The year after the fall of the Tianjuan Empire, the Romon Continent adopted a new way of dating, completed all new administrative divisions, and elected the first head of state after the unification of the continent. It is worth mentioning that Wu Lai became the only candidate without knowing it. Although he had said many times before that he would give up the election, everyone believed that if Wu Lai did not serve as the first head of state, the history of the Romon Continent would be incomplete.
After some refusal, Wu Lai reluctantly accepted the new title under everyone's persuasion. However, in everyone's opinion, looking at the entire Romon Continent, only Wu Lai could truly deserve this position...
In the second year of Lomond, Woolley established Lomond University in Hulett and moved the seat of the Continental Congress from Assyria to Hulett because, geographically, Hulett was more convenient to reach other places than Assyria.
In the third year of Romon, Wu Lai established a scientific academy in Assyria, Biejiamo, and Tianjuan, and Helen became the president of the Assyrian Academy of Sciences. The three academies each had their own specialties and achieved amazing results, which set off a scientific craze in Romon Continent and also led to people's doubts about religion.
In the fourth year of Luomeng, the hub straight roads connecting the cities on the mainland were all completed. This new transportation network, which was rebuilt and widened on the basis of the original main horse roads in each territory, became a "bridge" connecting various places and exchanging what they have. However, the vehicle that first completed the journey from Ashu City to Tianjuan City was not a horse-drawn carriage, but a locomotive that emitted black smoke and made rumbling sounds. Its speed was twice that of an ordinary horse-drawn carriage. In the same year, with the completion of the signal base station network, radio became the main means of communication between the municipal governments and the parliaments...
In the fifth year of Luomeng, electricity began to enter some civilian fields...
In the sixth year of Romon, Meng Bao died of natural causes. Wu Lai buried him in the Aurelius Basin, next to the body in his last memory. A few months later, at the end of the year, Wu Lai's term of office expired. After resolutely refusing to run for re-election, he began to travel around...
In February of the ninth year of Romon, Archbishop Mikoyan passed away. In July of the same year, Qi Yuan died of illness in Duncan Fertile Field. On the eve of his death, he called Wei Huo to his bedside and gave him some instructions. Then, at his father Qi Yuan's funeral, Wei Huo asked Wu Lai, who came to pay his respects, to revoke the private territory of Duncan, and Wu Lai agreed. The following year, there was no more private territory in Romon Continent...
In the eleventh year of Romon, the Romon army was greatly reduced, and more than 60% of the troops were withdrawn from the four major war zones of Southeast, Northeast, Southwest, and Northwest. Pu Tong, the commander of the Southwest War Zone, was arranged to replace Wei Huo as the Minister of Defense. Pu Tong, who was very dissatisfied with the above arrangement of the parliament, refused the new appointment on the grounds of "not wanting to do it". After the negotiations of the parliament failed, they had to invite Wu Lai, who was leisurely on Greendo Island. Pu Tong was scared when he saw Wu Lai appear. In the end, Wu Lai did not let him serve as the Minister of Defense, but simply took his war zone commander. Do n't say that Pu Tong himself was quite happy, because Wu Lai asked him before taking him, do you want to play with something more powerful than artillery? There is no reason for Pu Tong to be unhappy, so he became the first commander of the Romon Rocket Division. Although he became the commander of the war zone again, Pu Tong himself enjoyed it...
Days passed one by one, just as Wu Lai predicted, the people lived and worked in peace and the continent was peaceful and harmonious. But even he could not have guessed that his stories would be so popular and sung endlessly...
Gradually, the days passed...
This is an unnamed bay with scenery that is neither good nor bad. There are few people living nearby. Looking down from the sky, it looks like a large winnowing basket placed on the seashore, with huge scattered reefs on both sides and a towering cliff slope behind it. There are several low houses at the foot of the slope. They are not exquisite, but very charming.
No one could have imagined that the world-famous Woolley Greendo would eventually choose this place as his retirement home.
This afternoon——
"Old Wu Lai, the wind is blowing, let's go back." Guru yawned.
"Can't we go fishing when the wind starts to blow? Besides, why should I go back? To listen to those old ladies nagging me?" Wu Lai waved his hand. "My ears are almost callused, especially your sister. She gets more and more nagging as she gets older."
"You are the same, aren't you?" Gulu stood up with a smile and tugged at Wu Lai's sleeve. "Let's go, old Wu Lai. You are no longer young. With your body, you can't stand such a strong sea breeze."
"I'm warning you not to pull me." Wu Lai said as he threw his sleeves. "I'm not young anymore, so what? Have you ever seen a 70-year-old man as energetic as me?"
"Good, good, you are energetic. Don't just say that you are only seventy now. When you are eighty, ninety, or even a hundred years old, no one will be more energetic than you. Is this all right?" Guru said with a grin.
"I am right, Guru. Don't you write a book? Why do you follow me around all day long like you are taking care of a child? I know the way home, but I don't know how to take a boat to Grindo Island. How many times do I have to tell you before you believe me? What's the matter? Don't you take me seriously?" Seeing Guru coming to pull him again, Wu Lai was so angry that he blew his beard.
"Who dares not to take you seriously? You, the co-leader of Romon Continent, the uncrowned king, the eternal first citizen, and the most handsome man in the continent." Gulu said happily.
"That's all in the past." Wu Lai's face flushed. "Why are you bringing this up? Are you trying to embarrass me?"
"I have no choice but to do this. I have to coax you to get up. Get up, old Wu Lai. I beg you. I am old now. I can't pull you like I did when I was young." Guru sighed.
"Okay, okay, people always get old, but it's rare to find someone as talkative as you." Wu Lai pointed at Gulu's nose, turned over and stood up, pulled the fishing rod stuck in the crack of the reef, picked up the fish basket and took a look, "Hey? Where's my fish? Old Gulu, have you seen my fish?"
"Old Wu Lai, you haven't caught any fish in half a day. Let's go home quickly. If it rains soon and our clothes get wet, won't our grandchildren laugh at us?" Guru urged.
"Is it possible that I can't catch any fish with my skills? Really." Wu Lai glared at Guru unhappily, then sighed heavily, "Okay, that's it, go back, go back, go back, drink your sister's soup that has never improved in her life, are you satisfied now?"
"That's better." Guru chuckled and snatched the empty fish basket from Wu Lai's hand. "Let me take it, you just carry the fishing rod."
Wu Lai nodded, turned and walked towards the house at the end of the beach. Guru rolled up his loose trouser legs and took a few quick steps to catch up with Wu Lai.
"Old Woolley, can I ask you something?"
"Well, ask."
"Have you ever regretted anything over the years?"
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"Are you asking 'I regretted it at the moment' or 'I regret it till now'?"
"The latter one, are there any who have regretted it till now?"
"Yes, I haven't been able to spend enough time with my children. They have grown up. Sigh..."
"Anything else?"
“No more.”
"Really gone? I don't believe it."
"Believe it or not..."
"Okay, that's it. I won't ask anymore. It's boring."
"There are so many boring things in the world, but, hehe, my life is really fucking interesting, hahahahaha, hey, others can't envy me..."