Chapter 171 171 Lu Xuan: Do you understand your wife and children?
How could Lu Xuan not see the military's hidden agenda? The disparity in strength between the enemy and us, and the fact that Mo Wen and his men were embroiled in a local infighting, was the best proof of this. Since ancient times, the military and politics have been inseparable. He'd caused such a huge mess, and the military was rushing to take the blame for him? They were promoting him as a good-doer?
Lieutenant General Joel wanted to protect him, but other departments also wanted to take advantage of the situation. You know, the military's annual financial budget must be reviewed by Congress. As long as Congress repeatedly sets obstacles in the financial budget, the military will also be uncomfortable.
To put it bluntly, the federal parliamentary model is more like the prime minister system after the king was removed. The original prime minister was only second to the king, but now the prime minister is incomparable. Mervyn is the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the third most important person in the federation. Even if he really has a problem, you can't point it out so openly.
Seeing that Lu Xuan was escalating the situation, Bruno could only direct the matter towards a party dispute. Their Caster family was a solid conservative and had always been at odds with the reformists. This was just an ordinary political blow.
After all, how many officials these days have clean hands?
If there are still people who are not clear-headed at this time, then they don't want to vote and don't even care about the will of the voters.
As soon as you mention votes, these politicians who are sweet-mouthed but treacherous suddenly come to their senses. If they want to climb up the ladder, it is inseparable from the support of voters. They may not respect voters very much, but they respect rights.
Power is a sharp knife, and only those who use it will know its effects.
Bruno turned this incident into a party dispute in order to speed up his pace to the political stage, and even pushed several of his younger generations into office in the constituency he controlled.
If Lu Xuan claimed this was for the people, for justice, he would certainly not receive support from the upper echelons. Justice? Stop saying such ridiculous things. Are those the people? They were slaves that kept reproducing, stupid, foolish, and brainless, consumables that only knew how to reproduce. They were the perfect fodder for the upper echelons. Apart from their other contributions, the fact that these consumables constantly produced fresh hearts, livers, spleens, stomachs, and kidneys was enough to demonstrate their value.
You're talking about artificial wombs? Can they reproduce in large numbers? And thus replace the consumables of the lower levels? This is really stupid. You don't even understand the math.
It takes eighteen years for a person to grow into adulthood, which means that the livestock breeding cycle is too long, with high consumption and low returns. What they do is transfer all breeding costs to consumables and squeeze out high profits from them.
If Lu Xuan's revelation was for the purpose of the federal party struggle, then he undoubtedly took a risky move. It is just as the saying goes, fortune and honor are sought in danger. The more dangerous it is, the easier it is to accumulate personal prestige. If you want to rise in the political arena, you must at least let others know your name. Who will vote for you if you are nameless?
Bruno made a good move. This incident severely damaged the reputation of the reformists. At the same time, he gained a certain degree of support from the internal conservatives, which allowed him to survive this disaster.
Bruno's situation was like a light boat crossing thousands of mountains, while Lu Xuan's situation was as difficult as Nuwa creating the world. As the assembly signal was sent out, the lost team members gradually headed towards the signal area. To put it bluntly, these primitive people had no idea how to maintain the signal, and the only people who could complete the signal maintenance were the military. When the assembly order came out, the hiding teams quickly ran back according to the signal.
More than 300 people returned in two days, but more than 100 people were still stranded outside.
Lu Xuan gasped for a moment. He looked at the dusty Mo Wen beside him and instructed, "Mo Wen, count the number of people. Also, check which army they came from and what their main responsibilities were in the army."
Mo Wen was so anxious that he kept saying, "Yes."
Lu Xuan's move was undoubtedly to refine the work functions of the team members and find out the details of his subordinates. After all, these people were given to him by various parties. Who knows if there are any landmines among them? It is better to be careful in everything.
Under Lu Xuan's repeated instructions, Mo Wen summarized the missing persons in the first time. As the deputy commander of the team, he knew how many troops were assigned to them by the superiors, and he had a clear record of it. He made a correct process and summarized the missing persons immediately. In order to give the leader a reasonable explanation, he also carefully interviewed the team members who came back from thousands of miles away to gather, and understood the experiences of different teams on the road to escape one by one, and learned the information about the missing persons from their mouths.
When this was mentioned, the fugitives all looked embarrassed.
"What's wrong?" Mo Wen watched them closely.
"that……"
They looked as if they wanted to say something but were hesitant.
"Just say what you want to say, don't beat around the bush."
"The natives over there imprison men and women separately, and they use women as prostitutes..." Ivan said cautiously.
"Besides, the natives here have the habit of cannibalism. Many of our teammates... We escaped at the risk of our lives." Ivan's eyes were red.
To put it bluntly, in the eyes of these local natives, men are edible reserves, while women are slaves that can be used for indulgence. The more primitive the place is, the more conservative the thinking is, and the more brutal their behavior is.
Seeing that Ivan was not in a good state, Mo Wen immediately said, "The military doctor, take him down for psychological counseling!"
People imagine that soldiers are invincible and galloping on the battlefield. In fact, most soldiers will suffer from war stress disorder. The bloody nightmares are of dead comrades and enemies shot one by one. The entanglement of the two is like a ghost, eroding people's sanity.
After Ivan's reminder, Mo Wen quickly discovered that among the more than 100 missing people, two-thirds were women. He scratched his head and reported to Lu Xuan bitterly, "Sir, among the more than 100 missing people, two-thirds are women. According to reports from the soldiers who returned, the indigenous people here have a habit of cannibalism. They will eat the men, and the women will be treated as slaves and abused."
Lu Xuan looked at him indifferently, as if he was not surprised at all.
"Zhimin, how's the positioning counter-control going?" Lu Xuan turned around and looked at Xi Zhimin.
This is the "technical expert" he brought back from school.
Xi Zhimin pressed his fist to his lips, repeatedly checking the real-time feedback on the motherboard in his hand. "The actual control rate is 80%. However, our temporary signal station is affected by the wavelength. Once it exceeds the coverage range of the signal station, we will have difficulty in tracking the enemy's whereabouts."
Lu Xuan listened to his report patiently. "Lily, how many wartime drones have we purchased in total?"
"Fifty." Billie responded truthfully.
"Mo Wen took people to get the drone and check the ammunition filling on it one by one. He also picked out the personnel who had experience in information warfare and formed a small group. They were divided into two shifts to clean the ground and rescue the people. If they encountered any resistance during the rescue process, they would kill them." Lu Xuan's ice-blue eyes were calm, as if he was just stating an objective fact.
"Lily, the purchase of drones and weapons will be financed under an IOU. Bring it to me for approval later. This expenditure will be charged to the military procurement account, and the account will be gradually paid off in installments. Once the funds are in place, they will be directly debited from the bank account. As for the title of the IOU, just write "Purchase of supplies needed to rescue the hostages." Draft a loan contract for me to see."
The charity foundation was indeed founded by Lu Xuan, but since it is a charity foundation, he does have the right to use the fund. However, how to use the money reasonably and legally is another matter. The military wants him to spend money to fill the gap, so how can he really take out a loan to work? Since he is working for the public, the money must go through the public account and be directly transferred from public to public, from left hand to right hand. They are not the only ones who can do this.
"good."
The reason Savage Planet was so difficult to handle was because the local indigenous inhabitants were difficult to deal with. In this all-media information age, even the slightest leak of information would cause an uproar. Isn't this a coincidence? Even at the airport, even if Lu Xuan broke the news, it would be difficult to spread the news. Moreover, his reasoning was particularly strong, and he used extraordinary means to rescue the hostages.
The reason why everyone didn't believe that he could cause any trouble was mainly because the military had not deployed any soldiers to him. What kind of waves could this team of only a few hundred people make?
Little did they know that Lu Xuan didn't play by the rules at all, and started with physical suppression!
Reason? With a literacy rate of only 3% here, you're telling me to reason? You're just making a fuss! With so many illiterates everywhere, how can we possibly reason?
Just fight and it’s over!
By the time the military received the spy's secret report, it would have been months later. The drone's built-in infrared camera would scan the heat and reveal the perfect hiding place. Humans operate at a constant temperature!
Infrared cameras can make hidden objects invisible. Once facial information is imported, drones can perform accurate facial recognition and accurately calculate the range, making it possible to hit the target without missing a single shot!
With such a fierce artillery attack, how could the natives withstand it? Their technology tree is still stuck in the last century!
My lord, times have changed.
Those in-demand ammunition are controlled items, and others cannot get them even if they want to. However, Lu Xuan can place an order directly in the name of the commander in the name of expanding armaments.
All fear comes from insufficient firepower.
Give your buddies some more rockets, and this problem won't be solved, right?
Natives: “…”
Thank you for the big rocket, woooo ...
The wild planet with fierce folk customs was suppressed by Lu Xuan in less than a month. The suppression of the technology tree is no joke!
This is just like the militarism in history textbooks clamoring about building an Asia-Pacific Co-Prosperity Sphere and turning Asia-Pacific into a colony of militarism. The slogans are shouted louder and louder, like sending two mushroom bombs to force unconditional surrender.
What's this?
This is fire suppression.
Mad dogs are never tamed, they are beaten into submission.
Why do unruly dogs dare to bare their teeth at their owners?
It's simple. Dogs evolved from wolves. There is only one alpha wolf couple in a wolf pack. When the wolf cubs grow up, they will try to challenge the alpha wolf's status. The status of the wolf pack determines their eating order. Dogs that dare to bare their teeth at their owners simply think that their status is higher than that of their owners.
Lu Xuan just wanted them to understand one thing clearly, to see who was the leader of the pack.
A month later.
Those tough tribal leaders personally sent people to pay tribute to Lu Xuan.
If you can’t win, how about surrendering?
He who knows the times is a hero!
Lu Xuan didn't even meet with them. Instead, he had Mo Wen send photos of the missing soldiers to each tribal leader one by one, with the main message: "What are you talking about? Return my people first!"
Although there are many tribal leaders here, there are only five real big leaders. These old guys have never stopped fighting over the years.
The reason why the Federation is unwilling to intervene is that this is originally a barren planet, and it requires a lot of manpower and material resources to build it up. Moreover, the political turmoil here and the war have never stopped. These barbarians are having a great time fighting.
However, the federal government has many issues to consider. If this is not a resource planet, it is not worth large-scale investment at all. After they discovered this planet, they sent scientific expedition teams there several times, and the data reports they obtained were extremely ugly.
They stopped thinking about it.
The reason why Lu Xuan took action to deal with it was simply because such a barbarian had hit him on the head. How could he bear it? This dog needs to know its master. A slap was even given to him on the face. How could he bear it? Impossible!
What's more, what's the point of him going through all this trouble?
Wasn't his goal just to build an airport so he could get home? With the political turmoil here so severe, with his construction robots being snatched away one after another, and his subordinates being snatched away the next, how could he possibly live a peaceful life?
Lu Xuan: “…”
Destroy it!
In the eyes of the tribal leader, Lu Xuan is a tough guy sent from heaven. He can sweep away the "Five Kingdoms" by himself. You can't help but accept it!
In the eyes of the soldiers, Lu Xuan is a good leader who is responsible to the end. Apart from anything else, his behavior of desperately trying to save his subordinates is sure to make them convinced!
Do you like the kind of leader who doesn't care about his subordinates and pushes the blame on them when something goes wrong, or do you like the kind of leader who takes responsibility, even if he doesn't do it right. However, his original intention is good. The commander just wants to bring the detained soldiers back. What's wrong with him?
This is what personal charm is like. People will spontaneously find all kinds of reasons to praise him.
This translates to mean that everyone is Dihua, the boss has a far-sighted vision, you don’t understand!
Lu Xuan, who only wanted to build an airport and go home to see his wife on time, said: "?"
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