Chapter 161 Overbearing

In the office of a departmental-level cadre at the Great District Security Bureau in Hua Prefecture, Ouyang Zhen was furious. He paced around the room, hands on his hips, and said, "Forget it, I don't care anymore! Report Lao Li's reason for taking leave directly to the higher-ups and let them send someone else to Dragon City to negotiate."

"Yes!" the secretary nodded.

"Too arrogant!! This is no way to do things!" Ouyang Zhen grabbed his coat and walked out, cursing as he went, "Isn't this putting me on the fire to roast? Lao Li, you're not being a good friend!"

Ouyang Zhen was indeed very angry because he had always been the one in charge of communicating with Lao Li. Now, the latter was disobeying the orders of the higher-ups, clearly resisting the leadership, which meant that Ouyang Zhen had not done his job well and that he had lost control of Lao Li.

Ouyang Zhen left the office grumbling. That night, he went to his mistress and had three orgasms, which finally relieved the anger in his heart.

...

The next day at noon.

The deputy minister of the General Affairs Inspection Department of the second-largest party in the First Great District—the People's Political Party—arrived in Dragon City with more than twenty people.

The deputy minister in charge of the team was surnamed Han, named Han Xian, and was fifty-four years old this year. He had come to District One with the Zhou faction during the great migration from Nan Hu.

Having lived here for decades, Han Xian had fully adapted to the life and work environment here, and had joined the People's Political Party early on. He was conscientious in his work, rigorous in his attitude, and decisive in his actions, so his position had been steadily rising.

In fact, the Chinese elite who came to District One through the great migration had already developed clear political positions. Some joined the Republican Party, while others entered the People's Political Party. Leaving aside the district and Chinese positions, the current Chinese factions are relatively divided, with people following all sides, and they are not very united.

After Han Xian and his team landed in Dragon City, they immediately wanted to see Li Mingsheng in person, but the latter refused his request on the grounds that he was receiving treatment, and sent Director Liu, Su Tianyu, Li Yuan, and others to receive the leaders from above.

At noon.

In the conference room of the municipal building, Han Xian was sitting upright on the sofa in a neat suit, looking very serious, like a fool.

Director Liu sat next to him, his face full of smiles, and said, "Leader, the city is preparing a banquet tonight..."

"Forget about the banquet, we're here to do serious business." Han Xian refused directly, frowning and asking, "When can I see Mayor Li?"

"This... this is hard to say, the doctor said his condition is not very good." Director Liu replied softly, "He has been getting injections and taking medicine, and he is confused..."

Han Xian glanced at Director Liu coldly, "Can he still be competent as mayor in this state of health? I think it would be better for him to resign."

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the room instantly became awkward. Even Su Tianyu and Li Yuan were a little surprised, thinking... although you are angry, you can't say that, can you? This is too explosive.

Everyone was quiet for a while, and Director Liu laughed, "You can talk to me about work matters first."

Han Xian crossed his hands, thought for a while, and replied, "Okay, you can also give Lao Li a message for me."

"Please tell me!" Director Liu replied.

Han Xian looked at everyone with a serious attitude and said concisely, "The higher-ups have never mentioned the fact that you are secretly transporting Huaxia military supplies to the Chi Army and the official Mo army, but that doesn't mean they don't know. Why do we turn a blind eye to these things? That's because the leadership department considered that Lao Li had just arrived and was in a difficult situation. If he wanted to break the deadlock, he had to adopt extraordinary methods in extraordinary times. In fact, the party has given you a lot of support in both military and political affairs in recent years, and can even be said to have been indulgent."

Director Liu looked at him, "Yes, you are right!"

"Let's not talk about the military supplies, let's talk about the Chi Army and the Third Division." Han Xian frowned and looked around at everyone, and said firmly, "If the armed forces have a qualitative change in their level, they must be controllable. You know the relationship between the Chi Army and the Dragon City government, so I won't say it. So the purpose of my visit this time is to make several non-negotiable requests to the Chi Army."

Director Liu pondered for a while and did not argue about the Chi Army, because things had reached this point, and it was basically an open game. The higher-ups would not be unaware of the relationship between the Chi Army and Lao Li's team.

"Then tell me, what are the specific requirements?" Director Liu asked.

"First, we must have the military decision-making power of the Chi Army. That is to say, no matter what kind of military decision the Chi Army makes in the future, they must say hello to us, and after the higher-ups study and decide, they will give the order of whether to agree." Han Xian said clearly, "Second, the appointment power of senior military officers of the Chi Army must also be in our hands. The party's attitude is that they must give up the positions of twenty major military officers, and we will select people to fill them. Third, the Chi Army must unconditionally open its financial data to us, and we must also have dedicated auditors to participate in financial work. Fourth, the business dealings with Huaxia military supplies must be supervised by us. These are non-negotiable and must be implemented."

When everyone heard this, they looked at each other, thinking that what should come had come.

For the People's Political Party, their previous request to Lao Li was only one, and that was to secure the position of mayor as soon as possible and take control of political power.

Under this requirement, Lao Li would definitely not be concerned if he went a little too far or played some tricks.

This is why the higher-ups would default on Lao Li's team secretly engaging in military supplies and having some connections with Huaxia capital.

But today is different from the past. The Chi Army has swallowed the Third Division, which is equivalent to a qualitative change in its armed capabilities. A force of more than 20,000 people may lose control at any time.

And the most important thing is that this armed force is mainly composed of Chinese! If it is not controllable, the chain reaction it brings will also be unknown...

In addition, Lao Li's plan to secretly join forces with the Huagong Association to encircle the Third Division up the mountain was not reported to the higher-ups, so the higher-ups were dissatisfied and sent people down to liquidate.

Director Liu listened to the other party's words, with an embarrassed smile on his face, "This is not easy to do, is it? We do have some connections with the Chi Army, but we have no way to completely control them. These conditions, I estimate Zhao Weihu..."

"That's your problem." Han Xian stood up, "But these requirements are unchanged and non-negotiable."

After saying that, Han Xian stepped out, "Take the message to Lao Li, I'm waiting for his news. By the way, tell him that hiding is useless, these things will be clarified sooner or later!"

...

An hour later.

Su Tianyu met Lao Li, who was fishing in the park, "The visitor is not kind!"

Lao Li sat firmly on the Diaoyutai (fishing platform): "Notify Jin Maohui to increase the intensity of security patrols with the garrison."

"...It's going to be a big deal!" Su Tianyu persuaded.