Aureliano, at the age of 16, graduated from a university in the 17th arrondissement, and went to the core area for further study on the recommendation of his mentor.

Four years later, Aureliano, who graduated with honors, made a decision that was incomprehensible to everyone - he turned down the opportunity to stay in the core area and resolutely returned to the seventeenth arrondissement.

He spent two years visiting various places, uniting people from all walks of life in the 17 districts, and founded an organization called the Public Opinion Association.

At the age of 23, Aureliano, as a representative of the Public Opinion Council, submitted a hundred reform proposals to the 17th district government, covering the opinions of the majority of the middle and lower classes in the 17th district, the most important of which was to hope that the 17th district government would not be swayed by big business and firmly control the border trade routes in the hands of government departments.

At the end of the Gold Rush, the Thirteen Neutrals were established, and foreign explorations led to a boom in trade, and the young Aureliano was determined to make the city truly rich with his reforms.

However, the proposals submitted to the government departments have failed.

The Foster family took over the 17th District, and Chai Ke rose to prominence, taking control of the trade routes of the "outside" with an armed force.

Aureliano did not stop there, he drew up a tens of thousands of words of analysis of the situation in the 17th district, in which he sharply pointed out the proximity of the border trade line and the danger of the Chai Ke criminal group, and he suggested that Chai Co should be eliminated before it developed and regain control of the trade line.

Not surprisingly, he was once again ignored.

At the age of 30, angry and dissatisfied with the inaction of the 17th district government, Aureliano began his campaign, losing to his opponents almost every time in the years that followed.

"It's a blessing that this person wasn't secretly killed by the Foster family."

After reading Aureliano's resume, Song Lan was amazed.

In the law enforcement department, it is not difficult to find out his experience, especially since the other party is still a well-known "thorn" in the 17th District, and in the law enforcement database, Aureliano is listed as a target in need of key "care", usually only felons in the 17th District will be included in it.

This was a "gift" bequeathed to them by the previous head of the law enforcement.

"But he's really been thinking about the border trade line since more than ten years ago."

Song Lan added.

Orireano's opinion proved to be correct, the border trade line was indeed the lifeblood of the economy of the 17th District, and Chai Ke, who was on this gold mine, had indeed become the underground emperor of the 17th District.

It's just that it's not necessarily the government's inaction, but the Foster family has long controlled the city.

Huge profits will be channeled into the core area, and a small amount of money will be used to appease local agencies such as the law enforcement department.

As for the general public?

That's not the crowd the Foster family was thinking about at all.

"It's not so easy to control the trade lanes."

Lu Xiang sighed, although her final answer was ambiguous, she also had to think about the question raised by Aureliano - with the current strength of the law enforcement department, can it protect the safety of the border trade route?

The answer is clearly no.

Their activities were limited to the 17th Sector, and with their current manpower, they were not strong enough to establish outposts beyond the borders, and they were not part of their job in the first place.

However, if the entire border trade route was to be kept in the hands of the 17th district government, the safety of the merchants had to be protected to a certain extent.

Otherwise, before everyone else arrives in the seventeenth district, the goods will be snatched up by the criminal forces of the "outside world", who will want to do business with you? If this continues, the huge profits of the border trade routes may eventually fall into the pockets of the "outside" criminal forces.

Fighting crime is much more difficult than preventing criminals from thinking about you.

"If you want to expand the ranks of law enforcers, you will have to expand the budget, and it will be difficult for the citizens recruited from the 17th local area to compete with the criminal forces from the outside world, and once they are matched, the casualties will be quite heavy."

Lu Xiang was entangled, because she knew that if the 17th District was to truly get rid of the control of the coalition government and big business, economic development was necessary, and only after they had money could they build various facilities in the city, otherwise no amount of policies and plans would be empty talk.

The same is true for the fight against crime.

The main reason for the high crime rate in the 17th District is the unemployment rate and poverty, and to solve both of these problems requires huge financial expenditures, and those big companies will not take out the money in their own pockets to solve the social problems faced by the 17th District for no reason.

They can only fight the big crime syndicates that are on the rise, but they can't solve the financial crisis.

If Aureliano does run for the next mayor, it will probably be more than the law enforcement department.

Only through the strength of the 17th district itself can the economy develop in order to have a future.

The heart is tired.

This is obviously not a job that the head of the law enforcement department needs to consider, but the current situation is that if you don't think about danger in times of peace, once the coalition government and the rebel army are pulled, the first to finish is the 17th district.

"We have limited capacity, but we can encourage the formation of civil organizations to escort caravans, which will not only solve the manpower problem, but also provide a large number of jobs so that those street thugs who roam the streets all day can find serious jobs, and not only that, but when the news spreads, maybe attract some 'outside' masters.

"The biggest advantage of the mercenary organization is that it has been recognized by the laws of the 17th district, they don't need to worry about being targeted by law enforcers, and they don't need to worry about money laundering, this is an opportunity to stand up and be an upright person."

Jobs, legal status, and opportunities to be a decent person?

Lu Xiang looked at Song Lan in surprise, even if he didn't talk about the feasibility of this plan, these three points alone could attract the attention of the citizens of the seventeenth district.

Who wouldn't want to be a good person if they had a choice?

This guy, as the head of the dual section of the propaganda department and the psychological counseling department, has almost no shortcomings except that it will automatically become salted if he is not careful!

"But we still have to face a problem, even when they are armed, it is difficult for the mercenaries to compete with the large-scale criminal groups of the 'outside world', and this plan only transfers the casualties of the law enforcers to the mercenaries."

"Mercenaries have always been a high-risk and high-reward job, and after learning the information of those criminal groups, it is the turn of the special operations team to work, rather than patrolling the 'outside world' all day without purpose, the scalpel-style cleaning operation is more in line with our style, we have to convey a message to the criminals of the 'outside world'."

Song Lan paused and said, "Anyone who makes a move at the caravan will become an enemy of the Seventeenth District!" ”