Duan Qingyan snorted coldly and said, "I don't believe you at all now!"
"You big liar!"
"We already can't afford to support the original 7,000 garrison troops, and now you want to increase it to 12,000!"
"I don't care anymore. The administration has no money left!"
Li Xin was stunned for a moment and asked, "How come you're out of money? Have you used up the loan?"
Duan Qingyan leaned back, her chest puffed out, and said, "I'm out of money, and I've almost used up my loan."
"Recently, we've built a concrete factory, bought equipment, set up a hydroponic farm, and also bought some equipment for an energy paste factory."
"The loan has been almost used up a long time ago."
"At this time, instead of sharing my burden, you're aggressively expanding your army!"
"The war is over, isn't it? Why do you still need so many soldiers?"
Li Xin sighed and said, "The war is over for now, but if we want to maintain peace in the Yadun region, we have no choice but to recruit these people."
"These thousands of veterans are all veterans. If we don't gather them together, they will become ticking time bombs in the settlements."
"You never know, they might return to the mountains and become rebels again."
"You don't want Yadun to go back to his old self, do you?"
The current Yadun is much better than when Li Xin first came.
Li Xin spent nearly a year rectifying military affairs, building outposts, expanding the army, and clearing the mountains and forests, which restored the security in Yadun to a normal state.
Li Xin said earnestly: "Look at the current public security and business environment. Isn't this all due to the support of a strong military?"
"If we lose our soldiers, the rebels will revive."
"These factories cost a lot of money to build. If they were damaged by an attack, it would be a huge loss!"
After hearing what Li Xin said, Duan Qingyan seemed less angry.
She glared at Li Xin and said, "Then tell me, how many soldiers do you need to be satisfied?"
"You have now expanded the garrison to twelve thousand!"
Li Xin quickly smiled and said, "Twelve thousand is enough, that's enough!"
Duan Qingyan looked at him suspiciously and said, "Is that really enough?"
"Give me a written agreement!"
Li Xin's body trembled, and he was about to say something, but when he saw Duan Qingyan's wide-open eyes, he became weak again.
When you are under someone's roof, you have to bow your head. The military funds he has now all come from Duan Qingyan.
If Duan Qingyan doesn't give the money, Li Xin really has no choice but to reduce the staff.
The military expenditure is only a part of it, and there is also supply of weapons and ammunition, but other expenses are all supported by the appropriations of Yadun’s administrative department.
It was called a written agreement, but it was just a letter of guarantee written using the chip and sent to Duan Qingyan.
After Duan Qingyan received it, her eyes seemed to be smiling. Then she looked at Li Xin with a serious look and said, "Since you are not planning to expand the army."
"Then hand over your 20,000 workers under semi-militarized management to our administrative department."
Li Xin's body stiffened, and he looked up at Duan Qingyan in disbelief.
Under his gaze, Duan Qingyan tilted her head slightly and her eyes were wandering, and she didn't know where her gaze was going.
Li Xin clenched his fists and said, "Okay, you wait for me here!"
Duan Qingyan immediately turned around, glared at Li Xin and said, "What are you talking about!"
"Don't think I don't know what you're thinking!"
"You've been holding these 20,000 workers in your hands, managing them in a semi-militarized manner. Who knows when you'll get desperate and turn them into an army?"
Li Xin was speechless for a moment, because this was what he thought.
These 20,000 people were working under his command as workers under semi-militarized management, and it was really easy for him to use them.
Sometimes he even forgot that these people were workers and used them as engineering troops.
Moreover, after nearly a year of management, these people have become very obedient and do whatever they are told to do.
It’s okay to have your salary delayed occasionally, as long as you make up for it later.
During this period, Li Xin asked them to build outposts, build roads leading to the outposts, level the dirt roads, and so on.
Even the speed of patrol support has been improved.
Moreover, according to Li Xin's original plan, if a war were to break out against surrounding forces, these workers could be quickly reorganized into an army.
On the one hand, they had no problems with their physical fitness, and on the other hand, they had always been under semi-militarized management, so the reorganization speed was much faster.
Duan Qingyan looked at Li Xin without saying anything, then raised her chin and said, "Humph, I knew you had no good intentions!"
"I know exactly what's going on in your mind!"
Li Xin sighed and said, "Why, are you living in my heart? How can you understand me so clearly?"
Duan Qingyan, who was on the other end of the video call, felt her palms suddenly feel hot, and she even felt her cheeks getting hot.
Li Xin thought for a moment and said, "Alright then, I'll transfer these 20,000 people to you temporarily!"
"You'd better use it sparingly and don't break up the organization. I might need it again later."
Li Xin kept talking, but Duan Qingyan on the other side felt her head buzzing and she couldn't hear anything for a long time.
After Li Xin finished speaking, she seemed to wake up and called out in a daze: "Ah? What did you just say?"
Li Xin looked at the somewhat bewildered Duan Qingyan, sighed, and said, "I said, I like you so much, I like you so much, I'll give you these 20,000 yuan..."
Duan Qingyan let out a sharp explosion on the other end of the communication: "Ah!!!"
Then, before Li Xin could react, he hung up the phone.
Only Li Xin was left standing there, looking a little confused, looking at the empty conference room.
Li Xin murmured, "Is this sentence so lethal?"
In the office opposite, Duan Qingyan rubbed her burning cheeks with her hands after making a sharp explosion.
"Ahhh! How could he say that!"
"What the hell does he mean!?"
Outside the door, Xiaowen heard Duan Qingyan's scream and rushed forward quickly, knocking open the office door.
"Miss! Don't be afraid, I'm here!!"
Xiao Wen rushed into the office with his strong body, and his spiritual energy was activated, enveloping Duan Qingyan.
Tiger's eyes scanned around, trying to find the source of danger in the office, but after searching around, he saw nothing.
When he looked up, he saw Duan Qingyan, whose face was as red as a monkey's butt, staring at him blankly.
Xiao Wen looked around the room again and found no danger. He rubbed the back of his head embarrassedly and said:
"Miss, I heard you screaming, and I thought you were in danger."
"Are you all right?"
Duan Qingyan felt so embarrassed that her toes were about to dig into the ground. She said weakly, "It's okay, Xiaowen, go out and close the door."
"Yes! Miss!"
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