Rachel looked at Luke without saying a word. Although she didn't know the city of Raging Waves, the name of Meteor had long been spread around the world. She couldn't completely believe such a person's words, otherwise she wouldn't even know about it even if she was sold.

A free army can be formed...

"How do you make me trust you? If your purpose is to gather us together and eliminate us, then if we accept your funding, we will fall into your trap."

Luke was not interested in talking about ideals with Rachel, he just wanted an excuse to form the city militia in Raging Waves City.

"Sincerity needs actions to prove, and trust needs time to strengthen. If you don't believe me, you should be vigilant, but you can't give up such a good opportunity just because of doubts.

In fact, you don't need to gather liberals from other places to form a Free Army, because too much momentum and scale will lead to encirclement and suppression by the empire. Now that you have fifteen people, you should be able to raise a hundred-strong Free Army.

The terrain of the Kama Mountains in the north of Nutao City is complex. It connects many imperial cities from east to west, and there are also many transportation arteries..."

As he spoke, Luke took out a topographic map of the Kama Mountains.

The Kama Mountains are criss-crossed from east to west, with towering peaks. Steam airships need to plan their routes safely if they want to pass through them safely. Moreover, there are many bandit groups in the mountains. Although they are not large in scale, large caravans are often attacked.

At this time, there are many bandit group camps marked on the map spread out on the table.

Rachel came closer curiously and listened to Luke's explanation.

Luke pointed to the bandit group's camp and continued: "Thieves' activities in the Kama Mountains have been very rampant recently. Road transportation, railway transportation, and even air transportation have all been attacked by them, causing huge losses.

Raging Wave City cannot cross the border to exterminate them, and the city involved in the case also deliberately tolerates and shelters them. In addition to supporting your beliefs, I want you to help eliminate these thieves."

Luke's explanation dispelled a lot of Rachel's doubts.

She and her companions traveled and gave lectures, and learned that the prosperity and wealth of Raging Waves City made many imperial cities jealous. These imperial cities did not dare to rob Raging Waves City openly, but some greedy officials and noble squires would collude with thieves to rob Raging Waves City's goods.

To be honest, Rachel and her friends also robbed the caravan in Raging Waves City.

Rachel can still accept this reason.

"Mr. Governor, do you want us to protect the safety of your trade routes?"

"This is a win-win situation. Raging Waves City is very important to me, and it is also very important to you who will be in power in the future. Protect it well, and a country that has experienced war can quickly restore its national strength.

With my intelligence and material support, those thieves groups are no match for you. If you get the thieves group's treasures, you can buy more materials from me to expand the Free Army.

Only by mastering an army can we seize opportunities when they arise."

Rachel listened to Luke's words and looked at the map with increasing enthusiasm.

Now that the Golden Shield Empire is powerful, there are very few places where the Free Army can survive and develop. This is why the liberals can only focus on propaganda. The Kama Mountains are one of the few areas that the imperial army cannot fully control. If the Free Army

If you can really survive in the Kama Mountains, with the support of Raging Wave City, the Free Army will be able to grow little by little.

When the time is right, the powerful Free Army can quickly rush out of the Kama Mountains and occupy nearby cities.

At that time, Raging Wave City announced that it would join the Free Army, and the Free Army would have the power to capture the entire empire.

Rachel, who was imagining a bright future, was a little excited: "Okay, Mr. Governor, let's go to the Kama Mountains!"

"Very good, freedom fighters should have this spirit of sacrifice."

Luke praised Rachel and her companions, and then talked about where they rebelled and their development route after entering the Kama Mountains.

Rachel was extremely surprised when she heard this. She could feel that fighting in the Kama Mountains was not a temporary initiative of the Meteor Governor. The tactics he described were those of the Thieves Group, but at a strategic level they were beyond the reach of the Thieves Group.

This is a brand new war model, and a great war book can be written based on it.

Rachel's heart became even more fiery. With the guidance of a great wise man like Yuxing, why worry that the light of freedom can't shine on this land!

Luke racked his brains to drain out the little bit of guerrilla ink in his stomach, and then let Rachel, who had almost turned into a fan girl, leave the office.

Funds, supplies, and weapons were quickly put in place under Luke's special arrangement, and the high-spirited liberal youths drove out of Raging Waves City in trucks and singing songs.

The sparks have been scattered.

As long as Rachel leads her people to launch an uprising and raise the banner of the Free Army in the Kama Mountains, Raging Wave City will have reason to form a small-scale militia.

Then he would command the Free Army to attack the trade roads and nearby cities. Since the imperial army was unable to enter the Kama Mountains to suppress the bandits due to the southern war effort, the City of Raging Waves could boil the frog in warm water and find excuses to expand the size of the militia.

Luke wanted to return to the city of Saint-Lun, so he handed over the work of cooperating with the Free Army to Viscount Iskran.

Viscount Iskran first asked worriedly: "What should we do if the Free Army loses control?"

Luke looked at Escolan, with an air of control in his eyes: "Out of control? What do you think the so-called freedom they believe in is in front of Raging Wave City?"

"Worthless!"

"Empty beliefs can only grow in poor places, while spiritual and material wealth can create new beliefs. If the Free Army cannot be influenced by the faith formed in Raging Waves City, then it will not survive within the faith radiation circle of Raging Waves City

Space.

The out-of-control Free Army is a group of thieves, and the bigger they get, the faster they die."

Viscount Iskran nodded thoughtfully.

Under the governance of Governor Meteorite, the current Nutao City has become a spiritual holy place for many people. The strong economic vitality and the quality of life far exceeding other places have given the citizens of Nutao City a strong sense of superiority and pride.

A new belief is sprouting and growing in this city. It is precisely because of the existence of this belief that the slogans of liberals are like clown performances here.

In the future, as the economic system of Nutao City expands, the beliefs formed in Nutao City will also radiate outward, and the first area to be covered will definitely be the nearby Kama Mountains.

Liberals advocate free competition, and naturally whoever has the money will be justified. Raging Waves City will use liberal methods to destroy what they believe in.

At that time... loss of control did not exist.

If they disobey and cut off the supplies of the Free Army, they will be trapped and die in the mountains.

After thinking about this, Viscount Escolan looked at Luke and said with respect: "I know what to do... Lord Governor, the empire is lucky to have you."

"We are lucky to be born in this era. If there is any movement from Rachel, you can form a militia. I will ask Lambert to give you the sources of troops. The first batch will be 300 people and arrange for them to be there.

Northern mining area patrol.”

The secret intelligence bureau's task force in Raging City is divided into two parts. The small part is located at No. 102 Organ Street in the central city. It is supervised by Thomas who stays behind in the secret intelligence bureau and is responsible for the normal secret intelligence bureau work. The members of this special task force are allocated from the secret intelligence bureau headquarters.

The main ones are regular spies who do their professional work.

The headquarters of the Secret Service Rangers in Raging Waves City is set up in the former Axe-Crazy Ax Castle. The gang members recruited are concentrated here, and Lambert is responsible for the management. This group of imperial agents is large in number and only loyal to Luke. After being trained by Shelley, they are already

A paramilitary unit.

This time, the Nutao City militia is formed, and a group of special agents from the Rangers can be brought in to form a combat effectiveness. With the addition of heavy equipment and supplies, the combat effectiveness of the regular army can be achieved.

In Luke's vision, the headquarters of the Secret Intelligence Service's Rangers in Raging Waves City is responsible for training troops, and the troops are mainly recruited from the Cape District. The militia support will be set up first, and then troops will be recruited from other urban areas to ensure the loyalty of this team.

If the militia needs to be expanded, it must be mobilized from the Rangers to firmly control this army.

When the militia of Nutao City reaches 10,000 and cooperates with the anti-smuggling fleet, once the situation changes, the Imperial Navy of Nutao City will be the turtle in the urn.

At this point, the urban militia of Nutao City has begun to take shape, and Princess Dai'er's coming-of-age ceremony and dance are getting closer.

Luke had to attend this dance. And before attending, he needed to meet with several palace dignitaries. Therefore, after attending the launching ceremony of the all-metal battleship of the Wai-01, Luke boarded the airship bound for the imperial capital.

After arriving in the imperial capital, Luke did not go to Copper Mulberry Avenue first, but quietly entered the Tulip Manor through the Secret Service's secret channel.

In a secret room, Luke met Agatha.

When Agatha met, she said with an expressionless face and a bit of displeasure: "I really didn't expect that you were so energetic. While stirring up fights among all parties in the palace, you were also doing things in the Lower City under my nose.

Such a big thing happened.

Is there anything you need to explain to me?

Mr. Luke!”

"Let me drink some water first. After coming out of Raging Waves City, I was so busy that I didn't even have time to drink some water." Luke sat down on the seat next to Agatha, poured himself a cup of tea, drank it all in one gulp, and then said:

"Your Highness only now knows about my actions in Xiacheng District. The secret service's supervision of Xiacheng District has huge loopholes!"

Luke's taunt made Agatha's expression change again.

The lower city of Shenglun City is expanding very fast, and the chaos and disorder have turned it into an intelligence black hole.

Struggles and vendettas have made the Secret Intelligence Bureau's efficiency in developing informants here very low. Many informants either disappeared for money or died suddenly. Then the attack on Princess Dai'er and the subsequent palace struggle caused the Secret Intelligence Bureau's full attention.

They were all in Shangcheng District and Imperial City District. But when the Secret Intelligence Bureau finally paid some attention to Xiacheng District, they found that Xiacheng District had... changed in such a short period of time!

Everything originated from a businessman from Raging Wave City...Mr. Luke.

In the next period of time, as long as the empire does not strongly interfere with Mr. Luke's investment plan in the lower city, this huge slum next to the imperial capital will all fall into his hands.

Agatha didn't know that Mr. Luke was the meteorite at first, until the information revealed that Mr. Luke's wife's name was Jasmine.

Now that she knew that Luke was the pseudonym of Meteor, Agatha felt even more uneasy.

This is the Imperial Capital, not Nutao City, and Xiacheng District is already another Cape District.

"What do you want to do!" Agatha asked Luke.

Luke replied with a smile: "Help develop the economy of the lower city and help the poor people there get rid of poverty."

Agatha said: "Do you think I will believe it! What is the first generation of mysterious substance mixture? What is the purpose of forming the Polaris Mercenary Group?"

Luke replied: "The first-generation mysterious substance mixture is a special secret technique developed by Miss Qingkong. The special structure of the sewage reservoir in the lower city can produce the materials needed for the first-generation mysterious substance mixture.

With the permission of Miss Qingkong, I selflessly gave the formula of the first-generation mysterious substance mixture to the residents of Xiacheng District, so that they can turn waste into treasure and improve their lives.

As for the Polaris Mercenary Group...the Watchmen are willing to pay high prices to hire mercenaries, but I am just acting as an intermediary to help the residents of the Lower City find a way to make money."

Agatha could not refute that Meteor had indeed given away the first-generation formula for the mysterious substance mixture and had not interfered with the production of the mixture; the watchers had indeed hired mercenaries at a high price.

"Meteor, I think our relationship allows us to have a certain amount of trust and share things honestly with each other.

You should know the importance of Xiacheng District to the Imperial Capital. If I want, I can stop all your investments in Xiacheng District. I will never allow it. There is an uncontrollable powerful force beside the Imperial Capital."

Faced with Agatha's threat, Luke poured himself another cup of tea, and then said: "The Lower Town is a slum area planned by the City of Saint-Lun. The original Lower Town has existed for a very long time, but its scale has always been within a controllable range.

The skyrocketing growth of Nei. Xiacheng District happened in the past thirty years. The first doubling of the area took about ten years, and then it took ten years to complete the second doubling of the area.

In the next ten years, the area of ​​Xiacheng District doubled twice. Now the area of ​​Xiacheng District is sixteen times that of thirty years ago, and it is still growing at a very fast rate.

Your Highness, you do not allow uncontrollable powerful forces next to the imperial capital, so can you control the lower city now? The urban area has skyrocketed to a level that the imperial capital cannot bear, and the empire is in crisis. That city wall can block millions of people.

Hungry people?”

Luke posed a problem to Agatha.

The rapid expansion of slums is something that no country has ever encountered in this era. Without experience in dealing with it, every city is troubled by the expanding slums around it, but there is no place to house them, so they can only allocate some resources as much as possible to let them starve.

Immortal.

Everyone knows that this is a time bomb, and they must have resources to keep them alive to stay safe. But once the situation becomes unstable and prices rise, it will definitely lead to a crisis.

The lower city next to St. Lun City is the largest slum in the empire, and the current situation in the empire can be said to be full of crises.

Agatha looked at Luke and asked, "Is this your solution?"

"This is my solution. Let the Xiacheng District of Shenglun City enter the supply chain of Nutao City, and at the same time, the industries in Xiacheng District will not compete with the heavy industry of Shenlun City.

I am confident that I can use the economic vitality of Nutao City to boost the lower city of Shenglun City, so that the residents of the lower city can have a stable income, and even become a tax source for the imperial capital that is not inferior to other industries.

Your Highness, do you still want to stop my investment in Xiacheng District?"

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