Chapter 530 Three-day holiday

  After the banquet, Chu Guang received many gifts.

  Although most of the survivor settlements gave gifts to him personally, Chu Guang still accepted them in the name of the alliance.

"...This sword is my elder brother's sword. The king gave this sword to him when he was full moon, and he has carried it with him since he can remember. He asked me to tell you that the honey badger kingdom is willing to be the sharp edge of the alliance , the enemy of the alliance is our enemy."

  Handed the sword in his hand to Chu Guang, Afni stared at him intently, then handed over a shield engraved with the emblem of the honey badger royal family.

"This shield is a gift from my second brother. He told me to convey his exact words to you. The Honey Badger Kingdom is willing to serve as the shield of the alliance. We will watch out for you from threats from the west. Between us Friendships will be as strong as steel."

  Took the shield from her hand and put it aside, Chu Guang said solemnly.

   "Thank you for your gift. The friendship between the Alliance and the Honey Badger Kingdom will be as strong as steel. In addition, I sincerely hope that your two elder brothers can have a harmonious relationship, properly handle internal affairs, and not let down the trust your residents have placed in you."

  The honey badger royal family is loved by local residents.

  Otherwise, after the legion came, there would not be so many people who resisted, and even followed Yade into exile to the Lion Kingdom to form the Restoration Army.

   Chu Guang does not intend to interfere in their affairs, but only if it does not turn into a **** conflict.

  I believe that Yard and Summer should know it well.

   "I will keep your teachings in mind and persuade them when the time is right."

  Aphne bowed slightly.

   After a short pause, she turned around and fetched the red satin under the sword and shield. Only then did Chu Guang realize that it was a cloak, so he couldn't help but tease him.

   "You are the only faction that gave us three different gifts, we will cherish this friendship."

   "This is my gift." Aphne blinked, nodded her head slightly, and said, "Thank you for imparting my knowledge and taking care of me all the time."

   "You're welcome, the colleagues who work with you all have high evaluations of you, and what we do can't be considered caring."

  Looking at the pile of gifts piled up behind him, Chu Guang's heart moved slightly, and he said with a smile, "I plan to build a museum in Shuguang City, and put all the gifts in it as a testimony of our friendship for residents from all over the world to watch."

   After that, he also plans to build a zoo to house the alien species caught by players, including Deathclaw and monsters.

   Not only can it be used for scientific research purposes, but it can also be used to popularize science for new players and residents who have never traveled far, and to demonstrate the strength of the alliance's combat effectiveness.

   "That would be wonderful."

  Personally, Aphne felt quite regretful, but after thinking about it, a cheerful smile soon appeared on her face.

  Maybe that's good too...

  In addition to the gifts from the Honey Badger Kingdom, the Lion Kingdom gave the Alliance a hundred tall and mighty war horses. This thing can't be put in the museum, it can only be put in after the zoo is planned.

  Because there is no traditional cavalry unit in the alliance, Chu Guang selected 60 of them and planned to send them to the guards in Dawn City, Dawn City, and Fallen Leaf City.

  In the field with bad road conditions, horses will be faster than bicycles, which can form enough deterrence without scaring people like death claws.

  Golden Lizard Kingdom sent Chu Guang a 1:1 restored gold bust. It is said that the gold used was melted from the legion's dinar. Although they are vassals of the college, they are also optimistic about the market in the River Valley Province.

  The Hump Kingdom sent the Alliance a mechanical clock inlaid with blood diamonds to thank the Alliance for its immediate assistance in the Lost Valley military operation, and at the same time demonstrated its wealth and the excellent skills of its skilled craftsmen.

  Compared with the royal family who have their own ideas, corporate gifts are more pragmatic.

   On behalf of the council, Wu Changnian gave Chu Guang a four-wheel off-road vehicle nearly three meters high.

  Huge tires support the chassis, the structural material of the car body is lightweight special steel, and the glass is special bulletproof glass, which is said to be able to block the shooting of light Gauss weapons.

"I see that you wear power armor all day long, so you should like this kind of big guy with full muscles." In front of the gate of the auditorium, Wu Changnian patted the off-road hood and said with a smile, "This is Changge Group. The product of its subsidiary, V-100 'Tiger' off-road, you can use it as a wheeled armored vehicle."

   There is one sentence he didn't say.

  If you think it’s easy to use, it’s okay to buy more. Unlike large aircraft, it’s not on the technically sensitive list.

  Chu Guang looked at the big guy with admiration, then looked at Wu Changnian and asked.

   "Can this car fly?"

   According to Fang Chang and Mole, the cars in Ideal City can fly in the sky.

  He is more interested in that technology.

  Wu Changnian coughed lightly.

   "You don't have a magnetic levitation roadbed here... We didn't install the magnetic levitation device. But even if there is, I don't recommend flying this thing in the sky. The steel structure car is still a bit heavy."

  But it is precisely because of this that you can sit in it even if you are wearing power armor.

   Can even seat four.

   Staring at the off-road vehicle, Chu Guang suddenly said with emotion.

   "I just said that I plan to build a museum and put all the representatives' gifts in it."

"We are pragmatists. If a product is not used, it will be a pity. You can put a car key first, and then put the whole car in when it is worn out. I think it will make more sense. , It is also a better proof of our friendship," Wu Changnian shook Chu Guang's hand, and said with a smile, "It is a pleasure to cooperate with you this time, and I hope it will be the same in the future. We can work together to explore a better future."

  Chu Guang shook his hand vigorously and said with a smile.

"must!"

   Later he intends to distribute this car to the Guards Regiment.

  If it is easy to use, he will consider importing a few more from Changge Group and distribute them to departments and corps in need. Of course, if the reverse work of the "reindeer" tracked vehicle of the college in the Dawn City Industrial Zone goes smoothly, this foreign exchange expenditure can be saved.

  The large-scale war has ended, and the research and development progress of heavy equipment such as tanks and artillery can be slightly slowed down. According to Chu Guang's plan for the Alliance Army Command, the next stage of equipment research and development will focus on miniaturization and special warfare.

   That is, the minutiae that were omitted or simply skipped before being perfected.

  In short, not only the alliance's allies and partners, but also Boulder City, Garbage City, Red River Alliance, and even the Dam City that Guangtou Chu heard about, also sent a generous gift to the alliance.

  However, what pleased Chu Guang the most was not the gifts from other survivors’ settlements, but the “big gift” brought to him by Xiaoyu who came back from Camp 101…

  …

   "Xiaoyu and Pai also have a special gift for Big Brother Chu...although it's not something precious."

  Vault No. 404, browsing room on the B4 floor.

  Xiao Yu's face was flushed, with an embarrassed smile, she said shyly.

   Pai, who was standing next to her, couldn't wait to hand out the thumb-sized hard drive, and said triumphantly.

   "The thing you want has been finished, use it with confidence! By the way, you can use the holographic computer I gave you to have a look. If there is any room for improvement, just tell me!"

  That expression.

   It's almost written on his face that he hastened to praise him.

   "Great!" Chu Guang took the hard drive from her hand with a smile on his face, and fulfilled her wish kindly, "Thank you, you have been of great help."

  Hearing this sentence, Xiaoyu had a happy smile on his face, but soon he seemed to realize something, looked at Pai in surprise, and asked in a low voice.

   "Wait... Didn't you say you wanted to surprise Big Brother Chu? Why did Brother Chu ask us to do it?"

  The triumphant expression suddenly froze on his face, Pai subtly moved his gaze away, and whispered in embarrassment.

   "I feel like this will make you more motivated..."

  Even the speed of learning things has become faster.

  Xiaoyu stared at her and raised his eyebrows, his expression seemed to be really angry.

"you're lying!"

   During the time at Camp 101, she had always regarded Pai as her good friend, but Pai had lied to her for so long!

   "Uuuuuuuuuuuuu...it's my fault, I'm sorry! Don't dare to do it next time!"

   Unable to stand the serious expression of his best friend, Pai turned to Chu Guang for help, hoping that he could help him.

  However, Chu Guang's attention at this moment has been completely attracted by the blue light projected by the holographic computer pen, and he drags his index finger on the screen with great interest.

  Early before the war started, he asked Camp 101 to help develop a set of bond credit contracts and supporting trading systems that fit the current economic rules of the alliance.

  At that time, this system was prepared for the issuance of war bonds, with the purpose of "enabling social resources to be more efficiently allocated to the alliance's war machines."

   It was only because Boulder City borrowed him a large loan, and the company even gave loans and subsidies, that he delayed this tool for cutting leeks.

  If Chu Guang can achieve his goal by wronging others, Chu Guang will definitely not wrong his own people. Only by uniting our own people can we unite more others.

   Now, the reason why he has moved out this set of tools again is to allow more alliance residents to share the dividends of economic development, and on the other hand, to further squeeze the wool of the neighbors.

  The alliance will issue two sets of bonds.

One set is domestic debt redeemed in local currency, which is used to recover the excess liquidity generated by large-scale infrastructure investment, and by the way, part of the social wealth generated by infrastructure is distributed from the hands of the direct beneficiaries to the majority of ordinary survivors who cannot participate .

  The other set is foreign debt redeemed in foreign currency. The foreign currency raised is used to purchase commodities in the market where the currency is located, to curb inflation in the local market of the Union, and to export excess liquidity in the local market.

   It's like two barrels of beer.

  As the person who "distributes the wine", Chu Guang can decide to a certain extent, which barrel to put the real beer in, and where to put the foam from the beer.

  Although such financial instruments have appeared in the history of the People's Federation, the current situation is different from the past after all, and it is obviously unworkable to apply it mechanically.

   Xiaoyu was the president of Union Bank for a while.

  Although her daily work is just a silver coin cashier, she has to deal with grassroots personnel from all walks of life, including players, every day.

   Coupled with her sensitivity to numbers and talent in mathematics, she has the most intuitive feeling for the alliance's economic operation model, but she lacks the relevant knowledge to match it.

  The purpose of Chu Guang sending her to Camp 101 to study abroad is not only to make up for her lack of professional knowledge, but also to hope that she can combine the actual situation of the alliance and cooperate with the researchers of Camp 101 to better complete this work.

   Later, it was estimated that the technical content of the project was too low, so Professor Aiwen handed over the work to his student Pai.

  On the one hand, Pai has high attainments in the fields of programming, electronics, and mechanics, and on the other hand, she has a good relationship with Xiaoyu.

  The efficiency of the cooperation between the two is just as Aiwen expected, and it has indeed achieved good results.

   "...Not bad! Basically, there is not much to change. I will hand over the maintenance and update of the trading system to Xiao Qi. Thank you for your hard work!"

   Swipe lightly with your index finger.

  Chu Guang, who turned off the holographic screen, looked at the two sitting on the opposite side of the sofa, but saw Xiaoyu sulking intently at Pai, and couldn't help being stunned.

"What happen to you guys?"

"Well... I was wrong," Pai glanced at Chu Guang with a guilty conscience, and took the initiative to admit his mistake, "I told Xiaoyu before that I would give it to you as a gift when you came back from the front line, but I didn't tell her that it was actually you who asked me to give it to you." I did it."

  Hearing her explanation, Xiaoyu's brows tightened even more.

   "Isn't the point that you lied to me for half a year!"

   "Woooo..." Unexpectedly, his apology had the opposite effect, Pai shrank back, and his whole body became smaller.

  Looking at Pai's timid look, Chu Guang couldn't help laughing. Although he knew it was not good to gloat at this time, but it was probably the first time he had resolved such a simple contradiction after being in the wasteland for so long.

   Of course, this is not a trivial matter that can be perfunctory.

  Xiaoyu's character is very similar to her second brother Yu Hu. The good way of saying it is simple and serious, and the bad way of saying it is stubborn and resigned to death. Sometimes he is as stubborn as a donkey, the kind that can't be pulled back.

  With a personality like this, she trusts people easily, but hurts when she's lied to, even if it's just a white lie.

   "Pai."

   "Huh?" Hearing Chu Guang call his name, Pai didn't know what to do, and looked up at him carefully.

"You are a very smart girl. Although you are not a resident of the shelter, your talent is not inferior to anyone here, or even better. Otherwise, Doctor Method would not call you a genius, and sent the precious chip to you. Here you are. If I were to evaluate it, your talent in any settlement is enough to impress the people there."

  Looking at Pai, who looked anxious and could not help curling up his mouth, Chu Guang took a deep breath and continued patiently.

   "But I don't think you're doing the right thing."

"Why..." The corners of her mouth collapsed, and Pai muttered in a low voice with aggrieved eyes, "I just... see her so eager to become a very powerful person, so I want to help her, you don't want her to help you as soon as possible ?"

  Chu Guang looked at her seriously.

"I believe that you attach great importance to Xiaoyu, you also care about your friendship with her, and you want to stimulate her potential, but we can't completely ignore the means to achieve the goal because as long as the result is correct and the original intention is good... In fact, compared to making up A fact that doesn’t exist, you can communicate well with her, right? If you treat her as a friend, not a follower, or an accessory.”

   Of course a genius has the capital of pride, but if you don't pay attention, pride can easily turn into arrogance. The predicament most shelters encounter is not a lack of preparation, but an arrogant belief that everything will be fine as long as the unintelligent people listen to themselves.

  If Pai was more mature, he would tell her more specific experiences for Dr. Method.

  For example, selectively retaining part of the truth is always more tactful than lying. Even when you have to lie, you must add some promises that can be fulfilled.

   But these experiences are too early for her.

   "I didn't! I, never regarded the little fish as my accessory!"

  Finally realized what his problem was, Pai looked at Xiaoyu, lowered his head and said sincerely, "I was wrong, I'm sorry...I shouldn't have kept it from you."

  Xiaoyu's brows finally relaxed a little this time.

  Although her character is a bit stubborn, she is not the kind who is unreasonable.

  She could sense that Pai wasn't deceiving herself with malice.

  In fact, she regretted losing her temper just now. At least the other party is thinking about himself, maybe he should also express his unhappiness in a more gentle way.

  Chu Guang looked at Xiaoyu, and said in a gentle tone.

   "Can you forgive her? She has sincerely apologized."

   "Okay, but...you can't lie to me next time." Said in a low voice, Xiaoyu walked down the steps given by Chu Guang, and moved his aggressive gaze away from Pai's face.

   "Yeah, I promise!" Pai immediately raised his little hand and nodded vigorously.

  Facing the sincere gaze of his partner, Xiao Yu's face flushed slightly, and he nodded slightly.

   "Then... forgive you."

  Seeing the two reunited, Chu Guang couldn't help smiling.

  Xiao Qi, who was sitting on the desk, covered her mouth and snickered twice, and whispered in his ear through the earphones.

   "As expected of the master, he is quite good at coaxing people!"

  Chu Guang smiled, and whispered something in Mandarin.

   "I'm not afraid of your jokes. Before I graduated, I actually wanted to be a teacher."

Although he is not a teacher major, he is good at science. He was a tutor during his part-time job. Both students and parents liked him very much. One girl even vowed to apply for his school, even though the score line of Jiangcheng University was too high that year. Gao regretted not passing the exam.

  Before he graduated, he thought about whether he should just take the teaching qualification test and become a math teacher or physics teacher in the future.

  Xiao Qi paused for a while, then looked at him in surprise.

   "Eh...? But Master, didn't you say that you were selling before?"

"Yeah," Chu Guang smiled lightly, "So you see, what you want to do and what you are doing are actually completely different things. Humans are such contradictory animals. It is difficult to use procedural thinking. Understood."

  Xiao Qi tilted her head.

   "I don't think it's difficult to understand."

   "Really? Maybe you know me best."

   Replied casually, Chu Guang looked at the hard drive in his hand, a smile gradually curled up at the corner of his mouth.

  The last block has been put on.

   It depends on how the opponent responds.

  Xiao Qi blinked and looked at Chu Guang intently.

  Although it doesn't know what its master intends to do, its intuition tells it that many people may be in bad luck...

  …

   On the first day of the celebration, apart from the road from North Street to Triumph Square, the most lively place in Dawn City was probably the Resident Registration Office of the Guard.

   On the second day of the celebration, the Resident Registration Office of the Union Guard submitted a report to Chu Guang through the office system.

  By the end of get off work, the Civil Registration Office has registered a total of 2,711 new residents.

   This is probably the highest peak in recent times!

   Among them, 1,201 people applied for settlement based on the standard of refugees.

Most of them have neither money nor special skills. Some are attracted by the prosperity of the alliance, some are attracted by the culture of the alliance, and some simply decide to end their wandering life and use this place as a wasteland. last Stand.

  According to the alliance's consistent practice, residents who settle as refugees will first obtain the status of "supervised persons", enjoy limited residency rights, and accept resettlement by refugee homes. The refugee home will provide them with free dormitory and food, require them to participate in labor and study the courses arranged, and change their status to general residents within a maximum period of six months.

  For them, the refugee home is more like a school.

  The remaining 1510 people are mainly residents of Boulder City. Some of them are engineers, and some are ordinary workers. They have lived in the alliance for a long time because of their work. They have savings and work skills, but they have been procrastinating without going through the formalities.

  The reason why they made up their minds to go through the formalities was largely because of Chu Guang's speech at the Triumph Square.

no way.

   He gave too much.

  In the wasteland, living is not easy enough, and people usually don't expect much. They don't care who is right in the legion, enterprise, or academy, whoever can keep them from starving or freezing, they are willing to regard whoever is a **** or savior.

   No one has ever been willing to stand in the perspective of ordinary survivors like that man, and consider them in their shoes.

   And consider so much.

   In particular, Chu Guang mentioned that many benefits of the future alliance will be linked to the identity of residents, and only residents of the alliance can hold real estate in their personal capacity. Now that I have decided to settle here, it is naturally better to apply for the permit early.

   What Chu Guang didn't expect the most—even unexpectedly, several residents of Ideal City also applied for resident status!

   It is obviously impossible to attract them to the welfare of the alliance. After all, no matter how good the welfare here is, it is impossible to compare with Ideal City, and it can even be said to be far behind.

  However, the Resident Registration Office did not issue them a resident certificate.

  Although the threshold for the alliance to obtain resident status is very low, it does not mean that there is no threshold.

  According to the current regulations, anyone can apply for resident status, but to pass the application, they need to work in a company or unit with relevant qualifications for more than six months, or work in an officially operated non-profit organization for six months.

  The plan for investment and settlement will be stricter, with specific requirements for the number of employees, business scale, industry type, and business time. It is better to open a company and obtain relevant qualifications for re-employment, or receive resettlement as a refugee.

   It was the first time they came back to the alliance, and they obviously didn't meet these conditions.

  However, two of the young men did not give up.

According to the report from the person in charge of the Resident Registration Office, they became more motivated after being rejected, and expressed their intention to apply for a job as a teacher in the refugee home, to teach the wastelanders there literacy and arithmetic, and to use actions to prove that they are not troublemakers. Just for fun.

To be honest, both the person in charge of the Resident Registration Office who reported the incident and Chu Guang who had heard the report felt that the two young men were just joking, and that they might be bored with life in the wasteland within two days. up.

  But the one-in-a-thousandth possibility is not ruled out. They may be really moved by the story of the Pioneer, inspired by the speech at the Triumph Plaza and the social thought of the alliance, and want to help the people here to do something.

   Anyway, this is a good start.

   There are a total of three days of holidays for the celebration, but that is for ordinary residents.

  The next day, Chu Guang almost spent the whole day in busy affairs and piles of reports, for which Boss Xia even made complaints about him.

  But Chu Guang didn't care.

  Being a little tired now is also to make it easier in the future.

   Some things are like the road in "Cities Skylines", if you don't plan it out at the beginning, it will only become more and more troublesome later.

  The third day of the celebration.

  Chu Guang convened high-level executives from various departments to hold a working meeting, focusing on the review of the industrial transformation plan and a series of policy budgets submitted by the Ministry of Industry.

  The core thread of the entire meeting was to transfer part of heavy industry and military production capacity to light industry.

  Especially in order to fight the war before, the alliance had no time to develop itself, so the industry that was entrusted to Boulder City had to be started slowly now.

  It is best to be able to pick the ready-made fruit from the neighbor's house.

  As early as in the previous closed-door meeting, Chu Guang had hinted to the financial department that the next economic policy of the alliance would impact the mainstream currency status of the chips.

  Then all assets held by the alliance that are priced by chips, whether they are fixed assets or non-fixed assets, have to be cleaned up as potential non-performing assets in a planned way.

  Otherwise, his plan to cut leeks would become a seven-injury punch, which would blow people half to death with one punch, and he would hang with only one breath left.

   That is harming others and benefiting oneself.

  The whole meeting lasted from morning to afternoon, even the lunch was ordered by Chu Guang for the participants at his own expense.

  Perhaps it was because the box lunch he ordered was more delicious. The ministers and deputy ministers at the conference table put their utmost enthusiasm into their work, and finally came up with a basic and reliable implementation plan before dusk.

  Starting tomorrow, the alliance will fully implement a new working system, and will provide certain subsidies to factories that actively cooperate.

  Although finance is the lubricant of industry, Chu Guang knows very well that lubricant alone is not enough if he wants to hollow out his neighbor’s wealth.

  Not only did he want the survivors of the Choice Alliance to at least live in a corn tower, but he also had to ensure that there was enough industry to absorb the continuous influx of people.

  Cutting leeks is just one of the means to accelerate development.

   In the final analysis, "self-improvement" is the best way to solve all problems.

   After the meeting.

  Chu Guang was thinking about whether he should take a stroll in the street at the end of the celebration, relax, and enjoy the fruits of his joint efforts with the young players, when suddenly a good news came from Liszt.

  During the phone call, there was a hint of complacency in his voice.

   "Dear Master Manager, the matter you entrusted to me has been done!"

   Let me just say a few more words, reality and wasteland are completely different. I understand the desire of some bigwigs to express, but please don’t always check with reality. Both deer and horses have hooves, but can they be the same animal? After reading a little bit of books, I know that the two even have different hooves, one is even ungulate and the other is odd ungulate. Not to mention that many social formations in the novel are extreme conceptions under "controlling variables", and the paintings are not animals on the earth at all, but "Pixiu in the Book of Mountains and Seas"...

  

  (end of this chapter)