Chapter 1580 - Grand Celebration (2/2)
“It’s okay, it’s my honor to serve.” Qian Xia smiled and bowed politely. After she instructed a few things for Jiang Chen to pay attention to during the pregnancy, she turned around and returned to her room.
Because of fear of affecting the baby, since Sun Jiao’s belly started to grow, the times she went to the apocalypse also decreased significantly.
In the past, most of the NAC’s government affairs were handled by the First Lady of the General. After only a mere one month of absence, the government affairs on the desk were piled up like a small mountain.
Even though he was reluctant to do so, at this time, Jiang Chen could only resolutely pick up the duties of the General again. As a result, many people were surprised to discover that the rarely seen General actually signed-in at the General’s Mansion every day for the first time.
Instead, it was Madam Sun, who used to appear every day, that disappeared from their sight.
Their confusion did not last long.
At one of the NAC high-level meetings, Jiang Chen picked an appropriate time. After Cheng Weiguo reported on the growth of the NAC’s reserves, he unexpectedly announced the good news to everyone.
“To make a long story short, I’m going to be a father.”
The meeting room became quiet.
From Wang Qing on the left, people’s reactions were stunned at first, and then joy, and eventually ecstasy…
Throughout this year, there were no more exciting news than this.
After people heard the good news, many people even burst into tears of excitement.
For an oligarchy like NAC, the descendants of the leader were more important than anything else, just like the emperor’s prince. For the subordinates loyal to NAC, with their lives integrated with NAC, even if NAC conquered more land and built more colonies overseas, it was not as crucial as Jiang Chen giving them a healthy heir.
This heir did not necessarily need to be better than his father, he could even be mediocre. As long as he was not too screwed up, it would be enough!
The territory that NAC conquered could last at least three to four generations.
They just needed someone that could protect this piece of land, and it would be sufficient.
The news spread like wildfire, since Jiang Chen did not deliberately conceal it.
The Sixth Street cheered and celebrated for a whole week, and joy was written on the faces of almost everyone.
Only those survivors who had just awakened from the low-temperature hibernation chamber had sad expressions on their faces. Because the dictator had a son, this piece of land was one step farther away from the once free and prosperous Pan-Asia Cooperation.
Of course, this small group of people only dared to think about it, they did not dare to speak out their minds.
Because the last one who drank too much and loudly accused the General of “tyranny” had his teeth beaten out by the mercenaries next to him.
Zhou Guoping, who was far away in North America, even ordered the guards of Outpost Town to set off fireworks all night. Lu Fan, once a member of the General Guards, rushed back to Wanghai from Shangjing. He personally offered congratulations to Jiang Chen and a precious gift— a coat weaved from the nape of the saber-toothed beast in the northern wasteland.
Almost everyone cheered for the upcoming successor.
The reason why more than half of the settlements destructed on the wasteland, no matter how strong they were, was due to the succession of the regime.
The prestige of the General was naturally unchallenged, and no one was qualified to challenge.
Whether it was his strategic foresight or individual bravery that was enough to battle against the Mother of Death Claws, he was already a myth in the minds of survivors throughout East Asia. Even the survivors in distant North America and Western Europe heard about the legendary tales of this great leader.
But all humans could not escape death.
Even if the General was already mystified by the survivors, the tale of myth was destined to conclude one day.
At least, in the eyes of most people.