Chapter 530 Three-Day Holiday (1/2)

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 eldest brother's sword. The late king gave it 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 serve as a member of the alliance. Sharp blade, the enemy of the Alliance is our enemy.”

Handing the sword in her hand to Chu Guang, Avni looked at him intently, and then handed over a shield with the emblem of the honey badger royal family engraved on it.

"This shield is a gift from my second brother. He asked me to convey his original words to you. The Honey Badger Kingdom is willing to serve as a shield for the alliance. We will guard you against threats from the west. The relationship between us Friendship will be as strong as steel.”

Taking the shield from her hand and putting 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 brothers can have a harmonious relationship, handle internal affairs properly, and not let down the trust of your residents in you."

The honey badger royal family is loved by local residents.

Otherwise, after the Legion came, there wouldn't be so many people resisting, and they would even follow Yade in exile to the Lion Kingdom to form the Restoration Army.

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

I believe that Yade and Summer should know this well.

"I will keep your teachings in mind and advise them at the appropriate time."

Avni bowed slightly.

After a short pause, she turned around and took out the red satin that was placed under the sword and shield. Only then did Chu Guang realize that it was a cloak, and couldn't help but joke.

"You are the only force that has given us three different gifts. We will cherish this friendship."

"This is my gift." Avni blinked and nodded slightly in thanks, "Thank you for imparting your knowledge to me and for your continued care."

"You're welcome. Your colleagues who work with you all speak highly of you. What we do cannot be described as taking care of you."

Glancing at the pile of gifts piled up behind him, Chu Guang felt a slight movement in his heart and said with a smile, "I plan to build a museum in Dawn City and put all the gifts in it as a testimony of our friendship for residents everywhere to watch."

Later, he plans to build a zoo and house the alien species captured by players, including Deathclaws and monsters.

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

"That's great."

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

This might not be a bad idea...

In addition to the gifts from the Honey Badger Kingdom, the Lion Kingdom gave the Alliance a hundred tall and powerful horses. This thing cannot be put in a museum, it can only be put in after the zoo has planned it.

Since the alliance did not have a traditional cavalry unit, Chu Guang selected sixty of them and planned to send them to the guards of Dawn City, Dawn City, and Luoye City respectively.

In the wilderness with poor road conditions, horses will be faster than bicycles, which can provide enough deterrence without scaring people to the point of peeing like death claws.

The Golden Lizard Kingdom gave Chu Guang a 1:1 restored gold bust. It is said that the gold used was melted with the dinars of the Legion. Although they are vassals of the academy, they are also optimistic about the market in the River Valley Province.

The Camelback Kingdom gave the Alliance a mechanical clock set with blood diamonds to thank the Alliance for its immediate assistance during the Lost Valley military operation, and at the same time to demonstrate its wealth and the excellent skills of its skilled craftsmen.

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

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

The chassis is supported by huge tires. The structural material of the car body is lightweight special steel, and the glass is special bulletproof glass. It is said that it can block the shots of light Gauss weapons.

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

There was a word he didn't say.

If you find it useful, there is no problem in purchasing more. Unlike large aircraft, this is not on the technology-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 slightly.

"You don't have a maglev roadbed here... we haven't installed a maglev device on it. But even if there is, I don't recommend flying in the sky with this thing. 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.

It can even seat four.

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

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

"We are pragmatists. If no one uses a product, it will be a pity for it. You can put a car key in it first, and then put the whole car in when it is worn out. I think it will make more sense. "It also proves our friendship," Wu Changnian shook Chu Guang's hand and said with a smile, "It's a pleasure to cooperate with you this time. I hope it will be the same in the future. We can work together to explore a better future."

Chu Guang held his hand back forcefully and said with a smile.

"must!"

Later he planned to issue the vehicle to the Guards Regiment.

If they are easy to use, he will consider importing a few more vehicles from Changge Group and distribute them to departments and corps in need. Of course, if the Dawn City Industrial Zone's reverse engineering work on the college's "Reindeer" tracked vehicle goes smoothly, this foreign exchange expenditure can be saved.

The large-scale war has ended, and the development progress of heavy equipment such as tanks and artillery can slow down a little. 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, perfecting the details that were previously omitted or simply skipped.

In short, not only the allies and partners of the alliance, but also Boulder City, Garbage City, Red River Alliance, and even Dam City, which Chu Guang heard about for the first time, also sent a generous gift to the alliance.

But what makes Chu Guang most happy is not the gifts from other survivor settlements, but the "big gift" brought to him by Xiaoyu who returned from Camp 101...

…

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

Vault 404, B4 floor browsing room.

Xiaoyu's face was flushed, with an embarrassed smile on his face, and he said shyly.

Pai, who was standing next to her, couldn't wait to hand out the thumb-sized hard drive in his hand, and said proudly with the corners of his mouth raised.

"What you want has been done, feel free to use it! By the way, you can use the holographic computer I gave you to take a look. If there is anything that needs improvement, just tell me!"

That expression.

It's almost as if he had to praise me quickly on his face.

"That's great!" Chu Guang took the hard drive from her with a smile on his face and graciously fulfilled her wish, "Thank you, you guys were a big help."

Hearing these words, Xiaoyu's face burst into a happy smile, but soon he seemed to realize something. He looked at Pai beside him in surprise and asked in a low voice.

"Wait... didn't you say you wanted to give Brother Chu a surprise? Why did Brother Chu ask us to do it?"

The smug expression suddenly froze on his face, and Pai subtly looked away, muttering awkwardly.

"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 in Camp 101, she had always regarded Pai as her good friend, but Pai had lied to her for so long!

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

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

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 across the screen with interest.

Even before the war began, he asked Camp 101 to help develop a bond credit contract and a supporting trading system that were suitable for the alliance's current economic rules.

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

It was only because Boulder City lent him a large loan, and the company gave him loans and subsidies, that he was delayed in using this tool to cut leeks.

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

And now, the reason why he has moved out this set of tools is, on the one hand, to allow more alliance residents to share the dividends of economic development, and on the other hand, to further benefit from his neighbors.

The alliance will issue two sets of bonds.

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

The other set is foreign debt repaid in foreign currency. The foreign currency raised is used to purchase goods in the market where the currency is located, suppress inflation in the alliance's local market, and export excess liquidity in the local market.

It's like two barrels of beer.

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

Although this type of financial instrument has appeared in the history of People's Federation, the current situation is different from the past after all, and it is obviously not feasible to apply it mechanically.

Xiaoyu served as the president of Alliance Bank for a period of time.

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

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

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

Later, probably because he thought the technical content of the project was too low, Professor Ivan handed over the job to his student Pai.

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

The efficiency of the two people's cooperation was as Ivan expected, and they did achieve good results.

"...Not bad! Basically there are not many things to change. I will leave the maintenance and updates of the trading system to Xiaoqi. Thank you for your hard work!"

A light stroke with your index finger.

Chu Guang turned off the holographic screen and looked towards the two people sitting across from the sofa. He was stunned for a moment when he saw Xiaoyu staring at Pai and sulking.

"What happen to you guys?"

"Well... it's my fault," Pai glanced at Chu Guang guiltily, and took the initiative to admit his mistake, "I told Xiaoyu before that I would give it to you as a gift when you come back from the front line, but I didn't tell her that it was actually you. Please do it."

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

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

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

Seeing Pai's cowering look, Chu Guang couldn't help but laugh. Although he knew that it was not good to gloat over misfortune at this time, this was probably the first time he had reconciled such a simple conflict in the wasteland for so long.

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

Xiaoyu's personality is very similar to that of her second brother Yu Hu. A good word is that she is simple and serious, but a bad word is that she is stubborn and accepts death. Sometimes she is as stubborn as a donkey and cannot be pulled back.

With such a personality, she easily trusts others, but will be very hurt once she is deceived, even if it is just a white lie.

"Pai."

"Huh?" Pai didn't know what to do when he heard Chu Guang calling his name, 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, Dr. Methods would not call you a genius and give you precious crystals." Give it to you. If you ask me to judge, your talent is enough to make people there admire you."

Looking at Pai who looked anxious and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth proudly, Chu Guang took a deep breath and continued patiently.

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

"Why..." The corners of his mouth dropped, and Pai muttered with aggrieved eyes, "I just...see that she is so eager to become a powerful person, so I want to help her. You don't want her to help you as soon as possible. Are you busy?"

Chu Guang looked at her seriously.

"I believe you value Xiaoyu very much and care about your friendship with her, and want to stimulate her potential, but we can't completely ignore the means to achieve the goal just because the result is correct and the original intention is good... In fact, compared to You can communicate with her by making up a fact that doesn't exist, right? If you treat her as a friend, not a follower or accessory."

Geniuses certainly have the capital to be proud, but if you are not careful, pride can easily turn into arrogance. The dilemma most shelters encounter is not due to lack of adequate preparation, but rather the arrogant belief that as long as those unintelligent people just listen to them, everything will be fine.

If Pai had been more mature, he would have told Dr. Methods more specific experiences.

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

But these experiences were too early for her.

"I didn't! I have never regarded Xiaoyu as my accessory!"

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

This time Xiaoyu's brows finally relaxed a little.

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

She could feel that Pai was not deceiving her with malicious intent.

In fact, she also regretted losing her temper just now. At least the other person is thinking about him, and maybe he should express his unhappiness in a gentler way.

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

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

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

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

Meeting his partner's sincere gaze, Xiaoyu's face turned slightly red and he nodded slightly.

"Then...I forgive you."

Seeing the two people getting back together, Chu Guang couldn't help but smile.

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

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

Chu Guang smiled and boasted softly 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 in science and worked as a tutor part-time. Both students and parents like him very much. One girl even vowed to apply for his school, although the score line of Jiangcheng University that year was too high. Gao regrets not passing the exam.

Before graduating, he had thought about whether he might as well get a teaching qualification and then become a math teacher or physics teacher.

Xiao Qi paused for a moment and looked at him in surprise.

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

"Yes," Chu Guang smiled faintly, "So as you can 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 think with programs. "Understood."

Xiao Qi tilted her head.

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

"Really? Maybe you know me best."

After replying casually, Chu Guang looked at the hard drive in his hand, and a smile gradually appeared at the corner of his mouth.

The last building block has been put in place.

It just depends on how the other party responds.

Xiao Qi blinked and looked at Chu Guang intently.

Although it doesn't know what its owner plans 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 busiest place in Dawn City was probably the Resident Registration Office of the Guard.

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

As of the end of the day, the Civil Registration Office had 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 refugee standards.

Most of them have no money or special skills. Some are interested in the prosperity of the alliance, some are attracted by the culture of the alliance, and some simply have a brainstorm and decide to end their wandering life and use this place as a paradise in the 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 resident rights, and accept resettlement in refugee homes. The refugee home will provide them with free dormitories and food, require them to participate in labor and study arranged courses, and change their status to general residents within a period of no more than six months.

For them, a homeless home is more like a school.

The remaining 1,510 people are mainly residents of Boulder City. Some of them are engineers, and some of them are ordinary workers. They have been living in the alliance for a long time because of their work. They have savings and work skills, but they have been delayed in completing the procedures.

The reason that prompted them to make up their mind to go through the formalities was largely due to Chu Guang's speech in the Triumph Square.

no way.

He gave too much.

Living in the wasteland is difficult enough, and people usually don't expect much. They don't care who is right in the legions, companies, or colleges, and whoever can keep them from starving and freezing, they are willing to regard whoever as a god or savior.

No one has ever been as willing as that man to stand in the shoes of ordinary survivors and put themselves in their shoes.

And there’s so much to think about.

In particular, Chu Guang mentioned that many benefits of the alliance will be linked to the status of residents in the future, 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 - what was even surprising was that several residents of Ideal City had also applied for resident status!

Obviously, what attracts them cannot be the welfare of the alliance. After all, no matter how good the welfare here is, it cannot be as good as that of Ideal City. It can even be said to be far worse.

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

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

According to current regulations, anyone can apply for resident status, but passing the application requires working for more than six months in a company or unit holding relevant qualifications, or working in an officially operated non-profit organization for six months.

The investment and settlement plan will be more stringent, with specific requirements for the number of employees, business scale, industry type and operating time. It is faster than opening a company to obtain relevant qualifications and then hiring, or being resettled as a refugee.

It was their first time coming back to the alliance, and they obviously did not meet these conditions.

But two of the guys didn't give up.

According to the report of the person in charge of the Resident Registration Office, they became even more enthusiastic after being rejected. They expressed their intention to apply for a teacher's job in a homeless home to teach literacy and arithmetic to the wastelanders there. They wanted to use actions to prove that they were not troublemakers. Just for fun.

To be honest, both the person in charge of the resident registration office who reported this matter and Chu Guang who listened to the report felt that the two young men were just joking, and they might become bored with life in the wasteland within two days. .

But we don’t rule out the one-in-a-thousand chance that they may have been truly moved by the story of the Pioneer, inspired by the speech in Triumph Square and the social thoughts of the Alliance, and want to do something to help the people here.

Anyway, this is a good start.

The celebration holiday lasts for three days in total, but that is for ordinary residents.

Chu Guang spent almost the entire second day in busy affairs and reports piled up like a mountain, and was severely complained by Boss Xia for this.

But Chu Guang didn't care.

Being a little tired now is also for being more relaxed in the future.

Some things are like the road in "Cities Skylines". If they are not planned well at the beginning, they will only become more and more troublesome in the future.

The third day of the celebration.

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

The most core theme of the entire meeting was to shift part of the heavy industry and military production capacity to light industry.

Especially in the past, because of the war, the alliance did not have time to develop itself, so the industry that was handed over to Boulder City to do, now has to be done slowly.

It is best to pick the ready-made fruits from the neighbor's house.

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

Then all the assets held by the alliance that are priced with chips, whether fixed assets or non-fixed assets, must be treated as potential non-performing assets and must be cleared in a planned manner.

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

That is harming others and not benefiting himself.

The entire meeting lasted from morning to afternoon, and even lunch was ordered by Chu Guang out of his own pocket for the participants.

Perhaps because the lunch boxes he ordered were more fragrant, the ministers and deputy ministers at the conference table took out the greatest enthusiasm and devoted themselves to the work, and finally came up with a basically reliable implementation plan before dusk.

Starting tomorrow, the alliance will fully implement the new work system, and factories that actively cooperate will be given certain subsidies.

Although finance is the lubricant of industry, Chu Guang knows very well that lubricants alone are not enough to empty the family assets of neighbors.

Not only must the survivors who choose the alliance at least live in corn buildings, but also ensure that there are enough industries to absorb the continuous influx of population.

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 to take a stroll on the street at the end of the celebration to relax and appreciate the results of his and the little players' joint efforts. Suddenly, good news came from Liszt.

On the phone, his voice was full of pride.

"Dear manager, the matter you entrusted to me has been completed!"