si-mexico Chapter 135 A Piece of Prosperity
Chapter 135 A Piece of Prosperity
On August 20th, the second Dawn City Military Conference was successfully held on the eighth floor of Dawn City. All mid-level managers from Dawn City and the Dawn Army attended the meeting. The main topic of this meeting was that, given the increasing number of residents in Dawn City and the completion of the cleanup of the main city of Linhai, military expansion was imperative. The meeting was relatively short, lasting only an hour and a half. Besides military expansion, it also discussed Dawn City's recent development achievements and future direction. The meeting concluded promptly at 10:8 AM, with the resolution to expand the military being passed unanimously by a show of hands.
The first resolution of the conference was: the Dawn Army would be upgraded from a regimental-level unit to a division-level unit, with Li Chenglong as the division commander, Yun Lan as the deputy division commander, and Zheng Yong as the political commissar. The original five combat battalions of the Dawn Army would be upgraded to five combat regiments, with the deputy battalion commanders and battalion commanders of each battalion successively promoted to regimental commanders and deputy regimental commanders. Each regiment would have a provisional strength of 1000 personnel, and the Joint Logistics Support Department would increase from 500 to 800 personnel. The number of personnel in the Special Operations Team and the Discipline Inspection Team would remain unchanged.
The second resolution of the conference states: Due to the increasing population, the original Security Department is no longer sufficient. Therefore, the Security Department will be renamed the City Security Department, with three subordinate departments: the Dawn City Security Department, the Dawn City Police Department, and the Dawn City Criminal Investigation Department. The Security Department will combat spies and disrupt Dawn City, maintaining national security. The Police Department will handle theft, household registration, and general public order incidents, while the Criminal Investigation Department will handle criminal cases.
At the conclusion of the meeting, several individuals who had performed exceptionally well in the incident were commended, especially Jiang Hui. It was thanks to him that the special forces team was able to successfully infiltrate Suqian City, leading to the successful completion of the subsequent mission. Li Chenglong directly rewarded Jiang Hui with a psionic apple, much to Jiang Hui's delight, and he vowed to continue his efforts and perform even better. In addition to commending these individuals, Li Chenglong also awarded psionic apples and psionic persimmons on behalf of Dawn City and the Dawn Army respectively to those who had recently demonstrated outstanding performance. All ten ripe psionic apples and over two hundred psionic persimmons were distributed as rewards.
Li Chenglong concluded by saying, "Once we have a larger population, we can utilize the main urban area of Linhai City. It's quite large, and with the addition of Shuguang City, at least 80 people will have a stable living environment. From now on, we won't have everything under the control of the Shuguang City government. We will encourage individuals and even small businesses to operate. This balanced development of public and private ownership is beneficial to the development of Shuguang City." This decision was made after Li Chenglong observed people selling handmade handicrafts and woven baskets during his inspection yesterday. This resolution will be announced today, and a Ministry of Industry and Commerce will be established to manage these transactions.
Yunlan was nearly two months pregnant, and her belly was slightly noticeable. However, because she was naturally quite thin, even though she was dressed lightly in the summer and stood next to other women, her pregnancy was not obvious. After the meeting, Li Chenglong instructed the regimental commanders to take their men to the logistics department. His watermelon storage space had yielded a bumper harvest, at least 30,000 jin (15,000 kg) in total. Combined with the watermelons he had previously stored in the warehouse area, the total was over 50,000 jin (25,000 kg). Li Chenglong had them take some back, while Yunqian distributed the rest to various departments in Shuguang City. The remaining watermelons would be distributed to Shuguang City residents using points, but he had set the point requirement very low—only 10 points were needed for each watermelon. He hadn't forgotten the students and elderly people; Yunqian would have designated personnel distribute the watermelons to these groups.
The conscription notice and the announcement encouraging the development of the small commodity economy were met with enthusiastic responses from the residents of Dawn City. The conscription office was practically overwhelmed with visitors, and people flocked to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce to register. After having lunch with Yunlan at home, Li Chenglong told her to rest well while he went to his office. Dawn City had been quite stable lately, so there wasn't much work to handle. He was currently using the crystal factory in his spiritual energy space to enhance some weapons every day, and had Qin Fangyu send someone to collect them every five days. After discussing it with Alice, Li Chenglong felt that his storage space was different from Yunlan's or Han Xiaoling's; it was no longer just a simple storage space. After all, it contained a natural area, a high-tech area, and a warehouse area, so calling it a spiritual energy space would be more appropriate.
In the afternoon, Li Chenglong planned to go to the special forces unit. He hadn't been there for the past few days because he was dealing with troop expansion. Since the special forces were going to train outside the city this afternoon, he figured he might as well go and check it out. To test the special forces' combat response capabilities, he deliberately didn't contact Yang Liu beforehand and secretly went to the small hill where the special forces were training. This small hill was about 8 kilometers west of Dawn City. It wasn't very large, and before the apocalypse, someone had contracted it out to raise pigs and chickens.
Li Chenglong changed into night clothes and wore a bamboo hat, slightly suppressing his aura. Otherwise, releasing his aura would have been immediately detected, giving him away. The special forces team, excluding himself and Yun Lan, currently consisted of 40 people: 1 Level 6, 8 Level 5, 18 Level 4, and 13 Level 3—a fairly strong force. Since the test was for the special forces, he couldn't be too lenient. He sneaked up without using spatial teleportation. The special forces members were currently conducting a simulated exercise in groups of five on the mountain. He spotted a group with no one else around and subdued them. After quickly subduing the five men, Li Chenglong whispered, "All five of you are now dead. From now on, don't make any noise, don't move, and don't answer the walkie-talkie. Understand?"
The team leader immediately replied, "Yes, we're all dead, Captain Li." He then sat down dejectedly with the other four. Li Chenglong laughed and said, "Don't be discouraged, let's see how many more I can secretly take down." In just 20 minutes, Li Chenglong used the same tactic again, secretly eliminating four more teams. Some of these teams were even led by Level 5 ability users. At this point, some teams didn't respond for a long time. Yang Liu quickly called out to the responding teams: "Everyone assemble immediately, maintain Level 1 combat readiness! Repeat, everyone assemble immediately, maintain Level 1 combat readiness!" Just as she was still calling, another team lost response on the walkie-talkie.
A few minutes later, Yang Liu, Zhao Liying, Han Xiaoling, and the others gathered together. Yang Liu looked around and said, "Is it just the 15 of us? Something must have happened. Don't split up now. Keep your walkie-talkies silent and carefully search for our teammates." They hadn't walked far when suddenly a whooshing sound came from behind, and then a level 3 ability user vanished. Zhao Liying, holding her Shadow Twin Blades, exclaimed, "I think I saw someone! Dressed in black and wearing a straw hat, incredibly fast, at least level 6!" Yang Liu whispered, "Rush out of this forest immediately. I remember there's an open area ahead; let's see how he hides there." After saying this, the three of them stayed behind to avoid being ambushed, while the other teammates quickly rushed forward.
Li Chenglong released the Level 3 ability user whose mouth he had been covering and said, "The captured special forces soldiers are all gathering at the back. Go and rejoin them." The special forces soldier smiled sheepishly and walked away. Li Chenglong continued to follow Yang Liu and the others like a shadow. During this time, he kidnapped several more Level 3 and Level 4 ability users. By the time they reached an open area, only 6 of Yang Liu's 15 people remained, but these 6 were all Level 5 or Level 6 ability users and Awakened. This was exactly what Li Chenglong wanted; in an open area, he could test the combat capabilities of the special forces' advanced ability users.