Chapter 962: Remote Control, Infiltration, and Small Goals

Lanse also saw the newspaper about the appearance of airplanes on the battlefield. Even if the current government of the Federation can be said to be very... wise and pragmatic, there is still a small group of people within the Federation who feel that they are not doing well enough.

The diversity of federal society is simply a miracle!

Until now, there are still people holding anti-war slogans appearing on the streets of some important cities in groups of three or five, so it is not strange that there are some newspapers and magazines behind them, and even investments from hostile forces.

The boss pays them, so naturally, they say whatever they are told to say.

Words like "war is a crime against humanity" and "peace should not be full of blood" frequently appear in newspapers.

Before, these newspapers had nothing good to report. After all, they couldn't report that the federal army they had always opposed was constantly winning in the war, right?

Too many good news coming too fast would make some people with unsteady positions change camps, so they didn't report these news much, but instead went to report some domestic entertainment news.

But this time, these newspapers wrote about it as if it were the New Year, and wrote this article "Huge Failure, Is It a Turning Point in the War" in a tone that Lanse could feel was happy and excited.

Inside, they used some word games to make readers feel that the Federation was not just a failure on the battlefield, but was already facing a life-and-death moment, as if if they didn't announce a withdrawal now, then the next second, a million federal troops would die on the Tanfit continent, dying in a foreign land.

Inside, they blew up how advanced the Dantran people's aircraft were and how awesome their tactics were, and didn't mention at all the heavy blows the Federation gave them on the front line of the battlefield.

It's not just that there are those with ulterior motives within Lapa; there are also those within the Federation.

In fact, if you enlarge this matter, isn't it also some "Minister Labul" and some "Ambassador Cassia" within the Federation, whose hatred for the class solidification finally triggered all this?

The Federation always talks about freedom, making people mistakenly think that the barriers between classes here are not that solid.

And there are all kinds of chicken soup for the soul books, as if as long as you work diligently on the construction site, one day you can achieve a great cause.

But they never say that those who really achieved this point, did they have any other family background, social relations, or were they appreciated by others?

They only write about the process of these people's "success," for example, entering the exchange with one hundred dollars, and when they come out, they already have hundreds of thousands.

Repeat three times, and a super capital giant appears.

Don't talk about novels, even in dreams, you can't dream of this, but people just believe it!

Two countries, the Federation and Lapa, seem completely different, but in some things, they seem exactly the same.

Lanse put down the newspaper in his hand and continued to enjoy his breakfast.

The war on the Southern Continent was fought very lively, and the civil war in Lapa was also fought very lively. The Diego government wanted to quickly re-establish a new presidential government image, and they launched attacks in multiple directions at the same time.

And his advisor, Fernandez, subsequently issued some new rules for Diego, for example, Zhuolan will implement a curfew policy.

No one is allowed to appear on the street after eight o'clock in the evening, unless there is a pass signed by the government.

If not, they will be arrested and interrogated. Even if there is no fault, just coming out at a time when they shouldn't come out, they will be locked up.

From a few months to three years.

Originally, they decided not to allow people to go out before six o'clock, but later Lanse and they protested slightly.

Because Lanse's factories basically don't get off work until seven o'clock, he couldn't let so many workers sleep in the factory.

It's not that they can't sleep, but they can't do this.

Just like the food that the masters haven't finished eating can only be poured into the trash can, not given to the servants to eat.

You can't let these people, these servants, workers, try to get used to this kind of welfare that shouldn't have been obtained by them.

After a long time, they will think that this is what should be given to them. If one day they suddenly lose these welfares, will they feel resentment?

Originally, I could eat the food left by the master every day, and could find a comfortable place in the factory to sleep. Now the food is not given, and the factory is not allowed to sleep, they will have complaints.

Maybe they won't show it in normal times, so nakedly telling you "I'm not happy," but at some critical moment, if someone guides their emotions, there might be some trouble.

So simply don't give them food, don't give them sleep. They will at most feel that the master is a bit extravagant and wasteful, and not close to human feelings, but at least they won't be resentful or hateful.

Under Lanse's efforts, the six o'clock curfew was postponed to eight o'clock. In fact, it wasn't completely dark at eight o'clock.

"The anti-government armed forces around Zhuolan are constantly retreating. They have already given up some cities they have already occupied."

Mr. Albert, sitting diagonally opposite Lanse, said this matter solemnly. It can be seen that he is very concerned about this.

Lanse shook his head. "They are only dealing with some small characters now. People like Pedro and Ross, they haven't met the government army face-to-face yet."

"You have to know that among these people, it's not just Pedro and Ross, there are actually others."

Mr. Albert's gaze penetrated Lanse's left shoulder and fell into a photo frame on the wall behind him.

Lanse sat in the middle position. Behind him, two rows of twenty-five people stood together. Some had very serious expressions, and some revealed smiles.

He was a bit surprised when he saw this photo last time he came here. After getting Lanse's permission, he walked over and looked at it carefully, and then turned to look at Lanse with a very complex look.

He saw Pedro in it, saw Ross, and those others he hadn't noticed until now and didn't know.

Perhaps at some point in the future, their photos will suddenly appear in the newspaper, and then be matched with titles like "warlord."

So he expressed recognition of Lanse's statements just now.

"I know, and I look forward to the arrival of this day."

"However, Mr. Lanse, Diego has defeated too many small fish. He is starting to expand now, and most importantly, the attitude of the high-level officials in Lapa has also begun to change."

"Some people are leaning towards us more actively, but some people are starting to lean towards Diego," he said, referring to the recent craze for studying and inspecting in the Federation.

These people took their families to the Federation to study and inspect. When they went, the whole family went, and when they came back, only themselves.

Everyone knows what they are doing, transferring their families, but Pedro didn't investigate these people's actions deeply.

On the one hand, he urgently needs a huge victory now, a victory to clean up everything around Zhuolan to consolidate his position.

Secondly, he also wants to see how many people are standing on the opposite side of him.

And under such high-pressure posture, some fence-sitting middle-of-the-roaders began to lean towards Diego.

These people have no position at all. Whichever side is strong, they lean towards whichever side.

Lanse nodded. He thought for a while. "Let's do this, I will arrange it."

"Our President Diego is indeed a bit... forgetting his ugly state. He is just a fat penguin, not a white swan!"

Mr. Albert nodded. "This is best."

Saying that, Lanse didn't avoid him, directly picked up the phone, dialed a number, listened while recording some news, and then dialed another number after hanging up.

"The day after tomorrow... the supply team of the Lapa government army stationed in the city will pass by... nearby at about three o'clock in the afternoon."

"I give you a suggestion, don't kill them all at once. You can control dealing with this supply team, and then let the government army stationed in the city come out to rescue them." "On their way to the scene of the incident, you can ambush them."

"You can discuss specific things with the instructors. I believe they will give you a more detailed answer."

Then he hung up the phone and looked at Mr. Albert with a smile. "Pay attention to the news the day after tomorrow or the morning after the day after tomorrow. There will definitely be something you want to see."

Mr. Albert nodded. "I look forward to it."

Lanse took out the cigarette case. Recently, I don't know if this ivory cigarette case has been used for a long time, or hasn't been well maintained, now it looks a little bit slightly yellow in one small place.

However, he didn't care much. It was handy to use, and he didn't want to change it for the time being.

But Mr. Albert noticed this, didn't say it, just remembered this matter.

Lanse gave him a cigarette, then crossed his legs and said, "Has the news about that Fernandez been obtained?"

Behind Mr. Albert is the federal government. Letting him investigate is better than Lanse using his own human feelings to investigate this Fernandez. This is originally the work of the federal government, not his.

Mr. Albert nodded. "This is exactly what I want to tell you today."

He took a document out of his briefcase, placed it on the table, and pushed it over.

Lanse held the cigarette and picked up the document to read. It said that Fernandez and the current President of Jiede were actually college classmates.

The President of Jiede has many brothers and sisters. In the Xiang Yalan region, capable men often take on more reproductive responsibilities.

For example, some countries directly write polygamy into the law, which is very common here.

There are also some countries that, although not clearly stated in the law that polygamy is allowed, if they really marry multiple wives, as long as they have this ability, the police and the law will not find trouble for this person.

In this environment, the President is undoubtedly the most capable person.

The previous President of Jiede was a person with very capable and personal charm. Except for his excessive pursuit of sex, he basically had no negative shortcomings.

He took a document out of his briefcase, placed it on the desktop, and pushed it over.

Lanse picked up the document with a cigarette dangling from his mouth and began to read; it stated that this fellow Fernandez was actually a college classmate of the current President Jiede.

President Jiede has many siblings; in the Xiang Yalan region, capable men often take on more reproductive responsibilities.

It is very common here, as some countries have even written polygamy directly into their laws.

There are also some countries that, while not explicitly stating in their laws that polygamy is allowed, will not have the police or the law bother a man if he truly marries multiple wives, provided he has the means to do so.

In such an environment, the president is undoubtedly the most capable person.

The previous President Jiede was a man of great ability and personal charisma; aside from having somewhat excessive pursuits in sexual matters, he basically had no negative flaws.

Moreover, marrying many wives is not considered a moral issue in Jiede, let alone a crime, so he was a man with no flaws.

The current president is just one of his many children; during his college years, he did not reveal his identity and got along very well with this Fernandez.

They shared roughly the same ideals and were both very capable, becoming very close friends.

Sometimes the president would take problems he couldn't solve to Fernandez for advice, and the latter would also give him his own views and opinions; the two learned from each other in these discussions and considered each other confidants.

Near graduation, the president asked Fernandez what he wanted to do in the future.

Fernandez said he wanted to be someone who could help Jiede become a world power.

At that time, the previous president was still in office, so after Fernandez graduated, he did not enter the government to work, but instead went to work for a foreign company.

The society and market of the Republic of Jiede were gradually opening up, attracting many investors; that was a time when foreign investment was exploding.

He gained a lot of experience and knowledge in the company invested in by foreigners, and he even visited more than one country; these all became the accumulation of experience for him to assist the president later on.

After the previous president passed away from illness—though some say it was a sudden death—the current president inherited the presidency unexpectedly, yet logically, and appointed Fernandez to be his important advisor.

From the intelligence brought by Mr. Aibote, it can be seen that the current development momentum of the Republic of Jiede indeed includes a share of Fernandez's credit.

The president values him highly, so he sent him here to assist Diege in stabilizing the domestic situation in Lapa.

Once Lapa falls into complete turmoil and breaks away from the Ya Alliance, it will set a bad precedent!

During the negotiations between the federal government and the Ya Alliance, they privately contacted many small countries in Xiang Yalan; heaven knows what they promised the leaders of these small countries.

Now some of them, such as the leader of Makan, are thinking about defecting to the Federation.

But because Makan is small in land area, has a small population, and is right next to Jiede, they dare not act rashly for the time being.

But if Lapa announces its withdrawal from the Ya Alliance due to civil war, it would be equivalent to giving some opportunities to these small countries that are desperate to leave the Ya Alliance and throw themselves into the arms of the Federation.

This is something President Jiede absolutely will not allow, so he sent Fernandez here to stabilize the situation.

It doesn't have to be that Diege achieves complete unification, but at least preventing it from continuing to deteriorate is enough.

Lanse pursed his lips, held his cigarette in his hand, and looked at the document for a while, then his fingers tapped on the paper, "We have to find a way to get rid of this person."

"I don't know how much of the content in this intelligence is true, but let's assume it is for now."

"Then such an excellent and formidable character might change some of our upcoming arrangements."

"See if there is any way to eliminate him; it says here he has a family, his wife, his children—see if they can be kidnapped."

"As long as he is lured out of the presidential palace, there will be a way to finish him off."

This is not to say that Lanse doesn't dare to kill inside the presidential palace, it's just that Diege's brain is sometimes not very good; if stimulated too much, he will become crazy and then do things people can't understand without regard for the consequences.

Now is not the right time to let him go crazy; those anti-government armed forces need a target, a dictatorial, terrifying ruler.

Only in this way can their current actions be called a "just cause" to a certain extent.

If Diege leaves this game too early, then these anti-government armed forces and other rulers will fall into chaotic and disorderly destruction, which is not what Lanse wants either.

When people are chaotic to a certain degree, they actually don't care if you are a foreigner or not.

Limited chaos—in chaos, people still follow certain rules and systems—that is the good kind of chaos.

Mr. Aibote nodded, "I will have someone try it."

Their conversation ended there; after exchanging opinions and matters, they went their separate ways.

On the afternoon two days later, a supply unit that presumably no one knew about was on its way to the "front line," driving old trucks loaded with various supplies in the cargo beds.

These supplies were supported by the Republic of Jiede; the outside world doesn't know what Diege traded for them, but in reality, it wasn't very complicated.

Mining rights for gold mines, the absorption of excellent talent, and the mutual exemption of all import and export taxes between Lapa and Jiede.

Diege felt a bit of a sting regarding the first two conditions, but he still agreed; on the contrary, he agreed very quickly to the import and export tax exemption, which the Jiede side thought would be difficult to negotiate.

This also made President Jiede, including Fernandez, raise their estimation of Diege's importance by another notch.

It's not that he is very smart, but that this person is "stupid" enough.

As leaders of different countries, they certainly hope that this populous country has a leader who is stupid enough, rather than a smart one.

Then letting this fool rule for longer is of the greatest benefit to them!

The convoy moved quickly along the road, and when they reached a distance of about twenty kilometers from the front line, there were several fallen trees on the road blocking the way.

Although the convoy stopped, no one got out of the vehicles, and the soldiers nervously raised their weapons.

There are obstacles blocking the way on a perfectly fine road—there must be someone around, damn it!

(End of chapter)