218 Initial stabilization
"Next, I will announce the scope of capitalists and great nobles confiscated by Elena, and announce the list of factories and enterprises that Elena has taken over. Outside this list, whether it is a handicraft owner, a small shopkeeper, or a petty bourgeoisie, we will not confiscate your property, nor will we ask you to sacrifice your wife......"
Gallance hadn't forgotten to joke when he spoke. The people in the square burst into laughter when they heard him talk about dedicating his wife. Afterward, Garence read out the list, which was very short, and Ronan's shoes, which Ronan feared, were apparently not on the list. After reading out the list, Gastens introduced some details of the property policy before moving on to another matter.
"Now, our new government has just been formed, and we are in dire need of manpower. Any citizen who understands communism, or is interested in communism, and is willing to serve the people, can go to the city government to sign up, and after a brief inspection, we will recruit comrades who meet the requirements to become a member of the new government of the city of Moon, and serve all the citizens of the city of Moon with us. In terms of conditions and requirements, we do not have any threshold, whether you are illiterate or not, whether you are a man or a woman, old or young, as long as you are interested, you can sign up, we will arrange a suitable job for you according to your characteristics, and pay wages according to a unified standard......"
Aidan Ronan in the audience was ready to leave, and he was anxious to go home and tell his family the good news. The list announced by Garence was very short, and it involved those who were at the top of the city of Moon before, and they couldn't compete with their Ronan shoemaker. He wanted to go home and tell his family the good news and calm everyone's long-standing panic. However, what Garence read out next caught his attention. Is the city government hiring? And without any limitations? You must know that in the original Moon City, those who could enter the city government were either relatives of a big nobleman or a friend of a big capitalist, and few low-level citizens could enter and become officials of a certain level. Although Ronan likes his Ronan shoemaking, he prefers his child to become an official rather than a shoemaker. He listened carefully to Garence's words, repeated them in his mind, made sure that he had memorized all the key information, and then said goodbye to Devara Rohm and hurried home. He has three children, all in their twenties, and he would love to have one or two children who can join the city government and become officials. Although he was already vaguely aware that the officials of the new government might be different from the officials of the old government, in Ronan's simple values, the person who could eat the emperor's food was no more noble than him as a shoemaker.
Gallance on the stage was still preaching, but Aidan Ronan had already left the square. Divara watched the shoemaker leave the square, looked around, found another man who looked to be well-dressed, and leaned in. He wanted to talk to this man and see how he felt about the new government.
The Gallance policy reading took less than an hour to complete. The people in the square slowly dispersed, and Devara chatted with seven or eight people. He followed the crowd away, walked down a few streets, and then turned a corner into a small, nameless courtyard.
"You're here?"
In this little courtyard sat an elderly uncle, who saw Divara enter the door, stood up, limped to his side, and hammered Divara on the shoulder. Devara nodded at him and reflexively closed the door.
"What's the mood of everyone? Is it acceptable? The uncle sat down with Devara at the stone table on the side of the courtyard and poured him a cup of tea. Tea is a very common black leaf tea, and it is also very coarsely brewed. But Devara was visibly thirsty, so he picked up his teacup and drank it down before he began to report.
"I talked to seven or eight people, mostly artisanal owners and petty bourgeoisie, and they were all okay with Mayor Garence's policies, and there was no obvious dislike. The mood in the whole square was also good, and the mayor said that he wanted to recruit government workers, and everyone was more interested and talked about it. However, these people don't know much about communism, and many of them still sign up with the idea of becoming officials, will they-"
"That's not something we're worried about," interrupted Syson Warren, who had been working in intelligence in Moon for more than half a year and knew the boundaries of intelligence work, "Gallance is the man who fought with the chieftain, and he must know how to deal with this kind of problem." We have limited manpower and energy right now, and we can't manage that much for the time being, and helping the team take over the city of Moon smoothly is our first priority. β
"I know," Divara nodded, with great respect for the uncle in front of him. Not long ago, when the Western Military Region was still around, Skye Hamm, the commander of the Third Army of the Western Military District, had been discussing with Prince Eliot at the Sky Restaurant how to deal with Elena. Divara was a communist associate at the time, and naturally did not want Elena to be ruined by His Royal Highness the Prince and that Skye Hamm. He struggled and finally found someone who could send the news back to Elena. Since then, he has become an intelligence officer of the Elena Anti-Investigation Bureau, and has been lurking in the city of Moon for a long time, becoming an unknown revolutionary. And this Saison Warren, who was sitting across from him, was the head of intelligence in the entire city of Moon, and his immediate boss.
"It's good to know", Saison Warren poured another glass of water for Divara, "You and your team have made a great contribution to the successful takeover of Moon City this time, and you have contributed a lot to being able to take the initiative to bring up Johnny Eight Fingers at the public trial, so that Gallance has the opportunity to take him under the knife, you are indispensable." The above has decided to recruit you as a probationary party member at a later dateβ"
"Really?! Thank you, uncle! β
Hearing Saison Warren's words, Divaratten stood up with a sigh of excitement. He had been working for Elena for a few months, and naturally knew that being able to join the Communist Party really meant that he was close to the heart of revolutionary work. Moreover, during this period of time, the study of communism and the understanding of Elena's policies increased his yearning for communism. From just wanting a piece of land of his own at the beginning, to now wanting to change the world with revolution, Divara wants more, and naturally cares more about the identity of the Communist Party member.
Seeing that Devara was so excited, Saisen was also very happy. He had been in contact with Divara from the very beginning, and he was equally pleased to see the young man grow from a waiter to a qualified intelligence officer.
"I didn't earn this, it was your own hard work and struggle, so don't thank me, I hope you can do a good job and don't live up to the organization's trust in you."
"That's nature," Divara said with a serious moment. However, he soon showed a somewhat empty expression, "I proposed Eight Finger Johnny at that time, also because of my sister's matter, I am selfish, the organization will not mind, right?" β
"Johnny Eight-Finger is a cancer in this city, even if you don't say it, we'll cut him. And his alliance with the police chief, Vanessa Tyre, if not dismantled, will be very detrimental to our takeover of the city. Now that Johnny Eight-Finger has been eliminated, there should be no large-scale underworld organization in Moon City anytime soon. And Vanessa has also lost his connection to the underworld and is also obedient a lot. Now that we are short of troops, we still need Vanessa's help to manage the city of Moon, and you have to emphasize to a few of your informants that you have an eye on Vanessa and can't let him have problems. β
It seemed that becoming a probationary party member was not a particularly worthy of special attention, and Saison only had a few words to Divara before he began to lay out the next steps. Although Divara was excited, she also knew that work was important, and the takeover of Moon City had just begun, so she gathered her emotions and listened. From time to time, he asked some detailed questions about the work assigned by Saisen, and then memorized Saisen's reply for the next step. The two chatted in the small courtyard for more than an hour before saying goodbye to each other. Devara left the courtyard, glanced up at the somewhat yellowish sky, quietly clenched his fists, and shouted silently. By becoming a probationary party member, he would be one step closer to the revolution. If he can go one step closer to the revolution, he will be one step closer to his dream. Although he had just temporarily suppressed his emotions in front of Saison, now that he had left the courtyard and was alone, Divara still chose to release his emotions. He silently celebrated for a while, finally adjusted his mood and left the courtyard.
As I said before, the work has just begun. As the force behind Elena's takeover of the city of Moon, they must use their abilities to help Garence take over the city smoothly and make a good start for Elena's city strategy.
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"We're so short of people......"
At Elena Factory 1, the light of the setting sun reflected the documents in front of Gastens in red. He put down the pen in his hand and complained to Zinker Warren in front of him. Sink Warren smiled and replied softly.
"The war has just ended, there are many soldiers who have sacrificed, it is normal to lack people, and you don't have to worry too much, boss. There are more and more people yearning for the revolution, and as the area under our control increases, more workers and serfs will be willing to join the revolutionary ranks. The shortage of people is only a temporary phenomenon, and our team will definitely get bigger and bigger. β
"That's right", Gastens nodded, but his frown did not stretch, the army needs people for reform, it takes people to take over cities, and people are needed for land reform, and it has just taken over more than twenty cities in the two major provinces of Ens and Siloa, and it will take a lot of manpower and material resources to successfully take over these cities. Sometimes, he even wondered if he should stick to the experience of the great leader of the earth, encircling the cities from the countryside, and then deal with the urban problems after the victory of the revolution.
It's just that this kind of idea is not easy for him to discuss with Zink in front of him. Shaking his head and waving the doubts in his mind, Gastens shifted the conversation back to the conversation between the two.
"I've seen the latest report from the city of Moon, Garence did a good job, and your men have been very helpful. After taking over the cities of Enspen, you can follow this routine, but we have not infiltrated Siloa Province before, so it is estimated that it is not easy to do. β
"Indeed," Zinker Warren nodded, "the intelligence work in Enspen Province has been carried out for more than half a year, and there are our people in various cities, so it is relatively easy to do. There are only a few liaison officers in a few large cities in Siloam Province, and I have ordered them to expand the team, but the intelligence work is mainly cautious, and the team will not expand quickly, and I have sent some new people over, but the overall manpower is still insufficient. Like you said, there's not enough manpower......"
"yes......"
Gastens nodded, the lack of manpower is the biggest problem now, although the long-term is optimistic, but Elena has too many things to do recently, and this matter is really difficult to solve.
"There is no good way to do this, let's train and train as soon as possible, comrades who can survive that battle and can prove their belief in communism, we must give them full trust and believe in their ability."
"Boss, I know that those who can survive and not betray the revolution are precious revolutionary seeds, and we must give our comrades more opportunities to temper!"
Zink replied, and fell silent again. Gastens fell silent as well. He stared at the dim sunlight on the ground for a few seconds, and finally asked.
"How's it going?"
The smile on Zink's face didn't know when it retracted. Although Gastens asked briefly, he would never misunderstand what Gastens meant. Daisy's death was not only a great loss for the revolution, but also a deep wound in the hearts of Zink, who watched her and Gastens fight together. Although everyone usually tries to avoid this topic, everyone from Ivan to Beaubruf hopes to find Daisy's killer.
Zink combed through the information he had now, took two steps forward, dragged a stool and sat down in front of Gastens, and began to report in a low voice.
"The place where Daisy's body was found, in a field on the south side of Elena, was found at the same time, along with the bodies of two of her guards, and the bodies of two strangers. We have already found out the identities of the two strangers, one is a worker in a slaughterhouse and the other is a farmer in the suburbs. The wounds on their bodies were caused by the weapons of Daisy's two guards, and it is initially estimated that the two men fought with Daisy's guards and both died, before Daisy was killed. β
Gastens nodded and looked at Zinke with sadness and anger in his eyes.
"Go on," he said, his voice low but determined. Zink nodded, and continued.
"Daisy only had one wound on her body, the killer's knife pierced her lung cavity and pericardium from the back, we estimate that she died of excessive blood loss, and she died quickly and in little pain."
Hearing the painful conclusion, Gastens leaned back, frowning, clearly disagreeing with Zink's statement. Zink looked at Gastens and saw that he was in a good mood, and continued.
"The guards found no anomalies on them, and the two murderers were carrying a lot of rams, banknotes, totaling more than 400, which was definitely not the property they should have. So, when they attacked Daisy and her guards, someone should have bribed and instructed ......"