Chu Jing's average is certainly not really plundering the rich and distributing the money to the poor.

"Regulations on the management of wartime materiel?"

Looking at the newly issued decree, a group of people whispered underneath, the rich still burst into tears, and the poor were lost.

The decree clearly states that all things of strategic value, such as gold, silver, and grain, will be kept in the treasury, and in full public, the detailed records written are posted at the gate of the city, and a stone tablet of accounting is carved with a huge stone in front of the city lord's palace.

Each family's property is remembered clearly, and it will not be the slightest bit worse.

"When the war is over, these things will be returned one by one, and there will definitely be no loss of you, I swear in the name of the Seven Princes!"

Chu Jing swore by it, but he didn't recognize this practice much, even the peasant woman who only had half a bag of rice was in her arms, unwilling to be snatched away by the soldiers.

Of course, their fate was the same as that of the rich who fled overnight, and they were subjected to Chu Jing's unfair trial, and they were treated as slaves, no, they were prisoners of labor reform.

Ren Jin City needs a lot of people to build together, and these are naturally the best choice that does not require money.

However, it is difficult to say whether the soldiers in charge were as merciful as the merchants when they worked, and the pressures of wartime tended to make people more violent.

Supervision of other crimes has also been strengthened, whether it is petty theft or murder and arson, all of them are reformed through labor, the only difference being that some of them work four hours a day, while others work six hours.

After Chu Jing gathered his wealth, in order not to let the people in the city be idle, Chu Jing hired laborers with high salaries, responsible for repairing the city walls, collecting rolling stones and wood, cleaning the streets, maintaining law and order, and so on.

The idlers on the streets, beggars or scoundrels, were the targets of strict supervision, and the slightest mistake was punished with at least a month of re-education.

Chu Jing practiced a high-pressure rule, but after everyone was busy, no one would have time to complain, and those who complained would also get a higher amount of manual labor.

Renjin City was cleaned up in just a few days, and the numb people were in a hurry on the road, not daring to let themselves look idle.

The large amount of food obtained from the rich also improved the poor people's health, and they had more strength to work for Chu Jing.

Now the most laid-back people in the whole city are the soldiers, who keep the same as before, and just have to watch the others be unlucky.

"You're a 'tyrant'!"

Zirui looked at the orderly city streets and said with a sigh.

"No, I'm a good city lord, as long as the army is satisfied with me, these rich people, poor people, they don't have a choice. ”

"Yes, they can only choose to die of exhaustion at work. ”

"Their food is better than that of ordinary people in other cities, and their salaries are three times higher than before, and most importantly they only have to work four hours a day. ”

"In this way, it is also ......"

Zirui did not refute, after cooking in the cauldron, the rich and the poor were equal, and now one meal cost more than three meals for ordinary people, and no meal without meat would have broth in it.

"Those people will hate you to death. ”

Chu Jing said with a smile: "No, they don't have a chance to go out of the city, and when they have the opportunity, it will be a matter for the Seventh Prince." ”

After dealing with the affairs in the city, Chu Jing turned his gaze to the outside of the city again.

It is not for nothing that Renjin City has become what it is now, although it is a little far from Xinyang City, it is the closest to Xinyang City, like a stinger stabbing at the neck of the eldest prince, making him uncomfortable all the time.

Moreover, to the east and west of Renjin City, several cities did not have a good impression of the Seven Princes, and no mature and stable person wanted to choose a playboy to sit on the throne, unless he had a very beautiful daughter.

The three city lords obviously didn't, so they chose to wait and see, or even bet on other princes.

The eastern Juyun City has already taken refuge in the Three Princes, but the Three Princes do not have many forces in this vicinity, so they will not pose a great threat to Renjin City.

Yuanwang City and Black Sheep City in the west are still in a wait-and-see state, but they have not decided to have a good relationship with the Seven Princes now, obviously wanting to choose between the Three Princes and the Great Prince.

It is said that the three princes are the only ones who have been on the battlefield, and they were responsible for logistics and supply in the battle between the Xinguo Alliance and the World Kingdom, and they were lucky to escape, and immediately after returning to China, they were put into the battle for the throne.

The mother of the second prince is the sister of the city lord of Fuchun City in the north, and her mother is the aunt of the city lord of another city, and the city lord of Fuchun City also married the daughter of another city lord, and under the intricate relationship, he has a lot of resources behind him.

The other princes are not afraid for the time being.

Therefore, it is in the country of faith that the current situation of the four dragons competing for the throne has been formed.

"Now what the people in the city are most afraid of is that the eldest prince raises troops to attack, and there are two walled grasses next to Yuanwang City and Black Sheep City, and it is impossible for the eldest prince to leave Renjin City alone. ”

Zirui analyzed.

"As for those ministers in Xinyang City, they should be able to help the Seventh Prince delay a lot of time. ”

"Hehe, do you trust them?"

Chu Jing didn't have time to be idle and develop slowly, his position as the city lord was only temporary, and he had to deal with possible troubles.

War only exists in history books and legends, and it is the first time that Chu Jing has experienced it.

"How many men do we have?"

Zirui perfectly played the role of a secret technique, "Of the 50,000 registered soldiers, there are actually only 47,423 people, and there are only a few hundred horses, and they are not war horses. ”

Chu Jing was very surprised: "How can it be so little?"

"The Seven Princes took some people and all the horses, he just wanted to defend the city, and for the defenders of the city, the number of people and horses were not the key. ”

The battle loss rate of the defending and besieging sides is as high as 1 to 10, and if you just hold the city, you really don't need to leave too many men, and the horses are even more useless.

Seeing Chu Jing's distressed expression, Zi Rui asked curiously, "You don't really want to charge into battle to kill the enemy, this is not in line with your previous principles of life." ”

Chu Jing sneered: "It's not my principle to be beaten passively. ”

Now that the enemy has not come at all, Chu Jingdao doesn't need to be too anxious, he simply waits slowly, what should come is always coming.

Yes, just that night, there was a sound of fighting on the roof of Chu Jing's house.

Soon, the sound stopped, and there was a knock on Chu Jing's door.

Outside, there were ten Blackwater Knights escorting five men in black, and two Blackwater Knights fell to the ground, not knowing whether they were dead or alive.

Qin Jian was also there, with his arms clasped in front of his chest with an indifferent face, standing at the forefront.

"Assassin?" Chu Jing asked.

Qin Jian nodded: "Well, give me half an hour, and I'll let them explain everything." ”

"What's going on with them?"

Chu Jing asked, pointing to the two Black Water Knights on the ground.

"The strength is not good, and I can't complain about others. ”

The Blackwater Knights were scattered outside Chu Jing's room to protect his safety, and they also became the first target of the assassins, and the two Blackwater Knights directly became victims.

This is not Tiannan Mansion after all, even in Tiannan Mansion, there are people who are stronger than them.

The other Blackwater knights did not grieve or retort, and stood quietly, like emotionless machines.

Chu Jing waved his hand: "I know, take it down, and help me guide them when you have time." ”

Qin Jian responded: "My salary is not low. ”

"One thousand taels. ”

"Good. ”

The price of one thousand taels a month is not high, if Qin Jian is a killer, he can find a thousand taels from any big family, but among the court officials, one thousand taels is still more.

For Qin Jian, the most important thing is not money, but the tempering of his swordsmanship.

Ren Jincheng is in the midst of a war, and it is just right for Qin Jian to practice the sword of killing.

Zirui didn't know when she came to Chu Jing and asked, "What about my salary?"

Chu Jing frowned slightly: "You should have known about those five assassins for a long time, right?

Zirui smiled: "Isn't that their duty? ”

"No, I don't need anyone else to do anything for me. ”

"Then why should I make a move?"

Zirui didn't care about the salary, Chu Jing couldn't spend all the money she gave her before, and when she ignored the rules of human beings, she could easily get what she wanted.

After Chu Jing forbade anyone to go out of the city, the information about the outside world was significantly reduced, and the spies sent out became obvious targets, as long as they were from the direction of Renjin City, almost everyone knew that he was a spy.

Fortunately, the interior of the city is still busy preparing for the arrival of war, everyone is busy, and those who are not busy are obediently hiding at home and dare not go out.

The matter of the five assassins was tortured by Qin Jian, and everything was summoned, and it turned out that it was the dissatisfied people in the city who found them, which caused a bloody storm in Renjin City.

Thirty-two people were killed, and in the face of people who wanted to take their names, Chu Jing would never be soft.

In fact, this time it should not involve so many people, the officials have basically experienced more or less targeting, especially in the Lishen Continent, where martial arts are quite strong, it is very common to encounter assassins.

However, Chu Jing still made an example, his rule over Renjin City, except for the appointment of the Seven Princes, relied on the people's fear of him, and he had to do so.

The result was so successful that there were no more assassinations.

Finally.

200,000 soldiers came to the city of Renjin.

The eldest prince Qin Yu won and personally led the army to come.

An army of 200,000 besieged the city, and each gate could be eliminated equal to all the forces in the city.

How dare he abandon Xinyang City and lead the army outside?

No one could answer Chu Jing's question, because he didn't have any useful spies at all.

"Those ministers are such a waste!" Zirui was indignant, more rubbish than she had imagined.

Chu Jing was in no mood to care about those people, he needed to know how to deal with the current situation.

"Each city wall sent 10,000 soldiers to defend, and the remaining 10,000 were on standby in the city lord's mansion, and they would go to support if there was a situation. ”

Chu Jing gave the order, although he hadn't started to cultivate his henchmen yet, but these soldiers could be trusted, and if they couldn't be trusted either, then there would be no need to fight this battle.

As for the people in the city, Chu Jing did not organize them to help defend the city, he oppressed them in every way, and his trust in the people was very low.

Rather than sending them to cause trouble for themselves, it is better to let them stay at home.

Fortunately, the security team selected from among them is not bad, and their salaries have offended many people, and it is impossible to rebel for the time being.

"Stick to it!"

After Chu Jing finished speaking, he went to the city to watch.

The army of the great prince did not attack immediately, but camped in the north and temporarily stationed.

In the largest tent, at this moment, there are more than ten people sitting around.

One sits on the top of the head, wearing carved dragon armor, about thirty years old, with a sheep's horn beard, and looks like a very scheming person.

Next to him was a young scholar, if Chu Jing was here, he would definitely recognize that it was the son of the Lord of Kaiyun City, who had an adventure with Chu Jing and learned the immortal "Nine Lives and Nine Deaths Xuangong".

He was originally reused by the Emperor Xinguo, and he was named the Zuodu Imperial History Supplement on the top of the main hall, and after turning positive, it was the second grade, but it was a pity that the emperor's life was not good, and he died on the battlefield within a few months.

Qi Lin immediately became the confidant of the eldest prince. On the one hand, they are all young people with the same radical thinking, and on the other hand, the eldest prince is the crown prince of the prison country, and his ascension to the throne is orthodox, if it weren't for the fact that the other princes were too strong, they would not have caused such a mess.

"Qi Aiqing, I heard that you and the current city lord of Renjin City had a friendship, and you were the champion at the same time, but he was the champion of martial arts, alas, the seventh brother took the seventh sister captive, and he had to coerce Chu to cause the current situation, I don't know if there is a chance to redeem it. The eldest prince spoke.

Qi Lin's face was not good-looking, he had always regarded that experience as a shame in his life, in that case, he could only survive by clinging to Chu Jing, and now he didn't want to mention it at all.

But he could not fail to answer the words of the great prince.

"Your Majesty, Chu Jing has always been a proud person, you should have heard about the competition in the palace back then, no one can make him bow his head, not to mention that now he still has the identity of the first martial arts league disciple, Weichen's opinion, it is difficult. Qi Lin said.

The eldest prince has already completed the enthronement ceremony in Xinyang City, but there are not many people in Xinguo who are recognized.

"Aiqing of the First Martial Alliance don't worry about this, the disciples of the First Martial League will not participate in the affairs between countries, since Chu Jing has accepted the position of the city lord, he wants to give up the identity of the disciple of the First Martial Alliance, the only problem is how much he cares about the seventh sister, if he just wants the identity of the horse, the princess still has it. ”

Hearing the words of the eldest prince, Qi Lin couldn't refuse, so he had to agree: "The minister is willing to give it a try." ”

While Chu Jing was observing the situation on the eldest prince's side, a horse slowly walked out of the other party's tent, and a young man wearing an official robe sat on it.

The other party approached the city gate unhurriedly, Chu Jing did not give the order to release the arrows, he had already seen who it was, but he was just curious about his purpose.

Qi Lin later learned martial arts, and with the third layer of Nine Lives and Nine Deaths Xuangong as the foundation, his strength should not be underestimated.

Even if the people on the city wall really fired arrows, ordinary arrows would not hurt him.

"Brother Chu, I haven't seen you for a long time, but I didn't expect to meet again but today's situation. Qi Lin shouted at Chu Jing on the city tower.

Chu Jing's face was expressionless: "Why are you here today?"

"Brother Chu doesn't understand? Today, the Son of Heaven respects Brother Chu's high talent, and wants to promise a higher reward than the Seventh Prince to win over Brother Chu, the princess can be chosen by Brother Chu, I wonder if Brother Chu has any plans to abandon the secret and turn to the light?"

"Hmph! Do you know what darkness is and what is light? Don't say that the eldest prince has not been recognized by the world when he ascends the throne, even if he is the real emperor, how can he guarantee that he will not be pulled off the horse?"

Chu Jing vaguely wanted to point out the forces behind the Seven Princes, but unfortunately Qi Lin didn't understand, but thought that Chu Jing was obsessed.

"Brother Chu, now that the 200,000 army is outside the city, the elite soldiers who guard Xinyang City all over the body, not to mention the 50,000 miscellaneous troops in your city, even if you give you another 50,000, do you think you can defend it?"

"Besides, after the battle of Renjin City this time, the city lords from all over the country will inevitably join him one after another when they see His Majesty's majesty. ”

Simply, Qi Lin directly threatened Chu Jinglai.

It's a pity that this trick is useless to Chu Jing, Renjin City is broken, the prestige of the eldest prince is greatly increased, Renjin City is not broken, and the prestige of the eldest prince who personally leads the army will inevitably plummet, and no one will be afraid of him anymore.

If you want to attack a city defended by 50,000 people with 200,000 troops, no matter how you think about it, it is very difficult.

Chu Jing was reluctant to say more: "Tell the eldest prince for me, those who win the hearts of the people will have to believe in the country, and if you want to win Renjincheng, first consider whether you have won the hearts of the people!"

Qi Lin didn't think that Chu Jing would surrender obediently, and he would have to fight a battle to subdue his heart, so he still went back to his life unhurriedly.

In the tent, there were not so many people this time, only the eldest prince and Qi Lin, who were discussing the enemy's strategy together, but now they are not.

The eldest prince, Qin Yuying, muttered to himself: "Those who win the hearts of the people have to believe in the country?"

If Chu Jing bluntly refused, the eldest prince would not be surprised at all, but this sentence was obviously a warning.

"Your Majesty is the eldest son of the first emperor, and he is the crown prince of the former emperor, and he should ascend to the throne after the first emperor. ”

Having said that, more than half of the ministers in the court opposed the eldest prince's accession to the throne, and it was really hateful to put the hat on the eldest prince's head for rescuing the emperor in time.

However, after listening to Chu Jing's words today, he Zhongyun sensed that something was wrong.

The second prince relied on the support of his mother's family, and the third prince led the army and was ambitious, but what about the seventh prince? He is not very old, and he is still very greedy for beauty, even if he is excellent in other aspects, it cannot hide the fact that he is young.

Why did Chu Jing choose the Seven Princes? Is it really the Seven Princes who are more popular with the people?

And what does this popular will mean, ordinary people don't care who is the emperor at all.

The eldest prince sighed deeply: "Forget it, let people collect the information of the seventh brother, and by the way, your previous ideas for benefiting the people should also be moderately promoted." ”