Qi State, one of the four superpowers in the eastern part of the Shenyuan Continent. It has a population of hundreds of millions, many mountains and rivers, and abundant products. It is bordered by Pang Kingdom in the west, barbarian country in the south, and Wu Kingdom in the southwest. At the junction of the four countries, there is the Ten Nations Alliance, which is dominated by the Zhou State, which is the remnant of the original Great Zhou Dynasty.

The four-nation alliance with the ten-nation alliance is constantly at odds. Although the 10-nation alliance has many allies, the overall area is not much different from that of the four superpowers, and each country has its own characteristics. However, because it is an alliance and not a country alone, it is not classified as a superpower.

In the 714th year of the state of Qi, since the Taizu of Qi, wars have been continuously launched, making the state of Qi from the original subordinate state to one of the four superpowers of today. There are also nine subordinate states under the Qi State, and although the area is small, the people are fierce. Today, the lord of Qi is the sixty-ninth grandson of Taizu, who is eloquent and strategic, and has the style of an ancestor. However, after many years of fighting, the people were tired and did not want to fight again, so they agreed to the request of the nine vassal states, leaving only 50,000 garrisons in each country, and leaving nothing else. And the nine major subject states are also subordinate to Qi to the outside world, and pay tribute every year.

Rongdan City belongs to a small city in the southeast of Qi State, although it is a small city, it is also in charge of four counties and one city. The reason why Rongdan City is called a small city is mainly related to the system of the Qi State. 50,000 households in Qi are called county seats, and 200,000 households are called cities. The garrison in the city may not exceed 30,000 people, while the county town limit is even greater, not more than 8,000 people. This is mainly to prevent the county from developing too fast and threatening the development of the city.

However, this matter is an exception in Rongdan City. Although Rongdan City belongs to the Qi Kingdom, it is extended from the Baoling Mansion. Because it is adjacent to the Youcai Kingdom and Songchun Kingdom of the Nine Subject States to the west, and the Wind Dream Country, the smallest of the Nine Subject Kingdoms, is located in the south, and below the Wind Dream Country is another superpower, the Barbarian State.

Therefore, in the face of such an important position, the choice of its city owner is also very important. The first lord of the city was Jiang Yuliu, the head of the Jiang family, one of the original eight wang clans. He volunteered to go here, and because of his good ability, Emperor Qi agreed at that time. However, most of the Jiang family did not go with him, because as soon as they left Qidu, they were equivalent to staying away from the center of power, so they were reluctant. Facts proved that he was right, at that time, the Jiang family was involved in a major court case, killing and killing, exiled and exiled, except for Jiang Yuliu's branch, all of them were in the middle. The eight major clans in the capital have also become the seven major clans in the capital.

Although Rongdan City has few people, it has a wide area. However, because of the vast area and sparsely populated areas, things have become difficult. The actual number of households in Rongdan City is less than 150,000, and the garrison is less than 20,000. And the surrounding bandits, rogues, and water bandits are even more rampant, robbing and abusing everywhere. Several rounds of clean-up were fruitless, because as soon as they went out of the city to suppress the thieves, other thieves would be dispatched, and the garrison could not be separated, so many times it was unsuccessful. And this also led to bandits rampant in Rongdan City and its subordinate four counties, the public security was extremely poor, and the people were struggling to make a living, and fled from Rongdan City.

Fortunately, the head of the Jiang family's generation is gentle by nature, and he uses the method of paying a deposit in exchange for temporary stability. However, this matter was also opposed by most of the Jiang family, who thought that he was cowardly and incompetent, and wanted to replace him as the head of the family. And Jiang Fengcheng asked lightly, can you exterminate them? Let the others stop talking.

However, this matter is indeed beneficial, after paying the money, the number of times the bandits come to Rongdan City has become very rare, and they don't pay much attention to the other four counties, it should be that they have too little oil and water. However, the other four counties also secretly had ideas in their hearts.

Originally, it might have been like this, but something happened suddenly.

The city lord of Rongdan City, the head of the Jiang family, Jiang Fengcheng, died.

It died so suddenly, like when I was just talking to you, and then I left.

At this time, in the mourning hall of the City Lord's Mansion, the atmosphere was also very depressing. A group of Jiang family elders were muttering there, and other officials from Rongdan City also came, except for the county orders of Dongyou County, the other three county orders came. These are also a lot of discussions, each with its own thoughts. And all the focus is on the city lord's wife Bai and her son Jiang Jun in the center of the mourning hall.

Bai was so sad that she had already cried into tears and leaned on her son's shoulder. And his son Jiang Jun is still the same as before, his eyes are cloudy, and he looks stupid. So when other people saw him like that, they were more playful and pitiful, but they had little sympathy and pity. And Jiang Jun seemed to feel the gaze of the others, raised his head and smiled at them, but it made people feel a little more disgusted, because he still had a hala on his mouth.

What an idiot.

The reason why the city lord can become the city lord is because he is not only the son of the old city lord, but also the lord of the Jiang family in Rongdan City, and his talent is impeccable. But his son did not inherit half of his father's advantages, and after three years of birth, he began to be less talkative, and sometimes he would talk to himself stupidly and his eyes were dull. When he was six years old, he was lectured by his grandfather, who was still alive, and he never spoke again, and sometimes he was bullied on the street, even though he was the son of the lord of the city.

But what about being bullied? Do you want to go back and file a complaint? Who would believe what a fool says?

However, Jiang Jun didn't seem to care about anything, and he was still like that. And the only pure land is still the house in the south of the city. There was the man there who never looked at him in a strange light. He also liked to go there during the day, and it went on like this for ten years.

To get back to the point, the position of the city lord was originally inherited by the father and the son, but Jiang Jun is not a normal person, and the rest of the Jiang family also has men. And as a result, the cause of death of the former city lord Jiang Fengcheng has become less important.

When the time came, the clan elders and officials began to worship at the city lord's mourning hall.

Bai Shi also wiped away his tears and returned the salute one by one. Jiang Jun seemed to feel something, and he also nodded from his mother.

After the salute, everyone took their seats. The people who had something to do also left first, leaving only the Jiang family there. Those who have a heart also know that business is about to begin. But the atmosphere was very quiet, and no one spoke first.

For a long time, the four elders of the Jiang family, Jiang Jun's fourth grandfather, Jiang Dehei, began to speak first.

"I know what I want to say, the City Lord's Mansion can't be left without an owner for a day, and this is also something that Rong Dan City needs to solve urgently. But today is a special day, and what you want to say will be left in Maple City for seven days. When the time comes, something will be open to say. What do you guys think? ”

Although it is somewhat high-sounding, it is also irrefutable. At this time, the Great Elder of the Jiang Family also spoke. "Yes, of course, yes, but there is one more thing to add." When everyone heard this, they all looked at the Great Elder.

"The position of the head of the Jiang family has also been chosen!" When everyone heard this, their hearts suddenly beat wildly.

The position of the patriarch can directly decide the future direction of the Jiang family, giving priority to controlling finances, shipping, and the promotion of some officials. The city lord has to listen to the patriarch, because the city lord is also a member of the Jiang family. It would be better if he could serve as both the lord of the city and the patriarch. So everyone nodded. And Bai was still silent, and he didn't know what she thought. Jiang Jun is still like that, and no one cares about him.

So everyone said goodbye to the Bai clan and walked out of the mourning hall directly. At this time, only the two orphans and widows, Bai and Jiang Jun, were left in the mourning hall, and they did not see anyone else.

Bai couldn't hold back anymore and began to cry again.

"Fengcheng, why are you in such a hurry? Leave us here, you see your brothers and uncles, they will only bully us. After you left, you will keep our mother, you are so ruthless. What are we going to do next? Thinking about it, Bai cried even harder.

Suddenly, a warm pair of hands grabbed Bai's arm.

A gentle voice came.

"Mother, I'm still here!"