Chapter 55: Satisfaction and Frustration (Part II)

At the same time, the Senate of Lingao Travelers is stationed, Bairen City

Poof--hand, index finger and thumb, grasp the tail of a match, let the red phosphorus coating rub against the matte surface, the high temperature brought by the redox reaction of the ignition medium ignites the combustion medium, and a cluster of bright yellow faint firelight illuminates the black background in a short time like a stream of fireflies.

Even such a momentary light was obscured by a hand, leaving only the light that penetrated through the gap; The flickering light of the fire showed that it was not a very spacious room, and for some reason all the curtains were pulled down, making the room so dark that it was almost impossible to reach out...... But we can't get any more out of that.

Soon, the match was extinguished, replaced by a dark red light source that emitted energy with a faint heat radiation against a pitch black background......

“…… Chairman Wen, you really can't smoke anymore, the air in this room is already so bad that you can smoke bacon."

A slender hand snatched away the cigarette that had just been lit, snuffed it out in the ashtray, and then "brushed" the curtains, pushed open the window, and let the sunlight and fresh air pour in together, and also illuminated the face of a decadent and depressed middle-aged man.

At this moment, the middle-aged man's hair was unkempt like a bird's nest, his chin was already full of messy stubble, his clothes were crumpled and disheveled, his body was filled with the smell of smoke and alcohol, and the ground at his feet was full of littered cigarette butts and empty wine bottles.

In just a few short days, the gray hair on his sideburns has increased a lot, and in addition, very obvious dark circles have appeared.

In general, this thing is completely like a lost soul and a defeated dog, as if it has lost the meaning of survival.

Obviously, the decadent appearance of the middle-aged man made a certain energetic lady who broke into the house very unaccustomed to it:

“…… Chairman Wen, you can't go on like this, you look half-dead, are you worthy of so many people who trust you? ”

Her voice was not particularly loud, but it was full of the vitality and neutrality peculiar to young people, as vigorous as the sun at seven or eight o'clock in the morning, but unfortunately it still could not impress a frustrated leader whose heart was as bleak as a tree.

“…… Chairman? Alas, what kind of chairman is a guy like me? You still call me boss, Xiao Du, now we have a real former president in this small place, two former premiers of the State Council, seven or eight former vice premiers, and what are the former chairmen of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the former chairman of the National People's Congress, the former director of the National Security Bureau, the former Minister of National Defense, and the former Minister of Public Security...... As for the academicians of science, there are also retired and active generals, and they are even more in a pile. ”

Wen Desi, chairman of the Executive Committee of the Senate of the Lingao Traveler, smiled wryly and waved his hand, and said to Du Wen self-deprecatingly, "...... In this remote temple of Lingao, there are so many golden bodhisattvas at once, where can I, the self-appointed chairman of the executive committee, be embarrassed to speak? ”

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-- For most of the members of the Lingao Senate Crossing Group, the emergence of the government power of the old time and space is not necessarily a bad thing. For example, those "little travelers" who were brought over by their parents in a daze were happy to taste all kinds of modern carbonated drinks that had not been seen for a long time again, and for two days they drank Sprite and Fanta as water, and ate potato chips, snow cakes, Wangzi steamed buns and chocolate cakes as meals.

Those low-level traversers were not affected badly, basically they should have done something or continued to do something, and even got a lot of benefits. Among them are not only consumer goods that cannot be produced in this era, but also various kinds of equipment that facilitate their own work.

For example, the education department has been provided with a lot of teaching aids, books, and practical instruments, and even magical props such as the [Dream Learning Device] and the [One-Day Quick Standard Chinese] in Doraemon World...... After hundreds of freshmen mastered Mandarin literacy skills in just one day, some teachers felt that they might not need to take the compulsory course of Chinese in the future, and that they could just get an after-school literature appreciation book.

The power sector has acquired a lot of substation equipment and generator sets, and new hydropower, thermal and solar power stations are under intense construction, and all of them use the 22nd century black technology of Doraemon World, and it is expected that the electrification of Dongmen City and Bopu Port will be realized soon.

In addition, the water supply system of Lingao is also under construction, although limited to the cost and the ability of citizens to pay, it is not possible to have a faucet in every household, but there is a public water faucet at the bottom of each building, which is still not a big problem.

The agricultural department has obtained a large number of high-yielding hybrid seeds, fertilizers and pesticides, including even exotic varieties of the interstellar era (also from Doraemon World), as well as an agricultural expert group from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, who are here to treat diseases and recuperate, and personally guide the agricultural development of Lingao County by the way - and also to see what strange things can be made by various seeds and plant transformation liquids in Doraemon World......

For the nearly 100,000 "naturalized people" living in Lingao County, the arrival of these "heavenly people" is actually a good thing: in order to appease the people and avoid social chaos, the first thing the government did after taking over Lingao was to distribute meeting gifts on a large scale -- all regular employees of the "state-owned units" of Lingao crossers were each given an enamel teacup and a white rabbit toffee; The students of each of the "public schools" in Lingao also received a set of stationery, and the girls were given an animal puppet, and the boys were given a folding umbrella; In the army under the Senate of Lingao Traversal, each soldier issued two pairs of gel shoes and a set of stainless steel cutlery; Officers can also get a mechanical watch and a thermos cup; Officers of the rank of captain and above were also given an additional ornate decorative saber and a bottle of famous wine from later generations...... In short, it is to make sure that everyone has a prize as much as possible.

Of course, in order to treat everyone equally, the members of the Huamei Group and the East Coast Group Expeditionary Fleet, who are currently staying in Lingao, also enjoy the same standard of treatment.

After such an unprecedented generous national reward, the men, women and children in the entire Lingao County were almost all happy, and everyone was elated, and the initial fear of the arrival of the "heavenly man" disappeared without a trace, but many of them worshiped the airship by burning incense to express their gratitude. When the residents of other towns on Hainan Island learned of this, they were so envious that they bit their fingers and drooled, hoping that those "heavenly people" who had made a lot of money would fly to their hometown as soon as possible and distribute such an unprecedented luxury super gift package to themselves.

After getting so many benefits, whether it was the grassroots traversers or the natives of the Ming Dynasty, they had no hostility to the new powerful forces.

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Therefore, in the entire Lingao County today, the people who really feel more frustrated are actually the former senior leaders of the Senate, mainly a few bigwigs of the "executive committee" -- although the "relevant departments" did not investigate them for the crime of engaging in financial fraud in the modern world and not paying back the money they owed, but the state took all those debt holes, and did not simply and rudely order them to suspend business for rectification, but asked them to stay in their original posts as before, let alone send someone to take their place. Take over their power...... But Wen Deji and the others still felt very lost.

You must know that crossing this kind of thing can bring a natural position to the traveler, that is, to get rid of the original boring, lack of stimulation, and unable to break free from the real social environment (to put it bluntly, the ruling system of the party and the state), from now on the sky is high and the birds can fly, the sea is wide and the fish swim (of course, it is more likely to die on the side of the road and no one is buried). Unless they regret that they messed too badly, the time-traveler will love the feeling of freedom.

However, today's reality that "even if you rush to another world in one breath, you can't escape the government's five finger mountains" is equivalent to dragging people out of their dreams and slapping them in the face, trampling on their dreams of crossing with the malice of reality...... Although Wen Deji is not a narrow-minded Long Aotian, he will not push himself and others to death for the sake of a "thought understanding". But seeing that he, who was originally the number one leader who was in the limelight and was not a king, suddenly became a part-time worker for others, he really didn't have a good impression of the party and government that suddenly appeared.

In addition to Wen Desi, most of the members of the Lingao Executive Committee also had a similar sense of loss, as if they had been slowly pulled down a dead gray curtain in front of them, and the fruits of their hard work in the past had lost most of their meaning.

-- If it weren't for Wang Qiu's clear statement from the beginning that the government power could not stay in this time and space forever, and that they would still be allowed to make their own decisions after a period of time, the mentality of Wen Deji and the other "members of the Senate Executive Committee" would probably be even more unbalanced than it is now.

Of course, in addition to several bigwigs of the Executive Committee, there are also more unlucky guys, that is, the two who followed Guo Yi to investigate the transnational arms smuggling case of the Lingao Group, but unfortunately traveled to the 17th century as agents of the United States Administration of Tobacco, Alcohol and Firearms - in the era when the Senate ruled Lingao, Xue Ziliang and his partner Sarina could still get positions and appointments, but after the People's Liberation Army took control of Lingao County, the relevant departments politely invited them to go to Qincheng Prison in Beijing to stay "temporarily" to eat in prison. As for when it will be released, well, it seems that only God knows......

Hey, I hope their final fate is not to sit through the prison in Qin City, or Yu Crisp will be secretly disposed of, God willing

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Thinking that he is more than inferior to the top now, Wen Desi finally reluctantly cheered up, first picked up the enamel cup and drank a sip of cold strong tea, cleared his throat, and then asked Du Wen, the woman who was glaring at him, "...... Xiao Du, are you here for something? ”

"......" Du Wen took a deep breath, calmed down, and began to get down to business, "...... The railway from Sanya to Lingao has just been completed, and an opening ceremony will be held this afternoon to cut the ribbon on this longest railway in time and space, so please go to the ......ceremony too, boss."

“…… Finished so quickly? Oh my God, it doesn't seem like it's been a week since the start of this railway."

Wen Deji was stunned when he heard this, and he was shocked from the bottom of his heart, "...... The legendary 'Chinese speed' doesn't seem to be so exaggerated.

“…… They didn't just rely on the engineering skills of our world, but used the magical props of the blue fat man of the machine qì cat."

Du Wen rolled her eyes and replied, "...... In the comics, it only takes a few weeks for people to transform a planet."

“…… That's ...... too," Bundeji nodded sullenly, "...... However, in the sanatorium in Lingaojiao, there are so many genuine old leaders, who are often on the news, what do you want me to do in the past? ”

“…… Because these former national leaders all expressed little interest in this, and only Premier Wen was willing to participate in the ribbon cutting, so in order to make the scene more lively, the PLA engineering unit sent invitations to us, the locals. Du Wen sighed and replied.

“…… So, so we're all just adding heads? That's a ...... Alas, let's go and take a look, don't sweep the face of the PLA. ”

Wen Deji shrugged his shoulders first, and said without necessity, "...... By the way, is the order in the market still stable? In terms of internal and external propaganda, can the set of statements we urgently make up be fooled? Didn't make any troublesome jokes and mess, right? ”

“…… The situation is okay, except for the first day, the market has been stable. Whether it is the aborigines of the Ming Dynasty, Western merchants or Southeast Asian natives, they all calmly accepted the statement that 'the Emperor of the Song Dynasty and the princes and prime ministers of Australia and the Song Dynasty led troops to inspect the frontier, pacify the border people, and reward the feudal officials...... Although there are a lot of rumors about gods and monsters among the people, there is no sign of chaos for the time being. ”

Du Wen replied, "...... However, two days ago, a few scholars who looked like official fans actually went to the 'Ao Song Taishang Emperor's Palace' in the Lingaojiao Sanatorium to submit a book, wanting to get an audience and offer some strategies to recover Shenzhou and stabilize the country, so as to seek an identity for themselves. In addition, two Jesuit missionaries also went there to spread the doctrine and to tell the chiefs about their "Almighty Lord,......"

“…… Hehehe, that's a ...... It's so funny hahaha, I can't hold it anymore, how can there be such a thing......"

Wen Desi couldn't help but laugh when he heard it, and immediately hugged his stomach and laughed, while Ms. Du Wen's work report continued:

“…… Then, it seems that because the old chiefs were bored, they really opened the door yesterday and let people in, and met a few guys...... What exactly they said there, we don't know yet. Do you want to find a way to inquire? ”

After hearing this, Wen Desi's mind could not help but conjure up such a strange scene -- in the sun umbrella café on the sunny beach, several scholars and Confucian scholars of the 17th century, like monkey plays, wore long robes and tied their hair in buns, stood in front of the president of the state in the 21 st century, the premier of the State Council, the chairman of the National People's Congress, and ministers and academicians...... Or the bearded preacher in a black robe, sweaty, chattering with a Bible in his hand to sell Jehovah God to party members and atheists......

Oh, such a gorgeous scene that is so inherently godlike is so beautiful that it makes people feel unbearable, as if they are going to have stomach cramps

It took a lot of effort for Wen Deji to barely hold back the smile that was on the verge of exploding in his stomach, and he didn't laugh out loud again, but the expression on the corner of his mouth couldn't help but be a little distorted, "...... Ahem, Xiao Du, this kind of inconsequential matter, let the people from the central government worry about it, we don't need to get involved," he said pretending to be serious, "...... I think that all the old chiefs are also measured people, and the most that is to meet them is to have fun, and they will not casually reward a bunch of county orders, county officials or other official hats to block us...... Anything else? ”

“…… Next, there is another thing that is closely related to us, Boss Wen"

In stark contrast to the frivolous expression on Wen Desi's face, Du Wen's face became heavier, and her tone became more stern, "...... The list of veterans who have decided to quit our common cause and return to the modern plane has now been counted, so please take a look."

After that, she took out a piece of paper from her arms, and the front and back were filled with dense names and positions, roughly counting, there were dozens of people.

Looking at the familiar names on the paper, Wen Desi suddenly seemed to have been punched hard, his whole body was drained of all his strength, and his eyes lost their brilliance dimly...... After a long time, Wen Deji sighed infinitely melancholy and nodded helplessly.

“…… Alas, so many people want to disperse, it seems that people who have the perseverance to transform a world have to be made of special materials, there is no banquet in the world, and the twisted melon is not sweet, since they are determined to leave, then let them go Anyway, we can't stop it, and we have been together for so many years, and it is good for everyone to be able to get together and disperse...... By the way, Xiao Du, by the way, help me ask the opinions of other executive committee members, do you need to hold a farewell banquet for these people? ……”