The conversation between Bai Zhi and Sha Shuang in the tavern quickly spread through the mouths of the tavern's customers and bartenders. As Sha Liu's niece, Sha Shuang just said a few words and wanted more than a hundred people to enjoy the high benefits brought by Donghai Hukou for free. Even some people in the old district who sympathized with the Sha family felt that Sha Shuang Frost's request was too much.
If the Zhaosha family's thinking model regards the East China Sea as someone's private property, the Gu family has every right to do whatever they want in the Dragon Palace.
In fact, the Gu family only has two relatives in the Dragon Palace. Gu Tianbai's cousin Liu Yuenian is the head of the institute's space physics research project. He has been working on developing space equipment with his research team. Apart from knowing that there is such a person, most people don't even know that there is such a person. Have seen what he looks like. Gu Tianqing's cousin Fang Feiying has been working in the nursery of Dragon Palace and is an ordinary childcare worker. As relatives of the Gu family, these two people had not received any other care other than living in the Gu family's private residence. As for the special accommodation, the entire Dragon Palace base is the private property of the Gu family. It is only natural for the Gu family to live in a private house on private property. It is really shameful for them to be willing to host relatives to stay with others.
Gu Baizhi's statement is consistent with Gu Tianbai's consistent style. They regard themselves as part of the more than 20,000 soldiers and civilians of Dragon Palace and Donghai.
Which attitude is more reassuring and comfortable between this attitude and the attitude of thinking that one is a relative of the leader and can leave as one wishes and come and come as one pleases or bring a large number of people to enjoy the high welfare of the East China Sea?
Sha Shuang approached several of Sha Liu's old subordinates for help, but no one expressed sympathy for her or Sha Ting's family. There was an old Hu who was an old subordinate of Sha Liu. He told Sha Shuang directly and clearly: "No matter how pitiful you say, it's useless. The rules of the arrangement are already fixed. There are dozens of scientists among the new immigrants from Xijing." , people can still only live in the outer city, and apart from the work arranged by scientists, they can only make a living by hunting."
"But I heard that Gu Baizhi sent them daily necessities. Where did she get so many textiles?" Sha Shuang has been wandering around the city these days, asking questions clearly. Bai Zhi seems to have a very good relationship with the new immigrants in Xijing. Not only did she send a lot of daily necessities to the new immigrants, she also asked people from Tanggu to help guide the new immigrants in hunting. It's impossible for Bai Zhi to do these things without official support, at least she can't get the supplies privately.
"Xiao Gu has been cultivating and selecting cash crops in the Qinling Mountains in the past few years. The cotton grown in our Donghai Farm is all the seedlings provided by her, and the yield is very high. It is normal for her to save some supplies for herself." Old Hu Si Xiao Feixiao looked at Sha Shuang. Gu Baizhi and Zhang Tianzhao are about to have their second child, and those things that happened in the past have long since disappeared. Sha Shuang actually paid attention to Bai Zhi, this old jealous person was really strong.
"How could she treat the public supplies as her own?" Sha Shuang said with resentment. Bai Zhi mentioned something while speaking, and Donghai immediately issued a purchase restriction order. In addition to food, the restricted supplies also included cotton and textiles. These things were urgently needed in the Shanghai base. She saw that the store was full of quilts and clothes and she couldn't buy them. However, Bai Zhi took out complete sets to give to the new immigrants with whom she had a good relationship and refused to help the elderly in District 1. It was simply intentional. of.
"Our practice in the East China Sea is to keep the materials obtained through individual actions and hand over half of the materials obtained through collective actions. Xiao Gu will hand in the seeds when he comes back, and of course he will keep the cotton he grew and weave when he went on a mission." Lao Hu shook his head and smiled, " Xiaoshuang, you are not from Donghai, and you don’t understand the various regulations of Donghai, so please don’t talk about our personnel affairs in Donghai casually.”
Sha Shuang, who was used to handing over any harvest and having all materials distributed by his superiors, was stunned for a moment before he realized that Donghai had adhered to the rules of District 1 in recent years. Donghai, which claims to be free and equal, is really free in this regard. At the same time, she also understood the meaning of Lao Hu's words. Even Sha Liu's loyal subordinates excluded Sha Ting and her from Donghai's system. It would be impossible for her and Sha Ting to rely on Sha Liu's influence to penetrate into the East China Sea.
This discovery made Sha Shuang very disappointed. She returned to the compound where she was staying temporarily, and reluctantly arranged for her family members to pack their luggage and settle in a free settlement outside the city. She sent someone back to Shanghai to inform Sha Ting to organize an elite hunting team.
The Shanghai base has nothing, and the East China Sea has abundant supplies at low prices. The fur and meat harvested from hunting are definitely not as cost-effective as selling them to the East China Sea officials in exchange for East China Sea coins. Regardless of whether Sha Shuang wants it or not, if she wants these family members to have a safe place to live and a life of food and clothing, she has to take care of what Bai Zhi said, working as a free hunter to earn money to support her family.
Sha Shuang is not the only one who has the same choice. A considerable number of free hunters choose to make a reservation at the housing management office to rent a house, and then go back to pick up their partners and families to settle in the East China Sea.
Hai Fengqiu came back from Xijing for a meeting. He heard that Sha Shuang was beaten by Bai Zhi and finally became a free hunter. Knowing that Bai Zhi had saved him from trouble, he went to Zhang Tianzhao's office after the meeting to express his gratitude and asked Zhang Tianzhao: "Sha Shuang" Didn't you cause trouble for Bai Zhi later?"
"Sha Shuang came to see me again yesterday and wanted to meet Bai Zhi, but my daughter moved a little too much the day before yesterday and she needed to rest in bed, so I didn't agree." Zhang Tianzhao pressed his temples and sighed tiredly, "How is it going in Xijing? Are you ready?"
"The plan went very smoothly. We also circled several targets on the rebel side. After identifying the targets, the four of us divided into two sides and started working at the same time. After Sun Heping learned about Mr. Qiao's transformation into an insect, he provided a very good idea. Important information, he said that the previous leaders of Xijing had recuperated in his mother's hospital for several months, and after the recuperation, they all became more than twenty years younger. What his mother meant was that these people had quietly accepted it. Genetic modification." Hai Fengqiu sneered and pulled Zhang Tianzhao's draft book, wrote down a few names, circled Qiao's correct name and put an X on it.
"In other words, there is a high possibility that these people will turn into insect humans after being bitten by bugs? What was used in experiments before this kind of surgery? Once bugs appear in Xijing, it will be very troublesome!" Zhang Tianzhao thought for a moment, Said: "I think Sun Heping should take his people to evacuate Xijing, the sooner the better."
"I communicated with him and came to the same conclusion. He submitted an application report to go to Baofeng to farm, and his superiors approved it readily. But the defection of Director Hao and his companions had a big impact, and Sun Heping's family will definitely He was detained in Xijing. What he meant was that when the chaos broke out in Xijing due to insects, we secretly brought him and his family members to the East China Sea." Hai Fengqiu took out a folded list and showed it to Zhang Tianzhao, "A total of Seventy-six families, nearly 300 people, all live together in a large courtyard. Can you ask Xiaoshan and Qi Haoyu to help me teleport?"
"They can only go to one of them. Let's call Xiao Qi then. Xiao Qi is also at my house today. I'll tell him when I get home." Zhang Tianzhao looked through the list and handed it back to Hai Fengqiu. "These people are arranged to go to the nearby Dragon Palace." How about living in a forest farm town?”
"There must be people in Sun Heping's family group who are close to other factions, so we should be more careful." Haifengqiu thought for a moment, "I remember that supply point No. 6 is going to be transformed into a forest farm? Install a defensive shield in advance and move everyone away. Stay there temporarily and block the news so they don’t know where it is. If Sun Heping can fight back to Xijing after the insect rebellion, we will send their families back to him."
"Okay, I'll go over and arrange the arrangements in a moment." Zhang Tianzhao wrote down a line on his notepad, "What are you going to do with these people in Sha Ting?"
"Don't deal with it. Once he grows crops in Hucheng and attracts insects, he won't be able to handle it anymore. He can only survive in the East China Sea by hunting. By then, let alone the outer city, he won't be able to enter even the free settlements outside the city. ." Haifengqiu sneered, "Leave whenever you want, come back whenever you want, he really regards District 1 as his own home!"
Hai Fengqiu still overestimated Sha Ting.
Before even planting seeds, Sha Ting's new base disintegrated in a quarrel. Some of his men returned to Xinjiang City in anger, while a smaller group left Sha Ting and went directly to Donghai City. The number of people who stayed with him was less than one-fifth of the original number.
There is no way for people to maintain the normal operation of a base with this alone. In the end, Sha Ting had no choice but to take his men to the settlement outside Donghai City to meet up with Sha Shuang, and registered a hunter team at the city hall.
Donghai didn't give him any special treatment, nor did they deliberately make things difficult for him. They charged a nominal fee and allocated an apartment in the west of the city for them to live in. They also gave him corresponding benefits such as discount vouchers for purchasing supplies. The very large team of several hundred people led by Sha Ting was considered the largest team in the East China Sea. Every time they went on a mission, several teams of hundreds of people traveled at the same time, which was quite eye-catching.
The ending of the small base closest to Donghai City seemed to be not bad. When the news spread, several small bases with worrying living conditions also wanted to defect. The leaders came to Donghai to inspect it, and they didn't want to leave after they came. The number of people fleeing to the East China Sea surged in droves.
Qi Haoyu was very worried about the Sha family and secretly watched Sha Ting for a few days. He went home and said to Bai Zhi: "That man is very resentful. He and his subordinates all mean that Donghai City was conquered by Sha Liu. Instead, Haifengqiu picked the peaches. This man is really strange. The East China Sea is obviously everyone's, why should he regard it as his family's private property? According to his logic, the Dragon Palace is completely the private property of the Gu family, and my brother-in-law built the East China Sea. Woolen cloth."
"With only one or two people or even one or two hundred or two thousand people, there would not be the current Dragon Palace and Donghai. Don't mention private property in the future." Bai Zhi smiled and touched the big boy who looked very humane because of his childishness. The child raised his head and said, "There is no point in fighting over these things."
She doesn't know exactly how big the space of Bai Zhi is and how much it produces. The space bags and equipment made by her and Zhang Tianzhao are the best equipment in Donghai City and possibly the entire China. What Donghai and Longgong gave to Bai Zhi and Zhang Tianzhao was definitely not as much as what they paid. She said this quite confidently.
Qi Haoyu, who has been separated from the basic needs of human survival, thought about it from Bai Zhi's point of view, and felt that what Bai Zhi said was very reasonable, and said: "Although I am the king of Tang Gu, Tang Gu is not just me. People. Without everyone, I can’t actually do anything by myself.”
"Fifth Sister and Brother Haoyu are still too idealistic," Xiaoshan said angrily, "Some people are greedy by nature. I think it is useless to ignore such people. This Sha Ting has established a foothold in the East China Sea, and he can still dance. Come out and cause trouble.”
"A too tough attitude will arouse the resentment of the people in the old district 1. A Zhao said that Haifengqiu actually hates Sha Ting, but this is all he can do at the moment." Bai Zhi took a few steps and sighed, "I am sincere about political balance and so on. Annoying, I think I’ve recovered well today, can I go for a walk?”
"We can go to Longzhu Plaza. Xiaofei said last time that her classmate has a bracelet made of some kind of animal armor. It glows beautifully at night. She bought it at Longzhu Plaza. She wants it very much. I want to find it." Qi Haoyu pointed at Mian Ning and Xiao Shan, who were about to make a move, "You two haven't finished your homework."
"Tch, you go buy a gift for Sister Xiaofei and let us do our homework at home. You won't bring anything like this." Xiaoshan carried Mian Ning on his shoulders, "The sun is nice today, Mian Ning needs to bask in the sun, and we both need to go too!"
"Let's go together and write when we come back." Bai Zhi stretched out her hand to the arm that was a little high for her, "The sun is really nice today."
Qi Haoyu opened the door to the courtyard and let the fifth sister, who was obviously slow, come out, "There have been so many people here these days."
It is true that many people have immigrated to Donghai recently. The shops selling daily necessities in the commercial district are certainly crowded. There are also many people setting up small street stalls in Longzhu Plaza, and there are even more people shopping at the street stalls. Bai Zhi was interested in materials such as animal skins, bones, and claws. As soon as Xiao Shan lowered his head, Mian Ning jumped down to pick it up and offered it to her mother to touch. When Bai Zhi thought it was useless, she threw it back, and when she thought it was useful, she threw it to Xiao Shan to carry the space bag. Of course, the king of Shan came over to pay.
Bai Zhi noticed that several people were staring at her, and they followed suit when she bought something, so she stopped very cautiously. Although she doesn't have any purpose in shopping and buying things. She mainly collects new materials to activate new formulas, but it is always unpleasant to be stared at like this.
Qi Haoyu found a small stall selling bracelets and rummaged through a large basket of shiny trinkets for tributes. Bai Zhi remembered that Fei Ying also liked this, so she happily picked out a few necklaces and bracelets and handed them to Xiao Shan.
"Gu Baizhi?" Someone stood on the other side of the stall and shouted tentatively.
Bai Zhi looked up and saw that the person opposite was probably no more than forty years old. He had a kind smile and looked very kind. She didn't recognize him, but his curly hair was very conspicuous. The person picking up accessories next to him was a pretty girl in her twenties, wearing a tight-fitting camouflage uniform that showed off her figure. The girls from Donghai didn’t dress like this. These two were from outside the city.
"Who are you?" Bai Zhi politely expressed that she was Gu Baizhi, but she didn't recognize his attitude.
"My name is Zhang Tiantao. Tao means four dots of water below the character "Shou"! He is Zhang Tianzhao's cousin." When Zhang Tiantao smiled, his eyes narrowed slightly, and there was a shadow of Zhang Tianzhao. "I have heard of you, this little curly..." He Pointing to Mian Ning, who looked at him curiously, "Whose family does it belong to?"
Bai Zhi hesitated for two seconds and answered him: "My family."
Bai Zhi's attitude was a bit cold, and Zhang Tiantao also noticed the fierce look in the corners of the tall Qi Haoyu's eyes. He laughed twice and said, "I heard that A Zhao is in the East China Sea... I misunderstood."
No one in the Zhang family ever mentioned Zhang Tianzhao's relatives in Xinjiang City. Mian Ning couldn't understand his uncle's nervousness and his mother's coldness. Wanting to lighten the atmosphere, he asked, "Dad's cousin, what should I call?"
It's one thing to not want to have contact emotionally, but now that you've met, it's impossible not to admit it. Besides, this matter can’t be kept secret for long. If Xinjiang City sends more spies to the East China Sea, the Zhang family will always know that Zhang Tianzhao has a son. Bai Zhi smiled, "Call me uncle. Second brother, this is Mian Ning, almost two years old."
"Hello, uncle." Mian Ning called politely.
"Hello little guy." After Zhang Tiantao confirmed that this was Zhang Tianzhao's son, he was surprised and happy. He stretched out his hand towards Qi Haoyu, "These two are..."
"Gu Tianyu, Zhang Tianzhao's brother-in-law." Qi Haoyu stretched out his big iron fist, opened his palm and shook hands with him.
"Gu Tianshan, Zhang Tianzhao's brother-in-law." Xiaoshan shook hands with his nominal relative after Qi Haoyu.
Zhang Tiantao was stunned for a moment when he heard the words "Gu Tianshan" and almost pulled his hand back. Xiaoshan smiled at him innocently and said, "I have been helping my sister and my brother-in-law take care of their children in the past few years. Naughty things are in the past, you don't have to be afraid of me."
Innocent, innocent, and naughty, these words have nothing to do with massacring the entire base, regardless of age or sex, leaving no one alive. Tanggu people, who never talked to anyone, were still very enthusiastic towards their relatives. Zhang Tiantao managed to keep smiling.
"My cousin came to the East China Sea this time... for business?" Bai Zhi was quite polite.
"This time our Xinjiang City has organized a business delegation, and we would like to discuss the possibility of common development in multiple directions with Donghai." Zhang Tiantao finally took his hand back from Xiaoshan who was reluctant to leave, and he smiled politely at Xiaoshan. , and Bai Zhi said: "The East China Sea has arranged to hold a symposium tomorrow. I will go out for a walk when I have time today. Where do you live? I will go to your house to sit in the evening."
"Our family lives in the inner city, and we can't get in without a Donghai household registration. It's a pity that we can't invite you to our house." Bai Zhi smiled at him, "I will tell A Zhao about your visit. But I think, on official business He won’t have a personal meeting with you until the conversation is over.”
Zhang Tiantao heard the implication of Bai Zhi's words: Zhang Tianzhao's status in Donghai City is not low, and the private meeting will have an impact on the symposium. He nodded to Bai Zhi understandingly and said, "I live in Room 206 of Sanyuan Hotel for the past few days."
Zhang Tianzhao's cousin should be the one who did well in Xinjiang City and became the district chief. He is very good at the art of stopping talking. Bai Zhi also nodded to him, meaning that she would bring it to the point, so she turned her head and asked Qi Haoyu: "did you find it?"
"Found it." Qi Haoyu held up two bracelets and showed them to the stall owner, pointing to the hill. "He paid." He put them in his space bag.
"Space equipment!" Zhang Tiantao's female companion, who didn't know Gu Tianshan's name, exclaimed softly. She found that she was being stared at and covered her mouth coquettishly. She actually looked quite cute.
"Our Donghai space bags are very common," Xiaoshan introduced with malicious enthusiasm: "The second store in Dongtou Commercial Street sells them, and they only cost 120 yuan each, which is very cheap."
"Is it true that even this in the East China Sea can be bought and sold at will?" The girl could not accept the fact that such an important strategic material was sold openly without any threshold. She looked at Zhang Tiantao with clear eyes, "Deputy Commander, can I go and take a look?"
"If you want to buy something, go ahead." Xiaoshan waved to him happily, "My business is very good."
Bai Zhi has been resting in bed for the past few days, and has been trying to estimate the time when the space bag will explode with her fingers. How happy it would be if Xinjiang City spent a lot of money to buy back a batch of space packages that would explode in three months. Qi Haoyu smiled and added: "I bought my bag from him."
He did buy two bags from someone else. One was given to his mother-in-law-to-be for study, and the other was now thrown on the lid of Mian Ning's toy box. Mian Ning knew that sooner or later it would break, so he was too lazy to put anything in it.
Xiao Shan found a small restaurant that happened to be within sight of the entrance of a shop selling bags, and invited everyone in to sit and watch the fun.
Half an hour later, about a dozen men and women who looked like they were outsiders rushed to the bag shop one after another. After a while, these people went out one after another to do some shopping.
"The leaders of Xinjiang City are quite rich. The sky-high price of a hundred and two bags is bought at any time." Xiaoshan was overjoyed, "Hey, fifth sister, look at it, even my second cousin bought one."
Bai Zhi shook her head and smiled, "What else did you see?"
Xiao Shan shook his head.
"The leaders of Xinjiang City have privileges, which can be confirmed by Sha Shuang's previous behavior. They must be spending public funds, and the source of public funds... In addition to spies, there is at least one large hunting team in the East China Sea that belongs to Xinjiang City. The space bag is so Important matters, but some members of the visiting team who should have done a good job of collecting plots beforehand did not know about it. The factional struggle led by Xinjiang City is very sharp, and information is not shared. "
Qi Haoyu counted each item to Bai Zhi, and Bai Zhi nodded every time he said it.
After hearing this, Bai Zhi smiled and said, "Have your people found out what they are here for?"
"They are here to ask us to assist the defensive shield. Zhang Tiantao is the deputy commander. He should be sent here because of the relationship between him and his brother-in-law, and he wants to follow his brother-in-law's path." Qi Haoyu crossed his arms and sneered: "How stupid. Anyone who has such a good thing as a defensive shield would be a fool to trade it to others if he doesn’t keep it for himself.”
"Sometimes politicians will do things that ordinary people think are stupid. If you don't stand in his position and look at the problem from his perspective, you won't be able to understand why he would do that." Bai Zhi said. Yawning, "In our opinion, Xinjiang City's idea of getting the defensive shield is quite stupid. But they may want to achieve other goals. These people's brain grooves are born with a few more back and forth than ordinary people. Mortals don't have it. It’s impossible to understand.”
"I understand. To read history, you need to not only compare horizontally and vertically, but also think." Xiaoshan held his face in worry, "I think doing research like Brother Qi is suitable for me. It's too troublesome to deal with people."
"We don't need to use our brains. If something happens, we can just take action." Qi Haoyu vigorously patted Xiao Shan on the shoulder. "In the face of the overwhelming value of force, all political tricks are useless."
"Then you two have to work hard." Bai Zhi put down the tea cup with a smile and let Mian Ning, who jumped off the chair, hold her hand, "Let's go home."
Zhang Tianzhao was not in a good mood when he came home in the evening. He said nothing while eating. When he checked the homework of his three children, even Qi Haoyu scolded him. When Bai Zhi was lying on the bed waiting for him to come over and say good night, she put her arms around his neck and asked him softly: "Did you encounter something unsatisfactory at work?"
"No." Zhang Tianzhao took his chin and gently rubbed Bai Zhi's face, "Are you going to let me sleep with you at night?"
"Let's go together." Bai Zhi struggled to move his position, "I went shopping at a street stall today and met someone. Guess who I met?"
"Zhang Tiantao. My second cousin who aspires to join politics." Zhang Tianzhao lay down next to Bai Zhi and took a long breath. "I met him when I returned to the city. He said that the Zhang family and the Tao family are my mother's natal family. Everyone is fully supporting him to go further. As a member of the Zhang family, I have the responsibility and obligation to help him get the defensive shield back. They kept asking me about some things and some, which was really annoying."
"It's not annoying, it's not annoying. My wife went to the street stalls today to scan for goods, and she found some interesting formulas. There is one for you to use." Bai Zhi turned over and took out the formula and gave it to him, "Using low-level mutant beast brain crystals as energy source for lighting tools. , I think you must have all the materials, hurry up and make a few so we can hang out during the New Year."
Zhang Tianzhao pinched the formula to study. The formula flashed with white light and disappeared. He supported Bai Zhi and let her lie on her side. "It's only been two days since I went to the territorial space. I'm not afraid that our daughter will be born in it and not be able to bring it out. What interesting things have you learned?" formula?"
"Papermaking and umbrella lanterns, the paper produced comes in random colors, as do the oil-paper umbrellas and lanterns. It feels like the system is relieving my boredom." Bai Zhi nested in his arms and didn't want to move, "Xiao Shan is teasing you today. My brother bought the space bag with a shelf life of three months. I saw that after buying the bag, he went shopping for daily necessities. The supplies in Xinjiang City must be very tight. I packed a few space wallets with daily necessities and food. I called Qi Haoyu’s people later. Send it to the Zhang family in Xinjiang City, or go there yourself?"
"When I'm done with this period of work, I'll go there by myself." Zhang Tianzhao gently stroked Bai Zhi's back, "It's necessary to speak clearly to my mother, the Zhang family, and the Tao family in person. I got married in Donghai, and I My children will grow up in Donghai, and Donghai is my home."
"Give a district chief the position after getting the defensive shield? Is this really what Zhang Tiantao proposed to Zhang Tianzhao?" Sha Ting sneered, "The man named Zhang is really generous to his own people. Did Zhang Tianzhao agree to him?"
"Rejected him. But the matter spread immediately. I think Zhang Tiantao wanted to sow discord between Zhang Tianzhao and Donghai, so that Zhang Tianzhao would be squeezed out by Donghai and go to Xinjiang City." Sha Shuang looked at the big candle on the candlestick in trance, " Xiaojia doesn’t want to go back to Xinjiang City, she wants to stay in Donghai, and plans to hide when the visiting group leaves, asking me to help her.”
"How can you help her? If she disappears, Donghai will find her as soon as possible and send her to Xinjiang City." Sha Ting leaned back on his chair, "Donghai is loose on the outside and tight on the inside. I really thought that Donghai wouldn't be able to help her." The threshold is undefended? Don't be naive. Chen Husheng is actually a smiling tiger. Zhang Tianzhao was tricked so much this time. It's strange that Hai Fengqiu didn't need two or three years to isolate him."
