Ye Xiao had anticipated the call from the capital base. The reason why the clearing operation bypassed the capital was, firstly, that he did not want to do something that would go unappreciated and be accused of meddling in other people's affairs; and secondly, he was waiting for Fan Wuyong to bow his head.
He held the communicator and exchanged pleasantries with the other end: "Why can't you be called Commander? To all the survivors in the country, you are still Commander, still the symbol of national leadership, the representative of orthodoxy."
If it weren't for this "orthodox" stance, Ye Xiao wouldn't have spent so much time on the other party.
Lin Tantan, who was chewing fresh raw meat, glanced at him sideways, and couldn't help but glance at him again. She saw clearly that although Ye Xiao spoke politely, the smile on his face was cold and casual.
She felt that Fan Wuyong was in trouble.
As for what kind of mold it was, she could guess.
She followed Ye Xiao in his battles and killings, watched him subdue wave after wave of survivors, saw his plans for the Zhengyang base, and knew how he planned to transport some materials and resources needed for development from other places back to Liang City.
She knew that he had big plans for the future, and Fan Wuyong would either be a contributor to his plans or a stumbling block.
Fan Wuyong was also hesitant about whether to be the brick that adds value or the stumbling block that will eventually be kicked away. He was wondering if there was a third way, but the answer was no.
Granted, he still had considerable power at his disposal, and wasn't at the end of his rope, but how much longer could he hold out? Ye Xiao had already risen to prominence, and the current Capital Base and Zhengyang Base were incomparable. The future belonged to Ye Xiao. If anyone disobeyed his will, he could either stand by and watch, or go along with it, and the Capital Base, and Fan Wuyong, would perish in the encirclement of the zombie swarm.
Should I hold on to my end, or try to negotiate for more benefits while the terms are still negotiable? Anyone can make that choice, right?
He sighed deeply, and his secretary and most trusted deputy whispered, "How did Zhengyang Base respond?"
Fan Wuyong said: "It's okay to help over there, as long as the help is mutual."
The secretary immediately said, "What do they want?"
"They want me to take a stand in my current capacity."
"Express your stance? What stance?"
Fan Wuyong gave a self-deprecating smile: "Of course, they want me to... announce to the whole nation that I will abdicate and let someone else take over."
The secretary frowned and said, "He wants to be the commander-in-chief? He's already retired and has no regular troops under his command. Is he going to set up a brand new military headquarters in Zhengyang Base?"
He was pondering Ye Xiao's purpose when he suddenly saw his leader's curious smile. He suddenly realized something and stopped. He only heard Fan Wuyong sigh and say, "Young people nowadays think more than we do. What's a military headquarters? He wants to establish a new country."
The secretary swallowed and said, "You mean..."
"He wants to establish a new country and he wants to be the president!" When he said the last half of the sentence, Fan Wuyong's voice had risen several degrees.
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"This is quite common overseas. After New Year's Day of 2019, the regimes of almost all countries and regions collapsed. Without a nation, there would be no family. New regimes subsequently emerged. Within our country, the threat from the ocean has been temporarily suppressed, and the zombies have been eliminated to only 10% or 20%. This is the perfect time for the birth of a new nation."
The same topic was brought up at the meeting at Zhengyang Base.
Many people were shocked, and after the shock, they were excited. Their Zhengyang base is the largest base in the country, there is no doubt about that. All aspects and systems are very good, and it has formed a well-ordered society. However, compared with a country, this base is still far behind.
If a new regime is born in the Zhengyang base, then what they can manage will no longer be the people and things within this base or two or three cities. They will be able to do more, their power will be greater, their actions will be more legitimate, and everything they do may even be a major move that can affect the future development of the entire country.
However, can this be so simple and easy?
This meeting tells everyone that it is so simple and easy. First of all, their Zhengyang base is popular and has a huge population, so it has a popular base. Secondly, they have prepared many talents in various fields for this purpose. These people are enough to support the normal and healthy operation of a country with a population of several thousand kilowatts. Thirdly, this kind of thing is afraid that it will not be justified. If it has the approval of the previous government leaders, everything will be justified.
To put it bluntly, the name of their country has not changed, the national system has not changed, only the entire leadership team has been replaced. The people below will not care who is in charge, nor will they care that the capital has changed. As long as they are told that the new government has finally reappeared after five years, the social system has been improved, and work, education, medical care, pension, etc. can be back on track, they will not be unhappy or disagree.
The content of this meeting was not leaked. Only the top personnel knew the future prospects of the base. The people were unaware of it, but the action at the Zhengyang base began.
The original area where the Zhengyang base was located included Liang City and the neighboring Xi City. A new highway was built between the two cities, a tunnel was dug, and a high-speed train runs every half an hour, so it only takes 20 minutes to travel between the two stations.
The increasing population made it difficult for these two big cities to accommodate the newcomers, so the base prepared to expand again. This expansion was very large-scale. The base immediately dispatched dozens of teams, each with tens of thousands of people, to carry out construction in more than a dozen nearby cities centered on the two cities.
These cities are all in the province where Liang City is located and the three surrounding provinces. The zombies in these four provinces have been completely cleared out, and not a single zombie or zombie animal is left. It is quite safe. They are said to be going there for construction, but in fact they are going there for reconstruction work, and it was basically completed in just one or two months.
Then the people in the base started to draw lots. Whether to go or stay, and which new city to go to, was all decided by drawing lots. Because if you go to a new city, you will basically settle in this place in the future, so the drawing of lots is still very cautious.
You can draw lots as an individual, family, or work unit. You can draw lots three times and choose the result you are most willing to accept.
Some people also said that they are unwilling to go to these dozen new cities. That doesn’t matter. The tentacles of Zhengyang Base are still extending, and there are more cities waiting to be unlocked. If you hope to live in a city in the future, you can sign up and apply. If that city is on the base’s reconstruction list, you can consider arranging people to go there for reconstruction.
While the Zhengyang base was busy with urban reconstruction, the capital base was increasingly unable to hold on. After repeated consideration and hearing about the actions of the Zhengyang base, Fan Wuyong finally surrendered and expressed his submission to Ye Xiao.
That night, Ye Xiao led several magical planes and landed at the capital base.
When he met Fan Wuyong, he was smiling the whole time and seemed very friendly and enthusiastic, which made Fan Wuyong very depressed.
When the two sat down to talk, Fan Wuyong asked, "Are you really going to establish a new country?"
"Everyone has been looking forward to a stable and prosperous country and a strong and efficient government for five years." Ye Xiao said, "Everyone hopes that life can return to normal."
Fan Wuyong asked again, although you have tens of millions of people in your hands now, can you control them?
Ye Xiao said that his efforts in fighting sea monsters and zombies with his men in recent years were not in vain, as he had already been training an army for the new era.
Fan Wuyong asked him if he could manage a country well. Ye Xiao said that he had been looking for professional talents for a long time. Now, a large number of talents in administration, justice, law enforcement, economy, culture and other industries have been recruited and are waiting to show their talents.
Fan Wuyong asked him where he planned to set up the capital, and Ye Xiao directly said Liang City. Seeing Fan Wuyong frown, he explained that he would move the capital back in the future, after the current capital was renovated. Otherwise, the current capital base was dilapidated and dirty, and the entire city was almost destroyed, which was really not a good look.
Fan Wuyong had no words to refute. The current capital base, after accommodating nearly 100 million people at its most densely populated time, has been stretched beyond recognition. Various transformations, destructions, even looting and burning have occurred. In just five years, many parts of this city and the surrounding areas have become more miserable than when invaded by foreign enemies.
It was his mismanagement.
Ye Xiao didn't care how complicated his feelings were. He said directly, "Since you have made your choice, our cooperation will begin with you helping me to reorganize this base."
From this day on, the Capital Base had a new leader. The former top leader Fan Wuyong personally gave a speech, saying that he was old and incompetent, and could not lead people to defeat the zombies. So he asked Zhengyang Base to help them deal with the zombies. Now, the leader of Zhengyang Base, Ye Xiao, personally came to the Capital Base to guide everyone to prepare for the battle.
Although it was called guidance, in fact the command of the entire base was handed over to Ye Xiao. As soon as Ye Xiao took over, he began to implement drastic controls.
There are still two to three million people left in the capital base. It is a large base, but it is in chaos from the root. There are countless forces, big and small, which are intertwined and mixed. If you take drastic measures to control them, their backlash may cause the entire base to collapse.
Ye Xiao used courtesy before force, sending his troops into contact with the various factions that were giving Fan Wuyong such a headache. Those willing to comply were the best, but those unwilling and unable to be persuaded were directly suppressed by force, breaking them up into smaller units and organizing all their fighting forces into separate combat groups, led by members of the Zhengyang base. Those who committed crimes were severely punished, with the most prominent being the psychic research organizations, whose hands were stained with countless lives, and whose very existence was marked by genocide and cruelty.
The elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled who have no one to look after them are also well accommodated.
Ye Xiao had his own troops and was a living symbol of force. As long as one had a strong fist, there was nothing he couldn't do, and no one he couldn't control. Combined with the constant flow of daily necessities airlifted in from the Zhengyang base, the combination of distribution according to need and work greatly improved people's lives. In just two weeks, Ye Xiao had established a firm foothold and stabilized the entire capital base.
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