Then let them offer their loyalty!

After Qiu Tu finished explaining his identity, the superior-subordinate relationship was established, and everyone became noticeably more obedient, immediately straightening their backs and standing ramrod straight.

Even Cao Dabiao, that old fox, stood up lazily.

Qiu Tu's gaze swept over everyone, and he shouted, "Salute!"

As Qiu Tu shouted, more than a dozen right hands rose up in unison!

Qiu Tu stood up straight and returned the greeting.

Then he lowered his hand, looked at Cao Dabiao, and said, "Cao Dabiao, step forward!"

Qiu Tu and Cao Dabiao were of the same rank, but Qiu Tu was slightly less senior and theoretically could not give him orders.

However, because Qiu Tu's identity also included that of the head of the guard regiment, and the entire squad had just followed Qiu Tu's orders, he could only cooperate even if he was a little unhappy.

Now that Qiu Tu was suddenly giving him orders alone, his discomfort intensified. But having already received several orders before, it had become a habit, so he could only reluctantly step forward and say somewhat perfunctorily, "What are your instructions, Detective Qiu?"

Qiu Tu showed him no mercy whatsoever, and directly shouted, "Call me 'commander'!"

Hearing Qiu Tu's merciless words, Cao Dabiao felt his face burning. Even without turning around, he could almost feel the strange looks from his teammates behind him.

He knew that Qiu Tu was completely undermining his authority in the team and forcibly establishing a hierarchical relationship in front of everyone.

So he gritted his teeth, his face grim, and glared at Qiu Tu. He wanted to challenge Qiu Tu to a duel and defy Qiu Tu's orders.

Then, Qiu Tu spoke again.

He stared coldly at Cao Dabiao and shouted sharply, "What? You dare to defy orders from above?!"

At that moment, Cao Dabiao shuddered.

In the disciplined forces, disobeying orders is an extremely serious matter! In wartime, it wouldn't be too much to be executed on the spot!

Moreover, and more importantly, he discovered that Qiu Tu's hand had already reached for the gun holster on his lower back.

'Does he really want to kill me?'

'How dare he?!'

'Has he gone mad? To shoot a Level 1 agent over a title? He wouldn't survive himself!'

Although he couldn't believe Qiu Tu would do such a thing, the intense sense of crisis he felt, seeing the darkness in Qiu Tu's eyes that seemed impossible to dispel, forced him to back down at that moment.

'There's no need to argue with a madman!'

"As long as the green hills remain, there's always firewood to burn! We'll get our revenge later!"

Thinking this, he lowered his head and shouted, "Yes, sir!"

Qiu Tu released his hand from the holster and nodded in satisfaction. "Good!"

"Now, I'm going to give you a task!"

Chapter 30 Suppression.

Once a person's spine is forcibly broken, it becomes very difficult for them to regain their strength.

So the moment Cao Dabiao gave in, he had already given up entirely.

He shouted, "Please give me your instructions, sir!"

Seeing this, Qiu Tu smiled slightly.

"Now, I order you to leave the Qin family with two familiar agents. I will contact you in half an hour and give you the next instructions."

"Huh?" Cao Dabiao looked at Qiu Tu with a bewildered expression, probably not expecting Qiu Tu to issue such an order.

But now Qiu Tu has the entire scene under control, and he has just had his prestige and confidence completely shattered, so he doesn't dare to raise any questions.

So, like a walking corpse, he selected two of his trusted confidants to step forward, and in a daze, led them away from the Qin family, preparing to receive Qiu Tu's next orders in half an hour.

And so they walked out of the Qin family compound.

Standing at the entrance of the Qin family compound, looking at the city roads that stretched in all directions, Cao Dabiao was bewildered for a few seconds before he suddenly came to his senses!

Holy crap! I've just been stripped of my "military command" like this?!

Thinking of his team now completely separated from him, Cao Dabiao felt like a million grass mud horses were galloping through his mind!

But the next second, when he saw the two trusted confidants beside him, he blurted out, "Holy crap!"

Damn it! I even took all my trusted men with me?

Does that mean I've lost everyone I could possibly inform or remotely direct?

Thinking of this, Cao Dabiao felt a chill run through his body.

Recalling Qiu Tu's series of actions: striking first, exploiting herd mentality, intimidating, coercing, and transferring. A single combo had eliminated him before he even got into the game.

At that moment, Cao Dabiao felt a chill run down his spine.

He wanted to go back and challenge Qiu Tu to a duel, but Qiu Tu's combination of punches had already emboldened him.

He wasn't a strong-willed person to begin with, so after much hesitation, he decided to give up.

'Forget it, he's a ruthless guy... I'd better not mess with him.'

'Consider it a vacation.'

'Anyway, I still have two trusted men with me. At worst, after this mission is over, I can bribe the officer and get transferred to another squad...'

Thinking this, Cao Dabiao wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, waved to his two trusted confidants, and said generously, "Let's go get some barbecue. It's on me."

......

Meanwhile.

Inside the guard unit's compound, Qiu Tu looked at Chen Feng and the remaining nine agents in front of him and nodded in satisfaction.

After kicking out Cao Dabiao, who was at the same level as him, all the other detectives present were now inferior to him in both rank and position, and had completely lost any possibility of challenging his authority.

However, this squad is only superficially obedient now; to truly win their loyalty, other methods will be needed...

Thinking of this, Qiu Tu looked at Fang Ming beside him and asked, "Detective Fang, has the funding I applied for from the director arrived?"

Upon hearing Qiu Tu's words, Fang Ming, who had been standing there in a daze, snapped out of his reverie.

The shock he received in those few short minutes was greater than the years of education his family had given him.

After witnessing Qiu Tu drive Cao Dabiao away in just a few moves, only one phrase his father had once taught him echoed in his mind:

The essence of power is not that you can do what you want, but that you can make others do what they don't want to do.

In that instant, he seemed to truly understand the meaning of those words. And... he met Qiu Tu for the first time.

So, upon hearing Qiu Tu's question, he snapped out of his reverie, gave Qiu Tu a deep look, and then respectfully replied, "Sir, we have arrived."

After saying that, he got up and went to the room to get a small box with the Investigation Bureau's logo, which he handed to Qiu Tu with both hands.

Qiu Tu took the box, opened it, and inspected it. Inside were gleaming silver dollars.

He grabbed a handful, about thirty or forty in total, and threw them directly to all the agents.

Seeing the sky filled with silver dollars, the agents' eyes turned red. They instinctively wanted to catch and pick them up.

But at that moment, Qiu Tu shouted, "Don't answer!"

"You're agents! You're a disciplined force! If your superiors haven't given you orders, let's see who dares to move!"

Upon hearing Qiu Tu's words, the ten detectives present swayed slightly, but ultimately remained standing. However, judging from their burning gazes, their desire had not diminished in the slightest.

After all, in the undeveloped area, silver dollars had a very strong purchasing power.

一枚银元可以买80斤上等大米，10到20斤肉，30尺棉布。购买力差不多约合邱途前世的800块。一般并不用于底层百姓交易。

Therefore, for an agent who only earned about 3 silver dollars a month, these 30 or 40 silver dollars were a huge sum of money.

Seeing that he was now obeying orders without question, Qiu Tu nodded in satisfaction.

He returned the small box to Fang Ming, then paced a few steps in front of the ten agents before speaking under their eager gazes, "You're all my men. As long as you work hard for me, promotions are nothing! Silver dollars are nothing! You'll have it all!"

After saying that, Qiu Tu waved his hand and said, "Now, Chen Feng will take 5 silver dollars, the others will take 3, and the rest can be picked up and returned to me!"

"Supervisor Chen Feng!"

"Disband!"

Upon hearing Qiu Tu's voice, the detectives excitedly bent down and began picking up silver coins from the ground.

Because of Qiu Tu's order, they did not fight over the silver coins, but instead tacitly picked up only the silver coins at their feet.

Soon, everyone had three silver dollars in their hands, and the rest were handed over to Chen Feng, who then gave them to Qiu Tu.

After handing the silver coins to Qiu Tu with both hands, Chen Feng looked at Qiu Tu with a complicated expression, and then sincerely said, "Sir, you, you... are very capable."

Upon hearing this, Qiu Tu glanced at the other detectives, whose eyes now held a mixture of awe and fervor as they looked at him.

Qiu Tu knew that these 10 people were now available...

Nominal power comes from the top, while substantive power comes from the bottom.

.....

Qiu Tu called the 10 political department agents into the room, first dividing them into pairs, and then took out several clues copied from Master Qin's booklet, asking them to verify the contents.

Soon, the five groups of political department agents were organized into teams and set off in turn.

Before setting off, Qiu Tu specifically exchanged contact numbers with them and asked them to report any situation immediately so as not to alert the enemy.

Perhaps due to the combination of kindness and severity just now, all five teams of agents cooperated very well.

After finishing all this, Qiu Tu left the room, watched the political department agents file out, took out his communicator, and dialed Cao Dabiao's number...

Chapter 31 Qin Shuman, Drunk

A moment later, the communication was established.

Qiu Tu didn't waste any words, only saying, "Captain Cao, due to an accident, your mission has been temporarily canceled. Now return to the Qin family's base, and I have new instructions for you."

After saying that, Qiu Tu hung up the call immediately.

At that moment, Cao Dabiao, who had just finished drinking and eating barbecue with two of his confidants, listened blankly to the "beep beep beep" of the receiver. After a moment, he slammed the skewers in his hand down and cursed, "Damn it! This bastard is really going too far!"

"They're totally messing with me!"

That's how it is in the disciplined forces; rank matters. Even if he was unwilling, he had no choice but to obey orders if he wanted to continue working in the investigation department.

So he paid the bill with a livid face and hurriedly returned to the courtyard with his two trusted confidants.

Qiu Tu wasn't trying to mess with him, but rather... for insurance purposes.

Now that the team's morale is high, Qiu Tu will not allow any risks: so if the team stays with Qiu Tu, Cao Dabiao will be sent outside; if the team goes out to carry out missions, then Cao Dabiao will have to come back and stay with Qiu Tu.

This would minimize the possibility of Cao Dabiao colluding with others and undermining his authority.

At this point, Yan Chen had completely overcome the pit he had dug.

Thinking this, Qiu Tu gazed at the courtyard gate, lost in thought: However, although he had crossed this pit, there was still another one blocking his way.

Thinking this, Qiu Tu's thoughts inevitably drifted to the matter of the political department agents making a big show of entering the Qin family.

His mind raced as he considered countermeasures.

After a moment, a thought crossed his mind: ...although this matter is a bit tricky, could it actually be used to his advantage?

He originally requested reinforcements to secretly investigate the Qin family, but now that a secret investigation is impossible, why not take this opportunity to test the waters?

Perhaps... someone will get restless and deliberately reveal a flaw?

For example, the one you're most interested in...?

With this in mind, Qiu Tu made up his mind.

He didn't wait for Cao Dabiao to return, but instead walked out of the courtyard.

Since it was rest time, some agents from the Special Operations Department were chatting and exercising in the courtyard.

Upon seeing Qiu Tu, they were noticeably more respectful than they had been two days prior, standing up one by one to salute and greet him, "Good day, sir!" "Good day, sir!"

Qiu Tu waved enthusiastically and then asked a few questions.

Seeing their enthusiasm, Qiu Tu knew that the news of his iron-fisted reorganization of the political department squad and that he had given each of them three silver dollars had already spread.

Humans are naturally inclined to seek advantage and avoid harm, and they also yearn for those who can bring them greater benefits.