Big Ear Thief Selling Straw Sandals

Chapter 280 The people of Xiagar vote with their feet
Next to Xia's headquarters and by the Daqing River.

Gao Zheng said to Lu Lu, who was unshaven and had bloodshot eyes: "Lu Lu, you are smart and brave. I hope you can grow taller and stronger in the future. Bring happiness to the people, some big or small, but There is no distinction between high and low. So, even if you lose the election, it does not mean that you are wrong. Don't give up on yourself, and don't blame others. You should work harder and get down to the herdsmen to understand their lives, their needs, their Desire, so that you can truly understand the land.”

"Remember, elections are just a game, unless you crave the vanity of being in the spotlight. When you can serve all the herdsmen willingly, you will understand the value and significance of the struggle and sacrifice."

On July 7, a thousand public representatives of the Xiagar Federation gathered to vote, and Febal was elected as the first president of the Xiagar Federation with 13 votes for a four-year term.

Lu Lu lost the election with 421 votes and has been feeling depressed.

As for the reason for losing the election, it is not complicated. During the preparations for the founding of the country, Febal and Akagi jointly donated materials to several large tribes and reached political deals.

Gao Zheng knew the trick, but he never revealed it. Instead, he stood as an observer and faithfully recorded every change in the Xiagar tribe.

Sometimes, he even felt like the Creator.

Under his inadvertent movement, a new country was born in this land in just a few months.

Even, he did not force the Xiagar Federation to strictly implement the mature Han system.

Because he thinks a different system is more fun.

A large tribe of 10 people can be killed in an instant by picking out any county.

Small but complete.

The boat is small and easy to turn around, and the danger is controllable.

Therefore, Gao Zheng regarded Xia Gar as a testing ground, and even added the master's unintentional jokes or strange remarks to Xia Gar's federal system.

Now, the military is turned over to the federal government and remains politically neutral.

The Fairness Army changed its name to the Fairness Party, while Fibar and other conservative forces were called the Solidarity Party. The two sides were almost evenly matched.

However, the Solidarity Party is strong because it has deep pockets and is willing to spend money, so it gets more votes.

Of course, from a personal perspective, Gao Zheng continued to encourage his apprentices.

If you want to succeed, you must accept the reality and then work hard to change the reality. This is the right way.

Lu Lu suddenly smiled and said: "Master, why do I always feel that Master is telling you what I heard?"

"The villain!"

Joking aside, Gao Zheng suggested that Lu Lu and the backbones of the Fair Party should join Xia Ga's delegation to Dongdu as much as possible.

"Master, I really want to go to Dongdu to visit and pay homage to my master, but there are too many things to do. I am busy until midnight every day..."

There is no doubt about Lu Lu's hard work and enthusiasm for work, but Gao Zheng smiled and said: "Master has to deal with the affairs of hundreds of states and manage hundreds of millions of people in the Han Dynasty. He insists on working nine to five, and when he goes home, he has to provide students for his children. Lectures are much more relaxed than yours, and I even have the leisure to go hunting in the countryside during my holidays."

Lu Lu was surprised: "How did Master do it?"

Gao Zheng smiled slightly and said meaningfully: "There are some things that others cannot do for you. You need to find the answers yourself to understand the true meaning."

Lu Lu could only chew grass roots in distress and throw gravel aimlessly into the river.

Master, what kind of person is he?
On September 1032, 9, the Xiagar federal government delegation and the economic, trade and cultural exchange delegation, totaling 26 people, arrived at Honglu Temple in the Eastern Capital.

The Xiagar government delegation, with Chimu as its envoy and Lu Lu as the head of the economic, trade and cultural delegation, was officially received by Liu Bei, the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty.

Akagi's purpose was very clear. He wanted to establish diplomatic relations with the Han Dynasty, sign a treaty of friendship, and send envoys to each other. He also hoped to send a group of government officials to the Eastern Capital for further study and learn about modern government management experience.

Chimu's attitude was very low, he regarded himself as a student of the Han Dynasty, and he highly praised Gao Zheng, Liu Bei's disciple.

This is actually a disguised form of praising Liu Bei as a famous teacher and disciple.

After Liu Bei had a general understanding, he believed that this move was conducive to establishing a model for international exchanges. It was the unshirkable responsibility of the Han government to lead the advanced to lead the advanced, and to help the barbaric with civilization.

"Thank you, Dean Akagi, for your good reputation. I am also very optimistic about Gao Zheng's wisdom and positive side. Regarding your request, I personally don't have much opinion. This matter will be handed over to the relevant departments for discussion. Under normal circumstances, it will be discussed within eight working days." I’ll give you a detailed reply by day.”

Chimu, the dean of the Xiagar Upper Court, also knew that the Han Dynasty Prime Minister’s Yamen worked for eight days in a ten-day period and had two days off for rest.

Therefore, eight working days means one ten days.

Similarly, Akagi also learned that the political system of the Han Dynasty was a decentralized system in principle, with the three pillars of legislation, justice and administration.

Even if Liu Bei, the great Han Dynasty Prime Minister, has more than ten thousand people, he cannot make arbitrary decisions on the spot. It must be submitted to relevant departments and units for preliminary review and evaluation, and then reported step by step according to the process, and finally handed over to the emperor to seal the matter.

The rules and procedures were explained to the Xia Gar delegation in advance, so Akagi knew that this was handled according to normal operations and was not a matter of contempt or shirk.

Liu Bei has already expressed his attitude, which seems to be positive. There will be no problem in the review and evaluation. Basically, just wait.

Akagi was very happy. After saying goodbye, he and his colleagues returned to the Honglu Yingbin Building, a hotel integrating catering and accommodation for diplomats.

The Yingbin Building is square and square, with a total of nine floors. Each floor has nearly a hundred guest rooms. There is a restaurant on the first floor. An open-air swimming pool and various fitness and entertainment facilities are built on the platform on the top of the restaurant.

The underground level is a parking lot. Diplomats can board the car directly from the first floor to go out. Security and privacy are greatly improved.

In fact, when Xia's delegation passed through Zhuojun in Youzhou and Jizhou and then to the suburbs of Dongdu, high-rise buildings were already commonplace.

But most of them have three or four floors, with the highest not exceeding six floors. Now the Yingbin Building has reached a height of nine floors. It really shocked everyone. When they looked up and looked up, their hats fell to the floor.

According to the corresponding level, Akagi stayed in a three-room luxury suite, including a living room, study room, bedroom, kitchen, servant room, entertainment gym, etc.

To be honest, before Xiaga set off, Feibal and Chimu had already raised their imaginations a lot, guessing what kind of country the Han Dynasty was, how big a tent their emperor lived in, how many pastures there were, how many cattle, horses and sheep were, etc.

However, after passing Zhuojun, it is almost difficult to see cattle, horses, sheep and tents in the pasture.

At that time, some members of the delegation also sympathized with the Han people who had no tents to live in.

Until they entered the Eastern Capital, until they entered the Yingbin Building, and saw the majestic and huge building complex rising into the sky, all the members fell silent.

When they checked into the guest room arranged by the Prime Minister's Office of the Han Dynasty, they were shocked and speechless by the exquisite equipment and decoration in the room.

The bed in the bedroom is very big, the mattress is very soft, and the floor-to-ceiling mirror on the wardrobe clearly illuminates the whole body, which is incredible.

The bathroom has squatting and sitting positions. When you lift the handle, water will automatically flow out of the water pipe. There is a large bathtub where you can put hot water for a bath. There are fragrant soaps and toothpaste and toothbrushes that can clean your teeth.

Each room has a hot water kettle, juice, fresh fruits, pastries and candies, candied meat shops, etc., as well as pasta that can be eaten with just a splash of hot water. Drinks must be purchased at the restaurant.

After taking a bath, Akagi put on a large and smooth bathrobe and stepped on the carpet in the living room with his bare feet, feeling the softness and gentleness of wool.It is said that the prices for a small wool blanket, clothes and fabrics made from wool are all ridiculously high.

You know, wool is not valuable at all in the Xiaga tribe, but in the Han people's area, the stuff that even smells bad when burning is actually worth a hundred times.

How else could we say that the Han people are thieves and thieves!
Although these tangible and visible things are indeed wonderful, they are far inferior to intangible things like "electricity".

For example, with an electric light, as long as you pull the thread, the dark room will light up like daylight, and you can see a needle dropped on the ground.

It would be fine if it was just lighting, but batteries, wires, telephones, elevators, telegraphs, trams and a series of other items that rely on electricity make Akagi terrified.

Liu Bei, the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, actually knew the magic of the gods and brought thunder to the world. How brave is this?

In particular, electricity was completely incomprehensible to Akagi, and even Gao Zhengguoshi, a good friend of the Xiagar people, did not understand it.

When Xia Gar founded the country, in view of Gao Zheng's help and guidance, the upper and lower houses unanimously agreed to award Gao Zheng the title of "Honorary National Master" and also rewarded him with a large piece of pasture.

Of course, Gao Zheng donated all the output of the ranch to Xiaga Public School for free, showing his consistent high integrity.

Gao Zheng's explanation of electric energy is that the owner has a specialization, which belongs to the science category, and he is in the liberal arts category. He only knows what it is but doesn't know why.

However, he gave a suggestion: If you want to understand electric energy, you can go to the Royal Library of the Han Dynasty to borrow relevant books. Of course, you need certain cultural knowledge to understand it.

However, none of the delegation, including Lu Lu, could understand those words, numbers, and strange formulas. It was said that it took seven or eight years of dedicated study to master the principles of electrical energy and create controllable electrical energy and related items.

Compared with the technological civilization of the Han Dynasty, the Xia Gar Federation is not as good as a newborn baby. This is not what bothers Chimu the most.

I don’t know since when, some people in the delegation began to ask him insinuatingly, who can serve as a staff member of the embassy in Han?

Akagi is brave and straightforward, but he can also guess the other party's true thoughts: he hopes to stay in Dongdu.

It has only been a few days, but you are already full of longing for the life of the Han people and don’t want to go back to Xiagar?

He even discovered that many of the same people were still mocking people for not having tents, which really embarrassed Xia Ga!

If people like you stay in Han, sooner or later you will sell Xia Ga cleanly!

"Hey!"

The servant opened the door. It was Lubietu, the deputy envoy of the delegation, and a confidant of Fei Baer.

"what's up?"

Lubie suddenly raised the gilded red invitation in his hand.

"The teacher of the National Normal University invited us to attend the opening ceremony the day after tomorrow."

Akagi asked strangely: "What is open to traffic?"

Lubietu shook his head and said: "According to the Imperial Master, it is a kind of 'train' that boils water. It takes one thousand three hundred miles from the Eastern Capital to the Western Capital. The train can arrive in about a day."

Akagi was shocked and took the invitation away with his hands, but he couldn't understand the Chinese characters very well, but there could be no lie. He trusted Gao Zheng.

"Akagi, what did you say about the car that can travel thousands of miles a day? Are you trying to trick us?"

"Impossible. With his status, if he deceives the world, he won't be laughed to death? Remember what the National Master said?"

How could Lubietu forget it and said: "Everything is known in heaven and on earth, everything you say is true, and your actions will have results."

Akagi nodded and said: "The national teacher has seen something rare in the world. He regards money as dirt and treats the nobles and the poor equally. He can be said to be a person with a proud soul. But every time he talks about his teacher, the look of admiration in his eyes is just like the way we see him. Same as him."

Lubietu rolled his eyes and suddenly smiled: "It's not strange for a master of the country to be half-human and half-god. But I have heard some rumors recently, which are quite interesting."

"what?"

"It is said that this person has been to the immortal world, and he knows 500 years before and 500 years afterward, and he is immortal."

Akagi shook his head, because Gao Zheng said more than once that his teacher was very sure: there are no gods or saviors in this world, and everyone will die, including himself.

"It's nonsense and not credible."

Lubeitu obviously didn't believe it, but he added: "Haha, this is of course impossible, because he has all the desires of a mortal. Eat, drink, sleep, make money, fight, like women, especially young beautiful women... "

Akagi glanced at the other person and guessed what it meant?
"What did Febal tell you?"

Lu Bietu hesitated for a moment, but still felt that he could speak a little more openly.

"Agini is almost an adult, and the winter here in the Han Dynasty is warmer. Fei Baer means that she can become a non-staff member of the embassy, ​​study and live in Dongdu for a period of time, and then..."

Akagi narrowed his eyes and said the following words for the other party: "Then find an opportunity to contact the Han Prime Minister and form a marriage if possible, right?"

Lubietu was a little embarrassed, but he didn't deny it.

"There are some things that have nothing to do with the child. Besides, no one can say whether Ajini will fall in that person's eyes."

Akagi chuckled and said: "I said you kept asking the national master to get close to drinking on the road. It turned out that this was your idea. Does Ajini know?"

Lubietu shook his head. This matter has not been revealed yet, so it must not be spread everywhere.

After all, Fei Baer is now the leader of the Xiagar Federation. What if his hot face touches his cold butt? Wouldn't it be shameful?

However, Akagi never laughed at Fei Baer, ​​whose son or daughter was the treasure.

I also have a large group of children. Although they are not as good-looking as Ajini and can get married, it is not bad to arrange to live and study in Dongdu and gain experience.

In the future, when I get old, I will choose a promising successor... Well, that's it.

Of course, another less important task of this trip to the Eastern Capital is economic, trade and cultural exchanges, which is hosted by Lu Lu.

According to Gao Zheng's suggestion, the Xiagar tribe lacks in-depth processing capabilities and can only do some rough processing or directly export raw materials, such as fur products, gems, special wood, minerals, handicrafts, etc.

Of course, you can also attract investment, such as attracting Han people to open mines and set up factories in Xiagar territory, or even enclose the land for grazing. As long as you are willing to invest money, you can have a positive impact on the people at the bottom of Xiagar territory.

But when it comes to imported goods, each one has its own advantages and disadvantages, and there are a wide variety of trade types, ranging from steam engines to needles and threads.

But there is one product that is loved by most Xiagar people - grain shochu.

(End of this chapter)