A week later.
One kilometer outside Music City, a brand-new military camp had just been completed.
A large fleet of air force spacecraft swooped down from high above, reversed their thrust collectively, and landed slowly.
Outside the tarmac, Jiang Ye had already been waiting with a group of officers for a long time. They rushed forward.
The ship doors opened one by one, and the first to disembark was Liang Wan, in a dark green one-piece flight suit, thick-soled military boots, and large sunglasses covering half her face, looking heroic and spirited.
"Greetings, Commander Liang!" Jiang Ye immediately saluted.
"Greetings, Commander!" the officers behind him echoed.
"Greetings, General Jiang, everyone," Liang Wan said, taking off her sunglasses.
Jiang Ye was stunned, and the officers behind him were also stunned.
So fair-skinned?
So beautiful?
Jiang Ye was a little confused. He had thought that veteran soldiers who had been in battle would have rough skin, at least a tanned complexion. But Li Nannan and Liang Wan, these female officers who had accumulated a large number of military honors, were as beautiful as female students from a film academy.
Perhaps it was because they didn't need to endure hardships when fighting, but rather pressed buttons inside spacecraft, and might even have applied face masks while fighting.
Liang Wan was also a bit surprised. This General Jiang... was so young and handsome?
She had seen Jiang Ye's profile, but subconsciously assumed that the photos in the profile had been heavily retouched and were far from the actual person. Now that they had met, she found that the photos were exactly the same as the person!
She had met too many leaders from various planets, mostly weathered old men with wrinkles all over their faces, or old women with sagging skin. It was truly rare to see a young and talented person like Jiang Ye.
It's a pity... it seems that General Jiang is already married, what a shame!
Jiang Ye shook hands with Liang Wan. "The camp area has been cleaned, the cafeteria is ready for use, and you can move in immediately. Shall I give you a tour first?"
"Thank you for your hard work, General Jiang," Liang Wan said, feeling a little embarrassed.
All the soldiers from the spacecraft disembarked and formed neat four-column formations behind them. From this position, they could already see the buildings of the camp, and the soldiers were all a little surprised:
"The scale is larger than we expected?"
"Are we living here?"
"Definitely not here, it looks like a star-rated hotel, the kind with many stars."
But soon, Liang Wan's soldiers saw the iconic perimeter wall of the military camp, blocked by a row of beautiful small pine trees. There was also a sign at the main entrance, [Xie Long Rapid Response Force 1148 Independent Regiment]. That's right, this place was indeed a military camp!
As soon as they entered, the soldiers were shocked.
A large lawn!
A sea of flowers!
A large lake!
The road was wide enough for ten tanks to run side-by-side!
Normally, a camp housing a regiment wouldn't be very large, but the scale of the camp before them completely exceeded expectations. The open space alone was enough to host several football matches simultaneously, and could easily accommodate two divisions!
Liang Wan was also shocked. "Are all these places for our regiment?"
"Everything you can see now is," Jiang Ye said with a smile.
Liang Wan felt even more embarrassed. "Actually, there's no need for such a large scale. Although it's called a regiment, there are only about a battalion of actual soldiers. The rest are mechanical soldiers, who can be kept in storage and on standby. We don't need much space in total."
"Commander, you don't need to be so polite. Jiang Ye Star is poor, and land is not valuable," Jiang Ye replied generously.
Twenty empty white sightseeing vehicles slowly drove over, and all the soldiers boarded them.
Jiang Ye and Liang Wan got into the lead vehicle. Jiang Ye acted as the driver, planned the route on the screen, and it was self-driving.
The vehicles drove for a long time, passing through grasslands and seas of flowers, crossing the stone bridge over the lake, and heading towards the majestic and beautiful buildings in the distance. The soldiers were so happy they felt dizzy.
"This isn't a regimental headquarters, it's a royal palace!"
"The place is so big, why did our boss want such a large piece of land?"
"Bigger is better! This lawn is so beautiful, it's practically a prairie!"
But some people remained clear-headed:
"Our boss really likes to make us run laps around the base... One lap here is equivalent to twenty laps before."
"With such a large area, just the routine cleaning every week will be exhausting!"
"Are the dormitories and cafeterias very run-down, so they've cordoned off a large area to make it look more high-end?"
After a few doses of cold water, the soldiers in the sightseeing vehicles lost their smiles.
They had never lived in such a good place before, and suddenly receiving it made them all uneasy.
What merit do we have to deserve this!
What merit do we have to live in a royal palace!
Soon, the sightseeing vehicles arrived at the dormitory building.
Everyone disembarked, lined up neatly, and entered in an orderly fashion, beginning to be assigned dormitories according to the pre-arranged order, recording their personal information on the electronic locks of the dormitory doors.
As soon as they entered the dormitory hall, the soldiers were all shocked. The golden crystal chandeliers cascaded like waterfalls, the floors were all marble, and the walls were inlaid with white jade. To describe it in four words, it was magnificent and luxurious! The decoration style was not like a dormitory, but similar to the luxurious hotels on many planets. Many soldiers even suspected they had come to the wrong place.
After entering the dormitory rooms, the soldiers were completely stunned.
Various whispers and exclamations sounded from every floor.
"Holy cow! Such a big bed?"
"Are these faucets really gold? Is it that necessary!"
"This is a double room? It's spacious enough to sleep ten people!"
"There's also a bathtub? This big bathtub, two people could bathe together, right?"
"Get lost, who wants to bathe with you."
The most shocked was Liang Wan, who was taken to her office by Jiang Ye.
The 500-square-meter office, with over 300 square meters without walls, was so large that it felt empty. It was enough to place two whale specimens or elephant skeletons.
In addition to the standard rooms like a study, bathroom, bedroom, and dining room, there was also a dedicated tea room and wine cellar. The tea and wine racks were gold-plated, and the cabinet doors were all imported from alien planets. A small drawer alone was worth tens of thousands.
"This is my own office?" Liang Wan couldn't believe it.
"See if there's anything you're not satisfied with, and I'll have someone modify it immediately," Jiang Ye nodded.
Liang Wan stood at the entrance of the bathroom, gazing at the golden toilet and golden bathtub, stunned.
She had a feeling that she was Empress Catherine the Great.
Wasn't Jiang Ye Star supposed to be a poor planet in its early stages of development?
How could it be so extravagant from the start?
"Satisfied, very satisfied..." Liang Wan was almost a little scared, looking at Jiang Ye with the eyes of a deity, her face flushed, feeling as if she were drunk without drinking, "General Jiang, you are truly a generous and magnanimous person."
"Oh, Commander, you flatter me. It was rushed work, and I feel truly ashamed that it turned out to be such a simple place," Jiang Ye paused, then decided to launch the second round of sugar-coated bullets. "I saw on your social media that you are also in the tea business?"
Liang Wan's cheeks suddenly flushed, feeling quite embarrassed.
How can I be so poor?!
Her family's small tea business, even after five years, couldn't buy an office like this!
Jiang Ye waved his hand. It was truly astonishing how much financial power it took to create an entire luxurious military base in a week.
Although Liang Wan had some expectations before coming, she knew that a general managing an entire planet must be relatively wealthy. Now that she had experienced it firsthand, it wasn't just relatively wealthy, it was an unimaginably vast concept of wealth!
She felt uncharacteristically small-minded and nodded shyly, "The tea company at home is run by my parents and siblings. It's not a large-scale operation, just a small venture."
"I have a favor to ask of you, Commander," Jiang Ye said, pulling out a long list from his pocket. "Many places on Jiang Ye Star currently require large quantities of tea."