The changes in the Green Bee neighborhood made Shang Yanwen feel a sense of unreality.

He hasn't returned for four years, how does it feel like a different world?

Not to mention four years, even in the past forty years, the Green Bee neighborhood has not changed so much. In the old days, in the lower nest area of the nest capital, people's faces changed one by one, but in addition to people, those buildings, those streets, and the ceilings full of pipes on their heads...... It's as if they've been imprisoned by time, and nothing has changed.

Before going to school on Flying Wing, Shang Yanwen had personally experienced the reform policies brought by Mayor Stepsey, which gave the people in their neighborhood enough to eat, jobs, and a future; When he was in school on Winging, he also read from some newspapers that the reform of the alliance was still deepening, and the major nests on Koroga had changed a lot.

However, what you see in the newspaper through words and photos can have the same impact as if you have seen the great changes in your hometown with your own eyes?

My hometown has changed a lot, and it is no longer what it is in memory. But Shang Yanwen was not sad about this at all, only happy and excited.

Such a change, he just wants to come a little faster, a little more!

He regrets that he has not been able to witness the changes of the past four years; He was thrilled that he wouldn't miss it again.

Boosted by his mood, he went home first to meet his parents and siblings.

Needless to say, the surprise of his family is not too much, but it is he who is even more emotional.

Originally, there were seven members of his family, except for one elder brother who died young, and the remaining four children, including him, were all raised by their parents.

And now, everybody's fine.

His father and mother both work in the supply and marketing mall that opened in the neighborhood five years ago, his father is a stevedore, and his mother is in charge of shopping in the mall.

In the early years, the two elders were both rated E5 at the beginning, and now they have risen to the E8 level. Benefits, food, necessities, plus allowances, are enough to feed the family. The family also moved into the newly built collective apartment, and in addition to him, the family of four was allocated an apartment house with 60 square meters.

The house has three rooms, a washroom, and an open kitchen that can be used as a small dining room.

The parents live in the master bedroom, and the two small secondary bedrooms are enough for the younger siblings to live separately.

The whole environment is still a little small, a little cramped, and there is no decoration, just some simple furniture and cabinets. But at least, each family member has a place to sleep and has their own space. You can cook your own meals, there is a table to eat together, there is a set of kitchen utensils, cutlery.

This is much better than the 'home' he remembered growing up with.

My sister used to work in a textile factory, worked as a clerk in a textile factory with her literacy, some mathematical knowledge and accounting knowledge, married a young man two years ago, and has moved out to live with her husband.

My brother-in-law, who is from another location, is a clerk in the neighborhood and is currently in charge of the construction of a new supply and marketing mall. The two already have children, and they have also shared a 60-square-meter house, and the little niece is now in her early years old, healthy and healthy, and the young couple will have a very prosperous life in the future.

My sister and younger brother are studying, although my sister's grades are not as good as he was back then, but now he is also a good student in the neighborhood middle school, and he has the opportunity to fight for a place in a community high school, although the scholarship is a little difficult, but as long as there is an E4 or E5 grade in the examination, the welfare can ensure life, the allowance can supplement part of the burden, and the tuition fee can probably be solved by education loans, and it will be repaid after work.

Generally speaking, as long as you have an E8 grade or above, you can pay off the tuition loan after two or three years of work. And the E8 rank is not difficult for graduates of community colleges. Moreover, with her grades, it is not impossible to apply for a local university in Korojia after graduating from high school, although the tuition pressure is quite high, but Shang Yanwen is back, and he can help support it.

The younger brother is a little bit unlucky, the young man is not focused on studying, it seems that he can't even go to middle school, and it is estimated that after two years of elementary school, he will have to come out and find something to do at the age of fourteen.

Although there are some worries - such as the study and future of his brother - but overall, Shang Yanwen is pleased to see that in the past few years of his absence, the situation at home has been getting better and better.

He chatted a lot with his parents at home, and even worked on a table of meals together. When it was time for dinner, my sister, who got the news, also rushed back and took her husband and daughter to have a lively dinner of family reunion.

He was in his brother's room and dealt with it for the night, the single bed was a little cramped, but it wasn't a big problem.

Before going to bed, the two brothers talked a lot, and his younger brother's name was Shang Yanwu, and he knew that it was two brothers when he saw the name.

Shang Yanwu received some encouragement from his brother.

Shang Yanwen's life in Flying Wing Star University is fine, but especially the sea of stars described is true, which makes Shang Yanwu feel yearning.

But he was a little frustrated, he thought that he was not the material for learning, unlike his elder brother, or even the second sister, who could study without distractions, and even felt the joy of knowledge. He was sleepy as soon as he read, and energetic as soon as he put down his books.

In the middle of the night, the topic was over, and in the dark, Shang Yanwu suddenly asked a question:

"Brother, then you say, how about I go to be a soldier?"

"Soldiering?"

"Yes, preferably the Navy!"

"It's good, too." Shang Yanwen said, "But if you are like this now, you can't do anything." Now that the selection of the Alliance Army is becoming more and more strict, I'm afraid that you won't even be able to enter the Planetary Defense Army by then...... You still have to work hard, and it's best to be admitted to the Naval Academy. ”

"But it's too hard!" Shang Yanwu became frustrated again, "Naval Academy, even in Flying Wings, it's the best, right?" I couldn't get in...... Is there any way to be a sailor in the Navy? It's a lot easier than getting into the Naval Academy, right? ”

Shang Yanwen felt that what his brother said was right.

Even if his results that year can be called invincible, but in fact, if he wants to apply for the Flying Wing Naval Academy, it is actually a certain degree of difficulty.

Not to mention his brother's appearance.

However, going to the Naval Academy, that is the way to become a naval officer. If you just want to be a Navy soldier, a sailor, or even a marine, it's not the same as being a Navy officer.

It's hard for the Pegasus fleet to get in, and they're pretty fixed. Although the Governor's fiancée is the general of the Pegasus fleet and fights on the front line, the naval units that fight on the front line are not replenished by soldiers from the Pegasus Star Sector in the rear.

What's more, there is a rather special feature of naval operations; generally speaking, the loss of personnel is not large, but one loss is the annihilation of an entire ship of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people. If you want to replenish it, you have to build new ships and replenish it.

However, if the Pegasus fleet can't get in, the Alliance Navy should have a chance. According to the information that Shang Yanwen has so far, the alliance navy will face more and more serious pirate challenges in the future, and the production capacity of the two major shipyards of the alliance is also enough, in addition to the part of paying imperial taxes, there is also a lot of rich production capacity.

This capacity will never be wasted.

It is foreseeable that the naval fleet of the follow-up alliance will definitely continue to expand.

My own brother, there is really a chance to be able to go in.

As for the danger of joining the army, Shang Yanwen also knew it.

If he can, he also hopes that the little brother will always be by his parents' side, even if it is just an ordinary worker and an ordinary job, under the current alliance system, as long as he does things, he will definitely not worry about the future life problems.

However, since his younger brother has ambitions, Shang Yanwen feels that it is not bad to become a navy. Danger is danger, but a good man has the dream of the stars and the sea, which is definitely not a bad thing.

It's still early, the little brother is just twelve years old, at least five or six years or so, he will help keep an eye on it.

But at the moment, he still admonished: "Even if you are only a sailor, you have to work harder to learn something now." If you can't even go to middle school, you'll be blind. ”

……

The next day, Shang Yanwen said goodbye to his parents and went to the government report in the Green Bee neighborhood.

His commission training unit is the city of promises. He had already reported to Promise City, and he was assigned to the office in his hometown.

As soon as he entered, he was greeted warmly.

The head of government in the Green Bee neighborhood is a native of Koroga, but not a native of Promise City. He came from Mingyancheng, where he also did a community deepening reform work, and was recently transferred to take charge of a larger block.

The man, Moody, was a somewhat balding middle-aged man.

"Comrade Shang, you came at the right time! We are very short of top talent like you right now! ”

"If you're polite, I won't tell you more. Now, it's the busiest time, I'm sorry, I didn't give you time to pick up the wind and wash the dust, and you need to shoulder the responsibility immediately. ”

"That's what I'm here for, please give instructions from the leader."

"Good!"

Under Moody's explanation, Shang Yanwen quickly understood what the first major task he had to do when he came to his hometown:

Imperial Tax.

Hearing these three words, Shang Yanwen was nervous.

The imperial tax, in his past memory, can be described as quite profound.

Every time the imperial tax arrives, on a two-year cycle, it is the time when the people of the lower nest of Koroga suffer.

All kinds of goods will begin to shrink in the early stage of the imperial tax, food will become insufficient, all kinds of living materials will also become scarce, and each family may be apportioned to the obligation to hand over the population.

His grandfather, his uncle, and his uncle were all taxed and never returned.

As a family, they were lucky. But thinking about it, if Governor Gu hadn't led the alliance and saved Korojia, in six years, their family might have to pay personal taxes again, either his father, him, or his sister.

And after the alliance took over, Koroga was zoned, and there was no need to pay taxes for six years.

Now, after six years, Koroga will once again return to the normal situation of paying imperial taxes.

However, under the rule of the Alliance, the payment of imperial taxes should not be a hurdle that cannot be overcome, as in the past, right?

Indeed it is.

The imperial tax is now irrelevant to the common people, and has become a complete obligation for governments and corporations – except in those places where reforms have not yet been completed. But even within the forty nests of Koroga, there shouldn't be many places like this now.

In the places where the reforms were completed, the masses of the people were assigned ranks, assigned jobs, and enjoyed benefits and allowances. Of course, with Shang Yanwen's current knowledge, he understands that these benefits and allowances are not as much as the wealth created by the people.

But he still clearly understood that the opportunity to create wealth was itself given by the Union government.

What's more, the general public who have created wealth only has the obligation to work, the obligation to obey the law, and enjoy benefits and allowances, but there is no obligation to pay taxes. The additional value they create is taken away by the Union government, and the Union government should assure the people of a peaceful and stable life, that their efforts will have a channel for upward mobility, and that they will no longer go bankrupt and suffer because of undeserved taxes.

In the Green Bee District, a place where the initial reform has been completed, this concept is fully implemented.

The government personnel of the neighborhood should carefully take stock of all the production conditions in the neighborhood, connect with various enterprises, factories, soilless plantations and other production institutions, and complete a series of tasks such as inventory, warehousing and transportation of all the production income.

It's a big project.

Shang Yanwen immediately threw himself into the busyness.

And all this, within the neighborhood government, can be regarded as a certain amount of experience. Although it is said that it is the first time that the imperial tax has been paid, in the past four years, no taxes have been paid, and no taxes have been paid, but the system of the alliance itself is also working. The production situation and the operation of materials in the enterprise are itself the strong responsibility of the government, and these work processes are ready-made.

It's just that during the tax season, this part of the work will become a little more onerous.

And Shang Yanwen did play his role in this process.

His speed of processing all kinds of documents and all kinds of affairs has become extremely fast after passing the period of unproficiency in the initial start. In addition, he was able to perceive some inefficient and wasteful parts of their current work process through the management knowledge he had learned, and was able to propose practical modification plans through participating in practice.

Although it is only a change in the way of working in some details, it does not involve major changes, but it does make the operation of the whole organization more smooth and efficient.

This was also praised by Moody's.

"High-achieving students are different!"

Shang Yanwen is very modest about this: "I still have a lot of places to learn, and there are many places that can still contribute to the alliance." ”

(End of chapter)