Chapter 3: Happy Cooperation!

  The negotiations were dull and tedious, but Lin Feng was now alone and could only take the field in person. First, he had to confirm that Taiwan would remain under the rule of the Chiang family for a long time to come.

  There's no way around it, after all the Chiang family father and son are Taiwan's local snakes. Next is how to arrange Lin Feng, Lin Feng will serve as Army Lieutenant Colonel Staff Officer, Presidential Office National Policy Advisor, Financial Committee Deputy Director (to be promoted to Director when the time is ripe).

  These positions are all the result of careful consideration by the three giants. First, Lin Feng himself is a military man and must do his old job. This also helps Lin Feng transform Taiwan's military power. To be honest, if Taiwan didn't have the backing of the United States now, it would have been recovered by the mainland Communist Party long ago, and you wouldn't be able to show off here.

  Secondly, the national policy advisor to the Presidential Office can maintain close ties with the Chiang family and communicate in a timely manner if there are any issues. Finally, the director of the Financial Committee is a position that Chiang Ching-kuo is about to vacate, and Lin Feng's assumption of this position can utilize his strong technical expertise to drive Taiwan's economic development.

  As long as the common people live a good life, the rear is stable, and only with strong economic strength can the revival of the Huaxia nation be achieved. These three positions happen to include military, political, and economic aspects. However, Lin Feng cannot get these three positions in one step. First, Lin Feng has to go to Chiang's Presidential Guard Bureau as a guard officer, and then gradually promote.

  Next, a base needs to be selected as a transit station between space and Taiwan. Chiang Ching-kuo thought for a moment and said: "The Taitung Mountain Range is the most suitable. The Taitung Mountain Range is located on the east side of the Central Mountain Range and is the easternmost mountain range in Taiwan. It is also called the Coastal Mountain Range because it is close to the Pacific Ocean. The Taitung Mountain Range starts from Hualien Creek in the north and ends at Beinan Creek in Taitung in the south, connecting with the Taitung Longitudinal Valley, with a total length of about 140 kilometers and a width of about 10-15 kilometers. The terrain is straight and narrow. On the side close to the Pacific Ocean, there are many steep cliffs and precipices, with waves eroding fiercely, forming a magnificent landscape. The height of the sea cliffs often reaches hundreds or thousands of meters, with a treacherous terrain. Moreover, this area is in stark contrast to the western coastal plain, and these three counties are the last areas to be developed in Taiwan. Except for the slightly earlier development of the Yilan Plain, most areas are still wilderness and sparse population. We can hollow out the seaside cliffs or fill the sea."

  "Hearing Mr. Jingguo say that, I think Taitung is also suitable, what does Mr. Li think?" Next to him, Jiang Mouren nodded in agreement after hearing Mr. Jingguo's introduction, and Lin Feng temporarily decided on the Taitung mountain range as he didn't have a better idea for now.

  After the big framework was determined, the atmosphere between the three people merged a lot, and they also exchanged with each other. Lin Feng found that Jiang's father and son had a big difference in personality. Jiang Mouren had a bit of a "stubborn" personality, with an unyielding momentum that would not give up until he reached his goal, and was ruthless towards his enemies.

  Chiang Ching-kuo was much more moderate than Chiang someone, who was deeply influenced by traditional Chinese culture and manifested in politics as one-party dictatorship. In contrast, Chiang Ching-kuo was more influenced by Western culture and did not rule out multi-party or even two-party systems in politics, which can be seen in his later governing career.

  Let's take a look at history. In Chinese history, the emergence of 'two-party system' or 'multi-party system' is always accompanied by national chaos and internal strife, such as the Cow-Li dispute in the mid-Tang Dynasty and the new-old dispute at the end of the Song Dynasty. However, one-sided autocratic rule is also not feasible, because this will lead to bureaucratic corruption and intensification of social contradictions.

  Suitable for China's national conditions should be mainly based on authoritarianism, supplemented by democracy, the ruling party's position remains unchanged, but it only has administrative power, participating parties will gain supervisory power in the judiciary, the people will gain part of the inspection power and all trial power (mainly including media supervision and independent officials), legislative power belongs to everyone, and the military stays away from politics.

  All these are just Lin Feng's initial ideas, and to turn them into reality, he needs enough momentum. First of all, Lin Feng wants to develop Taiwan's economy, as the current standard of living in Taiwan is still very backward and cannot keep up with developed countries.

  The three giants discussed some details and then returned to the presidential palace living room together. The people in the living room were getting impatient, and now they can be said to have completely lost contact with the outside world, not knowing what was going on with the president. Just as they were anxiously pacing back and forth, they saw Chiang and his two companions walking in, chatting and laughing. Seeing this situation, everyone's heart felt a bit relieved, it seemed that no one would lose their life tonight.

  Mr. Chiang walked in and sat on the sofa, pointing at Lin Feng and said: "This man, Lin Feng, starting tomorrow will be appointed as a lieutenant colonel of the Presidential Palace of the Republic of China, concurrently serving as an assistant to Director Chiang Ching-kuo. Everything that happened today must be kept strictly confidential by all of you."

  He glanced at Lin Feng and nodded, indicating that Lin Feng should say a few words. Lin Feng bowed to the people around him and said: "I apologize for any offense earlier, please forgive me. From now on, we will be colleagues in the same court, and I, Lin Feng, will surely repay you generously in the future."

  Although many people were unhappy in their hearts, they couldn't show a bad face to Chiang Kai-shek. That would be disrespectful to President Chiang. In Taiwan, if you don't give face to President Chiang, do you think you'll have an easy time?

  So everyone under the pressure of Mr. Jiang reluctantly accepted Lin Feng, but this does not mean that they will get along well with him in the future. After all, everyone present was a famous figure on the stage, and today they were so humiliated by someone, and no one looked good on their face.

  After a few words of farewell, the crowd dispersed and left. The entire hall was left with only Lin Feng and two others. At this moment, a secretary-like person rushed in, whispered a few words into Chiang Ching-kuo's ear, and then left. Chiang Ching-kuo first looked at Lin Feng and said: "Peng Ming-min has fled, escaped overseas."

  Lin Feng was also surprised that this guy had escaped, "No big deal, if he behaves himself it's fine, but if he continues to be arrogant, there will be plenty of opportunities to deal with him later," Lin Feng replied nonchalantly. Although they didn't catch Peng Mingmin, it was a bit regrettable, but it didn't affect the overall situation. In Lin Feng's eyes, he was just a clown.

  Lin Feng and Chiang Ching-kuo casually discussed some economic issues, Lin Feng is not an economist but as a senior intelligence officer living in an era of information explosion, with his forward-looking vision, he can point out some of Taiwan's current predicament.

  In fact, if economic construction is compared to building a house, agriculture is the foundation, and if the foundation is not laid well, no matter how high the building is, it cannot be built; industry is the main wall and load-bearing wall, which is the main structure of the house, commerce is some connecting walls and partition walls, so the most important are still agriculture and industry. Only when agriculture develops can people have food to eat, and only when industry develops can a country and nation become strong.

  His super battleship, although a command ship for the campaign, has a large amount of other information in its database. Because during interstellar travel, the crew of those super battleships also need to be entertained and relaxed, so there is a lot of non-combat information in its database. It can be said that in order to meet the needs of different people, researchers have almost collected all kinds of information from the Federation together, which can be said to be all-encompassing. Lin Feng only needs to contact the flying saucer and the base on the moon to easily obtain the required materials.

  After discussing economic issues with Chiang Ching-kuo, Lin Feng bid farewell. After Lin Feng left, the Chiang father and son sat silently on the sofa, "This is an opportunity, it should be the last chance."

  After a while, Mr. Jiang broke the silence, "Follow him closely and you will achieve more than me in the future."

  Chiang Ching-kuo nodded solemnly and said, "It seems that Taiwan will be restless again."

  After leaving the Presidential Palace, Lin Feng drove a flying saucer to the east coast of Taiwan to find a suitable location for building a base. He finally chose a cliff by the sea and then flew back to the moon quickly. The distance between the earth and the moon was like the distance between Taiwan and mainland China for Lin Feng who had already achieved interstellar travel.

  After a brief correction and preparation, he set off for Taiwan again. This time, he brought 300 engineering robots and 100 combat robots, as well as advanced construction and excavation equipment.

  Lin Feng first went to the Presidential Palace and consulted with Chiang Ching-kuo, who designated a portion of the Taitung Mountain Range as a military restricted area for Lin Feng's new base. After scanning the area and confirming that it was uninhabited, Lin Feng sent engineering robots to construct the base, which would later be called Base One. The one on the moon was called the General Base.

  These engineering robots are very powerful and can clear a large area for small flying saucers to take off and land in no time. As the flying saucer lands, Lin Feng commands these engineering robots to use advanced excavation equipment, after an hour of struggle, the main mountain range by the sea has been hollowed out, leaving only the construction of energy stations and factories, which will come slowly.

  To avoid being discovered, Lin Feng adopted a three-dimensional simulation camouflage system. From afar, this place was just a cliff and a rocky beach. If you didn't get close to touch it with your hands, it would be impossible to discover the base here. Chiang Ching-kuo, who followed Lin Feng, had just recovered from the shock of riding in a flying saucer, and he was shocked again by this ultra-modern camouflage technique. He looked at these cliffs that were almost indistinguishable from reality through visual means alone, and couldn't help but feel: "China's rise has hope now."

  Lin Feng looked at the dark night and said to Chiang Ching-kuo, "Now we have a lot of things to do. The most urgent thing is that we reposition Taiwan. In the past, the United States has always regarded Taiwan as a pawn to counterbalance the mainland. However, with the passage of time, in today's world where the Soviet Union and the US are competing for hegemony, the Soviet Union is strong and the US is weak, leading to the US being in a strategic retreat phase in the Asia-Pacific region. Especially in recent years, voices have emerged within the US calling for improved relations with the mainland, and this voice is getting stronger. Once the US establishes diplomatic ties with the mainland, what should Taiwan do?"

  "Establish diplomatic relations? Impossible! How is that possible?" Chiang Ching-kuo heard the news, his face full of disbelief, but he knew Lin Feng came from the future and wouldn't speak nonsense.

  "You also think it's impossible, but it will happen in a year or two. How could Chairman Mao, with his extraordinary wisdom and bravery, not see through the current situation?"

  Lin Feng smiled faintly and continued: "So, from now on, we need to find a new position for Taiwan. We cannot be the pawns of anyone else; we must be our own masters. I think we should first clarify one thing: no matter what happens in the future, Taiwan and the mainland will definitely unify - this is beyond doubt. It's under the premise of one China that we need to find a new position for Taiwan, so as not to bring ideological confusion to the people, and prevent Taiwanese separatists from taking advantage of it. As long as our politics are stable, economy prosperous, culture developed, and military strong, no one can treat us as pawns."

  "I think we can first serve as the guardians of overseas Chinese, and when unification is achieved in the future, Taiwan can exist as a special region. For now, we should first recall all undercover agents hiding on the mainland to return, cancel all intelligence tasks, and put all our energy into Japan, the US, Southeast Asia and other countries. We spend so much money not to deal with Chinese people themselves, but for those alien tribes."

  "Don't worry too much about the economy, I already have a plan. In fact, the Xiaokang Plan you implemented in the past was very good. We just need to combine experience and lessons learned to re-formulate a Taiwan economic development plan, and with my technical support and resources at home, I am confident that we can take Taiwan's economy to the next level."

  "We must also find a way to remove the state of hostility with the mainland side, which is beneficial to both sides. I think they will be very happy to do so, and this matter should be done as soon as possible, before the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the US."

  Chiang Ching-kuo listened to Lin Feng's analysis of the current situation while accepting his suggestions, and when he heard the last suggestion, his eyebrows furrowed involuntarily.