In the name of supernatural powers

Chapter 56 City Enforcement
noon.

Lin Zhiyan and Lu Zhao entered a restaurant for a meal. The surrounding decorations were magnificent, and most of the guests were Chinese with black hair and black eyes.

In what is known as the poorest and most backward region, he could find a dish of stir-fried beef with oxen.

Lu Zhao's eyes widened visibly upon seeing this, and then his brows furrowed.

Beef is a prohibited substance, and the last time I ate beef was at the orphanage. At that time, I heard that beef production was going to be banned, so Old Tang specially brought back ten kilograms of beef for them.

Eight years ago, shortly after the beast tide subsided, the Federation adopted a limited planned economy in order to stabilize the turbulent society.

This limited plan continued to expand over time, with the production structure increasingly shifting towards a survival-oriented model, prioritizing arable land for high-yield staple crops such as rice, wheat, and potatoes.

In terms of meat farming, raising beef cattle is strictly prohibited, and beef cannot be circulated in the market; only dairy cattle can be legally raised.

Currently, only chicken and duck are permitted to be produced.

But there are always backdoors, and things that are not allowed will spring up like mushrooms after rain in the outer regions.

Lu Zhao's brows gradually smoothed out; this was neither within his authority nor his ability.

Why should he be so conflicted?

As long as you can manage yourself well, that is also a way of maintaining order.

If we have the ability to manage it in the future, that's a matter for the future.

Lin Zhiyan noticed the dish he was looking at and specifically said to the waiter next to him, "Bring another plate of stir-fried beef with yellow peppers."

She then handed the menu to Lu Zhao.

"Order whatever you like, this meal is on me. You can't get many of these things outside."

"I should say you can't see them at all. I thought cattle were only kept for breeding now."

Lu Zhao closed the menu and put it aside, saying, "I think I shouldn't have eaten this meal. Team Leader Lin, I'll wait for you outside."

Lin Zhiyan looked stunned. By the time she came to her senses, Lu Zhao had already left the restaurant and was walking very fast.

What happened?
She turned to the waiter and asked, "Are all men this unpredictable?"

Lin Zhiyan has never had a boyfriend. She has had interactions with men, but most of them are rich kids from the compound.

She couldn't get along with that group of idiots. Whenever there was a family gathering during holidays, Lin Zhiyan would look at them like they were morons.

Regardless of gender, she equally despises every idiot.

The waiter said awkwardly, "Sir, you may not be feeling well. Would you still like to eat?"

"never mind."

Lin Zhiyan felt bored and got up to leave the restaurant.

Fifty meters to the right of the restaurant entrance, a handsome man was squatting on the curb smoking, his posture completely at odds with his appearance.

Seeing her approach, Lu Zhao asked in confusion, "Aren't you going to eat?"

Lin Zhiyan said sarcastically, "Someone is such a spoilsport, I've lost my appetite."

Lu Zhao answered seriously, "I don't eat beef."

"Huh? You don't even eat beef, do you want to eat dragon meat?" Lin Zhiyan tilted his head. "You don't eat any of the other dishes in the restaurant?"

Lu Zhao added, "I don't eat at restaurants that sell beef either."

Lin Zhiyan immediately understood.

Buying and selling beef is illegal now, and he doesn't want to break the law.

She said helplessly, "Is it useful? There are many things you can't change. Besides, the original intention of banning beef cattle breeding and sales is not to prevent people from eating it, but to optimize the structure of grain production."

"Senior, you're too rigid."

Lu Zhao turned to look at Lin Zhiyan, who was looking down at him. From this angle, he couldn't see her chin. He asked, "Which class of spiritual and ideological education did you choose in the capital?"

Lin Zhiyan replied, "Damn it."

She remembered that it must have been the first time she met Lu Zhao. She had just enrolled in school and didn't know anything about his background. She just thought that this teacher was quite young.

"He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened. He who overcomes others has strength; he who overcomes himself is mighty." This is the content of Chapter 33 of the Tao Te Ching.

After Lu Zhao finished smoking a cigarette, he stood up and stubbed it out, his gaze suddenly rising half a head above Lin Zhiyan.

“As a spiritual superhuman, you should understand that the world belongs to you and has nothing to do with others.” Lin Zhiyan took a small step back and said, “Therefore, I believe it’s impossible for the beef to have been deliberately removed.”

Lu Zhao nodded noncommittally: "I don't think that wrong things should be taken for granted either."

"..."

Lin Zhiyan's eyes widened slightly, her gaze revealing a hint of astonishment. Then, as if she had figured something out, her expression gradually calmed down.

She had met people like Lu Zhao before, and he was the kind of person she hated the most.

Lin Youmin, a federal lieutenant general who sacrificed his life ten years ago, was her father.

Lin Zhiyan pointed to a small, unassuming restaurant in the distance and said, "Then let's eat at this place."

Lu Zhao raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised by Lin Zhiyan's easygoing nature, and asked, "Are you treating?"

"AA."

"I'm not hungry, I'll wait until you finish eating."

Seeing that Lu Zhaozhen had squatted down again, Lin Zhiyan pulled him back to his seat and said, "You really have no class at all."

Lu Zhao spread his hands and said, "My monthly salary is only 20,000 yuan, and I have to support my child. A simple meal here costs tens or hundreds of yuan."

Lin Zhiyan was amused and noticed that Lu Zhao was short of money, so he said, "I'll treat you, okay?"
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night.

Lu Zhao thought the party was over, but Lin Zhiyan dragged him to a dinner party in the east of the city.

The car was parked in front of a Chinese-style restaurant, and a waiter helped with parking.

The two were led to a private room by a waiter, where people were already waiting for them.

A refined-looking man in a suit, and a middle-aged man in a blue and white shirt.
The former is around thirty years old, and his life development level is probably not as high as his.

The latter was probably around forty years old, with some gray hair, and Lu Zhao sensed a hint of danger emanating from him.

He is at least a third-order transcendent being.

Zhao De, the city's top official.

Before he even began to introduce himself, Lu Zhao had already guessed his identity.

The appearance of a third-tier superhuman in Fang City could only be that of a city executive.

Lin Zhiyan said, "Mayor Zhao, we are late."

"No, we're too early." Mayor Zhao De stood up and shook hands with Lin Zhiyan.

He then looked at Lu Zhao and asked, "And who is this?"

Lin Zhiyan pulled Lu Zhao aside, behaving in a friendly manner, and introduced him: "This is Lu Zhao, my senior from school, and also a staff officer at the Ant Ridge Border Defense Station, a subordinate unit of Fang City."

Zhao De, the city's top official, suddenly realized: "I've heard of Comrade Lu Zhao. Every year, our city's flood control work is commended by name."

Although the Chen family has always intended to suppress Lu Zhao, they have never failed to reward him as he deserves.

Lu Zhao's monthly salary of over 20,000 yuan and the free quota of more than a dozen bottles of life supplements increased in this way.

In today's world where the average wage is only two or three thousand, he is already considered to be in the high-income group.

"I didn't expect that Staff Officer Lu knew Team Leader Lin."

"After all, we're from the same school and department, and Senior Lu even taught me a class."

"It seems that Comrade Lu Zhao also performed exceptionally well at school."

Zhao De turned to introduce the person next to him, saying, "This is my secretary, Liu Zhihui. Although he didn't graduate from the Imperial Capital as well as you two, he still came from a first-class university."

With a gentle smile, Liu Zhihui extended his hand and said, "Hello, Team Leader Lin."

Lin Zhiyan asked without shaking hands, "How old is Secretary Liu this year?"

Liu Zhihui paused for a moment, then replied, "Twenty-seven years old (by the traditional Chinese age reckoning)."

"That's similar to my senior, who is only a captain staff officer, while you are already the city's chief secretary."

Lin Zhiyan spoke in a flat tone, his attitude completely different from that towards Zhao Detian, with a hint of veiled criticism.

"He must have performed many great feats, right?"

(End of this chapter)