Guide to Galactic Dominance

However, Bai Zhongqi revisited Jishan, his old place, but he could no longer see any of the scenes he had experienced before. Not only the appearance of the city has changed, but even the topography has changed. More than 4,000 years ago, the Iridium people used human power to level all the mountains from the north of Wankou Pass to Ranji Mountain, creating a plain that directly connected Ranji Mountain to other areas.

This place has long been no longer the core city of the empire. The capital of the empire has long been moved from Ranji Mountain to Jijing City in the southeast of the mainland. Because of its mild and cool climate, Ranji Mountain has become a tourist resort city on Iridium. Every year, many tourists from other administrative stars even come to Ranji Mountain to take a look at the mountains and rivers here. The Prime Minister and ministers sometimes come to Qiming Villa in Ranji Mountain for vacation.

Bai Zhongqi has taken over the Iridium Star. The elder mother ship that originally launched from the Iridium Star has now returned to its homeland. After some renovations by him, the Iridium Star actually looked like a group of palaces floating in the sky. Anyway, the two mother ships in his hands don't look like science fiction.

When he arrived at Qiming Villa, he was stopped by the security guard in charge of Qiming Villa.

"Sir, you have violated Article 713, Paragraph 15 of the Public Security Management Regulations and illegally entered the imperial restricted area. Please cooperate with us. We will arrest you in accordance with the law and transfer you to the public security department for processing."

Bai Zhongqi was not too surprised and smiled and shook his head. Ling and his daughter Bai Siying, who were standing behind, snickered as they watched him make a fool of himself.

Bai Zhongqi stretched out his hand, pointed at the access control device of Qiming Villa, and said, "Listen to what the auxiliary system here says before making a decision."

Not to mention large-scale official buildings like Qiming Villa, even ordinary Iridium residents have home assistant AIs. It is difficult for Bai Zhongqi to explain his identity to ordinary people, but the AI ​​does not need him to explain.

The guard chief, who was a little surprised but determined to arrest Bai Zhongqi, was about to move when the communication device on his body rang.

"Captain Wo, please salute immediately. The person coming to Qiming Villa is the head of state of the Iridium United Empire."

Although the official side has received the news, the chief of security of a small resort city naturally does not know that the head of state has returned to Iridium. He does know about the huge floating palace that appears in the sky, but normal Iridium people will think that Which scientist came up with that? There is no civilization in the Milky Way that can cause trouble for Iridium.

The guard chief named Wo looked like he had seen a ghost. He patted his communicator and shouted: "Arlene, Arlene, is your program broken today? Why did you even say such a thing?"

He looked at Bai Zhongqi very unfriendlyly, put one hand on the standard police gun on his waist, and said, "Did you use hacker methods to invade our AI?"

Bai Zhongqi smiled and asked, "Do you think this is possible?"

Over the years, I have never heard of hackers invading the AI ​​created by Empire. All Iridium AIs have a very special logical identity encapsulation, which is not only quantum encrypted, but also has a qualitative identification. No matter how powerful the hacking technology is, it will be difficult to invade the AI.

Just when Guard Chief Wo was about to arrest Bai Zhongcui and a group of people, his communicator rang again, and it was the voice of his superior, the regional police director.

"Wo Zhan, listen carefully. The cabinet sent us a direct message, saying that the head of state of Iridium has quietly returned and will go to Qiming Villa for a temporary stay. Our provincial police department has immediately mobilized a large number of security personnel Then he will be stationed in Ranji. You should be smarter. If the head of state arrives, he will be well received. I don’t need to explain the importance to you..."

At this time, Wo Zhan was completely dumbfounded. He stared at Bai Zhongqi blankly, his mouth trembling and speechless.

Bai Zhongqi smiled helplessly, walked up and patted him on the shoulder, and said: "You are also doing your job, it doesn't matter, no one will hold you responsible. Well, I'm a little hungry too, please help notify the boss in the villa. Chef, let's start making something to eat. After I'm full, I'm going to take a dip in the hot springs here. I heard that the hot springs in Qiming Villa are very good. Unfortunately, when I was here five thousand years ago, I didn't even know that there were hot springs here. ,Pity."

Only then did Wo Zhan react, and then his face turned into fanaticism and excitement. He immediately performed the Iridium Star Chest Care Ceremony and said loudly: "Greetings to Your Majesty. It is a great honor for me and the staff of the Villa to receive you! I will definitely treat you as your Majesty." convey the explanation.”

Bai Zhongqi smiled, and then walked into the villa with Ling and his daughter. All the guards and service staff of the villa who saw the situation on the side also saluted immediately.

Bai Siying was still very unfamiliar with everything about Iridium. She asked Bai Zhongqi enthusiastically: "It's really interesting. The service industry on the earth has been basically monopolized by androids, and Iridium seems to have everything from security guards to The cleaning and service staff are all human beings.”

Zero had also been an android before. She explained with a smile: "The systems of Iridium and Star Alliance are still very different. Iridium has a Citizen Labor Law. All Iridium citizens must fulfill their labor obligations unless they have personal difficulties. . Generally, 7 years within ten years must be in full-time labor or the equivalent of full-time labor. Star Alliance is different from Iridium in that most of the benefits are unconditional, while Iridium is conditional and basically meets the labor requirements. , you will receive various subsidies. Therefore, many people on Iridium call this kind of labor obligation 'corvee'."

Bai Zhongqi is also well aware of the various situations of Iridium. He had many references when he established the Star Alliance. He smiled and said: "Actually, there are many ways to avoid Iridium corvee, such as childbirth. Because childbirth is encouraged, the labor obligations of couples who have children are basically equivalent to being lifted. There are also many people who are self-employed, such as selling their own products. For example, if you engage in artistic creation by yourself, it actually produces no economic value, but after all, you have worked, so you will receive very generous subsidies."

Bai Siying smiled and said: "Wouldn't it be easy to bypass the labor obligations?"

"Most people at Iridium want to save face. Labor is human value and it is the belief of the general public. Moreover, the standards for full-time labor at Iridium are actually not high. They work 46 weeks a year, and the average working time per week is 20 hours. alright."

Bai Siying clicked his tongue and marveled, "It is indeed a high civilization. Think about ordinary middle and low civilizations. Even if they are rich in material, there may still be poor people. Dad, of the two civilizations you created, one provides completely free food, drink, housing, transportation, and support. A bunch of white-eyed wolves came out; the other side was a little more reasonable but not high-intensity."