Chapter 1020: Urgency, Special Zones, and Glory

Ross looked up at Pedro, who stood up with an ugly face, somewhat confused, "This... what's wrong?"

After all, he was just a worker with no high cultural level. Although he now had good achievements, he didn't know clearly what the words Diego said in the broadcast meant.

Pedro must know, so he asked immediately, "What do these speeches represent?"

Pedro couldn't hear what he said anymore, and couldn't hear what Diego said later. In his world, the whole world was "buzzing."

He sat back slowly, grabbed the water cup with his hand, raised it, but didn't drink, just raised it like that.

After a while, he seemed to wake up from that abnormal state just now. He turned his head to look at Ross, "This is a... very bad decision."

"It represents that the entire Lapa will be completely split from now on. Anyone, as long as they occupy a piece of land, can legally carry out autonomy."

"Including us, we can now also legally govern the territory we control, as well as the people living here."

"We can formulate laws, formulate policies, formulate taxes, and everything!"

Ross still didn't quite understand, "Isn't this very good?"

"We changed from the anti-government armed forces in their mouths to the local legal rulers now. This should be a good thing."

Pedro shook his head, "Diego will continue to fight with us. Even if he doesn't want to, or we don't want to, the federal people, the federal government, will also let us continue to fight together."

"This decision is truly beneficial to those ruling classes. The areas they control will be autonomous with them as leaders. To put it more bluntly, Lapa split at this moment!"

His tone was very serious, making people immediately feel a kind of seriousness, "Many of those ministers have defected to the federal people, and the autonomous regions they control are almost equivalent to autonomous regions controlled by federal people."

"You can think about it, if now the actual controllers of most areas in Lapa are federal people..."

He couldn't go on. There were many reasons, but facing Ross's gaze, he knew that now the most important thing was unity, not anything else.

"You should know some situations about the New Federation Center."

Ross nodded, "Yes, I know, he heard about it."

"People nearby all hope to become residents of the New Federation Center. They are all applying for identity cards."

The life in this concession of the New Federation Center is very stable and wealthy. There is no famine, almost no unemployment. After all, there is a radish for a pit. Only by having a job can one get an identity card.

The entire concession is an environment completely different from Lapa at this moment.

If the Lapa outside is a hell heading toward destruction and subversion, then this concession of the New Federation Center is the dreamland in the hearts of Lapa people.

It's just that it's very difficult to become a concession resident now. First, you need to have a job, and you also need to withstand their review.

Ross had heard of this.

Pedro continued to ask, "If, in many areas of Lapa, more such concession-style New Federation Centers appear?"

Ross's expression finally became different, becoming more serious, and carrying a trace of murderousness, "How is this possible?"

He almost shouted out.

In his eyes, the New Federation concession is a special case, a special case that is very difficult to replicate, and the "Zhuolan Treaty" is also regarded by them as a traitorous treaty.

No matter how good the New Federation Center is in the eyes of ordinary people, in the eyes of these insurgent leaders who consciously shoulder the responsibility of "revitalizing and liberating Lapa," these all represent humiliation.

They are unlikely to allow more concessions to appear, and Diego didn't say this, why...

Pedro took out a cigarette he rolled himself. Lapa doesn't lack tobacco leaves; at least they don't lack materials in this regard.

"You think it's impossible, but those ministers will actively cooperate."

"By then, the whole Lapa will be full of such environments. Do you still feel relaxed now?"

Ross fell into a very special situation. He looked ahead with blank eyes, unable to see the focus, and didn't know what he was looking at, and what he saw.

"By that time, it won't be the war and contradiction between us and the Diego government, but between us and the federal government!"

Hearing this, Ross understood a little, and his expression also became somewhat panicked, "Then what to do now?"

Pedro looked down at the cup in his hand, then raised it and took a sip of water, "Besiege Zhuolan as soon as possible, catch Diego, and then completely deny Diego's decision."

"Besides this, we also have to unite more insurgents to let them understand the seriousness and necessity of this matter."

Pedro's expression was exceptionally firm, "Lapa has reached the critical moment of life and death!"

President Diego sat in the office and finished reading the manuscript in his hand. He could already imagine the madness of this country at this time.

The madness of the people, the madness of the ruling group, and the madness of those anti-government armed forces.

Just when his eyes were blank and had no focus, the phone on the desktop suddenly rang. He picked up the receiver and put it to his ear, and Lanse's voice came from inside.

"Very good speech. You are an amazing president. At least when you should do some things, you chose to take responsibility instead of escaping."

"Lapa people will remember you. At least at this moment, they will remember you, because your decision brought the fragrance of freedom to Lapa and Lapa people!"

"Weapons and banknotes have been unloaded. You can arrange for people to receive these things."

Lanse's words he didn't quite understand, but when he heard that weapons and banknotes had been unloaded, he seemed to have come back to his senses, and there was some luster in his hollow eyes.

He hadn't lost yet, he still had so much money and weapons, he could arm more people.

As long as he could defeat those anti-government armed forces, maybe he still had a glimmer of opportunity to propose exchange conditions to the Federation.

He wanted to live, even if he lived humiliated!

Thinking of this, his eyes suddenly became sharp, and he left the office with the officers. A large amount of materials would allow him to organize more troops to confront the step-by-step pressure of those anti-government armed forces.

At noon that day, the Diego government once again recruited soldiers to the whole society. As long as you joined the government army, you could immediately get a reward of 10, and there was a monthly salary of 6 federal Sol.

In the propaganda of recruitment, they claimed that Lapa becoming like this today was entirely caused by those anti-government armed forces.

If they hadn't stood up to organize armed opposition organizations at the worst time, there wouldn't have been turmoil, there wouldn't have been civil war, and the problem of famine would have been completely solved this year.

But it was because they triggered the civil war, not only was the problem of famine not completely solved, but civil war also occurred, and more people died!

In the propaganda, the Lapa government called on more Lapa young people to join the government army to liberate the whole of Lapa together.

High rewards and some social welfare for joining the army indeed attracted quite a few people. The direction of propaganda in different occupied areas was also different.

In areas outside Zhuolan, people felt that the Diego government was an incompetent traitorous government.

But in Zhuolan and the surrounding areas of Zhuolan, people still felt that Diego was striving to maintain social stability. At least their situation here was much better than the situation outside.

They heard that many people starved to death outside, and civil war killed many people, but these didn't affect the local area because of Diego's efforts.

A large amount of publicity and recruitment orders were issued, and the number of people in the government army was also constantly increasing.

Perhaps sensing that this was not an easy battle, the anti-government armed forces also began to speed up the action of recruiting new soldiers into the army. Both sides seemed to be preparing for a "decisive battle" that might appear in the near future.

Diego didn't want to die, and those insurgents were unwilling to let the fruits that originally belonged to them eventually fall into the hands of the federal people.

Early in the morning, Lanse's motorcade appeared on the road of the New Federation Center. These newly built roads were wide and tidy, and there were some Lapa middle-aged and elderly people, holding cleaning tools, spinning around on the road.

Lanse didn't like the dirt and chaos of Lapa. People here seemed to have no concept of "clean and tidy." They always discarded garbage everywhere, and even defecated everywhere.

The slums of Zhuolan are said to be places for people to live, but in fact, they are more like a super huge garbage dump, and everyone lives on this garbage dump.

Lanse didn't like the environment here, and even less liked the smell here in summer. Transforming the streets is also a kind of propaganda.

Now looking at the tidy streets, his mood also became good.

When the motorcade passed by, the pedestrians on the roadside, those sanitation workers, would stop their work and bow to Lanse.

Everyone knew that without Lanse, there would be no New Federation Center, and there would be no beautiful life they have now.

Regardless of whether they questioned it at the beginning, after living here for a few months, they only had endless gratitude for this place and for Lanse.

"Two factories were built and started production this morning. These are some materials."

Lanse took them over and looked at them casually. They were all projects invested by members of the Imperial Chamber of Commerce.

The current Imperial Chamber of Commerce can be considered a "chamber of commerce" in the true sense. Chamber members invest heavily here, build new factories, and continue to exploit the cheap Lapa labor that is already low

After transporting raw materials from Jincheng to be produced here and then transporting them back, as long as the quantity of a single shipment is large enough, the cost is even cheaper than producing them on federal soil!

Heli Steel and the Centerline Steel Group have also begun to invest in building metallurgical plants locally.

Lapa has relatively rich mineral resources, and by using the low local costs to turn them into metal ingots, they can be shipped back to the country for direct sale.

Furthermore, a portion can be sold locally; the development of the New Federal Center can only be described as getting faster and faster, and more and more people are talking to Lans about cooperation.

"I don't know why, but more and more people have been coming here to invest recently," Luo Jiefu said, putting away the documents Lans had handed him.

In the first half of the year, only people from their Imperial Chamber of Commerce were operating here, along with some scattered private investors, and no large enterprises had come here.

But now that Heli Steel and Centerline Steel have both come here to settle, and some other large group companies have started contacting him, it all gives him a very strange feeling.

Luo Jiefu is still very hardworking and dedicated during his work, and Lans can tell that he is very loyal to himself and to the Lans family.

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After all, his happiness and that of his entire family are firmly tied to Lans, so he doesn't mind revealing a little bit of information.

"This New Federal Center concession is a concession agreement signed personally between me and the Lapa government; in other words, the principal is not the federal government."

"After Lapa is annexed by the federal government, this place will become a very special independent administrative region."

"You can understand it as the reward for everything I have done to this day; I will decide some of the policy standards within this area."

Upon hearing these words, Luo Jiefu's brain had already started to smoke; he even didn't quite understand it!

He wanted to ask more, but Lans just shook his head and did not answer, "Do not reveal this matter, at least not for now."

Senator Cleveland will handle this matter personally, because Lans promised that there would be enough benefits left for him in it as well.

As for what this place will eventually evolve into, Lans actually doesn't know himself, because this is the Federation, a place full of "miracles," and it depends on how long Senator Cleveland can hold out in Congress.

The longer he holds out, the better this place will be.

But even if he cannot hold out for too long, if the federal government wants to take back the special privileges of this area, it will have to pay Lans the necessary price.

The motorcade soon arrived outside a factory, and only after the people from the Lans family cleared the scene around it did Lans get out of the car.

There are too many people who want to kill Lans now; he must be careful.

He even wore a bulletproof vest, it just couldn't be seen from the outside.

A large number of uniformed workers stood outside the factory; after half a month of training, they were already capable of handling the work at their posts, and everyone looked at Lans with eyes full of expectation.

When Lans's brief speech ended today, they would enter the factory they had dreamed of and begin a new life that others would envy and be jealous of.

Even on some of the factory's outer walls, slogans like "Work is glorious labor" were written, further deepening this atmosphere of the glory of labor—

If labor is truly glorious, why don't the masters labor, and why don't the capitalists labor?

Could it be that they don't want glory?

Or is it that this matter is actually not as glorious as people imagine?

Under the gaze of everyone, Lans walked onto the temporarily erected high platform...