"Government." "Without clear-minded bureaucrats to regulate and supervise, everything is just talk on paper." Chen Tian said seriously, "At the same time, this is also related to whether various instructions can be passed up and down. If the grassroots cannot be controlled, Yongtai City will inevitably be destroyed.
Aristocratic family
hold."
Tong Ruoran is well aware of the temperament of aristocratic families. Even if there are virtuous people, most of them are rich and wealthy people who do evil things and exploit the common people without any mercy.
Moreover, the cost of supporting monks is huge, and even 10,000 farmers may not be able to support two monks.
At the same time, even if the monks achieve great success, it is impossible to repay the common people. Over time, the people's livelihood is really not just a description, but a reality that makes people breathless.
But because Chen Tian, the backbone of the matter, pays attention to people's livelihood, even if he only cares about the common people for the sake of incense and telekinesis, the officials under his command naturally do not dare to mess around.
As for those giant families, they have already been killed by the Quantai Sacrifice Sword, let alone Xin, the living king of hell, who is responsible for the internal affairs?
As soon as a thought flashed through his mind, Tong Ruoran responded to Chentian with a smile: "Actually, thanks to Shenzun as the city lord, the expenses are very small and there is no extravagance or waste at all. Otherwise, ten Yongtai cities would not be enough to squander."
"Is the Yin family exaggerating in this regard?" "No!" Tong Ruoran stretched out his index finger and shook it, "Yin Luqi and Yin Lulu, who drove the spiritual weapon ship last time, took a detour to Gusu City for entertainment, which worried the city lord.
Luo Yongfeng summoned hundreds of aristocratic families to discuss the split overnight, and finally each family came to
Hand over less than a thousand taels of gold."
"And this is just a one-day trip for them. You can imagine how extravagant the other activities are."
"It's your own fault." Chen Tian took over the conversation and continued, "It is precisely because of their extravagant spending that the people below boiled with resentment. "Otherwise, Li Chengfeng would not have been able to grow into a cold-hearted killer."
Speaking of this.
Tong Ruoran's heart tightened.
Li Chengfeng's wife was humiliated to death by Yin Lulu, which caused his temperament to change drastically. After catching Yin Lulu who was seriously injured, he tortured and killed her for three days and three nights, and finally made Yin Lulu die in great pain.
His hands and feet were severed, his limbs and bones were all dislocated, and his twelve meridians were shattered inch by inch.
Just listening to these, Tong Ruoran felt shuddering. No wonder Quantai interrogated the beasts and the stone monster Fanli, and every question was accurate.
After small talk.
Chen Tian found that the spiritual energy in the secret realm was too thin and could only support plants. There were no birds and beasts at all. The surroundings were so quiet that only the rustling of the treetops was left by the wind.
"Oh, by the way, where's the surprise you mentioned?"
"The gods didn't even guess how to open the secret realm, so how can we talk about surprises?"
"Really?" Chen Tian glanced at Tong Ruoran's graceful figure, "Are you sure you don't want to tell me?"
Feeling his malicious gaze, Tong Ruoran took half a step back and said hurriedly: "Let's go, let's go, that's the hill in front of us."
Cross the stone bridge again.
Chentian noticed something was wrong with the stream.
He felt like he had seen it before, and he must have seen it somewhere, but he couldn't grasp the key, so he had to walk up the hill with Tong Ruoran.
Seeing the clear spring water, Chen Tian finally realized that it was exactly the Feng Shui spring in the cave sinkhole, but it was obviously much smaller, and of course it was ten thousand times cleaner.
really.
Tong Ruoran explained: "After the death of the earth rock demon, the demons and monsters have disappeared, and the Feng Shui spring has also returned to its original appearance. I have extracted the essence and put it here. When Shen Yan is almost done with it, I will feed it back."
"It's not necessary." Chen Tian shook his head, "The secret realm here needs to be maintained. It can be turned into a blessed place in the future. The Feng Shui spring is nourished by the earth's energy, and it's not bad at all."
"Besides, I also want to herd sheep here and catch crucian carp here in the future."
"Okay, I promise to fulfill the friendship of the landlord and entertain the deity well." Tong Ruoran was filled with joy, knowing that Chen Tian wanted her to keep the memory of her hometown.
However, Chen Tian didn't appreciate it: "What kind of landlord friendship? This banyan tree secret realm belongs to me."
Hearing this, Tong Ruoran retracted the emotion he had just felt and said: "If I hadn't taken care of it, how could the deity have seen such a scene? I worked hard to get that shrike tree from the Hekun Sect!"
[To be honest, I have been using Yeguo to read and catch up on books recently. I can switch sources and read aloud with many sounds. www. Android and Apple are available.]
While the two were playing back and forth, the sky opened up and became as clear as glass.
at the same time.
The city lord's palace in Gusu City was in a state of gloom and gloom.
The city lord Luo Yongfeng was sitting in the main seat. The aristocratic families in the hall were quarreling from afar, but he did not dare to say a word.
Because although he is the leader of thousands of people in name, he actually relies on these aristocratic families to maintain the operation of Gusu City.
For example, the fat man who is cursing is none other than Lin Wei, the current patriarch of the Lin family. Even though the various industries of Liusha Chamber of Commerce have been occupied by Yin Jianyuan and the Dragon and Tiger Cavalry, he is still a piece of the common people.
As long as he stops paying his wages for half a month today, countless refugees will crowd into the city lord's mansion tomorrow, making the city full of chaos.
As for the old man whose face was sprayed with spit, Luo Yongfeng did not dare to offend him, because he was Ye Xiangchen, the patriarch of the Ye family, and most of his children were engaged in politics. It can be said that most of Gusu City belonged to his family.
Gu Zhi on Zhangtai Road is also the intelligence network he secretly supports, with his eyes all over the northern region of Cangxi.
Luo Yongfeng knew very well that the two men were in collusion with government officials and businessmen, acting as both insiders and outsiders. They monopolized trade routes thousands of miles away and made their families extremely wealthy.
For a long time, he has been constrained and ignored by these two families, and he has been treated as a puppet.
But Luo Yongfeng was thinking maliciously at this time, no matter how powerful these two families were in Gusu City, how dare they dare to do anything when faced with the dragon and tiger cavalry coming from afar?
What kind of wealth is there, what kind of intelligence is all over the world, can it be compared with the bright swords and guns?
He saw Lin Wei and Ye Xiangchen quarreling fiercely. On the surface, he was helpless, but deep down he wished they could fight and bite each other till blood dripping from their mouths.
Now the Yongtai Navy and the Dragon and Tiger Cavalry are tossing back and forth near Pingmuguan, causing uproar in the city. But in Luo Yongfeng's eyes, it's almost like watching a show. No matter which side wins, his position as city lord will definitely be as secure as Mount Tai.
Whoever goes to the city to plant a flag will still be a puppet?
Let them worry about it. Instead of worrying about it, you might as well think about which room to stay with your concubine tonight.
But things didn't go as planned. At this moment, Lin Wei suddenly broke the wine glass and shouted:
"City Lord!"
"You be the judge!"
"The two patriarchs have something to talk about. We are both in-laws, so why can't we agree on anything? Why get angry in front of everyone..." Before Luo Yongfeng could finish his words, Ye Xiangchen shouted:
"Stop talking!"
"If I ask you to judge, do it quickly!"
Everyone in the meeting hall looked at each other, how could the city lord comment on this? There are big figures on both sides who cannot be offended. If you say more than a word, you will probably get into trouble, right?
These people are all talkative people from aristocratic families in Gusu City. They have no other skills. Their observation of words and expressions is first-class and extremely shrewd.
Seeing that Lin Ye's family was in a quarrel now, they all tried to protect themselves and stood by the wall to make way for the two of them, for fear of harming Chi Yu.
As for the city lord's comments, don't even think about it, they must be the same old and muddled.
Because the dispute between Lin Ye's family is nothing more than a dispute over whether Gusu City should fall to Chen Tian, who is approaching the city, or to Yin Jianyuan, who has already stationed troops.
The Lin family was ruined, and the patriarch and legitimate son died one after another. Lin Wei came to power to show his legitimacy, and he must hope that Gusu City would send troops to attack Yongtai City, completely turn to Yin Jianyuan, and save some losses.
But what about the Ye family?
The Ye family did not suffer much loss. After many years of experience in the officialdom, they felt that it was difficult to make friends with both. They could neither show favor nor offend. It was just right to remain neutral.
Lin Wei was angry.
He took the crime and got up.
"Since I, the Lin family, presented the Quicksand Chamber of Commerce to the Yin family on behalf of Gusu City, this investment must be recovered no matter what. If we are neutral, wouldn't it be in vain?" "City Lord! Hurry up and comment!"