It's okay for me to bully my wife for the sake of the young master's dignity, right?

Chapter 375 [024] The Way of Saving of the Falling Cherry Blossom Group
The Falling Cherry Group hosted a banquet for the young master in a spacious Chinese-style room with round tables and wide chairs for people who were not used to kneeling. Qin Jiandan had been there when the funeral of the former Silang was held.

Traditional kimono waiters walked through Ukiyo-e screens and placed dish after dish on the revolving glass table in the center of the table, never forgetting to bow when entering and leaving.

The dishes are served in exquisite lacquerware with cherry blossom patterns. Most of the ingredients come from vertical farms, including salmon sashimi with delicate knife skills, charcoal-grilled beef that is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, carefully selected wild vegetable and mushroom soup, runny meatballs, soft-shell crab tempura, as well as soft and glutinous seafood porridge, fresh tofu with soy sauce and other soft foods.

Walei is a senior foodie, and he kept eating after the dishes were served. Xiaoxia could only eat soft food because of the pain in her wisdom teeth. Qin Jiandan thought that these so-called delicacies were not as delicious as fried chicken.

"What a waste." Qin Jiandan put down his chopsticks temporarily after eating some beef. "In the future, just use food from the outer city to entertain me. The water quality of the canal is polluted now, and you still use ingredients from the vertical farm. Don't you feel out of touch with the masses?"

Xiao Xia poked a piece of soy sauce tofu on her plate with the tip of her chopsticks and said aggrievedly, "We don't eat this every day. We prepared it specially for the young master's arrival."

Feng Jian, who was sitting next to Xiao Xia, explained: "Ingredients from vertical farms are less polluting and can actually save some water when cooking. Anyway, this is inventory, and it would be a waste if it is not used."

The round table that could accommodate 8 people only had Qin Jiandan, Walei, Xiaoxia and Fengjian sitting around it. The host and the guest sat on both sides, with Xiaoxia sitting opposite Qin Jiandan and Fengjian sitting opposite Walei.

"Okay." Qin Jiandan picked up a large piece of beef for Vale, "You have the biggest appetite at the table, try to eat it all, don't waste it."

The dog-eared girl's posture of eating with her head down was very inelegant, not much better than that of a real husky, and the rice grains were about to fall onto Qin Jiandan's face.

Fengjian always eats a little bit of food to be full, and is the type that is very economical to keep. She held a glass of juice in both hands and placed the recorder on an empty chair beside her.

"Young Master, you came to the Falling Cherry Group because of the old data on the Dark Gap Network, right? I saw Linlin's post on the encrypted forum, so I contacted her by phone and got the ID of the target poster."

The hackers of the Night Dragon Society had exchanged their identities on the Dark Crack Network forum, so it was not surprising that Feng Jian knew that the person who posted the message was Lin Lin. Lin Lin told Feng Jian the ID of Mu Yue's mother, but she did not seem to mention who the ID belonged to.

"Then do you have the data?" Qin Jiandan asked, "Or do the previous hackers of the Falling Cherry Group have it?"

The previous hacker of the Luoying Group was Dianyan, Fengjian's father. Fengjian inherited a lot of information and hid it in a secret room that Xiaoxia would never find.

"I may have it," Fengjian answered cautiously, "but because the data is old and there is a lot of it, the storage medium is a tape. I have already issued a search command, and it may take another hour or two to get results."

"Magnetic tapes?" Vallee raised his head from the lacquerware tableware, with beef juice still on the corners of his mouth. "Can magnetic tapes also store computer data?"

Qin Jiandan smiled and explained to her: "You don't understand, do you? Tape storage technology was once widely used in the Earth era, and the larger the data center, the more it was used. Tapes have large capacity, low cost, and are not easily susceptible to electromagnetic interference. The main disadvantage is the slow access speed, and it was gradually abandoned after 1990."

Vale licked the beef juice from the corner of his mouth and said, "Why are you so proud? Wasn't it Linlin who told you all this computer knowledge?"

Qin Jiandan looked at Feng Jian: "Will it take about two hours to get the search results? It won't take two hours to eat, so I'll talk about the guild's recent plans..."

Thanks to Fengjian's advance reminder, Xiao Xia was relieved. She raised her hand quickly as if she was answering a teacher's question in class and said:
"Is it about reforming the combat personnel system and dividing everyone into four levels: Heaven, Earth, Black, and Yellow? Our Falling Cherry Blossom Team fully supports this! The list of combat personnel statistics will be reported to the headquarters soon!"

Qin Jiandan was a little surprised, but considering that Fengjian was well-informed, it was not surprising that Xiaoxia was so proactive.

"…The headquarters is only responsible for the final rating, and the welfare of the soldiers is still provided by the Falling Cherry Blossom Group itself. Don't you have any objections?"

Xiao Xia couldn't figure it out. She just hoped that the young master would stay overnight and hug her to distract her from the toothache. Faced with the young master's in-depth questioning, Xiao Xia's eyes were full of question marks.

Feng Jian answered for the stupid team leader: "The names of fighters and merit records are all provided by each team. The headquarters should not block the review and prevent qualified fighters from advancing. Unless there are some particularly contradictory situations, they will specifically question them, right?"

Qin Jiandan liked Fengjian's answer very much, just like a teacher would like a smart student who could understand things at once.

"That's right. There's no need for the big guild to resort to conspiracy and trickery. The clever tricks of deceiving others will eventually bring disgrace upon themselves. I won't hide it from you either. The headquarters only wants a list of all the combatants so that they can have a base for deploying troops in case of large-scale combat." Qin Jiandan rotated the glass dining table, ate some tofu, and then said:

"You can keep your personal guards' data confidential. The headquarters will turn a blind eye. The treatment of the personal guards is definitely higher than that of the 'Heavenly Grade Warriors'. The rating is superfluous."

"That may not be the case." Feng Jian took a sip of juice. "The combatants are all brave warriors. Once their treatment reaches a certain level, they may care more about 'false reputation'. The 'Tianji Warriors' planned by the young master should be further divided into different rankings, right? Ask those who learn martial arts, who doesn't want to be the 'number one in the world'?"

Qin Jiandan drank half a glass of beer with Feng Jian across the round table and said with a smile: "That's an open conspiracy. Senior management members don't participate in the ranking, so I definitely won't be the 'No. 1'. Whoever has made the greatest contribution will take the position."

Waree, a carnivore who doesn’t like tofu, quickly turned it away and started eating the soft shell crab tempura.

Next, Qin Jiandan asked about the water purification situation of the Luoying Group. Unexpectedly, Fengjian was well-versed in history books. In view of the history of the Fukushima nuclear leak, she had long been prepared for the pollution of the canal water and built an independent underground reservoir a long time ago.

"Underground reservoir?" Xiao Xia was very surprised. "Did you build it secretly? How come I, as the team leader, have never heard of it?"

Feng Jian ignored Xiao Xia's doubts and continued to explain to the young master:
"This underground reservoir is located behind the castle tower and is fed from the canal. It is oval in shape to reduce stress on the structure and is made of concrete with an anti-corrosion coating. The reservoir is divided into two levels, the upper level is used for primary water storage, and the lower level has a filtration and purification system."

"Since the water pollution incident, I have closed the drainage pipeline. The water in the underground reservoir is enough for the Falling Cherry Group to use for two weeks. If the young master needs it, I can provide some support to the headquarters."

"Interesting..." Qin Jiandan quickly ate some rice to fill his stomach, "I want to see the underground reservoir with my own eyes. Fengjian, you can lead the way after you finish eating."

Xiao Xia interrupted, "I want to see it too! Feng Jian dug the reservoir without telling me, so doesn't that mean he can secretly dig a trap for me? I have to see the reservoir in its entirety, not leaving out a single detail!"

Walei's dantian is relatively shallow, but his stomach and intestines are very spacious. Qin Jiandan left Walei, who was very gluttonous, behind, and, led by Fengjian, went with Xiaoxia to see the situation of the underground reservoir.

After passing through the Japanese landscape "karesansui" and walking across an arch bridge, Fengjian stopped and pointed to an open-air pond covered by rockery in front of him.

Feng Jian introduced: "This is the ecological balance corner of the underground reservoir, where some oysters and other shellfish are raised. Young Master, you should know that oysters don't like turbid water. They will die if the concentration of suspended particles is above 25mg/L, right?"

Qin Jiandan had indeed heard of this characteristic of oysters. Perhaps because shellfish are slightly primitive in their evolutionary path, they are less likely to mutate like other animals in Huanshi City. There is also a "Yule Oyster Shop" that has developed a technology to raise oysters in the canal using purification equipment.

After the "Yule Oyster Shop" was unfortunately blown up, the breeding technology was inherited by the "Maupassant Oyster Shop". At present, the shop's water purification equipment has been requisitioned by the Night Dragon Society, and they are stepping up to provide purified water to share with nearby residents.

Xiao Xia stood by the pond and said angrily: "It turns out that these oysters that pinched my toes were caused by you, Fengjian! You didn't say that these metal pipes next to it lead to the underground reservoir? I always thought it was used for the bathhouse!"

Because of her loli figure and short strides, Fengjian was panting slightly after walking for a while. She still held the recorder under her armpit:

"Most of these metal pipes lead to the underground reservoir, but a few also lead to the bathhouse. To be honest, the upper water storage area of ​​the underground reservoir is not very clean. Young Master, would you like to take a bath after your visit?"

"Okay!" Xiao Xia's eyes lit up, and she felt that Feng Jian, the dog-headed military strategist, was still somewhat useful. "After the tour, come with me to the bathhouse! Water resources are scarce now, and taking a bath together can save water!"

Qin Jiandan didn't want to agree, but after he went down to the underground reservoir to visit, he did get some dirt on it. Water pollution is serious nowadays, and if you take a bath alone, it seems that you don't cherish water resources and are out of touch with the masses.

Although Fengjian was familiar with the underground reservoir and walked carefully, he was turned into a harlequin cat and his arms were dirty because of Xiaoxia's playfulness.

"Oh, what should I do?" Xiao Xia laughed, "Now you have to save water too!"

(End of this chapter)