Rise of the Argentine Empire

To be honest, Cruz was still a little nervous and didn't dare to look at Saint Hesser.

Saint Hesser listened to his nonsense and flattery for a long time without saying a word. Only then did Cruz realize that he had fallen asleep leaning on the chair.

"Boss, boss," Cruz gently shook Saint Hesser.

"Oh, oh, where were we?" Saint Hesser opened his eyes and slowly said.

"Boss, I've already finished speaking. Why don't we leave first? You should rest for a while. You're probably too tired," Cruz secretly breathed a sigh of relief, hoping that everything was just his imagination.

"Okay, you can all go out for a meal together. Get Rosa to reimburse you. I'm a little tired today." Saint Hesser yawned, his eyes still sleepy.

"Okay, then we'll leave first."

"It seems like we fooled him."

Cruz's confidant, Virgil, whispered in his ear.

"Do you think he was doing that last night?"

"Very likely..."

"Let's go outside first, it won't be good if he hears us."

After everyone left, Saint Hesser slowly sat up straight. Today, he also wanted to see what these people were up to. It had been a long time since he had loosened up. Today, they behaved very normally, and there was nothing wrong.

"Alas, why do people always want to challenge your bottom line?"

Saint Hesser sighed, slowly made a few phone calls, cooked some food, and ate it seriously.

That night, he found it hard to fall asleep.

Saint Hesser put on his clothes and went out to the back garden. There was still some fog in the night sky, very few stars, and the moon was nowhere to be seen.

The lawn was already covered with a lot of dew.

Saint Hesser stretched his body, punched and kicked, and started practicing military physical training boxing.

It was good to punch and kick to sweat and vent.

Every punch was as heavy as a mountain, with steady strength, creating a vigorous wind, and even producing a whooshing sound, showing his strong physical fitness.

After a round of boxing, he switched to physical training to stretch his body alternately.

His whole body and spirit suddenly relaxed, and he felt that his body was full of endless power. It must be said that the original owner's talent was indeed very good, but unfortunately, he had hardly used it and had wasted it for too long.

"If I really have no food to eat, I won't starve to death by boxing in the underground arena."

"In the end, my personal charm is still not enough." He smiled self-deprecatingly.

Saint Hesser looked around and, seeing that no one was there, changed his movements to Tai Chi, slowing down and gradually calming his emotions.

This time, he would personally lead the team to arrest these internal corrupt elements. During his time studying in Bucheng, he felt that his whole body had become a little rusty.

Now, most of the time, he doesn't have to do it himself. The people in his intelligence team eliminate the danger in advance.

Let his subordinates handle the charging, and he just needs to command from behind.

This time, the situation is different from the past. His subordinates have a problem. Saint Hesser is also a little puzzled. He hasn't treated these old people of the Thunder Cross too badly, has he?

They did such messy things. It's a shame that they came from his team and were even taught by him, which made Saint Hesser very disappointed.

Perhaps it's still because they were former Argentine soldiers with too little ideological awareness.

No, look at Andrew and the others in Bucheng, they are much better, truly conscientious and diligent. At first, their abilities were a little lacking, but later they became more and more handy.

This is also a lesson. Fortunately, he has a lot of nails in the Third Squad, and most of the militiamen were recruited by him.

He doesn't know how to deal with it when the time comes. He now has two considerations. One is to hand it over to the Provincial Hall Court for handling, which would be too troublesome. The second is to hand it over to Guerrero, just to test this guy. Guerrero is good to use, but he is good at causing trouble, as for Cruz and others, their abilities are just average.

Saint Hesser rarely recruits people who think they are particularly good. Some people call themselves "elites", but most of them are arrogant and incompetent. As for Cruz, he has always been the old team of the predecessor, and he has always been doing some small things. Later, the relationship faded, and he also had some abilities, so he did not directly abandon them.

"This time, what you did is too much, and you can't blame me."

......

Potassium Triangle,

Guerrero received Saint Hesser's call that day, and without saying a word, he immediately arranged the basic work.

He transferred 30 elite members, divided them into 3 batches, and sent them to Maria Town. These people were absolutely trustworthy.

Upon receiving the order, the elite of Viper Team One notified the standby team members to gather in the valley.

Guerrero ordered with a serious face: "Emergency notice from the boss, all Viper Squad members change clothes, bring equipment, gather immediately, and prepare to depart!"

Outside the main camp gate, the last delivery truck was waiting. Aragon stepped forward and said: "Captain, get in the car, we're just waiting for you!"

How could he have any bad intentions?" Aragon added.

"When the time comes, we'll just arrest these guys and shoot them."

"Team leader, why don't we arrest them and send them to mine? Waste utilization."

Recently, Thunder Mining has been developing rapidly, and it is no longer limited to the current salt mine. They have discovered many good minerals in Bolivia, which are in need of manpower to exploit.

"When the time comes, it depends on what Saint Elder wants. It's not good to shoot these people directly, and they are not criminals, so it's too cheap for them, and the law doesn't allow it," Guerrero seriously considered it and felt that he couldn't deal with this matter directly, even though Cruz was recommended by him.

"We are good citizens who abide by the law, and they are voluntarily mining."

"Haha, that makes sense, team leader, you are much more humorous than the boss."

"You shouldn't say that, you should say that your humor is already very close to Saint Elder."

"You guys are praising me like this, and I'm embarrassed."

"I hope that you guys won't have a day when Saint Elder cleans up the house," Guerrero said silently in his heart.

Most of the old members of the Viper Squad prefer to call Saint Hesser "Saint Elder" in private, which shows respect without being too distant.

For a time, the truck was filled with laughter. As for why they had to drive back in a truck, wasn't that nonsense? With so many guns, when they got to the Maria train station, they would have to rent a car.

It wouldn't be good if Cruz's people recognized them, it would make them vigilant. They were familiar with doing these things, especially when dealing with those Potassium Triangle gang forces.

......

Saint Hesser lowered his head, looked at it carefully, and then asked: "Where are they now?"

"In this location," Constantine said, pointing to a building.

Constantine is a captain of the militia, recruited and trained by Saint Hesser himself for a long time, and his ability is okay. He is one of Saint Hesser's secret troops.

Saint Hesser would definitely not entrust his life to others, so from the first time he established the Falcon Intelligence Assault Team, he often paid attention to recruiting some talents to form a part of the underground people. This time was a profound lesson for him.

While waiting for Guerrero to come, Saint Hesser was not idle, secretly gathering some of his previous hidden forces to do some preliminary preparations, driving those German cars sent by Sain, and wandering around to see the situation.

He also went to the hydropower station, which had been built well. The dam had already started pouring, and the construction site was in full swing.

The first phase of the Rhein Fertilizer Plant, some distance from Maria Town, had been completed, and the machine equipment was being debugged. Several German engineers were directing the operation.

The scale of the fireworks factory has expanded a lot. Saint Hesser saw that Sean was a little depressed, and he didn't care too much about him, praised his work, and told him that as long as the fireworks factory developed well, he would be responsible for the fertilizer plant next year, and his mood improved.

He also went to the brewery. The brewery has installed a lot of brewing equipment, and even built a lot of wine cellars, specializing in brewing Bamboo Leaf Village Wine, but the output is still not up to par. The overall situation of the brewery is good, and it is now contributing a lot of profits.

I went to see the soda factory, and Cross is doing a decent job. I also went to the clothing and shoe factory, which has already produced a considerable number of foreign trade orders.

After a full inspection, there are some problems, but for the most part, development is good.

.......

Three days later,

In Maria Town, the special operations team, including several important members under Saint Hesser, such as Guerrero, Aragon, Constantine, etc., are discussing the action plan. Saint Hesser is responsible for the final decision.

To deceive his subordinates and reduce resistance, Saint Hesser has been dealing with matters at the factory for the past few days, also taking the opportunity to see if there are any problems there.

At three in the morning, a joint team composed of Guerrero and Constantine began a round of arrests, searching every inch meticulously and efficiently.

The cleansing operation was a complete success. Most people didn't use guns, but short blades. Cruise was exceptionally skilled, and it took Guerrero and Aragon working together to subdue him.

Cruise reacted from the bed when he heard the door opening at his residence. His vigilance was high, and he hid behind the door to ambush. Because Cruise was the ringleader, Guerrero arranged for a full ten people and personally took charge to prevent him from escaping. Saint Hesser's intention was to capture him alive. Most were not allowed to use guns, but cold weapons.

Cruise had secretly acquired a gun, but dared not use it. If he really used it, given Saint Hesser's intentions, it would truly be over.

Two team members who stormed in through the back door were ambushed by him and lost their ability to act.

Cruise wielded his short knife like a jackal, without saying a word, only stabbing, slashing, and thrusting wildly. In order to capture Cruise alive, Guerrero also drew his short knife and fought him, finally disarming him with Aragon's help and pinning him down with his leg.

From beginning to end, Cruise didn't say a single word.

Because most people in Maria Town usually store their guns in the unified armory at night, and are only allowed to carry them when on duty.

"Leader, are you seriously injured?" Aragon said with some concern.

"The wound is a bit deep, but it didn't hit any vital organs." Guerrero's face was pale. He was pressing his hand against a large cut on the side of his abdomen. He hadn't brought a first aid kit when he took action; they were all at the operations department.

"Number 4, Number 7, quickly find someone to send the leader and Numbers 2 and 5 to Maria Hospital for bandaging." Two team members on the ground were also in serious condition, with a lot of blood flowing.

During this operation, most people used code names to avoid alerting the target. Aragon forgot that the operation was over and was still carrying out the cleanup.

"Yes, Number 9." The members of the action team also didn't react.

"The rest of you, search this house with me." Aragon led people to search Cruise's residence, but found nothing of value. On the contrary, there were many books, mostly about humanity and the like.

"That doghair used to hate studying when he was with the boss, but now he's buying books. What a showoff." Aragon flipped through many books, and felt a headache coming on.

"Send these books to Saint's mansion."

"Captain, we only found tens of thousands of pesos in the drawer, nothing else."

"Check if there's a cellar, or empty spaces in the walls."

"Search twice more. If we don't find anything, we'll stop and wait for Saint to handle it."

At this time, more than twenty people from the Lightning Cross were arrested in Maria Town, as well as a few militiamen. Most people were arrested in their sleep, but a few were very vigilant, causing some injuries to the action team.

Overall, the cleansing operation was a complete success. Saint Hesser, who was waiting for their news at the operations headquarters, breathed a sigh of relief. The injured were all properly treated.

No one used firearms, except for a guy named Virgil who was particularly ruthless. Over seventeen million pesos in cash were found in his home. It seems these people have made a lot of money. There were also a large number of bank deposit slips.

Several female workers from the Maria Clothing Factory were being held in the basement, having been starved for two or three days.

These were people who had suddenly resigned from the Maria Clothing Factory a few days ago, and firearms stolen from the military were found in one person's home.

A small casino in the town was also brought under control. Many of the town's workers would go there to enjoy themselves after receiving their wages.

Some supervisors and important responsible persons from the Maria Clothing Factory, brewery, and plastic chemical plant were also implicated.

Many valuable items and some account books were seized from their homes.

Saint Hesser planned to contact Mayor Cavour the next day. This mayor of his was truly useless.

So many bad things happened right under his nose, and he didn't know anything.

.......

The next day, Saint hurried to the hospital to visit the injured members of the action team.

Guerrero was injured. Saint Hesser didn't know what to say when he saw Guerrero lying on the hospital bed.

"Gattuso, you were too careless. How long did the doctor say you'll need to rest?"

"Boss, I should be able to rest for about a week. It's not too serious, just a cut on the side of my body."

"You did a great job cleaning up these parasites. We'll go to the Potassium Triangle together when the time comes. Stein, have the hospital use the best medicine and the best techniques. If that's not enough, bring a doctor over from Cordoba." Saint Hesser instructed.

"Yes, Boss!" Stein was the leader of the team in Maria Town and was familiar with the area.

"Then I won't disturb your rest. Take good care of yourself. I'll let you personally deal with these scumbags."

After the militia and Lightning Cross parasites were arrested, they were interrogated.

Aragon was reporting his work from the side, and had really grown a lot. He was about to pat his bald head, but realized it was gone.

"Aragon, why don't you shave your head anymore?" Saint Hesser felt a little regretful.

"Boss, I'm an adult now. It's not good to always shave my head. I won't be able to find a wife."