Soon, Li Ze and Ma Rong came to the City Lord's Mansion. Chu Shan met them in the study. I haven't seen each other for a few years, but the two of them have matured a lot, and their cultivation has also improved a lot, and they already have the level of the third layer of the Qi cultivation period.

"I haven't seen you for a year, but the cultivation of the two of you has improved a lot!" Chu Shan said with a smile.

& It's all the work of the city lord," the two of them were full of gratitude, "If it weren't for the city lord passing on the Fire Divine Skill to the two of us, we wouldn't be where we are today." ”

&You don't have to be humble, to be able to have today's achievements, these are all earned by your hard work, and it has nothing to do with me!" Chu Shan laughed, "But there are two main things to invite you to come today. ”

"Your Excellency!" said the two in unison.

& must be so strict. Chu Shan waved his hand, "The first thing is how well your army is trained?" Li Ze, you say it first. ”

"My lord," Li Ze hurriedly got up and said proudly, "There are two schools of people in the Flying Tiger Camp under the jurisdiction of the humble position, with a total of 2,500 people, according to the arrangement of the adults, they basically go to the Cloud Mist Mountain every month to practice, and their personal cultivation is above the triple level of the day after tomorrow, but there are no cultivators." ”

>& that's good. Chu Shan sighed and said, "How can it be so easy to cultivate." Stepping into the day after tomorrow, he can be regarded as a master in the rivers and lakes, and the Qi training period is equivalent to the congenital. ”

"Although our army is not highly cultivated by a single person, once a military formation is formed, ordinary masters on the rivers and lakes will not be able to defeat a single army of soldiers and horses. ”

&Not bad. has lived up to the cultivation of the past few years. After speaking, he looked at Ma Rong and said directly, "What about you?"

The Black Dragon Battalion also has two schools of soldiers and horses, and its strength is comparable to that of the Flying Tiger Battalion. Ma Rong was concise and answered directly.

>> However, your subordinates have gathered the soldiers and horses of the two schools, so you will be promoted to partial generals, and continue to lead your men, and you must not slack off. In addition, we must also work hard to break through the third layer. ”

"Thank you, sir!" said in unison.

& Two things, that is, after I got out of the customs, I walked around the city and found that the law and order was not bad. However, there are still bullying men and women. After you go down, send more than half of the men to maintain law and order, and if you find something like this, no matter what the background, you must severely punish and never tolerate it. ”

The two replied.

At this time, the guard outside the door reported, "My lord, the chief bookkeeper Tahara asks to see you!"

"He comes in!" Chu Shan immediately said, "Okay, you two go down, remember the two things you just said, don't be negligent, and be on guard against other cities, don't slack off." ”

&

>> Let's go down!" Chu Shan waved his hand and let the two go back.

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Soon, Tahara, the chief bookkeeper, came in.

"Tahara bowed and saluted.

In recent years, the development of Qinghe City has been thanks to the work of the master day and night. Chu Shan said.

&If only the city lord could withstand the pressure and implement a lot of policies for the benefit of the people!" Tian Yuan did not take credit, "His subordinates are just following the script and implementing the rules!"

>> There is no need for the two of us to praise each other," Chu Shan said, "The main book is generally to go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, I don't know what is important today?"

& There is nothing to do, mainly because I heard that the city lord is out of the customs, and I came to report the current situation in the city. Tahara said with a smile.

"Then tell me, I'm also a little curious, I don't know how Qinghe City has developed over the years!"

The former Qinghe City occupies a radius of ten miles, plus the surrounding villages and small towns, with a population of as many as one million. Each year's tax revenue, excluding various expenses, is about 300 million. ”

& So much?" Chu Shan said curiously.

Wrong, but most of it is business taxes, accounting for nearly ninety percent. The rest is some other agricultural taxes, which account for about 10 percent. ”

&How much money do you have in the City Lord's Mansion?" Chu Shan asked with concern.

& There are about 1.1 billion coins. Three million stone of food were stored, as well as some weapons and armor. Tian Yuan proudly said that in recent years, Qinghe City has grown year by year, not only in terms of population, taxes and food, but also because he doesn't have to work too hard, and he can basically implement things quickly. It's the easiest master book in history.

Chu Shan knew that he had so many family backgrounds, and immediately ordered, "Release the news, just say that Qinghe City has purchased meat and blood-tonifying medicinal materials from the surrounding cities, the amount is huge, and the capital is more than 500 million, and it is scheduled to be purchased in the City Lord's Mansion next month, and if the negotiation is good, there will be continuous acquisitions every year." In addition, by halving the agricultural tax, we do not need to get rich by exploiting the people. ”

& Thank you for understanding the people, this is the blessing of the people of Qinghe. Tahara said loudly.

In addition, in order to celebrate the development of Qinghe City, from the city lord's mansion to officials at all levels, rewards range from 100 to 1,000 gold coins, as for the specific distribution, you can decide for yourself. In addition, the city guards and the city lord's palace guards are five hundred each, and the commander is one thousand, you go down and arrange it!"

& Thank you for showing compassion to your subordinates. After saying that, he left happily.

Chu Shan couldn't help but smile dumbly, he was a cultivator, and he didn't care about worldly gold and silver treasures, not to mention, there were countless treasures in his storage bag, which were almost impossible to count, and he couldn't look down on hundreds of thousands of gold coins, and he could still win the loyalty of his subordinates, so why not do it!

The news that Qinghe City was going to hold a large-scale business ordering party on the fifth day of the next lunar month spread like the wind all over the surrounding area. The nearby cities are all envious of Qinghe City in Chushan, which is constantly strong, and there is nothing to worry about in particular. Now after the city lords, mainland merchants, and nobles of the family heard the news, they were preparing this goods, and this kind of animals, medicinal materials, etc. continued to gather in the hands of these people, anyway, there are storage bags now, and there will be no problem with storing grain and other goods for a year and a half, and it is also prepared to prepare in advance, not to mention that the wealth of Qinghe City is definitely not only trading this time, and there will be continuous orders in the future.

Now, there are gradually more people in Qinghe City. There are travelers, businessmen, curiosity, etc., but fortunately, Qinghe City is big enough and there are enough inns, otherwise it really can't fit so many people. Of course, the local people of Qinghe City, the people in the rivers and lakes, etc., all entered the Yunwu Mountain like crazy, trying to try their luck and take this opportunity to make a lot of money. In the end, due to the heavy casualties, under the suppression of the city guards, this atmosphere slowly faded.

Time flies quickly, and it will be more than half a month in a flash, and it will be the fifth day of the new year in three days. At this time, the people who came to Qinghe City had basically arrived, and they couldn't catch up with it later. During this period of time, Chu Shan did not retreat and practice penance as usual, except for the thunderous standing piles at night instead of resting, during the day, he also played Tai Chi, read books, and carved a few runes when he was interested, so the progress has been very slow recently, and the number of runes has increased by less than a hundred. However, Chu Shan is not without gains, before Chu Shan was like an unsheathed sword, very sharp, and people knew that it was very human at a glance. Now the sword has been sheathed, and the edge is as sharp as a mortal, and there is no abnormality to be seen. The five elements and the space prohibition that have been completed are finally completely integrated, the water ** melts, and the breath becomes more mysterious and ethereal. Even Chu Shan himself felt that his control over the rune ban and the natal spirit world tree species had been strengthened a lot, it used to be like a long sword, he would use it but it would inevitably be taken away by others, and even hurt himself, but now it has become his own arm, wielding it freely, and he will definitely not accidentally injure himself or lose control.

At present, the representatives from all over the country who have come to Qinghe City have almost arrived, and the list has been drawn up by the chief bookkeeper Tian Yuan, as long as they wait until the fifth day of the new year, they will be allowed to go to the city lord's mansion to discuss, and now the entire city lord's mansion is under martial law, and the entire battalion of the Flying Tiger Battalion is not idle, and the full-time escort work. The guards of the City Lord's Mansion are responsible for the rear line of defense. As for the Black Dragon Battalion, it is responsible for the city defense and security of Qinghe City, although there are not many people, but it is clearly layered, loose on the outside and tight on the inside, without the slightest loophole. At first, there were still people who did not believe and took the opportunity to make trouble, but after severely punishing the troublemakers of several nearby cities, no one offended the majesty of these guards. Everyone was quietly waiting for the grand event in a few days, after all, it was hundreds of millions of gold coins, not counting the follow-up continuous contract orders, which would not be less than a billion. You must know that an ordinary county town has a tax of only 50 million a year, such a big piece of cake, it is impossible for no one to be rare, and it is not possible to be sure that it is strong, that is, to do business honestly, approaching this plate is too big, not one person can swallow it at one time, therefore, the contradiction between each person is not big, everyone takes what they need.