In this autumn season of chirping birds and fragrant flowers, scorching summer, Magnum officials, aristocrats and wealthy people are ushering in the cold winter and their own violent storms and snows.
Zhou Li is back.
As the saying goes, strong enemies are not to be feared. As long as you are willing to work hard and find the opponent's weaknesses and lower limits, there is no strong enemy that cannot be defeated. But for these high-level elements, Zhou Li's existence is not a strong enemy.
He is the morning sun—the firstborn.
"Is he sick?"
In Magnum's parliament building, dozens of men, women and children dressed in colorful costumes gathered around a large round table and started a special round table meeting. One of the young men looked sad and shouted in despair: "Crazy man, doesn't he have a home? Doesn't he have a Twilight Forest? Why does he come to Silver City when he has nothing to do and doesn't go home? Do we have any residual value?" "
"Why are you so rude?"
The red-haired woman on the side frowned and asked the young man in confusion: "I don't understand why you are so frightened when you hear the word brave. Is he a scourge or a natural disaster? We are all mags. Why are the elites of the South so out of character? Why do they deliberately open this kind of special meeting? I don’t understand.”
"Amusa, you are a new member of parliament from out of town. You may not know much about our industry."
At this time, a middle-aged man with a big belly and a kind appearance knocked the bell in front of him and said kindly to Alyosha: "Let me tell you the truth, according to past practice, a newly promoted out-of-town congressman like you just If you join us, you will face a series of means such as suppression, cynicism, contempt, exclusion, and bad things for you to prevent you from taking away our rights."
The face of the woman named Alyosha suddenly brightened. She was not frightened. She knew a lot about the dirty things about the Magnum Council before she came to Silver City. But she didn't expect that the congressman named "He Chen" would spell out these hidden rules so straightforwardly. Before Alyosha could react, He Chen continued:
"But, Ms. Alyosha has been in Silver City for more than ten days, and it has been five days since she officially took office as a member. Tell me, what do you think after taking office? Have we excluded you in any way?"
Hearing this, Alyosha was suddenly stunned. Yes, as a foreigner, she did not suffer any suppression or deception after coming to Baiyinchen. On the contrary, other congressmen were very kind to her and did not show any arrogance. She thought that it was because she had been prepared to take advantage of the situation early and performed impeccably in regular meetings that these people had no way to attack.
but…
Since arriving in the city, Alyosha has deeply felt that his little skills in the town are really not on the table. Compared with these scheming congressmen, I really seemed like an outsider who came to Silver City to beg for food. If these people want to play tricks on them, they don't need to reveal their flaws. You know, what MPs are best at is making things out of nothing.
"Since you came here, we have cared for you in every possible way and have not suppressed you in any way. Look now, how united, friendly, dedicated and loving this parliament, which was once full of overt and covert struggles and struggles for power, is now. You know why this is the case. ?"
This question stumped Alyosha. It was said that this group of congressmen who could not escape the wild geese had changed their minds and had all changed their ways. The dogs on the roadside shook their heads. But she really couldn't think of why these people had such a big change.
She looked at He Chen and shook her head in confusion.
"Haha, it's normal not to understand."
After smiling, He Chen suddenly sighed with a heavy face. His tone turned offensive and he said sadly: "You haven't experienced an era."
"That era when a group of congressmen almost lost their pants when they were treated like monkeys by a brave man."
ah?
Alyosha was confused.
Alyosha knew something about He Chen. This man is responsible for operating the trading port and claims to be the first gentleman of Magnum. A few months ago, he "happened" to "pick up" Magnum III's fund card from Zhou Li in the airship building, received a political promotion, and became the vice president of the parliament. This particular emergency meeting was called by this man.
In Alyosha's impression, this man always looked polite, spoke very elegantly, and would never compare himself to a monkey, and he was still a monkey without pants. When she looked blankly at the other nobles, hoping to see expressions of disapproval or disgust, the empathetic faces immediately calmed her down.
"I can't play it, I can't play it no matter what."
The young man who spoke first looked at Alyosha, smiling sadly and desolately: "It's not that we can't defeat him with wealth, nor can we defeat him with politics. The brave men at that time were still very weak, and we were arrogant and thought that we could defeat him. He had a lot of control over us, so we planned for him to be our front man."
Alyosha had heard about this matter. At that time, Alyosha, who was still using wood spirits to help farmers pick up fertilizer in the countryside, learned from the messenger that due to the conflict between Zhou Li and the council members, the Magnum Council had many vacancies and needed to be selected by council members in other cities. The right people. They were probably talking about that conflict.
"At that time, we thought he could be manipulated by us, so we, the congressmen, had no cooperation and were all preparing to compete for the large sums of money that would come after victory. But what no one expected was..."
Speaking of this, the young man's voice was involuntarily choked with sobs. He thought of his father who joined the army for him, of his brother who was far away from home digging fertilizer, and of the tens of thousands of gold coins he had lost, and the young man's voice trembled.
"This Zhou Li, he overturned the chessboard."
He remembered Zhou Li who impeached himself, forced Magnum III to let him become independent, and promised everything on the surface, but secretly bought the materials he bought at a high price at a low price. There were two different looks on the faces of all the congressmen: deep disgust and deep panic. At this time, Alyosha felt that he seemed to understand something.
"Later this guy left Silver City, saying he was going to Muqi."
As soon as these words came out, the faces of those congressmen changed instantly like intangible cultural heritage, happiness and memories appeared on their faces.
"You don't know, the day Zhou Li said he was going to Muqi, how many councilors or nobles were relieved and glad that they were finally going to show off their ambitions. Do you know that that day, the councilor who dug coal next to me saw him off in person and wished he could kneel on the ground I kowtowed three times and bowed nine times to send this plague god away, but guess what happened?"
Alyosha, who was overwhelmed by the massive amount of information, shook his head in confusion. The young man grinned miserably, his voice full of helplessness.
"The chamber of commerce he left behind colluded with the nobles he knew, and directly purchased all the materials we had in stock at the lowest price, and then sold them to our dealers in Muqi at high prices. Just as these dealers were preparing When these supplies were sold, Muqi fought for a fucking day with Void. The dealer ran away, and Muqi bought them all for zero yuan."
"Then the king is preparing to go to war with Muqi. We are thinking that this can't happen again, right? We went to Zhou Li's chamber of commerce and bought a bunch of strategic materials again, preparing to earn back the previous capital, and then Can you guess again?"
Alyosha was speechless. She only had loving care in her eyes for the young man in front of her who was pouring out her pent-up grief.
"Damn it, there's no fight!"
"The goods are all in your hands. Your mother opened them and saw that what he sold to us were all the ones we left in Muqi!"
"The next day after the guy next door dug coal, the whole family went digging coal together."
"I'm good at digging with my hands, and the family heirloom pickaxes have been taken away by debt collectors!"
These remarks made me feel sad when I heard them, and I shed tears when I saw them. All the MPs present shed tears because of their sympathy, and most of them sighed.
"Later we realized that unity is strength, and unity is the foundation of everything. If we didn't have our own evil intentions and fight with each other, we would never have given Zhou Li a chance to take advantage of the situation. So, we woke up."
Patting his chest and making a thumping sound, the young man finally let go of his fear and remembered the courage that everyone had gathered. They are no longer the loose parliament that could be broken at the slightest touch. They have evolved now.
"We found that the main reasons why the parliament was retreating in front of Zhou Li were as follows."
"First, we are not united. Each of us fights for our own interests, which gives Zhou Li the opportunity to step in. In order to solve this problem, we issued a proposal after Zhou Li left. Everyone We have chosen to unite together and no longer be hostile to each other or harm each other. From now on, the Parliament is our home and we are the soul of the Parliament."
Looking at the young man whose painting style was gradually changing, Alyosha's expression began to look a little weird.
Weird, are you really still those lackeys of capital who eat people without vomiting their intestines?
"Second, the reason why we were crushed by Zhou Li in terms of public support is because our previous squeeze on the people really exceeded the threshold, which allowed Zhou Li to win the people's support at no cost and make the people support him. Therefore, Since Zhou Li left, we have begun to implement various tax reduction policies, build infrastructure, and strengthen people's livelihood. In this case, if Zhou Li wants to coerce public opinion against us, he will have to pay more price."
Wait, this isn't right.
Not noticing Alyosha's increasingly exciting expression at this time, the young man continued to speak impassionedly:
"Third, the reason why we were severely manipulated by Zhou Li politically is because the existence of the nobles led to the unfair distribution of power, allowing him to single-handedly instigate the duke to manipulate us. We have already done so. With the third amendment to the Magnum Act, from now on, we must disperse all the rights of the nobles to prevent Zhou Li from defeating one area and defeating the entire army."
Wait, wait, wait, hey, you are in democracy! It’s really democracy! This is not what you should do!
Alyosha had mixed feelings in her heart at this time. She had long been prepared for the feat of "defending the marrow-sucking and bone-sucking city congressmen as a dream girl from the country." She began to feel confused.
According to her vision, she, who is smart and loves the people, will lie dormant in the Supreme Council, looking for the right opportunity to seize power, control the parliament, seek benefits for the poor people, and fight against the evil members.
But isn’t that right? Why is the plot development in reality so fast?
Why did you commit suicide before I took action?
"So, Ms. Alyosha, if you want to truly integrate into our parliament, I need your guarantee."
Hearing this, Alyosha became energetic. She knew that this group of people would not change their ways so easily, and there would definitely be complicity behind the scenes.
Just when she was about to give in and deal with this group of people first, He Chen spoke.
"We need you to unite with everyone, seek benefits in a controlled manner, not harm the interests of ordinary people, not be authoritarian, not violent, and be consistent in dealing with the outside world."
He Chen put his hands on the table, his eyes were like fire, and he asked in a serious voice: "Can you do it?"
“Without this kind of awareness, you cannot become a qualified member of parliament!”
Oh, I surrender.
Alyosha felt a sense of emptiness. She nodded mechanically, hummed, and replied "sincerely": "Don't worry, I will definitely abide by it."
People are numb.
Just when He Chen nodded happily and everyone looked at Alyosha with friendly eyes toward comrades, a voice rang out and time froze.
"Arrived at the highest building in Silver City, the Parliament!"
A man holding a communicator and appearing to be taking a selfie pushed open the door without warning. Alyosha was suddenly startled and took a closer look. The man was wearing a black windbreaker. He had a handsome face, a tall posture, and a very kind temperament.
But breaking into the parliament is a very serious illegal act, and no compromise will be made just because of the man's handsomeness. Just when Alyosha was about to give a warning, the man continued to say to the screen:
"It's so beautiful, Parliament..."
As if he wanted to show it to the people on the other side of the communicator, the man walked around the silent room with the communicator in hand, and suddenly pointed the camera at everyone, his face full of surprise.
"Oh, isn't this Heshen?"
He Chen, who didn't know when he changed his name, forced out a smile without pearls on his stiff face. The man didn't care, pointed the communicator at the corridor outside, and sighed:
"Let's look at the Aboriginal skulls in the distance."
At this time, seeing the congressman acting motionless and silent as if he were playing a child's game of "One, two or three wooden men, who dares to touch the sky lantern", Alyosha guessed that the arrogant and domineering person in front of him was certain. status of a man.
"Okay, you guys will hand it over to the Literary Church in a few days and come back early. After all, a gold and silver nest is not as good as your own gold-plated and silver-plated mansion."
After hanging up the communicator, Zhou Li walked up to He Shen, put his arm around his neck, and greeted him like an old friend he hadn't seen for many years:
"Heshen, are you not dead yet?"
"I thought that old man from Magnum III was going to stab your a** to pieces."
