Chapter 270: The Hand of Darkness Begins to Work
"That's strange, with such a big force, you only brought 0.4 tons of blue ore, and there is not even red ore, and there is only so much manpower." The manager looked at Jiang Feng and Guo Jia suspiciously.
"That's right, I've done a survey of the topography of Wangcheng, and Wangcheng has almost no mineral vein resources, and the blue ore collected from other places has basically been consumed on the city wall. However, Wangcheng's blue ore inventory should reach 1.5 tons next month, so that the missing part of this month can be made up. Guo Jia replied very calmly.
"That's still a little less, if the blue mine is really not enough, let's use manpower and other resources to make it up. In short, I am very dissatisfied with your amount, and if the amount of tax revenue in Wangcheng does not meet my expectations next month, I will change the messenger to Wangcheng. There was some threat in the administration's words.
"Understood, I'll do my best."
"Well, okay, then let's talk about the amount of taxes collected in Jingzhou City."
The chief executive, Kai Kai, talked about it and enjoyed it. He was not satisfied with the contributions made by almost every major power, but he did not speak ill of the representatives of the forces, but specifically counted the emissaries in charge of that power.
This trick is called killing chickens and setting an example for monkeys, and by counting the envoys of the forces, the message is conveyed to the representatives of the forces in disguise: The amount you give is too small, and you will make up for it next month.
Jiang Feng noticed that basically, the expressions on the faces of the representatives of the big forces were not very good-looking, and they all looked more or less dissatisfied. But there are also many representatives of the forces who are happy, and they may feel that it is worth spending some resources to buy peace.
These representatives of the forces that are very satisfied are basically some small forces, because the small forces are facing the threat of being annexed at any time, and the imperial capital happens to be their backer.
The resources supplied to the imperial capital are the protection fee. For example, if a certain county magistrate's power is beaten by other county magistrates, he will report to the royal court and ask the imperial capital to send someone to administer justice.
Not to mention that the Imperial Metropolis would not really send people, but at least it gave them a psychological comfort.
If you want to find a backer, of course, you must find the biggest backer, this is human nature.
I have to say that the high-level officials of the imperial capital played this trick very cleverly, and they used the authority of the king and the rule of the empire to justifiably circle money and resources.
And everyone dares to be angry but dare not speak, no one wants to be a bird, and they don't want to be accused of being a rebellious minister and thief.
Jiang Feng could conclude that sooner or later, the big forces would not be able to stand being exploited and rebel against the imperial capital, it was only a matter of time or time. And the high-level leaders of the imperial capital are also ready, and it is estimated that their idea is to delay time as much as possible and drag down the big forces.
The longer it drags on, the stronger the imperial capital will be.
If Jiang Feng wants to advance the time, his breakthrough is still the king.
Jiang Feng must find a way to get close to the king and understand the king's situation, if it can be proved that the king was blackmailed, then the real rebels and thieves are not the various forces of the Yanhuang Kingdom, but those high-level leaders of the Snow Country who are pretending.
At that time, the capable forces of the Yan and Huang Kingdom will unite against the imperial capital and overthrow the rule of this puppet government.
During Jiang Feng's meeting, Tianpeng, who was originally seated in the deputy hall, winked at Xin Soul.
Xin Soul understood what Tianpeng meant and nodded to him.
Immediately, Tianpeng stood up and planned to leave.
Jiang Wei was a little curious and asked, "Where are you going?" ”
"I'm not going anywhere, I'm just going to the toilet, you just sit here and don't move."
After Tianpeng finished speaking, he left his seat, and the nearby staff saw Tianpeng and stepped forward to ask, "Do you have anything to do?" ”
"I want to go to the toilet, where is the toilet?"
"You go out through the small door over there," the staff member pointed to a door not far away, "and then go down the hallway to the end and turn right." ”
"Okay, thanks." Tianpeng smiled, and then walked straight out of the small door.
When Tianpeng came to the corridor, he pretended to walk forward, but out of the corner of his eye, he stole a glance around and at the top.
I don't know if it's for the sake of beauty, there is no monitoring around the corridor, and Tianpeng is relieved.
Of course, Tianpeng's purpose this time was not to simply go to the toilet, but to familiarize himself with the internal structure of Xuanyuan Palace, and it was best to find the king's usual office.
Because he didn't see any surveillance, Tianpeng stopped being cautious and began to wander around.
Twenty minutes later, Tianpeng stood next to the statue of a girl with a broken arm, touching her bald head, full of sorrow.
Assi, it seems to be lost.
Jiang Wei, who was sitting in the auxiliary hall, was very puzzled: "Why hasn't the bald head come back yet?" ”
Xin Soul also felt weird, and thought: Could it be that Xuanyuan Palace is too big and lost? This idiot.
Li Ming said to Xin Soul next to him: "Why don't you go find Tianpeng." ”
"Hmm."
After Xin Soul got up, he also went out of the small door under the pretext of going to the toilet and began the "journey" to find Tianpeng.
Twenty minutes later, Xin Soul stood next to a pool of dragons playing with pearls, touching his head, full of sorrow.
, I seem to be lost too.
Li Ming, who was sitting in the auxiliary hall, had a black line on his face, and thought: Two big men, won't they all get lost?
Jiang Wei pulled Li Ming with her little hands, and rested her head on her arm.
"Sister, it's so boring."
"The meeting is almost over." Li Ming touched Jiang Wei's head.
"How long will it take?"
"Half an hour, don't you have a mobile phone? You can play mini-games. ”
"Oh, okay." Jiang Wei took out her mobile phone.
Half an hour later, the meeting in the main hall ended, and the group walked out one after another.
Li Ming looked at Jiang Feng and Cui Wei walking side by side from a distance, and they were also very close, and he felt very uncomfortable.
Jiang Wei pounced after seeing Cui Wei, and Li Ming also greeted Jiang Feng, hugged his arm, and pulled him over a little, not letting him get too close to Cui Wei.
Seeing Li Ming taking the initiative, Jiang Feng's heart was full of joy. However, at the same time, Jiang Feng could also feel the implication of Li Ming's action, and she didn't want to get too close to Cui Wei.
Jiang Feng saw that Tianpeng and Xin Soul were not there, and he was a little puzzled: "What about the two of them?" ”
"I don't know, maybe I'm lost." Li Ming replied.
"Isn't it?"
Jiang Feng looked left and right, Tianpeng and Xin Soul were not seen in the bustling crowd, and a wisp of worry rose in his heart.
"Jiang Feng!" Suddenly, a familiar voice sounded.
Jiang Feng turned his head to look and saw Tianpeng and Xin Soul coming out of another small door under the leadership of the two cleaning aunts.
Seeing Tianpeng and Xin Soul coming, Jiang Feng suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
"What's going on with you two?"
"Xuanyuan Palace is too big, I got lost, fortunately there is a cleaning aunt to lead the way, otherwise I can't come back." Tianpeng said helplessly.
"Then did you thank them properly?"
"Thanks, of course." Tianpeng immediately replied.
"Yes, yes, thank you." Xin Soul also replied immediately.
"Alright, let's go, let's go to lunch."
"Hmm." Tianpeng and Xin Soul smiled bitterly.
Jiang Wei, who had a sharp nose, sniffed next to Tianpeng and Xin Soul, and asked, "You two are a little stinky!" ”
Jiang Wei said this, Xin Soul was startled, and said in a panic: "What nonsense." ”
"No nonsense, you two stinky." Jiang Wei's little nose was still sniffing.
Tianpeng and Xin Soul had no choice but to tell the truth.
"The cleaning aunt was very naughty and actually asked us to help them clean the toilet and unclog the drain pipe blocked by feces. If we don't want to, they won't take us out, so ......"
"Poof! I guessed correctly. Jiang Wei didn't control it and laughed secretly.
"You ...... Did you get? Jiang Feng looked suspicious.
"Only...... A little bit, but it's been washed. ”
"Okay, in fact, if Jiang Wei doesn't say it, I can't smell it, don't think about these things, let's go." Jiang Feng patted Tianpeng and Xin Soul.
Seeing Jiang Wei snickering happily all the time there, Jiang Feng was a little helpless, but he didn't scold Jiang Wei at all.
No way.,Who called it a lolicon.。
Jiang Feng and his party left the main hall and came to the gate of the Xuanyuan Palace.
Just as Jiang Feng was about to rent a car to go to the commercial area for dinner, a rough and powerful voice sounded nearby.
"Hi, hello."
Everyone turned their heads to see that it was Shi Singh, the mayor of Wuchuan City.
"Hello." Seeing Shi Singh coming with a smile, Jiang Feng had no choice but to be polite first.
"I heard you saved me. I'm really sorry that my subordinates were busy treating me and didn't thank you properly. ”
"It's okay, you're welcome. By the way, are you healed? Jiang Feng was a little surprised, yesterday's Shi Singh was still seriously injured, but today he is so energetic.
"Well, it's better for the most part, and basic activities are not affected. It's this hand, and it's estimated that it won't be able to move for a month, and you'll have to wait for new bones to grow. Shi Singh touched his bandaged left hand.
In terms of Shi Singh's physical fitness, he should be the type of fighter who has both offense and defense, and his recovery ability is also outstanding. Such a person was completely invincible to Xiao Tian, and Jiang Feng suddenly felt a lot of pressure.
"I heard that you are the mayor of Wuchuan City, and Wuchuan City is in the land of Xichuan, right?" Jiang Feng asked.
"That's right, let's come to Wuchuan City as a guest if you have time." Shi Singh said with a smile.
Shi Singh was burly, more than 2 meters tall, and Jiang Feng had to raise his head slightly to face him. I didn't expect such a person to be so approachable and keep a smile on everyone.
"Well, of course, you can come and go more when you have time in the future." Jiang Feng also replied with a smile.
"Are you going to dinner, let's go, I'm in for a treat."
Suddenly having to eat with a stranger he didn't know very well, Jiang Feng would feel uncomfortable. But it's always good to have one more friend in the world, especially someone like Shi Singer.
"Okay, then it's better to be respectful."
In this way, Jiang Feng and Shi Singh rented a car and drove to the business district.
In the underground computer room of the Xuanyuan Palace, there was a mustachioed man staring intently at the giant screen, and the picture on the screen was the picture of Jiang Feng and the others.
It turned out that the entire Xuanyuan Hall was full of surveillance, but this kind of surveillance was a special surveillance, which was very hidden, and non-insiders had no way of knowing it.
"Interesting, interesting." The man kept smiling strangely.
On a sofa, Dong Qun, the father of the nation, was eating and looking at the screen, and he asked puzzledly: "Li Ziru, why do you keep staring at them?" ”
"Bald heads, children, beautiful women, don't you think these people are the people Xiao Tian said? Presumably, this Jiang Ze is likely to be the person we are looking for. Li Ziru smiled sinisterly.