Chapter 12: The Council of the City Lords
"Drive!"
Qin Zheng took the lead and flew to Canglan City.
A thousand soldiers of the Shenwu Army followed, and several carriages behind them were filled with a pile of demon beast flesh and blood.
At the gate of the southern city, a group of people suddenly appeared, and the leader was none other than the deputy city lord Chu Yi.
He greeted him, and when he saw the thousand soldiers of the Shenwu Army all in high spirits, and the wagons behind him loaded with carts of prey, obviously gaining a lot of money, he couldn't help but show a little surprise.
"Congratulations to the virtuous nephew, this hunt has returned with a good harvest!" Chu Yi smiled.
"Uncle Chu, the harvest is acceptable. Qin Zheng nodded, turned his head to Su Shaoqing and said, "General Su, you take the beast meat of the three carriages and give it to Uncle Chu." β
"Hehe, in this way, uncle, I will thank my nephew so much!" Chu Yi's face was gentle, and there was a difference of eighteen thousand miles from Ri's attitude towards Qin Zheng some time ago.
"It doesn't matter, Uncle Chu has worked hard for me in Canglan City, what is this reward. Qin Zheng returned the salute with a smile.
After a pause, they saw that many people had gathered at the gate of the city, and they all looked at the Shenwu Army in surprise, and some of the people saw the beast meat on the carriage, and their eyes lit up.
"My lord, although the people of our city live and work in peace and contentment, there are also many poor and poor families, and it is rare to eat a meal of meat in Pingri, so why not divide some and enjoy with the people?" Li Nan moved in his heart and said.
"Okay, just do it according to your wishes!" Qin Zhengzheng nodded with this intention.
Li Nan immediately took the order and left, and took the guards to divide five carts of beast meat. Soon, the city lord returned from hunting, and the news of the distribution of beast meat spread throughout Canglan City.
Many poor families, who couldn't even eat a bite of meat in Pingri, asked about the news and gathered happily at the South City Gate.
Waves of poor people arrived, and Li Nan led the guards to maintain order, and after a while, the distribution of animal meat was completed.
"Woo, that's great, there's meat to eat at night!"
"Long live the city lord, long live the city lord!"
"God bless, bless me with good weather in Canglan City, I wish you all good health!"
The poor people who received the meat cheered happily and praised Qin Zheng's good deeds of dividing the meat.
Chu Yi stood aside, his left eyelid jumped a few times, and he was secretly shocked that Qin Zheng actually knew how to buy the hearts of the people, which he had never seen in the past.
Qin Zhengze smiled slightly, sensing that among the Yuan Shen, the Human Emperor Diagram moved, and a part of the Xuanhuang Jing Qi of the Quartet gathered and was absorbed into his body.
Xuanhuang Jing Qi entered the body and swam along the meridians by himself, Qin Zheng felt that his strength increased by one point.
"Yes, I can't imagine that these people are so easily satisfied. It seems that every day in the future, let the Shenwu Army go out to hunt demon beasts, not only to train the soldiers, but also to benefit the people, and I can get the gratitude of the people of this city and win the hearts of the people, it is really a triple win!"
Qin Zheng was extremely satisfied, turned his head to Su Shaoqing and ordered: "General Su, every day in the future, you lead the Shenwu Army out hunting, and you must let these poor families eat meat every day!"
"Yes, obey the order!" Su Shaoqing said respectfully.
"The virtuous nephew is really compassionate, which makes Chu admire!" Chu Yi arched his hand, unable to tell whether it was sincere or false.
"Uncle Chu has won the award, this is my duty!" Qin Zheng said lightly.
"If Uncle Chu doesn't have any major incidents, I'll go home?"
"Virtuous nephew, Chu is here, and I really have something to talk to you about. Chu Yi said in a deep voice.
"Oh, then ask Uncle Chu to talk to me about moving to the City Lord's Mansion. "Qin Zhengdao.
"Nephew, please. Chu Yi turned sideways slightly.
"Uncle Chu, please first!" Qin Zheng said gently, giving Chu Yi enough face.
Canglan City, the conference hall of the City Lord's Mansion.
Qin Zheng sat at the top, and on the lower sides were the officials of all sizes in the city, and the first position on the left was naturally Chu Yi, the deputy city lord.
This time, it was the second time that Qin Zheng officially convened a meeting of the city lords.
"Virtuous nephew, last time you said that after three months, you will fight against the Black Lotus Army led by Helian Xiongfeng. Now that a few days have passed, I don't know what the plan is for the virtuous nephew?" Chu Yi asked with a smile.
"It turns out that I came here for this matter!" Qin Zheng had a score in his heart.
"Uncle Chu, ladies and gentlemen, I can't hide it, I have already deployed 1,000 soldiers of the city defense army, reorganized the legion, and named it the Shenwu Army! I will personally train these 1,000 soldiers, and in three months, you will know. "Qin Zheng sold it.
"Ah, it's really fake? The Lord reorganized the legion, and the Shenwu Army was very domineering!"
"Adults have changed a lot, not only in style, but also in knowledge. Is it really a great calamity that will not die, and there will be blessings in the future?"
"It's really child's play, the Black Lotus Army is famous for its murderous reputation, and it has won many battles! Even if you are clever in your means, city lord, how can the Shenwu Army develop within three months?"
"Zhenhai Shell Farm, this is the fattest industry in our Canglan City, it seems that it is going to be handed over to people in vain. β
The last two sentences are from a short and fat middle-aged man, the other party is dressed in gorgeous clothes, with a python belt around his waist, and he is a nobleman who has been blessed by the Heavenly Sage Dynasty.
Teng Rufeng, the head of the Teng family, the Teng family belongs to one of the wealthy forces in Canglan City.
Qin Zheng's gaze suddenly became cold and looked at Teng Rufeng.
A wisp of jing mangs pierced Tengru Peak.
"Lord Teng, what do you mean by this? Do you think that the lord of this city is messing around? Hmph, Zhenhai Shell Farm, and even Canglan City are the property of my Qin family, and I am the lord of a city, how to arrange it, do I still need your approval?"
"City Lord, you! Hmph, I'm not wrong! You are vainly gambling with Helian Xiongfeng, this is a place that traps me in Canglan City and is in danger! Hanhai City has taken the Zhenhai Shell Field, I'm afraid that the next step will be to seize Canglan City? You can talk big, but don't bother us!"
"Bold, Lord Teng, you dare to be disrespectful to the city lord!" Su Shaoqing immediately stood up and shouted angrily.
"Hmph, General Su, this is the affairs of the City Lord's Mansion, you are an officer, and it is your duty to lead the army, so why interfere with us in discussing the affairs of the city?" Teng Rufeng was not afraid and said proudly.
The eyes of the two Teng family disciples behind him flashed, and they glared at Su Shaoqing fiercely, obviously shocking the other party.
"You! In short, it is your fault for being disrespectful to the city lord!" Su Shaoqing said murderously.
"Nonsense, this is the City Lord's Mansion, not a vegetable market!" Chu Yi slapped his hand, and the audience was silent.
"Virtuous nephew, Lord Teng is also in a hurry, don't blame him!" Then, Chu Yi turned his head to look at Qin Zheng, and said in a gentle tone, flashing a sly gaze.
"Yes, Lord City, Lord Teng is also worried about my Canglan City, so he will lose his temper like this. The officials spoke one after another.
Looking at this scene, Qin Zheng sneered in his heart, he knew very well that in the entire City Lord's Mansion, Chu Yi's prestige was strong and strong, and most of the officials only listened to him, and he said nothing.
On the contrary, what you do, there will always be people who feel that they are unreliable.
Strength, status!
Taking a deep breath, Qin Zheng suddenly laughed and looked at Teng Rufeng meaningfully.
"Lord Teng, you don't have confidence in me? Do you think that my gamble with Helian Xiongfeng is talking big?"
"City Lord, yes, that's exactly what I think!" Teng Rufeng was looked at by Qin Zheng like this, and suddenly felt a little numb, but he was also a big man, not to mention that Jiang was still old and spicy, so he didn't feel that he would be suppressed by Qin Zheng.
"Hehe, Lord Teng, if I'm not mistaken. Your Teng family is in the city, with one of the largest gold caves, casinos, Ji courtyards, and restaurants, which can be described as making money!"
"What's the matter, the fairy fang was created by my Teng family, and it can develop to this scale because of the hard work of my Teng family!"
"Yes, it was your Teng family that created it! But if I'm not mistaken, when your Teng family offended King Anyang, it was your father who personally protected your Teng family and negotiated with King Anyang to save your family from being wiped out! If it weren't for your father, your Teng family would have turned into a lonely ghost thirty years ago!" Qin Zheng suddenly said in a majestic tone.
"This!" Teng Rufeng's momentum shrank, his eyes were dumbfounded, and he couldn't find a rebuttal.
"So, don't point fingers at me, let alone question my every order! If you don't accept it, you can move the Immortal Fang out of the city, and I won't stop you!" Qin Zheng smiled coldly.
"City Lord, this, Teng Mou didn't mean this, he was just worried about the gambling fight between the Lord and Helian Xiongfeng, just now he lost his words for a while, please punish the Lord!" Teng Rufeng suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, glanced at Chu Yi, and saw that he closed his eyes, and his body was shocked.
"Okay, I'll fine you three thousand gold, step aside!" Qin Zheng said in a deep voice.
"Yes, Teng pleaded guilty!" Teng Rufeng was covered in sweat and hurriedly retreated.
Walking out of the conference hall, his expression changed instantly, and a cold aura emerged from his body.
"Qin Zheng! good! good!"
"Lord Chu and I have underestimated you again!
"Hmph, March will pass quickly, but I will enlarge my eyes to see how you will give up the Zhenhai Shellfish Field, and how you will ruin your Qin family's ancestral business!" Teng Rufeng muttered to himself, and the mockery in his expression did not weaken in the slightest.
After Teng Rufeng left, there was silence in the conference hall.
Some people were also shocked by Qin Zheng's methods just now, he actually dared to face the struggle with Teng Rufeng, how much confidence did he have to have?
The Qin family is declining, this is a fact!
The Teng family is a wealthy commercial family, and one-third of the taxes in Canglan City rely on the Teng family to provide for it, holding the economic lifeline.
But since the battle of the Sea Clan, Qin Zheng escaped death, as if he had changed his life, and his style of acting was extremely old-fashioned, not at all like the style of an eighteen-year-old boy.
Even, dare not to give face to the head of the Teng family!
The civil official Yan Huaijin showed appreciation in his eyes, and stood up and said, "Lord of the city, the Shenwu Army has just been built. I heard that Imakri also hunted a large number of demon beasts and distributed animal meat to the people. Therefore, in my opinion, the adults have already made up their minds in their hearts! We and other ministers are looking forward to your dedication to us!"
"Lord Yan is right, the Qin City Lord is the dragon and phoenix among the people, no matter how powerful Helian is, can he still beat the Qin City Lord?"
"That's right, City Lord Qin, all of us support you!"
In the next second, the atmosphere in the conference hall changed, and all the officials changed their tones and said to Qin Zheng in support.
What's more, Tiyì said: "We should spread this news so that all the people of Canglan City, and even the eight cities of Haizhou, know how determined our Canglan City is!"
"In order to rescue Nanming, the people of the two towns of Kunyue and Kunyue are fighting against the water!
"Hehe, you adults have praised it. Qin Zheng raised his hand and stopped the commotion of everyone.
A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said lightly: "No one is allowed to mention this matter." β
Chu Yi stood up and said gently: "All in all, virtuous nephew, now Canglan City is your first leader, and if the virtuous nephew has any resolution, our subordinates will definitely fully support it!"
"So, thank you Uncle Chu!" Qin Zheng said with a smile.
"Nephew Xian is polite, I'm also waiting for the good of Canglan City. Chu Yi also replied with a smile.
At this moment, Li Nan hurriedly reported, walked to Qin Zheng's side, bowed his head and said solemnly: "My lord, I just received an invitation in the mansion, and the Heavenly Craftsman Pavilion invited you to the banquet tonight. β;