Chapter 123:
Miss Miriam elegantly declined the reward she deserved, deciding to take Murphy’s advice and use the present as collateral to go all-in for her future.
However, the redhead deeply knew that a bright future still required her to work hard now. As Murphy’s top “reserve politician,” she was indeed busy with official duties. After finishing her conversation with Murphy and eating a casual breakfast, she brought along a few carefully selected assistants and returned to the survivors’ camp.
A major construction effort was underway here.
Murphy had just rescued over 1,800 people from the Blood Vulture Halls, doubling the number of mouths to feed, which was an unsettling signal. Fortunately, the camp had previously established an effective, albeit crude and simple order, allowing Miriam to still basically maintain stability for now.
According to her schedule, this morning she needed to meet with the leaders of the survivors from the corridor regarding allocating manpower to clear and initially rebuild the ruins in the outer city district.
From a manager’s perspective, Miriam’s current situation could be summarized as follows:
The good news was that the other party was cooperating with the camp’s work and even proactively integrating their 1,800 survivors into the existing management system based on “labor points” and “communal meals.”
The bad news was that a few people in the other party’s leadership were somewhat unruly, showing signs of wanting to seize power.
This information was privately told to Miriam by Lady Adele, Murphy’s blood descendant and maid, who felt obliged to inform the current administrator of certain noteworthy phenomena in the territory.