However, Ji Mountain, Bai Zhongchu revisited his hometown, but he could no longer see any of the pictures he had experienced before. Not only has the shape of the city changed, but even the topography has changed. More than 4,000 years ago, the Iridium people used human means to flatten all the mountains north of Wankou Pass to Ranji Mountain, creating a plain directly connected to Ranji Mountain and other areas.

This is no longer the core city of the empire, and the capital of the empire has long since moved from Ranji Mountain to Jijing City in the southeast of the mainland. Because of its mild and cool climate, Ranji Mountain has become a tourist resort city on Iridium, and many tourists from other administrative stars even come to Ranji Mountain every year to see the mountains and rivers here. And the prime minister sometimes comes to Qiming Villa in Ranji Mountain for vacation.

Bai Zhongchu has already received the Iridium, and the elder mother ship that took off from the Iridium is now considered to have returned to its hometown. After some renovation by him, the Iridium has actually become like a palace complex floating in the sky. Anyway, the two mother ships in his hands are not so sci-fi no matter how you look at them.

When he came to Qiming Villa, he was stopped by the guard in charge of Qiming Villa.

"This gentleman, you have violated Article 713, Paragraph 15 of the "Public Security Administration Regulations" and illegally entered the forbidden area of the imperial legal system, now please cooperate with our work, we will arrest you in accordance with the law and transfer you to the public security department for handling."

Bai Zhongchu was not surprised, and shook his head with a smile. Zero and his daughter Bai Siying, who was standing behind, watched him snicker.

Bai Zhongchu stretched out his hand, pointed to the access control device of Qiming Villa, and said, "You can listen to what the auxiliary system here says before making a decision." ”

Not to mention a large official building like Qiming Villa, even if it is an ordinary Iridium person's home, there is a house assistant AI, and it is difficult for Bai Zhongchu to explain his identity to ordinary people, but the AI does not need him to explain.

A little surprised, but the chief of the guard, who was very determined to arrest Bai Zhongchu, just wanted to move, and the communication device on his body rang.

"Captain Wo, please salute immediately, it is the head of the Iridium United Empire who has come to Qiming Villa."

Although the official side has gotten the news, but the chief of the guard from a small resort city naturally does not know that the Führer has returned to Iridium, he does know that the huge floating palace that appeared in the sky, but normal Iridium people will think that it is something made by some scientist, and the civilization in the galaxy that can make trouble with Iridium does not exist now.

The chief of the guard surnamed Wo had a ghostly expression on his face, patted his communicator, and shouted, "Arlene, Arlene, are you out of program today?" How can you even say such a thing? ”

He looked at Bai Zhongchu very unfriendly, put one hand on the standard police gun on his waist, and said, "Did you use hackers to hack our AI?" ”

Bai Zhongchu smiled and asked, "Do you think this is possible?" ”

For so many years, I really haven't heard of any hacking into the AI created by the Empire. All Iridium AI have a very special logical identity encapsulation, which is not only quantum encryption, but also has a qualitative identification, even if you master the most powerful hacking technology, it is difficult to penetrate the AI.

Just as Guard Chief Wo was about to arrest Bai Zhongchu's group of people first, his communicator rang again, and inside was the voice of his superior, who was also the chief of the regional police department.

"Wo Zhan, listen well, the cabinet has sent a direct message to us, saying that the head of Iridium has quietly returned, and will go to Qiming Villa to live temporarily, the provincial police department has been immediately mobilized, and a large number of security personnel will be stationed in Ran Ji later, you kid will be a little brighter, if the head of state arrives, it will be a good reception. I don't need to explain to you why it's important......"

At this time, Wo Zhan was completely dumbfounded, he looked at Bai Zhongchu blankly, his mouth trembling and speechless.

Bai Zhongchu smiled helplessly, stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, and said, "You are also doing your job, it doesn't matter, no one will hold you responsible." Well, I'm also a little hungry, so I'll help inform the chef in the villa to start making something to eat, I'm going to soak in the hot springs here when I'm full, and I heard that the hot springs in Qiming Villa are particularly good. It's a pity that when I was here 5,000 years ago, I didn't know that there were hot springs here, but it's a pity. ”

Only then did Wo Zhan react, and then his face had become fanatical and excited, and he immediately performed an iridium chest salute and said loudly: "Meet Your Majesty, it is a great honor to be able to receive Your Majesty, and the staff of the villa!" The lowly duty will definitely convey your account. ”

Bai Zhongchu smiled, and then walked into the villa with Miss Zero and his daughter. All the guards and service personnel of the mountain villa who saw the situation on the side also immediately saluted.

Bai Siying was still very unfamiliar with everything about Iridium, and she asked Bai Zhongchu with great interest: "It's really interesting, the service industry on the other side of the earth has basically been monopolized by androids, and Iridium seems to be from security guards to cleaning, and the service personnel are all humans." ”

Zero had also been an android, and she explained with a smile: "The system of Iridium and Starlink is still very different, Iridium has a "Citizen Labor Law", and all Iridium citizens must fulfill their labor obligations unless they have personal difficulties. In general, 7 of the 10 years must be spent in full-time employment or the equivalent of full-time employment. Unlike Iridium, most of the benefits are unconditional, while Iridium is conditional, and it will receive various subsidies only if it meets the labor requirements. Therefore, many Iridium people call this kind of labor obligation 'forced labor'. ”

Bai Zhongchu is also aware of the various situations of Iridium, and he had many references when he established the Star Alliance. He smiled: "In fact, there are still many ways to avoid Iridium forced labor, such as childbearing, because childbearing is encouraged, so basically the labor obligation of the couple who give birth is equivalent to being lifted." There are also many people who use the form of self-employment, such as distributing products by themselves, such as engaging in artistic creation by themselves, which is actually equivalent to not generating any economic value, but after all, they will also receive very generous subsidies for labor. ”

Bai Siying smiled: "Wouldn't this be a good way to bypass the requirements of labor obligations?" ”

"Most of the Iridium people want to be face-saving, labor is the value of human beings, and it is also the belief of the general public. Moreover, the standard of Iridium's full-time labor is actually not high, working 46 weeks a year, and working an average of 20 hours per week. ”

Bai Siying was surprised, "It's really a high-level civilization, think about those ordinary middle and low-level civilizations, even if they are rich in materials, there may be poor." Dad, you have created two civilizations, one is completely free to provide food, drink, shelter and transportation, and raise a bunch of white-eyed wolves; On the other side, it's a little more reasonable, but it's not very high-intensity. ”18110