After breaking up with my girlfriend, I became a Great Sage of the Demon Clan.

"Gentlemen, it's getting late. You may leave now. Colonel Lin, please stay. I have something to say to you."

The capitalists around them sensed that something was different, but being smart, they didn't ask about his attitude and turned to leave the coffee shop.

"Colonel Lin, your monthly salary is 40,000, and your soldiers' is 20,000, right?"

Lin Fangcheng asked, puzzled.

"Mr. Zhou, you..."

Zhou Yan reached into his small universe and took out a small suitcase. He opened it, and it was full of RMB.

Zhou Yan said coldly.

“The federal government is the federal government, and I am mine. Since Colonel Lin is working for me, here is five million as your first year's salary, bonuses will be calculated separately. How about it?”

Chapter Two: Rome

As adults, Lin Fangcheng understood one thing very well: there is a positive correlation between superior-subordinate conflicts and salary levels; that is, the higher the salary, the lower the conflict.

When Zhou Yan presented Lin Fangcheng with five million, Lin Fangcheng instantly realized that the hatred Zhou Yan had shown him when he cut off one of his hands was insignificant.

Lin Fangcheng reached out and closed the suitcase, then said with a serious expression.

"I am a soldier of the federal government..."

Zhou Yan then took out two stacks of RMB from his small universe and placed them on top of the suitcase. Lin Fangcheng's tone began to weaken.

"I have my own principles..."

Zhou Yan then took out a small bag containing at least twenty sealed RMB notes.

Zhou Yan threw the RMB in front of Lin Fangcheng.

For the first time in his life, Lin Fangcheng learned what it meant to experience pain and pleasure simultaneously.

Zhou Yan pointed to the RMB that had fallen to the ground.

"Pick it up."

Without any hesitation, Lin Fangcheng bent down, picked up the money that had fallen to the ground, and stood up. Lin Fangcheng said with a determined look on his face.

"General, your Colonel Lin Fangcheng is reporting for duty!"

Zhou Yan opened the suitcase filled with five million RMB with satisfaction, took out one million RMB and threw it to Lin Fangcheng.

"This is your first month's salary. I will give you 400,000 a month for the next four million."

"Also, go and call your men here. I'll give them a bonus of 50,000 each month."

Lin Fangcheng smiled bitterly.

With Zhou Yan spending money like this, his own group of people will probably all become his lackeys.

Could Zhou Yan really be Qinglong's illegitimate son? Otherwise, where would he get so much money to spend?

"I see."

Lin Fangcheng stood up, and the colonel took off his clothes and put the salary Zhou Yan had given him into his pocket.

"I'll go and call my brothers over right now."

Lin Fangcheng left the coffee shop.

Lin Fangcheng hadn't been gone for more than a few seconds when a middle-aged man wearing glasses and with a refined appearance came down from the second floor. This middle-aged man was the one that Little Yanjun had found for Zhou Yan; he was to help Zhou Yan manage the administrative staff of the Dongyang Prefecture government later.

This is the first one. More than ten more will come back later. Zhou Yan will be his henchmen then. These are the elites who govern the government.

"good."

Wei Youde, a refined middle-aged man, clapped his hands and said to Zhou Yan with a smile.

"Mr. Zhou, you have already won over these soldiers."

Zhou Yan chuckled.

The first thing this refined middle-aged man said to Zhou Yan after being summoned by Little Yan Jun was, "Only when you've fed your men will they fight desperately for you."

Then he demanded that the salaries of the federal government troops be increased, and that the increase be greater than that of the federal government, so that the federal government's National Guard would listen to Zhou Yan and carry out his orders diligently.

Zhou Yan robbed Su Qing's convoy and has several hundred million yuan in his hands, but three thousand more troops will be coming from the federal government in the future. If Zhou Yan pays all their salaries, his several hundred million yuan won't be enough for these troops to squander in a month.

So Zhou Yan first went to Dongyang Prefecture, killed Wang Zitong and Niu Feidao, and then took over all the money they had collected. Now Zhou Yan's assets are close to 10 billion.

That 10 billion should be enough to pay the salaries of these troops. At worst, they can just rob some bad guys in the nearby states and use the money to support their own army.

Not long after, Lin Fangcheng arrived with his more than 400 National Guard soldiers. Zhou Yan announced to each of them that he would also receive a salary from now on, which would be twice the amount given by the federal government, not including bonuses.

Silent all night.

The next morning.

Capitalists and soldiers got up early and set off from their cities to Dongyangzhou.

Because they had already been driving for several days, the city was not too far from Dongyang Prefecture. However, around noon, the group arrived at the city closest to Dongyang Prefecture, which had been suppressed by the federal government's troops.

The capitalists who had come with them settled down in the city.

They weren't government officials to begin with; they came to Dongyangzhou to suppress the riots simply because the capitalists in Zhongzhou were inhumane, and if they stayed any longer, they'd probably have their marrow extracted.

It didn't matter that the capitalists had fallen behind; Zhou Yan continued leading the National Guard eastward to Yangzhou.

This time, they drove from noon until 8 pm before reaching the border of Dongyang Prefecture. After another four hours of driving over mountains, they finally arrived at Luomen City, a major city in Dongyang Prefecture.

Luomen City is surrounded by water on two sides and is the largest port city in Dongyang Prefecture.

When Zhou Yan came to Dongyangzhou to suppress the riots, he was spoken with by special federal government personnel.

When the pandemic ended, federal government career civil servants held several meetings to discuss how to recover lost ground. Many professionals devoted themselves to this for several months before coming up with recovery plans.

The recovery plan for Dongyang Prefecture listed several cities that were best positioned and most qualified to serve as a base during the recapture, with Luomen City being one of them.

The reason is simple: Romance can receive supplies and weapons from the federal government via waterways.

The saying goes, "To get rich, build roads first." Only with good roads can the flow of goods be guaranteed, and only then can business be done quickly and efficiently.

The same applies to restoring urban prosperity. Only when all the roads are repaired and the logistics network is restored will the resurgence of the Eastern Xia Federation be just a matter of time.

Therefore, in the recovery plans provided by the federal government to each state, after establishing a base in a location with convenient transportation, the next step was to collect disaster victims, then mobilize them to repair roads and farm.

Of course, this is a general plan, and its implementation at the grassroots level will depend on the capabilities of the delegates sent there.

After entering Luomen City, Zhou Yan and his group drove to the Luomen City government building.

When I drove into Rome, there were abandoned cars everywhere, dead bodies lying on the ground, it was very chaotic. The city hall, however, was very clean and quiet, and there was no one inside.

The group stayed overnight at the city government building.

……

At eight o'clock in the morning, the sky was already bright.

Two men from Rome, armed with guns, stealthily made their way towards the supermarket.

The leader was a bald, middle-aged man, and behind him, a young man wearing a helmet whispered.

"Dad...we won't run into Old Wu and his gang today, will we?"

The balding middle-aged man looked distressed.

After the outbreak of the epidemic, the city was thrown into chaos. City government officials and local tycoons abandoned the city and fled to Zhongzhou City to escape the disaster.

For the next three months, the residents of Luomen City could only play the game "PUBG Mobile".

Everywhere there was burning, killing, and looting; everywhere there were corpses, the result of fighting for resources.

This father and son lived in this environment for three months, during which time they witnessed countless deaths and killed countless people.

Old Wu, on the other hand, is a demon who began to devour people in a chaotic world.

This father and son witnessed Old Wu stripping a man he had killed of his clothes and dividing the body among his men.

The father comforted him.

"Think about your dead mother, think about your sister who can only cry now."

The son pursed his lips and remained silent, but his hand tightened its grip on the pistol.

The two continued walking toward the supermarket.

After walking a few steps, the father suddenly stopped, and the two saw a pair of furtive figures enter the nearest supermarket.

Not long after, gunshots rang out in the supermarket.

Then the supermarket door opened, and a middle-aged man with red eyes walked out.

Behind the middle-aged man, several other people with equally red eyes dragged out two corpses, one of whom was laughing.

"Extra meal today!"

The father and son felt a chill in their hearts; they had encountered a demon who had given up on being human. The two quickly hid where Old Wu and the others could not see them.

The son, being young, thought of the scene of Old Wu eating people, so he reached out and grabbed his father's arm. But as soon as he did so, a shrill voice came from afar.

"Citizens of Rome! The federal government's troops have arrived at the Rome City Hall. Anyone who needs food, water, or a safe living environment can report to the city hall. The government will provide humanitarian assistance to everyone."

"Citizens of Rome! The federal government's troops have arrived at the Rome City Hall. Anyone who needs food, water, or a safe living environment can report to the city hall. The government will provide humanitarian assistance to everyone."

The father and son paused, and then the father turned his head in surprise to look at the source of the sound.

A military off-road vehicle was driving by, with a loudspeaker on its roof that was emitting a loud sound.

"Citizens of Rome! The federal government's troops have arrived at the Rome City Hall. Anyone who needs food, water, or a safe living environment can report to the city hall. The government will provide humanitarian assistance to everyone."

The SUV drove from one end of the street to the other, and then from the other end to another street.

"Citizens of Rome! The federal government's troops have arrived at the Rome City Hall. Anyone who needs food, water, or a safe living environment can report to the city hall. The government will provide humanitarian assistance to everyone."

The sound of loudspeakers echoed through the streets.

In a small house, a mother, helpless in the face of her sick child, raised her head.

In a basement, a young man who had just put a pistol with only one bullet left in his mouth pulled it out.

Inside a school, dozens of hungry children pressed their faces against the windows, watching military off-road vehicles drive by.

Inside a shop, several women who dared not leave their homes were startled.

At this moment, light and hope filled the hearts of countless people.

……

City government of Romon.

Zhou Yan forcibly cleared away all vehicles and obstacles in front of the municipal government building, creating a huge open space.

A short while later, a plane flew in from a distance. After it reached Zhou Yan's head, boxes of food weighing over ten tons dropped down. Parachutes opened one by one to slow down the descent of the food.

Zhou Yan stepped into the air and placed the food that Qinglong had sent by plane in front of the government building. He then tore open half of the food packaging, revealing compressed biscuits and various canned goods inside.

Wei Youde, the management elite whom Little Yama had found, came up and nodded.

"The food should be put here. When the disaster victims arrive later, they should feel at ease seeing this food."

This is like when you arrive at an insurance company in a Star Destroyer. When people see you arrive in a Star Destroyer, they'll assume your company is financially strong and won't be unable to pay if something goes wrong.

In a street.

The military off-road vehicle with its horn blaring had only gone halfway when an elderly man with gray hair ran out.

"Wait, help me, save me."

The old man shouted.

The National Guard officers driving the vehicle braked and brought it to a stop. Unlike usual, the officers inside the vehicle did not get out to ask the elderly man how he was feeling or if he needed assistance. Instead, they each picked up their weapons.

The driver opened the car window a tiny crack and then shouted into the crack.

"Name, identity."

The old man who ran out of the street said bitterly.

“My name is Luo Qiang, I’m a local from Luomen City, I…”