Chapter 034, Design
One sentence blocked everyone's objections, naturally no one would question Canglong's order, and then Canglong glanced at Vivian, who stood up with a document and said, "I now announce a new personnel appointment!" β
Hearing this, everyone looked at Vivian, but they didn't say a word, 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 removed from the chieftaincy, and they seemed to realize that at this time, Canglong was full-fledged, even if they didn't agree, but the people all believed in the prophet, what could they do?
"Chief Chiram's position remains unchanged, he still serves as the governor, Sheikh Assad serves as the first deputy governor, and the post of ad hoc minister of administration is held by me, the responsibility of the minister of administration is to supervise the administration of all officials, prevent corruption, and is directly responsible to the Prophet, General Badr is still the commander-in-chief of the Prophet's army, and must not interfere in the administration, and the rest of the officials remain in their main positions, and all the deputy positions are abolished, and they will be appointed by Sheikh Asad," Vivian read for a few minutes before finishing, "We do not have a separate government now, but we also do not obey the central government, and we are considered autonomous for the time being. β
Most of the Sunnis feel fortunate that at least the main positions are in their hands, and only the deputy positions are all in the hands of the Shiites, and in fact they are very happy to receive such lenient treatment, after all, the establishment of a regime does not eliminate all the old systems on the spot.
As for the Shiites, although they have some objections, they are all holding back in their hearts, but fortunately, the Sunnis can't interfere with the army, while the Shiites have Badr, the commander-in-chief of the Prophet's Army, so most people still don't have too much dissatisfaction, as for the future direction, of course they won't be discussing, Canglong has made it very clear that you are only responsible for governing here, as for whether the future will be a war or peace, he alone has the final say.
After the meeting was over and Canglong left, Sunni and Shia officials quarreled again in the provincial government, and of course Canglong could no longer control it.
Assad and Badr also left the provincial government one after another, and in the car, Badr was very helpless: "Chief Assad, in the future, we will spend less and less time together." β
After getting into the car, Assad kept squinting, and Badr opened his mouth and he was indifferent, as if thinking about something, and seeing that he did not speak, Badr said: "Don't you have any objection to the Prophet's decision?" β
Assad suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Badr and said: "Do you have absolute control over the army now?" β
"Nope." Thinking of this, Badr was very helpless, "Deputy Commander-in-Chief Vivian has Iranian relations, she can provide us with a lot of weapons and materials, plus the formulation of new military regulations, whether it is the veterans of the Badr Brigade or the recruits who are now incorporated into the security forces, I don't have much control, those Chinese taught them a lot of novel things, even the Americans will not, plus the belief in the prophet, if I order to resist the prophet, I am afraid that I will be the first to be shot." β
"In that case, what objection can I have?" Assad looked at Badr, "You are right, but after all, he is a Chinese, and you and I both know that this prophet does not have the gift of Allah at all!" Badr said coldly, "He's just playing a sign, confusing the people!" β
"Badr!" Assad suddenly looked at him seriously, "You are not allowed to talk like this in the future, understand?" β
Badr was stunned for a moment, but finally nodded: "Yes." "What's more, the Prophet's decision was wise, and he fulfilled his promise, and we support him, isn't it just that he can lead Iraq to strength? Isn't that what he's doing now? β
But Assad suddenly said with a solemn face: "How many people can you control now?" β
"About a dozen people, these are all veterans who have followed me, and the prophet's demagogy won't have much effect on them!" Badr said suddenly.
"Well, these people should be enough, tonight in my villa, I will have a feast for the Prophet, and you inform the Minister of Administration, Vivian, and tell her," Assad leaned into Badr's ear and said, "If the Prophet passes our final test, we will fully support him, and if he does not, then"
"I see!" Badr nodded, "By the way, why should we trust Vivien?" β
"She was a wise woman, and unlike the Chinese around the prophet, she didn't have much loyalty to the prophet." Assad's face was 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, obviously you want to stop the Sunni and Shiite infighting, but in terms of personnel and human life, you let one party take the main position and the other serve as the deputy position, doesn't this create an environment for them to fight?" β
Canglong dozed off, and when he heard Vivien's words, he didn't even open his eyes, and replied lazily: "It's very simple, I don't need them to quarrel about the future of Basra, because this is the decision I should make, but administratively if they contain each other, it is the best, they can't get together, and there is no problem of officials protecting each other, the more they fight, the more the people will benefit, won't my goal be achieved?" β
"Kill two birds with one stone in insidiousness." Vivien sarcastically said, "By the way, Alidai will come to Basra in some time, do you want to meet him?" β
"Nope!" Canglong instinctively refused.
"Why? Isn't he your friend? Vivien wondered.
"Because he is my friend, I can't see him now, because he's coming on behalf of Iran, not on behalf of him personally, and I'll be seeing him when he comes on his own behalf." Canglong said calmly.
"In other words, the envoys of other countries are all gone?" Vivien asked.
"Except for the Russians, there is nothing else, and you are now the Minister of Administration, first urge them to set up propaganda agencies, which will be a powerful weapon for us to deal with the Americans in the future!" Canglong said calmly, "Find a way to contact the country, and let Li Ruomo find Ye Menglong and get me a batch of grain, which will come in handy soon." β
"Isn't your Oriental International just producing food, and you still use me to get it?" Vivien didn't have a good breath, and it was obvious that Canglong was very dissatisfied with her behavior of using her machine.
"I don't have much manpower available now, and there are only a few people I can trust in Iraq, and if I can, I want to transfer people from the country, but you should know that what we are doing now has as little to do with the country as little as possible, and even if we send food over, we have to go through other channels, and we can't be above board." Canglong explained.
"Hmm." Vivian nodded, she naturally understood this, otherwise Canglong would not have to appear in front of the people after the disguise, if the Americans openly find an excuse to say that China is secretly making trouble, then China's political situation will fall into a passive state.
"What else is needed?" Vivien asked.
"Buying a batch of second-hand electrical appliances from China, and asking Ruomo to think of a way, can we build some hydropower equipment, and solve the water and electricity supply of Basra first, but" Canglong thought for a while, "Don't be in a hurry for the time being, before doing this, we must respond to the situation, and we can't work in vain!" β
"Situation?" Vivien looked sarcastic, "Your situation is to demagogue, right?" And then let the people believe in you as a prophet with all their hearts! β
The trick was debunked, but Canglong's face was not red and his heart was not beating, and he squinted his eyes and said, "It's time for you to get out of the car, my Minister of Administration!" β
After the driver stopped, Vivien walked down angrily, but just as she was about to close the door, Canglong suddenly smiled and said, "You forgot one thing!" β
Vivien seemed very upset, "If you have something to say, say it quickly, and if you have a fart, let it go!" β
"Before leaving, you should make a prostration, and then say a word of blessing from the Prophet." Canglong was serious, and even made a move, afraid that Vivian wouldn't.
Vivien responded to him with a flick of the car door: "Get out!" β
After Canglong left, Vivian walked alone on the streets, although the current Basra has not improved much, but at least Vivian can see that there are not so many people on the streets, Sunnis and Shiites are not quarreling or even fighting directly, except for some bullet holes in the walls and potholes on the road, it is difficult to imagine that this is a city that has just had a coup d'Γ©tat.
"Maybe he'll change this place." Vivien said to herself, in fact, in her heart, she has long been tired of the so-called great power competition.
"Your Excellency, Minister." Just as she was about to leave, suddenly a car pulled up beside her, and the door opened, and Badr's gloomy face appeared in front of him.
"General Badr, do you have something to do with me?" Vivien wondered.
"Can you get in the car and say?" Badr pleaded.
Vivien wanted to refuse, but she got into the car, which quickly left the street.
"Tell me, what's the matter?" Vivien's face was expressionless.
"Sheikh Assad let me tell you one thing, tonight he will have a feast in his house, a feast for all the officials of Basra, of course mainly for the Prophet." Badr said.
"Banquet?" Vivian frowned, but had already entered the role of Minister of Administration, "Is Chief Assad ready to be corrupt as soon as he takes office?" Do you think the prophet would have agreed to the whole Basra with internal and external troubles, but he had a feast at home? β
"Don't be angry, Your Excellency, we're doing this because," said Badr, leaning over to Vivien's side and whispering a few words.
Vivien was shocked: "So you want me to convince him?" β
Badr nodded: "Yes, we are also a last resort, and you should also know that if he does not pass our test, he will control everything in the future, and it will be too difficult to restrain him." β
Vivian frowned, to be exact, she is Li Ruomo's person, even if Li Ruomo's order is not acceptable, she will not accept all of it, let alone Canglong, helping Canglong here, but because of Li Ruomo's relationship, and Canglong is now the president of Longteng International.
"Stop!" Vivien said.
Badr motioned for the driver to stop, and Vivien got out of the car and said without looking back, "I'll help you." β
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