CHAPTER 451: 252, OVERWHELMING

Villa, inside the room.

The Little Princess Xia Yuansi was covered with only a thin blanket.

She was in an incredibly transparent, dreamlike environment, lying on the bed, on her side, with tear stains at the corners of her eyes.

She didn’t even want to lift her eyelids.

So this is what it feels like.

Xia Yuansi’s pink toes kept curling up, held in Chen Che’s hand, who curiously played with them. Xia Yuansi twitched but let Chen Che do as he pleased.

She really had no strength left to resist this mad bastard.

Xia Na gently lifted Xia Yuansi’s head, stroking her long red hair, so that Xia Yuansi could sleep on her smooth thighs. Meanwhile, she playfully chided Chen Che: "She is a princess, you’re too harsh on the Little Princess.

Are you not afraid of breaking her?"

Chen Che fiddled with Xia Yuansi’s toes with his fingers, smiling: "Haven’t you cried because of me before?

You should know that only after crying can emotions fully explode.

When the Little Princess asks me to stay with her, shouldn’t I give my all?"

Xia Na rolled her eyes, wiped away Xia Yuansi’s tears, her eyes suddenly staring into space, bit her lower lip, and said softly: "It’s been over 20 days, my sister hasn’t sent any news. I wonder how she’s doing."

Chen Che moved closer, pulled her white delicate body into his arms, rubbed her purple short hair, and said: "Believe in Nishang."

Xia Na bit her lip, with a worried look on her pure face, and softly said "mm."

"When she returns and sees that I’ve built the Lighthouse to this scale, this will be our surprise for her."

Chen Che kissed Xia Na’s forehead, speaking very gently.

The two lay down, Xia Na holding Xia Yuansi in her arms, and Chen Che holding Xia Na, feeling each other’s skin temperature, resting together.

...

The Chamber of Commerce suffered a heavy blow.

Knowing everything, Luo Qingtian strode through the parliament government building, pushed open the parliament doors, and swept over the figures inside with a cold smile.

"The President of the Council still seems to have the leisure to enjoy red wine here. I wonder if the candidate for the next President of the Council has already been chosen?"

"Luo Qingtian, what nonsense are you talking about? When was it said that the President of the Council’s position was to be changed?" Councilman Andemon rebuked angrily.

"Heh heh heh, isn’t it a foregone conclusion that it has to change? Don’t you want to see how much respect Master Chen’s name commands in the Ninth Special Zone now!

What does the parliament do? The parliament serves the capitalists, it’s a department for power struggles, it’s there to exploit the populace!

Chamber of Commerce? What does the Chamber of Commerce do? The Chamber of Commerce is an organization created alongside major capitalists to empty the pockets of the populace!

Master Chen, the Lighthouse! What do they do? They fucking helped lower coal prices for the people, saved the people’s wallets from getting drained, it’s a sanctuary for the people!

He even created things like newspapers, using some unknown methods to obtain cheap printing equipment, and even special pulp technology. From what I hear, the paper used for his newspaper is made from the vines outside the city.

With such techniques in his hands, why the hell would he need to smuggle anything!

A single newspaper can make him earn an abundance!

More importantly, he holds the power to guide public opinion!

Now, who in the entire Ninth Special Zone’s populace doesn’t know Master Chen’s name, doesn’t know what Master Chen has done?

"Do you want me to enumerate his achievements for you? Damn it, the Lighthouse he leads is politically reforming the entire Ninth Special Zone!

Damn you, just wait and see him reform!

He’s established security management departments in various districts, which are more useful than the damn Judicial Bureau!

He’s set up snack streets in every district, unified the management of all taverns, he damn well can even help people quit drugs!

Do you know what else he’s done?

From what I understand, the recently profitable Lighthouse rented a lot of land outside at a high price.

Over 40% of the mercenaries in the entire Ninth Special Zone are employed by him to handle the ecological crisis in a region.

He’s started farming!

I don’t know how he managed, but he turned a 100 mu piece of heavily polluted land near Ant Street into fertile fields!

Do you know what he planted there?

Damn it, high-yield rice!

And various strange and rare fruits we’ve never seen before!

Do you know what slogan the Lighthouse broadcasts in the newspaper?

"Rice and flour should be the most basic staples for humans, the Lighthouse wants everyone to eat well, rice for all, flour for everyone, it wants to improve everyone’s life!

Join the Lighthouse, believe in the Lighthouse, let the Lighthouse illuminate you!"

"Our Chief Chen’s prestige among the people has reached its peak! What use is the parliament?! If you can’t find a way to handle the ever-rising popular support, I’m telling you, in some time.

What damn parliament, is a load of crap.

All are not as useful as a word from Master Chen!

Inciting uprisings and mutinies, is just a word from him, don’t forget that he has a newspaper!"

Since ancient times, news and information have been formidable tools for controlling public opinion.

As long as you have control over public opinion, you can incite the people’s sentiments.

Chen Che had been preparing for a long time, spending points from the system to exchange for several large printing presses, continuously improving papermaking technology. Through advanced machines exchanged from the system, he could produce cheap paper.

Hadn’t the Night Empire considered controlling public opinion and the people’s sentiments through newspapers?

They had considered it; all the great empires had considered it!

But there was no way!

In this era, to print newspapers on a large scale, one must indefinitely suppress costs. Otherwise, if you sell a newspaper for ten or so coins, how many people would buy it?

A newspaper from Chen Che costing only one coin – such cost compression was something the entire council could not have imagined.

This national weapon was in the hands of Chen Che, making everyone in the council detect an indescribable sense of crisis.

Moreover, due to the coal incident, Chen Che’s prestige among the populace soared. Such madness... What does Chen Che intend to do?

It’s hard not to imagine he wants to stir up a wave of dictatorship in the Ninth Special Zone.

The key is that the people have already seen a series of beneficial changes brought by Chen Che. During this period, various violent incidents in the Ninth Special Zone have decreased by over 70%!

The reason is simple, it’s because of the unofficial security processing bureau established by the Lighthouse, which is much more active and efficient than the official security bureau. Whenever a police report is made, someone immediately handles it.

The methods of handling are even more decisive.

Murdering rapists, killing thieves, killing robbers, killing kidnappers... a series of tough measures have deterred many hoodlums.

This further fueled the people’s support for Chen Che.

Within the council, a heavy sense of gravity loomed.

It is important to note that Chen Che also holds military power.

He not only has the private armed forces of the Lighthouse but also the security squad under the Judicial Bureau, the private forces left by An Nishang... With such powerful firepower in hand and supported by the people’s strong will.

This madman.

He has a hint of dominating the entire court.

"Director Luo, what do you want to say?" Vazmir looked at Luo Qingtian, whose eyes flickered as he said, "Everyone, I was sent by the headquarters to ensure that the entire Ninth Special Zone remains under the jurisdiction of the headquarters, to ensure that the entire special zone remains restricted by the headquarters.

Our Chief Investigator Chen has reached the bottom line of the headquarters, and he has crossed my bottom line.

I believe, to some extent, he has completely crossed your bottom lines as well.

You can’t refute this point, can you?"

"So, my thoughts and demands are simple, let’s cooperate, starting from the beginning, to unite all the strength of the council to minimize Chen Che’s influence in the entire Ninth Special Zone. First, the first step is to remove his official government identity. As long as he’s no longer in the official government, whatever he does will be constrained. Once his power is dispersed, we will be able to deal with him!"

"Director Luo, I’m really curious, where do you get the confidence to deal with our current Chief Investigator Chen? Our Chief Investigator Chen has the status of a Baron... and is a close minister of our Director An.

This kind of strength and background to deal with our Chief Investigator Chen is not something you can achieve just by moving your lips."

Huo Yuanting spoke coldly.

Luo Qingtian snorted coldly and scanned the local members of the Ninth Special Zone with a cold gaze, saying, "I’ll be blunt with you all, our Chief Investigator Chen is planning to initiate a reform. Indeed, with the strength of our Chief Investigator Chen, it is challenging for us to touch him, but what if the person behind him is unable to protect him?"

Upon hearing this, the faces of everyone present couldn’t help but change.

Vazmir couldn’t hold back any longer and said urgently, "Director Luo, have you received any news?"

Who is the person behind Chen Che?

An Nishang.

An Nishang, who holds the Judicial Bureau, as long as she’s behind Chen Che, it’s extremely difficult for anyone around him to touch Chen Che.

What did Luo Qingtian mean by this statement?

Everyone present knew that An Nishang had returned to the Night Empire Headquarters due to some incidents.

But no one knew why An Nishang had returned this time.

However, looking at the smile on Luo Qingtian’s face, it seemed like he knew some secrets. Luo Qingtian’s smile curled into a chilly smile as he said teasingly, "Our Director An is most likely not coming back.

Director An will marry and have children in the Night Empire Headquarters.

To establish an alliance through marriage!"

"The position of the Director of the Judicial Bureau, either the Night Empire Headquarters parachutes someone to control this powerful department, dispersing your local power.

Or you cooperate with me, and I find a way to push a local person of yours up.

You should all know that as long as it’s someone local, even with internal strife, your power will eventually circulate within the entire Ninth Special Zone. If it’s someone from the Night Empire Headquarters, everyone’s power will be weakened.

So.

If you want to regain all the power in your hands.

We need to cooperate.

Moreover.

Our Chief Investigator Chen truly is a business prodigy, his recent ventures are making astronomical profits daily.

Are none of you envious?"