Chapter 82: The Warring States Era of the Metropolis is coming
If everyone dislikes a thing and discards it quickly, then even gold will become worthless; If it's the other way around, everyone is grabbing, then even shit can turn into gold.
The Met is now answering this sentence.
Although the future tragedy of the metropolis was already doomed, the upper nobles could have transferred their assets and invested in other city-states a few years ago, while concealing the truth internally.
But in recent days, earthquakes have occurred frequently, the water level has risen, the sewage town has been completely submerged, the people of the whole city are panicking, and there are constant riots in various places.
But Ke Junxia's seizure of power and the Mu family's scheming changed all this.
With a population of more than a million, the metropolis is the most populous of any city-state. With such a large population, even if it encounters a catastrophe like the end of the world, it will not die, and to some extent, the vitality of human beings is far better than that of Xiaoqiang. Of course, in so many people, there will be people who will die, people who will flee, but there will also be people who will survive.
The people who survive have to eat and drink, this is labor, this is the market, and instead of letting so many people struggle in disorder, it is better to turn it into orderly competition.
The Mu family took the lead and used Ke Junxia to establish and occupy the fortress town, which is conservatively estimated to accommodate 10-150,000 people to take refuge, which is a huge wealth when used well, especially compared to the destroyed metropolis.
As a result, the major families also sent their children or hired managers to start moving, they began to choose high ground to build shelters, made various promises to the citizens, and passed the responsibility of covering up the truth to other families, and for a time the crowd was everywhere, and the board of directors of the metropolis was torn apart in less than two weeks, and it existed in name only.
In later years, many historians blamed Ke Junxia for this time, believing that his actions upset the existing balance and sacrificed many lives in the struggle for resources; But there are also people who defend Ke Junxia: Originally, the upper echelons of the metropolis had decided to abandon the city, but it was precisely because of Ke Junxia's rise that the Warring States era of the metropolis was triggered; Although many people were sacrificed because of the battle, after all, these people "have someone in charge." "It's better than being abandoned.
Therefore, Ke Junxia's supporters support him as a legendary hero, just like the gun god back then.
But anyone who has studied history in depth knows that Ke Junxia, although smart and courageous, is still unable to withstand the cunning of the old politicians, and the only advantage is that Ke Junxia has used all his resources to win the maximum benefit for the middle and lower class citizens of the metropolis - when disaster strikes or before, they know where to go.
In the evening of the third week after seizing power, Ke Junxia sat on the roof of his own courtyard in the core area, sitting in a rocking chair, watching the sunset, Yu Niang rubbed his shoulders for him, Xiao Yao beat his legs for him, and the samurai read the latest briefing.
Ke Junxia learned from this that the regular meeting of the general board of directors of the metropolis was announced to be suspended indefinitely.
Yu Niang said softly to Ke Junxia: "Young Master Xia, you have created an era, and the regular meeting of the big board of directors has not stopped since the mining area, and it has been more than a hundred years now. ”
Ke Junxia nodded, and suddenly said something unrelated to this: "When I was still working as a bounty hunter, I often heard the administrators and clerks of the Special Investigation Bureau say that they were very tired from work, and I also laughed at them, what is tiring to sit in the office all day, but now I sit behind the desk every day to approve documents, and I really have a sore back every day." ”
Yu Niang said: "Why don't you go down to the massage table and press it?" ”
Ke Junxia smiled: "Then forget it, if you press where you shouldn't be, my waist may hurt even more, and if you don't get it right, you may be shot in the head!" ”
As he spoke, he waved his hand toward the sergeant's quarters.
Coconut was using the scope helmet on the rifle Ke Junxia, and when Ke Junxia waved his hand like this, he was so frightened that he quickly took it back and scolded: "This little cub, his senses are becoming more and more sensitive, and he has found out." ”
Qiushuang on the side said with a smile: "Sister, you keep peeking every day, you can guess even if you are a fool." ”
Coconut scolded: "Get out! You traitor who signed a deal with him privately! ”
Qiushuang said: "Sister, I didn't say you, didn't I say this a long time ago." Xiao Ke didn't mean it, who was drugged and not confused. ”
Coconut said: "In a daze, I see that some parts of his body are very sober. ”
Qiushuang said: "This is your more serious." I see, don't be angry, carry your luggage, just walk over and live generously, you are the queen of Fortress Town. ”
Coconut said stiffly: "When the emperor doesn't go, those two women are still there, I feel disgusted when I think about it." To go, you go. ”
"I'll go, I'll go!" Qiushuang smiled, pretended to pack her luggage, and was kicked on the bed by a coconut and beat her violently, saying, "You little, you really cleaned up." ”
Qiushuang turned around and laughed at her itch, and said with a smile: "I'll let you know what it means to take advantage of the void." ”
A few people were making noise, and suddenly an alarm sounded outside, and Piaoxue, who had been leaning against the door to enjoy the coolness, shouted: "There is an airship!" ”
Qiushuang said angrily: "I have to come here several times a day, as long as someone comes, the battle alarm will be raised." "Complaining, the movements are not ambiguous at all, and the combat vest has been put on.
This is also Ke Junxia's rule, since the establishment of the town, visitors from other families, guests from other city-states, at least one or two every day, in recent days more and more frequent. In order to make everyone vigilant at any time, Ke Junxia will sound the battle alarm every time a visitor comes, and all the fighters will be in place, and it will be a drill at that time, which is also a demonstration of strength.
And Ke Junxia also has this benefit, what he asks others to do, he will do it. As soon as the alarm sounded, he jumped out of his rocking chair, rushed into the office, and quickly armed himself.
The airship comes from a city-state that is even older than the metropolis, the Ark League.
The airship was painted with a red cross, which turned out to be a ship for a charity carrying relief supplies.
Although the disaster has not yet come, the other city-states are still very active in providing disaster relief assistance, after all, there are millions of people in the metropolis, and if they are really all scattered to a few nearby city-states to escape, this pressure is really not small. Therefore, the other city-states are very willing to support the metropolis in resisting the disaster and then rebuilding on the spot. There is even a historian who has studied the ancient architecture of the earth, contacted a large group of ancient architectural designers, and has begun to design the new metropolis, the Venice of Eden.
This is also where Ke Junxia laments that he is not as good as those old politicians.
In the original fortress agreement, the Mu family was the basic account opening bank for the construction and investment of the fortress town, and the Li family was the participating account opening bank, but in fact, these two families basically did not come up with the money, because they had already contacted other city-states and charitable organizations, and made a plan to make the fortress town a base camp for refuge and reconstruction. As a result, a large amount of donations flowed into the family banks of the two families, and although the construction of the fortress town was not short of funds, the two banks also ensured cash flow; Although this method was quickly copied by other families, it lost the opportunity after all.
But Ke Junxia also has his own way of coping, he appointed Lin Quan as the director of the external relations department, and worked out the type and quantity of aid materials according to the submission list every day, and then submitted them to other city-states and charities, and they purchased and raised donations on their behalf, so as to reduce the flow of funds, and also reduce the corruption in the procurement, and the donated items are urgently needed basic items, and the rest is reasonable distribution, which Ke Junxia is not worried about for the time being, because Yasuo Yiyuan and a few of his friends have done well so far.
The airship that arrived today brought a batch of tents, which happened to be used as a disaster relief reserve.
After finishing the reception of this batch of relief materials, it was already dark, and Ke Junxia was about to go back to rest, but saw Mr. Igo waiting in a wheelchair, looking like he had been waiting for a while.
Mr. Igo is now in charge of Ke Junxia's "inline" with the Met, so Ke Junxia didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly brought him to the office before asking, "What's wrong with my grandfather?" ”
Mr. Igo said, "Mr. Mu is okay there. You let his bank be the basic account opening bank, and he's happy to count the money right now. ”
As soon as I mentioned this Ke Junxia, I had a headache, and sure enough, Jiang was still old and spicy, so I signed it so happily at that time.
Mr. Igo knew that this was Ke Junxia's sore foot, so he didn't mention this stubble, but turned to get down to business: "Since the beginning of the Mu family, most of the large and small families in the metropolis have moved, all of them are building shelters, selling related materials, and even the old goods of rubber boats have been sold. The competition is fierce, and more than 30 organizations have been established to compete, annex, and discredit each other. However, most of them have extended an olive branch to you, I have made a clear example diagram, you can take a good look, after all, we are the only one, or alone, and we still have to form an alliance when it is time to form an alliance. ”
Ke Junxia said: "I'm not good at this, but since you have made an example diagram, it is better to simply set up a current affairs staff team for me, do comments and analysis every day, and give me the results at night." ”
Mr. Igo smiled: "Sure enough, it's a good way, and he said that he is not good at it, and you have recently turned down many invitations from disaster relief agencies, so I think from now on, you should also try to participate in some." ”
Ke Junxia said: "Didn't I entrust you with the inline of the metropolis? If only you went for me. ”
Mr. Igo laughed a few times before he said, "You, you always don't put yourself in the right place, you are now the first citizen of Fort Town, and you have to participate in some occasions, and others can't control it." But don't worry, I will review the general gatherings, and push off those who can be pushed off, and I will recommend it to you if you need to send someone appropriately. Of course, according to the Bastion protocol, all decisions are ultimately up to you. ”
Ke Junxia was a little embarrassed, because Mr. Igo hit his soft feet - he had never attended the gathering of so-called high-level people, and he didn't like it, and subconsciously had the mind of living a small life behind closed doors in Fort Town, and now that he thought about it, he was indeed a little unenterprising.
Mr. Igo took out an invitation and said, "There is a charity ball the day after tomorrow, I think it is necessary for you to attend, and you need to bring something for the charity sale, and a decent female companion." ”
Ke Junxia said with a bitter face: "But I don't have anything to sell, my mother left some jewelry, you can come here This is a relic and I use it as a souvenir, I can't sell it, and there is nothing else valuable." ”
Mr. Igo said: "You don't know much about this, these charity bazaars are actually just a gimmick, just find something to attract attention." Not to mention anything else, with your current status, you can charge money for taking photos with people. It's a female companion, you have to think about it, the metropolis is very chaotic now, the person you bring must be elegant, temperamental, and have a certain combat power, and more importantly, when the fortress agreement was signed, you also caused some dissatisfaction, and at this time it is just the opportunity to improve the relationship. ”
Ke Junxia rolled his eyes and said, "That's her, she's the most suitable." I've always wanted to fix our relationship. ”