Ye Xiao had anticipated the call from the capital base. The reason why the clearing operation bypassed the capital was, firstly, he did not want to do something thankless and be accused of meddling in other people's affairs; secondly, he was waiting for Fan Wuyong to bow his head.
At this time, he held the communicator and greeted the other end: "Why can't you be called the commander-in-chief? Now to the survivors of the whole country, you are still the commander-in-chief, still the symbol of the national leader, and the representative of orthodoxy."
If it weren't for this "orthodox" stance, Ye Xiao wouldn't have spent so much time on the other party.
Lin Tantan, who was chewing fresh raw meat, glanced at him sideways, and couldn't help but glance at him again. She saw clearly that although Ye Xiao spoke politely, the smile on his face was cold and casual.
She felt that Fan Wuyong was going to be in trouble.
As for what kind of mold it was, she could guess.
She followed Ye Xiao in his battles and killings, watched him subdue wave after wave of survivors, saw his plans for the Zhengyang base, and knew how he planned to transport some materials and resources needed for development from other places back to Liang City.
She knew that he had big plans for the future, and Fan Wuyong would either be a contributor to his plans or a stumbling block.
Fan Wuyong was also hesitant about whether to be the brick that adds value or the stumbling block that will eventually be kicked away. He was wondering if there was a third way. The answer was no.
It is true that he still has considerable power in his hands and has not reached the point of exhaustion, but how long can he hold on? Ye Xiao has risen. Today's Capital Base and Zhengyang Base are simply incomparable. The future belongs to Ye Xiao. If you don't follow his wishes, he can either stand idly by or go with the flow, and let the Capital Base and Fan Wuyong die in the encirclement of the zombies.
Should I stick to my guns or ask for more benefits while we can still negotiate? Everyone can make a choice, right
He sighed deeply, and his secretary and most trusted deputy whispered, "How does Zhengyang Base respond?"
Fan Wuyong said: "It's okay to help over there, as long as the help is mutual."
The secretary immediately said, "What do they want?"
“They want me to take a stand in my current capacity.”
"Take a stand? What stand?"
Fan Wuyong smiled self-deprecatingly: "Of course, they want me to... announce to the whole nation that I will abdicate and let someone more capable do the job."
The secretary frowned and said, "He wants to be the commander-in-chief? He has already retired and has no regular troops under him. Is he going to set up a brand new military headquarters in Zhengyang Base?"
He was thinking about Ye Xiao's purpose, and suddenly saw his leader showing a strange arc of smile. He suddenly realized something and stopped. He only heard Fan Wuyong sigh and say: "Young people nowadays think more than us. What is a military department? He wants to establish a new country."
The secretary swallowed and said, "You mean..."
"He wants to establish a new country and he wants to be the president!" When he said the last half of the sentence, Fan Wuyong's voice had risen several degrees.
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"This is very common abroad. After New Year's Day in 2019, the regimes of almost all countries and regions collapsed. After that, new regimes emerged one after another. In our country, the threat from the ocean has been suppressed for the time being, and the zombies have been eliminated to only 10% to 20%. It is the best time for the birth of a new country."
The same topic was brought up at the meeting at Zhengyang Base.
Many people were quite shocked, and then they were excited. There was no doubt that their Zhengyang Base was the largest base in the country. All aspects and systems were very good, and it was a well-ordered society. However, compared with a country, this base was still far behind.
If a new regime is born in the Zhengyang base, then what they can manage will no longer be the people and things within this base or two or three cities. They will be able to do more things, their power will be greater, their actions will be more legitimate, and everything they do may even be a major move that can affect the future development of the entire country.
However, can this be so simple and easy
This meeting told everyone that it is so simple and easy. First of all, their Zhengyang base is popular with the people and has a huge population, so it has a popular foundation. Secondly, they have prepared many talents in various fields for this purpose. These people are enough to support the normal and healthy operation of a country with a population of several thousand kilowatts. Thirdly, this kind of thing is afraid that it will be justified. If it is approved by the previous government leader, everything will be justified.
To put it bluntly, the name of their country has not changed, and the national system has not changed, only the entire leadership team has been replaced. The people below will not care who is in charge, nor will they care that the capital has changed. As long as they are told that the new government has finally reappeared after five years, the social system has been improved, and work, education, medical care, pension, etc. are back on track, they will not be unhappy or disagree.
The content of this meeting was not leaked. Only the top personnel knew the future prospects of the base. The people were unaware of it, but the action at the Zhengyang base was launched.
The original area where the Zhengyang base was located included Liang City and the neighboring Xi City. A new highway was built between the two cities, a tunnel was dug, and a high-speed train runs every half an hour, so it only takes 20 minutes to travel between the two stations.
The increasing population made it difficult for the two big cities to accommodate the newcomers, so the base prepared to expand again. This time the expansion was very large. The base immediately dispatched dozens of teams, each with tens of thousands of people, to carry out construction in more than a dozen nearby cities centered on the two cities.
These cities are all in the province where Liang City is located and the three surrounding provinces. The zombies in these four provinces have been completely cleared out, without any zombies or zombie animals left. It is quite safe. They are said to be going there for construction, but in fact they are going there for reconstruction work, which was basically completed in just one or two months.
Then the people in the base started to draw lots. Whether to go or stay, and which new city to go to, was all decided by drawing lots. Because if you go to a new city, you will basically settle down in this place in the future, so the drawing of lots is still very cautious.
You can draw lots as an individual, family, or work unit. You can draw lots three times and choose the result you are most willing to accept.
Some people also said that they don’t want to go to these dozen new cities. That doesn’t matter. The tentacles of the Zhengyang base are still extending, and there are more cities waiting to be unlocked. If you hope to live in a city in the future, you can sign up to apply. If that city is on the base’s reconstruction list, we can consider arranging people to go there for reconstruction.
While the Zhengyang Base was busy with urban reconstruction, the Capital Base was increasingly unable to hold on. After repeated consideration and hearing about the actions of the Zhengyang Base, Fan Wuyong finally surrendered and expressed his submission to Ye Xiao.
That night, Ye Xiao led several magical planes and landed at the capital base.
When he met Fan Wuyong, he was smiling the whole time and seemed very friendly and enthusiastic, which made Fan Wuyong very depressed.
When the two sat down to talk, Fan Wuyong asked, "Do you really want to establish a new country?"
"Everyone has been looking forward to a stable and prosperous country and a strong and efficient government for five years." Ye Xiao said, "Everyone hopes that life can get back on track."
Fan Wuyong asked again, although you have tens of millions of people in your hands now, can you control them
Ye Xiao said that his efforts in fighting sea monsters and zombies with his men over the past few years were not in vain, as he had already been training an army for the new era.
Fan Wuyong asked him if he could manage a country well. Ye Xiao said that he had been looking for professional talents for a long time. Now, a large number of talents in administration, judiciary, law enforcement, economy, culture and other industries have been recruited and are waiting to show their talents.
When Fan Wuyong asked him where he planned to set up the capital, Ye Xiao directly said Liang City. Seeing Fan Wuyong frown, he explained that he would move the capital back in the future, after the current capital was renovated. Otherwise, the current capital base was in a dilapidated and dirty state, and the entire city was about to be destroyed, which was really not a good look.
Fan Wuyong had no words to refute. The current capital base, which once housed nearly 100 million people at its most densely populated time, has been stretched beyond recognition. Various transformations, destructions, even looting and burning have taken place. In just five years, many parts of this city and the surrounding areas have become more miserable than when they were invaded by foreign enemies.
It was his mismanagement.
Ye Xiao didn't care how complicated his feelings were. He said directly: "Since you have made your choice, our cooperation will start with you helping me to reorganize this base."
From this day on, the Capital Base had a new leader. The former top leader Fan Wuyong personally gave a speech, saying that he was old and incompetent, and could not lead people to defeat the zombies. So he asked the Zhengyang Base to help them deal with the zombies. Now the leader of the Zhengyang Base, Ye Xiao, has personally come to the Capital Base to guide everyone to prepare for battle.
Although it was called guidance, in fact the command of the entire base was handed over to Ye Xiao. As soon as Ye Xiao took over, he began to implement drastic controls.
There are still two to three million people left in the capital base. It is a large base, but it is in chaos from the root. There are countless forces, large and small, intertwined and mixed. Once a drastic measure is taken to control them, their backlash may very likely cause the entire base to collapse.
Ye Xiao used courtesy before force, and asked people to contact those forces that gave Fan Wuyong a headache. If they were willing to obey, it would be the best. If they were unwilling and could not be persuaded, they would be directly suppressed by force, breaking the whole into small units, and all the combat forces were organized into various combat groups, led by people from the Zhengyang base. Those who committed crimes were punished with severe punishments, and the first to bear the brunt were the supernatural research organizations, which had countless lives on their hands, and extermination and cruelty were written all over them.
The elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled who have no one to look after them are also well accommodated.
Ye Xiao had his own troops, and he was a living signboard of force. As long as one had a strong fist, there was nothing he couldn't do, and no one he couldn't control. In addition, daily necessities were continuously airlifted from the Zhengyang base, combining distribution according to demand with distribution according to work, which greatly improved people's lives. In just half a month, Ye Xiao had gained a firm foothold and stabilized the entire capital base.