Chapter 3210

All the Cavalry Guards were of one mind.

Many of them were multi-generational Cavalry Guards, comrades-in-arms from the generations of their ancestors. They were an army that never retired, and the deep bond of comradeship among them went without saying.

Moreover, over the years, as the world changed, these Cavalry Guards, as well as their ancestors and fathers, had all experienced the baptism of blood. Every comrade would not only fight to the death to protect the safety of other comrades during wartime, but would also, after other comrades died in battle, do their utmost to take care of their wives and children, treating their children as their own. This bond of comradeship forged in blood had long surpassed everything else.

The imminent major reshuffle plan not only intended to separate them from their families forever but also to separate them from many comrades-in-arms of several generations. For them, the level of unacceptability was second only to death.

And the Commander seemed to have already had a countermeasure, so the crowd naturally trusted him completely and remained in complete alignment with him.

Thus, the crowd expressed their stance one after another, completely obeying the Commander's orders.

Immediately, Commander Yin said to the crowd, "Everyone, first put your full effort into unloading the vehicles. Don't let the one surnamed Song see any clues. I have something to discuss with this brother."

The group immediately cupped their hands and said, "Subordinates obey!"

After speaking, everyone immediately turned around and continued to move the cargo, acting as if what had just happened had not occurred.

At this moment, Ye Chen looked at Commander Yin. He did not completely control Commander Yin's consciousness, but rather, just as he had done when controlling Chen Zonglei, he sealed his own consciousness within his body. Although the other party still had to act according to Ye Chen's will, his own consciousness was entirely clear as he watched all of this.

Knowing that he could see and hear everything, Ye Chen said in a low voice, "Don't make a scene. Take me to a remote and safe place; I want to talk to you in detail."

At this moment, Ye Chen not only had to avoid that Commissioner Song but also had to avoid other Cavalry Guards. After all, he was a fresh face, and everyone would have some questions upon seeing him. If too many people saw him and they discovered through cross-checking that they didn't know him, it would inevitably attract too much attention from others.

Therefore, he preferred to avoid others first and open the skylight to have a good talk with this Commander Yin. After all, wanting to control thousands of people to comply with his arrangements was far from enough just by controlling him to do things; he had to be willing from the bottom of his heart to do things for him, and by utilizing his prestige among these people, only then would there be a chance to do this well wholeheartedly.

Although Commander Yin's consciousness was not under control, his consciousness remained surprisingly consistent with his body. He nodded heavily immediately and turned to lead Ye Chen away from the platform.

The territory of Duke Mining was very large. Commander Yin led Ye Chen out of the refinery and drove a mining off-road vehicle, carrying Ye Chen toward the distance.

A few minutes later, the off-road vehicle stopped beside a high tower that had already been completed. Afterward, Commander Yin said to Ye Chen, "There are no personnel arranged within a one-kilometer radius here for the time being."

Ye Chen nodded and said, "I am now lifting the seal on your consciousness to talk to you frankly. If you have any intention of resisting, I will kill you without hesitation and then terminate the redemption plan for all your Dead Soldiers, Cavalry Guards, and their families. From the next second, you will be parted from your family forever, and I believe your brothers will also be parted from their families before long!"

After speaking, Ye Chen knew he could not respond to him with genuine feelings, so he directly withdrew the spiritual energy from his body.

After regaining control of his body, Commander Yin took a long breath, then immediately cupped his hands toward Ye Chen and said with immense respect, "Sir! I am Yin Xiaoyang, representing nine hundred and eleven comrades and all our family members, imploring you to save us!"

Yin Xiaoyang was not a fool. He knew that since Ye Chen could sneak in under Commissioner Song's nose without being discovered, his strength was certainly above Commissioner Song's.

Moreover, he had a relatively close relationship with his superior special envoy and had once heard him vaguely mention that everyone at a Dead Soldier station had gone missing. Therefore, Ye Chen's sudden intrusion into Duke Mining immediately filled his heart with a glimmer of hope, feeling that Ye Chen must be able to save him and the other Cavalry Guards.

Ye Chen did not respond to his request but asked, "How many people do you have here, including the Dead Soldiers and Cavalry Guards? Count all the family members as well."

Yin Xiaoyang immediately replied, "Returning to you, Sir, Duke Mining, including myself, has a total of nine hundred and twelve Cavalry Guards and three thousand and forty-seven family members, totaling three thousand nine hundred and fifty-nine people. The Dead Soldiers detained in the mine total one thousand five hundred and forty-eight, with five thousand eight hundred and thirty-six family members, totaling seven thousand three hundred and eighty-four people. Adding the two together, it should be over eleven thousand people."

"Eleven thousand..." Ye Chen couldn't help but gasp after hearing this.

More than eleven thousand people—this was several thousand more than the maximum number he had predicted.

Originally, he thought there would be at most six or seven thousand, not exceeding seven or eight thousand. But now there were more than eleven thousand three hundred people. Wanting to transfer so many people silently was truly a test.

Immediately, he asked Yin Xiaoyang again, "What is the background of that Commissioner Song?"

Yin Xiaoyang said respectfully, "Returning to you, Sir, Commissioner Song is a Commissioner of the Right Military Governor's Office. She can be considered second only to the Assistant General, and her status is very high. Moreover, it is said that this Commissioner Song's family background is unusual; she is a collateral family member of the Wu family."

The Wu family was the direct family of Wu Feiyan. As long as any family continued, it would inevitably have to constantly intermarry and bear children, so there must be collateral family members.

It was just that Ye Chen knew very little about the Wu family and had no clues at all about the Wu family's collateral branches.

So he asked Yin Xiaoyang, "Then do you know what Commissioner Song's full name is? Where does she come from?"

"I don't know..." Yin Xiaoyang answered truthfully, "The highest-ranking officer who had been to Duke Mining before was the Special Envoy. This Commissioner Song was brought here by the Special Envoy a few days ago, saying that she would supervise Duke Mining to complete the upgrade and renovation. Besides that, she also had to complete the major reshuffle of Duke Mining."

Ye Chen asked, "The major reshuffle should be separating you from your families and brothers, right?"

"Yes." Yin Xiaoyang nodded and said, "This move is insidious and vicious. It must be that the British Lord is worried that we Cavalry Guards will defect, so she uses our families as hostages. Moreover, if we want to reunite with our families in the future, we can only fight to the death to perform meritorious deeds. Therefore, this strategy can not only cut off our hearts of disobedience but also make us fight to the death to build merit for the British Lord."

Ye Chen gave an 'en' and asked him again, "Will the Dead Soldiers participate in the major reshuffle?"

Yin Xiaoyang said, "I really don't know about this. According to what that woman surnamed Song said, the current major reshuffle should only be for the Cavalry Guards. After all, the volume of Dead Soldiers is larger than that of the Cavalry Guards, and it is more difficult to operate."

After speaking, he looked at Ye Chen and asked nervously and expectantly, "Sir, please save us! As long as you can let us escape the clutches of the Anti-Qing Society, we Cavalry Guards are willing to serve you as dogs and horses for a lifetime!"

Ye Chen pondered for a moment and said, "Saving you is possible. The reason I found my way here is also to take you all out of here. I don't need you to serve me as dogs and horses for a lifetime; I only need you to help me deal with the Anti-Qing Society when I need you. After the Anti-Qing Society is eradicated, you can regain your freedom. This is not a blank check, because if the Anti-Qing Society is not eradicated, even if I give you freedom immediately, you will not escape death. Therefore, if you want to live truly freely in the sunlight with your families, you must first eradicate the Anti-Qing Society."

Yin Xiaoyang said without hesitation, "I understand what you say, Sir! As long as the Anti-Qing Society is not eradicated, my family and I will never have a day of peace!"

After speaking, he suddenly remembered the poison in his body and hurriedly asked, "Sir, I dare to ask, you... you should have a way to remove the evil poison in our bodies, right? If the evil poison is not removed, all of us will die suddenly in a few days..."

Ye Chen nodded and said indifferently, "Don't worry, I naturally have a way to completely remove the toxins in your bodies, otherwise I wouldn't be doing this futile work."

As he spoke, Ye Chen added, "Some time ago, I already took away an entire station of Cavalry Guards, Dead Soldiers, and their families from Cyprus. Those people are now settled by me in a very safe place. If nothing goes wrong, I will also settle you there. However, there are many people here, and it is inland, so it will be very difficult for me to take everyone away at once without being exposed."

Yin Xiaoyang said nervously, "Sir, according to what that woman surnamed Song said, the major reshuffle might start in three days. Three days later, even if we haven't swapped people out here, people from other stations will be swapped over. If there is a one-day delay on the road, someone will come at the latest after four days. If we can't evacuate completely before then, I'm afraid we will be exposed."

Ye Chen nodded and said, "The time is indeed very tight. I have already arranged a transit place. Originally, I wanted to send people out one after another over the next period of time, but now it seems there is not much time left for me to prepare. Tomorrow, or even as early as tonight, I must send the first batch of people out."

Speaking of this, Ye Chen added, "Next, I need you to cooperate with me with all your might. Not only must you divide everyone into batches to evacuate one after another, but you must also make everyone obey the command one hundred percent. Moreover, when you formulate the evacuation batches, you must ensure that someone works in the refinery until the last day, because the phosphate you send to the port of Casablanca every day cannot stop. Once it stops, Moore Trade in Casablanca will notice, and if they rush over from there, it will take at least two hours by car."

Yin Xiaoyang solemnly guaranteed, "Rest assured, Sir, I will definitely coordinate the personnel well. Since you want to take us and the Dead Soldiers away, you can let the Dead Soldiers and their families go first. We will stay behind to work overtime to catch up on the work, first mining enough phosphate ore, then let the refinery work overtime to produce enough finished products, and finally leave a transport team here to stand the last shift and successfully send off the last truck of phosphate!"

Seeing that he was willing to let the Dead Soldiers evacuate first and could also organize the logic of the matter very clearly, Ye Chen felt a sense of affirmation for his character and ability to handle things. Thus, he nodded with satisfaction and said, "Good, as long as we do everything to the extreme, we will definitely be able to make these eleven thousand people disappear from Morocco into thin air under the nose of the Anti-Qing Society!"