Chapter 400: Idiot Irelia and Karma
The next day, Levi arrived in the western part of Navoli Province, a coastal city called Sicarus.
This was once the Noxian-occupied area and the capital of the "Pseudo-Navoli Province" under the rule of the Empire.
But with the decisive defeat of the imperial invasion army in Balue more than a month ago, as well as the change of power at the top level within the empire and the shift in foreign policy...
The remnants of the Noxian Empire stationed in Sicarro gave up their occupation of the province of Navoli without hesitation, and fled for their lives on the few remaining troop transports of the Imperial Navy.
As the Noxians fled, Irelia led the Presidium resistance to expand their territory by thousands of miles a day and recovered a large area of lost land in western Navoli that was originally occupied by the Noxians.
According to the policy of the Presidium rebels, the newly recovered land should be managed by the military farms controlled by the masters.
But Irelia, who was full of fighting enthusiasm, once again rejected the masters' opinions and designated the city of Sicaro and the surrounding towns and villages as her land reform pilot areas.
Then, a month passed.
Levi came to check the homework.
This time he did not bring any other entourage, only Seraphine.
This is not because President Levi abused his power for personal gain and took advantage of a business trip to take his girlfriend on a trip to Navoli at public expense.
The main reason is that he has developed path dependence, and without Seraphine he can't even do grassroots investigations.
After all, a wizard who can read minds can solve more than 90% of the human problems in administrative work.
To a certain extent, the land reform work in the province of Barue was able to proceed without causing too much trouble because of the hard work of Seraphine and Sona, the half-sisters.
After a busy month, Sona, who had finally recovered her language ability, was so tired that she didn't want to talk anymore.
The same goes for Seraphine. She had been working intensively as 007 for a month without getting any sleep, and now she followed Levi to work overtime.
"Hey, Levi, look--" Seraphine, who hadn't slept for a month, was still quite energetic. After all, she was a mage, and a short meditation could restore her energy.
Seraphine seemed to really treat this business trip as a honeymoon. The girl held Levi's hand and admired the beautiful scenery of Navoli Province with him along the way.
Levi was happy about it. It didn't affect his work anyway, and he was happy to enjoy this world of two.
However, this time, what Seraphine showed him was not some natural scenery.
The two had already flown over the city of Sicarlo, and what appeared before them was a vibrant and prosperous city scene.
“Levi, look—” Seraphine pouted this time, defending her best friend: “Isn’t Irelia doing a great job here?”
Even though Irelia has many flaws, her personal charm is undoubtedly high. Otherwise, she would not be able to become the leader of the resistance, even superficially.
Anyone who shares Irelia's values will fall in love with this strong, brave, beautiful, powerful and infinitely enthusiastic girl when they meet her.
During the confrontation at the Wuji Mountain front, Seraphine had dealt with Irelia a lot, so the two of them had a good relationship.
“Irelia is able to manage such a large city.” Seraphine said, “She is not as stupid as you think.”
"Whether it's good or not is another matter." Levi replied dimly.
The Navoli Province is the "Central Plains" of Ionia. It is the place with the largest population, the largest area, and the richest people in the entire continent.
The Navoli River runs through the province from east to west, connecting this vast land through an extensive and dense water network.
The city of Sicarlo is located right at the mouth of the Navoli River.
"Seraphone, you understand..."
"Even during the Noxian invasion, this city was still prosperous and bustling."
"This geographical location is like a twin city with a golden waterway across the sea canal - let alone Irelia, even if a pig is placed as the city lord, its economy will not be bad!"
“Hmm…” Seraphine glared at him unhappily: “Are you scolding yourself too?”
Since the two cities also have geographical advantages, then isn’t Levi, the mayor of Zaun, also a pig in the wind?
"Yes." Levi admitted it quite frankly.
A leader is all about seeking truth from facts. He knows his administrative level very well.
Zaun's municipal affairs have always been managed by Miss Mel, who has many years of experience in urban governance. He also followed her step by step for a year before he had enough experience in specific affairs and dared to say that he was capable of being a good mayor.
And what about Irelia?
"She is a pure military leader. She has never had administrative experience and has never really governed a region."
"Now that she has to govern such a big city right from the start, how can anyone trust her?"
"Besides, Irelia's real job is to carry out the 'Feng-Pu cooperative land reform' pilot project in the rural areas of Xikaro, not to carry out economic development in the city."
"It's useless to just look at the bustling city scene. We need to go to the surrounding towns and villages and conduct investigations at the grassroots level to give a comprehensive and correct evaluation of her work achievements."
Levi was chatting with Seraphine.
Before they knew it, the two of them had flown over the city hall of Sicaro.
Irelia noticed the two people flying in the air. She hurried out of the office building and went to the garden to greet them in person:
"President Levi, Seraphine!" Irelia greeted them warmly.
" Irelia !" Seraphine landed first and gave a warm hug to her friend whom she hadn't seen for a month.
After the two separated, Levi quickly noticed the joy on Irelia's face.
Well... there was only the joy of meeting old friends again, and no nervousness at all about being suddenly visited and investigated by the superiors.
"Oh no." Levi's heart sank.
He immediately got straight to the point and asked, "Comrade Irelia, you have been working on the pilot project in Sicaro for a month. How is it going now?"
"Good progress!" There seemed to be light in Irelia's eyes.
She didn't even bother to talk about personal friendship with Seraphine, and enthusiastically reported to Levi: "President Levi, my plan has achieved some success so far."
"The towns and villages around Xikaro have already completed the initial tasks of clearing landlords, distributing floating wealth, and publicizing grievances with the cooperation of the leaders and the officers of the resistance army. The most important work of distributing land is now being carried out in an orderly manner..."
Although her words were written with the unique humility of the Ionians, the barely suppressed joy and happiness in her voice revealed the girl's pride and pride in achieving success in a new field.
"Hmm..." Levi didn't rush to comment.
He just looked at Irelia's side tentatively, and then asked: "Where is Master Qingxia? Isn't he with you?"
With a reliable consultant, she wouldn't be fooled too badly, Levi thought.
"Not here." Irelia didn't hear the hidden meaning at all.
She answered with some pride: "The rebels have recovered so much lost territory in one go, and there is so much work to be done."
"So Master Qingxia will stay in Presidium to take charge of the overall situation. I am fully responsible for all the work in Xikaro."
Levi: “…”
He was silent for a long time before asking, "Have you ever been to the countryside to have a look?"
"Of course." Irelia smiled confidently, "I go there almost every day!"
"Have you talked to the villagers in person?" Levi asked again.
"Of course!" The girl was still confident: "The villagers like me very much and are very cooperative with our work."
"They..." Levi's expression was a little tense: "Have they ever given you any feedback?"
“No,” Irelia replied proudly; “We have basically no problems at work.”
"The villagers only praised the policies of the leaders and the resistance army. How could they raise any opinions with me? When I went there, they were so moved that they held my hands and told me that they were all living a good life now and hoped that the leaders would not worry!"
Levi: “…”
"What's wrong?" Irelia seemed to finally realize the subtle atmosphere.
"Nothing." Li Wei calmed down and said, "We came here this time just to investigate the pilot project of the 'Feng-Pu cooperative land reform'. Get ready and go to the countryside with me and Seraphine to investigate."
"Yes!" Irelia nodded happily: "Wait a moment, I will go and prepare it."
Having said that, she turned and left happily.
He walked briskly, like a child showing his parents a perfect test paper.
It was obvious that Irelia, who had never achieved success in the administrative field before, was truly happy and proud of her achievements this time.
"Levi." After seeing her best friend leave, Seraphine quietly moved closer to Levi: "You..."
"Are you calling her stupid?"
"Huh?" Levi was slightly stunned.
He looked at his girlfriend with some surprise: "Xiao Sa, are you secretly reading my mind?"
"No." Seraphine shook her head.
"Then how do you know I was calling her stupid?" Levi did indeed do so.
Because with Irelia's ability to govern, it is impossible for her to work without problems. Even if there are no major problems, there will definitely be endless small problems.
Let alone her. Even the leading cadre group, which was composed of all “saints”, encountered many problems in the land reform work in the province of Barue.
The job of a leader is to constantly find and solve problems. It is normal to have problems. It would be strange if there were no problems.
So, if Irelia looked nervous when she saw him, Levi would still have expectations for her work.
But now...
“Irelia’s expression is the same as mine back then.” Seraphine whispered, “And the look in your eyes is also similar to the way you looked at me back then.
As she said this, she did not forget to give Levi a cute eye roll: "So I don't need to read her mind to know that you are calling her a fool."
"Haha." Levi laughed, but his mood quickly became heavy again.
He expected Irelia's work to go wrong.
But he didn't expect the problem to be so big - so big that it blocked all channels of communication and made her unable to hear the real voices from the grassroots.
The situation is so bad that it is really equivalent to "an egg costing 30 silver wheels".
"However... this situation is not just due to Irelia's personal ability." Levi frowned.
There must be someone behind this.
There is no need to think too much about the bad guys, they are 100% the masters of the resistance army.
"Because they don't have the confidence to defeat the alliance of Leader and Hero Irelia on the battlefield, they started to do these little tricks behind the scenes in an attempt to obstruct the implementation and promotion of policies and delay their own demise?"
"This..." This is really ridiculous.
Or is this the final madness of the vested beneficiaries?
Hoping to delay time by such small actions is nothing more than a prisoner's last struggle before execution.
As long as the masters cannot produce top-level combat power to compete with the leaders, their fate will be gradual extinction.
Li Wei was thinking so.
Suddenly, the guard hurriedly delivered a message: "Master Irelia, important situation——"
"Master Karma of the Temple of Eternal Life is here!"
