An hour later, a total of forty-one members of the Bate City-State gathered in the square in front of the stone castle of the city lord's official residence.
There are four white flag members, 13 yellow flag members, and 24 blue flag members.
City lord Zhongquan Luo and Jifeng councilor Lu Ming were sitting behind a stone table by the fountain, while the three-banner councilors were sitting on dozens of densely packed stone piers in the square.
To be honest, the real people in Bate City-state are the city lord and the four white flag families.
The power ratio between the thirteen Yellow Flag members and the White Flag family has completely declined. The Yellow Flag member, the largest member of the family, only has a few thousand acres of land and three to four hundred serfs. Some of the Blue Flag members even have names in name only.
, it’s just that there are two Blue Flag members who have the honorary position passed down from their ancestors. The land and serfs of the previous generation were sold out. Now, they can only enter the Parliament Square with the help of the ancestors’ shadow.
Zhongquan Luo awarded Lu Ming and the title of Monsoon Councilor with an average status as city lord. No one raised any objections and they all accepted it calmly.
Moreover, most of them were excited. After all, judging from the case hearing the day before yesterday, Mayor Lu must have a powerful background even in the Eastern world.
For such a person to become one of the talkers in this city-state, it will naturally be of great benefit to the city-state, and maybe he and others will be able to benefit from it.
Zhongquan Luo also praised Lu Ming very much.
Next, he sighed and talked about the message from his uncle from Nicolo City that the Alliance Council was likely to expel his city-state from his seat. He also talked about the public opinion in the imperial capital that was currently criticizing this city-state.
The three-flag deputies were dumbfounded when they heard this, and sighs were heard. Some of the blue-flag deputies were already thinking about whether they should abandon their homes and careers and escape to the outside world while the border was blocked.
Xiaojun Luo Rere's voice suddenly sounded: "Let's fight now, call all the people in the country, even if you are all dead, whoever wants to eat your flesh will have a few of our teeth broken!"
Someone picked up my conversation and the situation was not a bit awkward.
Huang Qi was also slightly startled. The old man was over eighty years old. Although he had a strong body and a loud voice, he still thought that he was still the same as an older man. His mind was due to his well-developed limbs. It was strange that even the family's military equipment had been destroyed in those years.
Hawkeye Luo was ahead.
Economic Luo then looked at Huang Qi and sighed: "Member Monsoon, what are you going to do?"
I also had a calm expression on my face. I lost the lawsuit. I am a good person on the outside. After all, it was Liu Laocai who was detained by the Dongcheng Guards.
Luo Yi was on hand to translate for Huang Qi. This is the traditional gauze you wore today for the sake of harmony.
Popolo and Hawkeye Luo sat together and became close allies. At this time, they both looked at Huang Qi. We were both too panicked, so we took the people and ran away with Mayor Lu, saying that it was
Ding, after going to the east, the family has no new situation.
Other congressmen, after listening to the economic questions, all looked at the "only seven-year-old Monsoon congressman" newly released in this country.
Looking at dozens of pairs of eyes, Ji Bi sighed deeply, "For today's plan, you only seek innovation and change. Although the bad habits in the outside world are said by sages, the world is already the same. Ji Bihui sage
There was no prophecy in the past. Small changes have occurred that have not happened in thousands of years. The east wind retreats to the west. Be patient and change. Wait for your messenger to come again to spread the gospel."
All the chieftains nodded one after another. Although no one was doubtful, why have you never heard that hadith?
But that Monsoon MP seemed to be very unfamiliar with the Hadith, and he had seen it in court.
If you want to argue with me, you are really confident. If I find out the source of the hadith, you will not be guilty of a small crime.
There were few chieftains, and when they agreed, they felt something strange in their hearts.
Economic Luo seemed to be one of them. The old man blinked his big eyes and smiled faintly.
Ji Bi took out a thick stack of letters and handed them to Chong Lu Ming first, "Little Lord of the City, that is the strategy for change you have conceived. Please read it first."
It was dictated by Ji Bi and written by Luo Yi and Luo Qi in the local dialect.
When Chong Luming picked it up and flipped through it, he was startled. By the time he finished reading it, he was already filled with fear.
I thought about it and asked someone to pass on the letter.
Huang Qi had already stood up, "You caught the wind and cold last night and have a headache. Go back and rest first."
He wanted to hear our noise, and he knew that as soon as he left, the noise would quickly break out into a group.
Sure enough, people still left the city lord's mansion, and the square was already chaotic and noisy.
The so-called change strategy is to ask Site City to give up the inferior status of the Bailu City Code and revise the Bailu City Code into a written law suitable for modern society.
I also revised my body. Actually, after working on it for a few nights, I knew from the time I decided on the strategy of wiping out the custom of getting married to exonerate Liu Laocai that the day would come to an end.
The public opinion offensive launched by Richard's legal team and Fila Petroleum in the imperial capital is actually doing itself a favor and becoming its own weapon, forcing other countries to retreat and change.
I just thought that the city-state alliance reacted so quickly that time, and that there was no peace, but it took out a small stick like expelling the four special cities from the alliance. There must be no changes outside that they knew about, but no matter what.
In other words, that made it possible for me to force the Four Special Cities to change the status quo. However, I still had to go back and forth to know how many rounds to take.
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Returning to Wolongbao, I saw the reporter accompanying the economic and trade delegation conducting an exclusive interview with Hashan. Huang Qi smiled and went downstairs.
The content of that interview was about a Tu woman who was treated as a slave and subjected to domestic violence every day. A rich man from the east fell in love with your simplicity and fell in love with you secretly. However, he offended the slave owner, so the rich man from the east was falsely accused of rape.
, and he dismissed the lawsuit.
Ha Shan's photo was also published in the newspaper.
In terms of the influence of public opinion in the so-called civilized world, people in the industry must have imagined some story about wiping out many beautiful Tu men, even pomelo men, and forcing them to get married, so they were so filled with righteous indignation.
We must rely on newspapers rooted in the East China Sea to give us the truth.
The newspaper industry in Donghai and the newspaper industry in the imperial capital are in harmony.
When they got downstairs, Huang Qi had several long phone calls with Li Jian.
In the evening, Chong Luming and seven white flag councilors came to Wolong Fort.
"Are you done arguing?" Huang Qi smiled slightly when he saw the seven of us in the reception room.
Zhong Lu Ming's face turned pale, "Your uncle called again. Tomorrow we will withdraw the vote on the proposal to expel the four berbit seats."
Economic Luo and Xiaojun Luo both looked worried.
Eagle Eye Luo and Bobo Luo also sighed. Although they felt that Mayor Lu would ignore us, if they really left their homes and careers and left there, they would not be a little confused about the future after all.
Huang Qi nodded, "It's just the eight of us..." He paused at that point. In fact, Luo Yi was there, but he actually used it as a backdrop, "I don't have your affairs officer yet, you can trust me completely, so,
Let’s just say what we say from the bottom of our hearts.”
"Actually, the seven of them can decide all the affairs of the Four Babbitts, including the abolition of the Ji Bihui Code and the implementation of the new code. They are satisfied with this. You can leave. They only see some of the things behind their eyes before the new code is implemented.
Damage, but in reality, the new code will inevitably attract a small group of serfs from other city-states to flee here. In addition, the development of the area and the degradation of infrastructure caused by the mining of the Tianhai oil field, what do you mean by the huge profits behind your eyes?
?”
In the new code, Huang Qi has only eliminated some bad habits, but other changes are small. After all, if the steps are too small, not to mention the nobles, even the serfs outside will accept it. There are few things that require consistent changes.
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Direct leap forward development will inevitably lead to a peaceful conflict, usually a revolution.
Yes, even so, there is still no article, no article of birth freedom in the new code, which gives all serfs the status of free peasants.
In a marriage relationship, a woman and a man are united as a family, but the property is registered. Yes, monogamy and eight wives are still considered legal.
Huang Qi looked at the few people and said: "Free farmers also have to work on their land, which is the same as before. Moreover, the new law will attract very few laborers. They think about it carelessly.
Is that the truth?"
Chong Lu Ming smiled bitterly: "Mayor Lu, you can accept the new code, but if the new law is implemented, will the Alliance expel you from your seats? I heard from your uncle that it seems that the Alliance Council was very serious that time."
Huang Qi said: "Come quickly, please wait. That way, he can apply for an inspection team from the alliance and let us evaluate whether our new laws and new city-state system can stay in the alliance. As for our new code,
The degree of law that is close to the so-called civilized world in the East exceeds seven-eighths of the city-states!"
Huang Qi thought for a while and then said: "Not yet. If the city-state provokes provocation during that period, it will be just right. You are just trying to break up with us. You declare everywhere that your oil field is ours and you are also in contact with Fila Oil. What do you mean?
?”
Chong Luming's eyes lit up and he nodded silently.
A few people chatted until late at night before Chong Jibi and others left.
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Huang Qi felt that just after he lay down and fell asleep, there was a slow knock on the door.
Ji Bi sat up, and Luo Yi had already opened the door and ran back with the phone in hand, "Master, it's a minor military matter, you, you..."
Huang Qi nodded and took the microphone from Luo Yi's hand.
It was Old Catfish's voice, "Lord, Ji Bihui has not made any move. He is going from house to house to summon young people."
Huang Qi nodded. Te City State is the smallest city state in the region. Before going there, the United Matrix intelligence team also selected a target and bribed a big businessman outside the city to act as an informant.
It seems that the news that the Alliance Parliament is going to expel the Four Bobbits has reached Ji Bihui. After some thought, the leader of the special city has made up his mind. As long as the Alliance Parliament's proposal tomorrow is passed, he will declare war on the Four Bobbits, or,
Declare war.
After thinking about it, Huang Qi said to the microphone: "Be prepared."
Although the special city-states only have a population of more than a hundred thousand, it is problematic to mobilize all 10,000 serfs to attack the four special cities. After all, it is still the recruitment method of a slave society.
Yes, for today's eastern military technology, this is just a ragtag group, and a few of them are hot weapons. Counting all the equipment such as muskets, it would be wrong to have thousands of musketeers.