Pokémon League Chronicles/Farming, Pokémon Trainer!

Looking inside again, a dozen or so wooden houses were randomly located on both sides of the road. Another gate of the village was open a hundred meters away. It was as decayed and uncared for as the gate here.

Several village women were sitting on the threshold in front of the house, seemingly doing work such as folding vegetables and doing laundry.Compared with the women in Zhuqing Village, they look sallow, thin, and lifeless, and their energy and energy are a bit inferior. They have a lot more white hair and wrinkles.

"So... Chairman Ming, you seem to rarely come to these small villages other than Zhuqing Village?"

Wangluo looked at Mingyao and said with a half-smile, "Don't be too surprised. In fact, Xicui, or most of the villages in the world, look like this. People live in poverty, hungry and full, doing nothing. These hard but poorly paid jobs can barely support themselves and their families. This is the true state of most people. A prosperous and stable life like Zhuqing Village or Pearl Village and King Kong Village is something that many people can hope for but cannot live in. and dreams.

Look, there is so much suffering in this world, wouldn’t you be able to bear it if you saw it with your own eyes?Or give me the slate and let me find Arceus to create a better world, how about that? "

Mingyao glanced at him sideways and said expressionlessly: "Wangluo, you seem to have forgotten something."

"what?"

“I created the Pokémon League and built infrastructure so that people here can take control of productivity, escape poverty, and live a prosperous, utopian life.

And you, Hu Hansan, who sabotaged and blocked their happy life for your own purposes in the process, are a stumbling block on the way forward, and a villain who needs to be criticized for at least ten chapters in the novel.Having said that, shouldn't you reflect on it? "

Wang Luo shrugged and remained silent.

Mingyao stepped into the village, ignoring the whispers of the village women sitting on the threshold after seeing him. He followed the report submitted by the staff here in his impression, discerned the direction, and soon found a wooden house.

From a distance, this wooden house looks no different from other wooden houses. When you get closer, you can see that there is a round sign like a fairy ball on its door, with a line of words written below:

"Pokémon Alliance, stationed in Red Lotus Wetland District No. 13, temporary office."

Because the wires and cables could not be laid normally, other infrastructure projects here, including the establishment of the Pokémon Center, had to be suspended. Therefore, the alliance staff here had to rent a house from local villagers as a temporary office - a report seen by Mingyao This is what it says.

He bent his fingers and gently clicked the wooden door. The wood, which was severely damp due to the daily weather in Honglian Wetland, made a dull sound. It felt like if he applied just a little more force, this piece of wood, which was not very strong, would break directly. The alliance has an additional financial expenditure called "compensation".

"Come on, come on, wait a moment!"

A whirring sound came from inside, followed by another crackling sound. The wooden door opened with a creak, and a round head poked out: "Hello, this is the Pokémon League office. What kind of clothes do you need...Gah, Chairman Ming!?"

Mingyao blinked and looked at the fat man with a shocked face.

This little fat man is of medium build, with a round head and a round belly. The accumulation of flesh on his face makes his eyes appear extremely small, almost completely narrowed into slits. If you don't look carefully, you can't see the whites of his eyes.

Mingyao still had some impression of this squinty-eyed little fat man. He tilted his head and thought: "I remember you are...Brother Nua. Is that your name? When we were at the Vajra Festival more than a year ago, It’s our first meeting, right?”

"Yes, yes, at that time I just thought you were an ordinary Galaxy team member, and I wanted to drink with you and ask you to take more care of me. Who could have thought that in less than a year, you would become mine?" My immediate superior and boss, this is something I never expected at the time.”

Brother Nua first greeted Mingyao with a smile, and then asked doubtfully: "Speaking of which, Chairman Ming, why did you come here suddenly? I didn't receive any notice...incognito private visit?"

"No, I just happened to be passing by to do something, so I came here to take a look." Mingyao said casually: "I remember there should be three people stationed in this office... Where are the other two people?"

"Oh, they went to the Pokémon Center over there to do some business. They probably won't be back until tomorrow..." Brother Nua said while touching his round head: "Then, Chairman, why don't you come in for a meeting? I Pack up your things and pour you a cup of tea..."

"No, no need." Mingyao waved his hand: "I remember that your position is an electrical engineer, and you are responsible for laying cables and other work, right? That's good, take me to see the problems with those equipment."

Brother Nua was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized: "Oh, so you are here to solve this problem? Both the person in charge of Huo Xia and the leader of Team Gang Shi said that this phenomenon is caused by a weighing bird at the foot of Tianguan Mountain. Caused by the King’s Pokémon…”

"I already took care of that Pokémon, just last night."

"Eh? Are you really like that?" Brother Nua was obviously surprised. He touched his head and sighed: "We only found out the problem yesterday, but you actually solved it so quickly... The efficiency is really extraordinary. You are worthy of being the chairman. .

But this is strange. When I debugged it this morning, the power equipment was still not working properly as before. Why is this?Could it be that the previous magnetic field effect has not dissipated yet..."

"No, that's not the case. According to the information I received, there is another explanation for the actual truth that caused the electrical abnormality." Mingyao said while glaring at Wangluo who was more than ten meters away: "Because the situation is relatively special, so I thought I would come here to take a look and help solve the problem."

"...Oh, oh! I understand." Brother Nua nodded vigorously, the flesh on his face swaying like waves: "Please wait a moment, I will take you there right away!"

Chapter 163 Current of Consciousness

Although he is a bit bloated, as one of the first batch of engineering technicians to respond to Team Galaxy's call and immigrate to the Washui area, Nuago's actions are surprisingly efficient. He moves without any delay and puts on his clothes in only 5 minutes. Neatly, he walked out with his tool box.

"Chairman, come with me, go this way...Oh, it turns out Miss Listia and Mr. Wangluo are here too?"

After Brother Nua walked out of the door, he found Listia and Wangluo standing not far away. He waved to the latter and said hello: "Mr. Wangluo, thank you when I was here last week. If there is no such shipment, , we really don’t know what to do.”

"It's easy to talk. Chairman Ming and I are old friends and partners. It's no big deal to help out." Wang Luo laughed.

Mingyao blinked, retreated to Wangluo, and lowered his voice: "You were here last week? Is that what you did at that time?"

"What are you talking about? I just came to this village to do some business." Wang Luo smiled and also lowered his voice: "I suddenly thought that Chairman Ming seems to be free anyway, how about we make a bet?"

Mingyao glanced at him: "The alliance has regulations. Employees are strictly prohibited from participating in illegal and criminal activities of a gambling nature. In mild cases, they will be given a warning, and in serious cases, they will be dismissed..."

"You are the chairman of the alliance. Didn't you write these rules yourself? It's not you who has the final say on how to implement them. Don't be so rigid." Wang Luo curled his lips: "And this isn't gambling, it's just a competition. .”

"Competition?"

"The rules are very simple. As long as you can settle things in this village within one day, you will win. Otherwise, if it exceeds the time, I will win." Wang Luo smiled and said, "If you win, I will collect my I will give you the original manuscripts of ancient poetry and prose; and if I win, you will take care of my monthly meal...how about it?"

"No, you seem to have forgotten that I am in charge of your food now..." Mingyao frowned, thought for a moment and then nodded: "Forget it, it's not a big deal anyway, just leave it like that."

"Then it's a deal."

Wang Luo chuckled, then took steps to follow Brother Nua, while Mingyao looked at his back and couldn't help but shake his head slightly.

He noticed that what Wangluo mentioned was "settling things in the village" rather than "solving the damage he caused" and "solving the puzzles he left behind"... In other words, except for this matter, here Is there anything else that needs to be solved by yourself?

Brother Nua walked in front, and several people followed him, passing through the muddy path in the village, and soon arrived at a wasteland to the west of the village.

In the center of this wasteland is a huge pit. On the side wall of the pit is a man-made pipe with a radius of about one meter. Countless thick and thin wires and cables protrude from the hole in the pipe and are coiled on the ground randomly.

"Uncle Fatty, what are these things?" Listia, a good child with a strong thirst for knowledge, immediately raised her hand to ask.

"The power supply cable is brought from the King Kong settlement."

Nuago explained: "The alliance's infrastructure construction policy in the Red Lotus Wetland is as follows. With the King Kong settlement as the core, a Pokémon center will be built there, and the Pokémon center will be responsible for collecting electric Pokémon. The electricity generated is transmitted to various villages in Honglian Wetland through these pipelines and cables, and these villages will also be connected to each other, eventually forming a networked power supply.

Although this will significantly increase the cost and project volume, the advantage is that as long as there are no problems in the King Kong settlement, most villages will not have long-term power outages.This can ensure the stability of power supply to the greatest extent when the placement of power generation facilities is limited, and will not fail due to natural disasters such as ordinary earthquakes or heavy rains. It is a very advanced engineering method worldwide.

However, because the construction cost is too high, as far as I know, only the Pokémon League in the world can accomplish such a large-scale network power supply project.We struggled for a long time when we were drawing up the plan, but as soon as the chairman made the decision, he decided to go with the most expensive one, which shocked us all..."

Mingyao shrugged, noncommittal.

As the master of the black gold mine, he strictly abides by the behavioral ethics of a mine boss, that is, when faced with professional matters that he does not understand, he will never interfere or give arbitrary orders, and just throw money.

The Pokémon League is not short of money now, and Pokémon is far ahead of the world in terms of productivity. In Mingyao's plan, infrastructure construction is the real top priority, so it is natural to spend a lot of money to create it. The best thing.

Brother Nua continued: "I have never thought before that we can directly rely on gophers and pangolins to dig holes to build artificial tunnels, and then let Cocodora and the long-tailed monsters sneak into places that are beyond the reach of humans. To assemble it in a small space, people only need to work on it... The project that originally took at least a year was completed in just two months, which is really incredible when you think about it...

Also, can you please stop calling me fat uncle! ?Whether it's fat or uncle, it hurts people's self-esteem very much, right?I am obviously not yet 27 years old! "

"Then you should explain why you are so fat." Mingyao glanced at him and complained: "I remember you weren't so fat more than a year ago... How did you gain so much weight all of a sudden? You didn't Have you noticed that the villagers here look at you strangely?!"

"I can't help it. Who made the food in Zhuqing Village so good? And you don't know, Chairman, that men tend to gain weight easily after they get married. This is called being wrapped up in happiness."

Brother Nua chuckled, slowly crawled into the pit, opened the portable tool box he was carrying, took out a bunch of instruments that Mingyao couldn't understand at all, and started tinkering with them.

After connecting certain instruments to the cables protruding from the pipe holes and making some adjustments, Brother Nua looked at the instrument panel and shook his head: "No, just like before, the voltage and current here are completely chaotic. Yes, it’s completely useless. If you forcibly connect the wires, it will only cause a fire, which may even affect other villages.”

"What is the specific situation? Can you describe it?"

"To be more specific...how do you put it?" Brother Nua scratched his head: "Just like the fruit flying upwards after breaking away from the fruit tree, and the water flowing from low to high, the current here seems to have its own consciousness. It's moving erratically, completely different from the rules I'm familiar with..."

Electric current, as if conscious?

Mingyao frowned and was about to say something else when he suddenly heard a childish but nervous voice coming from the side:

"Brother... do you really want to do this?"

Chapter 164 On the importance of popular base

A sudden sound interrupted Mingyao's thoughts.

He turned around and saw a thin figure appearing on the wasteland beside the pit.

It was a little girl about ten years old. Her face was dirty and her hair was messy. She looked thin and small. She was a typical poor rural girl.Although the clothes she was wearing were relatively clean, they were obviously a bit too big, and there were many patches on the cuffs and hem. It looked like they were probably leftovers worn by the elders in the family.

When she saw Mingyao looking at her, the little girl seemed startled and stepped back subconsciously, but then she couldn't help but asked again: "Brother... do you really want to do this?"

"This thing? Are you talking about laying wires?" Mingyao pointed to the pit below, trying to make his expression look kinder.

"Hmm, um..." the little girl nodded timidly: "They said it was best not to use this electric thing, but they couldn't resist Fat Uncle and the others, so they had to leave it like this..."

Mingyao's heart moved: "Them? Who are they?"

"It's my sister...and the village chief and the others."

Mingyao was about to ask a few more questions, but suddenly he heard another exclamation coming from not far away:

"Xiao Zhen, what are you doing? Come here quickly, don't make others unhappy!"

He looked up and saw five or six figures suddenly emerging from the path in front of him.

The one who rushed at the front was a girl who looked about one or two years older than Mingyao. She rushed over in two or two steps, stretched out her hand to pull the girl she called "Xiao Zhen" back, and said hurriedly: "I'm sorry. I'm really sorry. My sister has caused you trouble. I have told her time and time again not to come near this place, but she just doesn't obey..."

Mingyao waved his hand and said he didn't care: "Who are you?"

"Ah, you can call me Xiao Neng. We are the government of this village... let's not call it the government, because this village is only so big, so we, the adults in each family, usually discuss anything. Come."

The girl who called herself Xiaoneng looked at Mingyao, a stranger, with a slightly reserved look, and then pointed to the crowd behind her: "That person is Mr. Dagang, the village chief here."

In the direction pointed by the girl, a dark-skinned middle-aged man with Chinese characters stood up and nodded towards Mingyao: "Hello, I am the village chief Gang. I have never seen you before. Are you the new Pokémon? Alliance staff..."

"Haha, he is not just an alliance employee!"

Wangluo suddenly let out two weird laughs, walked over and patted Mingyao on the shoulder, smiling and saying, "I'm not afraid of scaring you if I tell you. His name is Mingyao, and he is the founder and top leader of the Pokémon Alliance." , all Pokémon staff must listen to him!"

After Wang Luo said these words, Dagang, Xiaoneng and others were startled as expected, and said in a panic: "No, I didn't expect that it was actually the chairman of the alliance? I'm very sorry, we didn't know you were coming, and we missed the welcome. …”

Mingyao first glared at Wang Luo, then shook his head gently at Xiao Neng and the others: "No, it's not a big deal, I just stopped by, so I won't bother you. The Pokémon League is not the kind of organization with a heavy bureaucracy. , I am just a young boy who is not more than [-] years old. I still have a lot to learn, so there is no need to be so polite.

In contrast, what I am more curious about is... what the little real sister said just now. "

Xiao Neng was stunned: "My sister...did she say something?"

Mingyao narrowed his eyes: "She just said that it seems that the adults in your village don't really want to lay the wire project... Is that so?"

Xiao Neng's whole body froze immediately. She looked at Dagang and her companions helplessly, and subconsciously denied it: "No, no, no, how could it be possible? We didn't mean that..."

"No, Miss Xiaoneng, you don't have to lie like this, it's too obvious." Mingyao sighed: "You don't have to be afraid, I won't be angry or anything else because of your objections. I am a character He is a very peaceful person, and one of the truths of life he believes in is "speak well if you have something to say", and he will never lose his temper with you."

"This...let me tell you, Chairman Ming." The Dagang village chief on the side intervened in the conversation.Compared to Xiao Neng, his tone and voice seemed calmer: "I heard the leader of the King Kong Team, Gangshi, mention you. He commented that you are a very steady and reliable person. If you have any questions, it's best to talk to him. You communicate honestly..."

"Yes, because when our purpose is to solve problems and there is no fundamental contradiction between us, there is no more efficient method than direct communication." Mingyao smiled: "So, do you have any interest in the work of the alliance? Are you dissatisfied with anything? We are a very open-minded organization and welcome your comments."

"No, it's not a matter of satisfaction..."

Dagang hesitated for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth and said with determination: "Since you said so, I can only tell the truth.

Chairman Ming, as the mayor of this village, I hope that your organization can stop the infrastructure construction projects in our village. "

"Ok?"

What Dagang said was slightly beyond Mingyao's expectations, but he didn't have much reaction. He just nodded with a calm expression: "Can you tell me the reason? If I remember correctly, the plan was red at that time. When we were planning the infrastructure construction here in Lianshi Land, Huo Xia and Gang Shi should have come to you, the village chiefs, to confirm and agree to it one by one. Why do you suddenly want to go back on your word now?"

"Because, at that time, the Gangshi team leaders only said that "there is a big project that can help with road construction, electricity and water supply," so we agreed without hesitation..." Dagang's expression looked a little regretful: "But we How did you know that these projects need to be completed with Pokémon!"

Mingyao's eyes moved slightly and he immediately grasped the point of the matter: "You mean, do you hate or be afraid of Pokémon?"

"...Yes, that's it." Dagan hesitated for a moment and nodded: "In fact, this village was attacked by a wild Pokémon about five or six years ago, causing many people in the village to be injured. , many people moved away, and the originally vibrant village began to decline.

Of course we know that your intentions are good, but we are sorry that people here have lingering fears about Pokémon, even if they may bring us a better life... But we are sorry, we can't afford the gamble, among us Most people don't want to be associated with Pokémon anyway, so please understand. "

Chapter 165 Curiosity

"...So, you already knew that this village would react like this? Are these all your arrangements?"

After saying "Wait a moment", Mingyao ignored the slightly nervous and anxious looks of Dagang Village Chief and Xiao Neng, forcefully dragged Wangluo dozens of meters away, and said coldly.

"How is it possible? I'm not Arceus. How can I be omniscient and omnipotent and arrange this kind of thing? You think of me too badly."

Wang Luo shrugged and said leisurely: "In fact, village settlements with this phenomenon can be said to be everywhere in the Xicui area, and it is not uncommon.

They may have been rich, or they may have had a happy and beautiful life... However, under the natural disaster called "Wild Pokémon Attack", those days were turned into smoke in the past, leaving them with only pain and poverty. And the fear and psychological shadow that penetrate deep into the bone marrow. "

"Do you think this is something new to me?" Mingyao glared at him: "Thanks to you, a certain bastard who is currently reversing the world and imprisoned as a laborer indefinitely was in Zhuqing Village ten years ago. After a lot of destruction, the villagers' prejudice and fear of Pokémon reached an exaggerated level, and it took me a lot of effort to regain their awareness."

"I know that it is precisely because you can slowly convince them with patience and performance that you can have a reputation in Zhuqing Village that is comparable to or even surpasses that of Magamu." Wangluo shrugged: "But Unfortunately, that approach doesn’t work here—or won’t work in the future.”

"Why?" Mingyao frowned.

"Although the people in Zhuqing Village have been hurt, they are all sensible people. Most of the villagers are either members of Team Galaxy and their families, or have immigrated from other areas. They all have a certain vision and knowledge. The purpose of coming to the Xicui area is to build a better home, and I will not be afraid of Pokémon and give up the benefits they bring, such as choking and abandoning food.

In addition, as villagers of Zhuqing Village, they themselves have the obligation to obey the policy. Your painstaking efforts to persuade them only speed up the process and make them feel better.

However, this village, or most ordinary people except Zhuqing Village, do not have the consciousness of the people of Zhuqing Village.

They are ignorant, they are ignorant, they are conservative and timid. In their eyes, Pokémon are not intellectual creatures, but natural disasters that are no different from fires, heavy rains, earthquakes and strong winds.