The military regions had been making a great deal of noise lately. On the third day after meeting with Pelius, people from the Northern Military Region also arrived in Bu Peien.
These people actually had a rather strange sense of familiarity with Lin Qi.
Apart from Austin, the Northern Military Region now controlled most of the Maliro region.
The Little President and the governors of the New Five States all had some connection with Lin Qi, to one degree or another.
Lin Qi also enjoyed considerable prestige among Maliro's ruling class.
In the eyes of the Maliro People, Lin Qi's efforts had allowed quite a number of Maliro people to become government officials in the New Five States.
He had even helped some Maliro people enter the Federal Congress, giving them a chance to speak for their people on a higher political stage! Lin Qi also had a good relationship with the Little President, while he had quite a few businesses in Maliro.
Infrastructure construction, for example, or purchasing tobacco leaves.
That was why, even though he had never appeared publicly in Maliro, the Maliro People were so familiar with him.
This had also indirectly led the Northern Military Region to pay close attention to Lin Qi. After all, he had done far too many things, and he often managed to do things that made people's jaws drop.
The Northern Military Region had come here to negotiate with the Department of Defense, and they also intended to meet Lin Qi.
It was through these people that Lin Qi learned something both unexpected and yet within his expectations—one of Pelius's grandfathers was going to retire!
Retire in the true sense of the word! "Their family controls two major military regions. Two-thirds of the Federal military is under their control."
"The Federal