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"What did I just hear?" Francis rubbed his temple and, upon hearing the question, immediately put on an expression as if he didn't remember what he had just heard, and both men shared a smile.
Of course, Feng Yi had another matter to attend to on this trip, which was to establish a Bounty Tribe in Mardis. Although the local security situation had improved slightly after Saudi withdrew its influence, there was no significant enhancement. To turn around the situation locally, the problem had to be tackled at its root.
The local security forces, to put it plainly, were at best a group of local checkpoint soldiers—going on patrol every now and then; changing the guard every ten days or half a month; showing no real use otherwise. To stimulate the local economy, stabilizing the security work was an essential step.
