Chapter 1059: New Atmosphere

New Atmosphere.

In a few days, all the anti-government armed forces in Zhuolan were cleaned up.

On the road, people could often see some anti-government armed elements being dragged out of the shacks in some slums, their faces revealing despair and disbelief.

Many of them thought that these people in the slums would protect them. After all, they had brought freedom and romance to these lowest-class people who were once like them, even if only for a short time.

But it was precisely these people whom the anti-government armed elements thought should stand with them who eventually reported them.

People didn't necessarily appreciate these people who brought chaos for the sake of "the people," so reporting them was reasonable.

Except for a few leaders of the anti-government armed forces who lived for the last few days, the ordinary ones would be shot on the spot after being discovered and arrested.

Some international newspapers reported a part of the content, including some Federal newspapers.

They called this a "cruel cleansing," with at least 20,000 to 30,000 people being found like this and then shot dead.

Various raptors were always circling over Zhuolan. As long as they were not careful, they would rush down, peck a few times, and then fly back into the sky under human driving.

Lan Si did not attend the trial of Pedro and these people, nor would he become any presiding judge.

Those responsible for trying them this time were some tribal chiefs and some ministers, the same public trial, the same numb crowd.

Pedro and the others occupied Zhuolan for too short a time. Although they always put freedom, fairness, justice, and democracy on their lips, people didn't really enjoy them, so they didn't have any good feelings for these people.

Pedro, standing in the dock, overlapped with Die Ge in his mind in a trance.

He admitted all the charges brought by the public prosecutor. Compared to others who would quibble and think about resisting, he might be the most straightforward one.

In the end, everyone was sentenced to death, but considering humanization and morality, the provisional government didn't use the guillotine or axes to chop, they used a noose.

Some people felt that this would be more decent, wouldn't get blood everywhere, and wouldn't blow the skull away like shooting.

Hanging didn't see blood, and the corpse could maintain completeness to the greatest extent. This was already a very decent way of death.

When Pedro stood on the execution platform, and the executioner put the noose around his neck, with a heavy object tied to his feet, he was still a bit nervous and afraid.

Because no one knows what will happen after death.

In fact, nothing will happen.

In fact, people know this point, but because of the fear of death and the resistance to death, people are unwilling to accept that everything will return to nothingness after death, so they imagined many things.

Reincarnation, heaven, hell, any saying that there is a destination after death originates from the confrontation between humans and death.

But it's a pity that no matter how detailed these stories are, fake is fake in the end.

Pedro was a bit dizzy, and his ears were full of tinnitus. He looked at the crowd squeezed under the execution platform, looking at their numb and curious expressions, and he regretted it a bit.

And these regrets were constantly expanding. If he hadn't come to Zhuolan, hadn't participated in the seminar held by Lan Si, would everything be different? He should still be a middle school teacher now, working honestly with his family and colleagues every day, earning a decent salary, then sending off every night and welcoming every morning.

Unfortunately, there is no if, and no regret.

After the prosecutor confirmed his identity, the two executioners pushed the push rod of the mechanism together. The wooden board under the feet of the six people on the execution platform lost its support ability in an instant.

Pedro immediately felt a sense of weightlessness. The heavy object tied to his legs pulled him down forcefully. Accompanied by a "crack" of cervical dislocation, he couldn't feel his body below his neck in an instant.

In the eyes of others, he had already lost control, but in his own perception, everything seemed to be fine.

It's just a bit... indescribable drowsiness, and the sky seems to be getting dim.

He tried to work hard, but the effort didn't have any results. Soon his world stopped at this moment, falling into darkness forever.

"Sigh..."

"My life!"

His last sigh echoed in the depths of the darkness, and everything was over.

A group of reporters frantically pressed the shutter, filming the scene of these people's death. This was clearly the progress of civilization!

From random slaughter, making it bloody, to the civilized use of hanging, this is the progress of civilization!

Looking at the six corpses hanging there swaying, some people waiting for execution were on the verge of collapse.

After the entire execution process ended, they reported to Lan Si. There were no accidents. Lan Si just listened to them for a few words, and let them go back to organize into a report for filing.

He had more important things to do—forming a provisional government.

"Why is it provisional?", Lan Si sat in Die Ge's chair. He was not as fat as Die Ge. This chair looked a bit wide for him, and he couldn't fill it completely with his body.

But this didn't prevent him from just sitting there, his body exuding infinite momentum, for these people.

"Not forming a new government is because we need to use the provisional government to transition to a situation we all hope to see."

"Gentlemen, please remember one point!"

"What we give you is yours."

"What we don't allow, even if it's in your pocket now, you'd better take it out of your pocket as soon as possible, and then put it on the table in front of me!"

The rebels were eliminated, and the entire country restored stable rule. Some people's minds began to become a bit inappropriate.

In fact, this situation is very normal, just like a group of people hired to dig for a treasure.

Before they really find the treasure, they don't really want to take the treasure as their own. It's very likely that they really want to dig the treasure out and hand it over to the employer.

But when they really found the treasure and really dug it out, some people might have some other ideas.

For example, occupying this treasure, even if it can't be all, just a little, that is also excellent.

The current situation is like this. Before truly regaining control of everything, they won't link this power with themselves.

But when they really got these, and these powers were in their hands, they began to covet and be greedy for this power.

Lan Si gave them a small warning, warning them not to mess around, because they couldn't afford the price of messing around.

Looking at the people with different expressions in the room, he always maintained that extreme calmness on his face, "I know, some of your ideas may not be so dangerous, but whether it's me or the senator, we are all afraid of trouble."

"It's best if everything goes according to what we discussed before. If anyone feels that this doesn't meet your demands for interests, you can fully put it forward."

"But if no one stands up to tell me why they don't accept such an arrangement, then you'd better not increase my workload."

He looked at the Minister of Foreign Affairs sitting on the side, "Deal with the next things."

"I'm not very good at showing up for these."

"I have no other requirements for you, only one point, and that is to follow the rules!"

A room full of ministers and tribal chiefs didn't dare to breathe in front of Lan Si.

Looking at their submissive appearance, Lan Si nodded with satisfaction, "What is worth being greedy for in the power of a poor and backward small country?"

"Even if you manage ten thousand ants, it's not as good as a person who has a sheep under his hand."

"Once you integrate into the life of the Federation, you will find how correct your current decision is!"

The entire Xiang Yalan is paying attention to these changes in Lapa. A "Lapa Provisional Government" was jointly formed by people like tribal chiefs and leaders.

There is no provisional president in the provisional government, only ministers of various departments. It seems that the entire government is just missing a president.

The President of the Republic of Jiede called the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lapa for the first time. The people he had here said that now the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Foreign Affairs are the departments with the greatest power in the provisional government.

Receiving the call from the President of the Republic of Jiede, the Minister of Foreign Affairs was not surprised.

The President knew the Minister of Foreign Affairs somewhat, having dealt with him before. After all, it was the "Ministry of Foreign Affairs."

"You... why did you only form a provisional government and not a new government?", the President's tone carried a trace of confusion, and also probing.

He asked very carefully, without much aggression, just not wanting to anger the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs laughed twice, "Because we haven't decided what the new government is like yet."

"The rebellion some time ago also brought us great reflection. We are now extra cautious when doing these things to avoid any situation we don't want to see, and we don't want to return to the past."

Listening to these words, the President's emotions kept sinking, "Lapa is a member of the Xiang Yalan Alliance. If you have any trouble or problems, you are welcome to contact us at any time."

The Minister of Foreign Affairs laughed twice again, "Thank you for your kindness, Mr. President."

"Die Ge signed too many messy agreements and treaties before he died. You know, the outbreak of the rebellion was partly due to this reason, so we decided after discussion to temporarily stop all diplomatic activities and focus on domestic affairs."

"Including withdrawing from various agreement organizations, as well as the Xiang Yalan Alliance."

When hearing this answer, the President still couldn't help but clench his fists, "Joining the Xiang Yalan Alliance has no conflict with you forming a new government, and the Xiang Yalan Alliance can also give you various aid."

"Economic, political, or other aspects, military or something."

The Minister of Foreign Affairs just refused repeatedly in a tactful, slightly regretful tone, "Sorry, we don't have these thoughts for the time being."

"Of course, if we decide to change later, I will call to notify you."

"In short, thank you very much for your attention to Lapa, and the kindness you released, but we don't need it now, thank you!"

"If you have nothing else to do, I have a lot of work to do..."

The President was silent for a while, then asked the last question, "Is it because of the Federation?"

The Minister of Foreign Affairs didn't answer immediately, but thought for a moment, "This is our own decision."

"Okay, I respect your decision."

The President put down the phone, his mood sank to the bottom. Lapa's "withdrawal from the alliance" meant that more countries would soon withdraw from the alliance.

The most solid defense line he used to counter the Federation's soft invasion was opened with a gap like this, and all defenses were collapsing.

A few days later, the Lapa Provisional Government, for the sake of "better building a new Lapa that conforms to international development," hired many people willing to help them build this country—there were local Lapa people, such as some famous families, some well-known or very prestigious people.

Or some foreigners, such as Lan Si.

Lan Si was hired as a senior government affairs consultant for the Lapa Provisional Government. He was not conspicuous in a series of lists, but he could still be noticed by some interested people.

After all, as the promoter of the Zhuolan Treaty, there would always be many eyes staring at him.

It's just... staring at him wouldn't bring any changes, because some things, once started and not stopped, could never be stopped again.

In the late middle of March, the Lapa Provisional Government, on the advice of Lan Si, sent a delegation to the Federation to learn the world's most advanced government structure and management experience, on the grounds of "lacking mature government management experience."

The Xiang Yalan Alliance representative, mainly the representative of the Republic of Jiede, strongly protested, opposing the Federation's infiltration and invasion of Lapa in various forms, but their opposition was ineffective.

Because Lapa had publicly announced its withdrawal from all international agreement organizations, including the Xiang Yalan Alliance.

This made the entire Xiang Yalan Alliance unstable. Several countries already wanted to mix with the Federation.

After all, in this land of Xiang Yalan, if they mixed with the Republic of Jiede, they wouldn't get any benefits.

On the contrary, mixing with the Federation would definitely get more benefits.

And this visit of the Lapa Provisional Government would bring them a more intuitive "experience."

The Republic of Jiede felt the irresistibility of this matter. They didn't continue to protest anything, but started to strengthen contact with other countries in the Xiang Yalan Alliance, trying to make them stand firmly on their side.

It took two months. After two months of absence, Lan Si returned to the Federation. In the manor of Senator Cleveland, the senator held a "return ceremony" for him! When he got off the car, the people in the manor opened the closed gate for him, and the moment he entered the hall, ribbons began to dance, and the people in the room began to look toward him spontaneously and applauded warmly!

Senator Cleveland stood at the forefront of the crowd. He was also applauding. After seeing Lan Si, he took the initiative to walk over and hug Lan Si, then took his arm, "Let's cheer for Lan Si's return!"

People made those exaggerated sounds of surprise. The whole scene was very exaggerated, but Lan Si accepted all of this happily, because this was what he deserved.

"Well done, Lan Si!"

"Good job, Lan Si!"

People always praised him. These ladies and gentlemen were representatives of the upper class of this country.

People whose psychological quality is not so strong, under their flattery, might soon fall into a kind of out-of-control joy.

But Lan Si didn't. He just nodded to the people with a smile, and waved to the ladies or gentlemen who shouted his name, which also made people look up to him even more.

Senator Cleveland's face was full of red light. When Lan Si brought this plan to him a few years ago, his first reaction was that it was unlikely! Because everything was too idealistic, conquering a country without war, without other ways, how could this be possible? Not just him, others in Congress didn't think this plan would work.

However, there was one thing they recognized, and that was that the Xiang Yalan region was crucial to the interests of the Federation.

Whether it was the rich materials on this land, the countless population, or its dominant position in the East Ocean, if the Federation wanted to fully rise to become the world's only hegemon in the future, it had to take this place.

Based on the idea that success is good, and failure doesn't matter, Congress approved Lan Si's plan and let him be responsible for it himself.

As a result, the plan succeeded outrageously! This made Senator Cleveland, who introduced Lan Si's plan to Congress and completed the interest binding with Lan Si, look very bright! His status in Congress was further improved, so he looked exceptionally happy.

To his level, even if it was just one step further, it was a huge improvement!

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So holding a banquet for Lan Si was not a problem that needed to be considered at all for him, and in a series of subsequent cooperation, there was also Lan Si's position.

For example, his concession. Once the Federal government fully takes over Lapa, this concession becomes another kind of chip.

Federal people can maintain consistency on foreign issues because their interests are consistent.

But internally, the handling of many issues is not so harmonious.

Lan Si held a wine glass and walked through the banquet with the senator, constantly introducing himself to others, raising glasses to each other. The whole room was filled with a strong smell of fame and fortune! The banquet didn't end until after nine o'clock in the evening. After it ended, Lan Si didn't leave, because they had a small meeting next.

Actually, chatting is more appropriate. Besides the senator, there were some others. They were all very concerned about the subsequent invasion and promotion of Lapa, and even the entire Xiang Yalan region.

And Lan Si, as the absolute core of this small meeting, would unfold a larger picture for them!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1060 =====