Blackstone Code
Chapter 898

Hope You Have Mr. Lin Qi's Phone Number

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Mr. Senator's courage and interest in finance were things Lin Qi neither wanted nor needed to know.

It was impossible for him not to understand that Mr. Senator had kept him waiting for so long and was now suddenly relenting. That definitely had something to do with the increased orders.

The military had won a battle and earned itself the title of the "World's Number One Naval Power." Its strength and influence were now expanding without limit.

Someone had once calculated that five years ago, the entire Federal Military's annual military budget amounted to no more than a few hundred million. Congress had rejected over sixty percent of the military's budget.

The reason was that they did not want to trigger an international confrontation. They believed that strengthening the Federal Military would only make the international community uneasy, so they rejected most of the budget requests.

This year, the Navy's budget alone had already exceeded one billion after being reviewed and approved. This showed that every aspect of the military's "power" was expanding rapidly.

If someone blocked something the military desperately wanted today, the Military Intelligence Agency would begin digging up Black Materials on Mr. Senator tomorrow.

Indeed, Federal Law stipulated that no investigation of any kind could be formally filed against an official currently in office. Anyone familiar with this law would know that it contained a certain "jurisdiction."

The law could restrain only law-enforcement agencies, such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Federal Police Bureau, the National Security Committee, the Federal Homeland Security Bureau, and the Federal Revenue Service.

It did not include the Military Intelligence Agency or the internal investigation departments of the Federal Army and Federal Navy. They were outside the scope of this law.

Under normal circumstances, the military would not actively investigate any

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