After Gongsun Qi nodded to Li Mu and the others, he walked up to the podium and prepared to start this recruitment speech.
In fact, this form of recruitment speech is held every three months in Lishui City, but why it is only held for the nobles in the city, we have to start with the unique system of Lishui City.
First of all, the power of Lishui City is highly concentrated and is almost completely in the hands of the city lord's palace. After all, the main economic source of Lishui City is the iron ore vein, and the ones who control the mine are the lord of Lishui City and his personal guards.
After Gongsun Qi took over as the city lord, he also knew that he could not manage this increasingly wealthy city on his own, so he came up with a unique system suitable for Lishui City.
This system was called the Dingtian contracting system by Gongsun Qi. Simply put, it divided all the areas in the city.
Then the wealth generated by the work of the people in a region will be uniformly redistributed by the region. In addition, all public resources, such as job opportunities in iron ore mines, the use of land in the region, permissions for farming and animal husbandry, etc. will also be uniformly distributed to the region.
the people within.
The person who controls the distribution of wealth and resources in the region is the position known as Chief Ding, and these important positions are mostly held by nobles in Lishui City today.
In other words, these upper-class nobles present today fundamentally control the wealth, labor, and all aspects of life of the common people, and their power comes from the city lord Gongsun Qi.
It seems that power is decentralized and decentralized, but in fact this unique special system of the Cangyun Empire effectively and effectively ensures the implementation of the city lord's orders and the concentration of power. It must be said that Gongsun Qi has extremely brilliant political skills.
During this time, he had firmly controlled Lishui City in his own hands.
At this time, Gongsun Qi was sitting on the podium. With his extremely handsome appearance and the aura cultivated by his high position, he soon made this suspended terrace his home court. Even Li Mu had to admit in his heart.
The city lord is truly a man of distinction.
"Everyone here is the mainstay of our Lishui City. The achievements of Lishui City today are inseparable from your dedication and efforts. As the city owner, I thank you from the bottom of my heart."
Gongsun Qi's opening remarks were a bit special. He was not giving orders from above, but he sincerely thanked the nobles present. If Li Mu hadn't been used to hearing some high-sounding speeches in his previous life, he might have really felt sorry for this.
The city lord applauded.
"However, you all know that the key to Lishui City's wealth is the refined iron ore vein. It can be said that without the existence of the refined iron mine, everything you have here will cease to exist."
"But ordinary people are not guilty, and Huaibi is guilty. Everyone, this iron mine has brought us wealth. Likewise, there are countless people who covet it."
"Our Lishui City is already in a remote location, surrounded by mountains, and bandits and bandits are extremely rampant. Simply relying on the imperial garrison is obviously not enough."
"Furthermore, the wealth of our Lishui people should be protected by us Lishui people. This is why I called everyone together today."
"Everyone knows that after my father discovered the iron ore vein, it was controlled by the three major chambers of commerce in the empire for a long time. It was not until I took over as the city lord that I formed a personal guard, and after an arduous struggle, I finally took it back.
Control of the vein.”
"Facts have proven that only if our fists are strong enough can we not be bullied by others, so we must continue to expand our power. Only in this way can we protect our families and keep our wealth."
"We in Lishui City not only have to protect what we already have, but our personal guards must also continue to fight against those nasty bandits and bandits until they are completely eliminated. Only in this way can we truly sit back and relax."
"Today, as the city lord, I hope that you can recruit troops in the area under your jurisdiction, but in fact, I hope that as a Lishui man like you, I can bring this unity to the people under your jurisdiction.
As long as we can work together as a team, our Lishui City will one day be among the main cities of the empire."
After a passionate speech, everyone present was moved by Gongsun Qi's passion and sincerity. The nobles in rich and colorful clothes stood up one after another and raised their arms and shouted together with Gongsun Qi on the podium.
Such a scene made Li Mu and the three of them stunned, especially Lin Qingzhu and Fang Yan, who were so moved by Gongsun Qi's speech that they almost couldn't help but stood up and shouted the slogan of Lishui City together.
"I still underestimated the Lord of Lishui City. Not only is he a politician, but he is also a natural speaker. This feels a bit like the dictator during World War II. With his sharp tongue, he...
To be able to make so many people fall in love with him."
Li Mu looked at the excited Lishui City nobles around him and couldn't help but have a new understanding of Gongsun Qi. Even in the 21st century, this guy is definitely a talent.
The recruitment speech ended with bursts of passionate shouts. These dignitaries all left the City Lord's Mansion with red faces. They must have returned to their respective areas and would work hard to persuade the people to join the ranks of the City Lord's Mansion's personal guards.
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Li Mu and the others did not stay in Gongsun Qi's residence for a long time. They exchanged a few words with the Lord of Lishui City and then said goodbye to him. Today's speech did not bring them any more clues, but made their doubts even more intense.
Sheng.
The three of them walked in the direction of Deyue Tower with questions. Li Mu looked back at the simple City Lord's Mansion. The indescribable strange feeling in his heart made him a little uncomfortable. He always felt that something would happen in Lishui City, but
At the moment, I am helpless.
After Gongsun Qi sent everyone away, he also dismissed all the followers and guards, and walked through the long corridor of the mansion alone. After confirming that there was no one around, he placed his palms on an ordinary stone wall.
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With a rumbling sound, a dark passage appeared in front of him, with stone stairs winding down with no end in sight.
Gongsun Qi did not hesitate, stepped forward, and got into the passage, and the stone wall returned to its original state.
It was near noon, but as Gongsun Qi disappeared, crows fell from the sky one after another and landed on the low branches next to the corridor.
Under the dazzling sunlight, this strange crow turned its dark eyes and looked around. The deserted courtyard was silent. This scene was really weird to the extreme.
However, none of Li Mu and the other two people who had gone away knew about this. Invisible clouds of doubt have already shrouded the sky over Lishui City.