My Post-Apocalyptic Shelter Levels Up Infinitely! Chapter 739: Hongmen Banquet, face the Chen family!
Chapter 742 Hongmen banquet, face the Chen family!
Surprised, stunned, unbelievable.
After seeing this tall man who had nothing to do with Chen Shen, Su Mo's thinking froze a bit.
Looking at the wasteland for such a long time, the last time I saw someone who transformed himself into such a person was Sun Bahu who had inherited the technology of the Yan Kingdom and forced him into the ruins to find a solution.
But the difference is that Sun Bahu chooses to embrace technology and leave the frail human body step by step.
It's not that he is really willing to combine with the machine and give up the human body.
Rather, the situation in the wasteland for one year was too chaotic, his power could not be concentrated, and the entire origin camp was full of loopholes.
Various reasons prompted him to embrace this quick-acting power in exchange for short-term strength.
But Chen Shen, there is no such urgent need at all.
"Mr. Su, is this the first time you have met our Mayor Chen?"
Seeing Su Mo's uncontrollable surprise, Chen Kai at the side was taken aback for a moment, and then smiled after thinking of some news that had been circulated outside.
In the early years, when Chen Shen often showed his face, he didn't look like this.
At that time, he was still a frail scholar, he spoke politely and could not see any force in his body.
And the impression about him at this time has been finalized in the minds of most people, and it is the most widely circulated in the New World.
Five years later in the wasteland, after going through that incident, Chen Shen appeared in the eyes of the public less and less frequently.
Only during important public events, will they show their face in front of a small number of people, and sometimes even send a substitute to do it instead.
This led to his current "new" appearance, very few people know about it!
"I didn't expect Mayor Chen to look like this"
"Normal, you will understand when you meet the other managers of our territory in the future." While Chen Shen was still preparing the microphone on the stage, Chen Kai turned sideways with emotion: "Although our Tianyuan Territory is smaller than the small and medium-sized territories It's much safer, but it can't stop those who are interested in infiltrating, probing, and doing evil in various ways. If all the managers of the territory entrust their personal safety to others for protection, let's not mention the protection pressure we have to bear. Once a mistake occurs, the loss of the territory is definitely not something we can bear at this stage."
"By the way, Mr. Su, you should have seen a lot of outsiders coming to the territory in the past two days, right? Do you know what they are looking for?"
After explaining a few sentences, Chen Kai rolled his eyes and quietly brought the topic back.
Just.
"Oh? Are there many? I have been staying in the refuge for the past two days, but I didn't come out to look around on the street." Su Mo sighed: "I also heard that a trading permit is required, so I started from the refuge come out"
He did not lie.
From the disaster to the present, this is the first time to step into Zizai Liangfang.
And those outsiders didn't hang around in Sangtian Town for long before lurking in Hope City.
This is all true.
As long as Chen Kai sent someone to guard the gate of Liangfang, he would definitely know about it.
"Mr. Su is really good at nourishing qi!" Realizing that Su Mo was still not getting in, Chen Kai shook his head with a smile and stopped talking.
As far as his identity is concerned, after knowing that Su Mo's true identity is actually the vice president of the Academy of Architecture.
The two are equal, and he has no way to press further.
can only continue to wait for the opportunity, maintain the current harmony, and see if we can get some useful information.
Not long.
"Ahem..."
As everyone waited patiently, they waited until a slightly hoarse cough sounded.
On the stage, Chen Shen stood still.
Facing everyone, he still did not take off the mask, maintaining a full sense of mystery.
"Everyone who participated in my Chen's dinner party, everyone from the Chen family, good evening everyone"
As soon as Chen Shen finished his first sentence, there was thunderous applause from the audience, so Su Mo could only applaud decently.
After four or five seconds, the applause slowly stopped.
"This year is the fourth dinner of our Chen family, and it is also the fourth year since Hope City was established"
Reading to the manuscript, Chen Shen spoke extremely fast, and it only took two or three minutes to report clearly the general situation of the territory in the past year.
Afterwards, he gave a brief overview of the development of the Chen family and the goals to be envisioned in the future.
These data, most people off the court listened with gusto and applauded from time to time.
It was Su Mo himself who, after listening to it for a while, then distracted his attention somewhat bored.
Yes, when the territory was established, he had stated more than once that the territory would definitely abandon these fake data and do more practical things.
But the fact is that as the territory grows larger and larger, these data will inevitably appear and be put on the table.
How to double the grain output next year, how to increase the population by one-tenth? Chen Shen didn't give specific measures to support it, nor did he say the direction of the territory's development.
Could it be possible to let these people change the food and population out of the air?
"Susu Youzong, Mayor Chen is watching you!" Zhang Min was a little surprised at first when he noticed that Chen Shen's eyes shot over from time to time.
But when he turned his head and found that Su Mo's eyes had been hanging down on the Coke bottle not far away, Zhang Min was shocked suddenly.
"What?" Subconsciously raised his head, Su Mo's eyes naturally diverted to the stage, and instantly intertwined with Chen Shen's eyes.
It seems to have crossed time and space and penetrated layers of barriers.
This exchange of gazes immediately gave Sumo a familiar feeling.
But unfortunately, through a mask, this familiar feeling is immediately cut off as soon as it appears and becomes strange.
"It's okay, Mayor Chen won't pay attention to us" Turning his head, seeing Zhang Min's pale face, Su Mo waved his hand: "Don't make a fuss"
"Huh?" Hearing the reassurance, Zhang Min quickly turned his head, and didn't feel relieved until he made sure that Chen Shen looked away.
This performance fell into the eyes of Chen Kai next to him, but it made his eyes narrow slightly, as if he had grasped something important.
However, he couldn't say much on this occasion, so he could only continue to stand side by side with Su Mo, listening to Chen Shen's speech.
More than ten minutes passed, and after talking about the development path of the Chen family for the next year, Chen Shen's speech slowed down.
"Tonight is the family banquet of my Chen family. Don't restrain the foreign guests. Just communicate as much as you like."
"You are all the pillars of our Tianyuan Territory and our foundation. We need your full support in the new year to make our Tianyuan Territory better and stronger."
"I announce that the family banquet has officially begun!"
Boom!
After the speech was over, the audience burst into applause for a while.
It wasn't until Chen Shen waved his hands continuously that everyone turned their heads and sat down again.
Not far away, the waiter who served the food also received instructions and began to come out with various plates with food placed on them.
Following the rhythm of the crowd, Su Mo also turned his head and sat down in front of the table again, next to Chen Kai.
It's just that everyone else's table is full of fifteen people, and only their table is only three people, so it's inevitable that it's a bit empty.
"Mr. Su, don't you mind if I call some people over to have fun?"
"It's okay, Mayor Chen is really polite. This is originally a family banquet of the Chen family. How can we foreign guests do as we please?" Picking up the Coke indifferently, Su Mo smiled Take another swig.
But before he swallowed a big mouthful, Su Mo almost spit out when he saw Chen Kai clapping his hands to call over.
"Mayor Chen sit at our table?"
"Well, there are also them" pointing to twelve of the seventeen members of the first generation of the Chen family who came over, Chen Kai smiled maliciously like an old fox who had succeeded in a trick.
Matched with the twitching scar on his neck.
At this moment, Su Mo suddenly realized.
It turns out that the two of us have been here for so long, and no one came to strike up a conversation, just like transparent people.
It's not that these people don't want to come here because of their low status in Zizai Liangfang, but that the Chen family probably has already made arrangements.
"Absolutely!"
Turning his head, seeing that Zhang Min was completely at a loss, Su Mo couldn't help feeling a headache.
The family banquet tonight is really a Hongmen banquet.
In the next few days, he might have to face a steady stream of "probing attacks" from these dozen or so old foxes who have been scrambling in the wasteland for a long time.
It would be fine if there were no game restrictions.
But if you accidentally leak your words and get caught, even if you still have another chance, it will be a real big trouble.
"Mr. Su Youzong is really young and promising, I saw you talking and laughing with Chen Kai from a long distance away." Before the people arrived, the voice came first.
Before he walked in, Chen Shen's loud voice came over first, which attracted the attention of other people around him.
"Mayor Chen is overrated. Compared with you, I am so young and promising!" Su Mo stood up with a smile on his face, and greeted the people who came.
This appearance of being neither humble nor overbearing surprised the other members of the first generation who came over.
"Oh? Compared with me, you are really interesting." Although Chen Shen's expression could not be seen under the silver mask, there was an obvious smile in his voice.
"They were all cultivated by God Su, and they are considered brothers. Let's avoid these hypocrisy." When he came, he was the first to sit down, and Chen Shen acted very naturally.
Su Mo sat down without changing his complexion, but his heart sank.
"God Su?"
"Haha, you're interesting, let's not talk about that for now." Calling the other first-generation members to sit down, Chen Shen clapped his hands, and the clever waiter immediately began to serve the dishes.
After a while, the originally empty table was filled with various dishes with unique aromas.
"Eat first, we'll talk after we're done." Chen Shen moved the first chopsticks neatly, and the others were also polite.
Suddenly, the food on the table began to be sucked in like a storm, and Zhang Min was stunned while watching.
"Why do these people seem to have never eaten?"
Seeing from the left, after staring at Chen Shen for a while, Zhang Min murmured and turned his head to look, only to find that Su Mo didn't know when he started eating, and there was nothing unfamiliar at all. appearance.
Instead, she was left alone, like an outsider.
"Are you really here for dinner?"
Startled, afraid of being stared at by Chen Shen's piercing gaze again, Zhang Min could only pick up the chopsticks in a dignified manner, and started eating.
The wind sucked in like this, until about half an hour passed, and the table was in a mess.
All of them leaned back in their chairs contentedly, and slowed down their eating speed.
"I thought Mr. Su would have some surprises today, but I didn't expect you to get used to it so quickly." Seeing that there were several piles of residual bones in front of Su Mo, Chen Kai spoke first and broke the silence.
"We are in the end of the world, and the danger may come at any time. Eat fast, and practice early in the morning"
"What's more, this meal is one less meal. Now that food prices have risen so much, who knows if they will be able to afford it tomorrow?"
Calmly took two steps back and gave the waiter a space to clean up the trash on the table, Su Mo said calmly.
"Oh? Mr. Su Youzong seems to have some opinions on the food price in the territory?"
Chen Shen cast his long and narrow eyes under the mask, slightly piercing.
At first, he thought that his side would be the first to launch the attack tonight, but he didn't expect Su Mo to attack first, wanting to take the initiative?
"That's not true, Mayor Chen should know that although the food price in our Tianyuan Territory is rising, other territories are also stagnant, even much larger than ours."
“I just feel a little bit emotional, what are the thoughts and ideas of these people who manipulate the rise in food prices?”
"What kind of idea, of course, I want to fish and meat ordinary people, and fight for my own interests!"
Chen Shen hadn't spoken yet, but Chen Yi, who was sitting next to the table, fired first, with a cold tone.
"Originally, the price of food in the entire New World was going to increase last year under the operation of these beasts in Wuya Mansion. If our territory hadn't been forcibly attacked under the command of the patriarch, how could it last for a year!"
"Su Youzong, you are also in the food industry, so you don't know the relationship between supply and demand, right? Now the market demand is far greater than the supply, isn't it a matter of course to increase?"
"Chen Yi, lower your voice." Chen Kai frowned, and looked sideways to the right.
"How could Mr. Su not know, if he hadn't developed the energy stone harvester, how could our Sangtian Town have recovered some crops this time"
"Scrambling to harvest? The 10,000 to 20,000 mu of land is enough for anyone to eat, even the people in Sangtian Town can't support themselves." Chen Yi didn't change his face, and didn't care about Chen Kai's words at all.
"Mr. Su, if we can announce the energy stone harvester in advance this time, maybe we can keep all the land in our territory, but I don't know."
"I think so too, but the territory didn't notify the disaster in advance, right?" Seeing Chen Yi's "angry face", Su Mo was not angry, but only replied gently.
"Notification? Do you think that you will hand over the technology of this energy stone harvester only after you have notified the disaster? Do you know that it is because of your behavior that we have lost millions of acres of land this year. "Chen Yi's voice suddenly became severe, and his eyes fixed on him.
"Enough! Chen Yi!" Chen Kai raised his voice.
"Not enough! In our Xishou County, hundreds of thousands of acres of land will not be harvested this year, and tens of thousands of people will face survival problems in the second half of the year. Su Youzong obviously has this technology, but he wants to hide it for personal gain. "
"If you can announce this technology in advance, how can these tens of thousands of people end up?"
Questions like a tide suddenly erupted on the field.
At this moment, although Chen Yi's anger was only aimed at Su Mo alone, Zhang Min's face turned pale with fright, and his whole body trembled uncontrollably.
"I suggest that all the harvest from Zizai Liangfang this year be confiscated back to the territory as relief food!"
"Otherwise it will be difficult for the common people to be angry!"
Satisfied with food and drink, Chen Yi was arrogant and made no secret of his malice.
Chen Kai on the side tried to dissuade him, but to no avail, he could only show a helpless expression.
Seeing everyone's eyes were focused on, Zhang Min's mind was in chaos, and he wanted to hide, but there was no place to hide.
She didn't understand why everyone had suddenly become like this when they were talking in harmony just a moment ago.
She didn't even understand why Xishou County's crop failure could suddenly place all the blame on other people.
But she knows that once all the harvest of Zizai Liangfang this year is really confiscated.
Needless to say, the army of tens of thousands of people asking for salary will be able to tear apart every member of the Zhang family and divide them up.
They have managed to turn around, and they will soon become the moon in the mirror and the flowers in the water.
"How are you?"
Trembling, Zhang Min raised his head tremblingly, wanting to refute.
But in the next second, a big warm hand pressed against hers, making her stop.
Looking in the direction of the big hand, under the light, Su Mo's face was still calm, without any anxiety or embarrassment.
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“Xishou County, with flat terrain and sufficient water sources, can plant a total of 375,000 mu of land, which is the largest in Tianyuan’s territory and has the reputation of “Tianyuan Granary” in the outside world. Among them, Xinghuo No. 3 wheat and Huahuo No. 1 wheat , Hongtianlei No. 5 wheat is the main one, and the average output of the territory is 1,755 jin. In the seven years since the waste soil, Xishou County has harvested a total of 300,000 tons of wheat, with a total yield of 1,605 jin per mu, which is 74 independent plantations in the territory. The penultimate place is listed as a key supervision object”
"Xishou County has a total permanent population of 92,000 people. Calculated on the basis of 400 catties of grain per person per year, a total of 18,000 tons of grain is required. Last year's grain harvest alone does not include the development needs of other counties and cities. , enough to supply the entire population with food reserves for at least five years"
“According to Chapter VII of the Law of Tianyuan Territory and Article 18 of the Grain Reserve Law, the manager of each independent area should at least find a way every year to reserve at least one year’s surplus of food for the permanent population. Those who are too small will not be rewarded, and those who are less will be made up by the manager"
"According to Chapter Three of Tianyuan Territory Law, Article 1, Article 3, and Article 9 of the Territorial Integrity Law, those who are listed as key supervision objects will be subject to three consecutive months if they fail to meet the standards. Automatic dismissal"
"Magistrate Chen Yi, is my answer correct?"
(end of this chapter)