Chapter 330: Awake
Ling Ping’an looked at the data on his screen.
85…
He scratched his head.
Today’s growth rate had slowed down.
As he took out his phone and looked at the date, he suddenly realized that today was Monday!
It was a work day!
“No wonder!” He put down his phone.
The weekday system appeared during the Taizu period. It was created after the Taizu absorbed and combined the Qin and Lu civilizations.
This system was first used in the officialdom.
They went to work from Monday to Friday and would rest on Sat.u.r.days and Sundays.
This was much better than the rest system of the previous dynasty, so it was quickly accepted.
The cultural traditions of the federal empire determined what the government used, and the people would immediately accept it.
During the Gaozong period, even factory workers began to enjoy weekend breaks.
The concept of overtime pay was the same.
The great ancestor stipulated that overtime pay was double.
This made all the officials of the empire at that time become virtuous officials who were loyal to the country.
There were endless cases of people fighting for overtime.
Up until now, the concept of weekend breaks had long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
And it radiated across the entire ‘world’.
On the contrary, Ling Ping’an had vaguely heard that in the land of Qin, where the system of the week originated, there seemed to be no concept of weekend breaks.
That seemed to be a one-day weekend..
This was something he didn’t quite understand.
Playing with his phone, he looked at the time, and it was only ten o’clock.
Thus, he turned on the television.
It happened to be the evening news time.
The channel he turned on happened to be a local channel, so it was basically broadcasting news about people’s livelihood.
“Dear audience, we are now at Jianshe Road’s North China Trading Company…”
“It is reported that after a seven-month suspension, Huashang group has finally decided to renovate Huashang shopping mall and open for business within a month…”
“Huashang shopping mall was once the largest comprehensive commercial building in our city…”
“It is also the collective memory of the 10th and 20th generations…”
“Between the 2800 and 2830 years of the Republic era, Huashang shopping mall has always been the largest comprehensive shopping mall in Jiangcheng City…”
Looking at the news and the old shopping mall building, Ling Pingan’s mouth was wide open.
He couldn’t help but say, “Even this can be done?”
“Huashang can even fake a corpse?”
“Master Qing Hui!”
Huashang was once the pride of the entire East City District.
It was also the landmark building of Jiangcheng City in the heavy industry era.
At that time, this shopping mall was the largest and most advanced comprehensive shopping mall in the city.
And it was well-known in the entire Guangnan region!
It was the first shopping mall in the Guangnan region to use central air conditioning.
It was also the first shopping mall in the entire Jiangcheng City to complete the construction of a full escalator.
At the glorious moment, every night, the Huamao shopping mall and the Huamao Plaza around it were the most popular and lively places in the entire Jiangcheng City.
Then came the era of the Internet.
Then, the development focus of Jiangcheng City moved northward, and the north of the city became a new population gathering area and economic hotspot.
Factories in the east of the city closed down one by one and moved away.
Thus, Huashang, once the most prosperous and lively place in the east of the city, and Huashang Square inevitably declined.
In addition, the construction date was long ago.
The facilities were dilapidated and backward.
As a result, at the beginning of this year, Huashang Mall announced the closure of its business.
At that time, the entire shopping mall began to have a big sale.
Ling Ping’an took the opportunity to pick up the wool.
100 dollars, 300 flashlights.
50 dollars, 100 pairs of socks.
100 dollars, 10 shirts!
It was simply wonderful!
Now, after dying for almost nine months, Huamao Corporation was actually going to revive?
This was truly unbelievable!
But…
The scaffolding that was erected and the construction team that appeared on the television would not lie.
Huamao Corporation had actually started to turn back!
Ling Pingan was happy.
That was because Huamao Corporation was right across the street from him.
It would not take more than a few minutes to walk.
And its re-opening was traffic!
A large number of people would be attracted to this area again.
Therefore…
“The bookstore’s business seems to be getting better!”
“As expected, I’m still good at winning by lying down!”
The young bookstore owner reignited his fighting spirit.
Most of the time, personal efforts didn’t matter. The progress of the era was the main point!
Happily, Ling Ping’an turned off the television and was about to close the door to sleep.
Suddenly, a notification appeared on his phone.
He picked it up and saw that it was a message from a friend.
[Student Xiaoyao: Young Master, are you free?]
Ling Ping’an looked at this message and thought for a long time before he remembered who she was. It seemed to be the granddaughter of Grandma Hu’s Family.
As he picked up his phone, he swiped open the screen and said politely, “I’m free!”
Student Xiaoyao replied, “Then… Shall we play black together?”?
Ling Pingan looked at it and hesitated for a moment before replying, “Sure!”
He hadn’t gone to the canyon for a few days.
It was just nice to let this little girl from a family friend see his exquisite operation!
…
In the quiet room, Hu Nuonuo looked at the message on her phone.
She couldn’t help but clench her fists and cheer.
“As expected!” She looked at the book on her desk. “I still need to read more books!”
The t.i.tle of this book was “How to Properly a.s.sociate With the Opposite s.e.x”.
It was a book that was always at the top of the bestseller list of the Federal Empire.
It was about how to attract the attention of the opposite s.e.x.
The most important thing was to cater to their interests.
They had to have common interests and hobbies.
And now, Hu Nuonuo was studying.
She felt that she had already taken a crucial step.
Therefore, she happily leaned against the head of the bed in her bedroom, held her phone, and opened the canyon game.
After she entered, a profile picture in her friend list lit up.
It was little master’s number.
Then, an invitation was received.
Hu Nuonuo clicked ‘confirm’ excitedly.
…
Pushing her suitcase, Qin Keqing walked into the high-speed train station in the northern suburbs of the Imperial City.
Her secretary had only booked her ticket for tonight’s high-speed train.
What about the ticket for the next day?
Sorry, it was sold out!
It was impossible to cut the queue.
This was because all public transport in the federal empire, especially public transport based on roads and railways, was all state-run.
This was stipulated in the const.i.tution.
Article 7 of the Magna Carta of the federal empire: cheap, efficient, advanced, and convenient public transport services are the rights of the people. Therefore, the central federal government and the independent kingdoms must ensure that the rights of the people are not violated.
Thus, the Federal Empire’s public transport services law was born.
According to this law, even the central federal government ministers could not cut the queue unless they had important business to do.
Moreover, it stipulated that the central federal government and the independent kingdoms must bear and be responsible for the cost of public transport construction.
Thus, it earned the empire the reputation of building an infrastructure empire!
Up until now, the total mileage of the federal empire’s high-speed railways, railways, highways, and highways was comparable to the total mileage of all the countries outside the empire.
Moreover, this advantage was still expanding.
Every year, infrastructure investment accounted for 10% of the budget.
For this reason, the dignified personal secretary of the Royal Princess, Qin Keqing, could only come to the high-speed railway station in the middle of the night to wait for the train.
After pa.s.sing through the security check, she entered the waiting hall and bought an official ticket, so she had her own official waiting room.
Pushing her luggage, she arrived at the waiting room specially prepared for senior civil servants.
Qin Keqing realized that it was already so late, and there were actually civil servants from other departments waiting for the bus.
So much so that the previously deserted official waiting room was almost full,
Pushing her luggage, she found an empty seat and sat down.
In front of her was a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties.
“h.e.l.lo!” Qin Keqing cupped her fists and bowed.
“h.e.l.lo!” He opened his eyes and nodded politely.
She noticed that he was wearing a very simple casual outfit and didn’t wear any official uniform.
But…
His shirt was black.
And…
His official bag was also black.
In the federal empire, only one kind of people would like to use black as their symbol.
Blackguard!
The mysterious, powerful, and unfamiliar blackguard!
As Crown Princess Rouan’s personal secretary, Qin Keqing had some understanding of the blackguard.
However, they had almost never interacted with each other because the Blackguard never interfered in the affairs of the public.
They had their own laws and their own internal rules and discipline.
Upon thinking about it, Qin Keqing wisely took out her computer and began to handle official business.
She knew that everything about the Blackguard was a secret protected by the Federal Empire’s secrecy law, and public servants were not allowed to pry and inquire without permission.
Otherwise, there would be judges to handle it.
The system of the Federal Empire, all power went to the central federal government.
It was a unified centralized system.
This was a tradition.
Nevertheless, outside of the tradition, some departments were detached from the outside world.
It was the same for the Blackguard.
It was also the same for the Supreme Court, which claimed to be the gatekeeper of the Const.i.tution and a mountain guard dog.
However…
The person on the other side suddenly opened his mouth and asked, “Young lady, you are the Commissioner of the Royal Inst.i.tution, right?”
In response, Qin Keqing smiled and nodded. “Senior, you have a sharp eye… This Junior is the private secretary of Crown Princess Rouan…”
“To Jiangcheng City?” he asked.
Qin Keqing nodded.
“Then we’ll be on our way…”the other party smiled. He didn’t look like the legendary cold and heartless blackguard at all. Instead, he looked like an uncle next door.
Qin Keqing quickly cupped her hands. “This junior is honored!”
The other party smiled and looked at her. “Secretary Qin, I have some understanding of your schedule…”
“Can you give me a copy of the results of your trip when the time comes?”
Qin Keqing looked at him and thought for a moment. She nodded her head and said, “Of course!”
Blackguard has the right to request any state agency or department to cooperate with their work.
So, until the car, the other party is sitting on the seat, half-closed eyes.
After getting on the train, Qin Keqing found herself in the same carriage as him.
The other party also spotted Qin Keqing, to her good-naturedly nodded, sitting on his seat.
Qin Keqing noticed that there seemed to be six fingers on the hand of this mysterious official of the Blackguard.
“Six fingers?” Qin Keqing was stunned.
Blackguard, six fingers…
Over forty years old…
She then recalled the appearance of the other party that she saw earlier.
Square face, slightly plump, slightly bald hair..
All the conditions added together pointed to a big figure.
The lieutenant general of the blackguard known as the ‘six-fingered Qin Devil’ and the head of the southern Zhou Branch, Song Shihui!
She took a deep breath.
This was a real big shot!
Qin Keqing had heard a little about this person’s deeds.
Legend had it that he once played a song called ‘Guangling San’ at the border of the Southern Zhou.
Outside the southern Zhou border, many evil devils from foreign countries exploded and died!
Once a song was played, the enemy’s life would be taken thousands of miles away.
This was why the lieutenant general was accorded a demon t.i.tle!
Qin Keqing immediately trembled with fear and anxiety.
Fortunately, the empire’s high-speed railway was very fast, reaching 400 kilometers per hour.
Especially the diguang high-speed railway, because it was built relatively early, all the upgrades were very good.
Therefore, it only took more than three hours.
The high-speed railway arrived at Jiangcheng station.
It was already 1:30 am now, and the staff of Jiangcheng City’s Meritorious Children’s committee had already been waiting for her at the entrance of the station.
When Qin Keqing pushed her suitcase and walked over, the staff who had long been prepared immediately swarmed over to receive her luggage. One by one, they started to ask about her well-being.
However, Qin Keqing could not help but look around for the figure of the lieutenant general of the Blackguard. Unfortunately, she did not see him at all!
She could only look away regretfully.
Under the escort of the staff members, she boarded the prepared official car and drove away from the high-speed railway station.
…
Ling Ping’an raised his head and looked at the time on the wall.
He couldn’t help but yawn as it was already 1:40.
After thinking for a while, he entered a message in his friend list: “Miss Hu, it’s too late, I don’t want to play today.”
Student Xiaoyao: “Okay! Good night, Young Master!”
Ling Ping’an nodded and stood up.
As he stood up, the chair behind him made a strange sound.
When he turned around, it turned out that one of the chair legs couldn’t bear the weight and finally broke.
He scratched his head and mourned for his chair for three seconds.
Then, he remembered.
It seemed that the concept of ergonomic chairs was very popular recently!
Could he buy one?
Hmm….
For work, it was not extravagant!
Therefore, he walked to the door happily, pulled down the shutter door, and locked the door.
Meow!
His pet jumped down from the counter obediently and appeared in front of him.
Ling Ping’an put a towel on it and poured some cat food for it. Then, he turned off the lights and walked upstairs with his phone.
He was a little sleepy and only wanted to sleep.
Creak, creak..
In the darkness, the sound of the stairs seemed to be even more horrifying.
The cat on the towel opened its eyes. The amber cat’s eyes reflected the corner of the stairs that was illuminated by the phone.
Its master’s shadow was reflected on the stairs. Countless pairs of eyes opened from that shadow.
Each of them was extremely cold, ruthless, and ferocious.
“Master, it’s beginning to grasp the rules…” the kitten thought, “Its recovery speed is far beyond imagination…”
“Hopefully, it won’t wake up too quickly…”
If it woke up too quickly..
Bastet knew that no one would have a good ending.
Except for those who were willing to give up their lives.
No one hoped that this great but ruthless ruler could wake up faster than expected.
If that was the case, everything would restart.
Everything would return to zero.
Whether or not he could survive did not depend on anything.
It only depended on luck…
If you’re lucky, you’d be remembered, and you’d stay live.
However, if you’re unlucky…
.No one knows what happened to the unlucky people!