Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

“We didn’t do that before.”

This is how the Ukrainians answered.

The inability to do business seems to be a genetic weakness for people from the East European Plain.

The EU and NATO have been playing with Ukraine for over two decades by offering the promise that "joining the EU will make you a developed country and allow you to live a life of luxury." They've been making these promises since the nuclear weapons destruction program at the beginning of this century. As Ukraine gradually became confused and the Orange Revolution occurred in 2014, followed by eight years of civil war in eastern Ukraine and then six years of conflict between Russia and Ukraine, even a fool should have figured it out by now.

Ukraine will never be able to join the EU unless NATO stops being hostile to Russia/Russia and NATO stop being in confrontation.

As a result, the Ukrainian merchants, whose defenses had been breached, joined Hu Zhantian's smuggling operation with boundless enthusiasm.

As for the news that the port of Odessa would allow Chinese goods to enter Europe duty-free, it has been circulating among Chinese suppliers since Hu Zhantian arrived in Odessa.

The suppliers who had enjoyed the food in Haiti with General Li were ready to go, and ship after ship of stockpiled small commodities poured into the Black Sea like dragons.

People from Fujian and Guangdong, randomly generated from all over the world, quickly began to appear on the streets of Odessa.

"As expected, doing business with a sword is still the way to go!"

Those netizens who vaguely knew about this matter continued to debate the issue of conducting business with a sword. The debate raged on about whether to conduct business with a sword (taking matters into one's own hands), to hire a sword (hiring Li Xinghe as a henchman), or to adhere to the principle of peace.

This day also marked the launch of a missile frigate built by Japan for Russia.

Last year, when an agreement was reached with Russia to return the islands and imprison Lai Ching-te and others on Shikotan Island, this cooperation agreement was established. Therefore, after nearly two years, the four frigates have finally been built for Russia. The order price is 35 billion RMB per ship. The reason for the low price is that Japan assisted in the design of the missile vertical launch system, while Russia filled in the missiles itself.

Li Xinghe attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony together with the Russian ambassador to Japan.

The missile destroyers built for Russia are of average quality. They are typical modern destroyers, displacing 6000 tons, with stealth hulls, diesel-gas turbine propulsion, phased-array radar, one AK-130 main gun, four AK-630 close-in weapon systems, 64 missile launchers, and carrying shipborne anti-submarine helicopters and sonar, possessing air defense, anti-submarine, and long-range strike capabilities. They are a typical example of a design that is neither particularly outstanding nor lacking, but is considered durable and reliable internationally.

The problem is that these four missile frigates are clearly the main warships with the capability to pose a threat in the open ocean.

This will keep Europeans up at night.

Li Xinghe continued to launch into a tirade during his speech:

"Why can't we take on Russia's aircraft carrier orders? Why can't we take on Russia's amphibious assault ship orders? We can also take on missile destroyer orders. In fact, the Asia-Pacific Consortium has no core conflict with Russia. We have already reached an agreement on the Northern Territories issue and will continue to work towards resolving the territorial dispute. Furthermore, Russia's energy is essential for Japan and South Korea, and Japan and South Korea have a long-standing tradition of cooperation with Russia. Our cooperation is a win-win, triple-win, and multi-win situation. With the joint cooperation of the Asia-Pacific Consortium, China, and Russia, the peace and stability of the world islands are as solid as a rock!"

Anyway, these ships that have been built can be deployed in the Baltic Sea to annoy Sweden, Norway and Denmark, who love to hype up anti-China issues; deployed in the Arctic Ocean to deter the idiot EU; placed in the Black Sea to provide support for Hu Zhantian; and deployed in the Pacific Ocean to simply increase Li Xinghe's combat power.

Unless it's deployed in the Caspian Sea as a bathtub navy, Li Xinghe is making a profit no matter what.

As for undertaking such a monumental task as aircraft carrier construction, only Li Xinghe could bring himself to do it. Japan can now truly demonstrate to the Europeans, using civilian technology, what it means to launch a 5-ton medium-sized aircraft carrier in a year. Anyway, it's all about hard work and steel, without any advanced technology.

Russians dislike having their markets flooded with Eastern goods, but they have no choice but to accept the status quo, and Russia also has a certain pro-Japanese sentiment. Therefore, overall, Russian public opinion has been very positive, with many feeling that since they can't build them themselves (the largest Russian-built frigate is 2200 tons), they should just buy them. Resources for warships.

Li Xinghe's goods are also cheap, durable, and quick to market.

The core of everything is to make Europeans feel like they're eating shit.

When the EU lodged a strong protest, Li Xinghe hinted, "We are willing to take on more tasks for world peace. Why doesn't the Asia-Pacific Consortium consider setting up a neutral buffer zone in Ukraine? We can sign a fighter jet deployment contract with Ukraine with Russia's consent."

This is even more disgusting to Europeans by stepping on the face of the EU.

von 'M' Lein criticized Li Xinghe in the European Parliament:

"It was as if he was threatening us, saying: 'Lift these shitty sanctions, or we'll deploy our fifth-generation fighters in Ukraine tomorrow and slap the Europeans in the face.'"

Chapter 940: Li Xinghe, the Master of Micro-Management, Returns from Vietnam War Service (3300 words)

"My God! Why do people have to go to school?"

Shinsawa Taiho hugged Azuma Ai, staring at her blank class notes with tears welling up in his eyes.

Today's course at the University of Tokyo is about the impact of European foreign policy on the Asia-Pacific region.

My wife loves to gently massage Taifeng's shoulders:

"Can't you understand this kind of course?"

"I don't understand. I'm a physical education student."

Taifeng lay on top of her sisters and complained.

She got into Dongda University mainly because of Li Xinghe's influence, and secondarily because she won an important award in a shooting competition.

My wife loves to pinch Taifeng's cheeks:

"You seem a bit listless?"

"Just wait, when Dad gets back, I'll show you how amazing a sports student is."

Shinze Taifeng spoke frankly, enthusiastically grasping at Azuma Ai's plan to besiege Li Xinghe, saying that it was due to sexual repression.

As a result, Li Xinghe did not go home that night.

"Ah~"

Shinsawa Tao lay on the sofa, acting coquettishly, while Azuma Ai held their daughter and exchanged parenting knowledge with little Queen Charlotte.

Hiraeko, who was cooking in the kitchen, reminded her daughter:

"Look in the group chat, he's in the hospital."

There was indeed a message in the group; a short video was sent back from the hospital.

Sumire Kashiwagi was taking a selfie on the bed, while the Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan was supporting herself on the bedside table with both hands, making a creaking sound. The meaning was self-evident.

The girls all laughed strangely.

"Eek~"

Miss Lu Yuchi's shirt was half undone.

It is very large and very colorful.

……

After seducing his wife, who was also the Chief Cabinet Secretary, in the hospital, Japan's sluggish administrative bureaucracy began to make clumsy adjustments.

The following day, news reports across Japan covered the major reorganization of the administrative agencies.

"The official announcement states: Following the transformation of Hokkaido into a directly administered prefecture, the Tohoku region has been formally established, with Sendai as a directly administered city, creating a comprehensive regional government to govern all local prefectures."

The Northeast region has vast land. According to Li Xinghe's opinion, the strategy is to promote the exploitation of local resources, continue to expand cities such as Sendai, Hachinohe, and Aomori, and acquire more land to establish collective farms, thereby generating agricultural revenue and revitalizing the local economy.

"Official announcement: The Kanto Prefecture has been formally established, combining the resources of Gunma, Ibaraki, Tochigi, and parts of Saitama Prefectures, with Kawaguchi City in Saitama Prefecture as its directly administered city..."

The Kwantung State, or more precisely, the Upper Kwantung State, is the other half that wasn't incorporated into the Tokyo State. Their existence is simple: to support the Tokyo State. Li Xinghe plans to build satellite cities, university towns, and research centers in these counties, relocating some of the industries that can be moved elsewhere.

"The autonomy of each county remains unchanged, elections will continue, and county councils will exercise their powers of deliberation, proposal, and oversight."

This was meant to appease the local political families.

The next planned directly administered state is the Nobi Plain, where Nagoya City is located, and it will likely be named Nobi State in the future.

This area is a hub for Japan's automotive and aerospace industries. It boasts not only the F-35 assembly line in Komaki City, but also Ihi's aircraft engine production line, and numerous automobile factories. Even the assembly line for the Type 16 wheeled assault gun is located in Nagoya City, making it a large-scale military industrial cluster.

After gradually completing the reform outline of the directly administered prefectures, Li Xinghe's computer displayed the contact information of the various prefectural and municipal offices, as well as a visual representation of the task progress.

Just like a game.

Li Xinghe said with no small amount of satisfaction:

“You might not believe it, but this is the first time that my political directives have been transmitted from the Cabinet all the way through the internet to the grassroots units where I need to assign tasks, reaching the hands of a civil servant in a township office.”

This exposed one of Li Xinghe's weaknesses: his fondness for micro-management.

However, with Chiang Kai-shek's disgraceful example, Li Xinghe now rarely micromanages the army, resulting in him employing many crazed staff officers.

Ayako Aso, sitting next to her, remarked:

"No, in reality, most of the time, a head of state wouldn't send messages to township-level civil servants so casually. You should delegate the task to your secretary, who will then pass it on to the relevant provincial vice minister, who will then forward it to the relevant departments to establish a preparatory committee and find a private company to undertake the project. As the head of state, don't you have any other matters to attend to? I heard you were in the Royal Hospital yesterday... Well, I won't say anything more."

Li Xinghe didn't actually have many specific tasks to handle; the old Japanese bureaucratic system could manage, so he was keen on making changes. For example, he wanted the Japanese government to at least respond effectively to tasks, instead of disappearing for months on end. Or perhaps he wanted to focus his energy on having more children. (The last sentence is a nonsensical string of characters and doesn't translate directly.)

Micromanagement is detrimental to national health.

But this excludes micro-management by yourself.

Who wouldn't enjoy micro-managing things themselves?

As for how Lu Yuchi Hua Yingmei was persuaded yesterday to help suppress opposition within the bureaucratic system, that will be discussed later.

……

Meanwhile, on the other side of the ocean.

Another world king who loves micro-management, His Majesty Emperor Vance I of the United States, who had been silent for half a year, just opened the door to the War Office.

The great Emperor Vance, now wearing a large red cloak to conceal his increasingly obese body, was gradually recovering from the pain in his prostate and intestines. Unable to always finish his business, he now indulged in the emotional comfort of sugar and carbohydrates. His weight was now approaching 300 pounds, and his diaper-covered trousers were large enough to fit two adults.

As soon as Vance entered the room, a sharp, violent sound rang out:

“I ordered them to cross the border and attack Mexico! That was an order! And what were my loyal generals doing?”

What are the Fifth and Sixth Armies doing? They haven't moved an inch, while the Mexicans are making short videos and mocking us on TikTok!

The members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff were speechless at Vance's outrage.

Can you blame us?

Is that our pot?

Who told you to be so foolish as to try and take advantage of the suppression of the 'Korean democracy movement' to find an opportunity to punish Lee Sung-ha?

Just to show your sense of justice and get revenge for Li Xinghe taking in your wife?

Now things are really bad; nobody even has any shells left.

These exquisite, handcrafted artillery shells from the United States are not only highly tolerant, but also incredibly expensive—$4 each. Take it or leave it.

Because the entire United States is producing 2 155mm shells per month.

In a whole month, only 2 were issued nationwide!

Even if 120,000 155mm artillery shells were accumulated over the past six months, it would still be far too inadequate for a national-level war. Li Xinghe's overseas air bombing campaigns are calculated in thousands of tons.

Now Li Xinghe is no longer selling artillery shells; he uses them himself. The cannons that the United States could assemble suddenly lost their effective fuel.

The commander in charge of military logistics stepped forward and began to elegantly shift the blame:

"If the super factory in the Free City supplies ammunition as planned..."

His Majesty Vance's expression darkened.

Isn't this just bringing up a sore spot?

More than half a year has passed, and Vance's backers still haven't come up with an effective solution.

They probably think that as long as they get control of a city with independent legislative power, they can buy and fill production lines in it without restraint, and start production immediately by stuffing in illegal immigrants.

But the reality is that the city has independent legislative power, but lacks residents. People aren't mentally challenged; they'd rather live next door and work here.

Most of the illegal immigrants recruited were drug dealers who came to the factory to sell drugs. No one was willing to accept job training or work on the production line.

Production lines ordered from China are seized when they leave the country.

Even though the production line was shipped to the United States, without the full supervision and repair by Chinese engineers stationed at the factory, large-scale production line damage began to occur after only a few starts, leading to malfunctions and even factory explosions.

Therefore, these major investors' Free City projects, after receiving hundreds of billions of dollars in investment, are all currently in a state of poor management.

They're not as reliable as the old American handmade artillery shell factories.

At this point, Americans will probably remember why STEM education is so important, why math education is indispensable, and why production line standards and engineer support are basic common sense.

Companies that export production lines and supporting engineering teams can continue to make a lot of money as long as the other country doesn't understand them.

"What about the troops? Why don't we have enough troops yet?" Vance began to deliberately change the subject.

The issue of artillery shells was not even a major obstacle to a ground offensive against Mexico.

The problem is a lack of talent.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the bald Grady, explained his predicament to Vance with a helpless expression:

"The Fifth and Sixth Armies are really... short of manpower."

These two army groups were formerly the U.S. Northern Command and the U.S. Southern Command, respectively. The constant changes and reshuffling of the units under these two army group designations cannot conceal the fact that these two commands merged, and this cannot be hidden either.

That is: despite being two large army groups, they actually have no soldiers.

Of course, it's not that there weren't any at all, but rather that there were no ground offensive combat troops.

整整两个集团军，下属的往往都是470军事情报旅、505军事情报旅、56通讯营、377战区支援司令部、807部署支援医疗司令部之类的后勤支援和通讯保障单位。

There was even a bizarre place called the Third Expeditionary Force Maintenance Command, a main service unit that had collapsed but still maintained a supply structure of 300 civilians.