Take Taobao with you to another world

Perhaps because it has not experienced any history of "free competition", whether the government-run economy or the private economy should be supported is not an issue that needs to be discussed within the alliance.

There is only one criterion for judging, and that is efficiency, and at this point, it can be said bluntly that no group can compare with the alliance.

Although some people have always said that it is because they do things almost without considering the cost or reward, as long as they want to do it, there is an extremely huge production system and administrative system to support it at any time.For example, if the alliance (not individual members of the alliance) wants to open a tavern, the plan will be communicated from top to bottom, and the administrative department will immediately approve a piece of land, and the construction department will be able to lay the foundation and build a prototype within a week. The materials are dry and condensed, and once the moisture evaporates, the kitchen can be renovated immediately. The tables, chairs, wall cabinets, bowls, plates, drinks and food materials needed for opening a tavern can be put into the warehouse in one day, and then another day. The manager of the tavern, waiters and cleaners are all in place.

Even if the administrative agency does not set up any obstacles for the self-employed in the approval process, this gap is still like a nimble giant competing with ordinary people. Their size is there, and ordinary people have almost no possibility of winning.As long as the alliance does not deliberately give up its natural advantages to "compete on an equal footing", they will naturally monopolize many industries.

So what's wrong with that?

To be honest, Ramsay saw nothing wrong with it.

If it is said that a large competitive advantage can lead to arrogance and disrespect in the league, at least so far, he has not seen such a trend.Every time he returned to this city, he heard almost all praises for the alliance. The liberators of the alliance are still doing their own things, taking responsibility, and being friendly to others. They have played an exemplary role in many fields. Their word of mouth for five years Consistent - Not completely flawless though, they do have some issues internally, but most of these can be caught early and stopped because they have good error correction mechanisms and are competent and insightful powerful leader.

For the people of this desert world, even if they are just less exploited, they are worthy of death, let alone the liberator of the alliance?

Ramsay walked through the business district and entered the square garden in the city center.

The fresh breeze is blowing, and the various strong smells contaminated by the commercial area are blown away from people's clothes and nasal passages. The prince who took the lead in launching the war against the early liberator army also had a garden known as the desert. , but they all said that it was nothing compared to the central garden in the central city. It was a gorgeous and fragile place. The flowers and green grass were watered with tears, and the beauty and beauty covered up the bloody corpse.After the fall of the prince, the freed slaves set fire to his palace, and a primary school has now been built on the ruins.

The original site of the central garden was a large livestock farm—that is, the captive land before slaves were sold as commodities. Hundreds of people huddled in low barns like livestock, most of them were dying of hunger and disease. Long after the Liberator army killed the slaveholders and freed them, they could not believe that they were human again.Later, people dismantled the dirty sheds and burned the blood-soaked wooden stakes. All the chains were returned to the furnace. In Central Park.

The construction of this garden was an ingenious arrangement by the liberators. At that time, including the Caspers who had just joined them, they couldn't quite understand why such a large area should be vacated instead of using it for other things.But they soon no longer had this question, because the soil was suitable and they could dig wells to get water, so they took soil and burned bricks here, and used these bricks to complete the construction of the first batch of projects in the city. Later, the urban area continued to expand, and the planning The more rigorous, the brick factory was naturally abandoned, and people turned the huge pit created by borrowing soil into a water storage and irrigation pond, connected waterways, sowed grass seeds, transplanted trees, and created wetlands. It only took two or three years , transforming this land, which has carried the cruelest oppression and made a real contribution to this city of liberation and hope, into a landscape that can be called completely beautiful.

Add in the sculpture breaking free from the shackles, and this place really doesn't make sense.

Ramsay walked along the trail, spreading flowers and willows along the way. There are many kinds of plants in the park, and they are well taken care of and grow vigorously.Except for those arbors that were relocated from other places and it can be seen that they are still trying to restore their vitality, most of the plants were collected by people in the process of urban construction and the establishment of new administrative districts, because the "liberators" of the red flag They say they want to build a big garden for everyone, so people wet the roots of the most beautiful plants they can see, dig them out and put them in clay pots or stone bowls, or tie them tightly into a knot with sackcloth and straw rope. Balls of earth, in wagons or in rucksacks, brought here like treasures.

The tree shadows became shorter and shorter, and the sun rose higher and higher. Ramsay sat down on a bench.

The vines covered the iron frame above his head, weaving into a cool green shade. Over the railing, you can see the downward slope on the other side of the trail. The slope is very gentle, and the sparkling water caresses the bank. The green scene and the area behind are shrouded in light and mist.

The breeze was coming in slowly, and the shadow of a fish gliding gently in the water near the shore, Ramsay squinted his eyes.

It's really beautiful here.

He only sat here for a while, which was not considered a rest, so he stood up and continued to walk forward.The reason why the central garden is called this name is because it is surrounded by the commercial area, administrative area, medical area and teaching area of ​​the central city, and it is a well-deserved central area.Ramsay chose a small path at random, and walked all the way to an unknown exit number. Once he walked out of the hedge, he knew which district he had come to.

Because children are really rambunctious creatures.

The sound waves rushed over the low walls, as if there were ten thousand ducks in these buildings, and now it was obviously their class time, there were people everywhere in the corridor, and people could be seen on the playground through the iron gate. The children freed from the serious class laughed and chased, ran, and played games. Their activities were so irregular that it made people dizzy. The continuous stream of people on the edge of the playground was very regular, and they all went to the toilet hand in hand. .

The guard had obviously adapted to this environment long ago, reading the newspaper with his legs crossed in the guard's room, and only looked up at Ramsay when he passed by.

Ramsay left the campus area, thinking about whether to let them go to school in the Fifth District or go to the Central and West District after they got married and had children—Industrial City is something they will consider when they have completed the basic courses and need to further their studies...

Ramsay imagined the future all the way, regardless of the fact that he didn't even have a partner now.But it is not too difficult for him to get married. After all, he is an active duty officer of the Red Banner Army. Even regardless of his past wealth, the allowance alone is enough for him to buy a house in the central city or the core area of ​​the Central and Western District. Ugly, tall and in good shape, it's just that his job doesn't give him the opportunity to meet many women... In the delusion that grew like weeds, he came to the medical area unknowingly.

It's an important area, but the average person doesn't want to come here, but when they do get unlucky, they will be grateful for the existence of this place.The pure white background and the red cross logo have become a symbol implanted in people's consciousness, which represents the hope of life, the healing of injuries and the final belonging.Even compared to the witch doctor era, the hospital, a professional facility that is almost only available to the alliance and its allies, has greatly improved the survival rate of patients through various special drugs, systematic medical skills, disinfection and prognosis, etc., but there are still many times. Human power is hard to recover, but few people will feel resentment because of it.

Everyone wants to live.

If it is really impossible to live, then, at the last moment, knowing that you have never been given up, and that a group of people who have nothing to do with you have tried their best for you, death seems not so unwilling.

Ramsay stood by the flowerbed and looked up at the vast white building for a while. Many images flashed through his mind. He thought of the wars and battles he had participated in, blood and death, victory and honor. , thinking of all the moral questions in these processes.

As long as he can remember, he felt that he would not be an ordinary person. Although this confidence was hit many times in the process of his growth, but after the Alliance appeared in his life, this confidence returned to his body .He knows that even if he has become an officer of the Red Banner Army, he is still just a drop of water in the sea of ​​people in this world that is becoming more and more understood, but even if it is only a drop of water, he has never felt so much about himself. life has meaning.

There is a difference between a drop of water in a stagnant pond and a drop of rain that falls with a storm on a parched earth.

Ramsay left the medical area, and the next thing he was going to was the administrative area.

The administrative area... is pretty much the most boring area.

The medical area is not very popular, but the popularity there is actually good. People are always afraid of death, and people are willing to be comforted when they are in pain.The least popular place is the administrative area. In a large empty one-story house, there are only a few people left behind in each department, and most of the others go to work in lower-level towns and villages. The central city has eliminated the basis for the existence of slaves. The occupations of servants have also disappeared from public places, so these alliance liberators, who should be called "official lords" in the old days, have to organize people by themselves if they want to do anything-they are neither happy nor willing to hand over to others. worried.

However, there is a cafeteria in the administrative area, and he can use his military ID to eat and chat with the left-behind administrative staff.

After eating, Ramsay took a walk on the nearby boulevard, and then went to the guest house to take a nap. After waking up, he left the administrative area and entered the other half of the city.

Production area.

The alliance already has the ability to produce complete sets of smelting, chemical, papermaking, and textile equipment, and place them one by one in each new administrative region. Although transportation conditions and local production levels are limited, the scale of these equipment is not very large, and the production efficiency is not very high. High, but these deficiencies are compared with the industrial city that can be called a giant consortium. For administrative regions at all levels, these supporting production equipment can already meet their needs for a long period of time from now to the future. As long as skilled workers The quantity and quality of these administrative districts will no longer have to rely on any support from the industrial city, and they will be able to independently operate, maintain and make limited technical improvements to this production system.

Ramsay knew that some people outside the alliance mocked that this was creating an independent kingdom, but——

You want it, do you have it?

(ˉ▽￣～)Cut~~

The production area is the real core of the city. Unlike other areas in the city where there are only necessary security patrols, Ramsay's military certificate is not high enough. Elementary and middle school students are eligible to visit the team.Then he spends an afternoon with a bunch of rowdy kids, and (emphasis added) a couple of gentle teachers, which would actually be nice if the "why why why why" background noises were removed.

Although my head was buzzing with all the "whys", the dim sum was delicious.thought Ramsay as he said goodbye to them.

The female teacher is really nice.The male teacher is also good.

I don't know if they remember their names?

It was past get off work time, and the school bell echoed over the city. Ramsay re-entered the central garden from the administrative area. When he passed the lake area, he found that there were a lot more people here than when there were almost only gardeners in the morning.Although there are very few city dwellers who don't like Central Park, there are only those types of people who come here to hang out after dinner or even without dinner. Stride around.

cut.

He returned to the business district, and the noisy voices and the aroma of various foods rushed over his face. In summer, it was dark very late, and the sky was still as bright as a fire, but the sun that could not be seen directly had already descended behind the buildings. Let the west-facing floors and windows receive its glow.Ramsay walks through the shady streets full of people. People's memories are closely connected with smells, and people's happiness is always connected with food. Most urban residents have a fixed formal job. They not only depended on their lives, but also cultivated some habits that they did not have before, such as the habit of pursuing appetite.

After all, the prices in the commercial area are not much more expensive than the cafeteria, so they can afford it.

Ramsay raised his head and looked ahead, the top floor of that building was illuminated brilliantly by the setting sun. It can be regarded as one of the landmarks in the business district. The largest building in this business district is four stories high, with four water towers on the top floor, and dozens of rooms divided into different grades. The hall on the first floor is enough to accommodate 100 people to eat at the same time, and there are A private room for private conversations.Compared with the construction cost of this hotel, the comfort of the room and the completeness of the facilities, and other services, its room and food prices are simply cheap.

A low price that only an allied industry can offer.

Ramsay walked into the restaurant. Of course the lobby was not full. The waiter holding the menu asked him what he wanted to eat. Ramsay said, "Give me a private room, let me see—"

He looked up and looked at a man walking up the stairs.

The other party also saw him.

After ordering, they walked towards each other and hugged each other tightly.

"Rams!"

"Vilda!"

"You're still so rude!"

"Your abdominal muscles have become stronger." Ramsay said even less politely, "What about the knight's practice, my dear Vilda?"

Wei Erda slapped him heavily on the back, while secretly inhaling and puffing up his chest, "Get out, brat!"

Ramsay was halfway through his meal in the private room when the former knight of Wilda finally finished the task at hand and came in with the wine.

"I remember you can't bring wine home."

"Of course not."

"Then let's have a drink here."

They poured wine, greeted each other, and drank it down.The alliance's wine was more famous than their food, and in some areas it was even used as an ecstasy. After drinking a few cups, the feeling of being slightly drunk came to Ramsay's head.

"How's the restaurant business doing recently, brother?"

"It's not bad." Wei Erda's voice was also drunk, "The city's population is increasing, and business is becoming more and more prosperous. Our business will only get better and better. I can work until I retire."

"I can tell you've done a great job of running this business," Ramsay said. "It's nice that your talent isn't being buried."

"You are the one who has won glory for the family—even if we are the only one left in the family." Weierda said, "But the people of Dele Town are always proud of you."

Ramsay took another sip of his wine, and said nostalgicly, "Dele Town... I haven't been back to my hometown for a long time, I don't know how they are doing now?"

"They wrote a lot of letters, do you want to read them?"

Ramsay watched as Wilda lowered his head and took out a package of things wrapped in oiled paper that looked like a book from the big pocket of his apron. He took it in his hand and only gently stroked the outer layer of oiled paper, but he was not in a hurry to open it.

"Have you read the letters?"

"Of course." Weilda said, "The people in my hometown are doing well. They are already completely Union members. They don't have to worry about life, old age, sickness and death. There is no better time than this. But they miss you and are afraid that you will be injured or disabled in the war. , I hope the battle will end soon, and I pray that you can return unharmed."

Ramsay laughed, "We're very good at defeating many enemies with a small cost. Death is rarer than a gun going off, and I'm always lucky."

"But the war is almost over, isn't it?"

"I think it might be over." Ramsay said, "The city they just captured is already their last bastion. Once they lose this spiritual symbol and gathering place for supplies, they will no longer be able to organize any more effective There is only a group of rangers running away bravely, and it is more difficult to catch them than to destroy them. That is not my job, so I came back, and Rosal was stationed there."

"The mercenary?"

"That was years ago," said Ramsay. "He's my officer now."

"That kid can be regarded as a great success."

"He has talent, and he has found a suitable place to display it," Ramsay said nonchalantly.

"I don't think your talent is any less than his. You just don't like to do trivial things." Wei Erda said, he pondered for a moment, and said, "But the alliance is really about to completely unify this desert world."

"Everyone can see it now."

"Does the Alliance still plan to continue marching north?" Weierda asked.

"We're going to have at least three months to clean up that area," Ramsay said.

"It's mostly administrative and production stuff," says Welda.

"Yes."

Wilda thought for a moment, then looked at Ramsay, "I want to ask—do you want to consider retiring from the army?"

Ramsay was taken aback.

"You have reached the age of starting a family, and you should have a family," Vilda said.

"It's enough to let this kind of thing take its course," Ramsay said. "Besides, getting married and having children doesn't prevent me from staying in the army."

Wilda sighed, "Okay. One more news."

"what news?"

"That dam is about to start storing water," said Welda.

Ramsay was really surprised this time, "What?!"

This is really the most shocking news that Ramsay has received in a year.Even though they talked a lot about other things afterwards, all Ramsay could think about on the way back to the barracks was the dam.

He didn't take the matter of retiring mentioned by Wei Erda to heart.He would think about marriage, but not this.no need.Unless he is like Wilda—like all those who receive preferential treatment from the Union, because of disability, because of illness, or other force majeure, or because the Union no longer needs this profession (but he has not seen this situation), he will Will reluctantly leave the group he has been in for more than four years.

He likes the military.

Actually, more than just liking.

There was no sign that he had to leave, so he didn't have to think about it.

He thinks about the dam now, thinking that three years have passed, and it is actually about to be completed.

All of Ramsay's knowledge of civil engineering came from that dam, not least because it was built just downstream from his hometown of Dele, directly impacting their lives.The dam itself is the result of a series of drastic changes. It started construction after the official establishment of the Central and Western District, and it is a symbol of the end of the old era and the beginning of a new era. Its open flow interception began during the period when the Fifth Administrative District was about to complete the complete unification. Water storage, even if it is just the result of construction according to plan, will make people feel that it is a very good sign.

Ramsay recalled the engineering scenes he saw every time he returned to his hometown, and decided to use this long vacation to go back and have a look.