Chapter 177: The Potential of Profitable Merchants(1/2)
"Who is the new minister?"
Li Zhe looked at Chen Tong in surprise. Whether it was the affirmation in her eyes or the encouragement conveyed by her spiritual connection, she expressed her feelings.
Li Zhe pointed to his chest and asked with a smile: "You want me... to become the Minister of Supervision?"
Chen Tong nodded and said, "After I mentioned it to Qiao Yian, he didn't object directly."
Li Zhe was speechless and felt a little incredible.
What is the Minister of Inspection? He is a federal boss who commands hundreds of thousands of inspectors and is a true BOSS-level figure in the federation.
Look at Qiao Yian's performance today. Which federal boss dares to overturn the table at a meeting hosted by the president?
In fact, if you think about it from another perspective, it is no wonder that the Ministry of Supervision is now jointly suppressed by federal dignitaries. In the past, you were so arrogant that you were too hated and feared. Now, of course, I will mess with you if I have the opportunity.
This also demonstrates the powerful power of the Ministry of Supervision.
"I'm afraid I'm not qualified. My age, qualifications, and abilities are all inappropriate. And think about it... If I have to worry about hundreds of thousands of people every day, how will I have time to learn and communicate with you?"
Li Zhe did not lose his mind. Although the position of Minister of Supervision was tempting, he still had to weigh his weight carefully.
When the time comes, you will be exploited without even realizing it. Even if you are not plotted to death, you will still be exhausted from the complicated and arduous work.
Chen Tong smiled and said: "You don't have to make a decision in a hurry, and the position of Supervision Minister is not as difficult as you think."
"You don't understand!" Li Zhe shook his head and said to Chen Tong: "Qiao Yian has been busy day and night these days. I think he is almost exhausted."
"Who said the director of the Supervision Department is Qiao Yian?" Chentong looked at Li Zhe strangely and said.
“…..”
Li Zhe was even more surprised. The director of the Supervision Department was not Qiao Yian? Who else could it be?
"Although Qiao Yian holds the position of minister on the surface, the real leader of the Supervision Department has always been Lu Chenfeng."
Chen Tong carefully explained to Li Zhe: "Lu Chenfeng is an independent person in the Supervision Department. He never has to deal with any troublesome trivial matters. He has not even gone to the Supervision Department once for many years..."
"Lu Chenfeng likes to travel around, seeking various mysteries under the stars, and then making himself stronger. As long as he is strong enough, no one in the Supervision Department dares to go against his wishes..."
"And Li Zhe, you have many, many similarities with Lu Chenfeng. You both don't like powerful people, you are both full of justice, and you are equally tired of worldly things..."
"........."
When Li Zhe looked at Chentong who was serious, he always felt like a kindergarten teacher praising a child.
But at this moment, a flash of light suddenly flashed in Li Zhe's mind.
Lu Chenfeng likes to travel among the stars?
Jiaming also likes to travel in the starry sky, and he accurately found his own fruit core stone ball.
As the Minister of Supervision, Qiao Yian was unable to contact Jiaming.
So Jiaming can't be Lu Chenfeng, right?
"Chentong, do you know what Lu Chenfeng looks like?"
"I don't know, he has always been very mysterious."
"Then do you know how old he is this year?"
Chentong looked at Li Zhe and said, "I don't know, but I heard that you look very young just like you. So you don't have to worry about others saying that your age or qualifications are inappropriate. You can't tell the age of a superpower."
"..."
Li Zhe said quietly: "Chen Tong, I can guarantee this, I am really young."
............
Li Zhe left the Iron Cross Church and immediately called Qin Ke: "Brother, do you have any photos or portraits of Lu Chenfeng?"
"..."
Qin Ke said quietly after half a minute: "You called me brother and I felt moved by friendship, but the second half of your sentence frightened me."
"There are always rewards from foreigners on the black market in the Chaos Star Territory. They are asking for a portrait of Lu Chenfeng for 100 million. What do you want to do?"
"Stop talking nonsense, just tell me if you have it!"
"I don't have one. If you really want it, you can ask Minister Qiao or Li Qiaowei to draw one for you."
"..."
Li Zhe said displeased: "Forget it, what about the list of missing masked men you promised me? When will it be ready?"
Qin Ke said sternly: "Five big cans of the same tea as last time."
"No!"
"Oh, I don't have a list here either..."
“…..”
"I don't have that much. I only have two cans. I'll give them to you tomorrow."
Li Zhe didn't lie, because he really didn't have that many high-quality Tieguanyin. A large jar would cost thousands of soft girl coins! Even a prodigal can't spend like this!
"make a deal!"
Not long after, Li Zhe received a list on his encrypted communicator.
Li Zhe couldn't help but feel a little sad. Qin Ke was such a good young man in the past, but now he has cultivated the potential of a profiteer.
............
After carefully looking through the list, Li Zhe didn't find any clues about Jiaming, and his guess that Jiaming was Lu Chenfeng became more certain.
However, Li Zhe did not lose money on the two large cans of Tieguanyin. He found clues to another "mask man" in the list. Gu
This masked man has no name, only a masked man number of 1267, and there are only a few simple records in the data.
On February 9, XX, he sneaked into Crimson Star Hongyan City and successfully penetrated into the Red Castle Manor.
On December 21, XX, the last message was sent, claiming that he was about to go to the Twilight Continent. After that, he was unable to contact the latent organization of the Twilight Continent and lost contact completely.
Li Zhe remembered clearly that the day the Red Castle family went to the Twilight Continent was December 23rd, and then encountered an ambush by the Federation fleet and the Temple starship.
And Mu Yu's fleet arrived in the Twilight Continent unscathed, which means that if the masked man numbered 1267 was with Mu Yu and Ethan, then he should not have lost contact.
The most likely possibility is that he was a passenger on the Hongyan City just like himself, and even died in the space debris above the A-16 star.
Li Zhe had been looking for this "masked man" lurking around Mu Yu for half a year, and now he suddenly got a clue that he might be dead. For a while, he didn't want to believe it.
"Are you still alive?"
"If you were alive, why did you lose contact?"
The 126 survivors of the Hongyan City appeared in Li Zhe's mind, and he finally settled on a somewhat suspicious target.
............
Li Zhe parked his motorcycle at the entrance of Scissor Alley because there was no way to pass.
Thousands of people lined up in a long queue in the alley, and the crowds filled the alley with water.
Li Zhe dialed the communication number of Lao Ba, the inspector stationed in District 48.
"Lao Ba, what's going on with so many people in Scissor Alley? Why is it so chaotic?"
"Boss, the Ministry of Supervision and the Public Security Bureau have been searching for clues about bugs these days. Many smugglers and factories have closed down. People have no source of livelihood. The federal government has no choice but to start distributing emergency relief..."
"Then why don't you send someone to maintain order?"
Li Zhe was very angry. Thousands of people were queuing up to receive relief food, but there were not many people on site to maintain order. What if something went wrong?
"Boss, we don't need to come forward to maintain order. They all know the rules. As long as there is a little trouble, today's relief food will not be distributed, and tomorrow's relief food may not be distributed..."
Li Zhe looked at the crowded crowd in front of him, lining up silently and moving like a snail towards an invisible place in front.
He recalled that when the fighting people were distributing relief food, they had to wait in line for two days without eating or drinking, and no one jumped in line in the middle.
Let’s not talk about the lack of quality. In fact, when people are struggling on the edge of survival, they really don’t have the courage to destroy the last glimmer of hope.
"This is just temporary unemployment. What if there is a war?"
Li Zhe did not dare to think that the grassroots management capabilities of the Interstellar Federation were too weak. If a war broke out, who knows how many things would happen and how many civilians would starve to death.
"If I promise Chentong that civil war can be avoided..."
Li Zhe was minding his own thoughts, but when the people in line in front saw the uniform of the Supervision Department on Li Zhe, they immediately pushed to both sides to make way for him.
Li Zhe walked forward and soon saw the survivors of the Hongyan City in the team. They also needed to receive relief food.
Naturalized immigrants are a special group and will be rejected by the local indigenous people, so the strong Gore queues at the front of the line to squeeze out a space for his companions behind him.
But Gore's wife Linsha was not as strong as before. She just followed Gore silently and looked at the baby in her arms tenderly.
It's funny to say that when the vampire mission came to the Federation, they kept saying they were here for Mu Yu and wanted to take back the survivors of the Red Rock City.
But they completely forgot about this when they left, and did not pick up Gore, Linsha and others at all.
Lin Sha saw Li Zhe and said hello quickly: "Section Chief Li Zhe, why are you here?"
"Let me see you," Li Zhe looked at Lin Sha's children: "A boy or a girl?"
To be continued...