Warlords: Conquer the world from the county magistrate

"I believe that the president should be able to win the election again next year. I, the Nanshan Province, support the president." Fang Jian said ambiguously.

Wishing Li Bingqing a successful election next year does not mean that Francis Xavier will support Li Bingqing.

Nanshan Province’s support for the President does not mean that it will support Li Bingqing. As for whether Li Bingqing will become the President in the next term, it is not important and Fang Jian does not care about it.

It's a very simple logic. If the President can bring benefits to the development of Nanshan Province, we should definitely support him. If the President is not beneficial to the development of Nanshan, he can also step down.

Wang Fuyuan was overjoyed when he heard Fang Jian's statement. He thought Fang Jian agreed to support Li Bingqing.

"General Fang is young and promising. President Li is very optimistic about him. If General Fang has any requests, he can raise them with President Li."

"Thank you President Li for your support. Our Nanshan Province is in a state of disrepair and is in urgent need of some advanced economic and educational talents." Fang Jian was not polite and put forward his request.

"Besides, after the internal war, people's livelihood is now in decline, lacking food and clothing. I hope the government can provide more food support."

In general, when two parties negotiate cooperation, once the other party has made a request, it means that they have agreed to cooperate.

But Wang Fuyuan had no idea that Fang Jian did not share the same ideas with the northern government. He had his own ideas, political propositions, and development plans.

If you look closely, he is not from this planet and has no sense of belonging to the Northern government.

Therefore, this wonderful misunderstanding occurred.

Wang Fuyuan was delighted and said, "I will inform the President of Governor Fang's request, and the President should agree. Of course, if the President has some arrangements, Governor Fang must also cooperate."

"Of course, but you also know that if we need to cooperate with military operations, we currently cannot mobilize many troops." As long as there are benefits to be gained, Fang Jian does not mind cooperating with the other party and doing things that do not harm Nanshan Province.

Wang Fuyuan frowned and asked, "How many troops can Governor Fang mobilize at the moment?"

"At present, there are only more than 10,000 people available. Of course, I have recruited some new troops. In a year, there will be 30,000 soldiers ready for battle." Fang Ji'an raised his eyebrows. Would Li Bingqing use his troops against anyone?

Hearing this answer, Wang Fuyuan felt that it was normal. After defeating Ma Jincen, Fang Jian's troops must have suffered a lot of casualties.

Afterwards, the two chatted about some details and the conversation went quite smoothly.

At noon, Fang Jian had lunch with Wang Fuyuan, and then asked Zhou Zhuowu to take him on a tour of Nanling City.

In recent times, many people from other places have come to Nanling. Some of them have signed up for examinations for military academies and political and legal schools, and some have also tried to find a job as an official.

Of course, there is no shortage of businessmen who come to Nanling to see if they can make money.

Duan Chenglian was walking on the street, followed by Tao Yunong and several plainclothes agents.

After all, he is a member of the diplomatic mission. Even if we dislike him, we can't imprison him.

While strolling, they came to a house crowded with many people. Duan Chenglian became interested and asked, "Director Tao, where is this and what are they doing?"

"This is the School of Political Science and Law, and those people are registering for the entrance examination." After glancing at Duan Chenglian, Tao Yunong still answered honestly even though he didn't like him.

Duan Chenglian showed a playful look on his face: "Political Science and Law College? Is it a university? There are actually female students signing up."

In Daxin, although there are some girls' schools, all the students admitted to the university are boys.

When Fang Jian promoted the enrollment, he did not emphasize that female students could be admitted. Most of these girls were locals, and some women signed up because they came to Nanling with their families to gain experience.

"Oh, are all the men in your Nanshan Province useless? You actually let women line up to sign up, or are you unable to recruit students?" Duan Chenglian obviously looked down on women.

Facing Duan Chenglian's ridicule, Tao Yunong suppressed his anger. If the other party was not a member of the diplomatic mission, he would definitely beat him up.

Maintaining good relations with the northern government for the time being is Francis Xavier’s short-term development strategy.

If Tao Yunong beat Duan Chenglian, no matter what Duan Chenglian did, it would be considered a slap in the face of Li Bingqing, which would inevitably lead to hostility with the northern government.

For Li Bingqing, no matter what the people he sent out did, they needed to give an explanation after being beaten by Fang Jian's men.

Otherwise, the president's authority will be gone. From now on, can anyone humiliate the president?

Even if he wanted to win over Fang Jian, Li Bingqing had to ensure that his authority was not compromised.

"Mr. Duan, you have to go back to the capital. You can do whatever you want in Nanling. For the sake of face, the commander will not do anything to you and will protect you."

"But we can't guarantee your safety after you return to the capital. We can't guarantee that you will be shot or something like that. After all, the capital is also very chaotic."

When saying this, Tao Yunong's face was calm and his eyes were clear, and he didn't sound threatening at all.

"You, you dare..." Although he said this, Duan Chenglian was obviously timid and began to worry about Tao Yunong's threat.

Of course, he was not worried that the other party would send people to the capital to assassinate him, but he was afraid that he would force the other party into a corner and he would not be able to leave Nanshan. Therefore, his attitude became much better and was no longer as bad as before.

Tao Yunong smiled coldly. He was an intelligence officer, or in other words, a secret agent. What were secret agents best at? Naturally, intelligence and assassination.

Tao Yunong's Intelligence Department, when Xinyuan was still the Intelligence Department, recruited more than one hundred people in the first phase, including more than thirty elites, and trained for more than seven months.

The second phase recruited another 400 people. In addition to those who were sent out after simple training, more than 100 people are still in training.

This time, the Intelligence Department expanded by another 500 people, and there was no need to send a large number of personnel out. Tao Yunong planned to train these 500 people for a long time and train a group of excellent agents.

Even if Tao Yunong wanted to assassinate Duan Chenglian, it would be very easy to kill him by drawing on the original thirty elite soldiers.

Seeing that Duan Chenglian became obedient after being threatened, Tao Yunong was delighted, but at the same time he felt disdain for him, a useless person who bullied the weak and feared the strong.

While he was happy, Tao Yunong was also a little melancholy because he had not made any great achievements. This time, his official military rank was only major, and his job rank was colonel.

This made Tao Yunong feel very proud and he wanted to make more contributions and get promoted to a higher official military rank.

Therefore, Tao Yunong could not help but focus his eyes on Duan Chenglian. Duan Chenglian suddenly felt cold all over and shrank back when Tao Yunong stared at his neck.

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"What? Duan Chengrui may openly support Li Bingqing but actually be loyal to Yuan Shiting?" Fang Jian exclaimed while sitting in his office chair.

Tao Yunong, who was standing, nodded and confirmed, "Yes, Duan Chenglian was frightened by me today and has behaved much more honestly."

"Afterwards, during our conversation, we discovered that he was not very loyal to the president, but rather had great respect for Yuan Shiting."

"This afternoon, I sent a telegram to the agent lurking in the capital, asking him to monitor Duan Chengrui's whereabouts. He was in contact with Yuan Shiting's confidant tonight, and the two have a special relationship."