"I'm a little unsure. Lying on the bed, she elbowed her husband's lower back, and she suffered a little insomnia, even though she had just done intense exercise. It was her husband, who was probably asleep by this time.

There is no light in the room, and it takes money to light the lamp, whether it is an oil lamp or a lamp, and if it is lit for one second, you need to pay cash for that second of light. Therefore, at night in the city of Otis, especially after nine o'clock, there are basically few lights on in few places.

Her husband twisted his upper body and muttered, "What do you want to do without sleeping?", which had exhausted him from the work just now, though he enjoyed it. The only thing he wanted to do at the moment was to get some good sleep, and tomorrow morning he would continue to deal with the town hall staff who had persuaded them to move, and then he would have to see the mayor.

But then again, the new mayor is quite good at enjoying it, and the woman named Natalie is very good-looking, and if she can suppress such a woman, it will be worth it even if she dies.

"I said, aren't you really worried?", Daranmay's mind fluctuated, she always felt that it was a fool's act to blackmail the city hall and the developer by not moving, they were just ordinary citizens, they didn't have much money, they didn't have any big connections, and they didn't know a few big people. How many good ends can such ordinary citizens have if they go against the city hall and those developers?

Her husband was a little irritated by her, and couldn't help but say loudly: "What can such a big mayor do to us? We didn't steal or rob, we just didn't want to move, and he can still arrest us and send us to prison?", he couldn't help but sneer twice, "I heard that the city hall has collected a lot of money recently, and they issue licenses to smugglers, and each license requires a lot of money, and our requirements are not excessive, so why can't they meet us?"

"Don't think about it so much, go to bed first, and we'll know the result tomorrow. ”

Durin didn't hide his actions from anyone, and basically the entire city of Otis knew about his escort for the smugglers and the high taxes he charged, and some people thought it was okay to do it, while others thought it was wrong for him to do so. However, the small thoughts of the little citizens do not necessarily have to be known to Durin, and they discuss theirs, and life still has to go on as usual.

It's just that this demolition, some people are a little red staring at those taxes, and they can't help but want to share some of them.

In fact, the family's request is not much, 30 yuan per square meter, according to the capitation, it is three times more than the demolition cost of other people's homes. The extra money of these people who are unwilling to relocate is less than 100,000 yuan, which is really nothing compared to the tax revenue of 20,000 or 30,000 or 350,000 yuan left by each steam locomotive passing by.

But the problem is that this is the city of Otis, and the acting mayor is Doolin, who is a very particular person. He is willing to obey the rules of the higher levels even if he is not threatened, and he also expects everyone to follow the rules he has set. When his rules are made and someone wants to foul, it will definitely not work.

What's more, now he is not just a rich man, he is also a mayor, if he can take the initiative to break the rules he makes, who will listen to him in the future.

The next morning, Durin frowned and hung up the phone, the call was from the governor's office in the capital, Governor Harry was in a meeting, so it was up to someone else to convey Governor Harry's opinion. Next month, a week later, there will be a hearing in the Imperial Capital on the nature of contraband. Dühring's taxation of contraband and the issuance of tax clearance certificates aroused dissent from some cities and departments, who saw it as an act of trampling on the will of the Mags leaders.

But at the same time, with the support of Governor Harry, these contraband are being transported to various places in a bright way, which has caused a very bad impact on all places. Therefore, these people instigated the central department of the imperial capital, and a hearing will be held, requiring Du Lin to be present to explain the situation, and finally to determine whether his actions are legal and can be used elsewhere.

It's not good news, but it's also expected. Giving proof of duty payment to contraband and guaranteeing the safe transportation of these items is itself a red line. Of course, this is not particularly bad news, he thought that the Imperial Justice or the Chief Justice would tell him to stop his current actions, or that the leader of Mags would have a message to him to terminate his current "business". But what he didn't expect was a hearing, which shows that the attitude within the new party seems to be ambiguous, as long as it is not one-size-fits-all, there is always a chance.

He took out a cigarette and walked to the window, and was about to smoke one when he saw a crowd of people blocking the gate of the town hall, which annoyed him a little. He immediately picked up the phone and connected Natalie through the internal system, only to learn that the negotiation that was supposed to be arranged in the conference room was suddenly rejected by this group of people.

More than 20 households who were unwilling to relocate appeared outside the city hall, and the original plan was to communicate in the conference room in the city hall, but I don't know who led the way to connect these residents, so they had to give them an explanation in front of everyone outside the city hall, and they were unwilling to negotiate in the city hall. Regardless of the man's purpose, this behavior itself was very disgusting to Durin, so his face was not so good when he appeared outside the gate of the town hall.

Glancing at the onlookers around him, Du Lin swept over the faces of those people in front of him, and he shook his head slightly, "I don't know why you have to negotiate with me, and I also know why you don't want to relocate, what I want to say is that there is no room for negotiation in all this!"

Natalie, who came out with Durin, was a little dumbfounded, and then panicked, if these difficult citizens made a fuss, it would be a troublesome matter. What's more, she also noticed a detail, behind these people, there were reporters who didn't exist in Otis City, maybe someone was planning some conspiracy behind them. Once Doolin and the group clash, it turns into a scandal regardless of who wins or loses.

Scandals are always the most feared thing for politicians, because the harm of this thing can be big or small, and the key depends on how and when to use it. If one day Doolin were to run for governor or even a higher New Party cadre, the scandal would be enough to defeat him.

"Mayor doesn't mean that......", when she saw that the eyes of those difficult people became fierce, Natalie immediately blocked in front of Durin and wanted to explain something, but in the next second, Durin pressed one hand on her shoulder and pushed her aside.

She watched dumbfounded as Durin walked less than three meters away from the crowd, and even the two sides only needed to take a step forward to touch each other, and Durin still had that calm look on his face. He looked at the men like a disobedient lamb in the sheepfold.

"When I came to Otis City, it was actually less than a month, and it was as desolate as the desert of the west, and there was not even a single car in sight on the street. This sentence did not lie, many onlookers also nodded in agreement, he snorted lightly, and said: "But look at the present, not only have many cars appeared on the streets, but the whole city has begun to change for the better. ”

"There are construction sites everywhere, there are busy scenes everywhere, I want to make this city a pearl in the middle of the empire, but what are you people doing?", he actually walked straight into the crowd, raised his hand and pushed the man standing first aside, "You wastes not only don't know how to contribute to the city, but also want to suck blood on the body of the city construction?"

"I tell you everyone here, everyone who tries to drag down the development of this city, drag down the rise of this city......", he pushed several guys away and walked up to a young man in the crowd, "I will not compromise, this is your city, and it is my city." You can break my rules, but you have to have the courage to bear the consequences of breaking them. ”

Just now Durin noticed that several people had looked at this young man as he spoke, which gave him a feeling that this young man was the messenger of the Lord. At this time, he raised his chin slightly, and looked at the young man with an extraordinarily calm look, "You are against the whole city!"

The young man looked twenty-four or five years old, with brown hair and a clean look, not like a manual laborer. He smiled, without the slightest nervousness, "Mayor Doolin, as you said, this is the city of Otis, and you are just an outsider. Do you want to change the city, have you ever asked the people who live in the city if they really want to change?"

"You can only represent the opinion of the town hall, but not the whole city!"

The young man's words were very affirmative, which made Du Lin's eyes change slightly, "Who are you?"

"Me?", the young man shrugged his shoulders with his hands outstretched, and he looked around, his gaze finally converging on Durin's face. "I'm just an ordinary citizen of Otis City, but I can't get used to the way you hurt our interests, but it seems to be for us. ”

"At the same time, I am also a person who dares to tell the truth!"

The young man had dispersed all the people around him who were reluctant to move, and more people had gathered farther away, and only the two of them were still standing in the middle of the crowd. He took a few steps back and forth and said, "I know you, Mr. Doolin, the biggest smuggler on the east coast of the empire, am I not wrong about that?"