Several days passed, and the situation in the mining area started to improve. After Le Qin’s men took over the mining work, their protection meant no one interfered with the mining activities anymore.
Domestic companies also sent some technical staff to guide the entire mining operation, and carts of ore were transported out one after another.
Ji Yang naturally reported the situation here back to the domestic authorities.
The leaders of South Dian Province were somewhat astonished by Ji Yang’s work—they hadn’t expected Tao Guangming to fail at what Ji Yang had managed to improve.
After all, it was the revival of a project, and it was to Ji Yang’s credit, so naturally, the province recognized and commended his efforts.
Thanks to Ji Yang’s hard work, some areas that had no signal coverage were now under construction to address the issue, and soon the signal would reach the regions where those projects were located.
Ji Yang realized that actually, many areas could have had signal coverage; perhaps it was due to human factors, like some base stations being sabotaged, that they couldn’t establish contact.
One day, Le Qin found Ji Yang.
As the two sat together discussing matters, Le Qin whispered, "The government side seems to have some reservations about our development."
Ji Yang had been thinking about this too. Several larger forces had only around ten thousand soldiers, and even some had less than that. Although Le Qin’s men were under the guise of a private security firm, they could still mobilize armed forces of more than a thousand—it was indeed a force to be reckoned with, and it was impossible for the government not to be wary.
"I’ve thought about this issue, and you can divide your personnel into ten groups, each responsible for one project."
Le Qin said, "So you mean to disperse first? I’m just worried they’ll slip beyond our control."
Le Qin clearly had concerns about this.
Ji Yang smiled and replied, "All you need to ensure is that your power remains the strongest."
Ji Yang wasn’t worried about this matter either—those people had seen his abilities for themselves.
Besides, without support, whether they could continue to develop was a question in itself.
Of course, there was another point both understood: Ji Yang would not allow Le Qin to become too powerful alone. Keeping a balance was necessary.
Although Le Qin felt somewhat dissatisfied, he dared not voice any opposition.
"Those anti-government armed forces actually don’t have much of a future; they are just a name. Focus on developing the security company here, and I believe it will prosper even more."
"Alright then, I’ll have everyone publicly break away from this company and register their own private security firms."
"That’s not necessary. Keep the current personnel, just distribute them across various projects to take charge. As long as they aren’t concentrated in one place, nobody will have objections. Once those people arrive at different projects and are in charge of security, they can also establish their own security departments, which can recruit some people too, right?"
Le Qin’s eyes lit up as he said, "In this way, we can integrate those security department members into our power at any time."
"We won’t engage in overthrowing the government; we’re just protecting our projects. It’s important that the government side understands this."
Le Qin nodded, "I will take care of this matter."
"The ultimate goal for everyone is to live a better life. We can’t do anything too outrageous right now, or it could provoke a backlash, and that wouldn’t be good. Building up our power while defending our projects is the correct approach."
"I understand. We’ll only engage in construction."
Seeing that Le Qin grasped his intentions, Ji Yang nodded inwardly to himself, thinking the young man didn’t seem to have any issues at the moment.
"Now, take your people and secure these other projects for me."
Most of the domestic projects were in a similar situation to this copper mine—coveted by influential people who wanted to monopolize them by such means. The government was fully aware of this and, regardless of their motives, they didn’t dare to overtly support such actions. Ji Yang had recognized this issue, so he had arranged for the security company to help recover the projects under the guise of resuming operations. Googlᴇ search n̷o̷v̷e̷l̷f̷i̷r̷e̷.net
Of course, if it were just Le Qin and his men, they could never achieve a significant victory. Ji Yang, naturally, was ready to intervene secretly.