Munitions Empire

"You say everyone deserves credit for their hard work, and everyone has endured hardships, tirelessly and without complaint for several years. Are we no better than a prisoner of the enemy nation? There definitely needs to be an explanation for this; otherwise, many people will have a knot in their hearts."

Luff thought for a few seconds, then asked, "How about starting with the rank of Major General?"

"Wouldn't that seem a bit insulting to Feng Kezhi?" Roger looked at Luff and asked.

"How about a temporary Major General rank, to start with a stint at the Great Tang Military Academy... What do you think?" Luff added.

Tang Mo nodded. This was indeed a good idea. By not letting Feng Kezhi join the army ranks or assigning any practical duties right away, letting him instead go and study, could be considered a form of promotion as well.

Keep in mind, majors graduating from the military academy, as long as their grades are excellent, can also be promoted to lieutenant generals once they're out.

Moreover, within Tang Country's military, there's an unspoken rule that front-line military leaders should all be top graduates from the Great Tang Military Academy.

In other words, Feng Kezhi could very well become the first army "defector general" to lead troops into battle in Tang Country, and might even become the first "defector general" to do so.

Since Lu Qianshan's arrangements in the Navy were still undecided, it was not certain if Feng Kezhi could become the first in the entire military, but it was very likely he could be the first in the army.

After all, Qian Jinhang went directly into the Staff Department and never went to Great Tang Military Academy for further education. So, he would essentially remain in the Staff Department for his post.

"That's a solution, but I'm not sure what Feng Kezhi himself thinks about this." Roger also liked the idea and looked towards Tang Mo.

"Let Bolton and Qian Jinhang take care of it! They love a spectacle, don't they? Let them handle it!" Tang Mo said with a smile, effectively settling the matter.

On the other side, another "dead person" sat on a not so comfortable sofa inside a decrepit castle, looking at the report brought to her by a trusted subordinate.

"We have successfully transferred 30 million Gold Coin to a safe place, and there are another 15 million in the process," the subordinate reported with some trepidation.

"Not enough! It's too little! Far too little!" Sofia clenched the report, symbolizing her actual wealth, and wailed as if her world was ending.

Her wealth at its peak amounted to billions; although it was mostly in real estate, investments, and the depreciated value of factories, her wealth was substantial in a certain sense.

Someone had once estimated Sofia's net worth, and with Shireck's series of operations copying Great Tang Group, at her wealthiest Sofia had nearly a billion Gold Coin.

But with the failure of the anti-Tang war, Shireck's value had diminished, and Sofia's wealth was not what it had been at its peak.

What made her even more depressed was that her assets were being devoured by the shareholders of Shireck, and she was unable to fight back effectively. She could only hide and bide her time in the shadows...

That's why she didn't dare let anyone notice she had faked her death, nor could she transfer all her wealth – she had to leave most of it behind, to leave her "corpse" for those jackals to feast upon, so they would carelessly miss the clues she was still alive.

"My lord... if we move more, and faster... it's inevitable we'll leave some traces. Everyone else might be okay to deceive, but Great Tang's intelligence department, I'm afraid, can't be fooled," the subordinate also said in frustration, explaining the situation.

"Forget it! Follow the plan as it is! It must be covert!" Sofia was also afraid that Tang Mo would find out the truth about her faked death.

For some reason, she felt an inexplicable fear of Tang Mo, much like a roe deer naturally maintains a wariness of cheetahs and tigers.