Chapter 907 - Little Ice Age (1/2)

Chapter 907: Little Ice Age

“Hello, Mr. General,” said Kong Qian respectfully. “I represent the Hang Merchants Association and offer you the highest respect.”

A year ago, the Hang Merchants Association was merged into the NAC as an economic zone, but Jiang Chen had always given these businessmen a high degree of autonomy. Apart from keeping a form to maintain order, NAC only symbolically established offices and executives in Hang City. The president of the association, Kong Qian, was still elected by themselves.

Jiang Chen was very curious about the purpose of his trip to the base.

“Let’s be straightforward – what’s the purpose of your visit here?” Jiang Chen examined Kong Qian and asked.

Kong Qian didn’t answer. He only lowered his head slightly and took out a letter in front of his chest and handed it to Jiang Chen.

“This is?” Jiang Chen raised his eyebrows, opened the envelope, and looked at the lines of words. His brows furrowed. Han Junhua, who was standing beside him, seemed to guess what the letter encompassed. She just swept the first line of the letter and stopped reading.

[Dear President of the Hang Merchants Association, I only represent the survivors of the Northern Alliance Area and offer my highest respect to you. We’ve been trading for many years. We’ve always maintained a friendly, cooperative relationship in all aspects of our interactions…]

[…The force we possess isn’t something criminals can fight against. The puppet regime will be crushed under our tanks. If you stubbornly resist, you will only welcome destruction. I hope you carefully consider your choice.]

[Sincerely, Fang Yuanhong, First Army Commander of the Northern Alliance Force.]

Although the choice of diction was polite, it was still difficult to hide the arrogance between the lines.

In short, it was a letter seeking surrender.

“The force we possess isn’t something criminals can fight against…? Oh, it seems we’re being looked down upon.” Jiang Chen smiled and shook his head.

Although the industrial capacity of the Sixth Street was incomparable to any industrial area before the war, if the wasteland was used as a comparative standard, it would be impossible to find an industrial base with as much productivity as the Sixth Street. Although the Northern Alliance Area controlled the pre-war equipment, the war had never been merely a matter of competing scientific and technological knowledge, it also tested logistical capabilities.

Even if a Wanderer could take out ten Tigers IIs, so what? There were only so many Wanderers, and there were still many Tiger IIs ready to roll down the assembly line of the Sixth Street military factory.

Jiang Chen folded the letter then looked at Kong Qian. He saw Kong Qian looking at himself with a half-smile.

“It seems that you’ve made a wise choice.” Jiang Chen smiled.

Kong Qian bowed slightly.

“In my opinion, the change of regime is like the rotation of the Sun and Moon. There’s no such thing as a formal orthodoxy. For us businessmen, whoever brings stability to us is the undisputed owner of this land.”

In the eyes of these merchants, compared to the NAC that believed in free trade, the people of the Northern Alliance Area were more like criminals.

“I will remember your words and your loyalty.” Jiang Chen put the letter aside and looked at Kong Qian. “So, did you come to deliver this letter? Or was there something else you wanted to discuss with me?”

“There’s still one more thing.” Kong Qian nodded then said, “I don’t know if General Jiang Chen noticed that this year’s winter came one month earlier than previous years.”

Recalling the previous year, it was indeed true.