For most of the morning.
Lynn and Bi Bi returned to the courtyard where they lived.
The servants had already prepared the food and brought it to the table. Bi Bi happily dug in, but Lynn had little appetite. After eating a little, he returned to his bedroom, clutching his head with his brows knitted tightly together.
It was not because his scalp had been chilled numb. He had simply realized that the difficulties he faced were even greater than he had imagined.
The people in this area were determined to resist him, and they were doing so cleverly. There was absolutely nothing wrong to be found on the surface.
Whatever orders he gave were carried out strictly. But that was precisely the problem—they were carried out too strictly, to the point of near-blindness.
Yes, blindly.
They blindly carried out his orders, outwardly showing no objection at all. It looked perfectly reasonable, but as they carried them out, things gradually became distorted.
For example, a few days ago, he had wanted to establish a branch of the Efficiency Department here and asked for some young, energetic people to serve as its grassroots members. The people were quickly found, but they were all miners who had just come of age.
They were truly young—could people who had only just reached adulthood not be young?! They were truly energetic—how could miners endure without energy?!
They perfectly met every one of his requirements, yet they were completely unlike what he wanted.
Suppressing his anger, he ordered them to be sent back and replaced with experienced, mature people who were not overly young.
Yet after making a round today, he discovered that they had found a group of elderly people on the verge of death. They were indeed experienced and mature, but they absolutely