In the morning, Ling Ping'an opened his eyes.
He felt that his right hand was a little numb.
Raising his hand to take a look, the skin on his palm showed signs of bruising.
With a slight movement, an obvious numbness spread from his arm.
Whoosh! The bookstore owner, who had never suffered since he was a child, sucked in a breath of cold air.
"What happened?" He scratched his head and tried to recall what had happened last night. It seemed like he had fought with someone in his dream!
"Hmm …" He thought about it and roughly understood.
Perhaps because he didn't sleep well last night, his arm bumped into or hit the edge of the bed.
In the dream, he was fighting with someone.
"That should be it!" Ever since he was young, he had been good at using scientific analysis and looking at problems dialectically.
Then, he held his hands, walked to the balcony, and did a set of radio calisthenics.
Finally …
The numbness in his arm was relieved.
But it was still a little uncomfortable!
The bookstore owner, who had never suffered since he was a child, held his arm and walked downstairs.
Meow!
The kitten, Bastet, was like a child who had done something wrong. She lowered her head and cried out pitifully.
"Little darling... What's wrong with you?" Ling Ping'an saw the little guy's expression and squatted down to touch its head.
Meow!
The little guy called out softly, stuck out his tongue, and licked the back of his master's hand.
"I'm fine!" Ling Ping'an thought that it was concerned about him, so he smiled and shook his arm, "I'll be fine in a few minutes!"
Actually, his arm was only a little numb, but it was mostly soreness!
It was a little like the body's reaction to a sudden strenuous exercise after not exercising for a long time.
The bruise on his palm had already disappeared.
As it turned out, it was probably because he didn't sleep well last night!
Meow!
The little fellow jumped into his arms and rubbed against him intimately.
Holding this little cutie, Ling Ping'an opened the shop door and walked to the breakfast shop next door. Just like before, he came back with steamed dumplings and tofu pudding.
Sitting at the counter, Ling Ping'an turned on the television.
At this time, it was exactly 8: 30, and the old film "Journey to the West" was playing on the TV.
Ling Ping'an raised his head and looked at the classic artistic images on TV.
Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Monk Sha!
Xuanzang, Jade Emperor, Tathagata …
"The classics of the past are still the best …" He sighed.
In the classics of the past, any random character would be vivid and lifelike.
But now …
The little fresh meats actually regarded their ability to say their lines in the original voice as a great advantage and a professional virtue!
As a result, the screen was filled with all kinds of shoddy, blinding dramas.
Of course, Ling Ping'an also knew that he couldn't blame the little fresh meat.
Director, screenwriter, producer, capital, audience …
Everyone has a pot to blame.
Moreover, he could not change the situation.
Therefore, he just sighed twice and started to eat his breakfast.
Moreover, his thoughts quickly shifted to another level.
"By the way … tomorrow is August …" He counted the calendar, "In another ten days, I can get my allowance again!"
Thinking of this, the young bookstore owner was happy.
What made him even happier was that the college entrance examination was coming.
"What should I do? I have to get some of the latest teaching materials for the college entrance examination!" He said, "With this popularity, I have to think of a way to ride on it!"
He remembered that when his aunt ran this bookstore a few years ago, the college entrance examination season was always the most popular season.
It was said that if he didn't open for business for three years, he would eat for three years when he did.
Unfortunately, after he took over, business during the college entrance examination season was also bleak.
Last year, during the entire college entrance examination season, he only sold a few dozen books.
No matter what, this year couldn't be less than last year, right?
If that was the case, it would be too embarrassing!
Thinking of this, the young bookstore owner raised his head and said to the kitten, who was still a little scared at the corner of the counter, "Bastet, go out with me today and take a look at the Jiangcheng City Book Wholesale Market!"
"Let's go and get some books back!"
"Let's go to the copy shop over there and design some new posters!"
The wallpaper and posters of this bookstore had to be updated.
Meow!
The little guy meowed softly and lay down very spiritually.
After breakfast, Ling Ping'an collected the garbage, then carried it out and threw it into the trash can.
Then, he prepared to go out.
He used the taxi-hailing software to call an online taxi and set the destination to the Jiangcheng City Book Wholesale Market.
Then, he pulled down the shutter door and locked the door.
He carried the kitten, Bastet, and walked to the roadside and began to wait.
About five minutes later, a black car stopped in front of Ling Ping'an, "Are you a customer with the ending number xxxx?"
Ling Ping'an nodded.
The driver immediately unlocked the car door. Ling Ping'an carried the kitten, Bastet, and sat in.
"Are you going to the Jiangcheng City Book Wholesale Market?" The driver seemed to look at the order and hesitated.
"Yes!" Ling Ping'an smiled and asked, "Master, is there a problem?"
"No! No... "the other party replied embarrassedly," It's just that there will be a little traffic jam today... "
"Hmm?" Ling Ping'an didn't quite understand, "How so?"
Ever since Jiangcheng City had transformed into an intelligent processing and high-tech digital city, with the use and application of various new technologies, the situation of traffic jams for half an hour in the past rarely happened.
Under the big data, the transportation department could grasp the traffic flow on the main roads in real time and predict the traffic flow in the next half hour.
Usually, it could be divided.
"The Gonghe Party and the Datong Party are putting up posters and doing publicity in the book wholesale market and the surrounding areas today..." The driver sighed.
Ling Ping'an was curious, "Didn't they do it in the past years?"
"But this year, they obviously sent several times more people and invested several times more than in the past!" The driver said, "So, it's really a little traffic jam there!"
Ling Ping'an was slightly stunned when he heard this.
"This year's main battlefield has moved to Guangnan?" He scratched his head.
However, these things had nothing to do with him.
He didn't care!
Therefore, he said to the driver, "Then I'll have to trouble you, Master!"
"No problem!" The driver said heartily, "I'm just telling you that there might be a little traffic jam!"
"It's okay!" Ling Ping'an said with a smile.
Thus, the car slowly started and drove into the main road.
… …
"The target is out!"
Situ He was about to read the documents for a while when he received an urgent report.
"Where is the target going?" He immediately asked.
"Reporting to General..." the staff member who came to report hesitated for a moment, "It seems to be Jiangcheng City's book wholesale market..."
"Hiss!" Situ He took a deep breath.
What time was it now?
In less than twenty days, it would be the college entrance examination.
In less than a month, it would be the national examination!
There was no doubt that the annual college entrance examination and the national examination were the two most important internal affairs of the Federal Empire!
Its importance was above everything else!
The college entrance examination was related to the fairness of education and the future of the country!
As for the national examination, it was related to the selection of talents and the future governance of officials!
In the past two thousand years, other than the change of dynasties, there was nothing more important than these two things in the Federal Empire!
Countless pages of the twenty-four histories were talking about these two things.
The rise and fall of chaos were directly linked to these two things!
Therefore, whether it was the Datong Party or the Gonghe Party, every election would use the book wholesale market and the vicinity of the examination hall as one of the main battlefields and invest a lot of resources!
They were not only for the present, but also for the future!
And the target suddenly went to a sensitive area like Jiangcheng City's book wholesale market at such a sensitive time.
What did he want to do?
Could it be that he was just casually looking around?
Impossible!
There must be a deeper meaning!
Situ He immediately became nervous.
"Inform the colleagues at the scene..." Situ He paced a few steps and said, "Immediately go on the highest alert!"
"At the same time, inform the nearby colleagues to reinforce!"
"We must ensure the order of the wholesale market today. There must be no accidents!"
"Yes!" The staff member nodded.
Watching the staff member leave, Situ He picked up the red phone and dialed the number.
"Commander-in-chief..."
"It's me, Situ He..."
"Yes..."
"The target suddenly went to the book wholesale market today..."
"His purpose and intentions are unknown..."
"Yes!" Situ He stood at attention. "I will personally go over to supervise and ensure that there are no accidents!"
… …
Sitting in the car, Ling Ping'an looked at the high-rise buildings outside the car window.
He couldn't help but start playing with his phone.
He had no choice. He was now stuck on the viaduct.
The traffic in front of him was directly blocked like a dragon.
It was said that it was because the people from the Datong Party had occupied the road to give a speech at the book wholesale market, causing a traffic jam.
After playing with his phone for a while, the traffic that was stuck finally began to move.
Slowly, the traffic began to return to normal.
"Eh!" The driver was also very surprised. "Why is there no traffic jam so soon today?"
"Does it usually take a long time?" Ling Ping'an asked curiously.
"Yes... I was stuck here for an hour yesterday!" The driver replied.
"Oh..." Ling Ping'an nodded.
After about five minutes, the traffic jam completely returned to normal.
The online car that Ling Ping'an was on returned to normal speed.
Twenty minutes later, he carried the kitten Bastet and got off at the intersection of Culture Avenue.
"Didn't they say that... the Datong Party occupied the road to give a speech?" Ling Ping'an looked ahead. There were no signs of the road being occupied.
Other than the countless posters and flyers on the street, there were no signs of the road being occupied.
An old man who was enjoying the cool by the roadside heard his question and answered with a smile, "Young man, that's because the city enforcement officers are here. They won't let them occupy the road anymore!"
"Is the Datong Party so obedient?" Ling Ping'an laughed.
As everyone knew, scholars were proud.
If you told me to do this, wouldn't I lose face?
Especially the ancestors of the Datong Party, they were the clean stream of the previous dynasty.
They were the best at throwing a tantrum.
The old man chuckled and said, "That's because the podium of the Gonghe Party was also demolished!"
Ling Ping'an came to a sudden realization.
Thus, he thanked the old man, then carried the kitten Bastet through the tree-lined path in front of him and turned into an antique alley.
In the alley, there was a hubbub of voices and an endless stream of people.
They arrived at the book wholesale market in Jiangcheng City.
Speaking of which, this wholesale market was the oldest market in Jiangcheng City.
It had existed since the establishment of Jiangcheng City!
It was built together with the University of Jiangcheng and the Confucian Temple next to the University of Jiangcheng.
After all, since ancient times, the rule of literature and martial arts had been the most respected thing in the Federal Empire.
Among them, the rule of literature was the most important!
What was the best way to embody the rule of literature?
In ancient times, it was to gather the strength of the entire country. During the heyday of the dynasty, it was to write a masterpiece that was enough to leave a name in history!
For example, the "Yongle Grand Ceremony"!
After the establishment of the Federal Empire, Taizu changed the rules and ways of playing the game.
He stopped writing books!
Rebuild schools and bookstores!
When Taizong ascended the throne, of course, it was' I inherited the will of the late Emperor, inherited the great cause of the late Emperor, trembled with fear, and the world will prosper! '.
Since that was what his ancestors and father did.
In order to show that he was indeed the successor of Taizu and Taizong's cause, he was indeed a filial son.
After Gaozong ascended the throne, he became a school maniac!
In his life, Gaozong built a hundred universities, more than a thousand high schools, and thousands of junior high schools.
When Gaozong died and the era of political training ended, the Emperor ruled and the cabinet assisted him.
The cabinet ministers' let down the expectations of the world and were valued by the Emperor '.
Did they dare not build schools?
No!
Not only did they have to build, but they had to build more and better!
Universities, high schools, junior high schools...
Build with all their might!
Within a hundred years, the plan to build a complete primary school, junior high school, and senior high school in every county was realized.
It laid a solid foundation for the implementation of nine-year compulsory education and the subsequent twelve-year compulsory education!
Even today, the issue of education was still the focus of mutual accusations and attacks between the Datong Party and the Gonghe Party.
This was especially true for the opposition party, who were spewing out the shortcomings of the rulers on the issue of education with great enthusiasm.
And this was indeed a very good point to attract votes!
After all, most of the people in the Federal Empire who were willing to vote were people who were over 30 years old.
They had families and their children were just in the education stage.
There was no topic that they were more concerned about than education!
Therefore, as an accessory to education, the cultural industry and the book industry became the focus and key of every city!
Therefore, in the year when Jiangcheng City was built, the first mayor naturally used Jiangcheng University, the Confucian Temple, and this book wholesale market as his first fire. He invested unlimited enthusiasm!
And he succeeded!
To this day, Jiangcheng University still had a statue of that mayor and a description of his life.
In a sense, the mayor, who later became the supervisor of the Guangnan Governor's District, had achieved a certain degree of immortality!
Therefore, today, even the appearance of Jiangcheng City had changed countless times.
However, Jiangcheng University and the nearby book wholesale market still retained much of their original appearance from 200 years ago!
Especially this alley that entered the market, it was really very interesting.
Walking in it, it inevitably gave people the illusion that they had traveled through time!
Every time Ling Ping'an came here, he would walk slowly and look around slowly.
The shops on both sides basically maintained the decoration style of 200 years ago.
Even the workers in the shop were wearing clothes from two hundred years ago. It was very comfortable to look at them!
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