The Hunhuoluo and Guokeluo areas were originally the poorest places in the Western Region. They were mainly desert areas. They were vast but sparsely populated, and the cultivated fields were barren. Moreover, they could only grow a unique type of local crop, with very low yields. In addition, there was animal husbandry. There is a kind of small cattle that can be grazed in the desert, but naturally it cannot grow on a large scale in a certain area. In the past, only the old aristocrats could eat meat. Nowadays, there are not many changes, except that the new aristocracy eats meat. .
In fact, whether it is democratically elected, dictatorial, or pure slavery in the past, it probably makes no difference to the people at the bottom here.
Lu Ming's motorcade went to the northwest, which is the direction bordering the Nile Autonomous Region. It started from Huanhuo City and first arrived at Chihuo City, the third largest city in the autonomous region. It was already more than 300 kilometers away from Huanhuo City, and then headed towards To the northwest, there is no longer a slightly wider road.
I spent a few days repairing in Red Fire City and met with local dignitaries.
Then we set off again, and one day later, we arrived at a small town called Bahuo City.
On this road, some places are simply deserts, and there is no way to talk about it.
However, Lu Ming's fleet is all off-road military vehicles, and he also brings a team of engineers. When encountering places where vehicles are difficult to travel, he can temporarily find ways to make vehicles pass.
Bahuo City is said to be a city, but it is just a village with a few thousand people. The 61st Police Station stationed here manages several thousand square kilometers. In fact, these thousands of square kilometers only have more than fifty villages, and the villages They are not big. Not counting the Eight Fires City, the population is less than 10,000.
61 Police Station has one director and seven police officers, a total of eight people, equipped with five long guns and five short guns. There is no electricity here, and the police station is equipped with its own small generator.
Lu Ming's convoy has a total of five trucks, and two off-road trucks are pulling the RV at the front. In addition, there is an armed helicopter accompanying them, plus two engineering vehicles loaded with engineering tools and some common materials.
The guards are the commander-in-chief's personal guards. They are organized at the company level, but there are more than 300 people. They are all equipped with micro-rams, assault rifles and large-caliber rifles. Regardless of long-range attack, mid-range fire suppression or close combat, the firepower is extremely powerful, and they are equipped with Armored vehicles and armed helicopters, but on this trip, the armored vehicles could not accompany them, and only one armed helicopter was brought out.
After the convoy arrived at Police Station 61, it sent a report to the headquarters, and a transport plane would airdrop replenishing supplies tomorrow.
The Guard Corps does not have an air force establishment, but is equipped with two transport aircraft.
How could Shitou Luo, the director of Police Station 61, have the opportunity to meet a chief who is hundreds of levels above him? According to military rank, he is only a lieutenant, or a lieutenant of the Western Region Police Corps, and his qualifications are very low.
Police Station 61 consists of two rows of simple bungalows. The rooms in the front row are offices, interrogation rooms and temporary detention rooms, and the rooms in the back row are dormitories.
In the office, Shi Luobi reported the situation here respectfully.
Lu Ming looked at the map on the table.
Further to the southwest, the soil gradually becomes fertile, and a dispute over water broke out in the village of Huanhuoluo, which destroyed firearms, more than 300 kilometers southwest of here.
"Sixty-one constituency, Bahuo City and nearby villagers, although the population is not large, there are more than 10,000 and 20,000 people, and the effective voters are only more than 100?" Lu Ming was suddenly attracted by Shitou Luo's words.
Shitou Luo nodded, "Yes, because voters must have a public primary school education or above. More than ten years ago, most people here were slaves. Let alone primary school education, there were very few people who were literate." He said helplessly: " Originally, the Kingdom wanted to build a public primary school in District 61, but due to financial issues, the original promise was not realized, so I think this will be the case for a long time in the future."
Although Shitou Luo is not a local, he was born in a poor village and has empathy for the lives of poor villagers here.
He has excellent physical fitness. Nine years ago, he was recruited as a police officer by the commander-in-chief's police protection corps. He is also very smart. In just a few years, he not only studied culture, but also successfully graduated from the police officer training class. It can be said that in the past ten years, It was a turning point in his life. All of this came from the uniform he wore. He also loved this uniform. As for the chief, whom he had only seen in newspapers, he had long been the person he admired most.
Lu Ming glanced at Shitou Luo, "How is the management of the municipal committee here?"
Villages in the Huonhuoluo Autonomous Region have simple elections and no parliament. Villagers directly elect municipal committees in divided constituencies, and the municipal committees exercise management powers on behalf of all voters.
However, the ruling body elected by more than 100 people will still change the soup but not the medicine.
Shitou Luo smiled bitterly and said: "Many villagers feel that it is better to be slaves than before, because the tools, fields, livestock, etc. are all..."
Lu Ming waved his hand, "The means of production are still in the hands of the former slave owners."
The Sonians dealt with many of the old nobles, but that was all in the big cities, where the Sonians could really manage.
Rural areas were basically unaffected.
Unlike in the Northern Territory, where he was determined to eradicate military bullies, he mobilized the people at the bottom to divide their property. The people in remote mountainous areas could also mobilize.
"Yes, means of production." Shitou Luo repeated the word with admiration, and continued: "Now they hire workers, and the remuneration is extremely low, but there are too many poor slaves and too few job opportunities. They compete with each other fiercely. , not as good as before, at least as the property of the slave owners, the slave owners would not want to starve them to death."
Lu Ming nodded slightly. The Sonia people's abolition policy was a typical one of killing and ignoring burial.
After thinking about it, Lu Ming said: "The main reason is that the autonomous region council ignored this serious problem and did not think of a way to solve it with laws and regulations."
"Chief, are you really missing them?" Shitou Luo asked again.
As soon as Lu Ming arrived here, five members of the municipal committee heard the news and came to visit collectively, but they were blocked by armed guards.
Lu Ming smiled: "There's nothing visible. Let me talk to you first. Well, you can choose a few former slaves to represent me, and I'll talk to them."
"Okay!" Shitou Luo agreed hurriedly.
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The next day, a helicopter arrived from the southwest city of White Fire Castle.
White Fire Castle is the second largest city in the Hunhuo Luo Autonomous Region, only more than a hundred kilometers away from the conflict between the Hunhuo Luo and the Nile people.
According to the investigation of the first control intelligence officer, the weapons smuggled from the United Kingdom were first sent to White Fire Castle.
In Hunhuo City, the middle-aged man who was not very respectful to him was the deputy speaker of Hunhuo Luo Autonomous Region, and he was from White Fire Castle.
According to the information obtained by the First Control, there is a Huoluo organization in White Fire Castle, and its idea is that the Huoluo people should rule the Western Region.
Naturally, it was the expansion of ambition brought about by the occupation of Nile City.
However, it is not hostile to the United Kingdom, but hopes to gain support from the United Kingdom. It is reported that it may have received support from the White Rose Party in the United Kingdom.
This organization calls itself the "Rose of the Western Regions."
In the United Kingdom, the White Rose Party is already a publicly registered political group with many supporters. The poorer the people living, the more likely they are to be infected by such extreme ideas. Its current seats in the United Kingdom Parliament can no longer accommodate those The big parties look down on it, and some powerful people obviously support the White Rose Party, but they just won't openly declare their political leanings.
The military and political group to which his patron, General Dönitz, belongs is somewhat like the old-school politicians of the empire, and is in competition with the extreme factions.
As for the helicopter that flew from White Fire Castle, it was led by White Fire Castle Councilor Xiangsha Shimi, a young and beautiful woman in her early twenties. Her name told you that she had an unusual background.
It is true that she is the youngest granddaughter of the Hun Fire King. She was more than ten years old when her family was massacred, and she was even supported by the remaining tribe as the Hun Fire King. Because of the Hun Fire King lineage, she is the only one left.
Probably because he has been involved in politics since he was a teenager. After the stability of the Western Region, the last mixed fire king chose to enter politics, starting from the White Fire Castle where the family influence has not been completely eliminated. Some loyal subordinates supported her, so in the general election two years ago, she was elected as the city councilor of White Fire Castle at a young age. She also has considerable influence on the city council and is a heavyweight councilor.
When she heard that Chief Bit had arrived in Eight Fires City, which was only two hundred kilometers away from White Fire Castle, she hired a helicopter from a flight service company to pay her a visit.
