This assassination came and went very quickly. In less than an hour, more than 2,500 assassins were either killed or captured.
Those assassins with higher positions have committed suicide by taking poison. This is their mission, and they must not reveal even half of what is in their minds.
But as long as they were alive, they might reveal what was in their minds, so they chose death.
After death, no one can read the things stored in their minds. If the strong people from Xiliang want to use soul collection methods to search for their souls, they will trigger the other side to give them before they set off.
The ban they imposed.
At that time, their souls will be gone, and no one will be able to get anything from their souls.
This is their mission. They were born for these things. Perhaps death is a kind of relief for them.
Restaurants on both sides of the street were affected. At this time, soldiers from Xiliang headquarters and troops from other places implemented military control. Xiliang soldiers armed with bright weapons were stationed at restaurants on both sides of the street.
When they saw the war machines in the restaurant, the first thing they thought of was those war machines that had been destroyed due to damage. The structures of these war machines were very delicate.
Once damage occurs, only the craftsmen from the Xiliang headquarters can repair it. If the war machinery of the seventh, eighth, and ninth legions like them has various damage problems, if it is not serious, it will be sent to Xiliang
Go to the headquarters to repair it.
If the damage is very serious, it will be destroyed directly. Initially, soldiers from Xiliang headquarters were responsible for destroying it personally.
Later, due to time and distance reasons, Xilin gave the right to destroy these war machines to the legions that owned these war machines.
It is impossible for the Xiliang headquarters to let these war machines spread, so there is only one possible source of these war machines, and that is from their seventh, eighth, and ninth legions.
So when they saw these war machines, they seemed to have seen heads falling to the ground. The lord was very kind to them, but they never forgot how the lord made his fortune.
This is a man who made his fortune through war and killing. He is an extremely powerful tiger. He just covered up his edge before. It does not mean that he has no edge, nor does it mean that his desire to kill will decrease.
This time those people really went too far!
On the other side, the officials in the Acropolis were sweating profusely. Many of the assassins who were killed were acquaintances of them, and many of them were businessmen who came to the city to do business.
They are very generous with their actions, and the power behind them is also very strong, so these officials like to deal with these people very much. No one wants to communicate with those businessmen from Xiliang headquarters who are as cold and hard as iron.
So they like these businessmen who are generous and can bring them great achievements. These people can own the restaurants on both sides of the street, largely because of officials like them.
Now these people are involved in the assassination of Prime Minister Li, which is very disadvantageous for them, especially since Prime Minister Li has never had much goodwill towards them.
The last activity launched was suppressed by Li Xiang single-handedly. If it weren't for Zhang Qingyun and Dazhongguang who helped to speak out, the previous group of people might have died.
That group of people just made some manipulations in logistics and wanted to interfere with some things in the Xiliang headquarters, but they suffered such a big blow.
As for those officials who have not gotten rid of their relationship with these assassins, their fate can be imagined.
So now they are very anxious and confused, not knowing what to do.
All they could do was wait in the city lord's palace for news from the other side, and at the same time have people rush to report the situation here to Chief Manager Zhang Qingyun.
The only one who can help them now is the general manager whom Li Xiang trusts the most. Only if the general manager speaks out can they have a chance of survival.
At the same time, the news of Li Xiang's assassination soon spread throughout the city. The civilians in the city stayed at home very quietly and did not go out. From the attic of their homes, they could see people wearing armors everywhere on the streets.
soldiers.
This city is already under the jurisdiction of the military. The civilians in Jiuyuan County are very familiar with this kind of military control, and even like it a little bit.
Because under military control, everything was under the sword of the Xiliang headquarters soldiers, and the usually annoying local gangsters could only find a place to hide obediently, not daring to show their faces.
During this period, if they dare to show up, their heads will be hanging on the city gate waiting for them. This means that this city is a commercial city, and a security management team composed of soldiers from Xiliang headquarters will be stationed.
Otherwise, the city's public security management would be much better than before.
Therefore, the civilians in the city are a little envious of the security management teams formed by retired Xiliang veterans in other cities, because then they do not need to be threatened by other local gangsters, and do not need to be harassed by those people again and again.
But who put them in such a commercial city, where commerce is very developed and people have more money than other places, but naturally there are many ruffians here.
Due to laws and regulations, the criminal penalties for those local gangsters are not very high. After all, those people only hindered your business and did not do anything else.
At most, you will lock them in for five or six days. After five or six days, they will come out again, and then come back again and again, making you feel very annoyed, but there is no way to completely get rid of them.
But under military control, once these people come out, what awaits them will definitely be the swords of Xiliang soldiers.
"You are really my good officials." Li Xiang laughed angrily and slapped the table: "A meal costs more than 30 taels of silver, and a banquet costs 800 taels of silver. You can eat so much.
Finished?"
You won’t know if you don’t check, but you will be shocked if you check, because this city is a commercial city. Most of the people doing business in this city are officials from Jiuyuan County, and there are very few businessmen from Xiliang headquarters doing business there.
Prime Minister Li gave the city full responsibility to these officials, and only sent people to check it every once in a while, because he knew very well that it would be difficult for Dangdang to control the growing territory by relying on the people from Xiliang.
So he wants to train these big officials, and in addition, the city is under the management of these people, and the tax revenue is getting higher and higher over time!
So Li Xiang felt relieved to let these people manage the city. The various organizations that had just been established were currently mainly focused on external affairs, so he didn't know much about the big city there, and he didn't really build a relationship with the outside world.
Internal inspection department.
This resulted in a dark outcome. Li Xiang couldn't believe it when he saw the information in his hand.
He didn't know what he was eating after eating hundreds of taels of silver in a meal, nor did he know how many gifts those businessmen gave these officials.
None of these were very important. What made him even more angry was that the strategic materials and some war machinery stored in the city would disappear or be damaged due to various reasons.
"On average, one crossbow breaks down every three months. This number is not very large, and it is easy to hide it. After all, you have to conduct exercises every few days, and finally let your soldiers become familiar with various war machines and weapons and equipment!
Li Xiangxiao faced the city's highest official, a young man who had been personally received by him before: "If it hadn't been for this war, I really wouldn't have known that you were so capable.
There are such big problems and so many loopholes in our own army.
Speaking of which, I am really grateful to those forces who sent people to assassinate me.
Otherwise, I really don’t know that I really have so many loyal men. I will let you eat and drink without worries, and let you have far more property than others. You don’t need to go to the battlefield to fight, you only need to be responsible.
People's Livelihood is mainly responsible for regulating local government affairs.
In this way, you can get a lot of salary, but it is really a shame that people are not enough!"
Li Xiang's aura became stronger and stronger. The young man kneeling on the ground, sweat dripping on the stone slab, and his cold murderous aura made him feel as if he was in the underworld.
"Sir, I'm sorry for your promotion." The young man made no excuses and knelt on the ground and said, "It's all our own fault that we have come to this point, because our greed caused so many of our soldiers to die in battle!
Sir, how do you want to deal with it? I have nothing to say!"
When the young people knew that things were exposed, they knew that their lives were all in the hands of the burly man in front of them, and no one could save them from his hands.
It would be easy for Prime Minister Li to kill them.
"Killing you is too easy for you!" Li Xiang narrowed his eyes and looked at the young man: "You are very talented and capable, but you are just too greedy. If it is just because of greed, I will not stop you.
I can tolerate your mistakes once or twice, but you should not put your hands into the army, and you should not put your hands into weapons and equipment.
I will take all the officials in this city into prison and wait until I have a clear understanding of all their affairs. Then I will release them outside the prison based on the crimes they have committed.
If you're lucky, you might be able to survive two or three winters there!"
Jiuyuan County is located in a huge basin. Although it is very cold here, it is very warm inside compared with outside the pass, and it is even much warmer than the other side of Liangzhou.
Outside the Pass is a land of ice and snow in real consciousness. There are only about four months of the year that are not covered by snow. It was outside the Pass that Li Xiang made his fortune.
Nowadays, most of the military camps, various important material points and arsenals of Xiliang Headquarters are established outside the pass, and there are also several very important cities there.
However, those were all cities built for the soldiers of the Xiliang headquarters. Apart from the places where the soldiers of the Xinren headquarters lived, the rest were a large number of mines and a large number of resource collection points.
Living there, the enemy soldiers captured by the Xiliang army on the battlefield were all sent outside the pass. As long as they completed three years of work here, they could return to the pass alive and become Xiliang and others.
A civilian.
However, there are only a few people who can live for more than three years. Under the wide roads built in Xiliang, the corpses of countless prisoners of war are buried.
Don’t these people like to be greedy? Then let them go to the silver mines and gold mines outside the customs to mine gold and silver!
After hearing what Li Xiang said, the officials kneeling in front looked disappointed. They had been here in Jiuyuan County for several years, so they naturally knew what the environment was like outside the customs.
Moreover, they are all pampered people who were thrown outside the customs. Even if they don't have to do the hard labor, they don't think they can survive there.
And if they were sent down there, how could they be as pampered as they are now, without having to do much work?
Several people wanted to kneel down and beg for mercy, but Xiliang soldiers blocked their mouths with Qi to prevent them from disturbing their lord.
The Xiliang soldiers wanted to kill all the officials in front of them. If it weren't for these people, so many Templars would not have died.
Many Xiliang headquarters soldiers died not from the weapons of those assassins, but from the war machines that were smuggled out by these people.
This is a war weapon they built to resist foreign enemies!
Not long after these officials were dragged down, a general in silver-white armor strode over, saluted and said: "My lord, the assassins and the chamber of commerce behind them are all under control."
"These are the people who participated in the assassination. There are 26 chambers of commerce in total, with a total of 2,498 people. I have 12 crossbows from Xiliang, 32 ordinary crossbows, and 354 bows..."
A series of data came out from the general's mouth. The more he said, the heavier Prime Minister Li's heart became.
Acropolis, this is the city that defends Jiuyuan City. Right under his eyes, the enemy gathered more than 2,500 soldiers, more than 50 crossbows, and more than 350 bows. How terrifying it was.
A force.
This is only the power exposed by the other party. There is no telling how much power these forces have hidden in Jiuyuan County!
This is so scary!
"Let Zhang Qingyun come back as quickly as possible!" After listening to the report, Li Xiang rubbed his temples with his hands: "Order the soldiers of the 7th, 8th, and 9th legions in the city to remove their weapons and armor and send them to guard
The headquarters army in the city went to take care of it.
At the same time, order the fifth battalion of the Forbidden Army stationed in Jiuyuan City to come over."
Li Xiang no longer has any sense of trust in this city, and at the same time he is reflecting on his previous plan!
