"I also support the appeasement policy."
The military leaders all raised their hands to vote.
However, not all of them agreed with Li Zhanhuo's policies.
Li Xin then spoke up: "I support the Vice Minister. Although what you said makes sense, do you know how many of our people the Raiders have killed in the radiation zone over the years? How many of the Glory Court Guards in their armor have died at their hands?"
Jiang Cunjian gritted his teeth.
That's what he thought too.
A policy of appeasement is not possible; plunderers should be treated brutally.
This is their retribution.
Qin Che then looked at the group of people in the deputy cabinet: "What do you think?"
Lina raised her hand and said, "How to deal with prisoners of war is not within the scope of the Vice-Chancellor's discussion. It should be handed over to the military. We need labor and we need these prisoners of war to help with production. Therefore, I do not support the mass killing of prisoners of war. It is too inhumane."
"Humanity?" Li Zhanhu snorted coldly, without saying anything.
Lina retorted calmly, "If everyone is tortured to death, we will still be short of manpower, and the problem will still not be solved. What resources do those plunderers have? No! Even if we win the war, we will be the ones who suffer the most. These prisoners of war cannot die; the rest are yours to do as you please."
"Yes, there are clearly many ways to boost their work efficiency."
"Even though they were prisoners of war, no one would be willing to risk their life."
“I agree with Ms. Lina.”
"The military should step back a bit. Infrastructure projects are also part of the government's major policies, and they cost a lot of money, you understand?"
The deputy cabinet members and others then shared their opinions.
Qin Che naturally agreed to their unconditional surrender.
The defeat is already over.
Dare to make demands, then we'll fight first and talk later.
But dealing with prisoners of war is indeed a major headache.
By incorporating these raider tribes, over the years, they will inevitably marry and have children with the desert people, resulting in mixed bloodlines.
However, from a humanitarian and moral perspective...
These guys' cannibalistic culture and xenophobic nature are hard to accept.
The cabinet runs factories and mines, treating its employees as the lowest level of slaves.
They are dangerous and must be treated with extreme exploitation. If they die, they die; just burn them to the ground and nothing will be left.
There's really no need to wage war against docile peoples.
But the raiders are anything but docile.
Among the people present, some were also worried.
Will killing these raiders and subjecting them to extreme cruelty provoke retaliation from the berserker tribes of the west, and increase the vigilance and rejection of the raider tribes in the southern mountains?
Li Zhanhuo knew that a battle with Nanshan District was inevitable, and he was too lazy to pretend.
The point is to make them see clearly that anyone who opposes the desert people will have a bad ending.
Qin Che slapped the table, stopping the argument, and pinched the bridge of his nose, saying, "I agree with the Vice Minister's suggestion, but the methods need to be changed. Some of the things the military said are not without reason. We must resolutely reject the integration of raider culture into desert culture and oppose intermarriage between the two tribes. You need to set up clear laws in the cabinet to classify raiders as the lowest-level, toiling slaves. I also oppose abuse. This kind of thing cannot be taken too far."
He wanted to tell those slave owners.
These slaves are of good appearance and physical condition. Although they are foreigners, we must be careful in our methods and approaches.
Making full use of their labor force is the right direction.
Killing and abusing each other out of racial hatred is a crime.
Once the military personnel heard Qin Che speak, they stopped pressing the matter.
The senior officials of the deputy cabinet all sat up straight, taking Qin Che's words to heart.
...
Six months.
The Desert Army swept through the entire northern mountainous region, eliminating enemies including the Sun God Cult, driving them away, incorporating them into its ranks, and suppressing them.
Countless people died.
The entire mountainous area came under Qin Che's control.
He started by having people cultivate the land and also focused on infrastructure construction, building all the way to this point, but without operating at full capacity. He allocated funds gradually and repaired the land slowly, leaving some prisoners of war on the spot. They were very familiar with the mountainous area, but they had to be suppressed and guarded by the army year-round.
The mountainous area is still a barren land.
It took more than a year to repair.
Only the central area of Tiger and Leopard Peak is relatively prosperous.
Many fortresses were built, numerous villages and towns took shape, and farmland stretched out one after another. Many people from the desert, sensing the business opportunities, flocked to the area.
Some pioneering immigrants also began to appear in the mountainous areas.
Expanding outwards and increasing resources can make desert dwellers richer.
Qin Che, together with the deputy cabinet and the cabinet, launched a series of combined measures that laid the foundation for the underlying operational logic of the new district.
The entire eastern and northern areas, including the territory under the jurisdiction of the Sun God Cult, were renamed and reorganized as the 'New District'.
Therefore,
The desert has gradually come to be called 'Old Land' by many people.
It is foreseeable that
Many barren areas in the desert will try every means to make money and develop industries in the new district.
The cabinet also expressed its support, stating that the relocation of the industrial chain is a major undertaking that will take one or two years, or even longer, to gradually move.
As for the prosperous lands, including the Oasis Alliance, Wall One, Wall Ten, and Sandcastle, they also began to take the opportunity to reorganize and concentrate their industries, so as to more efficiently promote the productivity of the old lands.
Mining, factories, farmland, the excavation of ruins and sites, and the investigation of historical documents cannot be stopped.
Even the cabinet might have to move.
But not now.
The new district is bustling with activity, with various development projects underway.
Nanshan District finally delivered a ceasefire agreement.
I want to end the conflict with the desert people.
But Qin Che tore up the agreement.
At that moment, he was in his office. He stood up and said calmly, "This agreement is very insincere. They want to stop the war without giving anything in return. I'm not supporting them. Either kick them out, or the Garden of Gods is our new land and cannot tolerate cannibals."
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