Xiao Ming's chest was hot, tears were rolling in his eyes, and he stared at the person in front of him and shouted: "Brother Ding! ”

This person is Ding Jianpeng!

Ding Jianpeng's face was very haggard, and his eyes were dull, he sat there sighing all the time, Xiao Ming didn't know what happened to him, didn't Ding Jianpeng go back to the modern era through the time vortex? Why is it here again? Xiao Ming didn't dare to ask in front of Gu Shouzhen, and only he and Ding Jianpeng could talk about this matter.

Gu Shouzhen asked Xiao Ming to persuade Master Ding, he said that Master Ding appeared suddenly, he had been demented, and he didn't know what was going on, Ding Jianpeng had always given people the feeling that he was very mysterious, and there was little communication with everyone, and Xiao Ming was the only one who could talk to him, so Gu Shouzhen asked Xiao Ming to persuade him.

Xiao Ming knew that Ding Jianpeng must have been stimulated by something, and it was in another time and space, and he had no audience to talk to, it seemed that only he could persuade him, sat down with Xiao Ming, and silently accompanied Ding Jianpeng, in order to make a good pot of tea and fill it with hot water, Gu Shouzhen was very moved to see it, so he quietly withdrew.

From morning to afternoon, Xiao Ming didn't ask Ding Jianpeng any questions, but just accompanied him patiently, until Ding Jianpeng seemed to understand something, he looked up at Xiao Ming and said, "It seems that you are right!" ”

What happened to Ding Jianpeng? Xiao Ming also passed several days and slowly talked with Ding Jianpeng, it turned out that Ding Jianpeng really returned to another time and space through that time vortex, although there was still a bit of an error, according to Ding Jianpeng, he returned to the modern era and took you to the modern era that is not his own life!

What kind of era is that? According to Ding Jianpeng, that society was very developed but it was an extremely chaotic era, and he came out of the sewer! According to Ding Jianpeng, the time is about ten years before and after his departure, but the current situation of scientific and technological development is changing with each passing day.

Ding Jianpeng only told Xiao Ming about some of what he saw and heard in that era, but he always seemed unwilling to talk about deeper things, and Xiao Ming couldn't help but be a little anxious! He grabbed Ding Jianpeng's wrist and said, "Brother Ding! You can't be like this, when you insisted on going back, I didn't stop you, because I felt like you always seemed to have something unfinished, but you can't let yourself be depressed like this just because you saw something you can't let go, right? ”

Ding Jianpeng covered his face with his hands and said, "Everything has changed!" What a world that is! It's so disappointing and she'...... She's changed too! After speaking, he seemed to be very sad and lowered his head, his shoulders trembled slightly, he was crying.

Xiao Ming seems to understand a little, what can make Ding Jianpeng always feel at ease is the feelings, he seems to have a very unforgettable relationship, so that he has been in this world for nearly ten years, and he is trying to go back, but after finally going back, he is even more disappointed!

The thing is that Ding Jianpeng shook his head when he mentioned the era when he went back, and Xiao Ming said: "It's best to be the Celestial Empire, right?" ”

"What a Celestial Empire! I thought that the world would be the same, but how do I know that the more the society develops, the more corrupt the officials will be, and the more difficult the people will be! Ding Jianpeng gave Xiao Ming a piece of data, focusing on a few very important points: 1. In 2015, the Celestial Empire Corruption Perception Index ranked 79th in the world. 2. Health care equity is the fourth lowest in the world. 3. University tuition fees are among the highest in the world. 4. The income gap between urban and rural areas is the largest in the world. 5. The tax burden is the second in the world. 6. Mine accidents account for 80% of the world's deaths. 7. Countries with the highest administrative costs. 8. There are 140,000 kilometers of toll roads in the world, 100,000 in the Celestial Empire, accounting for 70%. 9. There are 800 million people who are exempt from social security.

Xiao Ming said: "Is there really a problem in our country's development model? ”

"Is it possible to get everything if you have money and power? We have been developing for so many years just to create a few more corrupt officials? ”

Xiao Ming said: "But throughout the ages, there are no corrupt officials there?" People can't always satisfy their own inflated **! Just like me, I have a great thirst for gold! ”

Ding Jianpeng said: "It's different, you like gold because you want to master wealth and do things, rather than simply possessing wealth, the best way to distribute wealth itself should be like this, wealth needs to continue to create wealth is the right reason, rather than being occupied in the hands of some people slowly become interest!" Accumulating wealth, not doing things, not creating is more terrible than destroying wealth! ”

Xiao Ming said: "That's right, as a small people in the Celestial Empire, we always long for fairness, and always hate corruption, but this world itself is not too fair ......!" ”

Ding Jianpeng gradually recovered through the conversation with Xiao Ming, and slowly recovered his wise figure in his eyes, he paced back and forth, and concluded: "We hate corrupt officials, and we are trying our best to apply for the civil service examination; We scolded the monopoly, and cut our heads to drill into high-paying units; We ridicule unhealthy tendencies, but we are busy looking for relationships when we do things ourselves. In short, we are angry, not because we want to eliminate this injustice, but because we want to put ourselves in a good position in the midst of injustice. ”

He sighed and said, "Is it because of the wrong values of our people, or do we not know what values are at all?" ”

Xiao Ming said: "The lack of faith is not just a matter of one generation, but we still believe in ghosts and gods!" ”

"It's not a religious issue, in fact the Chinese don't believe in anything, they don't believe in ghosts and gods; not believing in God; I don't believe in the gods and Buddhas of the heavens; They only believe in rights, because rights can do many things that immortals, Buddhas and ghosts can't do! Power ** is the most fundamental inferior root in the bones of the Chinese! ”

Xiao Ming thought of those martial arts masters in Hezhong Mansion, and thought of Xue Bingchang's surprised expression when he learned that he had become a pedestrian envoy, and couldn't help but nod and said, "You're right, but how can we change?" ”

Ding Jianpeng shook his head and said, "Can we change?" We can't change it! Then he sighed.

Xiao Ming was suddenly a little excited, he stood up and pushed open the window, pointed outside and said to Ding Jianpeng, "Can't you change it?" We can, Brother Ding, you see, history can be changed, we can even change history, can't we even change people's thoughts? Here is now like a white cloth, let you splash ink, let you build the ideal in your heart, we will work hard now, so look at it in a few hundred years, is it still that disappointing you? ”

Ding Jianpeng raised his head, something flashed in his eyes, he seemed to understand, and suddenly smiled! "It seems that I fell into it myself, what you said makes sense, it is very easy for us to get promoted and make a fortune with the things we master, but we must do something to be worthy of our ideals!"

Xiao Ming grabbed Ding Jianpeng's hand and said, "You understand?" That's great! Let's write the history of the future! The world is not what it should be now, and we will make it better! ”

Ding Jianpeng laughed and said, "Okay! Just listen to you, we stay in this place, let's come together! ”

Xiao Ming said: "But then again, can you really wear that place back?" ”

Ding Jianpeng: "......! ”

Ding Jianpeng told him that even if he wanted to go back now, he couldn't go back, because he found that the time tunnel was actually interfered with by audio, and the explosion produced not only sound and vibration, but also a special audio, through which the time tunnel could be opened, but the time point on the other side of the opening had been destroyed!

Ding Jianpeng returned to around 2020, when the Celestial Empire was bullying other countries everywhere, corrupt officials at all levels in the country were rampant, the army intervened in public security, and civilians lived under high pressure every day! Ding Jianpeng was hunted down as a fugitive and experienced the coldness and helplessness of this world, and finally he resolutely exiled himself again and destroyed the audio generator, causing the space to collapse, and the passage between modern space and ancient space disappeared!

Xiao Ming was gloomy, but he was relieved in an instant, he also thought about going back, because he couldn't let go of his parents, he always felt that he was not a filial son, but after staying in this world for a long time, he felt that there were more people who couldn't give up now, which was a responsibility! A heavy responsibility on your shoulders!

Ding Jianpeng's return gave Xiao Ming greater motivation, and the entire Richanglong also had more room for development in technology because of Ding Jianpeng's return, Xiao Ming now just wants to seize all the time and counterattack Liaodong as soon as possible, because he knows that the time for the second attack on the Great Song Dynasty is running out!

Richanglong is currently developing steadily, due to the capital into the field of shipbuilding, yes, the shipping has been greatly strengthened, Xiao Ming is the southeast five road system, the authority is naturally also strongly supported, this business is said to be for the country to increase overseas trade taxes, but at the same time it is also their own, Richanglong is only the leader, driven by a large area of maritime trade business.

In just a few years, the foreign trade throughput of Hangzhou Port has been a comprehensive of more than 100 years of supervision in the Song Dynasty, and a large number of commodities have entered the country, and Siamese rice is even cheaper than what is sold in China! Spices of Tianzhu. The sugar production of Zhenla, the jewelry and lacquerware of the South Seas, and various agricultural and sideline products greatly enriched the market of the Great Song Dynasty.

These things also let the people of the Great Song Dynasty see the fruits of overseas trade, and also aroused the interest of some officials, although most of this interest is related to money, although the port tax of Hangzhou Port is very low, but it can not stand the huge amount, and the tariff revenue every year has reached 100,000 yuan! is equivalent to millions of taels of silver, which naturally makes many people blush!

But Xiao Ming is the main person in charge of all this, and he is in a high position, so naturally many people dare not think about it! Financial taxation is the symbol of the southeast and other places, and the responsibility of Zhang Shuye is the transfer envoy of the South Road, Xiao Ming naturally will not make it difficult for him, so that in the three months that Xiao Ming returned to Hangzhou, Zhang Shuye's money and grain transported from the southeast caught up with the amount of the previous year, and Song Qinzong was also very satisfied with this!

Ai Qili has already begun to be busy with the issuance of railway bonds, and Richanglong's presiding work also has Su Cai'er and Shen Bei'er to help, but Xiao Ming also pays attention to the selection and promotion of talents, and the second shopkeeper who is currently engaged in the work of Richanglong is called Jiang Yijing, which is a talent selected from the sub-division below.

But considering that things are still relatively complicated, Xiao Ming has no one on hand, so he decided to let Xiao Gan come to Hangzhou to help, and now the traffic between Weihai and Xuzhou is a hot air balloon in addition to sea ships, and after Ding Jianpeng comes back, the airship mixed with hydrogen and hot gas is being developed, of course, Wu Song, as a skilled pilot, was also asked to leave by Ding Jianpeng!

Everything seems to be on track, Xiao Ming in addition to asking the arsenal that has solved the seamless steel pipe process to increase the progress of the production of rifles, but also requires to increase the research and development of weapons and ammunition, some mature product models are finalized as soon as possible, whether it is the production of finished products or requires a certain supply of accessories, this part of the cost is basically not profitable, that is because at this stage, Xiao Ming is still in strict accordance with the control of technology outflow.

But now the turning point has begun, that is, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households have jointly placed an order for him, asking for two more Krupp heavy guns and a thousand shells, which is also the first time that the arsenal has begun to make a profit! In addition, even the traditional Chinese medicine factory under Antao College is also running well and has entered the stage of profitability.

Everything is complicated, and many things have to be dealt with by Xiao Ming, so he decided to take time out to go to Quanzhou, Fujian, and he wanted to do it this morning......