Yes!

Of course!

And there are a lot of them!

After all, in Yunlan City, there are four families, five major trading houses, and hundreds of various small nobles, wealthy craftsmen, and middle-class citizens.

Not to mention these NPCs who are dead or fleeing, just the good things left behind by the players in the city who haven't had time to evacuate are enough to make a small windfall.

"Scrape the ground and take all these things away."

Ning Yi gave such an order, and even did not hesitate to offend the local family and business guild for it.

In fact, this is mainly a matter of strength, the fists of the Dongyu Empire are relatively large and hard, and Ning Yi measured the toughness of his body bones, so he could only choose to give in.

But brother can't afford to offend a human empire, can't he offend a few lost dog-like snakes?

"But if you do that......"

Drizzle is the best player in the Immortal Guild except for Ning Yi, when almost everyone is happily preparing to scrape the ground, only she keeps her sanity and comes forward to persuade: "I'm afraid our support rate will drop." ”

The so-called support rate is naturally the support rate of the city lord.

Although the immortal trail has recovered Yunlan City, it is a territory under the rule of the Dongyu Empire, which was originally a fief of the Wu family, but it was recovered by the empire after Wu Qingyun launched a rebellion.

In this way, this land is a homeland, and even the players who occupy it cannot dispose of it at will.

If Ning Yi wants to take over the position of city lord, it is naturally not impossible, as long as he has the support of several major forces in the region.

After all, he is a meritorious man, and the empire has to appoint a city lord anyway.

"I know ......"

Ning Yi gave everyone a "I'm very sensible" look, and then said, "But I didn't plan to be this city lord." ”

After two successive wars and a massacre, the city was almost devastated, with a large number of buildings destroyed and the population emptied.

If Ning Yi chooses to become the city lord, then the advantages accumulated earlier will basically have to be filled in this big pit.

The cost of rebuilding the city alone can completely empty the treasury of the immortal trace, and it may not even be enough.

And now that the Frost Fortress is developing just right, it has formed a competitive relationship with Yunlan City, the so-called one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, how much Ning Yi can't think about it, so he will come here to dig a pit and jump down?

Moreover, Yunlan City is a direct territory of the empire after all, not a player's private territory, so would you rather spend your own money to build infrastructure for the public?

What kind of spirit is this?

It's not that the drizzle is stupid, she was just bluffed by the false name of the city lord, of course, if she becomes the city lord, the immortal trail is indeed profitable in the long run.

After all, the scale of Yunlan City is not small, and it is rich in mineral resources, so it is still profitable to occupy this pit.

But in Ning Yi's view, it is too cost-effective to do this, and it is not cost-effective.

However, Ning Yi couldn't look down on Yun Lancheng's pork hind leg meat with hard bones, but many people secretly targeted it.

That night, Cao Tai, who was haggard, came to the door in person.

The Cao family did not completely collapse in this disaster, and after Cao Qin left that day, he also brought Ning Yi's words back.

Cao Tai was the head of the family, and after weighing the pros and cons, he finally made a difficult decision to secretly withdraw the main force of the family from Yunlan City.

Sure enough, not long after, the disappeared Frost Sky Silence suddenly made a move and launched an attack on the City God Temple with the Corpse Wolf God.

Caught off guard, Wu Yi'an, the city god, did not bear it, resulting in the complete fall of Yunlan City later.

The Cao family is relatively lucky, although most of the property has been lost, the core of the family is still there. If the money is gone, it is possible to earn it back, but if the life is gone, everything will be over.

The four major families of Yunlan, the remaining three have been basically eliminated, the main vein is almost dead, and the rest are all members of the branch vein who have little strength, and it will be difficult to develop again.

This time, the identities and status of Ning Yi and Cao Tai were completely reversed.

Previously, Cao Tai was still the head of the family, a wealthy and powerful snake, and he had a garrison official position, so Ning Yi could only look up to him.

But now that the situation has changed with time, Ning Yi has become a viscount, and the flying dragon is in the sky, but the Cao family has encountered great disasters and fallen into the dust.

"I've seen Lord Viscount."

Cao Tai stood in front of Ning Yi and saluted him respectfully.

"Ha, they're all old friends, why does Lao Cao bother to see him like this?"

Ning Yi smiled and shouted Lao Cao, no longer the honorific title of "Lord Garrison" as before.

Different status, natural different titles, this is not poor and exquisite, but "if the name is not right, the word is not good".

Without figuring out each other's status and power, how will the next negotiations proceed?

Cao Tai is very knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and he doesn't say a word about the materials, most of the Cao family's wealth is trapped in the city, and now I'm afraid that it is being loaded and transported away by the players of the immortal traces.

"I know what you're here for."

Ning Yi raised his hand and stopped Cao Tai, who wanted to speak.

Cao Tai smiled bitterly when he heard this: "The eyes of adults are still so sharp. ”

Now, it is Cao Tai's turn to call Ning Yiyan "adult", and he even uses honorifics in his words.

"So, you should know my habits, let's get straight to the point, what price is the Cao family willing to pay for the position of city lord?"

Ning Yi asked with a smile.

If he wants to be the lord of the city, he also needs the support of other local forces.

But the Cao family is different, they themselves are the head snakes of the land, and they also have a very good relationship with the imperial side, and they have resisted the Corpse Wolf Sect before.

The reason for the failure is not the responsibility of the Cao family, but the pot of the king of the city lord.

Therefore, changing the Cao family to be the city lord is much simpler.

Cao Tai only needed a word from Ning Yi, a promise, to become the acting city lord before the arrival of the imperial army, and assist in disaster relief and reconstruction work.

As long as the position of acting city lord is confirmed, and when the imperial army comes, then the prefix of agent can naturally be removed.

Even an empire cannot ignore such a feat as the "Reconquista".

Otherwise, the empire will most likely continue to appoint a new lord to clean up the mess in order to balance the situation.

At that time, where is there anything going on with the Cao family?

After all, although the Cao family is not at fault, it has no credit.

Cao Tai was not verbose, and directly raised three fingers: "In the future, the black iron, refined iron and white steel in Yunlan City will account for thirty percent of the total output, this is the bottom line we can bear!" ”

30% of the total production!

Don't underestimate this value, you must know that half of the metal minerals produced in Yunlan City are to be supplied to the imperial military, so only half of them can be left.

And from this half, what the city lord can intercept, even if he scrapes the ground to death, he can get 4% at most, this is the limit!

After all, there are other NPC forces in the city!

Therefore, the price given by the Cao family is indeed the bottom line, and fortunately, the local forces in Yunlan City have decreased sharply, so Cao Tai can be so generous.

Ning Yi was very satisfied with this: "Lao Cao is cool enough, okay, I agreed to this condition." ”

If you continue to squeeze it, more surplus value will not be out of reach, but in that case, the Cao family will not be able to sit still.

Doing so is tantamount to killing chickens and taking eggs, so Ning Yi will accept it when he sees it, and even in order to be able to continue to obtain this rich benefit, he is even willing to give the Cao family some "investment".

Ning Yi called for a drizzle: "Drizzle, you set aside a piece of supplies from the warehouse and hand it to Cao Shoubei, this is the list." ”

The drizzle took a look at the list, and it was basically all building materials, weapons and armor, as well as food, the quantity was not a lot at all, with a total value of more than one million taels of silver.

Ning Yi pretended to smile generously: "This is a loan, and it has to be repaid, but we don't even have to pay interest to whoever we are." ”

Even if Cao Tai scolded Ning Yi's ancestors for eighteen generations in his heart, he still had to pretend to be grateful on his face.

Because the Cao family needs this resource.

The system did not return a hint of the increase in the prestige of the characters in the plot, and Ning Yi already understood what Cao Tai was thinking.

But what the weak think doesn't matter, Ning Yi thinks that he doesn't owe anything to the Cao family, and the original favor has already been repaid when he secretly reminded the Cao family.

And this "loan" is not blackmail, because it is an interest-free loan, no matter how you look at it, this resource can definitely help the Cao family sit firmly in the position of the city lord, which can be called a great favor.

However, Ning Yi didn't plan to let the other party return it, after all, the immortal trail also made excess profits from it.

The secret agreement between the Cao family and the immortal trail is unknown to the outside world, but everyone knows that the city lord of Yunlan City is actually not the president of the immortal trace!

How could it not be?

How could it not be!

"Hey, brother master, you're not a friend enough!"

The thousand-faced milk bottle was the first to come over to Ning Yi to complain: "You don't want to be this city lord, you can give it to me, can't I afford to pay this price?" ”

Ning Yi was amused by his funny appearance, and explained with a smile: "It's really not about money. ”

The thousand-faced bottle was depressed: "I don't believe it! ”

Ning Yi had no choice but to patiently talk about the door inside: "Do you think that the city lord is decided by me?" ”

Then he told the thousand face bottle why the Cao family was able to obtain the position of city lord, but the player could not replace it.

No matter how unwilling the thousand-faced milk bottle is, he is helpless against it, after all, he is not a local snake like the Cao family, and the prestige of the Dongyu Empire is not enough, even if he has the support of immortals, it is impossible to become the city lord.

Knowing the truth, tears fell from his eyes.

Is this a disdain from the system?

yes, yes!

"Oh, that's not right!"

The thousand-faced baby bottle quickly came back to his senses, and his eyes stared at Ning Yi: "I don't have this condition, but you have it, brother!" ”

In his opinion, the willingness to give up the position of a city lord is definitely not because Ning Yi is brainless.

The reason why people can lose sesame seeds must be because there is a watermelon waiting for someone to pick it up!

"Brother Master, what benefits did you get from the Cao family this time?"

Faced with the suspicious look of the thousand-faced milk bottle, Ning Yi was tight-lipped and denied it: "Alas, no matter what any benefit, it is all lost to grandma's family." ”

Where will the thousand-faced bottle be blinded by Ning Yi's acting skills now, and unceremoniously raised his middle finger: "Damn, you want to eat alone rhythm!" ”

Ning Yi smiled at this and said nothing, he couldn't just shout about the matter of emptying half of Yunlan City.

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that the land and buildings couldn't be taken away, the fairy trail wouldn't have even planned to leave a brick.