Chapter 248: Kong Chengtang's questioning
At the beginning of the dinner, the atmosphere was very heavy.
The fourth prince, Kong Chengtang, took the lead and said: "City Lord Wu, I have a lot of opinions about your Green Water City!"
The second prince, Kong Chengmo, also spoke: "City Lord Wu, you Green Water City, there is indeed a big problem. ”
Wu Qianjin saw sweat on his forehead, and these two of them asked the teacher to ask for the guilt.
The fourth prince, Kong Chengtang, looked at Kong Chengmo curiously and said, "Does the second brother also have an opinion?" ”
Wu Qianjin hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Please advise Your Highness II." ”
Kong Chengmo cleared his throat and said solemnly: "Your Green Water City, the original geographical location is still very good, but the development of the tertiary industry really can't keep up. Look at these girls in the city, what kind of vulgar fans are they? The environment for attracting investment is so poor, how can the city develop?"
As soon as these words came out, not only Wu Qianjin was stunned, but even the other two princes and Tuoba Wei at the same table were also stunned.
Kong Chengtang said incredulously: "Second brother, this is the question you want to talk about?"
"That's right! City Lord Wu, don't take my words seriously! I know that for your sake, you have to think about it seriously! You have also been in Dadu, why do you think Dadu is so prosperous? The reason is very simple, as long as you go to the Qinghuai River, you will understand everything. ”
When Kong Chengmo said this, he had a momentum of pointing out the country.
Wu Qianjin's face was full of black lines, but he still nodded again and again: "Thank you Second Highness for mentioning it, I must experience it seriously." ”
Kong Chengmo nodded slightly, filled himself with a bowl of soup, and then looked at the fourth prince and said, "Fourth brother, what do you have to say?"
Kong Chengtang took a deep breath, calmed down the helplessness in his heart, and then spoke: "I went to the street today, only to hear that this Green Water City is full of complaints, I don't know what the city lord Wu explains?"
Wu Qianjin's face changed, this is a proposition, but he still doesn't know what Kong Chengze means by complaining, so he naturally can't answer.
"Please make it clear to Your Highness. ”
"In Green Water City, merchants are complaining that business is difficult, cultivators are complaining that resources are too expensive, and people are complaining about insecurity, I heard that you have recently destroyed an old family in the city, I wonder if I have wronged you?"
When Wu Qianjin heard this, he explained: "Back to His Royal Highness, these things are true, but there are other reasons. In recent months, the monsters in the Kunling Mountains have rioted, and many villages and caravans have been attacked by the monsters, causing many casualties and tight supplies. However, the problem of the monster rebellion has now been solved, and it must not be long before the city can gradually return to normal order. ”
"Then what do you mean by destroying the Zhuge family?"
"That's because the Zhuge family took advantage of the shortage of materials in Green Water City, hoarded a large number of materials to raise prices, and made it difficult for the country to make money. ”
Wu Qianjin's words were half-true, he didn't say anything about the collusion between the Zhuge family and Fuyucheng, because this matter couldn't be said at all.
It is obvious that there is a competitive relationship between Fuyu City and Green Water City, but Kong Fangguo basically doesn't care about this kind of competition, so Wu Qianjin didn't expect why the fourth prince would talk about it.
To say that it is because you care about the happiness index of the people, it is absolutely nonsense.
Kong Fangguo only cares about how many resources and how many talents can be provided to the national capital by Green Water City every year, and the others will not care at all, or the possibility of being able to manage them is very small.
In front of ordinary cultivators, mortal lives are like ants, let alone the royal family of Kong Fangguo.
Moreover, the competition for Xiaoling Mountain is imminent, if Wu Qianjin exposes this matter at such a time, will it make the princes and Tuoba Wei think that they are because of their lack of confidence, and they can't compete in Fuyu City, just like most of them are suing?
Wu Qianjin is full of confidence in this competition, so there is really no need to cause trouble at this time.
Although Wu Qianjin tried his best to avoid such a thing, Kong Chengtang still spoke: "City Lord Wu, the chaos in Green Water City has lasted not for a month or two, but for half a year. I am very skeptical about your ability to do things now, and if you hand over the Xiaolingshan Mine Cave to Green Water City to operate and mine, will it put too much pressure on City Lord Wu? In my opinion, if City Lord Wu really has more than enough heart and not enough strength, it is better to hand over the mining cave to other cities, I don't know what Lord Tuoba wants?"
Wu Qianjin's face changed: "How can this work?"
Kong Chengtang's words made Wu Qianjin startled.
Xiaolingshan Mine Cave is too important to Wu Qianjin, and it is also very important to Green Water City. If it is lost, Wu Qianjin's years of hard work will be in vain.
He did panic, and he had to panic.
Who is Kong Chengtang? That's the Four Princes. His words or opinions are very influential.
If Kong Chengtang said this, he would directly sentence this matter to "death", then Wu Qianjin felt unacceptable.
Wu Qianjin's emotions were too excited.
So much so that Tuoba Wei on the side frowned and said, "City Lord Wu, you must not be unreasonable to the Fourth Highness." ”
Wu Qianjin took a few deep breaths and calmed down his emotions before saying, "Fourth Highness, my subordinates don't mean to offend, it's really that this Xiaolingshan Mine Cave is too important to my Green Water City. I, Green Water City, definitely have the ability to manage Xiaoling Mountain well, and I will definitely not delay the supply of spirit stones to the imperial court. ”
Kong Chengtang didn't speak, just looked at Tuoba Wei.
Tuoba Wei saw that the four princes were waiting for him to speak, and after thinking about it seriously, he said: "Fourth Highness, in my opinion, it is better to follow the old rules in this matter. It's not good to directly deprive them of their qualifications because of some problems in Green Water City, and instead hand over the management rights to Fuyu City. Besides, we haven't learned about Fuyu City, so maybe there are other problems. ”
Wu Qianjin is very grateful for Tuoba Wei's words at this time, if Tuoba Wei listened to Kong Chengtang's opinion in this matter, then Wu Qianjin would have to be dumb and eat Coptis chinensis.
Kong Chengmo laughed and said, "Fourth brother, you are just too serious." Wherever you go, you have to worry about the court, and I'm really tired and panicked. You know that if you want to find some activities for your second brother, you should also find some fun for yourself. ”
Kong Chengtang nodded and said, "Got it, second brother." I just hope that I, Kong Fangguo, will be stronger, and one day I will be able to reach the strength of several major sects. City Lord Wu, as an official of Kong Fangguo, you should also do your best for the imperial court. ”
Although Kong Chengtang almost killed himself just now, Wu Qianjin could only nod yes, and said that he would do his best to govern Green Water City and cultivate outstanding talents for Kong Fangguo.
Under the eaves, he had to bow his head, who would make the family a prince? If he dared to show disrespect to Kong Chengtang, there would be no good fruit to eat in the future.