Chapter 943: Prevention and Continuous Acquisition

The situation in Lapa became exceptionally turbulent, just in a short two or three days.

Pedro, for the first time, boarded the "hot list" of the Xiang Yalan region as the "number one anti-government armed force leader", if they had this popularity list.

Secondly, another anti-government armed force, the "National Power Liberation" led by "Worker Luo Si", also took control of a city. The entire Lapa was like a hornet's nest kicked off a branch, completely exploded!

Pedro was still continuing to strengthen their strength, and another Luo Si appeared.

Then next time, who, when, doing what?

"... I understand, I will consider it seriously.", the Grand President of the Jiede Republic hung up the phone; he lit a cigarette and smoked two puffs silently.

Other officials in the office were all looking at him.

As the ruler leading the Jiede Republic toward more prosperity and strength, now the Grand President, including his father, who was of course also the previous Jiede Grand President, had already been mythologized among the people.

"Flawless holy person" was used to describe him and his father, which was also the people's recognition of the father and son leading the Jiede Republic toward prosperity.

People respected them very much, including the officials here.

He glanced at the newspaper placed in front of him; the front-page headline was the past photos of Pedro and Luo Si.

No one could believe that a middle school teacher who looked even a bit "weak", and a worker working hard in a factory, would become the sharpest knife-holder stabbing into Diego's heart!

He even heard that Pedro had brought out more than ten college students who were admitted to Jiede University; this was simply unbelievable!

"Diego told me that it is very likely that the Federation people intervened; he has already submitted a formal protest to the Federation Ambassador stationed in Lapa!"

"However, I think this doesn't have much use. In the process of negotiation, you should also have felt that the real Federation and the Federation we know are not the same thing."

The officials in the room all nodded one after another.

In fact, the development of the Jiede Republic also drew on a part of the Federation's development process. They spent fifty years improving the entire social system, digging out a considerable part of power from the hands of the ruling group, and then delegating it to the social lower-middle class.

Now, officials at the level of mayor in the Jiede Republic have basically achieved the degree of popular election, although in many areas, the lower-class voters themselves are held by local interest groups.

But this cannot be said not to be a long-term progress. In order to maintain the stability that belongs to them and to win over those voters, local interest groups will also actively develop the local economy and ensure local safety and stability.

The federal government has confirmed this point for such a long time; for the Jiede Republic, this is an open-book exam, and they are doing quite well.

In the past few decades, they have always regarded the Federation as a model and a goal to pursue.

Even in the past years, there has always been a slogan in Jiede society used to inspire people—

"Struggle with hot blood, build diligently, catch up with the Federation!"

The efforts of two generations or even three generations over decades have finally had some effects. As the richest country in the Xiang Yalan region currently, many Yalans believe that the Jiede Republic is the "Federation" of Xiang Yalan.

It was just that in the past few decades, the Jiede Republic's understanding of the Federation was limited to those things they observed, and they didn't go deep into understanding the actual situation of the Federation.

Under the blessing of the filter, the Federation was beautified.

But this negotiation with the Federation completely broke this layer of filter.

The Federation expressed the greed and shamelessness of politics vividly on the negotiating table; they could almost bring up any matter and any condition!

While they said they didn't interfere, didn't manipulate, didn't control, they were secretly playing these ghost tricks. The Grand President sighed.

His gaze subsequently shifted from these newspapers to the government officials and some military officers in front of him.

"We cannot sit idly by and watch the Federation people excessively interfere in Lapa's internal affairs. If we let them successfully subvert Lapa's regime, it is definitely not a good thing for us."

His voice was a bit low, which could make people feel that his mood now was heavy.

"The first bad development is that the Federation people can taste the sweetness from this, and they will start to more extensively aid anti-government armed forces in other countries, letting all Ya Alliance countries fall into civil strife."

"I know very well what other places are like on this land besides us, so these are successes that can be replicated!"

"The second bad development is that once other countries fall into civil strife, or even have their regimes successfully subverted, they have a great possibility of withdrawing from the Ya Alliance."

"The federal government must have negotiated some cooperation matters with these anti-government armed forces, for example, withdrawing from the Ya Alliance agreement, or allowing them to station troops in the Xiang Yalan region."

"No matter how the situation develops, it is an unprecedentedly terrible thing for us!"

"I plan to send troops to support Diego in quelling the rebellion, and at the same time set an example for other member countries!"

Some luster flashed in his eyes, spirit, "These years we have always taken the Federation as a model; now it is time to let others take us as a model!"

"You discuss it."

The officials in the room immediately started to discuss. The content they discussed was nothing more than those few.

Whether the current fiscal of the Jiede Republic can support this "expedition", and whether it will cause losses to some construction projects currently underway?

Whether the military's army can achieve the effect and purpose of being able to fight once pulled out, and being able to win once fighting.

Don't be pulled out and beaten by a group of rebels, making the Jiede Republic a joke of the entire Xiang Yalan region, or even the entire world!

Military operations have always been very cautious and conservative; a country's army and military operations are equivalent to the strongest punch one can swing.

If it can knock others down, then everything is no problem.

The fear is that if a punch is swung and can't hit anyone, or can't knock anyone down, then the fun will be big.

Then there is whether Diego will agree to this idea; after all, sending troops to Lapa, perhaps he will worry whether the Jiede Republic will take the opportunity to invade them?

The efficiency of the discussion was very high; this was also something the Grand President had been grasping hard since taking office. He refused to treat official business passively and put forward many new reform plans, including improving efficiency.

Twenty-something minutes, the ideas in the office reached an agreement, and the Grand President called Diego.

In the call, he talked about this matter, supporting a part of the army to Lapa to help them solve those rebellions and rebels, so that everything could be settled and return to the previous appearance.

Diego didn't consider too much and agreed.

After the leaders of both sides negotiated on the phone, the Grand President immediately let the military region start mobilization.

This time it was also an opportunity to show the Jiede Republic's military strength, showing those little brothers in the Xiang Yalan region, letting them understand why the Jiede Republic is the big brother, not them.

By the way, it also showed their combat ability to the Federation, letting the Federation people understand that Xiang Yalan is not a piece of cheese that anyone can come and take a bite of.

This is a hard bone; if you don't have a good set of teeth and haven't prepared well, you can only break your teeth!

So the Grand President and the military planned to send the most elite troops.

That afternoon, the military's order reached the grassroots troops. They selected a legion that could be called the elite of the elite, and drew out one of the most elite divisions.

It was just that what they didn't expect was that when this order reached the grassroots army, it also appeared in front of the federal government, the federal Ministry of Defense, and some congressmen of the Congress.

The Jiede Republic has been learning from the Federation and imitating the Federation all these years.

They arranged quite a few officials to come to the Federation to learn and understand the development and everything here. In this process, some officials naturally had deeper connections with the Federation people.

For this part of people, even if the Jiede Republic learns well and imitates well, they are not the Federation.

Since there is an opportunity to join the Federation directly, why not join?

This is like everyone hoping to enter the Kingdom of Heaven and enjoy eternal joy and peace.

If there is an opportunity to enter the real Kingdom of Heaven, why go to the trouble of establishing a filthy utopia in the human world and pretending that the Kingdom of Heaven has descended on the ground?

Senator Cleveland talked with the Secretary of State and the Speaker of the House during the negotiation break. By the evening, the navy had already received new instructions...

At noon the next day, a large number of soldiers came to the military train station to prepare to take the train to Lapa.

Because of some reasons, the Grand President couldn't come here in person, so he entrusted his youngest son to come and boost morale.

The presidential family is the "incarnation of God" in the eyes of the current Jiede people, so when the family member of the Grand President, the youngest son who often appeared by his side, came here, the young soldiers were very excited!

The Grand President has four sons in total; the eldest and second sons already have their own work in government departments, the third son does not engage in politics but engages in academic research, and is currently conducting some research topics as a professor.

The youngest son has no specific position, but has almost always been by the Grand President's side, and is also called the one "most like the Grand President".

His arrival, for relatively young soldiers, is actually better and more effective than the Grand President coming!

He stood on the high platform, and before the train started, he gave a generous and impassioned speech. The atmosphere at the scene was also very enthusiastic. At this time, the soldiers wished they could carry the train directly to Lapa, and then beat those rebels to death and carry the train back.

Just when the Grand President's youngest son was about to finish his speech, the train's boiler started to heat up, and steam started to rise, preparing to go to Lapa.

Suddenly, a government staff member ran to the high platform quickly. He manually turned off the microphone, and then whispered a few words in the Grand President's youngest son's ear.

Visibly, the young man who was shining brightly a moment ago suddenly became both shocked and angry.

His expression changed in an instant; although people couldn't hear what he was saying, they could all feel his anger, as well as guess that he was asking about some things.

The soldiers were a bit restless; they didn't know what had happened.

About two or three minutes later, that staff member left quickly, and the Grand President's youngest son turned on the microphone again.

He held the podium with both hands on both sides. When thinking about the next speech, he lowered his head, which made his hair hang down, and also made him look a bit embarrassed.

"... How should I say it?"

His voice was not as full of power and passion as just now, only deep fatigue and helplessness.

He looked at the soldiers under the stage, his throat feeling bitter. These damn Federation people!

But he knew he had to tell the truth; this was not his honest nature, but these things definitely couldn't be hidden from these people.

"Just now, a small fleet of the Federation arrived outside our port. They used 'fighting pirates' as an excuse and approached our city without our authorization."

"The most hateful thing is that their muzzles are aimed at our city!"

He hammered the podium forcefully. After a "bang", the restless soldiers all quieted down.

"They are warning us, threatening us, in such a despicable way!", he straightened up and straightened his spine again, "They used this way to warn us not to interfere in their evil plan!"

"They felt fear, so they did this, which shows that what we are doing is correct and meaningful!"

But when he said this, the little power in his voice disappeared again.

"For the safety of the port, the city, the civilians, and their property, this military action is temporarily canceled..."

After he finished speaking, he took two steps back and bowed deeply, "I feel ashamed for our weakness and compromise, and I need to apologize to you, and everyone!"

The Grand President sat in his chair. He had thought of many possibilities, but he had never thought of this possibility!

The Federation's warship appeared directly at their doorstep and aimed its gun barrels at their port and city without any cover!

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Ambassador to the Federation had already frantically inquired, and the other side said this was a routine normal military action to fight pirates.

They obtained some intelligence that pirate ships appeared in the inner bay of the Jiede Republic.

This group of pirates is extremely vicious, and the federal government is willing to pay any price to wipe them out!

The Ambassador to the Federation protested, thinking this was a military threat and interference in other countries' internal affairs, but the Federation people didn't even respond.

At this moment, the Grand President, as well as other officials, and more people, finally felt the taste of "backwardness".

Shame!

Diego also knew about this situation soon. Regarding the pressure suddenly exerted by the Federation, he thought of the warship docked at their wharf.

Although the warship was not big and there was only one, it was enough to make him not dare to act recklessly, and he mobilized the most troops to his side, and was ready to run away at any time.

He expressed understanding. When the two put down the phone, each had their own thoughts.

In the next few days, the situation in Lapa continued to deteriorate. The federal government issued a "warning" to Federation people living or traveling in Lapa.

Lapa is facing civil strife and war. The federal government reminds that if you can leave, it is best to buy a ticket and leave Lapa as soon as possible.

If you can't leave, you should also pay attention to protecting your own safety.

At the same time, the Ambassador also gave a suggestion that they should hang the federal flag outside the house they live in, or outside the door of the house, to indicate their special identity.

Call the police as soon as you encounter trouble, or contact the embassy, and the embassy will provide a certain amount of help as much as possible.

As much as possible.

Lanse stood in front of the hotel's glass window. The streets of Zhuolan had also become unstable recently.

Things like robbery often happened, and theft was even more countless.

It seemed that there was an extra layer of barrier between people. People on the street kept a large distance from each other. If someone approached another person quickly, then the person being approached would very likely turn and run.

Behind Lanse, two "mine owners" were signing their names on the mine transfer agreement under the guidance of Vargas.

These are also two mine owners. They transferred their mines to Lanse, both of which are copper mines, and also the copper mines with the largest output and highest reserves in Lapa.

Lanse only used four hundred and fifty thousand federal Sol in total to take down the ownership of these mines.

When they finished signing and pressing their fingerprints, both mine owners breathed a sigh of relief.

They looked at each other and saw a trace of luck in each other's eyes. Being able to obtain a large sum of money at this time and being able to leave Lapa was definitely a piece of good news like the sound of nature!

Now the situation in Lapa is getting more and more chaotic. Zhuolan is still a bit better, but places further away have completely fallen into chaos!

From some aspects, Pedro and Luo Si set an example for the people at the bottom, telling them how to correctly resist this terrible era.

But not everyone is Pedro, and not everyone is Luo Si. They are just themselves, ordinary, vulgar, and social underclass with no ability.

If you expect an unawakened social underclass to suddenly have some awareness, it's better to expect that God really exists.

But the anti-government armed forces did play a certain role, which was to make society more chaotic!

Some social underclass have started to attack the middle class, or attack local upper-class figures.

They gathered in groups and rushed into the homes of those privileged classes and middle classes in the name of "striving for freedom and human rights", and then beat or even killed those people, and divided their property.

The entire society fell into a state of madness. A large number of privileged classes are seeking to leave Lapa. They have a strong premonition.

This time, Diego can't handle it!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 944 =====