"Scheduling Chief, the inspection is complete. No problems were found," the soldiers said after completing the inspection.

Meichuan nodded with slight hesitation. Since he had participated in the inspection personally, there shouldn't be any problems. However, that indescribable feeling could not be completely ruled out. "Double the sentries." Meichuan issued the order, and only then led the team onto the deck.

It wasn't until the fleet arrived at the Fengtai County wharf the next afternoon that Meichuan was able to free himself from this state of unease. Even after the captives were handed over and the fleet received the order to rest in place, Meichuan still felt very uneasy. He didn't want to rest either, so he simply went down to the cabin and started cleaning.

After all, the captives were not passengers; being forcibly locked in such a small space, they certainly couldn't pay attention to hygiene. The cabin emitted the smell of human bodies and excrement. Such a smell was not strange to Meichuan. In fact, he had been dealing with such smells every day these days. Carrying buckets of water and splashing them into the cabin one by one, then scrubbing the wooden planks vigorously with a brush, Meichuan suddenly felt as if he had returned to Japan. His mood gradually calmed down.

"Perhaps I am simply not suitable to be the commander of this fleet." Meichuan finally came up with such an answer. When working with the comrades in the agricultural and sideline department, Meichuan felt it was hard work. But at that time, he didn't have to think about anything, just work and work again. But after becoming the fleet scheduling chief, Meichuan felt he simply couldn't get into this role.

"I might really only be suitable for doing farm work." Meichuan had absolutely no resistance to such self-cognition. Compared with the work of more than ten days ago, although every day involved heavy physical labor, his heart was very peaceful. Whether dumping feed with a swill bucket or doing farm work swinging a hoe, his heart was always tranquil. Because Meichuan was very clear about the purpose and result of such labor. But commanding a small fleet, even a small fleet composed of two ships, required a mindset of being prepared for various unknown things at all times, which Meichuan could not adapt to no matter what.

Thinking of this, Meichuan finally made up his mind. After finishing the cleaning in a while, he would go to find Chen Ke and propose returning to work in the logistics department. Although the result of such a request would likely be that there was only this one job he could do in this life, Meichuan did not have the slightest regret in his heart.

After the cabin cleaning was completed, Meichuan put his thoughts into practice.

Chen Ke received Meichuan. After listening to Meichuan's request to return to the logistics department, he was somewhat surprised. During the period of vigorous expansion of the Insurance Corps, any comrade with some ambition had submitted requests to transfer to the military department through various channels. The reason Chen Ke chose Meichuan was that Meichuan had never made such a request. Chen Ke felt that Meichuan Shangyi, a comrade who worked steadfastly, was relatively reliable, so he wanted to give him a chance to exercise himself. He didn't expect Meichuan to request to return to the agricultural and sideline department so quickly. This was really somewhat unexpected.

"Comrade Meichuan, you must know that the organization needs manpower right now." Chen Ke tried to persuade Meichuan.

"I am very sorry. I feel I am not suitable for military work. The pressure is too great; I cannot bear it." Meichuan lowered his head and said respectfully.

Hearing the term "pressure is too great," Chen Ke suddenly felt a burst of irritability in his heart. He couldn't help but smile bitterly. Yes, the pressure is too great. Whose pressure isn't great? As the First Secretary of the People's Party, Chen Ke's pressure was unknown times greater than Meichuan's. If Meichuan felt the pressure was great, he could apply to return to the logistics department where the pressure was less. What could Chen Ke do if he felt the pressure was extremely great? Not only could he not become a deserter, but he also had to withstand the pressure and continue to move forward.

However, Chen Ke did not want to reject Meichuan's request. If a person has self-knowledge, at least they won't mess up their own affairs. What is feared are those comrades who lack self-knowledge and forcibly insist on doing work they cannot bear.

"Alright. Comrade Meichuan, I agree to your application. You go and hand over your work to Comrade Shang Yuan right now. Then you can go back to the logistics department." Chen Ke said.

When Meichuan left the office, Chen Ke felt a burst of annoyance. He simply stood up, walked to the window, and looked outside. The office was inside the barracks of the Insurance Corps. Compared with a few months ago, the scenery here hadn't changed much. The barracks were once full of soldiers, and then for a period of time, because the troops transferred to Yuezhangji, it had been quiet for a while. Now it presented a lively scene again. With the improvement of the revolutionary situation and the influx of disaster victims from outside, the Insurance Corps had recruited many new personnel. As the site for the Cadre School and Military Academy, the barracks became lively again. Not only that, but new uniforms also appeared in the barracks. The style of the new uniforms was the same as the blue military uniforms of the Insurance Corps; the difference was that the new uniforms were black. This was the uniform of the Internal Security Forces.

There is a small problem in the history of the Republic, which is that the establishment of internal security forces was very late. It was not until after "Eight Squared" [1989] that there was a true internal security force—the Armed Police. The army cannot be used to maintain internal security in the base area; this is not due to insufficient military capability, but out of the need for political propaganda. At this stage, if the army is used to suppress enemies within the base area, the reputation will sound bad. The army is used to strike enemies, or at least to provide disaster relief. This is a matter of the concept of building the People's Army.

Internal enemies are internal contradictions after all. Using the army to resolve internal contradictions conflicts with the "People's Army" concept repeatedly emphasized in the army. Chen Ke's historical knowledge told him that this is very harmful. So internal security forces and police forces emerged as the times required. And the best-equipped among the police forces are the Armed Police. The police forces established are divided into two types: Public Security Police and Armed Police. But the uniforms all adopted black to distinguish them from the army.

The newly formed police force was undergoing intense targeted training. From formation drilling to weapon use, it was actually basically the same as the military training of the army at this stage. The only difference was that the police force conducted specialized baton training, while the army conducted military dagger training.

Holding a shield in one hand and a baton in the other, the police force was conducting formation training for dispersing crowds. Compared with the assassination combat training of military daggers, this police training mode had no aesthetic beauty to speak of. The actions of the police force were far more realistic in terms of intimidation than actual combat. So many parts had to be very exaggerated. Compared with the cold beauty of dagger assassination in a life-and-death struggle, this appeared exaggerated and bluffing.

After watching for a while, Chen Ke sighed and went back to sit at his desk. This was a worn-out square table; one leg was split in half from top to bottom. After being bound with thin hemp rope, it finally maintained a usable state. The conditions of the Insurance Corps were just like this; everyone made do with whatever was usable first. This was true for both cadres and ordinary soldiers. If something must be said, it was that the newly produced various appliances were supplied to the frontline troops in limited quantities, and those sitting in offices in the rear were the last to be supplied. Chen Ke had emphasized this point many times himself; he had to set an example. Although he knew that doing so was actually a bit pretentious, in order to implement the revolutionary concept, such a practice was also a last resort.

On Chen Ke's table lay a manuscript. Chen Ke picked up a pen, preparing to continue revising, but he couldn't put the pen to paper for a long time. This was a very rare situation for Chen Ke. Generally speaking, Chen Ke handled things very briskly now. There was no time for fluff now; the things to be done were piled up like a mountain. If he couldn't cut the Gordian knot, there wouldn't be enough time at all.

But this document was the formal party and government organizational construction plan for the base area. Chen Ke wanted to finish it briskly, but the actual situation was full of loose ends, and Chen Ke couldn't easily start no matter what.

Transmigrators have an advantage, which is being extremely proficient in social organizational structures. It can be said that starting from elementary school, everyone exists in various organizations. Starting from junior high school, political textbooks talk about organizational models of social organizations, from state organizations above to civilian organizations below. When attending school, Chen Ke was always in agony when memorizing these organizational structures.

It was not until now that Chen Ke somewhat understood why the study of these seemingly useless organizational systems was conducted. Even in the 1980s, China dared not say it had completely rid itself of the threat of foreign invasion. Therefore, any social organization, from schools to factories, if faced with a situation of foreign invasion, would very likely have to face a situation of fighting on their own. And an organized social system could effectively conduct a war of national defense. Therefore, teaching social organizational structure from a young age can itself let national members know the levels of state management and maximize their power.

And such education itself also allowed Chinese students to learn the general face of the national organizational system.

Now, Chen Ke was about to establish a formal party, government, and military system for Fengtai County. Such work troubled Chen Ke very much.