Newman, the capital of the United Kingdom, is extremely prosperous, with tall buildings everywhere.
First Control Headquarters, the office of Vice Minister Admiral Dönitz.
Holding the coffee cup, Dönitz shook his head repeatedly.
Sitting on the large sofa opposite, Lu Ming knew that Denitz was not satisfied with the new job arrangement given to him by the headquarters.
The Chief of Staff, five-star General Augustus, received me and awarded me the Second Class Medal of Bravery, which was a recognition of my work in the Western Regions. Overall, it seems that the headquarters judged that my merits outweighed my faults, otherwise I would not have received the medal.
However, his new job was to be assigned to Gaide Prefecture, where he served as the director of the First Control Office in Gaide Prefecture. His official identity was the deputy director of the Gaide Prefecture Police Department.
And the main task is to return the primary control of the police power to the state government, and now we are cleaning up the mess.
This deputy director is just a figurehead. If the state police department needs to do anything with the first control and transfer of power, he, the deputy director, must cooperate.
"I wanted to keep you at headquarters!" Dönitz sighed.
Lu Ming didn't say anything.
A few years ago, First Control has been gradually handing over control of the military and police in the United Kingdom, and members of First Control have withdrawn from the military and police management system.
At the same time, many agencies were separated from the First Control, and today the First Control retains more of the responsibilities of the military intelligence department.
In fact, it is conceivable that in peacetime, such a huge monster organization as First Control will naturally be dismembered.
I was used to the First Control’s comprehensive military and political control model in the Western Regions, so when I returned to my homeland, I felt a little uncomfortable.
"You know what it means to go to Gaiden," said Dönitz.
Lu Ming nodded. The three states of Gaide were actually firmly controlled by the White Rose Party.
The White Rose Party is the biggest driving force in dismembering the first control.
Denitz added: "The constitutionalists are becoming more and more powerful nowadays, but you probably couldn't imagine that the Rose Party has also completely changed its flag. Yesterday, the Rose Party members put forward a proposal in the Kingdom Parliament, "Declaration of National Rights and Freedoms and Succession to the Throne", demanding the restoration of the power of the parliament in the previous Holy Gregory Fenni Kingdom. Moreover, many clauses are worse than before." Seeing that Lu Ming was a little confused, he stood up, took a document from the desk and handed it to Lu Ming.
Lu Ming flipped through it and nodded slightly. In fact, it was a proposal to completely implement constitutional monarchy and turn Henry II into a mascot.
It's just like the model of the previous Holy Kingdom and the Duke of East China Sea.
However, although the White Rose Party, an extreme Nazi organization, has many branches, its core ideology is basically royalism and Western supremacy.
Now, are you mixing with the constitutionalists
"There is the latest intelligence, but it's not certain." Denitz lowered his voice, "I heard that the charlatans were the ultimate sponsors of the Rose Party. Because of the peace agreement of His Majesty the King, the charlatans were very dissatisfied. In recent years, they have gradually split into two factions, the traditionalists and the new generation. I heard that the new generation and the constitutionalists have come together, and they are more powerful, more cruel, and more ambitious..."
Lu Ming nodded again. Perhaps this was the new situation caused by the technological age.
Denitz had already sat up straight. "Of course, I don't believe these. They are just rumors."
Lu Ming smiled and said, "Yes, I don't believe it either."
Denitz sipped his coffee and said leisurely, "Anyway, you went to Gaide Province for a mission. You also know what the United Kingdom did in Gaide Province. Until now, many things are still going on. In recent years, the problems of the three states of Gaide have been discussed at the annual Imperial Parliament. His Majesty the King hopes to solve the Gaide problem as soon as possible. In fact, the Gaide people are no longer able to stir up any waves. They should still be treated well as citizens of the United Kingdom!"
He paused, "However, the Rose Party there does not understand the King's painstaking efforts. Now the Rose Party has turned to collude with the Constitutionalists. His Majesty the King hopes that you can disintegrate the local Rose Party forces in Gaidezhou. You just came back from the hail of bullets, and His Majesty the King has high hopes for you!"
Dönitz said this, but it was obviously just an excuse for the awkward work arrangement.
Lu Ming nodded: "Okay, I understand!"
"Have a good rest. I have applied for a one-month vacation for you!" Denitz smiled and patted Lu Ming on the shoulder.
…
Lu Ming did not rest for a month. He wandered around Newman City for a few days and met Bit's personal scroll again.
Although Bit did not die because of me, since I used his form, I still have to treat his family well. So a few years ago, I arranged for someone to bring Bit's family to New Newman City, bought them a big house, and arranged good jobs for them.
Afterwards, Lu Ming went to Gir City, the capital of Gaide State, to take up his post.
However, it was obvious that he was not welcome in Gill. The police station did not even have an office prepared for him. It was obvious that they did not need him as a nominal deputy director. When his signature was needed for the final documents for the handover of power, they would just send them to the First Control Branch.
As the central city of the three states of Gaide, the city of Jill was originally extremely prosperous. In terms of the concentration of Westerners, it was second only to the imperial capital.
But nowadays, it looks a bit dilapidated. The 75-story Gaston Building, once one of the landmarks of Gill City, has become a slum occupied by gangs.
A large amount of Gaiden’s property was confiscated, and the Gaiden tycoons who were once powerful in Jill City have disappeared without a trace.
The first controlled representative office in the city of Gir was also a Gaiden property confiscated earlier, a mansion of a Gaiden businessman.
Lu Ming bought a luxury house in the neighborhood where the First Control representative office was located. He did not use the representative office's car, but bought a supercar for himself.
Chief "Bit" has been operating in the Western Region for more than ten years. By taking advantage of the convenient information and making a small investment, it is inevitable that he will become rich.
These operations in the colonies did not violate the laws of the United Kingdom.
…
The block where the First Control Representative Office and Lu Ming's residence are located are all three-story townhouses, with a lawn courtyard in the front and a small forest garden in the back. The environment is very quiet.
The original layout of the house was a dining room and living room on the first floor, study and bedrooms on the second and third floors, etc., but the representative office turned it into an office layout.
At this time, Lu Ming was in his office on the third floor, summoning all the remaining staff from the representative office.
There are only three people left behind in the first control group.
However, there are four civilian staff members who are not real members of the First Control. They were all recruited locally. There are two men and two women. They are responsible for processing various documents. They have not received any special agent training, and the documents they handle are all paper documents.
The three first control personnel who stayed behind were special service captain Peide, intelligence officer David, and radio operator Richard.
All other personnel have left, leaving only these three necessary personnel.
But Peide will be leaving soon. According to convention, the branch under the first control must have a field team. Peide's field operation team consists of 15 people, and they all have to be evacuated now.
Originally, two security guards would have been left for Lu Ming, but Lu Ming brought his own trusted guards, so there was no need to keep security guards.
Kunpeng stood behind Lu Ming. He was the guard that Lu Ming brought with him. However, he was dressed in a suit and tie, not the bell-bottom pants he wore in the Western Regions.
"You and your people should not retreat yet." Lu Ming gestured to Peide, "I'll talk to the headquarters."
The words were on the tip of his tongue, but Peide swallowed them back and said, "Okay, General."
"I know everyone wants to go home." Lu Ming took out his checkbook, wrote down an amount and handed it over, "This is a small token of my personal appreciation."
Peide was stunned and said hurriedly: "General, we can't take your money."
Lu Ming waved his hand, "It's okay. I've been doing business with the wealthy merchants in the Western Regions. I still have some savings. Take it."
Peide hesitated for a moment, stood up and took it with both hands, and when he saw the amount, which was "10,000", his eyes widened immediately.
Lu Ming smiled and said, "Work with me, I won't treat you unfairly. Each field team member will get 500 yuan, and the rest is yours!" He smiled again, "Keep it."
"Yes, thank you, General!" Peide accepted it. He was big and strong, and looked like a tough guy.
Lu Ming looked at the intelligence agent David and the radio operator Richard again, took out two car keys from the drawer and threw them to them respectively, "These are yours." The Pioneer 600 sedan of Knicks Enterprises, which introduced car air conditioning, was priced at more than 2,000 yuan.
David and Richard didn't say anything and took them all.
It's easy to imagine that General Bit came here to use money to pave the way. It's obvious that he is not here just to do the final finishing work of the handover of police force. He obviously has a secret mission, and a very difficult one at that.
And it is very likely that it is the general's private work.
But recently the power of the First Control has been shrinking across the board, which has made people feel suffocated. If there is any bloody secret mission, that would be great.
Lu Ming chatted with them briefly again, and after they left, Lu Ming took out a stack of documents from the drawer.
It's not bad to come to Texas. Soros has a batch of gold here, and he can find a way to transport it to the North.
The gold was in a secret room in the basement of Soros's mansion, weighing about 100 tons. If one wanted to transport it away, it would be difficult to do so without the name of First Control.