"The city under Line 0?" Jiang Chen touched his chin. "My idea is to empty the entire city and then leave it there to destroy itself. What's your opinion? "
Jiang Chen looked at Han Junhua and waited for the opinion of the chief of staff.
"My opinion?" Han Junhua crossed her arms in front of her chest. After a moment of contemplation, she said, "Are you not going to start the clone plan? From an efficiency point of view, the appropriate use of clones will help accelerate the reconstruction of civilization. "
"But efficiency doesn't mean everything." Jiang Chen shrugged and leaned back in the chair. "NAC doesn't need clones to save it. We can rebuild this land in our own way instead of becoming the second Pan-Asia Cooperation."
"What about that AI?" Han Junhua then asked, "What are you going to do with it?"
Jiang Chen thought for a moment and said.
"Move it out from below first. Its server is on the fifth floor of Eden Technology. Send a few experts who understand this area to deal with this matter. I have other uses for that AI. I will bring it back to Wanghai. "
"As you command." Han Junhua nodded slightly. After understanding Jiang Chen's plan, she didn't say anything more on this issue. "I still have some things to deal with, so I won't bother you anymore."
"Mhmm, go ahead." Jiang Chen smiled and nodded to Han Junhua, then said, "Call Zhou Guoping for me."
…
Zhou Guoping didn't let him wait too long. When he heard that the General was looking for him, he immediately rushed here from outside the giant wall of Pingan Street.
When he knocked on the door and walked into the barracks, Jiang Chen was sitting at the table drinking tea.
When he saw the familiar bald head, Jiang Chen smiled, put down the teacup in his hand, and said in a casual tone.
"You're here?"
Standing in front of Jiang Chen, Zhou Guoping's expression was quite reserved. He didn't have his usual fierce and domineering look.
He smiled shyly and said, "I heard the General was looking for me, so I came immediately."
"Don't be nervous, it's a good thing." Looking at Zhou Guoping's reserved look, Jiang Chen casually pointed to the chair next to him. "Sit down."
Looking at Zhou Guoping nervously sitting across from him, Jiang Chen smiled, paused for a moment, then said.
"Now that Pingan Street has been pacified, you have made a lot of contributions. I will now point you to two paths. Take a look and choose for yourself."
"As you command, Marshal." Zhou Guoping bowed his head respectfully.
"Do you really listen to all my orders?" Jiang Chen laughed and joked, "Then I'll send you to be Chu Nan's guard. Are you going too?"
Zhou Guoping was so scared that he began to sweat. He looked at Jiang Chen with a bitter expression as his eyebrows scrunched together.
"Alright." Jiang Chen waved his hand. "I don't want to care about your grudges. I'll give you two ways to get promoted. Choose."
"Go ahead." Zhou Guoping lowered his head.
"The first path, Shangjing is now included in the territory of NAC, and it will be the northern border of NAC from now on. Further north was the wasteland, and I had no interest in expanding my territory to the Siberian wasteland where even the grass couldn't grow. You will stay in Shangjing and continue to do what you are doing now. "
This path was also the path Jiang Chen left for him to retire.
As long as he didn't dare to do anything too outrageous, he could play his current identity as a mercenary leader for the rest of his life.
With the funds allocated from above, the work he did was to inquire about some gossip, pay attention to the whereabouts of the bandits and raiders, and occasionally deal with some dirty work to protect NAC's interests in the underground world of Shangjing.
There would be no danger, but that was it for the rest of his life!
Looking at the hesitation on Zhou Guoping's face, Jiang Chen smiled and continued.
"As for the second path, it's not easy to take. Go east, cross the Pacific Ocean, disembark in California, unite the local Han forces, and lay the foundation for NAC's expansion to the West Coast of North America. I don't think I need to teach you what to do. But I also have to remind you that this journey will not be very peaceful. NAC only has one outpost there, and the local survivors are not so easy to bully. "
"I choose the second path," Zhou Guoping replied immediately.
Jiang Chen raised an eyebrow and said with a smile, "Oh? You've thought about it? Most likely you'll have to stay there. The situation there is more chaotic than Shangjing. Several major forces are fighting fiercely, and the survivors on the East Coast are not much worse than NAC. "
"I've thought about it." Zhou Guoping immediately stood up, held his head high, pounded his chest with his right fist, and shouted, "I'm willing to dedicate this life to expand the territory of General!"
Is there a need to think about it? He didn't want to retire so early!
Chu Nan's existence had always made him feel a sense of crisis. He must do his best to climb to a higher position.
Needless to say, the NAC military salute was comical when used on him. It was like a bandit who had been incorporated into the regular army. Although they wore the same military uniform and walked the same gait, it still looked awkward no matter how one looked at it.
"Okay then." With a faint smile, Jiang Chen also stood up from the chair, walked next to Zhou Guoping, and patted him on the shoulder. "Since you chose the most difficult path, I can't mistreat you. When everything is over, I'll let you be a manager in the survivor settlement on the West Coast. "
If he really managed a piece of land, even the best land would be turned into a bandit's nest. But Jiang Chen didn't care. It was just a survivor settlement. Anyway, it was the land of the UA. He could do whatever he wanted as long as he didn't use the NAC flag when he did bad things.
He still had to consider his reputation.
When he heard Jiang Chen's promise, Zhou Guoping was overjoyed as he straightened his chest to show his loyalty.
Wasn't this the promise he was waiting for? He had been working for NAC for many years. People in the same period as him were either division commanders, executive officers of survivor settlements, or governors or city lords in colonies.
He was the only one who was still a minor character outside of the establishment.
Now Jiang Chen promised him that when everything was over, he would let him be the manager of a survivor settlement. Of course, he was overjoyed! So what if it was North America? It was just a bit far away and the conditions were a bit difficult. Compared to the taste of power, it was nothing!
Listening to Zhou Guoping's words of loyalty, Jiang Chen just smiled and didn't really take his words to heart.
"Alright, you can keep these words in your heart." Jiang Chen raised his hand and interrupted Zhou Guoping's flattery. "Pack up your people, go back to Wanghai to prepare, and board the ship to North America at the end of October. I will ask the logistics department to allocate 100,000 credits for you. You can hire the people and buy the weapons. I won't teach you how to spend the money. "
"Yes!"
"Wait, don't rush to leave." Jiang Chen stopped Zhou Guoping, who was about to leave, and then said, "Remember to find a trustworthy person to take over here and let him report to me."
Zhou Guoping raised his head and his face was glowing.
"I promise to complete the mission!"
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