First-Year Internship—And You Went to Site 749 to Contain Monsters?!

”To put it simply, while imperial authority may seem to hold the top position, it’s the aristocratic families and powerful clans that are truly intertwined with the local areas.”

”After all, imperial power does not extend to the countryside, nor can it truly reach there.”

”Great Han is built on the people, centered on the people, so the real local magnates must be controlled within Hanjing.”

”As for those so-called kings, generals, or the Buddhist, Confucian, and Taoist traditions, they either have their own beliefs, or possess the pride of their so-called former glory, or harbor deeply ingrained mindsets formed from years of warfare.”

”None of them are suitable for Hanjing.”

Lu Ding understood this reasoning.

The pride of bloodline was not suitable for an environment based on the principle of equality for all. This was also a world where great power resided within the individual, not something that could be achieved by simply chanting slogans.

Bloodline truly provided enhancement.

Various beliefs were also not suitable to be managed alongside ordinary people without faith.

It would easily become a breeding ground.This was similar to how, in his previous life or even in the Third Circle, the minimum admission scores for university entrance exams differed across major provinces.

There were reasons for all of it.

It wasn’t simply arbitrarily set.

From a unilateral perspective, Hanjing might not be the strongest in any single aspect.

But Hanjing was definitely the strongest in comprehensive value.

Should any situation arise, Hanjing would undoubtedly be the one laughing last.

Thinking of these things.

Lu Ding suddenly understood.

Why Great Han had the Yujing Plan, which was now the new city.

Great Han’s current situation was already relatively solidified.

To expand while minimizing risks and preserving capital.

It was necessary to establish a new fulcrum, to branch out from this new point.

This was like certain companies wanting to venture into a new product line; they wouldn’t launch it under their own company’s banner. Instead, they would choose to establish a new company, or acquire one, or heavily invest in one.

Lu Ding nodded.

He drank the last mouthful of plain porridge from his bowl.

”Let’s go, report back, and set off for Great Jing!!!”

He stood up.

Fu Xinghe remained following behind him.

The two walked out the main gate.

No one saw them off.

It wasn’t for any other reason, but simply because no one was awake yet.

Old Master Qiu was still sleeping off the alcohol, Aunt Qiu was taking her daily beauty sleep, and Secretary Qiu had already gone to work early.

It sounded absurd, yet there was an inexplicable sense of comfort.

Isn’t this what people pursue in life?

Returning to the 749 Bureau Headquarters in Hanjing.

Secretary Qiu had been waiting for a long time.

The moment he saw Lu Ding, he said, ”Awake?”

Lu Ding responded, ”Awake.”

”Perfect timing. I’ve already sorted out those contribution points you gave me. This list contains the items most beneficial for the development of the 749 Bureau under your jurisdiction. Take a look.”

Lu Ding took it and opened it.

All sorts of equipment, gear, weapons, artifacts, talismans, pills, arrays, and even earth veins.

There were also various rare natural treasures, even renewable medicinal fields, and Tai Sui fields, all arranged for Lu Ding.

This was truly accomplishing big things with little money.

Lu Ding said with some surprise, ”I only gave you less than a hundred thousand contribution points. Just one of these medicinal fields or Tai Sui fields would probably exhaust all the contribution points I gave you, right?”

This was too much.

He was really treating this as a serious matter.

Secretary Qiu folded his arms and said, ”In principle, it shouldn’t be possible. But first, I used the contribution points you gave me, plus a tiny bit of authority within the legal scope that Elder Shui and I have, to upgrade the treatment level of your subordinate jurisdiction from 3.5 to 4 at the minimum cost.”

”Then I discovered that these two poor fields have been underperforming recently. I wrote a report on cost reduction and efficiency improvement, and downgraded these two poor fields from the Headquarters level to the Branch Bureau level. Currently, among all branch bureaus, only yours has told me it lacks these things, so they just happened to be allocated to you.”

Lu Ding: ........

Incredible. Such a formal process. No wonder he’s in this line of work.

”What about this equipment, gear, and the like...”

Secretary Qiu took a sip of tea. ”The warehouse has been stockpiling too much recently, occupying too many public resources, leaving no space for new goods.”

”In line with the policies of cost reduction and efficiency improvement, replacement of old with new, full utilization of public resources, and reduction of unnecessary occupancy expenses.”

”Guided by the principle of implementing at the grassroots level and supporting local areas, supplemented by the personal opinions of Elder Shui and myself, two votes agreed to support the new city, and two votes confirmed support for White Ridge.”

”Firmly upholding the development of the new district, Elder Shui cast one vote to veto the opinions of other departments.”

”It was decided to provide support to the New City area. And among the many 749 units in the New City area, only the White Ridge and Path of Dry Bones under your jurisdiction have credibility and evaluation scores at the Headquarters.”

”So these items were given to White Ridge and Path of Dry Bones at a discounted price.”

Lu Ding was stunned. You could operate like this?

Before he could speak, Secretary Qiu continued.

”By the way, the warehouse also has a lot of items nearing their expiration date, and some that have already expired. They are difficult to handle here and could cause ’pollution’ to the environment. Are you willing to take them back to the new city for harmless disposal? If so, the Headquarters can even give you some hardship allowance.”

Well, well.

What a ’harmless disposal’.

And they even give a hardship allowance!!!!?

This is truly justifiable.

Lu Ding didn’t hesitate in the slightest. ”Willing!!!!”

”Hand them all over to me!”

Nearing expiration or expired doesn’t mean they can’t be used; they’re just past their optimal period, with slightly reduced effectiveness.

But a beggar can’t be choosy.

They’re all free, and they’re even paying me! What more could I ask for?

If quality isn’t enough, make up for it with quantity. Eat pills like meals, weave talismans into clothes to wear. I’ve never fought such an extravagant war before.

Even if there’s some pill toxicity, the environment in the new city is so intense, with life-and-death struggles every day, it can be expelled easily.

If you can’t expel it, that means you’re slacking off on the job, piling your plate high at mealtime, being crafty and lazy, suffering the consequences of your own actions, not fighting seriously.

That’s a personal problem.

It’s like fat. If you eat recklessly without exercising, who’s going to get fat if not you? Beauty can be undefined, but pill toxicity either exists or it doesn’t.

”Alright, then I’ll notify the warehouse to pack and label them. You can take them all back when you return from Great Jing.”

Lu Ding closed the document. ”I can set off now.”

He didn’t even dare imagine what it would be like if the investigators in his jurisdiction used these resources. For the local area of the new city, it would simply be a dimensional crushing attack!!!

It would be like local knives, guns, and cannons encountering border regular troops.

Complete overwhelming dominance!!!

Secretary Qiu pointed outside. ”Go out, turn left, Hall Number Nine. The people are already prepared for you. Eight hundred elite soldiers and fierce generals, capable individuals and those with extraordinary abilities, will accompany you southward. Encounter a mountain, cut through it; encounter a river, build a bridge over it. We, in Hanjing, await your good news.”

These words gave Lu Ding a feeling of heading south to capture a dragon.

”Eight hundred it is then! We’ll fight our way through Great Jing!”

Taking the military order, he turned and left immediately.

Fu Xinghe followed behind. ”Uncle, I’m leaving.”

Secretary Qiu smiled without answering.

Only after both had left did he mutter to himself, ”When Xinghe returns this time, he should be eligible for promotion and rating, becoming the youngest officially appointed secretary.”

Satisfaction. Pride.

The Qiu family’s ancestral graves were truly emitting smoke of good fortune.