Immediately afterwards, citizens who were already preparing to celebrate the Changsheng Festival found that more and more uniformed security officers took to the streets to publicize the announcements on the radio.
The atmosphere in the entire city suddenly changed from calm to chilling, with almost no warning.
Even when Shouyang Province arrived in Hot Spring City some time ago, there had never been such a large-scale move in the urban area.
Hot Spring City is near the Southern District, and there is a small roadside teahouse...
There is a brick factory next to the teahouse that recruits coolie porters. Only when large carriages come to carry bricks, the factory foreman will go to the streets to search for strong temporary brick workers, and their wages will be paid.
Therefore, there are always many workers waiting in line on the road between the teahouse and the brick factory, which brings a lot of business to the teahouse.
After all, there are often queues of people waiting for a day's work, and the teahouse across the street is a good place to stop.
Even low-quality tea is already a pleasure for these poor workers. After all, the water is hot, and the price of a cup of tea is not affordable.
Therefore, the business of this teahouse has always been good, and it is always very noisy during the day.
In order to attract customers, the store even hired a storyteller in the next block to provide entertainment for the workers and customers to pass the time.
It is still lively today. Although the brick factory has stopped working, there are still many regular customers who have nothing to do during the "holiday" and pass the time in the teahouse.
However, because the security guards outside were more than ten meters apart, people inside the teahouse were talking about it.
Someone asked: "What else is going on?"
"You idiot, did you go to the red room again last night? Didn't you hear the morning broadcast?" someone mocked.
The speaker scratched his head awkwardly: "How do you know? I stayed up all night and slept until two o'clock in the morning."
"Three poles... that word is three poles!" The person who was laughing at him turned around and interrupted the storyteller:
"Sir, when you give a review, do you call it Rishang Sangan?"
"Can't you be literate? Can't you know how much you know? Don't affect your husband's storytelling!" The person being ridiculed disdained the sarcasm:
"Just understand the meaning. Why are you pretending to show that you know a lot?"
"Hey~~~ You guy, I'm kindly reminding you, I'm afraid you will be embarrassed!" The critic responded dissatisfiedly.
"By the way! What's going on outside? You should tell me."
The critic drank the tea in one gulp, because they were all regular customers and had known each other for a long time, so they would not care about these verbal disputes.
"Tch~ let me tell you, tomorrow's Changsheng Festival celebration in Ouyang Province has changed its location to Tianqin Bay! All citizens are asked to participate."
"I'm dizzy, is it true? Tianqin Bay is so far away, it's hard to make yarn..."
Someone next to me said:
"I'm too lazy to go even to the Central Square, Tianqin Bay...forget it, it's better to sleep at home."
"Yes, yes!" Someone else echoed:
"The Federation is just doing these useless things, it's all just a formality! Isn't it just to impress the provincial governor? Damn it, pretending to be supported by the Ironborn."
"Fuck! Stop talking. The more you talk, the angrier you get!" The person who just spoke said:
"It's useless! It's a waste of people and money. Didn't you see that all the lanterns in Hot Spring City have been replaced by electric light bulbs? The city council is looking for an excuse to use public funds. I don't know which official is lining his own pockets."
Some people have a negative attitude: "What's the trouble for the people? What's the loss of money? The city council didn't spend your money?"
"Fart! I'm a taxpayer! Whose money should I spend instead of me?"
The negative person chuckled: "With that little income, how many copper dollars did you pay in taxes? Have you paid taxes?"
"Last year's per capita income in Hot Spring City was 11 silver dollars. Did you reach it?"
"If you can't reach 8 silver dollars, you haven't paid taxes! Don't just learn a few words and just talk nonsense here. How can you pretend to be knowledgeable?"
The person who had just shouted that he was a taxpayer suddenly shrank and muttered:
"Are you talking nonsense? The per capita monthly income is 11 silver dollars? How is it so high?"
"I only earn 4 silver dollars a month. I work so hard..."
Someone who understood explained: "Per capita, do you understand? Per capita? If you average the income of you and the Perry family, you are also a person with an average monthly income of more than a thousand gold yuan!"
Seeing that the topic was getting more and more off-topic, the person who started talking slapped a copper dollar note on the table, signaled the waiter to pour tea, and shouted:
"I'm not going to Tianqin Bay. Isn't it nice to sleep at home?"
"Let me see if the mayor of the city will personally come over and invite me to support the provincial governor!"
"This is what you said, don't be shy when the time comes!" The "understanding person" turned to look at him, wiped the cuffs of his new clothes for the Longevity Festival, and gestured in the direction of the security guard outside the window:
"Didn't you see this posture?"
"Although the announcement did not say that all citizens are required to go, sending so many security guards is just to show the city council's intention. If you don't go, the security guards will tie you up!"
"If you want to risk your life, ask the security guard if he has a gun in his hand."
The man who had just returned his impressive appearance suddenly swallowed, looked out the window cautiously, and spat:
"Why don't you go?"
"There must be someone secretly hiding at home and not going to that bullshit celebration..."
.........
After receiving the announcement, conversations similar to this took place in the streets of Hot Spring City.
The temporary change of location to celebrate the Longevity Festival is indeed something that is difficult for citizens to understand.
However, this is indeed the decision Ouyang Yao made after a detailed discussion last night.
Aren't you going to use useless contract items to massacre citizens? Then temporarily change the location and move most of the citizens of Hot Spring City to Tianqin Bay on the day of Changsheng Festival.
After all, Tianqin Bay is a wealthy area, and the city council's policy of replacing light bulbs does not cover the places where most members live. In other words, the contracted light bulbs in Tianqin Bay are not very usable.
As long as enough contractor guards are arranged, it should be possible to ensure that no one under Ai Liang will transfer to Tianqin Bay to implement the Longevity Festival plan.
Therefore, Ouyang Province mobilized all the manpower it could mobilize, including the Silver Hand teams from the two nearby cities, the remaining Silver Hands in Hot Spring City, and the contractor bodyguards accompanying the security company under their command, a total of more than thirty All contractors were dispatched to take charge of the security of Tianqin Bay.
After listening to Yang Yi's story later, Mo Zhi understood that this was to interrupt Ai Liang's "casting" process by diverting citizens away.
Those workers were right. The announcement from the city hall did not issue a strict order requiring every citizen to go to Tianqin Bay to attend the ceremony and completely turn Hot Spring City into an empty city. After all, this is something difficult to do in reality. , even with the order of the provincial governor and the private deployment of security officers from the Public Security Bureau to implement it, it could not be done.
However, even if a small number of disobedient people are willing to stay at home in Hot Spring City to die, what does it matter? The federal government's duty is to take care of the public interests of the majority, not to serve minorities.
Moreover, if everyone in Hot Spring City goes to Tianqin Bay, Ai Liang will inevitably change his plan temporarily and point the finger from the urban area to Tianqin Bay.
Of course, no one can guarantee that Ai Liang will not change his formation temporarily, but the advantages of changing the location to the square in Tianqin Bay always outweigh the disadvantages.
After all, in a new place, with Ouyang Province alone dispatching more than thirty contractor bodyguards, it would be difficult for Ai Liang to mobilize forces temporarily and respond in time.
Even if someone under his command sneaks into Tianqin Bay, they probably won't be able to make much waves.
If Ai Liang does not change the plan, there will probably not be many citizens left in Hot Springs City, and it will also have the effect of reducing citizen casualties - I guess... the citizens who are unwilling to participate in the longevity festival that happens every five years are in the minority after all. people.
Another point is that the political show to celebrate the Longevity Festival still needs to be done. This is a very important event for Ouyang Province and the Hot Spring City Council.
Activities that are fun for the people.
.........
Anzhidinglan villa area.
The psychological clinic before the Changsheng Festival has been closed. Waiting for the new year, Luo Sheng rarely slept in.
When I got up and went downstairs, I met Qiao Ya who was watering potted plants on the first floor.
This beautiful little girl is very lovable. After a few days of living together, she has really adapted to her and becomes more like a family.
Qiao Ya also became much livelier at the same time.
As the housekeeper, Qiao Bushit even hired maids and chefs to make the small villa in Anzhi Tinglan full of life.
It's just that the bedroom that was moved to the second floor was unexpectedly moved to the second floor, and Luo Sheng refused to change it to anyone else.
It's a pity that this guy has never returned home since moving here.
Seeing Luo Sheng coming downstairs, Qiao Ya put down the iron kettle in her hand and smiled like a flower:
"Sister Luo, the weather is so nice today, let's go out for an outing!"
Luo Sheng just glanced at her beautiful face and discovered that this little girl had something going on in her heart, and said with a smile:
"What, do you want to go out and play?"
"Tell me first, do you want to go out to play?"
Seeing that she was exposed immediately, Qiao Ya hurriedly admitted:
"Dad asked me to tell you about going out to play in the morning!"
Luo Sheng was slightly surprised when he heard this: "Mr. Qiao..."
It was actually Butler Qiao who asked Xiaoya to mention it. Well, he knew that I liked this little girl, so he was worried that I would refuse? Luo Sheng thought about this and shook his head with a smile.
As if he had been listening to the movement outside the door and heard the conversation outside, the door of Qiao Bushi's housekeeper's room opened.
Lao Qiao said with a smile on his face: "Miss Luo, aren't I thinking about celebrating the New Year? I will take the whole family out for a walk."
"There's no need to stay at home to celebrate the New Year. There's nothing to do when we go back and forth."
"If you go, I've made all the arrangements for your trip!"
After thinking about it, Luo Sheng nodded immediately and said with a smile: "It sounds very good, then I'll listen to you!"
After saying that, Luo Sheng said seriously: "I'll call Jessica Yang and ask her to come with me."
"Wait, there's still something unpredictable. It's the Longevity Festival, so you should have a holiday, right?"
Hearing what Luo Sheng said, Qiao Bushit quickly interrupted:
"I'll just contact Miss Jessica. Mr. Mo has already given me instructions. He is on duty today and tomorrow and won't be able to go."
When Luo Sheng heard this, he immediately complained: "Unexpectedly, this guy won't go home again!"
"Oh my god, how busy is the work of the Supervisory Office? Otherwise, do the employees have rest?"
"I'm dizzy~ If this continues like this, I wonder if I will start a family? If I marry a wife, I will probably leave him at home and go out to work every day..."
Qiao Bushid smiled and continued Luo Sheng's complaint: "Well, sooner or later, we will get divorced!"
Luo Sheng sighed heavily.
Qiao Bushi quickly apologized and said, "Well, it's okay. Mr. Mo said that if he could spare time, he would drive to catch up with us."
He made up this sentence himself. Anyway, Mu Zhi said it, as long as he could get his sister out of Hot Spring City.
Luo Sheng nodded reluctantly.
... Just do what you say, and before long, the whole family, including the maid and the cook, have squeezed into Joe's extended-length Mammoth car.
Luo Sheng, who was sitting in the passenger seat, asked, "Where are we going?"
Qiao Busi held the steering wheel and said, "Well... let's drive to Dongcheng City. There is a nice scenic spot in the suburbs over there."
Luo Sheng was startled when he heard this: "So far? Oh my God!"
Qiao Bushi nodded thoughtfully: "Since we are going out to play, don't be afraid of far distances!"
"Anyway, I've already made arrangements, just follow."
After speaking, he pointed to the six or seven charged batteries on the back seat:
"We have been prepared for a long time. We are not afraid of the distance. We will go to pick up Jessica right away."
Luo Sheng was at a loss.
Qiao Budie chuckled, stepped on the switch, and the car sped away.
.........
At this time, the unpredictable and everyone from the Supervisory Office were staying in an Supervisory Office post on the edge of the Southern District.
At the same time, the entire Sky Eye system was also moved over.
With Vera's power, the hundreds of pounds of Sky Eye Metal Roulette is almost like a toy, without any waste of effort.
At this time, the two spirit puppets, Xiaobai and Dominique, controlled their heavenly eyes at the same time and released their spirits to conduct searches.
The main target is the substation area.
The announcement from the city hall has been sent out, and Ai Liang will naturally understand that the Changsheng Festival plan has been exposed. If he doesn't understand, he is not Ai Liang.
What would he do in this situation?
Unexpectedly, they followed the method set by Ouyang Yao and conducted follow-up analysis, guessing that Ai Liang would probably take action early.
That's right, since the citizens are going to Tianqin Bay to participate in the celebration tomorrow, it is possible to take action today in advance.
This possibility is very high!
Of course, this does not rule out that Ai Liang may change his plan temporarily, but this is not important. The arrangements on the Tianqin Bay side will be handled by the city council led by Ouyang Xingsheng. Everyone in the Supervision Office only needs to guard this outpost to guard against Ai Liang. Just fine.
Not only can any abnormal movement near the southern suburbs substation be observed with the sky's eye here, but it is also adjacent to the main transmission line from the substation into the city.
As long as Ai Liang appears, everyone has enough time to respond - cut off the wire directly!
So what if Ai Liang has crystals? If you cut off the wire that carries the "talisman source", Hot Spring City will be safe!
At that time, manpower can be assigned to take down Ai Liang.
At this time, the outpost was fully equipped with Zong Baiyi, Akali, and the temporarily transferred colleagues from the Punisher team, Uncle Cat, Lao Dao, Luo Qing, and Rebecca.
In addition, there is also the straw hat uncle Aubrey Bacon who comes for reinforcements.
At the same time, there is also Tang Master sent by Ouyang Province!
Half spirit!
Ouyang Xingsheng kept his promise and asked the great master and the Supervision Office to gather together early in the morning to act together.
At this time, everyone was waiting at the outpost, but the half-spirit Tang Master found a remote corner and meditated with his eyes closed.
The powerful talisman faintly emanating from his body still made all the contractors feel like they were being taken away.
Mo Zhi actually wanted to make "friends" with this half-spirit, but this man had been meditating arrogantly alone and couldn't find a chance to talk to him.
Being able to send Master Tang, a half-spirit, I guess Ouyang Province still has hidden power... I thought about it casually.
After all, Tianqin Bay also needs to prepare. It is unlikely that Ouyang Province will let the only half-spirit support the Supervision Office, even if this is the main battlefield.
Sure enough, Ouyang Yao still has a back-up plan...
.........
Time passed slowly like this.
But there was nothing unusual until the next morning, the morning of the Changsheng Festival, when the security guards in Hot Spring City started to drive the crowd to Tianqin Bay as the citizens had guessed...
A situation was discovered at the outpost!
Xiaobai, who had been using his Sky Eye, turned to look at everyone and said softly:
"Substation..."
"That person... Aira appears!"
