Two days later, in the middle of the night, Meng Chen was suspended above the inner city, quietly watching the changes of the evil moon.

I saw that wisps of white lines began to spread on the surface of the moon.

"Great! The Evil Moon is over! ”

There was a commotion on the west side of the inner city area, which was the cheers of the villagers of Antler Village.

A smile appeared on the corner of Meng Chen's mouth, "Tomorrow is the first day of the new year, and it's time to hold a New Year's celebration again!" ”

The next day, the residents and soldiers of the City of Hope began to prepare for the celebration of the founding of the city.

Unlike last year, the time of this year's city founding celebration was set by Meng Chen after the sun went down.

Two days ago, the lighting system and the city guard system were built, and after two days of trial operation, Meng Chen was very satisfied with the cleaning effect of the city guard system.

In order to avoid attracting the attention of the monsters, the lighting system is not in operation during the Evil Moon.

Taking advantage of this celebration of the founding of the city, it is just the right time to test the effect of the lighting system.

Walking slowly out of the city hall, Meng Chen patrolled the inner city area.

Although the founding celebration has only just begun in the evening, the City of Hope is already in a festive mood.

The entire inner city area is lit up with the flag of the City of Hope fluttering everywhere.

The walls surrounding the old inner city have long since been demolished, while the moat outside the walls has been preserved and transformed into a beautiful river landscape.

Walking on the wide and neat stone road, Meng Chen felt a sense of accomplishment in his heart, "This is my city!" ”

Airplanes~!

A slight humming sound sounded, and a half-human-high metal cylinder slowly drove past Meng Chen, sweeping away the dust from the ground by the way.

This metal cylinder, which looks like a robot, is actually a garbage collector for the city guard system.

The one-square-kilometre inner city area has nearly 100 garbage collectors.

All it takes is a small amount of Pure Mana or Gold to clean the city automatically.

More than an hour later, Meng Chen left the west gate and came to the temporary camp in Lujiao Village.

At this time, the villagers were packing their bags and seemed to be preparing to leave for Lujiao Village.

"City Lord Meng, the evil moon period has passed, and we plan to leave tomorrow. Thank you City Lord Meng for taking you in! Mi Chang bowed and thanked.

Meng Chen smiled and said, "Village Chief Mi doesn't need to be so polite! Tonight, the City of Hope will hold a celebration for the founding of the city, I wonder if the village chief and the village elders would like to participate? ”

"Celebration? Can I participate? Mi Chang said with joy on his face.

Meng Chen nodded and said, "Of course!" ”

"Hahaha! Thank you City Lord Meng, we will definitely go to the appointment! Mi Chang laughed.

In fact, not only the ordinary villagers of Lujiao Village, Mi Chang and the village elders are also full of curiosity about the City of Hope.

Now that he has the opportunity to enter the City of Hope, Mi Chang and the village elders will naturally not refuse.

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It was approaching evening and the sky was getting darker.

The celebration of the founding of the City of Hope has finally begun!

The main venue of this celebration is set up on the outside of the moat.

Thousands of exquisite dining tables are neatly arranged in the venue.

Standing on the steps of the city hall, Meng Chen called softly: "Lighting system, turn on!" ”

With Meng Chen's order, three thousand magic lamps in the inner city area emitted a bright white light at the same time, illuminating the night sky of the entire City of Hope.

Most of these 3,000 magic lamps converge along the roads and near important buildings.

In particular, the 100-meter radius of the town hall is illuminated by hundreds of magic lights.

"For every hour the lighting system is turned on, it consumes 10 drops of Pure Mana. That's not a lot of energy! Meng Chen said secretly in his heart.

When Mi Chang, Mi Yang and others walked into the City of Hope, they were immediately stunned by the scene in front of them.

"Daddy, what are these glowing balls?" Mi Lan asked curiously.

"Uh...... Maybe it's the pearl of the night. Mi Yang replied uncertainly.

"The Pearl of the Night? Is there such a big pearl in the night? And that's too much, right? Mi Lan looked incredulous.

"You little girl, why are there so many problems? Don't collide with City Lord Meng later, he is the great benefactor of our Deer Horn Village! Mi Yang pretended to be stern and said.

"Oh!"

Mi Lan pretended to be obedient and nodded, but said secretly in her heart: "I heard that City Lord Meng is the Boss Huo who sells cloth......

The reason why Mi Yang and Mi Lan were able to participate in the celebration was, of course, because they received Meng Chen's invitation.

Under the leadership of a team of soldiers, Mi Chang, Mi Yang and others walked along the main road and went straight to the celebration venue area.

The gorgeous city buildings along the way, illuminated by magic lamps, amazed the people of Antler Village.

"If you can live here, even if you lose ten years of life, you will be willing!" A village elder sighed.

"That's right! The old man once went to Wumeng City, and Wumeng City is not as good as the City of Hope in other aspects except for its relatively large area! Another village elder responded to the road.

Listening carefully to the words of the village elders, a trace of confusion flashed in Mi Chang's eyes.

When everyone from Antlers Village arrived at the venue, the residents of the City of Hope also took their seats.

The banquet scene of more than 9,000 people once again made Mi Chang and others sigh.

As the foreign guests of this celebration, the people of Lujiao Village were arranged in seats not far from Meng Chen.

Mi Chang and the others sat around a dining table, looking at the dozens of dishes and drinks on the table, and immediately exclaimed: "It's too extravagant!" What a luxury! ”

If there were only a few dishes on the table, Mi Chang and the others would feel that Meng Chen was supporting the scene.

Nowadays, thousands of tables are like this, so that Mi Chang and others can only envy the wealth of the City of Hope.

When the banquet officially began, Meng Chen raised his glass and shouted, "Cheers for a bright future!" ”

All the residents of the City of Hope present raised their glasses and shouted in unison: "Cheers to a better future!" ”

Although they couldn't understand the language of the Federation, Mi Chang and the others also smiled and drank all the wine in the cup.

Looking at Meng Chen, who was being watched by countless people, Mi Lan pouted and pretended to be disdainful: "What's the big deal?" Isn't it just a big liar? ”

After three rounds of drinking, the atmosphere of the banquet gradually became enthusiastic, and everyone was enjoying the food and the joyful atmosphere of the festival.

At this time, Meng Chen was in pain and happy!

Due to several no-shows, at this city-building celebration banquet, Ellie led her deputy Doris to sit next to Meng Chen on the left and right.

Ellie held Meng Chen's left arm with both hands, her full chest pressed against Meng Chen's left shoulder, and she exhaled like a blue road close to Meng Chen's ear: "Lord Lord, can you leave early this time!" …… Sister Doris, you should also take a good look at the lord! Otherwise, the accounts for the next week will be left to you! ”

"Okay, Sister Ellie!"

Doris was not as bold as Ellie, but with a pair of cool jade hands, she tightly held Meng Chen's right palm.

"Uh...... Ellie, Doris, how are you going to let me eat like this? Meng Chen said with a wry smile on his face.

"Whatever the lord wants to eat, Ellie can get it for you!" Ellie pursed her lips and smiled.

Doris picked up the wine glass and brought it to Meng Chen's mouth, and said in Ellie's tone: "Whatever the lord wants to drink, Doris can also help you get it!" ”

When Ellie heard this, she immediately glanced at Doris appreciatively.

For a while, Meng Chen was caught between the two beauties, how could others understand the sour feeling in his heart?

And Alfred, Chris and others seemed to understand Ellie's good intentions, and found an excuse to leave with a smile.

Less than half an hour had passed, and under the "service" of Ellie and Doris, Meng Chen had drunk at least ten glasses of wine in a row.

Meng Chen, who was not very strong in alcohol, suddenly felt like the world was spinning.

Just as Ellie was about to take advantage of the victory to pursue, Mi Chang, the village chief of Lujiao Village, came to Meng Chen's seat with a wine glass and an uncertain expression.

Finding that Meng Chen was entangled by the two beauties, Mi Chang showed a young and really good expression, and then prepared to turn around and return to his seat.

Meng Chen, who was already anxious, could not easily let go of this opportunity.

Meng Chen immediately shouted Mi Chang: "Mi Village Chief, I don't know what to do with Meng?" ”

Looking at Ellie and Doris, Mi Chang showed hesitation, "This ......"

In front of outsiders, of course, Ellie was embarrassed to continue pestering, glared at Mi Chang fiercely, and sullenly loosened the "clamp" on Meng Chen.

After Ellie took the initiative to retreat, Doris naturally did not dare to be presumptuous, and let go of the jade hand that was holding Meng Chen's right palm.

The two beauties left suddenly, Meng Chen suddenly felt a sense of loss, and scolded secretly in his heart: "I am really a slut!" ”

"Ahem!"

Meng Chen coughed, straightened his appearance, and smiled at Mi Chang: "Mi Village Chief, please speak up if you have something to say!" ”

After pondering for a moment, Mi Chang said tentatively: "City Lord Meng, Antler Village is willing to become a vassal of the City of Hope, I wonder if the City of Hope can hold a military election in Antler Village?" ”

The so-called martial arts selection is actually one of the means used by the three major sects of Wumeng City to select martial arts seeds in each subordinate vassal village.

According to the rules set by Wumeng City, the vassal village needs to pay 30% of the total income of the village to the sect to which it belongs.

The sect to which it belongs will hold military elections in the vassal villages, and conditionally help the vassal villages to eliminate the fierce beasts.

Meng Chen thought for a while, shook his head and refused: "The City of Hope is not convenient to accept outsiders for the time being!" ”

In fact, if Meng Chen had a dark-hearted heart, he could have agreed to Mi Chang's vassal request openly, and then judged that all the children in Lujiao Village were unqualified in the military selection.

The Blood Refining Sect in Wumeng City often did this kind of thing, and many vassal villages had no children to pass the martial arts election for several years.

Mi Chang's face suddenly darkened, and he sighed and said, "Thank you City Lord Meng for telling me bluntly, it is indeed old and delusional!" ”

Just as Mi Chang was about to leave with a dejected face, Meng Chen suddenly asked, "Mi Village Chief, I wonder if Deer Horn Village is willing to accept the employment of the City of Hope?" ”

"Employment? What does this mean? Mi Chang said with a puzzled face.

Meng Chen smiled: "To put it simply, the City of Hope uses gold knife coins, or food, weapons and other materials to hire the young people of Lujiao Village to work. Mi Cunzi rest assured, Meng is not a stingy person, and the reward given is very generous! Every young man in Antler Village who works for a month for the City of Hope can get three stone of food, or the equivalent of knife coins and supplies. ”

There are more than 2,600 people in Lujiao Village, of which about 40% are young and strong.

Note: The main reason for such a high proportion of young and strong people in villages in southern Xinjiang is that very few people live to old age. Most of the villagers who have successfully lived to old age are qualified to become village elders.

If the young and strong labor force of Antler Village can be used by the City of Hope, it is enough to develop two mining bases.

"Three stone of grain a month?" Mi Chang showed a hint of joy.

The harvest of a young man planting a season of grain is only about three stones, and Meng Chen's reward of three stones a month is enough to make Mi Chang's heart move.

Mi Chang hurriedly asked, "How many young men does City Lord Meng need?" ”

Meng Chen grinned and said, "All the young men of Antler Village! If the number is too small, Meng is still unwilling to accept it! ”

"What?" Mi Chang was shocked.

After thinking about it for a long time, Mi Chang still reluctantly refused, "City Lord Meng, it is impossible for Lujiao Village to let too many young people accept employment, otherwise the old and weak women and children in Lujiao Village will be in danger." ”

Meng Chen nodded and said, "The concerns of the village chief Mi, Meng can understand. ”

Seeing that Meng Chen was not forced, Mi Chang breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

At this time, Meng Chen asked, "Does Village Chief Mi think Dilong Valley is safe?" ”

Mi Chang looked stunned for a moment, and replied: "There is a promising town guard in Dilong Valley, of course it is very safe!" ”

Meng Chen said with a smile: "The village chief is worried about the safety of the old and weak women and children, and Meng can set aside a piece of land in Dilong Valley for the old and weak women and children in Lujiao Village to live in." And Meng also allows you to farm in Dilong Valley, provided that you need to pay 30% of the cultivation harvest as a tax. ”

"Is this true?" Mi Chang's eyes widened suddenly.

Meng Chen smiled slightly and said, "Of course it's true!" ”

Mi Chang said with a happy face: "City Lord Meng, the old man agrees to accept the employment of the City of Hope!" ”