"Hey, let's let the past go. Let's talk about meat skewers. Let me tell you, my sister's cooking skills are really good, and everyone who has tasted it says it's good!"

Tang Lan felt a little guilty and tried hard to change the subject.

"I can't see that you, a delicate and pretty girl, have such strong tastes!"

Wu Qi hung his eyes, looked Tang Lan up and down, and changed the topic again.

"That's an out-of-print resource, you can't find it now, hmph!"

Tang Lan raised her head and raised her head.

What the hell is this bloody pride?

"Don't, let's not talk about this, change the subject, I'm afraid of you!"

Thinking of the last second of the video, Wu Qi's stomach began to churn again, and he hurriedly stopped.

"Tch, can't you bear this?"

Tang Lan gave a disdainful cut, and poured another glass of water for Wu Qi.

"Okay, you've been asking me for so long, it's my turn to ask you? How can we say that we are also on a blind date now, okay?"

Wu Qi took a sip of water to suppress his shock, and rolled his eyes.

Maybe it's because I know that Tang Lan is a reader I've known for many years, so I always feel like an old friend, not at all like a stranger I just met.

The conversation was very relaxed, without any restraint.

"Although the two of us may not be able to make it, we are so familiar after all. If you want to ask anything, just ask, this girl knows everything!"

Tang Lan patted her hard chest and said boldly.

Shhh!
Huan Lanlan, baby, how big is this?

Even the construction personnel of the airport would cry and go back to rework after seeing it. This standard is too high and cannot be met!
On the contrary, your sister is worthy of the name, even worse!

"Then I'll follow the normal blind date process. First of all, I don't know where you are from yet?"

Wu Qi coughed lightly and asked.

"Pingzhou people!"

Tang Lan answered very readily.

"Oh, it's Pingzhou. I heard that there are many mountains there, and many cities were forcibly dug out from the mountains!"

Wu Qi nodded, recalling the information about Pingzhou in his mind.

Don't look at Pingzhou with the word Ping, but it is not flat at all. 80.00% of the entire state is made up of undulating mountains, a typical mountainous landform.

Moreover, Pingzhou is also one of the poorest states in the entire Xingyao Empire, and its economic development ranks last among all the states in the empire.

Wu Qi has seen a Pingzhou documentary filmed by a conscientious director, good guy, the living standard of the people there is at least 15 years worse than that of a developed area like Jiangzhou.

Wu Qi was stunned at that time!

It is unbelievable that the development level of states in the same country can differ by 15 years.

The documentary was filmed three years ago. Wu Qi estimates that even now, there has not been much development there, and it is still poor.

Afterwards, Wu Qi also analyzed the reasons for this situation, and a large part of it was due to the Xingyao Empire's political system.

The Xingyao Empire is a half imperial system and half capital system. Apart from the imperial system, the rest is the capital system.

Therefore, there is no situation where developed provinces help less developed provinces, and everyone supports each other and gives (homophony) together.

On the contrary, the competition among states is very fierce, and alliances and hostilities between various states are quite normal.

Whether a state can develop basically depends on how capable the state's officials are, and the empire's central government seldom helps.

Like poverty alleviation, it's something you don't even have to think about.

The development status of the states of the Xingyao Empire is basically similar to that of the states of the United States in the previous life, and the development gap is very different.

Of course, the Xingyao Empire does not engage in the separation of powers, it implements a high degree of centralization, and there are no laws, elections, etc. that differ from state to state.

The appointment system of officials is almost the same as that of Huaxia in the previous life, and a formal official examination is also required.

It can be said that the Xingyao Empire is a hodgepodge of everything.

After the development of Pingzhou fell behind, the central government of the empire will not hold it accountable, but there is one thing that cannot arouse public indignation.

If the voice of the people is too loud, the central government will take decisive action and use all means to take over the place, first give the people an explanation, and then slowly hold the corresponding personnel accountable.

high efficiency!

"The cities you mentioned are all cities, but I come from the mountains. You can't even imagine the poverty there!"

Tang Lan put her elbows on the table, sighed deeply, and frowned her delicate eyebrows.

"Mountain?"

Wu Qi tried hard to think about the information about Dashan in his mind, but after much deliberation, the pictures that appeared in his mind were all the pictures of the Huaxia Dashan in his previous life, but there was no information about the people of Dashan in Xingyao Empire.

At this time, Wu Qicai was startled!
Having lived in this country for more than 20 years, most of the information he has received is about developed states, as well as information about other countries.

He knew that there were more than 150 states in the Xingyao Empire, but there were less than [-] states that could really tell one, two, three, four!

Other states only know their names in books. If you don't go to the Internet to check, you probably don't even know that this state exists.

How horrible is this?

Just like this Pingzhou, Wu Qi knows that it is mountainous and poor, and he has no impression of any customs, culture, or tourist attractions in this state.

As for the big mountain Tang Lan was talking about, Wu Qi really wanted to wonder if it was possible to find these things on the Internet?
"Don't think about it, you won't know, those officials will not post the situation in Dashan on the Internet, this will arouse public anger."

Seeing Wu Qi thinking hard, Tang Lan said with a smile.

It's just that there is a strong bitterness in this smile.

Only she who came out of the mountains knew how poor and miserable it really was!
That was her hometown, the place where she was born and raised, but she would rather die outside than go back there all her life.

"Then can you tell me about it? If you don't mind!"

Wu Qi looked at this girl with a story and asked softly.

"Well, since you are sincerely asking for advice, then I will tell you."

Tang Lan stroked the ponytail to the front, and began to tell the story while following it with wandering eyes.

"Actually, my name is not Tang Lan. I chose Tang Lan for myself after I escaped from the mountains. My original name was Tang Erya!"

Speaking of this, Tang Lan glanced at Wu Qi, saw that he was listening attentively and did not laugh because of the name Erya, so she continued talking with satisfaction.

"The place where I was born is called Majia Village. It is located in a large mountain depression in Tongshi. There are more than 200 households in the village. According to the old people in the village, Majia Village was first established by people of the Ma clan, so it is called Ma. Jiacun has been around for hundreds of years.”

"After hundreds of years of development, many people with other surnames have been merged in one after another. Now, there are all kinds of surnames, but the Ma surname has become a minority, with a total of less than ten households!"

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