At noon, the sun poured a fire-like red light on the trees like a fireball, and the sun-curled leaves added a bit of irritability to the already sultry weather.

Seeing the gate of Dragon City, it was bustling and crowded. Among them were farmers ploughing the fields, peddlers and pawns, as well as hand-cranked folding fans and literati dressed in long robes. It's just that no matter who they are, they are all blocked by the city gate guards under the sun at this time, enduring the scorching sun. One by one, they sweated like rain and suffered unspeakably.

"Little ...... Young master, when do we have to wait?" Gan Xiaoyu, who was dressed in men's clothes, had just opened his mouth to speak, but he realized that he had said something wrong again, and hurriedly changed his words.

"Wait, it should be soon, it's the fourth batch in the past now!" Murong Feiyan next to him was also dressed in a long robe, holding a book of poems as a fan, constantly fanning the wind to get hot, and looking anxiously at the direction of the city gate.

"It's really annoying to me! I actually let our young master wait here for so long, I really don't know how to be the sheriff of Dragon City. Young master, after we go in, we must report this matter to the second master, so that he can teach these guys a good lesson. A servant who was waiting for a hurry was angry and fanned the flames to his own young master standing next to him.

"Shut up!" the scholar standing next to him raised the folding fan in his hand and slammed it on the servant's head. "If you don't speak, no one will treat you as a dumb person! What kind of place is this? Do you still think you are in Xiyang Town? Everyone will buy you face? Don't cause trouble for me. The scholar was obviously much more knowledgeable than the domestic servant, and he also understood the current situation, so he lectured at the domestic servant.

An old woodcutter standing beside the two of them saw this scene and couldn't help but persuade: "What your young master said is right, like today's situation, it rarely happens in Jianlong City. Therefore, when this situation occurs, something must be wrong, and young people should talk less and watch more, so as not to catch fire. ”

When the scholar saw someone talking, he thanked him: "Thank you for your advice, I don't know which family in the city is the wave of people who just went out?"

"Hehe, if you have any advice, I just think that today's situation is a little weird. In the past just now, there were the Bai family in Qingyu Lane, the Zheng family and the Huang family in Qinglin Street. I didn't see the other one too clearly, but if you look at it from the clothes, it should be the Ding family on Jinyu Street. Young people, these are all famous hundred-year-old clans in Dragon City, and we little people can't afford to mess with them. Speaking of this, the old woodcutter seemed to suddenly think of something, and couldn't help muttering: "Strange, these families go out on weekdays, all of them are fanfare, and the family flags are eager to carry ten by one person, what's wrong with this today? Why can't they go out?"

At this moment, a large crowd of galloping horses poured out of the city gate again, and before everyone could see clearly, the horse team had disappeared from sight.

"Okay, okay, all the old and young masters, you can go into the city! Let's talk about the front first, and the big money and the medical examination sign that should be paid are ready first. On a hot day, don't let everyone suffer under the sun because you are alone. If there is a petty thief, there is a bad heart. I advise you to rest your mind, in the city, but if you are arrested for these things, hehe, you will definitely have a part in the war in the cloudless country. Okay, my goalkeeper Liu Yan is all here, and before he wants to do bad things, he must also weigh it in his heart. ”

I saw Liu Yong, the goalkeeper who was dressed in armor and looked majestic, turned around and stretched out his hand to greet the city gate guards behind him: "Brothers, line up on both sides and start to check your body and enter the city!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a group of guards immediately divided into several rows with weapons in their hands, and then placed the large bucket directly in front of him to beckon everyone to start entering the city.

In fact, there were no such programs before, and everyone was free to come and go. But since last year, the Cloudless Nation has been constantly attacking Changding City, and the army of the Mengyue Empire has been resisting until now. But the current situation is that not only did he not defeat the Cloudless Country, but he showed some defeats.

War needs silver, and some big families are reluctant to do so for their own interests. In the end, the emperor was forced to have no choice, so he began to set up city silver in several large cities around Changding City. Trying to take some money from the people to supplement the army.

To be honest, although each person only receives one penny, this kind of behavior of reaching out to the people to ask for money is very inauthentic. And Ren Xuji himself understands that this kind of thing is very unpopular. However, with his current strength, he really has no way to take those big families, so after weighing it, he can only use this expedient measure first. On the side of the common people, as long as they get through this hurdle, they will find a way to make up for them in the future.

The queue into the city was very long, but the goalkeeper Liu Yong was born in the army, had an upright personality, and was a good person. In order to speed up the entry into the city, so that the people under the sun will suffer less sin. He asked everyone who entered the city to raise his hands, throw copper coins with his left hand, and hold a test card with his right hand. When he arrived at the guard's side, he threw the copper coin directly, and the guard glanced at the sign, and the people who entered the city didn't have to stop to forget it.

It's not very pretty, but it's very efficient. Gan Xiaoyu, who was still looking ahead and sighing just now, soon came to the guards guarding the city on both sides.

Facing the officers and soldiers, Gan Xiaoyu's heart couldn't help but pound. Stunned, he raised his hands and walked forward.

"Stop!" the guard next to her shouted, and the wax gun in his hand slammed in front of her, blocking the way.

Gan Xiaoyu was startled, and was about to get up to resist, when he heard Murong Feiyan, who was walking behind him, shouting at the top of his voice: "Hurry up and pay the entrance fee, don't delay everyone's time!

Murong Feiyan's reminder suddenly made Gan Xiaoyu understand, and hurriedly threw the copper coin in his hand into the wooden barrel on the left, and then surrendered his hand to forgiveness, "I'm sorry, I'm stupid by your military might, but your armor is really good-looking......"

Before Gan Xiaoyu's words were finished, he heard Liu Yong, the goalkeeper standing on the side, shouting: "Hurry up, if you really envy the armor, go to the Recruitment Division to sign up." In times of war, as long as you can pick up a knife, you can pass. Let's go!"

"Hey, let's go, let's go!" Gan Xiaoyu heard Liu Yong's roar, and saw that the spears that stopped in front of him had also been put back, and hurriedly ran over.

After Gan Xiaoyu's episode, everyone waiting in line couldn't help but relax, and talked about being scared silly by Gan Xiaoyu with a smile.

"Whew, little ...... Young Master, you almost scared me to death when you just went out!" After passing the inspection, Murong Feiyan and Gan Xiaoyu blended directly into the crowd.

......

Just when Murong Feixue and Gan Xiaoyu officially stepped into Seeing Dragon City.

In the council hall of the City Lord's Mansion, more than a dozen people sat on either side.

Shentu Yuanwu put down the tea cup in his hand and looked at the people below with a frown.

"Compared to the Shadow's Bulletin, everyone knows it. Now let's talk about what you think and what you think. ”

"Why don't I talk about it first?" said an old man in a soap-colored robe, glancing around and seeing that no one was speaking.

"Well, okay! Mr. Zhuang will tell me your opinion first. Shentu Yuanwu sat up straight and nodded in response.

"Judging from the express report, if Shen Qianzong's methods are promoted in the reputation of the government, it will undoubtedly be a great good thing for our Mengyue Empire's current situation, so I agree with this.

And when it comes to the fact that the Cloud Country wants troops to surround Dragon City, I think it has to be confirmed again, in my opinion, the Cloud Country currently does not have the ability and necessity to divide the army into two ways. ”

Mr. Zhuang in Shentu Yuanwu's mouth, his full name is Zhuang Boyu. is not only the deputy chief of the Holy Grace Academy, but also a literary hero near the Dragon City. After being recruited into the staff team by Shentu Yuanwu, he has been conscientious, and he has really made a lot of efforts to see the development of Dragon City.

Therefore, since I read the shadow emergency report from Emperor Ren Xuji last night, I have been thinking about the two questions mentioned above.

The first is the spies' report, and the Cloud Country plans to divide its troops into two ways. While attacking Changding City, besieging Jianlong City. Let the armies of the entire Mengyue Empire be attacked left and right.

Second, I learned from Dan Ziming about the food management method of Shen Feng and Shen Qian in Feixue Town. So under the clamor of a group of well-intentioned people, he planned to use the title honor to collect these technologies of Shen Feng into the possession of the empire. This model is then used as one of the ways to increase the revenue of the national treasury.

In response to these two problems, Zhuang Boyu put forward the above suggestions after careful consideration.

"I understand what Mr. Zhuang said, and it is easy to operate after all. However, the student has a question, if we take all these skills of Mr. Shen Qian this time. Is this model a stopgap measure? or a long-term solution?

If it is an expedient measure, how can we ensure that some powerful families will not use this as an excuse to oppress the people? However, whenever there is a big profit, they will use such an excuse to snatch it up, and this is very hurtful to the people?

If it's a long-term solution, then the chances of this excuse being used are even greater. So, is this method helping my Dream Moon Empire, or is it hurting our Dream Moon Empire?"

Guan Xinghe, who was sitting at the end, found that there was no problem with the other party's opinion after Zhuang Boyu finished talking about his suggestions, and the biggest difference was that he was standing on a strong foundation to analyze this matter. And judging from the statements in the urgent newspaper, there are very many people who hold this view.

But for people like Guan Xinghe, who have climbed from the bottom to the present, the doorway inside is really too clear. This method on the urgent report must be deliberately done by some families with ulterior motives. What the other party wants to achieve, Guan Xinghe can't guess, and he doesn't dare to guess.

But this model, which will eventually push vulnerable people into the abyss of despair, is completely unreasonable from the perspective of ordinary people.

Of course, perhaps the civil and military officials on His Majesty's side will give countless high-sounding reasons. But in the end, the interests of the weak people are gradually swallowed up by the powerful forces to the point that there is no hair left.