Chapter 22 - Zhao Minggong and Qin Luoshuang

Chapter 22 Zhao Minggong and Qin Luoshuang

Of course, it was just that the rebels’ act had ended, and his act had only just begun. All this time, it had only been a warm-up before the act.

Lin Wen glanced at Deputy Director Yuan Zhimen, who was the closest to him and was trying his best to hide himself.

“Department Director Yuan.”

Lin Wen smiled and said.

“Go and call the county head’s security over. This baldy and his accomplices attacked the county head during the meeting with the intention of rebelling. Bring them all to jail.”

“Ah? Ah! Ah, okay, I’ll do as you say. I’m on it.”

The fatty, Yuan Zhimen, seemed to have woken up from a dream as he ran out while shaking his fat.

“Chief Inspector of the Special Investigations Bureau, what’s your name again?”

A pale-faced young man replied in a trembling voice, “This… this lowly one is called Xu Kangxing.”

“Did you know that the chief and deputy chief had joined forces to rebel?”

“I-I—I don’t-“

The chief inspector, Xu Kangxing, stammered along the way before his intelligence finally came back on. “This subordinate didn’t realize that those two traitorous thieves were so insolent and tyrannical. They have never placed me in their eyes. This subordinate endured humiliation, just waiting…”

Lin Wen didn’t want to spoil the fun at this time, so he immediately said, “I understand. Go back and investigate them carefully. Also, this baldy and his accomplices must have committed crimes and rebellions in the past. They didn’t rebel only now, and they have committed unforgivable crimes. It’s your fault that they weren’t arrested sooner.”

Xu Kangxing immediately realized that his chance had come. He shouted, “This subordinate will definitely make up for it! This subordinate, uh, this subordinate will go right now.”

When he saw the fatty, Yuan Zhimen, leading the county head guard in, he immediately jumped up and joined them, dragging the rebels out and locking them up.

“Alright, back to business. I’ll continue with the arrangements for rebuilding after the disaster.”

Lin Wen sat back on the podium and began to talk about his plan.

Of course, this plan was just a rough outline. There was only a portion of the actual content in the plan.

After a few days when his Soul Essence recovered and all the preparations were completed, he would use Immortal Guiding the Way to obtain a complete plan.

Everyone present felt that it was extremely ridiculous. It was as if they were dreaming. It was as if that intense coup was nothing more than a child’s play.

They nervously waited for the real content of the county governor’s speech. No one listened to Lin Wen’s meticulously copied reconstruction plan.

After about ten minutes, footsteps could be heard approaching the meeting room.

With a bang, the door was knocked open. Fang Weiwei walked barefooted, carrying the Commissioner’s Power document in her left hand and her high heels in her right hand. She brought Fang Dashan, the garrison county governor of Changshan County, in. Behind her were armed imperial soldiers.

Although it looked a little messy, it still looked like the queen had brought her guards to save the day.

Fang Dashan looked good-natured, but in truth he was astute. He glanced quickly at his surroundings as he entered. It was the standard scene of a leader’s meeting, but the overturned tables and chairs, the messy floor, the marks of being dragged along, and some of the people who had yet to be dragged away, proved one thing. There had indeed been riots.

The victor was obviously the county governor who was sitting on the stage.

Too late!

The garrison county governor, Fang Dashan, felt a little regretful, but there was still a chance to salvage the situation. He immediately waved his hand. “Surround the venue! Protect Mr. Lin! Lieutenant Xu, bring a team to assist in guarding the captives.”

Then, he bowed and half-kneeled towards Lin Wen. He said loudly, “Fang Dashan, county governor of the garrison of Changshan County, has arrived late. Please punish me, County Head Lin.”

Lin Wen nodded and glanced at him. The Garrison’s aura was an intense green, like an inflated balloon. It should indicate that he was extremely fond of adulation and wanted to be promoted. But there was no black aura, which meant that he had never done anything outrageous.

He should be usable.

He felt a little regretful that he could not crush all the soldiers as an immortal.

However, this was also good. He could save a lot of Kindness and brain cells.

Lin Wen first said to Fang Weiwei, “You’ve worked hard. Find a seat and sit down.” Then, he activated the Heart of Seven Orifices and exchanged a few words with Fang Dashan.

It was mainly to appease the guy and to express his welcome.

Very soon, the imperial soldiers surrounded the venue with orderly steps. Fang Dashan personally led 20 elite soldiers to stand behind Lin Wen.

Every soldier stood tall and straight, armed to the teeth, and carried a MAK63 rifle at an angle. Due to the special design of the rifle, it could be clearly seen that they were loaded with bullets. As long as the safety was flicked away, they could raise their guns and shoot.

Lin Wen soon discovered that the uneasy air floating around the entire venue had disappeared. Now, every official could listen to him calmly, as if the soldiers standing around were protecting them instead of monitoring them.

What a bunch of weirdos.

Lin Wen couldn’t be bothered to study it. He quickly read out the plan and said, “Then, the list of members of the team.”

“I will work as the leader of the team. Vice leader, deputy Director Yuan Zhimen of the county governor’s office. Member, Lei Tiantong of the finance department.”

Lin Wen read out the names on the list one by one. As Lin Wen didn’t know many people, the name list was very short and he finished reading it very quickly.

Lin Wen raised his head and started to call people. As long as there was more than one-fifth of the black aura, they would join the group. These people weren’t there to do reconstruction work. Lin Wen was preparing to clean them up. If a high-ranking official had bad intentions, they would definitely harm others.

But they weren’t completely black, so they couldn’t be cut down with a single blade. Lin Wen decided to transfer them away first, so that these villains wouldn’t stay in the high office of the county and cause trouble everywhere.

There was only a series of sounds.

“You, you, you, not you, you, you, not you,

you.”

Lin Wen’s finger was like a finger of death. Every time he pointed at someone, that person’s face would turn ashen.

Before long, there were 17 people in the team.

Lin Wen clapped his hands. “These 17 people will complete the handover in one day. They will report to the county governor’s office at 5 pm tomorrow. Those who fail to report will be considered to have left their post and bear the consequences.”

“From today onwards, Changshan County will be focused on reconstruction. Everyone must work hard to cooperate.”

“Anyone who deliberately hinders us will be convicted of treason.”

“Any other questions? If not, the meeting is over.”

Unexpectedly, Yuan Zhimen raised his hand.

“County Governor Lin! There’s no one in charge of the county governor’s office! The previous director has been transferred away with Zhao Anping. After I go to the special task force, there will be only staff left in this department. There will be no officials to hand over my work to.”

After a second of silence, Lin Wen asked, “Who are your staff members?”

“Li Xiaoli, Ning…” “That’s her. Just give her the job, Li Xiaoli.”

If he hadn’t been so fat, Lin Wen would have stuck his head into Yuan Zhimen’s big mouth to see his upper jaw.

“This, this, but she’s just—”

“It’s decided. Are there any other questions?”

Another raised his hand. Lin Wen looked at him helplessly. It was Lei Tiantong.

He said, “County Head Lin, I hope that you can send someone to supervise the finance department during my absence.”

“Okay.”

Lin Wen immediately agreed. That deputy director was indeed worrying. His aura was mixed with too many impurities. Without the pressure of a granite-like director, it was hard to guarantee that he would not make a mistake.

This was something he had not considered thoroughly.

This problem was not difficult to solve, but who should he choose?

Before he could figure it out, another large group of people raised their hands and stood up.

“County Head Lin, Huai Town no longer has a deputy town head!”

“County Head Lin, the leader and deputy leader of Changle Town are both gone!”

“County Head Lin, Donghe Town currently lacks living resources!”

“County Head Lin, the Second Engineering Corps of the Empire has sent out three letters asking us to inspect the dam they have repaired!” As if a switch had been turned on, more and more people raised their hands to ask questions. The vast number of issues suddenly surged towards Lin Wen like a broken dam.

Changshan County was originally a troubled period of time. Before Zhao Anping left, he only dealt with the current main matters. After Lin Wen came, he focused on making money and did not manage the city properly. There were vacancies in various positions. In addition, the situation was unstable, and conflicts were imminent. People were panicking, which resulted in the accumulation of various affairs.

Now that the situation had stabilized, all sorts of matters erupted.

County Head Lin, who usually looked wise and resourceful, suddenly revealed his true self, showing the fact that he didn’t know how to handle any political affairs.

W

Of course, no one had discovered this yet. Even if they did, they would only suspect that the county head had other plans.

Lin Wen was also very smart and didn’t choose to fight head-on. This was different from the chores in Changle Town. It wasn’t simply helping the townspeople solve problems and aiding people. It was much more complicated and troublesome, and it probably wouldn’t have much Kindness.

Furthermore, he was facing a huge threat-if he did not handle it well, he would gain Evilness.

Therefore, in the face of the incoming government affairs, Lin Wen immediately chose to seek help from Immortal Guiding the

Way.

“Other than me, who else is the most suitable to be the county governor of Changshan County near me?”

This was an absolutely concise and clever question.

This was a question he could only ask after countless setbacks and changing his bad habit of being unrealistic.

He did not directly ask how to solve so many problems. The answer would definitely be astronomically costly.

Instead, he asked who was most suitable to become the county governor.

Wasn’t the governor the person who could solve these problems?

Once he knew who was the most suitable to become the county governor, he would let him handle the issues. Of course, he would still be the county governor himself.

This was called using people!

Lin Wen also specifically set a limit, “near me.” If he didn’t set this limit, the cost would probably be another huge number.

Even if he were to narrow the range down to “Changshan County”, it would not work. It would have to choose one out of 13 million to 1.5 million people. Compared to choosing one out of tens of thousands of people, the difference in consumption could be imagined.

If he had more money in the future, he could specially train a deputy governor to help him with his daily affairs, but not now.

As expected, this question only required 23 points of Kindness.

It was still acceptable.

Lin Wen thought that the moment he accepted, he felt as if a piece of his heart had been cut off when he saw the Kindness disappear. Zhao Minggong and Qin Luoshuang.