Three days later, Darkmoon City held a high-profile impromptu meeting.

In the conference hall, the eldest princess Thea sat in the middle seat, the old Gauss stood behind, and on both sides of the round table were Joseph, Allen, Chen Rui, Tim, the old Ford of the Severn family, and the patriarch of the Mellon family, Lombardo......

At the meeting, Xia first routinely summarized the situation of the Dark Moon in recent times, including the appearance of the Beelzebub royal family and the victory of Xilang Mountain. Later, the elder Ford was the first to stand up and confront Joseph about buying Tim's cronies two years ago to lure Tim to the lower levels of the main pit for assassination.

Joseph had been prepared for this, and denied it, and demanded that old Ford show strong evidence, otherwise this inference alone would not be convincing, and if old Ford could not hold the evidence, then he would ask the eldest princess to make a fair ruling, and give old Ford the punishment of defaming the treasurer.

After a war of words, the matter was settled under the mediation of Thea, and the topic immediately shifted to the issue of the selection of the financial officer.

According to the three-year convention, the treasurer and sheriff should be re-elected at the beginning of the year, but because Joseph and Allen were in collusion at that time and could not be shaken, Sia deliberately used his privilege to postpone the election and extend the term of office of the two. On the surface, it is a compliment to the two, but it is actually waiting for a more suitable opportunity, and it is only today that this foreshadowing is useful.

Joseph did not speak, it was the patriarch of the Mellon family Lombardo who spoke out, Lombardo exemplified and elaborated on the good development momentum of the economy of the Dark Moon Territory from all aspects, all of which was of course the credit of the current financial officer Joseph, Lombardo deliberately pointed out that thanks to Joseph's vigorous efforts, the Red Shadow Territory will continue to provide a large amount of food aid to the Dark Moon, and this alone will make Joseph's re-election as the financial officer deserved, as soon as these words came out, the small families on Joseph's side echoed it.

Joseph still kept smiling, these words were spoken by Lombardo, and the effect was much better than what he boasted, especially since food was the weakness of Darkmoon, and as long as he grasped this, the position of treasurer would be as stable as a rock.

Old Ford still refused to give in, claiming that now that the western passage has been opened, it is not necessary to rely on the support of Chiyu, and if the Darkmoon family works together, it will definitely alleviate the food crisis of Darkmoon. At this time, Joseph's words crushed the old Ford's stubborn resistance, as long as he can be re-elected, from next month onwards, Chiyu's food aid to Darkmoon will be increased by another 30%.

Although the old Ford's words seem reasonable, everyone understands that business is not something that can be established in a day or two, and the situation in the west is not stable, and no one can guarantee whether it can become an effective solution to the problem of food. At present, it must rely on the support of the Red Shadow Territory, and if the aid can be increased by 30%, then it will greatly alleviate the biggest problem of the growing shortage of food in the Dark Moon. In this way, the Dark Moon is even more inseparable from Chiyu's "assistance".

Xia finally made a decision and agreed to Joseph's re-election as the treasurer - in fact, with the miraculous effect of Chen Rui's energy dust, the secret grain base was successfully established, and a large amount of grain was stored, and Dark Moon was already able to be self-sufficient. But at present, it is still the time to endure and hide, and it is not appropriate to expose the hole cards, since Joseph thinks that he is willing to send an extra thirty percent of the grain, then Weishenme is not happy to accept it?

Without waiting for Old Ford to speak, Joseph directly shifted the topic to the sheriff, the real target of the other party, praising Allen's contributions to Darkmoon over the years, and proposing to let Allen be re-elected.

However, Old Ford's words immediately made the distraught Allen change his face, and Old Ford pointed out Allen's mediocrity and incompetence, low personal strength, despicable and cowardly, not to mention losing in the air competition to humans without liliang, and then cheating in the competition between Agulie and Reka became known to everyone, and he couldn't convince the public at all. Not only that, as a sheriff, Eren lacks the most basic ability to rule, and the Darkmoon garrison is disheartened, negligent in training, and even low in combat effectiveness, and it is not good to repeatedly exterminate the thieves in the west.

Tim of the Cyber family is completely different, fighting for two years in the danger of underground demonic beasts, escaping death, and his personal strength has reached the level of a high-level demon. After escaping from the underground, he rescued the current mine officer Chen Rui, offered a strange plan, planned the Praetorian Guard's surprise attack on the thieves group successfully, and took the lead in poisoning the head of the thieves group successfully, and finally became the key person to eliminate the thieves and clear the west side of the dark moon. When mentioning the rescue of Chen Rui, the current mining officer, Tim glanced at Chen Rui, only to see that the master cooperated with a grateful gaze, and his heart was speechless for a while.

These words did not have the slightest face for Allen and even the Caron family, and Allen was so angry that he couldn't refute it. As soon as Joseph saw that the situation was not right, he nominated Lombardo, the patriarch of the Mellon family, to be the position, and Allen's face became even more gloomy.

Old Ford and Lombardo are old enemies, and each other's pigtails are a lot of them, and there is no room for attacking each other, if it weren't for the eldest princess in charge, I'm afraid that they would have already started to do it.

The so-called upper-class aristocracy, after tearing off that noble coat, turned their faces no different from the vendors in the vegetable market.

Joseph's gaze fell on Thea's face, and Thea was expressionless, just staring at Tim with a slight look of emotion. Based on the analysis of the current situation, Alan will definitely not be re-elected, and there is such a good opportunity to exterminate the bandits in the west, Xia finally waited, naturally he will not stop, and he will definitely regain control of the position of sheriff, and Tim is the best candidate. Lombardo and Old Ford are Liliang who cancel each other out, and Lombardo is not really a Liliang under Joseph, so instead of letting Tim, a henchman, control the military power of Dark Moon, it is better to settle for the next best thing and adopt the strategy of "Agulie......

There must be further conspiracies on the part of the ally with whom the relationship was stable, puppet control, or something else, in any case, beneficial to Joseph.

"Everyone, listen to me. Joseph said this with a faint liliang, suppressing the voices of old Ford and Lombardo.

With all eyes on him, Joseph sighed and said, "I remembered and almost forgot the most important thing. ”

As he spoke, Joseph's gaze fell on Chen Rui, who had been silent: "You still remember that at the last quarterly meeting, when I recommended Chen Rui as the new mine officer, I said that if the problem of Xilang Mountain is resolved, then I will further recommend him as the sheriff. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone suddenly remembered that there was indeed such a thing, and they all showed strange colors: such a human being who has no liliang is actually qualified to hold military power?

"I remember that at that time, I also signed a document with our Mine Officer, and Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess personally served as the arbitrator, and that document was in triplicate, and I still keep it. Joseph said, took out a document from the space ring, and under the control of Liliang, floated in front of everyone one by one, and sure enough, in addition to Chen Rui and Joseph's signatures, there was also the magic signature of Xia himself. ”

When Chen Rui heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and this time it was Tim's turn to show a cruel look in his hands, Joseph saw it in his eyes, smiled even more, got up and saluted Xia Ya, and said with a straight face: "Now that the problem of Xilang Mountain has been solved, it is time for me to fulfill my promise...... Your Highness, I now formally recommend the current Mining Officer Chen Rui as the Magistrate of the Peace. ”

The old Ford of the Seifer family didn't expect such a change to happen, and immediately jumped out to oppose it, showing that Chen Rui was cowardly and incompetent, and the solution of the Xilang Mountain problem had nothing to do with it at all, how could he plagiarize Tim's victory?

When Tim heard this, he was ashamed. In fact, whether it is the crisis of Xilang Mountain or the underground Shijie, it was resolved by Chen Rui, and in summary, he, a hero, is the real plagiarist.

Everything is under the control of the master, including Joseph's "support", and Tim, although he is confident in his scheming and ability, is completely convinced by this master.

As expected, the Mellon family, at Joseph's suggestion, quickly fell to Chen Rui's side, and the situation became strange, and the choice of the sheriff became an internal dispute under the command of the eldest princess.

Thea's gaze became complicated as she looked at the document she had signed with her own hands.

Joseph secretly sneered: Thea has always kept her word, and her prestige is extremely high, and if she wants to destroy her promises, then her prestige will definitely decline. As for Chen Rui, it was completely at the right time, and it was only because of him and the Mellon family that he had the qualifications to compete with the Savier family at the meeting, so that even if a guy with no liliang background sat in the position of sheriff, he would only do worse than Allen.

Moreover, Agulie will vigorously "support" Chen Rui, the representative of the new Shili, and with the scheming of the Beelzebub royal family, it will definitely lead to an inevitable split on the originally united Xia side. , Sia seemed to sigh and stood up, the quarrel suddenly stopped, and all eyes fell on the Lord of the Dark Moon.

Xia said lightly: "Since there is a document first, then the sheriff of Dark Moon City will be served by Chen Rui, the mining officer. Two years after Tim's disappearance, he temporarily returned to Xilang Mountain to serve as a mine officer, and also served as the captain of the West Road Defense, responsible for the development of the mine and the defense of the west side of the Dark Moon, with a maximum of one-third of the number of Janissaries and a reward to be given later. ”

Old Ford wanted to say something, but he didn't say it. The most angry is Allen, as soon as Xia announced the dissolution of the meeting, he immediately got up and left, and looked at Joseph and Chen Rui and others before leaving, his eyes were full of resentment.

The biggest loser this time is undoubtedly the former sheriff.

Old Ford brought Tim over and congratulated Chen Rui, his words were full of cynicism, and there was a lot of sarcasm about human beings' "kindness will take revenge".

Everyone knows that the sheriff is not so easy to be, and Chen Rui is just a human without liliang, especially offended an old shili like the Saifu family.

Joseph walked over with a smile: "Congratulations, Your Excellency Chen Rui. There will be more areas for us to cooperate in the future. ”

"Recommendation from Lord Xiexie. The human who had dramatically ascended to the throne of the sheriff seemed a little at a loss, and the excitement was overflowing, and suddenly he felt the cold breath behind him, turned back to meet the cold gaze of Xia, and suddenly shivered, and did not dare to talk to Joseph more.

Thea's icy gaze fell on Joseph's face, and Joseph smiled, bowed slightly, and turned away...... ）