Chapter 399 Irelia = Safety Margin?
"It seems that they succeeded." Levi couldn't help but sigh after listening to Jana's story about Sean and Montero.
Janna had heard their prayers from the underworld, and it was clear that their efforts had been successful.
The Underworld Chapter of the Wind Leaders has developed enough believers in Mitna Lachen. The faith power of these Wind Leaders gathered together and finally penetrated the barriers between different realms and successfully reestablished contact with the Goddess Janna.
"But..." Levi asked with some concern: "How many people are there in the Underworld Branch of the Leader Association now?"
He did not forget that Sean had died just over a month ago. In other words, just over a month ago, this so-called underworld branch had only a few dozen people.
"More than 500 people," Janna replied. "After Sean joined the branch, Montero separated three propaganda teams from the Underworld branch, led by the two of them and another leader, and each of them was responsible for their own work."
"Then, the three of them each led a team and separated in the wasteland of the underworld to search for the souls enslaved by Mordekaiser and spread the ideas and theories of the Wind Leader to these undead."
"On the other hand, the undead welcome their arrival..."
These souls have been wandering in the empty wasteland of the underworld for too long. They have no means of killing time, and their only pleasure is to ask new souls in the underworld for all kinds of fresh news and stories in the human world.
So they are willing to listen to the leader, no matter what the leader says.
These souls have been tortured in this eternal hell and they need hope.
Therefore, even though many of the theoretical knowledge summarized by the leaders in the industrial society are not applicable to the situation in the underworld, these souls will listen eagerly, learn, seek and think - just for the verbal promise of "believe in Janna and you will be saved", for that extremely slim hope.
"So in just one month, the size of the Leader's Underworld Chapter has grown to more than 500 people."
This is already a very good result.
However, Levi was curious: "Is the power of faith of more than 500 people enough to penetrate the barrier between the underworld and the human world?"
Modkaiser was a genius at the time. He understood the language of the dead, Ochen, in the underworld on his own. He used this language to deduce and research the magic of the dead, and finally mastered the ability to transfer magic and consciousness across realms and send them back to the human world from the underworld.
Now the leader only needs the power of faith of more than 500 people to penetrate the boundaries between realms?
"There are two reasons for this." Janna explained: "On the one hand, many of the souls wandering in the wasteland of the underworld were extraordinary beings in their lifetime, and their souls are still powerful after death."
"The faith they provide is far stronger than that of ordinary people, so we cannot simply summarize it by number."
"On the other hand," Janna paused.
This is the most important reason.
"There is actually far more than one Leader's Underworld Chapter. There are far more Leaders who have gone to the Underworld and survived than just Sean and Montero."
"You, you mean?" Levi was moved.
“Yes, the wasteland of the underworld is huge, so huge that you may not meet any friends even if you wander around for a hundred years.” Janna answered with a complicated tone.
"In the past year, many of our leaders went to the underworld for various reasons, and only a very small number of them survived. But even this 'very small number' still totaled 37 people."
"These 37 people have established 32 Leaders Associations in the underworld."
"They have been fighting hard in the boundless wasteland of the underworld without knowing each other's existence."
"Each of them is a seed of hope, a carrier of faith, a fire that ignites the barren wasteland, and a beam of light that pierces the dark night."
"It's like..." Janna paused.
She raised her wings slightly and gently placed the feathers on Levi's hand: "Alone, just like you who appeared in this world."
Levi: “…”
He was silent for a long time, and finally sighed: "No, they are better than me."
He had Janna's help from the beginning to the end. But those leaders who fought in the underworld not only did not have Janna by their side, but they didn't even have a comrade who could encourage and help them.
But they just happened to establish their organization in a world without the protection of the Goddess Gana, relying on their own strength.
These guys are real fighters.
"The Leader is already immortal." Levi felt unprecedented peace of mind.
He was originally worried that the emergence of the Underworld Branch of the Leaders would attract the attention and vigilance of Modkaiser, causing the Underworld Emperor to counterattack the human world more than ten years earlier.
But now it seems that the person who should really be worried is Modkaiser.
He enslaved countless souls, but he could not restrain the free will of so many people. Then these hundreds of millions of enslaved souls will eventually unite under the banner of the goddess Gana and become the last gravediggers of the underworld emperor.
"Janna, can you project your power into the underworld now?" Levi asked.
“It’s still very difficult.” Janna shook her furry head. “The barrier of the plane has blocked too much faith. The only thing I can do now is to listen to their prayers. At the same time, I can give them the weakest divine power to help them manifest the thread of faith.”
That's enough.
The fact that the thread of faith can appear in the underworld means that the goddess Janna can send power to the underworld.
The hope that the Leader promised to the undead was also tangibly proven at this moment.
“And that’s going to change very soon.”
The faith of the Leader has set off a prairie fire in the vast wasteland of the underworld.
Every day, more undead souls choose to embrace the hope given to them by the Leaders, and more Leaders are born underground.
The power of faith gathered in the underworld will become stronger and stronger, and the influence that Janna can exert on the underworld will also become stronger and stronger.
If this continues...
If Mordekaiser does not counterattack the human world, Janna will have to rush to the underworld first under the summons of countless leaders in the underworld.
"Okay!" Levi felt more confident.
The storm of change is brewing in the underworld. All they have to do now is trust their comrades in the underworld and wait patiently.
certainly……
"Our comrades in the underworld are fighting hard, and we must also do our best to complete our mission in the human world." Levi quickly put aside the matters of the underworld branch and turned his attention back to the work at hand.
And he did have an important task to attend to.
That is the land problem in Ionia.
Due to the insufficient number of leading cadres, the area for implementing land system reform was initially limited to the Barue Province.
There were some disturbances during this period, but under the full supervision and command of the Leaders’ Cadre Group, the situation was generally under control.
However, outside the province of Barou, the situation was completely different.
Levi originally planned to let the Leaders Association try it out in the province of Barou first. After the work in Barou was completed and the cadre team was expanded, the work would be gradually promoted throughout Ionia.
But Irelia disagreed.
This heroic girl who emerged from the war has always had a great passion for fighting.
After secretly joining the Guild of Leaders and finding a new goal in life, Irelia was eager to use the methods she learned from the Guild of Leaders to transform the entire Ionia.
After all, completing the work early will help the poor farmers in Ionia to rise early, and will allow the people of Navoli to catch up with the spring ploughing next year and enjoy a good life one year earlier.
According to Levi's step-by-step approach, it would take at least five years, optimistically speaking, to complete the land system reform in the entire Ionia.
Irelia hopes that this process can go as fast as possible.
But Levi thought that she was taking too big a step and might end up doing something bad with good intentions.
But Irelia also proposed a seemingly feasible solution:
That was to carry out a pilot project in the newly recovered western part of Navoli Province. She would personally lead capable subordinates in the Presidium resistance army, and invite a few leaders to serve as regional inspectors to cooperate in trying to complete the land system reform.
Levi finally agreed to the plan.
Because if this pilot can be successful in Navoli, it means that the model of "leader cadres are responsible for supervision + Presidium resistance officials are responsible for implementation" is completely feasible.
If this model is feasible, then the leaders can send only a small number of cadres to supervise the work, and then recruit a large number of non-leader officials to be responsible for the specific implementation.
In the past, several leaders had to be stationed in a village, but now one leader can supervise an entire township.
If this plan is proven to be feasible, the problem of insufficient staff among the Leader's cadres will be greatly alleviated, and the Leader's land work in Ionia can be implemented throughout Ionia at the fastest speed.
"But..." Janna saw Levi's doubts: "Are you worried that Irelia's attempt will fail?"
"Yes." Levi nodded. The "Wind-Pu Cooperation" pilot project that Irelia carried out in the western part of Navoli was carried out simultaneously with the work of the Wind Leader in the Barue Province.
She has been doing this for over a month now. If there is a problem, it should be apparent by now.
"It's time for us to go and take a look."
“But Irelia is a good kid.” Janna said with some concern, “Besides, she is only conducting a pilot project in one city. Maybe the situation is not as bad as you worry.”
"Don't be too optimistic," said Levi.
"Establishing a 'pilot city' is both the most reliable and the most unreliable method."
“Because the radicals who agree with this policy will try every possible way to make everything in the pilot cities look good so that the policy can be smoothly implemented.”
"And the conservatives who oppose this policy will try every possible means to make everything in the pilot cities go bad, so that the policy cannot be implemented for a long time."
This is like changing canal transportation to sea transportation.
Those who support canal transportation will certainly try every possible means to secretly sabotage the sea transport ships on trial voyages, making sea transport seem risky and costly, so that the rulers will be deterred.
Those who support shipping will certainly try every possible means to ensure the safety of shipping. Even if shipping really does not save money, they may tamper with the accounts to make the shipping plan look cost-effective, thus ensuring that the policy is implemented as they wish.
"Establishing a pilot city is equivalent to conducting a limited-scale social experiment."
"If the cadres responsible for implementation cannot act in a pragmatic manner, it is equivalent to the experimental results being artificially tampered with by everyone. The so-called successful pilot projects and work models will be out of touch with the general situation under objective conditions."
"Faced with such unscientific experimental results, how can we possibly draw the right conclusion?"
This situation usually does not happen to leaders.
Because leaders are pragmatic and realistic. They act according to the actual situation of things, which is also the code of conduct that every leader must abide by.
With the blessing of faith, they will not fail to treat the experimental results fairly and impartially because of personal selfishness for political achievements and interests, nor will they distort public spirit due to excessive enthusiasm and radical lines.
Therefore, leaders generally do not make this mistake.
But the problem is...
“Irelia leads a group of former officers of the resistance army,” Levi said. “They may be heroes who fought against the Noxian invaders, but they are also representatives of the interests of the old landlord class of Ionia.”
"Letting a bunch of officials who come from powerful backgrounds lead the common people to fight against the local tyrants... is this really feasible?"
Irelia said that the subordinates she picked should be trustworthy, but Levi remained skeptical.
Those masters are still here.
Are they really willing to watch the Leader successfully implement land reform in Ionia and do nothing?
"But we have also sent cadres to support them." Janna still had illusions: "With the leader in a key position to oversee the work, Irelia's attempt won't be too unsuccessful, right?"
But Levi said, "What can that number of people do?"
There has never been a shortage of honest officials or "trend leaders" in any dynasty.
But with just these few honest officials, plus Irelia, a "half-wise ruler" who has a passion for reform but very limited governing ability... can anything really be accomplished?
In this regard, Li Wei commented very bluntly: "This girl has been stabbed in the back by her own people once, but she still believes that there are still useful people among them. To put it bluntly..."
"She is capable enough to not be fooled by her subordinates into eating eggs that cost 30 silver wheels each."
"This..." Cana was a little dissatisfied with Levi's harshness: "If you don't trust her so much, why did you let her do the pilot?"
"In order to leave enough safety margin for the experiment." Levi said.
Janna: “?”
Li Wei explained: "If Irelia's level can achieve a successful pilot, it means that this plan is really feasible."
Janna: “…”
