Chapter 357: Only I Am the Law Chapter 357 Intimidation (1)

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Protagonist:

Chen Yi

"Starting today, Jin Douna will be the Logistics Officer and Financial Officer of the West Continent, that is, the West River Water Fortress. Yu Weichao, Li Feng, you two will begin the handover today." Chen Yi gathered the upper echelon of the West River Water Fortress and announced the decision at the Rhombus Conference Hall.

"Yes, we will complete the handover of assets and logistics as soon as possible." Yu Weichao knew that independent financial officers were inevitable; it was just a woman, which made him slightly curious.

The West River Water Fortress had just entered a period of prosperity and profit, and the accounts were still relatively clear. Logistics pressure was not too great either. Jin Douna had learned relevant work while serving as Liu Xinyu's assistant, so she also nodded slightly and agreed.

"Li Feng, take your master's wife to see our territory." Chen Yi chuckled.

Several people kept their heads down, pretending not to hear; it was not a good time to voice any opinions. Except for Yu Weichao, the academy students had all seen Jin Douna and Liu Xinyu and had speculated about their relationship with Chen Yi. Now that the speculation was confirmed, it was not too strange.

Jin Douna glanced at Chen Yi with great interest and left gracefully. She also found it quite fun to be on a brand new continent.

Chen Yi watched the Korean beauty leave the room. In the backward West River Water Fortress, a place where there were very few women, Jin Douna was too tempting to look at; even Chen Yi himself was no exception.

Turning back, Chen Yi said to Dayang: "Make sure security within the water fortress is in place. Is there a police bureau now?"

"Criminal cases rarely occur; currently, Dai Adi and I are responsible. The Rhombus Conference Hall handles disputes between Earthlings."

Everyone thought he wanted to establish a police bureau, but Chen Yi gave no response and instead asked: "What about cases involving Earthlings?"

Dayang smiled and said: "Mostly Latin Americans; there are often some petty thefts."

Dayang was very satisfied with his current life. He bought informants, scouted the situation in various parts of the Ma La-State, trained spies, and played old-school espionage games—using 21st-century advanced concepts to deal with medieval gentlemen gave him immense pleasure. This was a dream life he could never experience on Earth.

Yu Weichao, Li Changning, and Li Feng were all eager to report their work to Chen Yi, and She Lei also wanted to speak, but he was tongue-tied, so he closely followed Li Changning.

When Chen Yi was at Lao Zhai, he had seen such scenes many times. Even now, there were countless people who came to report work to his grandfather every day.

He was not in a hurry, pulled open the door, and said: "Let's talk while walking. How is the Ring City Highway of Ma La coming along?"

"We've run into big trouble." She Lei finally found a chance to speak and hurriedly said: "Since the Ring City Highway construction began, in three weeks we have already lost two armored vehicles and suffered 21 soldier casualties."

"Such a high casualty rate?" Chen Yi stopped and asked: "How is the soldiers' morale?"

"It has been greatly affected." Yu Weichao took over the conversation and said: "We had to implement wartime subsidies, declaring the area along the Ring City Highway a war zone. Any soldier who enters once receives triple pay for that month, and only then are soldiers willing to go to the construction site in shifts. Also, Red Wolf cooperated with She Lei to carry out a series of retaliatory actions, and the war zone is currently relatively stable."

Chen Yi then continued downstairs.

She Lei continued his report: "The gladiator-level experts in Ma La are very formidable. They can throw huge stones from the city walls, and three to five people can hit an armored vehicle at once. Rifles and heavy machine guns are useless against them. Milan anti-tank missiles killed about four experts, but their aiming time is a bit long, and later the enemy hid behind the city walls, attacking like mortars..."

"So how did you solve it?" Chen Yi became interested.

Yu Weichao looked at Dayang and smiled: "Thanks to the help of the intelligence department. Since we didn't want to provoke a counterattack from the Temple, we first spread news through Ma La's insiders within the city, explaining that we would retaliate. Then we confirmed the source of the gladiator-level knight carrying out the attack. If they caused damage, we would raze his manor, arrest everyone inside, and demand compensation. If there was no manor, we would plant a time bomb in his residence... There were two times when it was purely Temple Knights involved. We notified the Temple in Ma La and demanded they hand over the culprit..."

"Oh?"

"The first time they refused, so we organized 12 armored vehicles and used machine cannons to wipe out a cavalry barracks 120 kilometers away from them, killing about 300 knights as retaliation. The second time, they offered 100 conch shells as compensation, and we agreed."

Chen Yi nodded in agreement. As long as there was compensation, it meant they had backed down. Separating the Temple from Ma La was also a set strategy. Those knights belonging to the Temple might have been specifically bought off by Ma La nobles to drag the Temple into the water. Under these circumstances, accepting compensation—as long as it was relatively reasonable—achieved the goal.

"Let's go see the Ring City Highway." Chen Yi eagerly boarded a wheeled armored vehicle and poked his head out from above.

Immediately, three armored vehicles followed.

The roads near the West River Water Fortress were quite flat, but by the time they reached Xima Market, they gradually became bumpy. The nearby wharf was under expansion; docked ships were nearly a hundred meters long for the large ones and fifty or sixty meters for the small ones. The ships all had huge crossbows or catapults, and Chen Yi even saw a mage in a pink robe sitting at the stern of the largest ship, fishing.

Yu Weichao introduced in a low voice: "Now more than 80 percent of the West River Water Fortress's business comes from other city-states, especially city-states along the river basin. They have already become our biggest buyer."

"Is the one on that ship a priest?" Chen Yi pointed at the mage in the pink robe. There were no mages openly active on the West Continent; the Temple controlled all mysterious power, including mages and alchemy similar to those of the Saint Qiao Kingdom.

"It seems to be a ship from the Earth Dragon Temple. Their ships are very sturdy and can sail very far." Yu Weichao paused and added: "Xima Market currently accommodates about 1,500 workers, mostly doing manual labor, most of whom are villagers from nearby villages who came voluntarily. Half of the work is done by mechanization, and slaves are basically not used within the market."

"Yes, expanding our commercial share is very important. We should learn from the experience of European and American colonies."

The four of them nodded repeatedly, as if they had heard an important speech, keeping it firmly in mind.

When they approached Ma La, Chen Yi heard intense gunfire. At least three heavy machine guns were firing continuously, and machine cannons fired three-round bursts from time to time...

"It's a show of force," She Lei said in a low voice.

"It seems your relationship with the gentlemen of Ma La isn't very good."

As they spoke, they could see the towering city walls of Ma La. Now they should be described as dilapidated yet towering city walls. The Ring City Highway was about five hundred meters from the walls, and a large number of slaves were working diligently.

A rough calculation showed that the slaves on the road alone numbered over 1,500. Chen Yi called out: "Can slaves still be bought and sold?"

"The price has tripled, but they can still be bought."

When the convoy reached the heavy machine gun position, Chen Yi finally understood what the so-called show of force meant... they fired at the top of the city walls from time to time, and once a human figure was spotted, the machine cannons would start to show their power...

Although it seemed a bit wasteful of ammunition, this display of power was indeed impressive.

The heavy machine guns paused slightly, and Dayang said to Chen Yi: "Soldiers inside the city will take the bullets to exchange with us. We give 1.1 copper coins, while the nobles inside the city only give 0.5. We will take the opportunity to turn these soldiers into informants..."

"Are there many informants?"

"Over a hundred," Dayang said. "I ask them for some information from inside the city. A fingerprint counts as a guarantee, and then we give them money. Generally, no one refuses."

Such a common trick would be useless on Earth, but it was very convenient on the West Continent.

"What about the Rubber Forest?"

"Ma La declared that place belongs to their assets, but... we have occupied it, and the workers are organizing slaves to tap rubber."

"We must expand production capacity as much as possible. I brought a lot of sugar this time." For natural rubber to grow well, it needs nutrients replenished frequently. Fertilizing and watering is one aspect, and adding sugar water is also very useful.

Seeing Chen Yi looking at the city walls very seriously, Li Changning came over and said: "The Temple War is about to begin. If we had some more powerful weapons, we could implement the occupation of Ma La. The road construction casualties mainly occurred in the first two days. As long as we pay attention, it will be hard for them to succeed again."

Chen Yi nodded silently and only said: "The handling of Ma La must be cautious."

The inspection took quite a while. During this time, members of the Ma La Council of Elders also climbed onto the city walls, observing Chen Yi under the cover of battle qi. One side was leisurely examining, while the other was barely looking out under artillery fire; the momentum was completely different.

Chen Yi stayed on the West Continent for two days. After the handover was completed, he returned to Jiangning, and also brought along 10 West Continent students visiting their families. These 10 people all had the "West Defense First Class" medal; they were exactly the core members of the West River Water Fortress. Liao Fou and Qin Dajiang were both on the list.

Under conditions of scarce supplies, the time required for one transfer was very short.

Before the students had finished preparing, the Jiangning Metro Station had already arrived.

Chen Yi brought them all to the surface before saying: "Follow me first. Starting tomorrow, you are free to move about. You should know the rules: strictly observe the schedule, don't go missing, and keep in touch at all times..."

By the time the rules were repeated, the minibus the little lizard transformed into had already arrived at the Public Security Bureau, and Yan Ju and the others, who had received word from their comrades long ago, were all standing outside the office building to welcome them.

"The reception is too grand." Chen Yi said politely, yet Qin Dajiang and the others were left staring dumbfounded.

After the pleasantries ended, during the walk upstairs, Qin Dajiang leaned toward Chen Yi and asked, "Hall Master, that one without a belly — is he the Public Security Bureau's Deputy Bureau Chief?"

"Met him before?"

"I have a brother who works at the police station, a paternal cousin." Qin Dajiang finished speaking, and the students all grew curious.

Chen Yi nodded, smiling as he said, "We can call him over to meet in a bit. Yan Hang is the proper Bureau Chief now."

His words had just fallen when he saw Yan Ju smiling humbly and asking, "Mr. Chen, that suspect Shi Tianlin has been caught — what are your instructions? We will carry them out resolutely."

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