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Chapter 521 - Chapter 521 Chapter 387 Recruiting Ann_1

Chapter 521: Chapter 387 Recruiting Ann_1 Chapter 521: Chapter 387 Recruiting Ann_1 This was the idea that Duanmu Huai proposed to King Gandhi.

Although King Gandhi’s control over the civilian officials was weak, luckily, the military was still firmly under his control. When King Gandhi first mentioned the Demon Clan’s invasion of Lisas at the early council meeting, it was to set the tone for the ensuing proposal, turning it into a “military task”.

Military tasks are entirely different from political ones, and the concerns King Gandhi had indeed existed. Under these circumstances, constructing a satellite fortress city in the heartland that echoes the Royal City is indeed a pressing military task.

The reason Lisas suffered so much at the beginning was that most of Lisas’ armies were on the border, and no one ever thought that the enemy would bloom in the middle. When the Herman Soldiers launched their attack, Princess Leia had nowhere to run but to surrender.

After all, who could anticipate that kind of situation, right?

If building a fortress city is seen as a military task, then it can’t be delayed with political tactics.

This is like waging a war on the front line and asking for supply and food from the rear. If you dare to say no, you’ll be directly taken out and executed.

Therefore, in the face of this situation, Financial Commissioner Cruji was obliged to allocate the funds. This was like King Gandhi directly reclaiming most of the financial authority from him–after all, building a fortress city costs a fortune, enough to take up a large chunk of the national treasury. If all these funds are to be controlled and commanded by King Gandhi under the reason of a “military task”, then the small amount of money left in Cruji’s control would be meaningless.

That’s why King Gandhi specifically stated that he’d “send the army to supervise”, which includes an implicit warning against Cruji’s potential mischief.

You dare to hesitate over military funding, you fat bastard? The army generals won’t care for your excuses or difficulties, they’ll simply chop you down!

Besides, another purpose of deploying the army for supervision is to regulate the Second Class Citizens.

As the saying goes: hard places breed tough people. People only appreciate ethics when they are comfortable, there’s always something despicable about the pitiable. While it’s true that Second Class Citizens are pitiful because they’re oppressed, suggesting they’re all good people just because of their situation is ludicrous. The number of rogues and hoodlums in the Second Class Citizen areas is not scarce–if the army wasn’t there to supervise them, it would be a miracle if they do good work!

“Um………”

Everyone present was an old fox, and upon quick contemplation, immediately understood King Gandhi’s thinking. Soon, Judiciary Commissioner Istura spoke up.

“Your Majesty, do you truly wish those stupid and lowly Second Class Citizens to carry out such an important construction task?”

“You all should know very well how labor-intensive building a fortress city is. We can’t rely solely on First Class Citizens.”

“We could postpone some of the construction, push the schedule back a few years…”

“Hmm?”

Hearing this, King Gandhi widened his eyes and stared at Istura.

“So we should delay a few years and wait for the Demon Clan to invade, right?”

“No, no, of course not!”

Even Istura didn’t dare to touch on that. While the faraway Lisas and the Free City Alliance could let that slide, in Herman and Seth, the two countries that share borders with the Demon Clan, combating the Demon Clan was a matter of ‘political correctness’. Whoever dare to oppose it was simply asking to be sentenced to death!

Furthermore, these officials knew very well that they held different political views from King Gandhi. They had always relied on their own power and dared to confront King Gandhi. But they never expected King Gandhi to use the incident in Lisas as a pretext this time, and to propose the construction of a completely new fortress city with the goal of resisting the Demon Clan. It has been less than a year since the invasion of the Demon Clan in Lisas ended, and the people of all countries still remember it vividly!

If they dare to oppose now, not to mention the Second Class Citizens, probably even the First Class Citizens could scold them to death!

Now, in the face of King Gandhi’s words, everyone was silenced.

Building a fortress city was a military task and needed to be accomplished as soon as possible. So in this case, relying solely on First Class Citizens was definitely insufficient, therefore conscripting Second Class Citizens was also logical. After all, even though Second Class Citizens don’t know magic, they are numerous.

Building a fortress city, people are definitely key!

And most First Class Citizens have their respective posts and jobs, definitely not many people can be reassigned.

So… conscripting Second Class Citizens was a matter of course, and they had no way to object!

“Moreover.”

King Gandhi paused here, then looked at everyone.

“I intend to issue a command. Among the Second Class Citizens who perform admirably in the city-building process, they may be promoted to First Class Citizens and live in the fortress city!”

“What!?”

Upon hearing this, the officials below could no longer remain calm.

“Your Majesty, absolutely not!”

Quickly, another person urgently spoke up.

“What about those who have studied hard to become First Class Citizens? They…”

“If they’re willing to go to the fortress city to move bricks and build the city, I am also willing to reward them. The fortress city is the most important construction project of my reign, and special measures must be taken for special occasions. No one is allowed to defy it!”

King Gandhi’s statement silenced the officials, leaving them with nothing to say.

“But, but…”

Although some people wanted to say something, they didn’t speak after thinking about it. Even though allowing Second Class Citizens become First Class Citizens in this manner indeed annoyed them, but King Gandhi also said that these First Class Citizens would only live in the fortress city. In other words, they wouldn’t have any contact with each other, so they wouldn’t care too much.

At most, they could just set the standard higher.

“Chihuako, please take care of this matter.”

Seeing that the people below had nothing more to say, King Gandhi quickly made a decision. After all, he’s the king. Although it was Duanmu Huai who came up with the idea, King Gandhi also used tactics to get it approved as quickly as possible. He took advantage of the chaos within the officials themselves, and first proposed the massive plan of the fortress city, completely disrupting their train of thought. He then proposed consecutively to deploy Second Class Citizens to build the city, and to promote outstanding Second Class Citizens to First Class Citizens.

Although these high-level officials were shrewd and cunning, they were momentarily stunned by the flurry of information that had suddenly been thrown at them. Laton and Cruji, their leaders, were currently at odds over Sahamu’s death and had no unified opinion. As such, King Gandhi wasted no time and promptly confirmed his decision.

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

Chihuako had long been in sync with King Gandhi and naturally wouldn’t give the high-ranking officials below the stage any time to respond. Almost as soon as King Gandhi finished speaking, she promptly nodded her agreement, not even pausing for a second.

So much for acting.

“Alright, disseminate the news.”

Seeing the others silent and heads bowed, King Gandhi relaxed internally. But externally, he maintained his composure and quickly issued his order.

Soon, King Gandhi’s order spread, causing an uproar throughout the Kingdom of Seth!

The First Class Citizens were indeed shocked, but after some thought, they realized they were being asked to abandon their superior living conditions to build a city in a desolate wilderness…something they definitely didn’t want to do. So there wasn’t much opposition.

After all, someone had to do the dirty, tiring work. If they didn’t want to do it, then let the Second Class Citizens do it. Even if the Second Class Citizens succeeded, they would only achieve what the First Class Citizens already had — it was impossible for them to dominate over them.

Therefore, the majority of the First Class Citizens didn’t care too much. Although some were furious, this wasn’t a political task, it was a military project. They didn’t dare revolt, and beyond grumbling behind closed doors, they had no other means to express their dissatisfaction.

This was Duanmu Huai’s idea. Just like university graduates deciding on career paths, they all knew that humanitarian work, such as supporting the frontier or aiding the poor, would earn them political favor. But how many were willing to endure the hardship?

Wouldn’t they rather find a cushy city job?

Aside from these, there were objective reasons to choose Second Class Citizens. As mentioned earlier, Second Class Citizens didn’t need to work and lived on welfare. Besides worrying about being bullied by First Class Citizens, they really had nothing to do.

But people need activities to expel their energy. If they went without, they’d become troublemakers!

So these idle Second Class Citizens either joined the Resistance Organization or became bandits. Some even flaunted their power within the Second Class Citizen area.

Now, with a job to do, there was finally a place for them to focus their energy. It was at least better than causing wanton chaos.

Building a Fortress City might be mere after-dinner conversation for First Class Citizens, but among the Second Class Citizens, it caused a huge uproar!

The country was recruiting Second Class Citizens to build the Fortress City. Those with outstanding performance could even be promoted to First Class Citizens and live in the Fortress City!

At this moment, practically the entire nation’s Second Class population was in fervor!

Before this, the only way to become a First Class Citizen was to become a Magician. Therefore, when the Second Class Citizens failed the Magician examination, they simply accepted their fate, knowing they could never use magic and resigned to live their lives as is.

However, now, upon hearing this news, the Second Class Citizens were brimming with excitement!

Indeed, they might not be able to become Magicians or use magic.

But who couldn’t handle simple construction work?

Any able-bodied person could master it, right?!

Moreover, those with a prominent performance could become First Class Citizens and even live in the Fortress City?

Then this city was not being built for those arrogant First Class Citizens, but for them!

As a result, the previously resigned Second Class Citizens became excited and flocked to the recruitment venue!

In just one day, hundreds of thousands of people had signed up!

“This…this is terrifying…”

Seated in her wheelchair, looking at the dense sea of people not far away, even Wu Luze was stupefied.

This was also a part of Duanmu Huai’s plan. If they were to accept Second Class Citizens, a highly reputable person was needed to lead them, and First Class Citizens certainly wouldn’t work. Wu Luze, however, was just the one. Although her Ice Flame Organization had done some outrageous things, the Second Class Citizens of Seth had a positive impression of both Wu Luze and the Ice Flame Organization. Therefore, Duanmu Huai directly recruited her.

She was appointed as the representative of the Second Class Citizens, with Kagura Sho assisting her on the side for the Fortress City project.

To be honest, when Sho claimed to be King Gandhi’s confidante and set out to recruit Wu Luze, she was utterly dumbfounded. However, after hearing Duanmu Huai’s plan, she immediately saw that it was indeed a possible way for Second Class Citizens to escape their current predicament!

After some consideration, she finally accepted the recruitment.

However, Wu Luze hadn’t expected so many people to show up!

Thankfully Duanmu Huai had anticipated similar circumstances and had advised King Gandhi to deploy the army to maintain order. Otherwise, the situation would’ve gone haywire!

“Alright, then I’ll leave this matter to you,” said Duanmu Huai, patting Wu Luze’s shoulder. With Sho assisting and Wu Luze’s reputation, they shouldn’t encounter any problems.

“Huh? What about you?”

“I’m going to get some sleep.”

After all, I’ve already given you the idea. The rest is up to you.

Judges always did this. They were responsible for the judgement and purification, and after that was done, they’d go off duty. The cleanup process was always handled by the Planet Governor.

What’s it got to do with them?