West Fort.
"I just received a telegram that Conservative Party members Fei Qing and Jiang Tianfeng, along with the assistants and managers of the Grain Crocodile stationed in Sandburg, have all been imprisoned. Chen Fusheng's purge campaign is finally over."
"Where are Sha Qingsui and Hu Jinglin?" Lina asked.
Li Mi: "They're on their way."
“We are short-handed here, so you and I are just temporarily taking over the positions. Once Elder Sha arrives, the affairs of West Castle will eventually fall to him.”
Li Mi was somewhat puzzled: "Does the master trust Chen Fusheng to be the sole ruler of Shabao?"
Lina smiled and said, "Trust has its limits."
Li Mi: "Then why send Sha Qingsui and his faction to Xibao to provide support? Wouldn't it be better to stay in Shabao and monitor Chen Fusheng?"
Lina said, "Because Chen Fusheng has no rivals left, all the demands of the radical party have been met, and he is now the only dictator in Sandburg."
"What's the meaning?"
Lina smiled. "Qin Che looks down on the power of Sandcastle. What he wants is resources and political support. As long as Chen Fusheng can do these two things, he can accept whatever he wants to do."
"Moreover, Sandcastle also has a dark street that can restrain Chen Fusheng's power."
Li Mi suddenly realized and said, "So that's how it is. The Sand Rat of Black Street has now officially taken office as the administrative director of Sand Castle. His power is no longer limited to one Black Street. That is the master's property and territory. Chen Fusheng would never dare to cause trouble there."
Lina said, "There is another person who can also control Chen Fusheng."
Who is it?
Who is currently in charge of the Sandburg defense industry?
Li Mi was taken aback: "You mean, Li Jiuyuan, Commander Li?"
“That’s right,” Lina said. “With Li Shuai and the shrew in charge, Chen Fusheng may be able to dictate Sand Castle, but it’s obviously impossible for him to become independent.”
Li Mi fell into deep thought.
The administrative head is Shan Shu, while the military head was first held by Mad Dog after Fei Qing stepped down. Later, Mad Dog and Yuan Yongliang were shot and killed by the Scorpion Party and died on the battlefield. Currently, the newly appointed Chunbing Division Commander Chen Da is in charge.
Both of them, whether in the underworld or in the military, were the master's trusted men.
Even though Chen Fusheng has taken the position of leader, he is more like a sandcastle steward, allocating and producing sandcastle resources for the master.
Lina, with her hands in her pockets, said, "Let's wait a while longer. The production capacity of synthetic starch is not enough, and our stockpiled goods are also insufficient. If we want to completely replace the Forest Group, we must wait until Qin Che has consolidated the resources and power of the Southwest Desert before we can take action."
Li Mi looked at Lina with a half-smile and asked, "There's something I'm wondering about."
"What?"
"Why do you dare to address the master by his given name? That's very impolite," Li Mi asked.
Lina rolled her eyes: "I'm not his person."
"oh?"
“I was originally Li Shuai’s subordinate. Later, I was transferred to his side. At first, I was in charge of the liaison between Black Street and Li Shuai. Of course, this also included the military industry leaders in Sandburg. I was in charge of looking after and supervising the Sandburg gun line.”
"But the matter was already over, and you didn't choose to go back."
"..."
Lina said with a straight face, "This is none of your business. I still have things to do."
Li Mi smiled and didn't ask any more questions. He only said, "Master is currently a carefree young man. Believe me, it won't be long before those high-ranking officials inside the walls trample down our doorstep one by one."
"Why?" Lina blinked.
"Of course, it's for proposing marriage."
"Propose marriage?!" Lina was a little confused.
Li Mi said, "Don't you know? Starting these past few days, people have been coming to visit, leaving gifts, hoping to see the master when he returns. Their purpose is the same: who doesn't want to be backed by the extraordinary? If they can establish a marriage alliance, their future will be limitless. And if the master wants to continue developing in the No. 1 Wall, he will definitely get married in the future. Either the daughter of a high-ranking member of the city council, or one of those royal nobles. At the very least, Fu Xian will try his best to keep the master here and try to share his joys and sorrows."
Lina fell silent.
Li Mi stood up, picked up a stack of documents, and went out, not forgetting to say, "If there's anything you want to do, you might as well do it quickly, so you won't regret it later."
Lina gritted her teeth and glared at him.
After Li Mi left, her usually deep gaze softened. She touched her ear; it was a little hot, and she wondered if it was red...
...
Military camp.
Military supervisor Cai Dong was standing on the parade ground, supervising the soldiers' continued training. Usually, he was alone; the officers below him handled various tasks, compiling reports to him. But today, Cai Dong had someone else by his side—
Second Military Administration Division, Wu Shuang.
"Your soldiers appear to be well-trained."
Cai Dong said proudly, "That's natural. Back when I was a subordinate of Shen Xihai, I often took them out for training. There are some lawless areas in the west, far away from us. We would kill them on sight and reward them with heads. It was not easy to make them shed some blood these past years. Of the veterans I initially brought, only three or four out of ten survived..."
"Are they now the backbone of the military?"
“Of course, they are brothers who have been through life and death together, and many of them saved my life back then.” Cai Dong smiled slightly.
Wu Shuang said, "I admire you. With such an elite force, defeating the Green Alliance in the future is not a dream."
Cai Dong glanced at him and said, “The Military Administration Department is a newly established agency. Some soldiers are not convinced by you. In the military, it is best to speak with strength. No one will listen if you just talk. If the work of the Military Administration Department cannot be implemented, we will not be able to explain it to the master.”
Wu Shuang laughed and said, "You don't need to worry about that. The people in the Military Affairs Department, including myself, are not mediocre. Without the right skills, they can't handle this delicate task."
"Look at you, here you go again, all you do is talk big."
Cai Dong said, "Moreover, a large portion of the Military Administration Department are Lu Guimeng's subordinates, and the soldiers are quite hostile towards them."
Wu Shuang said, "The administrative work within the military is relatively simple; the main task is ideological work, which takes time and cannot be completed in just one or two months. Both Elder Lu and Master Qin believe that this process will take at least five to ten years to completely change the appearance of an army."
"Does it really take that long?" Cai Dong was stunned.
"It's easy to change one person's mind, but it's very difficult to change the mind of a group of people. It's a tough job. Sandcastle started its program a while earlier than us. We communicated with each other by telegram before, but it hasn't been effective yet."
Cai Dong scoffed, "Five to ten years... by then it'll be too late."
Wu Shuang pointed to his eyes politely and said, "Many people can only see what's right under their feet, but you see the distant future. In the future... you will naturally understand that such an army will be the most powerful army in this desert."
Cai Dong laughed and said, "Then I'll wait and see that day."
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