Chapter 8 Two old men chatting
Nanjing, the capital of the Republic of East Asia.
In a Suzhou garden-like building with birds singing and flowers, beside the pond, under a pine tree. Two old men were playing chess and chatting.
Ignoring the hundreds of hidden guards around, half of which were brought by the old man here, an old man with white hair but energetic head, staring at the old man sitting opposite him with a crutch with a wrinkled face but looking very kind, and said, "I'm always nagging, why do you prepare chess every time I come to you, you prepare chess? Isn't this difficult for me? Who doesn't know how bad my chess level is?"
The old man with a pleated face squinted glances at the old man opposite and said disdainfully: "Big Smoky Bing, why don't you tell me why every time I go to your place, you prepare Go. In and outside the courtyard, who doesn't know that your Go level is high? If the boss doesn't say the second, you are allowed to bully me with Go. I am not allowed to use chess to find some face."
Big Smoky Gun, Well, Liu Lao, the head of the Liu family, one of the nine highest figures in the Republic of East Asia, rolled up his sleeves, sat down and said loudly: "Little thing, why is Go? Go is a national treasure. Moreover, chess is just chess. I have learned several moves recently and won many people, but my level has improved a lot. Be careful not to be killed by me and not leave it. There is no place to cry at that time."
The old nagging, well, Mr. Zhou, the head of the Zhou family, one of the nine highest places in the Republic of East Asia, picked up the special supply Dahongpao in front of him, slowly savored it, and said sarcastically: "Go is a national treasure, but chess is not. Moreover, your level has improved a lot and won a lot of people. The one who wins is the primary school student, no. It should be someone else who asks you. Otherwise, you can't even win a primary school student, who will you win?"
He picked up the big red robe in front of him, and Old Liu killed it in one gulp, and said in a spirit: "Guanshuo will not practice fake moves, look at my vaulting horse."
Well. The first step for that guy to play chess was to vault horses, either flying elephants, urging soldiers, or crawling cannons. It seems that Mr. Liu's level still needs to be improved.
Seeing Mr. Liu killing Dahongpao in one go, Mr. Zhou said with a little distressed feeling: "Hey, this is a special offer. I don't have many real special-grade Dahongpao here. It's a waste to chew peonies like this. If you had known this, I would just make do with something."
Mr. Zhou was joking. Not to mention the friendship between Mr. Zhou and Mr. Liu for many years, he was the identity of Mr. Liu. Mr. Zhou could not use some defective products to deal with Mr. Liu.
Mr. Liu, who was frowning and thinking about the chess moves, heard Mr. Zhou's words, glanced at Mr. Zhou and said dissatisfiedly: "Old nagging, why don't I know when you have become so elegant? Tea is originally used to drink, just quench your thirst. As for the others, do you care about it? Moreover, what is the difference between this Dahongpao and other teas? I really don't believe that you can tell that you are ugly and Yin Mao. Don't pretend to be elegant in front of me. I don't know what you are like for many years."
It seems that Mr. Liu’s chess level is really not good, so the second step is to think about it. Sweat.
Hearing Mr. Liu's words, Mr. Zhou frowned and said, "I won't make progress, and I will go from an old gangster to an old professor. Lu Meng should not look at him with admiration for three days. You haven't come to me for half a month. I will make progress. Isn't it okay to let you look at him with admiration?"
After lit a cigarette gently, Liu Laoshu said with great care: "Okay, of course, as long as you can let me smoke two more cigarettes every day, whatever you say is OK."
He looked at the cigarettes in Mr. Liu's hand with a little enviousness. Mr. Zhou took off his portion early in the morning. Mr. Zhou said dissatisfiedly: "There are two more per day. We can only smoke two a day without even getting addicted. We lost it. In the past, three packs of cigarettes a day, but now two packs of cigarettes a day. I really don't know what to say. I remember that the big smoke gun is five packs of cigarettes a day, and the cigarettes are not left in my mouth, which has smoked all the mosquitoes in the entire barracks to death."
After spitting out a smoke ring, Liu Lao said calmly: "Lao Zhou, don't complain. Those special caregivers are also considering our bodies. If others care about us, we will forget it. If we still complain, we will pass. Although, I also want to complain about it. Why can't the fragrant, oily and delicious braised pork beans be eaten? Even the Beijing roast duck has turned into a vegetarian duck. It's not greasy at all. It's a pussy. Fade out of the bird. High fat and high protein."
Hearing Mr. Liu's words, Mr. Zhou said empathically: "When I was young, I could eat whatever I wanted. Now that I have climbed to this position, I even have a problem with eating and drinking. I really don't know what to say. Forget it, I won't say this, I'm sad."
Mr. Zhou said seriously to Mr. Liu: "Old Liu, your boy seems to be very close to the Moluda Azra Airu of the Blue Universe recently. There are many things in the defense of Kaohsiung Universe Port that were directly extracted from the Atlantic Federation. This is very bad. You should also know what the product is behind the Blue Universe. We have put a lot of effort into preventing them from eroding."
Speaking of serious matters, Mr. Zhou’s name for Mr. Liu has changed.
He picked up the tea and took a sip. Old Liu smiled and said, "Xiaoyi, you're a great guy. We don't have to worry about what to do. He will figure it out by himself. This time, we can't blame Xiaoyi. It's because the old guy here did it too much. He knew that Zaft would attack Kaohsiung immediately, but he was still pulling his legs. Not to mention the things in the East Asian Republic, even a considerable amount of things in our hands were not delivered to Xiaoyi's hands. The chips in Xiaoyi's hands were not as high as the new stars. You know, Zaft's troops this time were far more than when they were high stars, and it was too much. Otherwise, why would Xiaoyi not be involved in the Blue Universe? Moreover, even so, Xiaoyi was still responsible. He only bought some equipment and marked the price clearly. At most, he only asked for three biological CPUs. There was no filling too deep."
Hearing Mr. Liu's words, Mr. Zhou nodded in envy and said, "Liu Yi is really very good. He is the only one among the younger generations. Thinking about my granddaughter, I really don't know what to say."
When Mr. Zhou heard the granddaughter mentioned by Mr. Liu, he said with a headache: "Mr. Zhou, when it comes to your granddaughter, no, when it comes to the girl married from the Zhou family, I have to talk about it. Although he is a junior, it is understandable to cherish him, but are you too indulging them? The mother is ignorant. Let his daughter become an adjuster, and his daughter is even more ignorant. He admires that Lux, and is confused by the theory of the adjuster. In order to go to PLANT, he has been chasing his family for more than ten times, but no one has been done.
The city is full of wind and rain. This impact is extremely bad. If I had been, I would have beaten her with a stick. If I were not obedient, I would have been able to get obedient. If I could have a filial son under the stick, this old saying would never be wrong. Those girls really need to be educated well. Don’t you know your identity? Do you not know your every move has a great impact? Adjusters are not good in our East Asian Republic. People from the outside world think that your Zhou family has changed their intentions, and they are like the Li family, who are biased towards those things that are not human."
Hearing Mr. Liu's words, Mr. Zhou frowned and said dissatisfiedly: "Old Liu, you said too much, keep some eloquence. Although the adjuster is indeed very problematic. But my granddaughter is also an adjuster, and it is difficult for me to say that. However, I do want to beat that unfilial daughter. Fortunately, she did not make my grandson a adjuster, otherwise, I would really not be able to help but beat her with a stick. The matter of Juehou was also done, and Xiaohui was ruined by her mother. Hi, she is old and in poor health. I don't know whether to beat that unfilial daughter."
Exhaust the cigarette and carefully put away the remaining half of the cigarette. Old Liu said dissatisfiedly: "What kind of virtue is left? Artificial creations cannot be born. A childless grandson is the same as a biochemical person. He said that he is not a person who can't continue the inheritance of race. He is not worthy of the word "him". Not to mention anything else, your granddaughter is very beautiful, but even the family of our family dares to accept it. Even the Li family, which is very close to PLANT, does not dare to. A childless grandson is the greatest unfilial piety. Lao Zhou, your tutor is too loose, and the tutor of my family is very good. Otherwise, why does an outstanding child like Xiaoyi appear in my Liu family, not in your Zhou family. Although Tao'er is not a good person, he will not cause trouble for me, and he can give birth to a good child like Xiaoyi. It really has to be managed, Lao Zhou. If he is like the Li family, the problem will be great."
"When Lao Li was there, what was the Li family like? It forced our eight families to join forces, but after Lao Li went, the Li family became the last of our nine families. What's the reason? It's not that there is no successor in the Li family. The entire political direction is wrong, and it will actually be biased towards PLANT. Even if you prefer the Atlantic Federation, it is better than the Atlantic Federation. How can the Atlantic Federation still have a future? PLANT, there is no future at all. It cannot be born and cannot inherit blood. Where is the future of the family? The boy from the Li family was confused by PLANT."
"Freedom, democracy, human rights, the future, hope, what kind of thing, who believes this thing? Lao Zhou, do you believe it? I don't believe it anyway. I can't even understand this hidden method. Was the boy from the Li family really born in a political family? It's too naive. I don't know what to say about such a naive politician. Lao Li's education of his children is really too failed."
"Before the adjuster solves the inheritance problem, the adjuster has no future, and humans cannot deal with the adjuster's hands. Is it meaningful? If all humans are extinct, these are nonsense. If the skin does not exist, where will the hair be attached?"
"The boy from the Li family is stupid. Not to mention the trillions of economic losses caused to me by PLANT, not to mention the reasons for Zaft's neutron jammers, the millions of people who died because of Zaft are the energy crisis caused by Zaft. The hundreds of millions of people are in a very difficult situation in which life is difficult. Every day, people die due to unemployment, hunger, and riots. We cannot get close to PLANT."
"A nuclear bomb, 240,000 adjusters died, PLANT was shouting all day long, as if they had suffered a grievance. Because of Zaft's behavior, nearly 10 million people died on the ground. Why don't their adjusters say that their adjusters are humans, and others are not humans, arrogant, arrogant, and indifferent to life. What kind of sympathy is there for such adjusters? Don't think about how much resources the Atlantic Federation consumed to build a PLANT satellite cluster. PLANT is essentially owned by the Atlantic Federation. It is already a great favor for the adjusters to live in, and there is no gratitude at all. The adjusters are essentially just a group of workers, snatching the owner's things, occupying the owner's property, and finally slandering the owner's reputation and taking the owner's life. What's the thing? The slave who bears the owner."
"Before resentment is called a monster in the sky, and resentment is excluded by other humans, think carefully about what you have done. The monkeys on the ground cannot see other humans clearly. The adjuster first tramples the dignity of other humans under his feet. Otherwise, it is just jealousy. How could it develop to the point where millions of adjusters flee the earth? There has never been a shortage of geniuses in the East Asian Republic. Have those geniuses been so miserable? There is no such thing as no."
"The Li family is confused. The most important thing in the Republic of East Asia is to solve the energy problem, stabilize the society, maintain social order, and allow the people in the energy crisis to have a bite of food. The Republic of East Asia cannot be in chaos. This is the most important thing. Other issues must be put aside. Even a belligerent boy like Xiaoyi will hold back the resentment in his heart and do not provoke disputes. It is not until Zaft invasion that he has to destroy Zaft invaded troops. Can't the boys of the Li family see the form clearly, outsiders, insiders, and a group of incompetent guys."
"Getting close to PLANT represents the opposition of the Atlantic Federation. I don't like PLANT, and I also don't like the Atlantic Federation, a country controlled by dead merchants. However, the current East Asian Republic cannot fight with the Atlantic Federation. For the sake of the country, for the family, for the next generation of the East Asian Republic, the East Asian Republic cannot be in chaos. This is what we must do. Decades of development cannot be destroyed in the hands of our generation. We must leave something for the younger generation and some family background."
"Old Li is gone, Lao Jiang is gone, Lao Jiang is also gone, Lao Jiang is in poor health and is almost there. There are not many companions in the past, Lao Zhou, we are all older, and we must also leave. The future of the East Asian Republic and the inheritance of our family still depends on the younger generations. The future belongs to the children. The issue of education for children is a big problem. If Lao Li knew what the Li family boy is doing now, he would probably jump out of the coffin in anger."
"How many outstanding talents did not fall into the conspiracy of the opponent, nor the swords and swords in the political field, but in the hands of his own incompetent child, and in the hands of the so-called second generation. Education for children is really a big problem. Lao Zhou, you should also pay attention."
Listening to Mr. Liu's feelings, Mr. Zhou also said with some emotion: "Indeed, the problem of children is a big problem. Your Liu family is fine. How can you say that Xiaoyi is a talented person? And other families have basically been raised as stubborn children. Not to mention Xiaoyi's generation, even our sons, how many talented people are? The Li family is still fighting in the internal struggle and cannot even choose a person. Otherwise, with the strength of the Li family, how could they fall to the end of the Nine Family?"
"Although the boys in the Jiang family are better than those of the Li family, they know that it is not an internal struggle, and they can integrate the family forces and unanimously choose a leader, but it is only a little bit better that they will be attracted by the idiot Uzmi Yula Asha of Aubu. It is a joke, not to invade other countries, not to allow other countries to invade, nor intervene in disputes with other countries. Can Aubu play such things? Without strength, there is no right to speak. In the face of interests, treaties are equivalent to waste paper. In the current polarization, in the present or the enemy, neutrality is the least stance. A small country like Aubu plays with neutrality, and without power, and is not even as good as a piece of waste paper. Looking at the history of the world, except that Switzerland has truly been truly neutral with its mountains and powerful troops, other neutrality is just a joke."
"And, is Aubu really neutral? Where are the weapons in his hands coming from in wars around the world? Most of them were not obtained from Aubu. Recently, Aubu also took over the task of developing MS in the Atlantic Federation. What is such neutrality? He sells dog meat with the head of sheep, and establishes a chastity archway as "biaozi"."
"Aub was just a country established by some remnants who were defeated by our Chinese army. The idea of founding at that time was just to attract enough people who were tired of war, but it was just a fraud. Even Aubu himself had never taken this idea of founding. The boy from the Jiang family believed it, and he really wanted to establish the Republic of East Asia into such a non-aggressive and non-interference country. Why are such naive politicians not politicians of the Atlantic Federation? If the politicians of the Atlantic Federation are at the level of the Jiang family, it would be a blessing for China. They are like pigs."
Don’t blame Mr. Liu, Mr. Zhou, for being a vicious person, is the Li family who is pro-PLANT. The Jiang family, who has the political philosophy of building the Republic of East Asia into a neutral holy land, takes the lead in restraining the Liu family and Zhou family. This has caused the support of the Liu family and Zhou family to greatly reduce the attack and defense of Liu Yi, who is about to usher in the Kaohsiung Universe Port, and caused Liu Yi, the most outstanding junior of the Liu family, to use the little troops in his hands to deal with Zaft's attack. In this case, how could Mr. Liu and Mr. Zhou be able to keep his mouthful?
Moreover, the Li family and Jiang family are indeed not good at it. Otherwise, Mr. Liu and Mr. Zhou would not be in the mood to play chess and chat, exchange political opinions, and exchange interests here.
The Li family was once the leader of the nine families, and the Jiang family was once the top three of the nine families, far from being comparable to the Liu family and the Zhou family.
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Chapter completed!