Chapter 29 - Start

Chapter 29 Start

After dealing with another trivial matter, Lin Wen was deeply exhausted.

Although he wanted to continue working, his spirit couldn’t take it anymore, and his Soul Essence only had 3% left.

He had to rest.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to recover his Soul Essence. He wouldn’t be able to afford the constant usage of Kindness on spells.

Lin Wen thought to himself. He turned around and lay down on the big chair. In the blink of an eye, he fell asleep.

Resting on time was also a form of cultivation.

The next day.

Lin Wen opened his eyes. The warm sun shone on his face from the window, as if it was a gentle touch.

Soul Essence: 14%

It was alright.

After Lin Wen hurriedly settled his personal matters, he immediately started working.

He gave a call to the resource management department of the county hall and instructed them to prepare the construction materials in the warehouse and send them to Changle Town.

He then found Fang Dashan, and told him to gather all the soldiers in the county and prepare to set off to Changle Town to assist in the reconstruction.

Fang Dashan was shocked when he heard the news. He thought that there was a riot among the refugees and the county governor wanted to mobilize the imperial troops to suppress them.

In his mind, there was no such thing as soldiers helping the refugees rebuild their homes. Mobilizing the Empire’s army to help with the reconstruction work meant that they had to maintain order. This job was usually handled by the Public Security Department. Unless there was a large-scale riot and the Public Security Department would not be able to handle it, the troops wouldn’t be deployed.

Thus, when Fang Dashan heard the order, the first thought that came to his mind was that there was a riot and he wanted to mobilize the imperial soldiers to suppress it. This was something that Fang Dashan was most unwilling to see happen. Suppressing the riot of refugees was not a creditable task. If anything went wrong, it would be a huge crime, and there was a 99% chance that he would be the scapegoat.

However, he couldn’t refuse the task. This meant that he was publicly disobeying orders. It was fine if the man was a general county governor, but this county governor had the Commissioner’s Power.

Fang Dashan was different from the inland officials. As a military officer of the Empire, he had fought at the borders before. He knew the Commissioner’s Power very well. Those governor-generals who held the Commissioner’s Power were extremely powerful. They demoted people just because they wanted to. If they wanted to punish someone, they would punish them. That wasn’t something to joke about. It was completely unreasonable.

This was also the reason why Fang Dashan immediately sided with the county head the moment he saw the document.

Of course, Lin Wen’s original intention was not like this. Fang Dashan could not possibly understand Lin Wen’s true intentions. After all, according to the Empire’s customs, even if there was an emergency rescue mission, it would be done by the Empire’s engineers. The Empire’s soldiers were only responsible for maintaining order.

As for the reconstruction work, it was even more unrelated to the army. It was done by a specialized construction team and had nothing to do with the Empire’s soldiers.

This was also in line with the fact that the military was essentially a violent organization. After all, in the entire world, there was no army like the one in the country that Lin Wen came from.

Therefore, Fang Dashan, who thought that the situation was serious, immediately returned to the garrison of Changshan County and blew the emergency horn.

It had to be said that Fang Dashan was quite capable. In less than 15 minutes, nearly 3,000 soldiers had gathered.

Then, Fang Dashan anxiously called the county governor’s office and requested for instructions.

Lin Wen only replied with three words.

“Set off immediately.”

Fang Dashan had no choice but to brace himself and order the troops to be fully armed. They boarded the military transport trucks and set off for Changle Town.

At the same time, through Li Xiaoli, Lin Wen transferred another hundred staff members from the various departments of the county government office to help out at Changle Town.

As Lin Wen had just established his authority, with his troops and his Commissioner’s Power, no one dared to complain for the time being

After Lin Wen was done with his work, he got into the car and arrived at Changle Town.

Then, he found Huang Mingxiao, who was buried in a pile of paper documents in the courtyard of the temporary command post.

“County Head Lin…”

Huang Mingxiao had two dark circles under his eyes and looked like he hadn’t slept the whole night. He seemed to have a belly full of words to say, but Lin Wen spoke first.

“Time is limited. I’ll talk about it as fast as I can. Make sure you remember all.”

Lin Wen opened the map and began to explain the immortal’s plan.

“All the old sites will be overthrown. I’ll build a new town as a new home for the refugees of the disaster.”

“The center point is here.”

Lin Wen poked his finger on the map and attracted Huang Mingxiao’s attention like a magnet.

He forgot everything he wanted to say and focused on County Head Lin’s next words.

The staff members who had interacted with Director Huang for a long time all knew that whenever they talked about rebuilding work, Director Huang would act like this. He would temporarily put aside all matters no matter how important they were.

“Up here, then here.”

Lin Wen moved his finger to a mountain between the eastern entrance and Niujiao Village, and then to the levee of Changpai Village.

“Form a triangular area, the base point is Changle Town. There will be a total of one town and eleven villages, all merged together, so that they will form a new town.”

“The new town is divided into three districts, the Changle District, the Niujiao District, and the Changpai District. They are respectively extended from Changle Town, Niujiao Village, and the Changpai Village.”

“The new plan is as follows.”

Lin Wen began to explain in detail the order of construction, the materials used, and the difficulties and methods to overcome them.

At first, Huang Mingxiao was confused. Then, he was suddenly enlightened, amazed, and shocked. Then, he was endlessly confused. The new plan was so detailed, as if County Governor Lin had personally witnessed the entire process from nothing, participated in it, personally designed and directed it.

But that was impossible. Only mud and dust existed in this thriving, orderly new town now.

Lin Wen spoke for twenty minutes before he finished. His mouth was already parched, so he picked up a glass of water and downed it in one gulp.

While Lin Wen was drinking water, Huang Mingxiao finally had the time to interrupt.

“County Head Lin, this… this design is too detailed. Where did you get it from?”

“One of my classmates, Zhang Jinglai, who doesn’t want to reveal his name, came over. After he graduated, he started working at the Luzaka Asli School of Design. I asked him to do it.”

Huang Mingxiao’s face was full of shock. “Your classmate is really amazing. The Luzaka School of Design is really too professional. As expected of a world-renowned design institute. This proposal is too exquisite. The details are so detailed that I’ve never dared to think about it before.”

Only those who had done this before would know how many details were needed to design and implement a massive project involving 300,000 people.

This was a field that ordinary people could not reach, and Huang Mingxiao’s previous plan of rebuilding was very limited. Their plan was only rough and crude. They chose a place and built a house on it. As long as it could shelter the refugees from the wind and rain, it could guarantee their basic life.

Even so, from the location to the planning, it was unknown how many white hairs they had scratched and how many brain cells they had burned to death.

“Then this proposal must be very expensive, right? I heard that the works from the top design institutes are not cheap.”

“Oh, I’m very close to my classmate. I didn’t spend any money,” Lin Wen said casually. “Huh?”

Huang Mingxiao’s eyes almost popped out. “For free? This design cost is at least a million. Your classmate, he, he, could it be that he…” He wanted to say that he was the dean, but seeing County Head Lin’s age, he swallowed his words.

“Alright.” Lin Wen said impatiently, “There’s no time to talk about other things. Hurry up and arrange for someone to calculate the expenses.”

The immortal’s proposal was extremely detailed, except that it didn’t say how much it cost.

After all, it was already the “minimal cost”.

Now, Lin Wen urgently needed to know its specific budget so that he could prepare for what would happen next.

“Wait, wait.”

Huang Mingxiao immediately interrupted County Head Lin.

“I still don’t fully understand this proposal. Here, here, and here. Why did it have to be built this way? What does this road mean? And—”

Lin Wen was speechless because he didn’t know either.

“Just do as you’re told. You can slowly understand my intentions in the future.”

“Wait, wait, wait. County Governor Lin, shouldn’t we discuss such an important matter more? Isn’t it a little… er… hasty to decide so quickly?”

“Of course, I’m not doubting the expertise of the top design institute. It’s just that they might not know our exact situation. Let’s have a few more meetings, discuss more, and see if there are any changes…”

Lin Wen was getting impatient. “Just do as I say. Don’t you trust the immortal’s proposal? If anything goes wrong, I’ll take responsibility.” He slammed the folder on the table and wrote on the front side of the folder:

By Lin Wen’s order, this plan is the only plan for reconstruction. It must not be changed.

Seeing that Huang Mingxiao still wanted to say something, Lin Wen snapped, “Stop talking nonsense! Let’s have a few more meetings and discuss a few more times? How many days will it take? Time waits for no one! We’re drinking tea in the office, reading the newspaper, and bragging. The refugees are out in the wilderness under the sun and rain! Where’s your conscience? Do you want me to cut it open for you to see?”

In just one sentence, Huang Mingxiao’s entire mental state changed.

“Good! With your words, even if I, Huang Mingxiao, die here, I will not complain even if I have to bear the blame!”

Lin Wen nodded in satisfaction.

“Okay, hurry up and gather the staff to make the budget. Also, didn’t I send a task force over yesterday? Have you made all the arrangements? Call Lei Tiantong over now. In the future, the finance work of the temporary command post will be handled by him.”

“There’s also a big fatty, Yuan Zhimen. In the future, all your chores will be handled by him.”

Lin Wen arranged several people in a row.

Huang Mingxiao hesitated for a moment and said, “County Head Lin, are you going to put the task force above the temporary command post? I can trust Old Lei’s expertise and character. Although Yuan Zhimen is not a good person, he is good at handling these missions, but the others…”

Lin Wen sneered and said, “No, we work side by side. You’re also the deputy head of the task force. No one can interfere with you except me. Do you understand?”

Huang Mingxiao’s face immediately brightened, and he shouted: “Yes, County Head Lin!”

“Also, many people will be joining the reconstruction work soon. The first 100 workers will be here soon. Remember to arrange accommodation and work for them.”

те

This time, Huang Mingxiao truly felt hope. Unlike the previous county governor, although the new county governor was domineering, he truly attached great importance to reconstruction. He had allocated funds and sent people.

Furthermore, he made a prompt decision to do as he said. Yesterday morning, he had said that he would send reinforcements. In the afternoon, three batches of people arrived one after another. Today, there would be more coming

This shortage of manpower would be resolved soon.

If it were the original county governor, he would only send a few people next month and consider his promise fulfilled.

County Governor Lin truly regarded these refugees as his own people, and not animals that could speak and walk and pay taxes.

Moreover, Huang Mingxiao somewhat understood County Head Lin’s tyranny. Now that the situation was urgent, it was indeed necessary for a person to make decisions and dare to take responsibility, and not to push the blame and kick the ball at each other, dragging it out until all the refugees had died and still be happy and carefree.

That would be a real tragedy. The new county governor had arrived, but his mindset had not changed. He was still under Zhao Anping’s influence. He was even afraid of the new county governor’s style.

This was impossible.

It was time to be liberated!

With incomparable excitement and hope, Huang Mingxiao shouted.

“Yes, County Head Lin! There are many empty houses in Changle Town. I can arrange for however many people may come.”