Before Jiang Ming could think about it, the negotiations broke down amid the sounds of banging tables and slamming doors.

The two sides broke up unhappy.

After that, Xinhai and Jiang Ming have been preparing for a new round of actions from the other side.

However, what Xinhai and Jiang Ming did not expect was that they gathered the indigenous people of Wanglong Village and some surrounding Haiji Island, as well as a large number of grassroots officials in the Coral Palace who managed these places, and marched in protest.

In the past, there were no marches in Inazuma to protest against this culture.

But now, under the instigation of these extremists, there is.

They protested against Jiang Ming's unfair treatment.

This really annoyed Jiang Ming.

It is undeniable that the indigenous people of Haigi Island do not live as well as the workers.

After all, the workers' productivity is there.

But it’s not like he didn’t give these indigenous people a chance.

The factory gives priority to hiring these indigenous people.

Even if you don't know anything, you will be taught once you enter the factory.

This is much better than those refugees who have to have some craft experience before they can enter the factory, right?

Some people are dissatisfied with the repetitive work, excessive noise, poor air quality and other problems in factories, and they insist on holding on to their own saline-alkali land or their small fishing boats.

That’s it. Then, when I saw that the workers’ treatment was good and stable, I thought about having the same treatment too.

No, buddy, look at your saline-alkali land and small fishing boats, can they be compared with the big machines in the factory?

I don't want to work in a factory to screw screws, but I also want the treatment of a factory worker. How can I have both?

Jiang Ming ignored their demands.

Anyway, the channels to the factory are open for a long time. Come if you want, or say goodbye if you don’t want to.

This time, under the empty promises and instigation of these [Extreme Snake God] members, they stood up.

These people alone are enough to give Xin Hai Jiang Ming a headache.

This unreasonable demand must not be agreed to, but these people gathered here to protest, they can't just do whatever they want.

What is even more troublesome is that these people are led by officials.

In addition to the industrial zone, the dock, the Marine Science Institute, and the Coral Palace, many officials in Wanglong Village also went on strike in protest.

This means that, except for the above-mentioned areas, administrative departments in other places have basically ceased to function.

Xinhai Jiangming and his men were almost completely in the dark about these areas. They had no idea about the situation and were completely unable to convey any government orders.

Chapter 76: Changes on Umijima Island (End) - Empirical Error

From this point on, Haigi Island has actually been divided into the "Coral Palace ruling area" and the "Snake God faction ruling area".

The former are industrial areas, docks and the like, while the latter are mainly Wanglong Village.

Kaigi Island has been torn apart by irreconcilable internal conflicts.

It has to be said that Xinhai and Jiang Ming both have to take some blame for this.

They transferred all the excellent and normal officials at all levels in the Coral Palace to emerging areas such as industrial zones, causing the traditional areas to lose a large number of normal people who could get practical work done.

Including non-factional pragmatists, normal snake god believers, Coral Palace supporters, Heart Sea Kitchen, people who don't care about belief in gods, etc.

These normal people who are excellent and capable of getting things done are precisely the backbone of the operation of a government department.

Without them, work efficiency at all levels of departments dropped sharply, and the working hours and workload of other people in the department increased sharply, which in itself led to great dissatisfaction.

In addition, without these people, we could not withstand the pressure from the extremists.

The combination of the two promoted the imbalance of factional power in the traditional areas, and the [Extreme Snake God Faction] began to dominate.

After becoming the dominant power, the current situation is that the country is still united in name but divided in reality.

For Jiang Ming, this was something he could never tolerate.

Having grown up in a unified country and being familiar with the atmosphere of big government, the last time he saw a government shutdown caused by party disputes was in the news from the United States.

These extremists are determined to fight him to the end.

Clay figures also have three points of fire energy.

From the very beginning he had been paying attention to these people's feelings, carefully restraining his punches and kicks, and then after all the fuss, you do this to me?

He advocates uniting all forces that can be united, and concentrating efforts on resolving major contradictions, and letting go of them wherever possible. This does not mean unlimited indulgence or tolerating the other side's aggressive behavior.

These guys are really a bunch of rubbish that can't get together.

You're getting in our way, scum!

I'm so angry!

Since we cannot unite or win them over, we must strike back resolutely.

He does not have such complex and deep-rooted forces, nor does he have so many middle and grassroots officials, but he has the broad masses of the people.

But Xin Hai held back Jiang Ming who was eager to try. She still didn't want to start fighting and tried to use more peaceful means to solve the problem.

This made Jiang Ming very dissatisfied.

It's already this late, and you still expect to use ordinary means?

Centrists are often disliked by both sides, and this is the case with Xin Hai now.

But, after all, it is the sea of ​​​​the heart.

Jiang Ming didn't feel like moving anymore, so he asked Xin Hai to continue the negotiations.

On the one hand, Xinhai initiated negotiations, and on the other hand, using her identity as the "present-day divine priestess", she ordered officials at all levels to return to their posts and end the rally through newspapers, leaflets, and slogans.

But the effect is not obvious.

The other party has already made their choice, so how can they give up easily?

As time went on, the issues were not addressed, and dissatisfaction grew among the protesters. Under the Coral Palace, two major factions gradually formed and dominated the confrontation:

The [local conservatives] are composed of the [extreme snake god faction] and a part of the local indigenous people; and the [foreign reformists] are led by Jiang Ming and are composed of outsiders who obey the leadership of the Coral Palace.

The magical thing is that, although they are nominally under the command of the Coral Palace and Xinhai is the [Modern Human God Priestess], in reality, the local faction no longer listens to Xinhai, while the outsider faction still respects Xinhai's leadership.

During the confrontation between the two factions, the public opinion of the [local conservatives] gradually began to move uncontrollably towards extremes.

Some people began to clamor to destroy the machines and drive away the workers.

They think that machines make their lives bad.

There are indeed signs that the protesting crowd is moving towards the industrial area.

This frightened Jiang Ming, Xin Hai and everyone else.

What's the difference between this and trying to take their lifeblood?

Play may be play, but don't joke about the industrial area.

A group of elite forces that were equipped with hot weapons and had been trained for a certain period of time were hastily drawn from the newly formed 101st Division to defend key areas.

He also began to clean up the suspected "local conservative" forces within the 101st Division, making the 101st Division more reliable.

Ok.

The 101st Division was named so at the strong suggestion of Jiang Ming.

Jiang Ming strongly opposed Xin Hai's proposal to name the newly formed force "Swordfish Squadron 2".

Xinhai expressed great regret about this.

After that, when the negotiations failed to reach a consensus, Jiang Ming made a mistake in order to resolve the problem as soon as possible.

He decided to recall the troops from the front line, which were led by pragmatists, had a weaker faction and were confronting the shogunate army.

Then, these [local conservative] forces were transferred to the front lines to confront the shogunate army or even launch an attack.

From Jiang Ming's perspective, his original intention was to divert conflicts through foreign wars.

And according to his consistent thinking, since these members of the [local conservatives] want to fight the shogunate army so much and want to storm the castle tower, then let you fight as you wish.

At the same time, they also prepared to lead local public opinion, and when the time came, they would exaggerate the threat from the shogunate army and the conflicts on the front line to divert people's attention and put pressure on them to negotiate.

This is not uncommon in ancient history, and many dynasties would adopt this approach when faced with similar situations.

After all, a higher-ranking official can crush people to death and is in a righteous position.

The other side can either comply or rebel.

[Since the other party still publicly supports Xin Hai, then he won't rebel, right? ]

This is what Jiang Ming thought in his heart.

And Xinhai, perhaps because he was really overwhelmed by these problems and had negative energy, began to give up, or perhaps he was desperate and wanted to try any possible means, so he actually agreed.

As soon as they made the decision, Xinhai and Jiang Ming began to communicate with the two parties in Inazuma City through the newspaper's channels about their next actions to avoid misunderstandings.

But what Jiang Ming still doesn't know is the stress response these people have.

Moreover, he, a native rabbit, could not understand the thinking of these people.

This is the mistake Jiang Ming made.

An empirical error.

Jiang Ming's actions had a different feel in the eyes of these [local conservatives].

These people were divided into three factions.

One group really wanted to go up and give it a try.

But this number is small.

Another thing is...

"This is sending us to our deaths!"

They may talk, but don't they know their own worth? How can we really let them go and die? !

How dare you?!

Others think that this is an excuse to transfer their military forces to deal with them.

Especially since Jiang Ming and his team had previously mobilized a group of forces from the 101st Division to station there.

This is even more suspicious!

With this idea in mind, they discussed it and decided to take advantage of this opportunity to strike first.

They mobilized troops, but did not send them to the front line.

Instead, they were transferred to the area under their current actual control.

The large-scale troop mobilization was not hidden from Xin Hai and Jiang Ming.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

In order to cope with these additional troops, Jiang Ming also transferred another group of troops.

Almost all the troops of the 101st Division, which had been equipped with hot weapons and received certain training, had arrived.

The two sides began to confront each other on Kaigi Island.

Secondly, there are wars of words in newspapers and leaflets every day.

This situation continued for some time until Beidou's Southern Cross Fleet visited Kaigi Island.

As if they were afraid of the power of the Southern Cross Fleet, both sides fell into a brief silence during this period of time, and neither side took any further action.

Chapter 77: Fun Man Beidou and Her Fun Man Sailor

"That's the situation, big sister."

An Xin put the newspaper in his hand on the table.

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