Sure enough, Ma Zhi looked delighted. If Ma Jiahe had been allowed to turn things around so easily, it would definitely have left a knot in his heart.
List could afford not to consider Ma Zhi's feelings—that was the right of a Liege Lord.
But if he wanted Ma Zhi to serve him better, he had to raise the bar a little.
Before making a beast of burden work itself to the bone, he naturally had to offer some benefits. Cheap emotional validation was far more cost-effective than tangible material rewards.
Besides, it was not as if he had to provide that emotional validation himself. Why not?
Seeing Ma Jiahe's fate, Ma Zhi eagerly suggested, "Count Simon, I can help contact a number of Pegasus Group managers and do my best to maintain the group's stability, contributing more resources to the Duke."
"Good. Then I'll have to trouble Commander Ma Zhi. From now on, we will all serve Duke Palmer and advance together."
"Deputy commander. Just deputy commander."
Ma Zhi nodded and bowed. He would not get carried away just because of Simon's attitude.
After spending so many years acting like a grandson, he could not change his way of thinking overnight.
Simon did not correct him. Instead, he granted him full authority and assigned him an adjutant to provide temporary consultation services.
Once the Pegasus Fleet had been fully taken over, Ma Zhi was quickly assigned a flagship of his own.
At this point, he could actually relax. After all, he no longer had to walk on eggshells as an undercover agent.
And judging from the results so far, he had made the right bet this time.
But... he still needed to keep watching.
Ma Zhi was actually a little uneasy, desperately lacking any sense of security.
At that