Qin Luoshuang certainly did not feel exploited. She only felt the heavy trust and the burden on her shoulders.

Lin Wen and she were not related by blood, but he was willing to let her intervene in military affairs. This could only be explained by his noble ideals, great character, and broad-mindedness.

"Even if it's hard and tiring, I must do things well," she thought to herself.

But before Qin Luoshuang could take action, Yun Zhixing found her.

As Qin Luoshuang's deputy, he was the second leader in the former organization, second only to her.

Moreover, due to his male identity, he attended most public events, and more people in the organization knew him than knew Qin Luoshuang and Xia Xiaoxiang.

He used to be a talented person, but unfortunately, he either walked the path of a sycophant or was on his way to becoming one. Later, he was also poisoned by the venom of the demoness Xia, which turned him into a strange and ghostly figure.

Thinking of this, she felt a little worried. Although Lin Wen seemed uninterested in women, based on Qin Luoshuang's personal experience, he clearly still had some desires for women.

It's just that his understanding was a bit twisted, as he saw himself as a very noble princess-like figure, believing that his first kiss and first eye contact with the opposite sex must be in line with his perceived identity.

Such a person is not flawless. If Xia, the demoness, really had any evil intentions, Lin Wen might not be able to escape.

Thinking of such a heroic figure turning into someone like Yun Zhixing, Qin Luoshuang felt disgusted.

"I'll have to warn Xia when I have the chance," Qin Luoshuang thought to herself. "Make her correct her bad habits. If not, just let her marry Yun Zhixing."

Yun Zhixing had no idea that he had become the representative of the negative image of men in the young lady's heart.

The Yun family was dependent on the Qin family, and Yun Zhixing had been the young lady's follower since childhood.

In his view, licking the young lady was completely normal behavior for a man. His whole family supported this, even providing him with advice and creating various convenient conditions for him to flatter the young lady, who was then called Qin Xiao, the young lady of the Qin family.

Later, turning to flatter the young lady's friend, Xia Xiaoxiang, was also completely normal behavior for a man. The former was about career, and the latter was about love.

Since arriving in Changshan County, he had been conscientiously maintaining his identity, a loyal follower of the young lady, a servant who bowed his head to his master, and an eager learner under Sheriff Lin.

Unfortunately, the last identity was not very successful.

However, Yun Zhixing's work was still very good. He shared a lot of the work for Qin Luoshuang. After the establishment of the Foreign Affairs Bureau, he had been in charge of daily work.

He got along very well with his new colleagues, which made him very happy.

But this time, there was a very urgent matter.

"Young lady! Something bad has happened!"

He ran over and shouted, "You've finally purchased 12,000 tons of bulk food from the Western Union, but it was intercepted by the Food Safety Inspection Bureau controlled by the Council on the Great Dragon River!"

Qin Luoshuang immediately put down the documents in her hand and asked in a deep voice, "What's going on? Take your time."

Yun Zhixing gasped for breath and said, "The Food Safety Inspection Bureau suspects that our food safety inspection is fake and wants us to stop the ship for inspection."

"Did you send someone? I remember telling you that all procedures must be done to the extreme. The Council cannot openly violate the imperial system."

"Young lady, during the inspection, they told the highest commander of the Southern Military Region, Xiang Zhitian, about this, and then... and then..."

Yun Zhixing looked dejected and angry, obviously not expecting such methods.

"The military of the Southern Military Region came over. They forcibly requisitioned our food under the wartime law and only gave us an IOU!"

Qin Luoshuang fell silent.

There was no doubt that this move was extremely sinister.

The military directly took action, and the wartime law provided a basis for requisition. The Council was just doing its duty. There was no problem with the procedure, and even if the case were brought to the highest Elder Council, it would not be possible to win.

For the military, foreign countries were soft targets, which was the opposite of the Council.

The Council could easily sanction domestic matters, but they had a greater fear of things belonging to foreign countries.

This move was a perfect example of using a borrowed knife to kill.

Qin Luoshuang regretted it very much. She had been careless and should not have purchased more than 1,000 tons of bulk food overseas at once.

But the food shortage in Changshan County had now expanded. The establishment of fishing companies and food factories only alleviated some of the pressure. With Yang Shaohu and Huang Mingxiao receiving all the refugees, the current food shortage exceeded 3,000 tons per day.

The county's inventory would only last for less than 20 days.

Food is the foundation of everything. If there is no food, Changshan County will not only fall into turmoil.

"Young lady, what should we do?" Yun Zhixing almost cried out.

Qin Luoshuang fell silent for a moment and said, "Go to Shangxi Town and invite Chen Xingtai."

---

Chen Xingtai had been very busy lately. The reclamation of 500,000 hectares of land was very heavy work, involving many aspects. The daily chores were enough to keep him working until the early hours of the morning.

But these were happy troubles.

Endless fertile land, the Imperial Government that exempted all taxes, and an association composed entirely of farmers, with high-ranking officials of the Empire who not only extended a helping hand but also never interfered with them or demanded compensation.

This was simply their ultimate dreamland.

Chen Xingtai worked with 120% enthusiasm. In addition to organizing the reclamation, he also gathered a large number of scattered members of the People's Party from all over, as well as destitute and desperate peasants, and provided full support to various civilian organizations.

As a result, several provincial governors had already protested to Changshan County, claiming that they were harboring and assisting rebels from all over, providing them with funds and intelligence, and helping them escape when they failed.But Changshan County withstood these pressures, and the foreign affairs bureau vehemently denied any involvement, swearing that it was the act of individuals and not the government of Changshan County. They promised to conduct a thorough investigation and provide everyone with an explanation.

To show their sincerity, they formed an Anti-Mob Organization Investigation Committee.

However, every so often, the investigation would fizzle out, and the person in charge would step up to the podium to apologize.

When the Governor's Office came to inquire, they were met with a retort from the person in charge: "I've already apologized, what more do you want?"

This sense of official protection, watching the officials use bureaucratic tactics to slap their own faces, was truly exhilarating.

Many new officials and farmers developed a good impression of the Changshan County government because of this, distinguishing it from other imperial governments.

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Chen Xingtai was very keen on bringing such happiness to other regions. For this purpose, he spent a great deal of money and resources and sought the help of the Security Bureau's agents to bring critical intelligence and funds to nearby civilian organizations.

Rock State was the empire's largest agricultural state, home to a quarter of the empire's farmers, and had the most civilian organizations. Therefore, Chen Xingtai also sent out the most officials there.

Rock, Butcher, Old Jar, Monkey, Ye Ying, and over a dozen other core members led a team of nearly a hundred people there.

The operation had been going very smoothly. They killed many local tyrants and lackeys of the Rock State Governor's Office on the outskirts of Ningdu County, aided many extremely poor farmers, and brought them to Changshan County.

But since last week, there had been no more letters from the officials in Rock State.