Hyun Cheongseong.

In the Hundred Cities Alliance, it is located on the edge and is an inconspicuous small city.

With a population of more than 800,000 and an average level of economic development, the characteristic industry is the dried fruit processing industry, and nearly 10,000 tons of dried fruit snacks are exported every year.

Due to the low added value of dried fruits, other industries cannot develop, so they belong to the bottom role in the Hundred Cities Alliance.

Although he is not rich enough, Bai Tao, the lord of Hyunqing City, is sincere and frank, generous and loves the people, and is chivalrous and fair.

Under Bai Tao's governance, Hyun Qingcheng has a high per capita happiness index.

Coupled with the rapid economic development in the past ten years, the days have changed year by year, Bai Tao's prestige is higher, and he is more sincerely supported by the people of the city.

However, at this time, there was a fierce quarrel taking place in the Mansion of the City Lord of Hyun Qing City.

The object of the quarrel was also surprising, it was the city lord Bai Tao, who was quarreling with his son Bai Ze and daughter Bai Xue.

It was very noisy and very loud.

"Father, hurry up and join the Wancheng Kingdom, it won't hurt us much to join the country, you are still your city lord, no one will take your city!"

"Father, Hyunqing City is the last city-state that has not yet joined the country, and the other 109 cities have all joined, what are you still insisting on?"

Bai Tao looked at his son and daughter, wearing the uniform of the senior students of the "Daxian Academy", knowing that his children had been completely assimilated by the Ten Thousand Vehicles Kingdom, and his position was different from his own, and he deliberately asked for leave from school, went home to persuade himself, and joined the Ten Thousand Vehicles Kingdom, and the truth he said made him irrefutable.

But......

Once you join the Wancheng Kingdom, some things that belong to Hyun Qingcheng will be completely lost.

Even if this little thing is not of much value in the eyes of his son and daughter, it is really inseparable for him.

Can a little freedom be called freedom?

"Father, if you don't join, do you know what the consequences of waiting for Hyun Qingcheng are? Blockade, suppression, then warning, and finally army suppression, our little Hyun Qingcheng is impossible to resist, even your life will be in danger. ”

Son Bai Ze said in a worried and anxious tone.

"Father, have you read all the "Zhenlin Daily" in the last few months? What happened to those city-states that refused to join the Wancheng Kingdom? The controlling family of the nine cities was overthrown by the other families, and these nine families were almost wiped out. ”

"There are also thirteen city-states control families, under the blockade, they can't bear the loss, and finally choose to compromise. ”

"There are also seven families who have been exterminated by the Wehrmacht on charges of financing thieves, destroying trade routes, wantonly raising road taxes, and killing merchants who have passed through the mirror...... The evidence is conclusive and sufficient, they were exterminated, and the people of the country were so happy that they applauded and applauded...... No one sympathizes with them. ”

Bai Ze looked at him and said, "Father, now there is only one city left! Everyone's eyes are looking at us, and many newspapers are also speculating, what will the state do with Hyun Qingcheng?"

"Father, don't insist on it senselessly, you won't lose anything by joining the country, we can also find a loan from the state, build a bluestone brick factory, and earn more spirit coins, isn't it better?"

"Yes, father, you are old, for the sake of the family, don't be confused!"

Daughter Bai Xue also walked over and said.

"No!"

"Don't join!"

Bai Tao shook his head firmly, "Hyun Qingcheng is doing well, we don't need to join the country, and we don't need to earn so many spirit coins, we are very satisfied with our current life." ”

"Hyun Qingcheng, there is no need to change, there is no need to be controlled!"

Bai Tao's slightly cloudy eyes were full of uncompromising light.

Bai Ze and Bai Xue looked at each other, their faces full of disappointment.

Old man, there is really no help.

They even came up with the idea of knocking the old man unconscious, gathering the clan elders, and passing a resolution to join the Wancheng Kingdom, so as not to let him lead the family to a dead end.

But—

Looking at the half of the white hair on his rickety back, and his unhurried and firm steps, the two of them finally failed to get that hand.

Everyone was nervous.

Countless people are speculating behind their backs: What will be the fate that awaits Hyun Qingcheng?

So, half a year passed.

It was calm and nothing happened.

Even those who spent the day in anxiety were stunned, and their hearts were full of questions: What is wrong with the country?

Why haven't you done anything to Hyun Qingcheng yet?

Have you forgotten about this city?

The last city-state that didn't join the country, and just leave it alone?

"Head of the country, why don't you annex that Hyunqing City, what are you doing with that city, how much is it an eyesore?"

Vice Head of State Yang Linkong came over to ask this question that day, and he didn't understand what the head of state did.

Zhou Ming cupped his forehead, shook his head and said, "It's not that I want to keep it, it's that I really can't find an excuse to annex them." ”

Excuse?

What excuse do you need to annex a small city with a population of 800,000?

What excuse do you want for the strong to swallow up the weak?

Yang Linkong didn't understand what the head of the country's brain circuit was thinking.

Zhou Ming had to explain to him.

"Hyunqing City is different from other uncooperative city-states, this city-state, the Bai family is absolutely dominant, and the other families are very weak, and the strategy of devouring the tiger will not work. ”

"The Bai family's public support is very high, and the people regard their city lord as a good person and a saint, and the people's hearts are like a strong wall, and we can't find any loopholes. ”

"Such a city-state, even if we use strong means to annex it, the people's will will not return, and it will be a big trouble to manage in the future, and it will even become more and more chaotic, and it will also affect the reputation of the central government, and the side effects are very big, because this is a move without 'Tao'. ”

"Don't ignore the role of 'Dao', the other 29 city-states, the reason why we can easily take them, and people have nothing to say, is because we occupy morality and win the hearts of the people. ”

"If these city-states can be like Hyun Qing City, the city lord is benevolent and generous, merciful and weak, so that the atmosphere in the territory is simple and everyone is friendly, instead of being arrogant and extravagant, enslaving the bottom, relying on the strong and bullying the weak everywhere, and governing the city-state like hell on earth, how can it not be crossed at the touch of a button and easily perished?"

"Therefore, the city-state of Hyunqing City should be kept, if their people's hearts and morals are still there, we will not touch it and give them complete freedom. ”

"If one day in the future, Hyun Qingcheng loses the hearts and morals of the people, and we will take back their freedom. ”

Yang Linkong nodded, these words of the head of the country do have some truth, and if you can't find a reason or excuse to do it, you will only suffer from indigestion if you blatantly annex it.

Moreover, Hyunqing City is located in a remote area, does not have much economic influence, and its location and role are not critical, and it has little impact on the whole.

So, for the time being, don't worry about Hyun Qingcheng.

As a result, this small Hyunqing City has become a very unique free city in the country of Wancheng, enjoying complete freedom and existing for a long time.