Chapter 400 - 375: Won Over in 1 Month! The Benefits of Spending Big
As Lu Feng and his people operated from the shadows, countless citizens of Myanmar rushed out through various channels and entered the Xuanfeng Alliance.
Myanmar’s border had never been very secure, and now with rebellions everywhere, it was in even worse shape—completely porous, like a sieve.
With some deliberate guidance from the Xuanfeng Alliance, those citizens exited Myanmar with ease.
Kukur immediately told his wife about his plan to go to the Xuanfeng Alliance.
His wife was stunned by his plan. She had also been living in fear lately, so she agreed to Kukur’s decision.
Afterward, the two of them gathered both sets of parents and fled Myanmar that very night.
This kind of escape was arduous and dangerous.
Fortunately, when they reached the location the fixer had mentioned, they saw many vehicles waiting for pickup, all for those who had paid.
After Kukur and his family got in a vehicle, they were taken directly to a city in the Xuanfeng Alliance.
The city was incredibly prosperous and well-developed, boasting wide roads, all sorts of infrastructure, and towering skyscrapers...
Many of which were things not even found in the major cities of Myanmar.
Moreover, he saw many of his fellow countrymen here, who all seemed to be refugees from Myanmar, just like him.
These people seemed to be waiting for some kind of news.
Finally, one of the fixers came out and shouted, "I have good news for everyone! You can now register for Xuanfeng Alliance citizenship for free. This opportunity won’t last, so anyone who wants to become a citizen should hurry."
Kukur didn’t hesitate for a moment. He immediately raised his hand. "I... My whole family wants to..."
He had already been completely won over; all he wanted now was to be a resident of the Xuanfeng Alliance.
Spurred on by his lead, the surrounding people from Myanmar all raised their hands to show their willingness, as if afraid of being left behind.
Kukur was quickly led to the citizenship office in the city center.
To his surprise, many new service counters had already been opened here, with staff members ready and waiting.
Meanwhile, back at the drop-off point, more vehicles were pulling up, and many more citizens of Myanmar were getting out.
The man from before came out again. "I have good news for everyone! You can now register for Xuanfeng Alliance citizenship for free. This opportunity won’t last, so anyone who wants to become a citizen should hurry."
In an instant, those citizens of Myanmar grew anxious as well, raising their hands one after another.
「The Citizenship Center.」
After a long wait in line, Kukur quickly had his Xuanfeng Alliance citizenship processed. From now on, he was a citizen of the Xuanfeng Alliance.
The speed was truly, unexpectedly fast.
’Paying the fee really did have its benefits.’
Now, he just hoped things would go smoothly at his new job.
So, he and his family quickly went to the station and boarded a bus using the tickets provided by the fixer.
Fortunately, the Jian region of the Xuanfeng Alliance was close to Myanmar, and their languages were similar enough to be mutually intelligible. They boarded the bus without issue and headed for their destination.
When Kukur got off the bus at his stop, he took out his phone and called his new boss. Soon, he met him: a kind and humble old man who had come to pick him up in a three-wheeled cargo truck.
"Kukur?" the old man asked, stepping forward.
"Boss, I’m Kukur," Kukur replied immediately.
"Get in!" the old man called out. After Kukur and his family were on board, he started the vehicle and headed for his home. He didn’t forget to add, "Since you’ve come to work in the Xuanfeng Alliance, you can set your mind at ease. The Xuanfeng Alliance is better than Myanmar. We have a good Governor."
"I used to be very poor, too. It was hard to even put food on the table. But after the Governor came, our lives got better. Just from farming alone, I’ve earned a lot of money and even built a small villa."
"We even have a car at home. All these changes happened in just a short time. You work hard, and when you have better opportunities, you can go out and make your own way."
Hearing his new boss’s description, Kukur’s eyes filled with hope.
When they arrived, he saw the villa the boss had mentioned. "Boss, your house is beautiful!"
He was truly filled with envy.
In Myanmar, a villa like this was something only high-ranking officials could afford to live in.
Yet his boss had built one for himself.
The old man laughed. "You think this is nice? My son works as a sales agent in the Wind Capital. He bought a villa over there that’s much more beautiful than this."
"You know, before all this, he nearly let his wife and kids starve. If the women around here hadn’t been desperate to get married back then, he never would have even found a wife."
"Thankfully, the Governor’s policies made us all prosperous. When you have time, you should pay more attention to the policies from the Governor’s Mansion. You might find something that helps you."
Hearing this, Kukur’s admiration for the Governor his boss spoke of grew even deeper.
’What kind of person could make such a poor place so wealthy?’
Thinking of those bureaucrats back in Myanmar... words failed him.
Kukur was welcomed with warm hospitality. The very next day, he followed his boss to the fields and started working.
He worked very diligently. Moreover, the accommodations his boss provided were excellent, and so was the food. Even his wife and family were given jobs; they could follow the boss’s wife into the mountains to cut a special type of grass.
This grass grew wild and could be sold to the Xuanfeng Winery.
It used to cover the mountains, but now it had been harvested so much that you had to spend time searching for it. Thankfully, the grass grew back.
The boss’s wife said that the money from selling the grass they cut would be theirs to keep.
’He knew he had met good people.’
「A month passed in the blink of an eye.」
Over the past month, Kukur had lived a very fulfilling life. There was no war, no chaos, no safety concerns. All he had to do was devote himself completely to his work.
"Kukur, come over here! Time to calculate your wages," his boss called out from a distance.
"Yes, boss!" Kukur, who deeply respected his boss, immediately ran over respectfully.
The two of them looked at a computer. It was mainly about the profit-sharing bonus. In addition to his base salary of 70,000 Xuanfeng Coins, there was also his bonus.
In the end, his total pay for the month came to 140,000 Xuanfeng Coins.
When the money was deposited into his newly opened account, Kukur couldn’t hide the smile on his face. ’The Xuanfeng Alliance is amazing! I’m never going back to that hellhole Myanmar.’
On this day, it wasn’t just Kukur; the entire first wave of immigrants from Myanmar to the Xuanfeng Alliance received their first wages. Joy was everywhere, and they no longer felt any lingering attachment to Myanmar.
This filled the others with eager anticipation.
At Wind Manor, a smiling Baguda reported to Lu Feng, "His Excellency the Governor, after the merger with Dalat Town and the Jian region, plus the addition of Boya and the people we’ve absorbed this past month, the total population of the Xuanfeng Alliance has now surpassed 30 million."
Thirty million people. This was an absolutely massive number.
With this population base, the Xuanfeng Alliance could no longer be considered a mere minor power.
"How are those people doing now?" This was Lu Feng’s main concern.
Baguda said with a smile, "Their wages have been paid. Believe me, no one is going to miss Myanmar. An average salary of one hundred-some thousand Xuanfeng Coins is several times what they earned in Myanmar."
Simply put, it was a matter of throwing money at them.
Lu Feng laughed when he heard this. One hundred-some thousand Xuanfeng Coins was only a little over 10,000 Dragon Coins.
In Dragon Country, that salary wasn’t much, but for people from a place like Myanmar, it was an unimaginable sum.
Lu Feng was discussing matters with Baguda when he suddenly turned his attention to the game world in his mind. Lin Jiao was pacing back and forth in the hall; it wasn’t the first time.
’Looks like something has come up in the game world, too.’
