you have to sign such a lot of documents every time you come into contact with your master?" Ke Junxia's stomach was full of complaints.
Gaia smiled: "Don't bother, I don't want to run this trip yet, you just thought we were too many people, Adu, you show him." ”
One of the cultists on Gaia's left removed his hood, and he had a large green bag on his forehead.
"What's going on?" Ke Junxia asked.
"What else could it be?" Gaia said, "There are bears and children throwing stones at us on the road. But that's going to end soon, so let's take a look at the documents first. ”
Ke Junxia thought it was another big number of non-disclosure agreements, but the first one was a "friend certificate." ”
"This ......" Ke Junxia was a little confused.
Gaia explained: "Recommended by His Excellency Du Ziteng, reviewed by the Naga Council of Elders, and approved by the Queen, you only need to sign to become a 'friend' of the citizens of the Blackwater City-State. ”
"Naga wants to build a country?" Ke Junxia asked.
Gaia said: "Yes, a nation without a country of its own, its fate must be tragic. After hundreds of years of hard work, the Naga race has not been able to accept any country and region as a national, and now that the metropolis is facing the end of the world, the Naga have no choice but to establish their own city-state. ”
Ke Junxia said: "Then what kind of stalk is this friend? ”
Gaia explained: "It means that the city-state is a friend of the citizen, but it is really just a title, and the key is the incidental rights. The Naga Patriarch has drawn up a charter, and the Blackwater Friends are also part of the city-state class. ”
Ke Junxia said: "I would like to hear about it." ”
Gaia said, "That's a long story, so I'll just give you a brief explanation." The Naga patriarch believed that without a sense of responsibility and honor, a city-state could not develop smoothly. So after the city-state was established, the Naga would divide the inhabitants into several classes. The first estate is the citizen, the second is the free inhabitant, and the third is the slave ......"
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Ke Junxia: "Wait, wait, you still have slaves there?" ”
Gaia said: "Don't get excited, I said, each class is just a title, corresponding to the difference in rights and obligations, and the Blackwater Charter gives all permanent residents equal channels of ascension, and slaves will not be slaves forever." ”
Ke Junxia said: "Think about it, even now, isn't Naga also raising slaves? It seems that my favorability for the future Blackwater city-state is going to be lower. ”
"You'll increase these opinion points soon." Gaia Xian was confident, and continued: "In addition to these three ranks, there is also a special class, which is the friend class, and the friend class is the people who have helped the Naga people, or the city-state of Blackwater. However, depending on the size of the contribution. There are also several levels of friends. The first class is the VIP, and the main right of the VIP is to have one week of residency in the city-state of Blackwater each year, and they can stay in the best hotels, and the provision and accommodation are borne by the city-state; The second category is honorary citizens, who can stay in the city-state of Blackwater for one week a month at their own expense; The third category is the servicemen, who can live on the periphery of the city-state for a long time, the city-states serving in the military provide housing, and those who serve in the military are issued a pass, which can pass through the core area of the city-state; The fourth category is sojourners, who can live and work in the city-state for a long time. ”
After introducing these, Gaia's little eyes gave off a sly light, and she asked Ke Junxia: "Let's just make a joke, Mr. Ke, what level do you think you will be in?" ”
Ke Junxia thought for a while and said: "I don't have any other skills, I have a relationship with the Naga clan, I just had a meal together, and the establishment of a city-state definitely requires a large number of workers and soldiers, if it is recruited by friends, the people of the Naga clan can free up their hands to do civic affairs." So, I might as a soldier. ”
"Your analysis makes a lot of sense." Gaia smiled and said, "Then let's see how the service is treated." Gaia said, and Adu, who had a green bag on his head, spread out an imaginary picture on the coffee table, which was a triple courtyard.
Ke Junxia saw that the yard was about 300 square meters, the main house was a two-and-a-half-story building, the area was 5X10, and the top half floor had an inclined roof, and there were solar panels on it. The outer walls of the half floor are thick and have battlements. There is also a cistern. The upstairs can be designed as two rooms or as a large bedroom with a study. Downstairs is the living room and dining room.
The wings of the courtyard have only one floor, the area is 4X10, smaller than the main house, but the roof is designed as a roof garden, very beautiful, the left and right wings can be designed as a garage, warehouse or guest room depending on the use habits.
The yard or walkway is only 2x8.
Typical pragmatist style. If this kind of house is a row of houses, it will form a city wall, and the inhabitants of the courtyard will become the soldiers of the first city, and I have to say that the Naga clan have a good brain.
Gaia saw that Ke Junxia saw it, so he added with a smile: "This kind of house can make a combat detachment of 9 people or a family live comfortably." It's a pity......"
Ke Junxia was stunned for a moment and asked, "What is a pity?" ”
Gaia said, "It's a pity that this house is good, but you can't live in it." ”
Ke Junxia's heart sank, and he really overestimated himself.
But then Gaia said, "You have a better place than this." ”
Ke Junxia instinctively said, "Don't tease me." But I was inexplicably excited.
Gaia made a gesture, Adu put on another picture, and Gaia said: "I don't know how you did it, you obtained the standard citizen house of the Blackwater City-State, covering an area of one acre, with the front streets and back alleys in front of you. Boy, you've made a fortune. ”
Ke Junxia looked at the drawings, as Gaia said, the house faces the street, it is a two-story building, divided into two parts, the front part is a hollow-shaped structure, there is a patio, the back is a factory structure, and the remaining part is a small garden. It's really a good place, Ke Junxia didn't believe that he would have such good luck, but he accompanied Yasuo Yiyuan and others to the abyss, and there would be such a big reward.
Gaia was fascinated by Ke Junxia's view, and took advantage of the situation and said, "As long as you sign a statement that you agree with the retention of slavery in the Blackwater City-State, this house is yours." ”
Sure enough, there will be no pie in the sky!
But Ke Junxia didn't answer immediately, he liked this house too much, so he always hoped for a compromise, preferably the best of both worlds.
But Gaia placed the autograph book proclaiming his approval of slavery in front of him and handed over the pen.
Ke Junxia took the pen, but he just couldn't fall down, Gaia encouraged: "Sign it, you see that so many people in front of you have signed, and many of them are high-level leaders of the Metropolis, and before the collapse of the Metropolis, this list will not be announced." ”
Ke Junxia still can't sign it, in favor of slavery? This is not the education he received from childhood, the invisible class division of the metropolis is already bad, slavery? Isn't that what Qianfu is referring to?
Gaia spoke again, and his voice was full of temptation at this time: "This is not just a house, the highest level of friends, almost the same rights as citizens, and even be awarded some honorary positions, you think about it, the metropolis is going to be finished, but you can rise from a relatively high starting point, a high starting point means a first opportunity." Don't miss the opportunity and come again. ”
As he spoke, he put his hand on the back of Ke Junxia's hand holding the pen, as if to give him another boost.
Ke Junxia was almost succumbed for a moment, and he often sighed and said, "What a good house, with fresh air and all the other good things......"
As he spoke, his hand let go, and the pen fell onto the coffee table, and he grabbed Gaia by the collar and pulled him all the way to the door, then opened the door and kicked him out.