As the capital of Yongle Province, Shanglin City was naturally one of only forty-two second-tier cities in the empire.

But what is more embarrassing is that because Yongle Province and the imperial capital live next to each other, it can even be said that the imperial capital is surrounded by Yongle Province, which makes Shanglin City have to live in the shadow of the imperial capital from the moment it is determined to be the provincial capital.

In the Yongle Province of Nuoda, all priority supplies must also meet the needs of the imperial capital first.

Moreover, because the imperial capital is within the scope of Yongle Province, many people in the empire even think that the largest city in Yongle Province is the imperial capital, and they don't care about the imperial capital itself as an imperial direct jurisdiction.

All these reasons have made Shanglin City the weakest presence among the forty-two provincial capitals in the empire.

Coupled with the extremely exaggerated number of permanent residents in the imperial capital itself, the daily demand for living materials in the imperial capital is completely astronomical.

This kind of demand is definitely not something that the imperial capital itself can bear, and naturally, Yongle Province, which lives next to the imperial capital, has to bear the responsibility of supporting the imperial capital.

Every moment of the day, a large amount of materials mobilized from various places in Yongle Province must continue to enter from various locations in the imperial capital, and a large amount of garbage produced by the imperial capital every day must also be continuously transported out and then destroyed in Yongle Province.

It is no exaggeration to say that the imperial capital is completely living in Yongle Province to suck blood, consuming the resources of the entire Yongle Province, and supporting such a city as the imperial capital!

This has never happened even in the other three tier-1 cities.

Because the imperial capital is the residence of His Majesty the Emperor and the core of the empire.

It is conceivable how much the Yongle Province will be affected under this kind of plunder, which is almost like eating bones and sucking the marrow.

If you want to say that among the forty-two provinces of the empire, the most gloomy province, it may not be the turn of Yongle Province, but if you evaluate the top three rankings, there must be Yongle Province among them.

Looking at the towering and somewhat dilapidated city walls of Shanglin City, Ye Ning and his party listened to Liu Qinghe's introduction to Shanglin City.

Between the words, it was full of dissatisfaction with the imperial capital.

As a Shanglin person, it should be normal to be dissatisfied with the imperial capital.

After all, the existence of the imperial capital not only makes Shanglin's sense of existence extremely weak, but also objectively reduces the quality of life of Shanglin people.

After paying the taxes that needed to be paid when entering the city, Liu Qinghe and his party directly took Ye Ning and the four of them to the Liu family's settlement.

As a small family, the entire family has a total of more than 100 people, so it is naturally impossible to directly build a residential area like those big families.

The Liu family's residence is a residential building in a residential area.

When he first entered Shanglin City, Liu Qinghe briefly told the family what had happened before through the communication spirit guide.

Therefore, the patriarch of the Liu family booked a hotel nearby in advance, and as the group returned, after handing over the simple prey to the person in charge of distribution in the family, he went towards the hotel in a majestic manner.

Even if Ye Ning and the four of them originally planned to go to the underground rail train station, take the underground rail train from Shanglin to the imperial capital directly, and not stop in Shanglin City, they couldn't stand the enthusiasm of the Liu family, not only booked the hotel, but even the hotel where the four of them lived had been booked in advance.

There were not many people who simply went to the hotel, except for the previous hunting team, only Liu Qingyuan, the patriarch of the Liu family, was accompanied, and the rest of the Liu family did not come to join in the excitement.

In any case, there was nothing wrong with the Liu family's arrangement.

The hotel is not far from the Liu family, the grade is not low, in a large private room that is enough to sit more than 20 people, Liu Qingyuan, the head of the Liu family, just sat down, took out a card from his body and handed it to Ye Ning.

said with a smile: "The processing of the blood giant ape may take some time, listen to the second brother, you still have to rush to the imperial capital to report, they are all students who have just graduated from high school, I am afraid that they will not live in Shanglin for more." So I'll give you the money for the Blood Ape in advance. ”

"There are 150,000 in this, which is almost the money that a low-level spiritual level blood giant ape can sell, if there is any exceedance afterwards, I will supply it to you. ”

Ye Ning took the card in his hand, knocked on the table, and said, "I guess even if I say that we don't need this money, I'm afraid that the head of the Liu family will not agree." ”

"Of course, the blood ape is your prey, and of course the proceeds will go to you. What's more, you also saved the lives of my Liu family's entire hunting team. If it weren't for your appearance, my Liu family's hunting team might have been wiped out by now, which can't be made up for by no amount of money. ”

Liu Qingyuan looked at Ye Ning with a smile, and continued very sincerely: "Actually, it stands to reason that our Liu family should show enough sincerity to express our gratitude for saving our lives." I'm not afraid of your jokes, the current situation of the Liu family is not very good, the efficiency of the family company continues to decline, resulting in the problem of eating more than 100 people in the family, most of them can only rely on the income of the hunting team, just give you the income that belongs to you, which has made us very ashamed. ”

"The head of the Liu family is serious, meeting is fate, there is nothing to say, it's not interesting to talk too much. It's all in the wine. ”

Ye Ning said, taking the initiative to raise the wine glass on the table.

Liu Qingyuan was stunned, and then laughed and said: "Hahaha, that's right, everything is in the wine! I really didn't expect that the current senior high school graduates are so terrible? I think back then, when Qinghe and I graduated from high school, we were completely a chick who didn't know anything, and when I talked to others, I had to tremble nervously, but I was far less free than you are now. ”

"Big brother, Ye Ning and the four of them are not ordinary high school graduates, I have already asked on the way, all four of them have been admitted to the Big Six, and Ye Ning is the top student in this year's college entrance examination. ”

Liu Qinghe said with a smile.

The time was too short, and Liu Qingyuan obviously didn't know the news yet, so that a shocked expression appeared on his face.

Staring Ye Ning up and down for a long time, he asked in disbelief, "You are the poor champion?"

"Where did this nickname come from?"

Ye Ning smiled bitterly and touched the tip of his nose.

"Hahaha, since the interview about you has been circulated throughout the empire, this nickname is probably known to everyone, right? After all, you are the first champion from the slums in the history of the empire, you may not know how many children of slums and ordinary people have been inspired to follow your example after the reports about you became popular in the empire!"

Liu Qingyuan smiled and raised his glass again, this time he simply stood up and continued: "This cup is not for thanks, but for admiration! Although I, Liu Qingyuan, am not a person, I am rarely convinced. But the poor champion, I am convinced!"

As soon as the words fell, the door of the box was suddenly slammed open with a sharp kick!