Two Realms Shuttle Gate: Don't Call Me a Demon!-Chapter 415 - 285: The People’s Heart (Two updates of 8000 words)

"Village Chief Sang, whether what I’m saying is true or false, just ask around a bit and you will know. You can take people to visit the areas under the control of the Jieke Group; then you’ll naturally understand if the Jieke Group is as I’ve described."

Seeing Sangka’s eager eyes, Jiasa Mountain knew that his speech had not been in vain.

He still remembered a lesson from back then, which was taught by General Su, and one sentence had resonated with him deeply ever since.

"We don’t engage in any formalism; we solve whatever the farmers need most, solving the poverty issues of tens of millions of people, and only then will the entire Northern Territory, the entire Chan Country accept us."

Jiasa Mountain always remembered this sentence, and he followed it too.

To break the long-standing foundation of warlord rule here, and the deeply ingrained concept of growing opium, the problems had to be solved from the root.

And the so-called root problem was actually about making money, eating enough, and living a stable life, which was something the Jieke Group was completely capable of achieving.

"We need to see it, we must go see it."

Sangka nodded repeatedly. He had been to the town before, where he heard from others that the wages in the areas under the rule of the Jieke Group were several times theirs.

But under the warlord’s control, the Jieke Group was a strictly forbidden topic of discussion. Plus, with Xikou Village located in the mountains and having no internet or such, his understanding of the Jieke Group was limited to what he learned from watching TV or listening to the radio in town, which was quite limited.

Now that he heard Jiasa Mountain’s explanation, he realized that the areas under the Jieke Group were indeed lucrative places.

"Folks, you all can switch to breeding Poison Insects. Given that the yield of farming in your mountainous environment is very low, but if you switch to insect breeding, your environment is naturally suited for it."

The villagers looked at one another. Someone couldn’t help but ask loudly, "Officer, is it really that profitable? We will definitely join you! "

Seeing one speak up, the other villagers also became enthusiastic.

"I want to visit the places under the Jieke Group, but I can’t afford the travel expenses. Can I still go?"

"I’m good at breeding insects! I used to catch lots of insects and breed them when I was young; I bred them really well, nobody in this village did it better than me."

"Cut the crap, Wu Laosan, every time you and I competed with insects, you always ended up beaten badly by me. When it comes to breeding insects, I, Xia Ping, am the number one in Xikou Village."

The atmosphere among the villagers grew even more heated as they discussed fervently.

Seeing this scene, Jiasa Mountain smiled.

"Folks, can you tell me now where the warlord soldiers are?"

With Jiasa Mountain’s remark, the environment became silent again.

In the end, it was Sangka who made the decision.

"I’ll take you."

Sangka knew that by taking this gamble, if he was right, Xikou Village would soar.

As for failure, in recent days, the village had already seen more than one group of fleeing soldiers nearby.

Those warlords were already on the verge of being annihilated and naturally couldn’t come back for revenge. Sangka saw this clearly.

Under Sangka’s lead, several rebels hiding in the village eventually surrendered dejectedly, hands held high, and were captured by Jiasa Mountain.

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Xikou Village was just a small representation of the larger battlefield, with many villages and towns economically bound by warlords like Xikou Village.

In the past, even if the government army could defeat the warlord soldiers, it was helpless against those who disaggregated and hid among the civilians.

Warlord soldiers had the support of local people, which is a base of masses that outsiders found hard to shake.

This was also why warlords could not be exterminated and could always resurge from the ashes.

But when the Jieke Group intervened, they used the simplest tactic—spreading money—to easily dissolve the warlord’s local base of mass support.

Not only in the countryside but also in the cities, the Jieke Group’s actions were more aggressive.

Python Mountain City, a city under the Zen State Liberation Front.

By this time, the city had been completely conquered by the Jieke Group. Large numbers of Jieke Group soldiers entered the city, and immediately cleaned out the casinos, brothels, scam parks, and all kinds of criminal powers.

"Thank you, thank you so much; you saved my life, you really saved my life."

"You must not let those devils go, I beg you, my family was killed by them, you must not let these inhumane fiends go."

"Jieke Group, oh, thank heavens, you finally came over. I thought I wouldn’t live to see this day."

In a public square, survivors rescued from the scam parks wept and laughed, overwhelmed to the point of tears.

Many of them were covered in scars, with beatings and bruises being the most common, but also burns from cigarette butts, chopped off fingers, deep knife scars on faces, and some missing ears or noses.

They were all rescued by Jieke Group soldiers. Despite many of them being in such a tragic state, they were actually considered lucky.

The truly tragic ones had already been tortured to death, with their internal body parts removed and sold for high prices.

There were many Jieke soldiers maintaining order on site, as most of the civilians of Python Mountain City had gathered, wanting to see what the Jieke Group that had newly taken over Python Mountain City intended to do.

"Bring up the criminals."

In the square, an officer shouted, and men and women were escorted onto a constructed platform.