Hua Rong shook his head: "The minister is under great pressure!" I didn't say anything and continued to listen. Hua Rong continued: "Due to the slowdown in economic growth, malaise, increased unemployment, and reduction in people's income, most industries have experienced a cliff-like recession. In order to deal with internal and external troubles, the minister and his family began to unite everything that could be united This has alleviated some problems, but it is only a temporary relief, which does not mean that it will not break out, or even become more serious. The secret here cannot be explained in a few words." I nodded: "Brother Hua, I understand. Thank you for your hard work, cook." Hua Rong smiled bitterly: "I have endured the humiliation even more." I nodded and asked some more about the major events that have happened in the past few years. I couldn't help but wonder in my heart. Is this a natural disaster that is going to exterminate mankind, or is it that mankind is going to exterminate mankind? .
After a while, Hua Rong said: "Brother, we are coming to Lin'an Mansion soon, are you excited?" I was stunned: "Lin'an Mansion?" Hua Rong scratched his head and smiled: "Oh, I forgot to tell you, A few years ago, for some unknown reason, the top management suddenly changed the name of Yingtian Mansion to Lin'an Mansion, and started a large-scale construction project. It changed some of the topography." I smiled: "I see, it seems that there are quite a lot of ghosts and monsters, so my house is not. Has it been demolished? Has the value increased?" Hua Rong smiled slightly: "You and Sister Yang were not affected by the renovation. On the contrary, it became a financial center." I laughed out loud: "I haven't been there in the past few years. It seems like a big profit." Hua Rong shrugged: "Now the average price there is 300 taels of silver per square meter." Although I am not short of money now, I was still a little stunned after hearing this. It will take a month like I did before. I can only afford ten taels of silver, and I can't afford even one square meter of this house without eating or drinking for two years. I don’t know whether the house in my hometown has appreciated in value, whether it is worth anything, or where I should go with my life. I was thinking about life when Hua Rong's voice interrupted my thoughts. I looked out the window. The plane was circling an island in the center of a beautiful lake. There seemed to be cross wind interference. After a while, the plane landed accurately on an underwater parking platform that opened after rising from the bottom of the lake. I can’t help but sigh that our country’s technology has developed so fast that the scenes in the movie have finally been brought to reality.
After walking through a tunnel with a high-tech post-modern feel, we came to a room, where the cook, locksmith, Yang Yi, and handsome old man Bai were already waiting for me. They all had new clothes and looked like they had taken a shower. Compared to how they looked before, everyone looked more energetic. The cook, on the other hand, has matured a lot, even a little old, with a few white hairs. When the cook saw me coming, he played a song "see you agai"
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"At this moment, I actually felt a little sad, but I suppressed it. Instead, I laughed and joked: "Brother Cook, why are you singing about Yang Ge? The cook smiled slightly: "Music knows no borders." I nodded in agreement and said, "Brother has great singing skills, please continue." "While listening to the music, a thought flashed through my mind: "Why aren't Huang Laoxie and my little yellow dog here? It’s been so long, there’s no reason why it hasn’t arrived yet. Could it be that something went wrong in the past few years? So I ignored the pleasantries and interrupted the cook directly and shouted: "Brother cook, why aren't Professor Huang and my little yellow dog here?" The cook stopped playing, smiled broadly, and said calmly: "You guys are so rude and have no conscience. You don't even care when I see your elder brother."
I laughed: "The eldest brother is alive and kicking in front of me. I can tell at a glance that the eldest brother is strong and healthy, but he has a little neurasthenia." The cook smiled a little embarrassedly: "It is true that I have not been sleeping well these days. "I nodded: "Because I can see my eldest brother, I don't worry about him. And Professor Huang was not in good health when I left. After a few years, I'm afraid something will happen to him." The expression on the cook's face probably happened. He noticed the change for 0.01 second, and then smiled: "Come on, good brother, let's eat first and have a good chat. After eating, let's go see Professor Huang. It's not convenient for him to come over." After that, he turned around. Taking the wine, he hesitated for a second and said, "He has to take care of Nanke and your little yellow dog, so we will go see them later." I captured this scene and felt a thump in my heart, but I remained silent. Just pretend nothing happened. There was a table of delicious food, but I had no appetite. Everyone has almost described what happened in the other small space, and the handsome guy Bai is more like a storyteller. Certain details are described so vividly that it feels like the reincarnation of a ventriloquist gentleman. He was very interested in seeing the cook and was especially interested in Ziyou's lifespan and magic power. I suddenly asked Hua Rong: "Brother Hua, you are also a person who cultivates skills. Why were you indifferent to our experience in another place before and had no curiosity at all?" Hua Rong drank some drinks and smiled calmly. He said to me softly: "No, I am very curious, because I know there must be something that will change the past and the present. But we have principles and we should never tell secrets that we should not ask. The more secrets we know, the heavier the burden will be. The danger will be greater." I took a sip of wine and carefully tasted the second half of what Hua Rong, the cook, said to me on this occasion. It seems that I was vaccinated in advance. The whole thing was almost finished, and the cook suddenly felt very happy. He actually took a new cup, took a sip of wine, and said to me: "Brother Wu, these years, I have been hoping that you can come back and help me." I smiled bitterly: "Brother Cook praises me too much. I have nothing but a little I don’t have any special skills or abilities. Besides, when the power of the moon spirit is not there, I am just a social beast." The cook burst out laughing: "No, no, no, as the saying goes, everything is ready and all we need is the east wind, and you are the east wind." I looked at it. Looking at the cook, he asked, "What should I say?" The cook actually took another sip of wine and said to Hua Rong, "Young Master Hua, tell me about our troubles, and I'll make a call."
Hua Rong stood up and saluted, then sat down and said to us: "In recent years, we have had internal and external troubles, so we won't go into details. Now there are two major thorny issues. Let me talk about the internal ones first." Although I am very skeptical. The whereabouts of Huang Laoxie and Yinfeng, but I'm still not too worried. After all, a cook is a person with extraordinary hands and eyes. Everyone was also interested in Hua Rong's words.
Hua Rong sat upright and said: "The two most difficult problems now are actually the same problem. Recently, a group of people from foreign countries with very white teeth have started to cause trouble." Handsome guy Bai is very Curious: "Are they making trouble? Are they a small minority?" Hua Rong shook his head: "The senior management simply ignored them at first. They only knew that the fertility rate in the Song Dynasty had dropped slightly, so they encouraged the birth of two children. That's all. But little did they know that those people would enjoy high welfare after they came, and they could get generous money while staying at home. In addition to those who smuggled in and had uncontrolled births, their proportion had already accounted for 10% in the past twenty years. ." The locksmith was also shocked: "What, ten percent?!" Hua Rong nodded: "Our people in the Song Dynasty have already entered the aging process, with high life pressure and low fertility rate, resulting in a sharp decline in the population base. Especially The number of young people has dropped sharply. For example, brother Wu, is your hometown school still full of students?" I shook my head: "I haven't been back for many years, I don't know for sure, but the last time I went back, it seemed that the school was abandoned. Many classes." Hua Rong nodded to me: "That was just a microcosm of a few years ago, and the situation later was more serious." Old handsome guy Bai asked anxiously: "What are those people causing trouble?" Hua Rong smiled bitterly and took the He took out his mobile phone and read: "The demands they made are very simple. 1. Undocumented stowaways and illegitimate persons will all be given legal status from now on; 2. Everyone will receive a monthly subsidy of forty taels of silver; 3. They will not be allowed to have quotas in the Yamen establishment. Less than 30%; 4. The employment ratio of Fortune 500 companies must not be less than 30%; 5. Big mama is legalized; 6. They can legally hold wood warehouse branches; 7. They are not allowed to fight and rob Detention will not be punished; 8. They will not be taxed when setting up businesses and will be given subsidies; 9. All persons of appropriate age will be provided with a companion to study, work or business, and they can choose to change them at any time."
I was stunned for a while and asked: "If these thugs don't do it, will they be left to replace the cook?" Hua Rong smiled bitterly: "Most of them were born in the Song Dynasty, some are only a few years old, and there are barbarians behind them. Funds, personnel and strategic support, the whole world is focusing their cameras on them, we can't mess around, we can only deal with a few people who have no brains at all, burning, killing and looting, and it is inconvenient for other personnel to do it." The locksmith seemed very angry, Suddenly asked: "What about the people, do they have the power to resist? Are the people of the Song Dynasty so easy to bully?" Hua Rong actually took a sip of wine: "Don't mention this matter. Very early on, the people and them were at odds with each other. There are conflicts, but some Song Dynasty public servants in the yamen are seriously deficient in calcium. They also impose severe penalties on reasonable and legal Song Dynasty people in order to protect foreign adults and bow to foreign adults. For example, on New Year's Eve, my daughter had a high fever. I didn't care, I just wanted to make dumplings for the foreign masters. The development of things later was out of control, and I, the people of the Song Dynasty, did not dare to do anything, for fear that I would accidentally be locked up by some people in the yamen for ten or eight years. , I also need to publicly apologize to the foreigners. I also need to be represented and apologize to the foreigners. Besides, most ordinary people are running around for life, how can they have wealth and freedom." I frowned and asked: "Then those people are now realizing Is your wealth free?" Hua Rong took another sip of wine and continued to smile bitterly: "Except for those who are smuggled in and born illegitimately, each of the others will receive a monthly subsidy of thirty taels of silver." The locksmith couldn't help it anymore: "What the hell? , Didn’t the cook know about this before? Why did he keep letting it go?" Hua Rong still smiled bitterly: "The minister has always been concerned about international things. If they hadn't made a big fuss this time, the minister still wouldn't pay attention to this kind of thing." The locksmith asked again: "This has been going on for so long, there must be a huge financial deficit, and no one has reported it?" Hua Rong said with a smile: "People work nine to five and they are more comfortable with their salary. I have the money from the Song Dynasty." It’s not from my own pocket, and I am exempted from the benefits of foreigners. If something happens, I will be ruined for the rest of my life.”
I took a sip of wine, glanced at the handsome old man Bai who couldn't drink, and asked, "Brother Hua, what are the chefs going to do?" Hua Rong smiled mysteriously: "Listen to me first about the second difficult question." The locksmith raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "It seems that the cook is here to solve the second problem. Please tell me quickly." Hua Rong nodded: "Don't worry, locksmith, our staff I have been watching the dynamics of the number one player behind a certain barbarian. He can be said to be the richest man in the world. He controls a huge amount of wealth and resources. He controls most of the economic lifeline and supports many puppets." Handsome guy Bai Asked: "Can he help us?" Hua Rong smiled at me: "Unless we can give him an offer he can't refuse, we will be his ultimate goal." I shrugged: "What, like the late emperor?" Hua Rong actually gave a thumbs up: "Yes, three years ago, he was diagnosed with a terminal illness. With good medical conditions, he can live forever, but both the quality of life and the body itself are not very good. , and now, the signs of tumor spread are becoming more and more obvious, and death may only be a matter of one or two years." I smiled slightly: "Fortunately, my moon spirit power has not dissipated yet." Hua Rong also smiled slightly. I smiled: "But this old guy doesn't want to die." I took over: "No one is willing to die, especially the nobles." Hua Rong continued: "He is only in his fifties. To them, he is still Young. No one in his class is sure about him."
