After Xia Ren returned to the back hall, he sat for a while, and then called Xiao Guizi and asked him to invite Shen Mulin.

After a while, Shen Mulin arrived.

"Xiaguan Shen Mulin, I have seen His Royal Highness King Ren. ”

"City Lord Shen doesn't have to be polite, this king invited City Lord Shen to come just to understand the situation in Haiyuan City, and also asked City Lord Shen to solve his doubts for this king. ”

The reason why Xia Ren asked Shen Mulin to come to consult was because he had asked people to inquire in advance, although this person did not make much contribution to Haiyuan City, but he did not have a bad reputation, on the contrary, he was quite fair.

Moreover, although Shen Mulin is the city lord of Haiyuan City, his actual power is not large, and the power is basically in the hands of the three deputy city lords. He is a tool man, that is, the formal lord of the city.

That's why Xia Ren will come to him to understand the situation, if what he said is the truth, then Xia Ren may give him some power in the future, if he doesn't tell the truth, then he, the city lord, doesn't have to be.

As for how to judge whether what Shen Mulin said was the truth, Xia Ren was not too worried, because a few days before he entered the city, he asked the four maids in spring, summer, autumn and winter to hurry up and enter the city in disguise to find out the truth in advance.

The four girls are all congenital masters, and they have been trained by Li Guifei, and in a small Haiyuan City, it is still easy to find out some secret news.

"Your Highness, rest assured, your majesty will know everything. ”

In fact, Shen Mulin was also very excited in his heart, before Xia Ren came, his position as the city lord was an empty shell, and he was very aggrieved, so as soon as Xia Ren came, he thought about holding this thigh tightly.

Then Shen Mulin began to say some of the news he knew.

"Your Highness, although Haiyuan City belongs to Linhai County, it is in the easternmost part of Linhai County, and it is one of the cities closest to the East China Sea in Linhai County.

But since the rise of Hailing City, it has replaced the status of Haiyuan City and become the largest port in Linhai County, and Hailing City can not only transport the goods of the entire Linhai County, but also take care of other counties, so Haiyuan City has become dispensable.

The original Haiyuan City was managed by the people belonging to the Li family, but since the previous city lord was transferred to Hailing City, Haiyuan City has become unmanaged, and Xia Guan was also transferred at that time. ”

Xia Ren was also speechless after hearing this, it turned out that Haiyuan City belonged to his great-grandfather's family, but now after they found a more valuable city, they threw this city away, after all, the Li family can't cover the sky with one hand in Donghai Prefecture, and they can't be so ugly when they eat.

So I can only give up Haiyuan City, and no one in the other families cares about this city, because Haiyuan City is a port city, and the largest port has been monopolized by the Li family.

As a result, there is not much to worry about in this city at the moment.

"By the way, you are talking about the forces in the city, especially the three deputy city lords. ”

"Your Highness, now the three deputy city lords are the heads of the three largest families in the city, namely the Wang family and the Jiang family, who are in charge of government affairs, and the Lu family, who are in charge of military affairs.

Among them, the Jiang family and the Wang family have a close relationship, while the Lu family is in a neutral attitude, after all, they have soldiers in their hands, so the Wang and Jiang families will not provoke him.

Moreover, the Wang family is also the largest weapons dealer in Haiyuan City, and the weapons of the Lu family are all ordered from the Wang family, and basically the weapons in Haiyuan City are monopolized by the Wang family.

As for the Jiang family, to be honest, Xia Guan is a little disdainful, their family turned out to be an upstart and didn't have any background, but they didn't catch up with the Wang family very much, so they could serve as the deputy city lord. ”

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Xia Ren was a little strange

"What's the matter, the Wang family can still decide the ownership of the deputy city lord?"

The three deputy city lords have all been here today, and Xia Ren also has the impression that the Wang family is a kind-looking old man, the Jiang family is a rich middle-aged man, and the Lu family is a young man who is not smiling.

"Your Highness didn't know that when the previous city lord was transferred, he took all his descendants away, so Haiyuan City was in a state of no one at that time.

So the Wang family moved their minds, they spent a lot of resources, opened up the relationship with Linhai County, and applied to become the city lord, and Linhai County was guarded by the Li family, and the Li family ate Hailing City, so it was not easy to move Haiyuan City.

In addition, the Wang family did send a lot of resources, so he just said that he would send a city lord over, and the deputy city lord could give it to the Wang family.

The Wang family was afraid that the family would not be able to suppress the city lord, so they contacted the Lu family, but they didn't think that the Lu family also had someone on it, so they directly took away the military affairs.

Of course, the Wang family was unwilling, plus the Wang family was the largest weapons dealer at that time, and the Lu family was not easy to deal with, so they were willing to recommend another deputy city lord to the Wang family, which is now the Jiang family.

When the lower official came to Haiyuan City and was about to do a big job, he didn't expect that it had been arranged clearly, and the lower official was full of ambitions, but he had nowhere to show it, fortunately, Your Highness is here. ”

As he spoke, Shen Mulin's eyes slowly turned red, and his voice gradually became choked.

Xia Ren was speechless, when he saw Shen Mulin before, he thought he was a person who didn't smile and didn't bend his waist for three buckets of rice, but he didn't expect to cry.

"Don't worry, City Lord Shen, if what you say is true, this king will make decisions for you, but a city lord doesn't have any rights, it's really not like that. ”

Shen Mulin was immediately grateful, and almost rushed up to hug Xia Ren's thigh, his throat suddenly surged, and his eyes were red and choked: "Thank you for being the master of the villain, the villain will definitely be the liver and brain in the future to repay the prince's great kindness." ”

"Okay, you go down first, this king will make decisions for you. Xia Ren waved his hand with a slight disgust.

I thought he was such an upright person before, but I didn't expect it to be so superficial, but when I met with the hundred officials before, I shouted that the prince was mighty and domineering, and it seemed that he was handsome.

"Well, this person is not bad, you can put some power to him in the future, he is a person with vision, good at discovering people's strengths. ”

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Time passed, and in a blink of an eye, it had been three days since Xia Ren came to Haiyuan City.

In the afternoon, Xia Ren was reading a book in the study, and Xiao Guizi ran in from outside and whispered: "Your Highness, three people came to the City Lord's Mansion, saying that you asked them to come to visit." ”

When Xia Ren heard this, his eyes lit up, and the person he was waiting for had finally arrived.

"Go and get somebody. ”

After a while, Xiao Guizi took the three of them to the study and went down.

Xiao Guizi is also an interesting person, and he knew that Xia Ren had something to say to these three people, so he took the initiative to retreat.

Xia Ren looked up.

One of the elegant men wearing green robes and green crowns should be Fang Xuanling.

The other two are burly people, one of them is not smiling, the other is honest, the former is Zhou Tai, and the honest is Zhou Cang.

"Subordinates, see the lord. ”

The three of them saw Xia Ren and said in unison.

"Haha, you don't have to be polite, this king is looking forward to you, now that this king has just arrived in Haiyuan City, there is a serious shortage of people who can be trusted, and it is the time when you need to work together. ”

"Don't worry, whoever dares to stop the great cause of the lord will definitely screw off his head and give it to the lord for the night. ”

Suddenly, the honest man shouted.

"Well, General Zhou doesn't have to worry, after this king understands the specific situation of Haiyuan City first, there will definitely be a chance for you to make a move. ”

Afterwards, Xia Ren asked Fang Xuanling and Zhou Tai, "I don't know how much Mr. Fang and Youping know about Haiyuan City?"

Zhou Tai glanced at Fang Xuanling, Fang Xuanling muttered for a moment and said: "Lord, in the past three days, we have also learned a little about the situation in the city, and now this city should be controlled by the three major families, and the city lord should be a puppet."

So in the past three days, we have a general understanding of these three major families, among which the Lu family has always been in a neutral state, but is firmly in charge of the city guards, but the subordinates stumbled upon the Lu family and seemed to have a connection with the Li family.

And now that Haiyuan City has been given the fief of the lord, with the relationship between the lord and the Li family, the Lu family should not be threatened.

As for the Jiang family, there is no threat, this person was a rich man before, greedy and without a city government, all supported by the Wang family, so the lord wants to completely control Haiyuan City, and the only obstacle is the Wang family. ”

After listening to Fang Xuanling's analysis, Xia Ren also felt reasonable, but he didn't expect that the Lu family would actually have a connection with the Li family, and it seemed that he had to take the time to ask about the specific situation of the Lu family in Linhai County.

Anyway, before he came, his great-grandfather asked him to find the Linhai County Guard if he had something, which was the Li family's descendant.

However, Xia Ren will not be in such a hurry to find it, at least after solving the Wang family, he will ask about the specific situation, it is best to solve the Lu family peacefully, if not, then it is no wonder that Xia Ren will not be able to do so.

"By the way, Mr. Fang, this king sent several maids to this city in advance to investigate the situation, and they came back in the morning and said that they found that the Wang and Jiang families were a little abnormal. ”

The anomaly was discovered by Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, and they had just returned to Natsuhito in the morning, informing Natsuhito of the information they had heard.

Therefore, Xia Ren said it and asked Fang Xuanling to analyze it for him.