Chapter 292
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Chapter 292: Pleasant Surprise
After the total war, Luo Ji, back in his own world, quickly opened the map to confirm the situation.
Aside from the three cities whose locations he had specifically chosen by spending 300,000 Civilization Points, the system had stated that the remaining nine cities would be randomly placed.
However, the word “random” alone already held the potential for endless pitfalls.
Have Songshan City appear next to White River City?
That was acceptable.
Have Dongjing City appear outside Iron Wall City’s perimeter?
The location was still decent.
But what was the deal with this small city, which he had deemed “better than nothing,” appearing outside West Plains City?
Right next to this small city was immediately another one, making the entire outer layout narrow and long.
This bizarre layout almost made Luo Ji’s entire brain tremble!
There was no other way, this was the cost of randomness.
Faced with this situation, Luo Ji was quite decisive.
Those that could be merged would be merged.
Those that could not, would be demolished!
Having developed to this point, he had to consider the overall layout of his entire civilization.
He couldn’t let one or two cities with peculiar locations ruin his entire plan.
Based on Luo Ji’s experience, which city to demolish and which to merge was clear at a glance for him.
After quickly making a plan, he sent someone to deliver the blueprint to the head of the Architectural Engineering Department.
No sooner had the subordinate with the blueprint left than Luo Jin arrived.
“Reporting to Leader, Luo Jin, commander of the Mirror Division, has come to report back.”
“Luo Jin is here? Tell him to come in.”
A knowing look flashed in Luo Ji’s eyes as he took a sip of tea.
Luo Jin, as one of his most trusted confidants, naturally held a key position now.
The ‘Mirror Division’ was established for him.
This department was essentially Luo Ji’s intelligence agency.
Spies, scouts, and the inspection team responsible for monitoring various situations within the territory all reported to Luo Jin as their direct superior.
Since the members of the inspection team were also Luo Jin’s subordinates, some law enforcement and execution work was temporarily entrusted to Luo Jin.
The task of executing Zhou Dongnan by slow slicing was also given to Luo Jin at that time.
Luo Jin’s current visit was clearly to report on this matter.
“Your subordinate Luo Jin, greets the Chief!”
As thoughts raced through his mind, Luo Jin had already walked in.
Compared to before, he was undoubtedly much more composed.
If among his initial group of trusted aides, Zhao Pan was the most reassuring, then Luo Jin was certainly the second.
“Rise. This matter has been difficult for you.”
“Thank you for your concern, Chief. Besides reporting back to you this time, your subordinate also wishes to recommend someone to you.”
“Oh?”
A hint of interest appeared on Luo Ji’s face upon hearing this.
As the head of an intelligence agency, Luo Ji would also casually assign Luo Jin the task of scouting for talent.
However, Luo Jin always conducted himself in a business-like manner, simply presenting a list and a report, clearly detailing the actions and special skills of those on the list, then submitting it to Luo Ji for his selection.
This was the first time he had directly recommended someone, so it was no wonder Luo Ji was interested.
“In fact, the slow slicing execution carried out on Zhou Dongnan this time was personally performed by this individual!”
Luo Ji’s movements paused upon hearing this, and then a deeper meaning began to emerge in the smile on his lips.
“Are you suggesting him for the position of Dark Division Commander?”
According to Luo Ji’s initial vision, he wanted to divide the Mirror Division into two parts, one light and one dark.
One was the Light Division, and the other, simply referred to as the Dark Division.
Some tasks that were inconvenient to handle openly, such as torture, assassinations, and other dirty and arduous work, would undoubtedly be entrusted to this Dark Division.
If possible, Luo Ji naturally wanted to entrust all these matters to Luo Jin, who was 100% loyal to him.
However, he still had to consider the workload.
The Light Division alone already managed three major agencies, the spy group, the scout team, and the inspection team.
Adding a Dark Division would likely make the workload too much for Luo Jin’s body to bear, which was why a Dark Division Commander needed to be established.
“Yes! Your subordinate believes he has this capability, and his loyalty is absolutely unquestionable!”
Luo Jin clearly understood that for such a position, capability was important, but loyalty was even more so!
Before coming to recommend him to Luo Ji, he had already confirmed the person’s loyalty.
“Interesting.”
Luo Ji’s lips curved slightly.
“Is the person already outside? Bring him in.”
“Yes, please wait a moment, Leader.”
Watching Luo Jin quickly walk out to summon the person, Luo Ji also felt a sense of anticipation.
Regardless of whether they were mediocre or talented, loyal or treacherous, as long as they stood before him, he could open their attribute panel and see clearly.
The person arrived quickly.
The moment they walked in, Luo Ji’s gaze directly fell upon the individual following Luo Jin.
To be honest, it was somewhat different from what he had expected.
He had originally thought that someone with the guts to personally carry out a slow slicing execution would possess a certain grimness in his brows and eyes.
But in reality, there was none.
Not only was there none, but perhaps because it was his first time seeing the Leader so closely, there was even a hint of nervousness in his eyes.
As for appearance, Luo Ji’s first reaction was ordinary. Ordinary looks, ordinary height, ordinary attire, ordinary demeanor.
As a modern person, looking at this ordinary young man, he couldn’t think of any other adjective besides ‘ordinary.’
At this moment, Luo Ji suddenly realized that being ordinary to this extent was also a talent.
“What’s your name?”
With this thought, Luo Ji asked for the person’s name while casually opening his attribute panel.
“Your subordinate, Zhang Tang, greets the Leader!”
Even his voice was ordinary, lacking any distinctiveness or recognizability.
However, he unexpectedly had a name that was not ordinary, at least to Luo Ji.
Because Zhang Tang was the name of a famous cruel official during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han!
And among all dynasties, he happened to be most interested in the Han Dynasty.
During that period, there were two famous people with the single character ‘Tang’ in their names, one was Zhang Tang, and the other was Chen Tang.
Zhang Tang was a historically famous cruel official, and it would not be an exaggeration to say he was the representative figure of cruel officials.
However, despite his harsh application of laws, he remained incorruptible throughout his life.
He later died after being falsely accused, and after his death, his family fortune was less than 500 gold, all of which came from his salary and imperial rewards.
Incidentally, his son was even more formidable, also an honest official, but he rose to the position of Grand Sima and General of Wei, ranking second among the eleven meritorious officials of the Qilin Pavilion.
The one who ranked first was Huo Guang, Huo Qubing’s younger brother.
As for Chen Tang, fewer people probably know him, but he left behind a famous quote that has been passed down through the ages.
“Those who offend the mighty Han, though far away, shall be punished!”
