Chapter 1,207: Fierce Fight! Master and Disciple 44 (Part 2)

January 1, 2216

Just after 0 o'clock

The rain fell, and many people were a little surprised that the rain, which had not been seen for several months, had returned.

The city was still bustling, and there were long queues in front of many shops in the streets and alleys. In a few days, the city's underground giant construction would begin, and the mood of uneasiness was always spreading in the city.

Because the supply of goods was already seriously insufficient, the supply of industrial products and building materials had reached a serious imbalance of supply and demand ratio of more than 100 to 1. Most people had money in their hands, much richer than in the past, but they could not buy what they wanted.

The new charging item of service fee also began to appear in various parts of the city, and Congress did not regulate it because it was inevitable.

At this time, many people looked to the west at the same time, and with a loud bang, the last scarlet in the western sky disappeared.

In the past, in the west, at night, there were countless red lights flashing, arranged from top to bottom like red light strips. Those were the warning lights on the periphery of the huge sewage chimney. As long as the red lights flashed, it meant that the factory was in operation and was discharging waste pollutants.

Since November last year, the western factories have been shut down completely. They need to cooperate with the underground construction of the city. A large number of chimney columns have been dismantled and demolished. Now the last chimney has also disappeared in the layer-by-layer collapse and disintegration.

Many people showed happy expressions. In the past two months, many people found that the pungent smell in the air has decreased because the factories have gradually stopped working. Today, most businesses are doing the biggest activities in the past six months.

Those who come to line up to buy goods are all people who have paid service fees. Some people even paid 1,000 yuan in service fees to buy one thing, so they can buy goods first.

Because some things are necessary for a family, especially those home appliances that maintain life, cooking and preservation products, which are indispensable.

The only things that have not fluctuated are food, the price is still very low, and medical supplies, these two are relatively stable.

Many clothing stores have closed a month ago. Today, many industrial product stores will also close directly after selling all the goods. In the next year, most stores will find it difficult to continue to open, because the factories are undergoing large-scale rectification and construction. The factory area in the west needs to be upgraded and constructed in the front, and it must be opened after the comprehensive rectification is completed.

Only a small number of small workshops are still in operation. The only advantage of this type of workshop is that the volume is small, but the shipment volume is very low and the pollution is also small, so these small workshops are allowed to continue to produce some industrial or clothing products.

In the era of open sharing of technology, anyone can make technological innovations or create newer technologies based on a technology.

At this time, a truck drove slowly, and something fell off the truck. Many people looked over and saw that the driver had stopped and started to move the goods that were thrown out due to the sharp turn. It was a large stack of blue workers' overalls.

"It's really infuriating. Congress is too much."

A man who was queuing started to curse, and some people next to him also started to curse. Nowadays, the largest sales volume in the city's clothing industry is workers' work clothes. This kind of clothing made of old clothes recycled from citizens in the past is made into high-density fiber. It is the main commodity produced in large quantities by most small workshops and factories that were able to operate last year.

High-hardness safety helmets, wear-resistant and non-slip shoes, and work clothes cost more than 100 yuan. They are made of recycled mobile phones and clothes as raw materials. In the past, an old smartphone cost 100 yuan and 1 kilogram of clothes cost 10 yuan. Congress recycled them at extremely low prices. Now these things are broken down into raw materials and sold to manufacturers, and then flowed to the market. After the sale, they have to be taxed.

Many people only now know what Congress did in the past. Some people used to think that Congress was wasting taxes by using a lot of tax money to recycle these things, but now most people are scolding Congress for cheating the people.

The first thing to bear the brunt is what Locke said when he purchased these raw materials in the past, because he said at the time that these things were to be used to make new composite materials and would be directly invested in construction.

This is different from what Locke said at the time. If labor protection clothing is made of mimicry x, it will be too wasteful and the price will be higher. Nowadays, many small workshops use some crop fibers as raw materials to make clothes. They originally wanted to make a fortune when a large number of clothing stores closed down, but most citizens have become accustomed to light and shadow clothing, because light and shadow clothing is often changed and updated. Many brands will launch a new set of clothing templates every now and then, and you only need to add a little money to buy a new set of clothing templates. As long as the amount of clothing mimicry x in the past can reach the amount required for this new type of clothing, it can be directly generated through the light and shadow bracelet and worn on the body.

The clothes made of plant fibers or chemical fibers in the past are no longer popular, because the selling price is not cheap, and they also need to be washed. This kind of old-fashioned clothing is in a more embarrassing period and is difficult to sell. Even some people at the bottom are not willing to buy it. Most people spend money to buy a set of thicker clothes, and then buy some templates for thin clothes.

"Good evening everyone. Due to the rain tonight, the temperature will drop to about minus 15 degrees from 3 to 5 in the morning. Please pay attention to keeping warm. Please do not stay on the streets after being drunk and do not sleep in the street. Outside, if you see someone drunk on the street, please contact the nearby administrator immediately."

"Fatty!"

In the middle of the electric pole on the street, a light and shadow screen will be generated in half an hour to play Locke's New Year safety tips from the past few years.

Many people on the street just took one look at him, some cursed him a few words, and some just walked by indifferently. No one wanted to hear this fat man chattering nonsense that was meaningless to many people.

"But Alpha is really miserable. He was suspended. It must be this fat man."

"Yes, yes, it's so annoying!"

"I say, this fat man should be kicked out of Congress and let Alpha do it. I haven't heard from Alpha for a long time."

Several young girls dining together in a restaurant started chatting, and some men and women at nearby tables also started discussing.

The explosive news on November 3 last year caught many people off guard. Alpha did something unbelievable again. She rushed to the Chen family and beat up Chen Liang, the fifth son of the second generation of the Chen family. The entire jaw is shattered, and you will only be able to eat liquid food for many years to come. Then you will need long-term repair surgery, which will take at least five or six years to recover.

When the news first broke, the city was in an uproar. Alpha was directly suspended indefinitely by Congress, and Locke issued a written explanation.

For a while, many people were asking about the reason, and then everyone finally knew the reason. Because Chen Liang's wife, Wilsie, had been subjected to domestic violence by her husband for a long time, and she had a good relationship with Alpha. The Chen family did not hold Alpha accountable afterwards.

Afterwards, Alpha was required to work on a farm for half a year in accordance with the city's public security management law as punishment. Someone photographed her working in the fields. Many women in the city were aggrieved for Alpha, because the internal affairs of the Chen family were revealed one after another. The incident came out.

From the day they got married, Chen Liang engaged in all kinds of violence against Wilsey and maintained inappropriate relationships with a large number of women. He often brought different women home.

This huge scandal within the family has completely exploded. Many people are indignant at the family's practice of marrying for the benefit of the family. However, because the family has immunity, it is difficult for the law to interfere with family affairs.

After that, Locke stood up again and again. In the huge city-wide discussion about immunity, he made many excuses for the family, because before the city was established, the family was a large and small armed force in this land. , finally these armed forces united, stopped fighting, and quelled the wars in various places, and the city was able to be built.

All of this is what the six gods promised these families, big and small, who had worked hard for the city's establishment on the day the city was founded. It was already decided by the gods before the city's laws were established.

But what makes many people suspicious is that there seemed to be seven gods before, but the Congress gave a clear answer, there are only six gods, because the gods have never appeared in front of the public, but they are the supreme existence of the city. .

If we hadn't seen the opening up of each technology in Congress and the outstanding students trained by the gods, people would still have some doubts about whether gods really exist.

In the city, the orders of the gods are absolute and irreversible, but they will not interfere with most of the city's governance issues.

1am

Alpha was snoring drunkenly, with a bottle of wine placed next to her. She was smiling, leaning on the table with her feet up, holding a deck of cards in her hand, with a smile in her eyes.

"President! Shijo!"

Clark smiled and spread out the cards in his hand, four K's and a 10. Alpha laughed loudly and spread out the cards in his hand, four a's and a j's.

Alpha straightened up with a smile, took a sip of wine, and took away a stack of money on the table. Clark looked solemnly at the directors who were still chatting and laughing in the office of the agricultural section chief. He looked at Natasha who was watching a movie with several female council officers.

"Can you lend me some money?"

Clark said awkwardly, Natasha froze, and several female council officers laughed.

"Clark, I think you should stop playing with the president. After all, the president is much smarter than you."

For a moment, many people in the room laughed, and Alpha raised his hand.

"Would you like to play again? Just treat it like you owe me."

Clark was a little angry, and Natasha laughed.

"Stop playing if you don't have money, idiot."

Clark grinned slightly, then sighed.

"No more fun, but president, aren't you going back tonight? If you want to go back, there is a lift on the roof. You can just drive over."

Alpha shook his head.

"Why are you going back? I want to continue working and finish these few months quickly."

Many people in the room persuaded Alpha not to work so hard. She did the work of dozens of people every day and could apply for an exception to shorten the punishment time. However, Alpha bluntly said that he would not apply and would have to do it for half a year. Just fine.

"But you are really stupid, President. If I were you, I would not be so impulsive. I would just beat him up when that guy goes out one day. After all, that guy has improper relationships with so many women, and he might get into trouble."

Natasha chuckled.

"What effect will it have if I beat him up like this?"

After Alpha drank the last bit of wine in the bottle, he yawned and walked to the door.

"You guys have fun. I will be back to work in the fields at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning. I will go to Latis first."

"I will take you there in the helicopter."

Clark said, Alpha waved her hand, lit a cigarette, twisted her body, and the tight and slender muscles on her black vest undulated beautifully. She picked up her coat.

"If you happen to run over there, you can sober up."

Alpha was about to leave, but Clark chased him out.

"I said no"

Noticing that Clark's eyes were a little strange, Alpha nodded.

After a while, the two sat on a helicopter, and Alpha exhaled a puff of smoke.

"Go ahead, what's the matter?"

"I want to discuss with you, after the official announcement of the Operations Department, can Natasha go to your 5th Department?"

Alpha was a little surprised for a while, and the helicopter had slowly risen, and Alpha asked with a smile.

"Is there something wrong between you and her?"

"Different concepts, you also know the president, this is not good for the development of the 12th department, and not only Natasha, but also some classmates, now the same, stand on Natasha's side, since the teachers believe in my ability and let me become the head of the 12th department, then I must do something, I have also discussed with several other heads of departments."

Alpha asked after a while of quiet contemplation.

"Have you asked Natasha's opinion?"

Clark shook his head.

"It's useless to ask, she won't agree. If it doesn't work, I can only go to Fatty Brother and let Natasha go to the General Affairs Department."

Alpha sighed.

"What is it? Is there really nothing we can talk about?"

"This is a question of position and philosophy, President. I should know the details. Natasha and others are not involved in the current increase in food production in the Agricultural Department because they disagree with my approach."

Alpha was puzzled.

"Why haven't I heard you talk about this? Tell me, what is it?"

"It's over, President. For the specifics, you can go to Section 6 to look at the documents after the Operations Department is established. It's not a big problem. I'll talk to you about this first, President. I hope you will consider it."

Alpha laughed.

"You want me to help you convince Natasha, right? You are still the same. Is it really impossible to communicate?"

"Ah, there is no way to communicate anymore, so I hope you can consider it, President."

Alpha nodded. Although she noticed something, she didn't say it out loud. She had read the reports of some resigned personnel reviewed by Ke Ying before, and the students who had graduated from the school had become formal staff members.

Alpha still remembers that one of the girls named Olivia applied at this time, saying that she resigned because of too much work pressure. The work of Section 12 is a little boring, and the only stressful thing is that the harvest season is a little intense. The lower-level clerks don't have to deal with too many things, but most of the clerks who resigned are almost too stressed at work, and Clark also approved it.

Clark quietly looked at the dark place in front of him. In a very far place, he could see a faint light. It was more than 80 kilometers east of the prison.

In fact, Clark really wanted to tell Alpha that the next batch of higher-yield genetic food has been put on the daily schedule and is planned to be distributed to serious prisoners. This batch of genetic food may cause more serious harm to the human body than the previous batch.

Natasha couldn't bear it this time and broke up with Clark completely, and some of the classmates in Section 12 in the past also stood on Natasha's side. Clark knew very well what the future would be like. There must be an endless supply of food to support the entire city to move forward.

Nowadays, food production has indeed increased, but the population has also begun to grow continuously, because cities will need a large number of laborers in the future. Even though the birth subsidy has begun to decline, there are still many people willing to give birth to children.

Because the wages of most low-level workers have doubled, cities are ushering in an unprecedented era of rapid development.

Natasha does not agree with this approach of choosing a few people for the sake of the majority. She advocates finding more effective and reasonable methods. Although it takes a little longer, they can do it as long as they work hard.

Clark once asked Ye Chunwang this question, but Ye Chunwang could not give any answer. Perhaps the answer without an answer like now is the best. Since the concepts are not in line and there is no way to work together, they can only take a separate approach.

"It seems that the situation over there is not too good for Osman."

Alpha muttered and lit another cigarette. Clark hummed.

"I have heard a little bit about the situation over there in Section 3. Although it has improved a little with some measures taken by Osman and Zijuan, it is still not optimistic."

The two of them looked further away in unison, to a building on the edge of the city that looked like a burning torch in the dark night. There was the Eastern Guard Station, with 10,000 troops stationed there.

1:15 am

Located on the side of the city wall at the eastern guard station, Osman has just processed some military documents and is taking a walk on the city wall in the cold night. Zijuan is currently managing the construction work of the military camp headquarters in the northwest. The two have not seen each other for nearly half a year. , every day’s work is very busy.

Now, under the leadership of the aristocrats and power factions in the military, Section 3 has cooperated with most companies, because the price of hiring security guards in the city is unfriendly to many businesses.

Therefore, most people in Section 3 can now pass the test set by Ottoman and become external dispatched personnel of the army. They can serve as security guards for some quarrying companies or factories in marginal areas, and protect some businessmen from encountering dangers on the way to business. Robbery and stuff like that.

Including some construction sites that are short of people and need some manual workers, Section 3 can also dispatch them. On-the-job wages are paid normally, and they can also earn extra money. This is currently supported by many people in Section 3, including the aristocratic faction and the power faction. The relationship with the poor faction has been eased to a certain extent.

The external dispatch work that the three parties are responsible for is also divided into three levels: the upper, middle and lower levels. They have divided the areas where they can send personnel from the three departments to work, because the three departments have suffered a lot of criticism, and they have encountered such a huge construction. Engineering, the welfare within the department has been reduced a bit, and income can be earned legally through extra money. For many groups within the 3 departments that rely on various means to collectively make money, they are more willing to choose the legal way to make extra money. .

In the eyes of today's insiders in Section 3, Osman is considered a relatively kind leader. He balances the relationship between the three factions very well and is also easy to talk to. Zijuan has dealt with people who seek benefits through some means many times before. , encountered a lot of resistance, and finally Osman calmed it all down.

As most people in the city said, the military had nothing to do except exercise every day, so it was better to let them work on the construction site for free.

The lack of a way out is currently the biggest problem in Section 3. Osman and Zijuan thought of many ways to mobilize the enthusiasm of people in Section 3, but they all failed without exception, because there is really no way out in Section 3.

Two of them tried their best to draw up some detailed plans. The march plan in the barrier area was directly rejected because it cost too much, and personnel safety was a major consideration. The cold and hard climate environment in the barrier area was extremely harsh. , if you want to protect something, you need to invest more funds and technology. At present, it is impossible for the city to spend this money to implement this plan.

Osman couldn't bear this depressing environment where he couldn't do anything. He didn't know what to do in the future. If the role of the army was to suppress instability when it happened occasionally in the city, he would exercise every day. The farm helps to guard the prisoners and work, so the three departments will become less and less useful. As the city gets better and better, and in terms of social security, there is already a fifth department led by Alpha.

Nowadays, most of the military members are older. They will retire after working for another 20 years at most. But for them, these 20 years are half-dead and there is nothing they can do.

Osman looked quietly at the big yard, near some entertainment restaurants, where people from the three disciplines gathered loosely together, talking, laughing and having fun. Daily training was their job, and there was nothing else to do. Some people are looking forward to external assignments, and this may be something they can look forward to now.

Didi didi

Osman took out his mobile phone. On the light and shadow screen, Zijuan was soaking in the bathtub with a tired look on her face, lying on her side, smiling evilly. Osman smiled and kissed the screen.

"idiot!"

Osman scratched his head.

"In a few days, I'll go over to you after I've taken care of the external dispatch matters."

"I'll go find you. I'm not like you Osman. You're too soft at heart and always think about others, but basically no one notices. They just think you're honest and easy to bully, and you have to beg them to do things. Okay, they do things for you to give you face.”

Osman hummed, and Zijuan shook her head helplessly.

"How about we change positions? You become the section chief, and I'll be your secretary!"

Zijuan chuckled.

"Idiot, it's already very difficult. Things that have been solidified will not loosen without a strong blow."

Osman nodded. He also knew very well that if he didn't pay attention, more than 20 years had passed. The happiest time for Osman was when he was in school. He was really happy every day, but everyone has grown up. That The place can never go back. Even if they go back, the place has undergone earth-shaking changes. The next time they go back officially, they will go back as leaders of the business department. At that time, they will have to hand in their respective answer sheets. However, Osman knew very well that he could not give a satisfactory answer to the seven teachers who had spent all their efforts training them.

"Rest early, Osman, you don't need to think about these things. You can't figure it out. Your stone head is not suitable for thinking about these. Your only talent is to continue to balance everything until one day a genius who can change all this situation appears. I can't do it, and you can't do it either. The only thing we have to do is to ensure that the three departments can survive. That's enough. This is due to the times. We can't do anything. We can only hold this stick and pass it on to the next era!"

"Sorry!"

Osman's eyes were a little moist, looking at Zijuan's serious face.

"How about we take time to get the certificate after waiting for a long time?"

Zijuan sighed with one hand on her chin.

"Idiot, we should have gone a long time ago. Everyone is waiting to drink our wedding wine. Alpha has urged us many times. She will provide the big piece of grass in their house as our wedding venue. King Xue said that he will be your best man. As for the bridesmaid, I want all the girls in the school to come together."

Osman laughed.

"Thank you so much, Zijuan!"

Zijuan smiled and nodded, stood up, rolled up her hair, shook it, and then gently approached the screen and kissed it.

"Good night!"

After the call ended, Osman looked back at the dark barrier area where nothing could be seen. Now the 3rd department is just like the barrier area, cold and dark, and people can't see any hope. Osman knows very well that he can't change this situation. He can't do it.

"Let's get married first!"

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