The New Year's Day of '74 passed silently. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThe Spring Festival is approaching, and my first batch of trainees has graduated. After sending them to the transport ship to Nebuchu, Huludao suddenly became empty.

Because of the special war tax and financial transfers from various countries, Basque Bing has gone to Chongming Island to prepare for the construction of a second interstellar infantry training base, and the second batch of cadets only came in March, and the hired instructors have also returned. I suddenly felt a little lonely and bored, and then I remembered Hongxiang, whom I hadn't seen since the day after returning to the main star. If he had him, I would have had some fun, and I wouldn't have been so desolate.

I don't think it's bitter when I'm busy and tired, because then I can think about a lot less. The two months of intrigue with Masanari Hojo were a period of happiness and fulfillment that I have rarely experienced in recent years. At this time, I was completely idle, and even a day seemed particularly difficult. I looked at my watch ten times in the morning, trying to remind myself that it was time for lunch, but time had not passed, and my stomach would not be hungry - my body was always much more honest than myself. It was easy to stay up until lunchtime, so I took the cook off after eating and took the initiative to cook and wash the dishes to pass the time. I began to feel that I had to find something to do and find a place to go, or I would have to become the first shogun to fall into madness due to boredom.

While washing dishes, I thought about where to go for the Spring Festival, and thought about Xichuan's hometown, Yangquan Zhao's family, the little prostitute family, the New Roman Tidus family, the southern capital Tan Kang and Dai Jiangnan's family, etc., but found that there was no place that could accommodate one's peace of mind. Before the Basque Ice Festival, he called me to ask for leave, claiming that he was going to Heguo to observe the local elections - that meant that he was going to Heguo to spend the New Year with Hanhan, and I must not try to recruit him back from there or kill him myself. Although my personality is particularly unconscious, since the fat man has specifically put it forward, coupled with my past relationship with Hanhan, it will be dead and ill-intentioned to destroy it, which is contrary to the "aesthetics of my kind" taught to me by Hongxiang.

Thinking about it, the world is so big, there is no place for me Uncle Huang? While he was worrying, the fax machine in the office let out a gorgeous scream and typed out a letter - it turned out to be from Hongxiang, who invited me to participate in the Xinjing local council election and cheered him on.

Although I wanted to dismantle him when I was in the detention center, and I was always angry when I thought about it recently, now I finally have a place to go. So I showed up at his campaign headquarters six hours later. When he saw that I was coming so quickly, he was a little caught off guard, and hurriedly explained to his men what he was doing, and then said to me, "Go outside." ”

We found a place to sit on the rooftop of the building, lit a cigarette each, and sat quietly for a while. I finally couldn't help but speak first, asking, "Where have you been running all this time?" ”

"I was caught by the old man and criticized for fighting." Hongxiang smiled bitterly and said, "Bring out that nasty guy to compare with me again!" At that time, I was so angry that I wanted to rush up and cut him. ”

"Oh, that sounds awesome, but do you have what it takes to kill your father?"

Hongxiang smiled and said, "It seems that he can't beat him." But it doesn't matter, I convince people with virtue - I scolded him with a smile on my face and in a kind language. He didn't understand it anyway, and the translator next to him didn't dare to translate it for him truthfully. ”

I couldn't help but exclaim, "You, what a god of decay! ”

"The same goes for you."

We both laughed, and then we didn't speak for a while. It wasn't until a cigarette was lit that I threw away the cigarette butt and said, "You know about the opening?" Seeing him nod, he asked, "If nothing else, fill out a voluntary form for me to join the shogunate like those people in Overmars!" The position of First Marshal of the Space Army is reserved for you. ”

Hongxiang didn't stop me: "You and Ovimas are not the two largest shogunates, and the highest position that can be appointed now is a general, right?" The level transfer is directly said, why bother to be sloppy with me. ”

"Gee, think about what you're doing so much. Naturally, the government will be expanded when the time comes. ”

"I didn't think about it that much, I just debunked it. You don't have to worry about it on my side, and I guarantee that all of the Cosmos' Lei Longdo family will join. After all, this is spelled out with strength, and the results have come out, and other things are just going through the process, which is also a good thing for us, and it has somewhat solved the problem that the goal of struggle after the GDI restructuring is somewhat unjustifiable. Hongxiang suddenly seemed to want to say something, but swallowed it back and only said, "Anyway, you don't have to worry about this." ”

"What else? What more do you want to say? ”

"Actually, I don't want to run for this council, it's not in my nature to be like a monkey. The old man thought it was good. Hongxiang said: "Actually, I have other ideas. Kim ran away from home and hasn't been seen for months. For this, she had a big fight with her brother-in-law, brother-in-law and more than a dozen of her mother's relatives. Hmph, they're no match for me. ”

"It's not something to be proud of."

"I'm quite surprised by Kim." Hongxiang shrugged and said, "I didn't expect her to do that." After a fight with her mother's relatives, I suddenly began to think about her. The more I think about it, the more strange it becomes: I have known her for more than ten years, been a nominal couple for more than ten years, but at this time I found that I didn't seem to know her at all. ”

I shrugged: "Normal, what do you know about her?" You're not paying attention to her at all. If you don't let it go at all, let the family find another good family as soon as possible - but what kind of virtue you are? The people of Leilongdo said it viciously, but they are not wrong at all, they occupy the pit and do not, and trample on the high-quality resources of the society! Now that I suddenly think, so what? What if you think about it? Do you want to get her back and continue to waste her youth? She's been dragging you to nearly thirty years old, and how terrible it is for a pretty woman like her! How long do you want to drag people on? ”

"Huang Er, close your beak!" Hongxiang said angrily: "Now it's okay for you to say anything, I shouldn't be able to hear it." I came to you for a lot of business. Xiao Jin was really unexpected, after my accident, she was not annoyed and angry, but said casually: 'Oh, something happened again, I don't know how the old man will punish him?' Behind the scenes, he quietly began to prepare. The maid security guards who accompanied her were deceived by her kindness for many years, and she disappeared for two days before she felt that something was wrong! A week before leaving, I withdrew my pocket money account, with more than 20,000 yuan in cash, and I didn't bring my credit card, so I didn't want people to find traces. ”

"Oh, that involves the illegal transfer of a huge amount of property, don't you call the police?"

"You bastard, shut up, shut up, and listen to me. How much do you have to spend a month? ”

This question put me to the test. I looked up to the sky and said with a bitter face: "Now I don't spend any money on food, clothing, transportation, and entertainment, and I don't know the price of goods -- the so-called memory of the passing days is only when I worked in Yangquan back then." Before the price of goods rose, the salary was about 1,000, and I had to manage food, clothing, housing and transportation, and basically spent it. Even if there are a few hundred dollars left, the little thief can help me spend them. You're calculating how long Jin Ling's living expenses can last, right? She is slender and doesn't eat much when she usually gathers, and it is estimated that the monthly food expenses will come down at best. ”

Hongxiang sneered three times and shouted, "Then you have made a mistake!" ”

Hearing this, my mind suddenly flashed the shadow of Jingwei circling among the major commercial buildings in Xinjiekou, Nandu, and muttered, "Is it ......?"

Hongxiang said: "That's right, she can't eat a few bites. The credit card amount is more than 18,000 yuan per month! ”

I sincerely admired: "It's an outrageous waste that you have squandered so much money and don't use it." ”

"She is really rich in her mother's family, and she has been used to it since she was a child, and she has no concept of saving at all! This kind of peerless beauty can only be raised by wealthy families! She only brought more than 20,000 yuan with her, and although she didn't leave the country, I was really worried about whether she still had food expenses. So, no more nonsense. This high-profile candidacy is to lure her out. Your mission is to find her for me. ”

"Just hire a detective, it won't cost you a few dollars from Young Master Hong. If you want a shogun to do such a trivial matter, you really love to trample on the high-quality resources of the society! It's a big historical joke to spread it, and it's damaging to my reputation......"

Hongxiang glared at me fiercely and shouted, "Less nonsense, it's at this time that my brother needs to take action." There are so many people in the election that you can't make a lot of noise, and you're the perfect person with the ability to do it—do you do it or not? ”

"I'll do it, I'll do it." I nodded hurriedly and asked, "What about after I found it?" Do you need 'me to do' anything? ”

Hongxiang ended the conversation with a middle finger held high at me.

While we were still fighting on the Nebuchu front, a plan for democratic reforms began to be quietly brewed on the main planet in the rear. Probably worried that the strength of the Space Fleet soldiers such as me and Overmars was too strong to control, under the pressure of the new school and unofficial powers, the old guard faction of the GDI, led by the old Adams Sr., finally agreed to this pilot plan for the reform of the GDI and the reform of political democracy, which is tantamount to self-harm.

The ancient sages taught us that no ruling class would willingly withdraw from the stage of history. The words of a saint are always wrong, and if they are wrong, it only proves that the person who said this is not a saint. The old GDI forces have given up the power that has surfaced, but they will never hand it over to the new people as they are. The new political system ultimately became a comprehensive decentralization program. From the top down, it is for decentralization. With the exception of military power, which is still in the hands of national parliaments and global parliaments, the most powerful administrative licensing powers have basically been divided and delegated to local governments. On the fiscal and financial side, the bad tradition of the GDI has been followed, and there is nothing to be done against the big capitalists -- but it still needs to make changes to show its determination to resolutely reform the system. Since you can't open the source, you can only use your brains on throttling or diversion. The original internal refund system of the unified tax system ended, and the tax system was divided into two parts: national tax and local tax. The total amount remains unchanged, while the national tax is only one-tenth of the local tax on average.

Therefore, the old school can be reluctant, but not reluctant, to transfer power to the new school represented by Han Han, Titus, and Tan Kang. Because when these powers are in their hands, only a small half is left. While they were elected as the head of state of the people, their power in their hands was reduced by more than half compared to when they took over the transitional government a year ago.

When these oily powers were devolved to the local level, regional elections were in full swing. Although for a poor rural area like my hometown, the North Sichuan Prefecture, this system is almost poor, but it is different for economically developed areas. According to Hongxiang, as long as he succeeds in running for Shinjuku City Council, he will have the right to enjoy the support of Shinkyo's local finances, and he can always propose some spending plans that can be easily approved. Those who have a good heart have already calculated that there is no problem at all for each Xinjing councillor to receive more than 5 million sunshine income every year, and that they can also achieve considerable returns in terms of supporting the cause of social organizations -- no one dares to calculate how bold the person is.

I'm not very interested in politics, even though I'm a crappy politician myself. After listening to Hongxiang's military advisor explain to me all night, I only felt dizzy and dizzy, and I was embarrassed to fall asleep on the spot, and I was very hard to support. Anyway, I probably heard the meaning: after this political reform, because the distribution method has changed from relatively equal to geographical, this plan to rob the poor and help the rich makes the elections in rich and prosperous areas more attractive than the central elections. Because after all, there are only a few people who have the will, ability, and courage to dominate the world, so let them toss in the central election -- the rich regions have obtained too much oil and water, and as long as they can earn a piece of the parliamentarian status, they will get more benefits than being the head of state.

I finally couldn't help but ask, "Is it that exaggerated?" ”

"Huang Er, your brain is already an antique!" As a professional soldier, Hongxiang actually washed the ears of me, an old politician: "You are stupid, people are not as stupid as you!" Naoki Nao's house even has a chef jumping out to run for election, and I'm afraid it's going to be a whole house of parliamentarians. The Naito family already has her as the head of state, but there are still three people in the national parliament, and those who are close to it don't know how much. In the elections of Xinjing and various local councils, they are also interfering everywhere. One of their family's distant relatives named Yasuo Naito, whose household registration is in Shinjuku, also came to join in the excitement and grab a place in Shinjuku. Do you have nothing to do when they're full all day? ”

Hongxiang's military advisor nodded again and again and said, "That's right. At the same time, big families such as Yanagihara and Nakai have strong intervention. There are very few qualified candidates for the central election, and Her Excellency Hanko Naito, as the representative of the new faction, has no competitors worth mentioning, and we ordinary people have never counted on them. The election in this area is the focus of attention! ”

I shook my head and said, "I still think it's incredible." ”

Originally, I was going to ask for the identity of the election supervisor through the cold connection, so that I could take the bus and eat public meals in this local election. But as soon as Han Han heard that I was going to intervene, his tone immediately showed great displeasure. I had to give up the idea of taking advantage of the opportunity to be corrupt, shrink my head and low-key rubbing food, clothing, housing and transportation in Hongxiang's campaign headquarters, and occasionally help build a ladder and put up a slogan in return. Occasionally, when I think about it, I feel as if Hongxiang is the shogun, and I am not only not a marshal or a general, but not even a ashigaru, at most a cook and gardener.

The enthusiasm in the planning phase of the election was something I never expected. Since mid-January, the entire campaign headquarters has been busy meeting with celebrities and powerful people, that is, canvassing for votes. Hongxiang even tried his best to blow the sky at countless mass gatherings. Vulgar scenes such as taking photos with disabled children and hugging terminally ill patients are constantly staged. I was beside him with my eyes half-closed, and I could hear a burst of disgust just by listening, and it took great perseverance to save his face. At this time, I think of Wang Xueping, who appeared in front of the GDI branch building in Nandu, and began to understand that it is not only not easy to play this role, but also difficult to be his audience, and only when they use their deeds as appetizers can they be a little happy. Wang Xueping gave me a lot of happiness, but Hongxiang only gave me disaster. I started filming him with a video camera, and I was going to make a highlight show to make fun of him in the future. But after two days, I couldn't stand it anymore, so I drove to the beach and threw the belt far away into Xinjing Bay.

The results of the polls were also released after the visit was basically over. Although Hongxiang is famous for the prostitution incident and is loved by many people, and said that he wants to elect this person as a member of parliament, but when it comes, they have changed again. Whenever Hongxiang is mentioned in the interview notes of reporters in the newspaper, most of them are "This person is very interesting, but if you are in politics, you are a little rash, right?" People who are used to being soldiers generally do things without any seriousness. Everyone has to be careful! "Such.

The regional elections began on the Monday of the first week of February '74. Until this time, the situation has been relatively unfavorable for Hongxiang. Hongxiang is just playing with the campaign. But he didn't like his rivals very much, calling them "hypocritical, pus-bad bastards" and was absolutely unwilling to lose to them. In the face of the unfavorable situation, on the first night of the election campaign, we all went out and hung the streets of Shinjuku with Hongxiang's campaign slogans.

After this work was done, the sky was already numb, and everyone immediately changed their clothes, put on specially designed ancient Hanfu and stood on various traffic arteries, some beating gongs and drums, and some blocking the road to send information. I finally laid out the pedigree of the shogun to avoid this catastrophe -- according to the words of the Hongxiang military advisor: The people of Heguo admire the Chinese culture in their bones, especially the culture of the Three Kingdoms. Combined with Hongxiang's Chinese background, the effect of these hundreds of propagandists wearing the costumes of the military generals and civil officials of the Three Kingdoms on the streets must be very good, and they can achieve the effect of increasing by at least five percentage points. Although from the perspective of me, a native Chinese, this shameful play is too disgusting, but this scene is not for me anyway, and it is enough to see it with the Chinese people.

I huddled in the corner and waited for a long time, and the number of people on the road gradually increased. The middle-aged and elderly people were particularly interested in their performances, and most of them stopped to ask about the situation, and some of them seemed to have nothing to do. The propaganda officer next to him took the opportunity to agitate like a spring, advocating the various benefits of Hongxiang, and gave them commemorative albums and other collectible souvenirs. Although more than half of the souvenirs seem to be gone, there are also a few people who have clearly changed their attitudes as a result, and even changed their itinerary to the nearby polling station - seeing that Hongxiang's men there can't stop making "OK" movements with their thumbs and forefingers, which shows that the ballot situation is optimistic.

The sun slowly climbed to the zenith and approached noon. The number of middle-aged and elderly people is gradually decreasing on the streets, replaced by young men and girls dressed in colorful clothes. I was holding my binoculars and searching everywhere for the figure of the cute young tooth, when I suddenly saw a group of little girls in the narrow field of vision, who seemed to be frightened by something, but more like they were attracted by something, let out a piercing scream, and ran wildly to something.

The telescope in my hand was a prime bargain, and when I moved quickly, the image shook and I wanted to vomit - it took a lot of effort to catch up with them. I saw that they caught a few propagandists of the Hongxiang campaign headquarters on the street, stared at them with fanatical eyes, and chirped endlessly. After the propagandists explained a few words to them, they immediately screamed in unison.

I was puzzled by the change and couldn't understand what they were calling. I thought it might be that the group of little girls had a very small group of people in the crowd of people who had a collective fever, but after they called for a while, they were on the road, in the subway entrance, and at the exit of the building...... In many unexpected places, a steady stream of young men and women came out, and they were very organized to divide up and surround the nearest Hongxiang campaign propagandists, and the few in front of me were not spared.

Although there are indeed a lot of cute sisters among the young men and women who come around, they are too fierce and make me a little unsettled. It was easy to catch a free propagandist who knew Chinese and asked, "What are they shouting about?" ”

The propagandist smirked and said, "Our plan worked!" The person in charge of designing these costumes and styling is Hidekawa Kojima, a famous character that we poached from the largest animation company in Wakuni! ”

It's a pity that I was born in a poor country when I was a teenager, and I have no idea about these things from well-off people. Although his eyebrows are fluttering, to me it is equivalent to playing the piano to a cow. But I was too embarrassed to discourage people's enthusiasm, so I had to vaguely ask, "Oh, does it matter?" ”

"You don't know the island? It's a little strange at your age. He has been popular for fifteen years, and has always been known for his gorgeous style. Not only are young men and women crazy in love, but even middle-aged and elderly people who love Chinese culture also like this look, you can see it. ”

"Oh, I just asked a behind-the-scenes idol master in the animation industry to help, and I didn't come to canvass votes on the spot, what else is there to make a fuss about?"

Anyone who supports His Excellency Kintaro will receive a signature cultural shirt signed by Mr. Kojima on the spot, and will also be lucky draw to win a limited edition figure model and a ticket to the premiere of the latest theatrical masterpiece. Exciting, right? ”

I asked rhetorically, "That sounds good, but how many of these pimples do you think are adults with the right to vote?" ”

As soon as I asked this, there was another boiling in the crowd. Quite a few men and women, who looked older, perhaps just entering adulthood, ran to the polling stations cheering. Some people who walked in front had already got signed cultural shirts, and some even cried with joy on the spot; And most of the teenagers and men who didn't seem to be of legal age ran to the side and turned on their mobile phones, and their expressions and language were extremely hard. The propagandist who explained the situation to me smiled and said, "See? They are reaching out to their elders and relatives to get prizes, and each of them can get four or five votes! ”

I stammered: "This ......"

At this time, the streets resounded with the cheers of countless island worshippers, very regular. I turned my eyes to the propagandist, who shrugged his shoulders and said, "They're shouting slogans to vent: 'Mr. Hidekawa, I'm coming!'" ’”

I sat down in the sunless corner with a dead face and muttered, "My mom, is this okay?" ”

Our side took the lead, and the ballot boxes in the polling stations immediately and continuously fell into a crisis of rapid expansion to the point of almost explosion. At one of the most popular polling stations, ballot boxes were changed five times in half an hour. In contrast, the rest of the competitors' horns whining and shouting about the Rainbow Sho prostitute scandal in the corner were so low that they had little effect. Naturally, they are not willing to sit idly by, and they have made all kinds of tricks to canvass for votes. But after the onslaught of Hongxiang's sharp propaganda tactics, five opponents withdrew from the race at the end of the first day - just by looking at the ballot box, the result was absolutely impossible for them to win.

Shinjuku is a large district with a large population and an extremely developed economy, so it has five seats in the Shinkyo Diet and one seat as the chief councilor. After the first day of voting, Hongxiang's subordinates who were squatting outside the polling station to count the boxes were all smiling - the surprise of the first day was very effective, and now it seems that there is no problem in running for the legislature, just to see if they can get the most votes and get the honor of the chief councilor. So everyone celebrated with a crown and opened champagne to congratulate. Hongxiang and I were the only ones present who didn't really worry about this matter, and after a few drinks, he quietly walked up to me and asked, "How is it?" ”

"There was no movement, so I guess I didn't come." I said with a bitter face, "But I still suggest you hire a few detectives." Even if I had the power to reach the heavens, it would be too difficult for me to find someone among the hundreds of thousands of people on the streets of Shinjuku. Now it's pure luck. ”

Hongxiang sighed: "Others are not suitable, you continue to work hard." (To be continued.) )