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 conscription speech is held every three months in Lishui City, but why it is only held for the nobles in the city has to start from the unique system of Lishui City.

First of all, the power of Lishui City is highly centralized, and it is almost completely in the hands of the City Lord's Mansion, after all, the main economic source of Lishui City is the refined iron ore vein, and the control of the ore vein is the Lishui City Lord and his personal guards.

After Gongsun Qi took over as the city lord, he also knew that he would not be able to manage this increasingly wealthy city by himself, so he came up with a unique system suitable for Lishui City.

This system was called the Dingtian contract system by Gongsun Qi, and simply put, it divided all the areas in the city.

Then the wealth generated by the labor of the people in the area is redistributed by the region, and all other public resources, such as jobs in the iron ore mines, the use of land in the area, and the permission to cultivate livestock and so on, will also be distributed to the people in the area.

The one who controls the distribution of wealth and resources in the region is the position known as Ding Tian Chang, and most of these important positions are held by nobles in today's Lishui City.

In other words, these upper-class nobles present today fundamentally control the wealth, labor, and all aspects of life of the people throughout the whole process, and their power comes from the city lord Gongsun Qi.

It seems that power is decentralized and decentralized, but in fact, this Cangyun Empire's unique special system efficiently and effectively ensures the implementation of the city lord's orders and the concentration of power.

At this time, Gongsun Qi sat on the pulpit, his extremely handsome appearance and the momentum cultivated in a high position soon made this suspended terrace his home field, and even Li Mu had to admit in his heart that this city lord was indeed a dragon and phoenix among people.

"All of you here are the mainstay of our Lishui City, and the achievements of Lishui City today are inseparable from your dedication and efforts, as the city lord, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. ”

Gongsun Qi's opening remarks were a little special, not to give orders from above, but to sincerely thank the nobles present, if it weren't for Li Mu's habit of listening to some high-sounding speeches in his previous life, maybe he would really applaud the city lord.

"However, you also know that the key to the wealth of Lishui City is the refined iron ore vein, and it can be said that without the existence of the refined iron ore field, then everything you have will no longer exist. ”

"But the puff is not guilty, the wall is guilty, ladies and gentlemen, this iron mine has brought us wealth, and likewise there are countless people who covet it. ”

"The geographical location of our Lishui City is already remote, surrounded by mountains, bandits and robbers are extremely rampant, and relying on the imperial garrison alone is obviously far from enough. ”

"Moreover, the wealth of our Lishui people should be guarded by our Lishui people, which is why I gathered everyone today. ”

"As everyone knows, after my father discovered the refined iron vein, it was controlled by the three major chambers of commerce of the empire for a long time, until I took over as the city lord and formed a personal guard, and after a hard struggle, I finally regained control of the vein. ”

"It has been proven that only if our fists are strong enough can we not be bullied by others, so we must continue to expand our strength, only in this way can we protect our families and keep our wealth. ”

"Not only do we have to protect what we already have, but our guards will continue to crusade against those hateful bandits and robbers until they are completely eliminated, only then 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 person like you, I will bring this unity to the people under your jurisdiction, as long as we can twist into a rope, 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 enthusiasm and sincerity, and the nobles in brocade clothes stood up one after another, raising their arms and shouting with Gongsun Qi on the pulpit.

Such a scene made Li Mu and the three of them dumbfounded, especially Lin Qingzhu and Fang Yan, who were also moved by Gongsun Qi's speech, and almost stood up without holding back and shouted the slogan of Lishui City together.

"I still underestimate this Lishui City Lord, not only is he a politician, but he is also a natural orator, how does this feel a bit like the dictator in World War II, with a three-inch tongue, he can make so many people die for him. ”

Li Mu looked at the exuberant nobles of Lishui City around him, and couldn't help but have a new understanding of this Gongsun Qi, even if this guy is placed in the twenty-first century, he is definitely a talent.

This conscription speech ended in a roar of shouts, and these dignitaries all left the City Lord's Mansion with red faces, presumably returning to their respective areas, they would definitely try their best to persuade the people to join the ranks of the City Lord's Mansion's personal guards.

Li Mu and the others did not stay in Gongsun Qi's mansion for a long time, and said goodbye to the Lishui City Lord after a few words of greeting, today's speech did not bring them more clues, but made the doubts in their hearts even stronger.

The three of them walked in the direction of Deyue Tower with questions, Li Mu looked back at this simple city lord's mansion, the indescribable weirdness in his heart made him a little uncomfortable, he always felt that something would happen in this Lishui City, but he was helpless at the moment.

After sending everyone away, Gongsun Qi also withdrew all his entourage and guards, walked through the long corridor of the mansion alone, and after confirming that there was no one around, he put his palm on an ordinary stone wall.

With a rumbling sound, a dark passage appeared before him, and a staircase made of stone snaked down with no end in sight.

Gongsun Qi did not hesitate, stepped out, and the whole person got into the passage, and the stone wall was restored to its original state.

It was close to noon, but as Gongsun Qi disappeared, crows fell from the sky and landed on the branches of the trees next to the corridor.

Under the dazzling sunlight, the strange crow turned its dark eyes, looked around, and the empty courtyard was silent, this scene was really weird to the extreme.

And these, Li Mu and the three people who went away, did not know, and the invisible cloud of doubt was already shrouded in the sky above Lishui City.