() One sentence silenced everyone's objections. Naturally, no one would question Canglong's order. Then Canglong winked at Vivian, who stood up with a document and said: "I now declare New personnel appointments.”
Hearing this, everyone looked at Vivian, but said nothing. At this time, they obviously understood a rule. If Canglong didn't let them speak, they couldn't speak, otherwise they would be dragged out and directly dismissed from the chief's post. And they seemed to have Realizing that Canglong was full-fledged at this time, even if they disagreed, the people believed in the prophet, so what could they do.
"Chief Chilam's position remains unchanged and he is still the governor. Chief Assad serves as the first deputy governor. I will be the ad hoc minister of administration. The responsibilities of the minister of administration are to supervise the administration of all officials and prevent corruption. Directly responsible to the Prophet, General Badr still serves as the commander-in-chief of the Prophet's Army and is not allowed to interfere in the administration. The other officials' regular positions remain unchanged, and all deputy positions are abolished and appointed by Chief Assad." Vivian read for a few minutes before finishing. "We are not going to do it now. Establishing a new government can be regarded as self-government for the time being."
Most Sunnis feel lucky that at least all the principal positions are in their hands, and only the deputy positions are in the hands of the Shias. In fact, they are very happy to get such tolerant treatment. After all, which regime The establishment of the new system does not mean dismantling all the old systems on the spot.
As for the Shiites, although they have some objections, they keep them in their hearts. Fortunately, the Sunnis cannot interfere with the army, but the Shiites have Badr, the commander-in-chief of the Prophet Army, so most people still There is not much dissatisfaction. As for the future direction, of course they will not discuss it. Canglong has made it very clear. You are only responsible for governing this place. As for whether there will be war or peace in the future, he alone has the final say. .
After the meeting ended and Canglong left, the Sunni and Shia officials started quarreling again in the provincial government. Of course Canglong could no longer control it.
Assad and Badr also left the provincial government one after another. In the car, Badr was very helpless: "Chief Assad, we will spend less and less time together like this in the future."
Assad kept squinting his eyes after getting in the car. When Badr spoke, he remained indifferent and seemed to be thinking about something. Seeing that he didn't speak, Badr said again: "Don't you have any objection to the prophet's decision?"
Assad suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Badr and said, "Do you have absolute control over the army now?"
"No." Thinking of this, Badr was very helpless. "Deputy Commander-in-Chief Vivian has connections with Iran. She can provide us with a lot of weapons and supplies. With the formulation of new military regulations, whether they are veterans of Badr's brigade or I don’t have much control over the new recruits recruited into the security forces now. The Chinese have taught them a lot of new things that even the Americans don’t know. Plus they have faith in the prophet. If I order a rebellion against the prophet, I’m afraid I won’t be able to do anything. I was the one who was shot for a moment."
"In this case, what objection can I have?" Assad looked at Badr, "You are right, but after all, he is a Chinese. You and I both know that he, a prophet, has no gift from God at all. ." Badr said coldly, "He is just using his own signs to confuse the people."
"Badr." Assad suddenly looked at him seriously, "You are not allowed to talk like this in the future. Do you understand?"
Badr was stunned, but finally nodded: "Yes." What's more, the prophet's decision was very wise, and he also fulfilled his promise. We support him, isn't it just to let him lead Iraq to become stronger? Isn’t that what we are doing now?”
But Assad suddenly said with a solemn expression: "How many people can you control now?"
"About a dozen people. These are veterans who follow me. The prophet's bewitchment will not have much effect on them." Badr suddenly said.
"Well, these people should be enough. I will host a banquet for the Prophet in my villa tonight. In addition, you inform Vivian, the Minister of Administration, and tell her." Assad leaned into Badr's ear and said something, "If the prophet passes our final test, we will fully support him. If he does not want to, then"
"I understand." Badr nodded, "By the way, why should we believe Vivian."
"She is a smart woman. Unlike the Chinese people around the prophet, she does not have much loyalty to the prophet." Assad looked gloomy.
At the same time, in the car returning to the Longteng International branch, Vivian asked strangely: "Sometimes I really don't understand your purpose. You obviously want to prevent the infighting between Sunnis and Shias, but when it comes to personnel matters, In terms of human life, if one party holds the main position and the other takes the deputy position, doesn't this create an environment of infighting for them?"
Canglong was dozing off. When he heard Vivian's words, he didn't even open his eyes and replied lazily: "It's very simple. I don't need them to argue about where Basra will go in the future, because it's mine." Decisions should be made, but in terms of administration, it would be best if they restrain each other. They can't get together anyway, and there will be no problem of officials protecting each other. The more they fight among themselves, the more the people will benefit. Haven’t I achieved my goal?”
"You kill two birds with one stone." Vivian said sarcastically, "By the way, Ali Daei will come to Basra in a while. Do you want to meet him?"
"No." Canglong refused intuitively.
"Why, isn't he your friend?" Vivian asked strangely.
"Precisely because he is my friend, I can't see him now, because he is here on behalf of Iran, not on behalf of himself. When he comes on behalf of himself, I will meet him." Canglong said calmly.
"That is to say, all the special envoys from other countries have disappeared." Vivian asked.
"Except for the Russians, everyone else is gone. In addition, you are now the Minister of Administration. First urge them to establish a propaganda agency. This will be a powerful weapon for us to deal with the Americans in the future." Canglong said calmly, "Find a way and Contact the country and ask Li Ruomo to find Ye Menglong and get me a batch of grain, which will be of great use soon."
"Isn't your Oriental International just producing food? You still need me to do it?" Vivian said angrily. Apparently Canglong's behavior of using her machine made her very dissatisfied.
"I don't have many manpower available now. You are the only people I can trust in Iraq. If possible, I would like to transfer people from China. But you should know that what we are doing now has less to do with the country." The better, even if the food is delivered, it has to be through other channels and cannot be done openly." Canglong explained.
"Yes." Vivian nodded. She naturally understood this. Otherwise, Canglong wouldn't have to disguise himself before appearing in front of the people. If the Americans openly found an excuse to say that China was secretly causing trouble, then they would be allowed to
China's political situation has fallen into a passive state.
"What else do you need?" Vivian asked.
"Acquire a batch of second-hand electrical appliances from China, and let Ruomo think about whether we can get some water and electricity equipment. We will solve the water and electricity supply in Basra first, but" Canglong thought for a while, "there is no rush now, do these
Before, we had to respond to the situation and we couldn’t work in vain.”
"The situation." Vivian said with a sarcastic face, "Your situation is to confuse the people, right, and then make the people believe in you as a prophet."
After being exposed the trick, Canglong didn't blush and said with squinted eyes: "It's time for you to get out of the car, my administrative minister."
After the driver stopped the car, Vivian walked out angrily, but when she was about to close the car door, Canglong suddenly smiled and said: "You forgot one thing."
Vivian seemed very unhappy, "If you have something to say, say it quickly, and if you have anything to say, say it quickly."
"Before leaving, you should salute and say, blessings from the prophet." Canglong was serious and even made a move, fearing that Vivian would not do it.
Vivian responded to him by swinging the car door: "Get out."
After Canglong left, Vivian walked alone on the streets. Although Basra has not improved much now, at least Vivian saw that there were no longer so many people wandering on the streets, and Sunnis and Shiites could not meet each other.
It wasn't a quarrel or even a direct fight. Apart from some bullet holes in the walls and potholes on the road, it was hard to imagine that this was a city where a coup had just taken place.
"Maybe he will change this place." Vivian said to herself. In fact, in her heart, she had long been tired of the so-called competition between great powers.
"Your Excellency, Minister." Just as she was about to leave, a car suddenly stopped beside her, the door opened, and Badr's lustful face appeared in front of him.
"General Badr, do you have a problem with me?" Vivian asked strangely.
"Can we get in the car and talk?" Badr requested.
Originally, Vivian wanted to refuse, but finally got into the car and the car quickly left the street.
"Say, what's the matter?" Vivian's face was expressionless.
"Sheikh Assad asked me to tell you something. He will host a banquet at his home tonight for all Basra officials, of course mainly to entertain the Prophet," Badr said.
"Banquet." Vivian frowned, but she had already entered the role of Minister of Administration. "Is Chief Assad ready to revolt just after he took office? The entire Basra has internal and external troubles, and everything is waiting for improvement, but he is busy at home.
Let’s hold a feast, do you think the prophet will agree to it?”
"Don't be angry, Minister, we are doing this because." After saying that, Badr came to Vivian's side and whispered a few words.
Vivian was surprised: "So you want me to convince him, right?"
Badr nodded: "Yes, we have no choice but to do so. You should also know that if he fails our test, he will control everything in the future, and it will be too difficult to restrain him."
Vivian frowned. To be precise, she was Li Ruomo's person. She would not accept all of Li Ruomo's orders, let alone Canglong. Helping Canglong here was only because of Li Ruomo's relationship, and Canglong was now
President of Longteng International.
"Stop the car." Vivian said.
Badr signaled the driver to stop, and after getting out of the car, Vivian said without looking back: "I will help you."