Xiaobao nodded seriously: "Okay, Master!"
After receiving the goods, Jiang He immediately put the medicines on the shelves of Lanyun Supply Station, and Jingbei also replenished a wave of goods.
The next day, as soon as the supermarket door opened, crying sounds were heard from outside.
It sounded like the sound of mourning, mixed with a dialect that Jiang He couldn't understand.
She looked at the customers entering the supermarket and asked curiously, "Did anyone die at the base?"
The middle-aged man's eyes were filled with loneliness and uneasiness. "It was the base commander. He hanged himself in the granary last night."
Jiang He was stunned. She must have heard it right. The person who died was Director Ye Ji?
The man sighed, "Actually, we don't hate him. It's all because of those foreigners with ulterior motives. They pretended to be from a large base and said they were here to trade with us in Dingyang.
Taking advantage of the base commander's unpreparedness, they kidnapped his entire family overnight and used this to threaten the base commander to hand over all the supplies in the granary.
After our base became of no use, they threatened the base commander, asking him to lure people from other bases here and rob them as soon as they came.
But the base commander did not agree to this condition and exchanged the mushrooms harvested from the base with them.
From then on, our place was equivalent to a free factory for foreigners. We could not eat all the food we produced, but had to supply it to them.
Now, the foreigners have been eliminated, but the base commander is also gone.
A medium-sized base with a thousand people and no management, I wonder how chaotic it would be."
What makes the residents uneasy is the uncontrolled situation.
If someone starts a riot, their lives will be seriously threatened.
Jiang He fell into deep thought. She didn't want to comment too much on Ye Jiyuan's character.
But the lack of a leader at the base is indeed a problem.
Where can she rent a house for her working son?
Jiang He only hopes that Dingyang Base can select the next leader as soon as possible and rent out the migrant workers. Then she will have achieved all her goals of coming to the new base.
At around ten o'clock in the morning, seven or eight soldiers walked into the supermarket in an orderly manner, stood in a row in front of the checkout counter, and began to bow without saying a word.
One bow, two bows...
When they were about to bow three times, Jiang He quickly stopped them: "What are you doing? Just say what you want to say."
These people had sad faces and bowed to each other in the supermarket, making it like her memorial service.
The leading soldier took out a crumpled piece of paper from his pocket, held it up with both hands, and slowly handed it over.
"Boss Jiang, this is the suicide note of our base commander. Please take a look."
Jiang He was confused. Why did Ye Jiyuan show her his suicide note?
After hesitating for a moment, she finally reached out and took it.
The words on the paper were a little sloppy, and I could barely make out the shape of each character.
At the beginning, it was Jiang He's name.
"Boss Jiang, on behalf of Dingyang Base, I, Ye Jiyuan, sincerely thank you for your help!
Without your arrival, it would take who knows how long for the base to be free from the thieves' coercion.
I can't go back, and I don't expect the residents' forgiveness. Once Jin Han and others die, my family members far away in other countries will be executed immediately by those people.
I have committed so many mistakes that I am too ashamed to continue living.
Poor survivors of this base, without sufficient granaries, they probably can’t even survive for half a month.
Boss Jiang, I beg you to take good care of the residents of Dingyang Base. If you are willing, the position of base chief will belong to you.
I am deeply grateful for your kindness and I wish you all the best."
After reading the last line, Jiang He finally understood why the soldiers at the base specially sent her the base commander's suicide note.
Isn't this obviously a letter of entrustment?
After a long silence, Jiang He raised his head and asked in confusion, "Don't you have any other candidates for leadership in your base? Residents can vote and elect them."
The soldier shook his head: "No, they don't dare."
Captain Ye Ji has been forced into that state, who would dare to take the position at this time?
If those bastards send people over again after Shuguang Supermarket leaves, won’t they become free tools again?
Jiang He was speechless: "..."
No wonder the people in Dingyang base have been controlled by Jin Shaojun and others for so long. There is not even one person who can do anything. How can they hold on?
[Ding, the host has a new mission~
Help resolve internal issues at Dingyang Base and find new homes for the residents~
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Such a generous reward?!
Jiang He's expression changed in an instant, and he looked at the serious-looking soldier with a smile.
"Handsome guys, please help me get all the residents of the base to wake up. I want to hold a meeting near the supermarket!"
The residents of Dingyang Base are just a group of ordinary, honest people. They cannot produce generals with leadership talents, so there is definitely no problem for them to go to other bases to work as laborers.
Half an hour later, nearly two thousand people on the base were lined up in neat columns and gathered in the same place.
"Hey, have you heard? Director Ye Ji recommended Boss Jiang as the next leader. Boss Jiang called a meeting with us. Does that mean she's willing to take over?"
"What? Really? It would be great if Boss Jiang could be our base commander!
Jin Shaojun, Han Shaojun, don't even think about setting foot in our base!"
"It's such a pity for Commander Ye. Even when he was desperate and about to commit suicide, he still thought about us. He may not be the most powerful leader, but he really has nothing to say about us, the residents of the base."
…
Everyone was talking about it, and the scene suddenly became a mess.
Jiang He asked people to bring in wooden boxes and built a temporary small stage.
After standing up, she raised the loudspeaker and shouted, "Quiet!"
The residents in the audience immediately shut up and looked at Jiang He in unison.
"I believe everyone has heard that before Base Commander Ye passed away, he wrote me a letter asking me to take over the Dingyang Base.
But I'm really sorry, I'm a businessman, traveling between various bases, and it's impossible for me to stay in one place for a long time.
I can’t agree to this matter, Commander Ye.”
After hearing this, the residents looked depressed and lost.
Is their base going to be disbanded directly?
However, the situation outside is so dangerous that if we migrate now, we don’t know if we can survive tomorrow.
The atmosphere around seemed to freeze in an instant, and the residents were all feeling depressed and distressed about their future.
"but."
Jiang He suddenly changed the subject, "If you are willing to move out of Dingyang Base, Shuguang Supermarket can provide you with an absolutely safe environment and escort you to find a new home.
Although it is not free, the total price is very, very cheap. It only costs ten points for each of you.
Because it was Commander Ye Ji who entrusted me with this before his death, I will definitely not let any of you fall behind!
Next, you will be given ten minutes to consider. When the time is up, you will vote by raising your hands."
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