Madmen don't keep diaries

Chapter 483, Chapter 482: The Truth Faintly Touched Upon

Feng Xiuhu selectively ignored Fang Youliu's words and replied to Shunzi: "The man surnamed Wei said he came to inspect the factory, but I think he was definitely not telling the truth—he dares to show his face in front of the workers, but he is also worried about being discovered by the government. Isn't that a contradiction?"

Coincidentally, the same conversation was taking place on the side of the Grand Duke who had just boarded the carriage.

"Is Mad Tiger really here in Zhenqiu City to instigate trouble?"

The attendant asked a question.

The Duke of Da sneered, "You actually believed that? He's just a rat from the bottom city, unfamiliar with the place and its people. Who can he possibly command?"

Feng Xiuhu and the Duke of Da Guo spat in unison: "Pah! Nonsense!"

……

The next morning, Feng Xiuhu woke up in the soft bed and stretched comfortably.

After washing up, just then the hotel waiter brought breakfast in with a cart. Feng Xiuhu took the plate to the balcony with the flower window and ate slowly while enjoying the street view below.

A short while later, Shunzi pushed open the slightly ajar door and came in.

Feng Xiuhu asked him, "Why didn't I see Fang Youliu?"

Shunzi replied, "He said he promised the female student yesterday that he would publish the interview, so he went out early this morning to find a newspaper."

Feng Xiuhu nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

Shunzi leaned on the railing, gazing absently at the street below.

As the most upscale hotel in Zhenqiu City, it is located on the city's most bustling street, so even in the early morning, it is already very lively.

Students can often be seen on the streets—like the female students in Chayin County, they are handing out flyers.

Passersby, vendors, and merchants are all their targets. They tirelessly share their ideas, hoping to garner more support.

Shunzi suddenly spoke up.

"Brother, do you think it's a good thing or a bad thing for foreigners to start mining?"

Feng Xiuhu looked up at him: "What do you think?"

Shunzi shook his head and said, "In the end, the foreigners are mining in order to build factories. If they mine enough ore, they can build more factories; with more factories, the Duke of Daguo will be more confident; the more confident the Duke of Daguo is, the worse our situation will be. I am a native of Daguo, so naturally I will not stand on the side of the Duke of Daguo and the foreigners."

Feng Xiuhu laughed and said, "So you already have the answer, don't you?"

Shunzi was silent for a while, then said, "But you and Fang Youliu don't seem to think that way."

"I didn't quite understand what you and Fang Youliu talked about in Qianyu City, but I understood some of the basic principles. Also, the bridge construction in Jindi City was right. You said that building the bridge was the right thing to do, but Da Xuan didn't have the ability, so the foreigners had to make the decision."

"But I just don't understand, factories, iron boats, bridges, do we really have to have these things? For thousands of years, there have been no such things, no foreigners, and ordinary people have lived a good life, haven't they?"

Feng Xiuhu thought for a moment and nodded, saying, "What you said makes sense. We can do without it, but the premise is that others can't have it either."

Shunzi was taken aback: "How can we control what others have or don't have?"

Feng Xiuhu laughed and said, "That's right. We can't control whether others have it or not, but once they do, we're destined to suffer. If we don't want to suffer this loss, we have no choice but to follow in their footsteps and speed up our pace. In order to catch up with them in the shortest time and change our disadvantaged situation, all obstacles we encounter along the way must be for this goal..."

"……Give Way."

Feng Xiuhu suddenly froze, only managing to utter the last two words in a murmur.

He suddenly realized how similar the situation was between the gods of the East and the continents of the West and the East.
The core reason why Xi Jun allowed the Western Church to enter the Eastern Continent was the sudden appearance of the God of Truth.

Before the appearance of the God of Truth, the Western gods dared not act recklessly.

Although the God of Truth still cannot defeat Xi Jun, he possesses a trump card that forces Xi Jun to accept him.

eternal life.

Just like the industrial system of the Western Continent, this is the "technology" that Xi Jun has been pursuing but has never been able to master. The President weighed all the factors and silently caught up with the Western countries while enduring hardship. His top priority now is to develop Xuan Kingdom's own industrial system. It is for this goal that he has been so tolerant of the Duke of Da Guo and the foreigners.

For Xi Jun, her primary task is to unravel the mystery of "immortality," and to achieve this goal, everything else must take a backseat.

Therefore, she shouldn't have broken up with Shi at this time.

unless……

Erosion blocked the road.

Feng Xiuhu vaguely felt that he had touched upon some kind of truth.

Just then, a knock on the door interrupted Feng Xiuhu's thoughts.

Shunzi went over and opened the door; outside were the restaurant's waiters.

The waiter, holding a letter, said to Feng Xiuhu, "Mr. Ma, someone left a letter for you at the front desk."

Shunzi returned with the letter, and Feng Xiuhu opened it to read. There were only a few words on the letter.

[At noon today, on the third floor of the Tingyun Hotel, in the Qixia Pavilion, we await the arrival of Second Master and Third Master.]

There was neither a heading nor a signature, so it's unknown who sent it.

Feng Xiuhu looked at Shunzi and asked, "Where is Tingyun Restaurant?"

Shunzi pointed to the ground: "The place we're staying is on the third floor—the restaurant is on the third floor, and Qixia Room is probably a private room."

Feng Xiuhu couldn't help but laugh and said, "This person is quite good at picking places. He knows I'm too lazy to walk, so he saved me the trouble."

Shunzi laughed too: "Maybe he's afraid that if he chooses a place that's too far away, his older brother won't go at all—what do you say then?"

Feng Xiuhu casually tossed the letter onto the table: "It's just a short walk anyway. If someone's inviting me to dinner, I might as well go."

……

At noon, Feng Xiuhu led Shunzi to the banquet as agreed.

The waiter led them to the door of Qixia Room. After Feng Xiuhu nodded, he knocked on the door and said, "Distinguished guests, your guests have arrived."

A short while later, the door opened from the inside.

When they saw who was in the private room, both Feng Xiuhu and Shunzi were taken aback.

Before attending the banquet, the two of them had speculated that the guests might have ill intentions, but they never expected that there would be two women in the private room.

And they were two women dressed in school uniforms.

Feng Xiuhu couldn't help but look up again at the room's sign—he subconsciously wondered if he had gone to the wrong room.

The two female students, however, already had smiles on their faces and said warmly, "Second Master, Third Master, please come inside."

Shunzi was somewhat at a loss, so she turned her gaze to Feng Xiuhu.

Feng Xiuhu thought that since he was already here, he might as well listen to what they had to say, so he accepted their invitation and went into the private room.

The four sat down around the table, and the short-haired female student urged the waiter to bring the food quickly.

Another female student with long hair took the initiative to strike up a conversation with Feng Xiuhu.

"I have long admired the names of Master Ma and Master Ye. Meeting them today, I can see that they are indeed extraordinary."

Feng Xiuhu waved his hand impatiently: "Stop with the flattery, it's always the same few words. Why don't you tell me your background first?"

(End of this chapter)