Yunzhou City - County Sheriff's Mansion.
The back hall of the Sheriff's Mansion was packed with people. Li Yi at the top looked impatiently at a group of people representing various forces below.
He gently sipped the tea in his hand, and his brows suddenly furrowed deeper. Since he was transferred to Yunzhou City, he has never had any good tea. Even as a county governor, he can only count on these things in the interior. The supply of high-end and mid-range tea was really uncomfortable for him who was used to drinking good tea.
But there is no way, Yunzhou County has such conditions, if you don't drink it, you can't even drink this, so even if you don't adapt to it, you can only lower your appetite and continue to drink this grade of tea.
Listening to the discussions below, Li Yi's patience finally ran out. Now that King Yun has entered the city, he is dragged here and cannot go to greet him. If he encounters a petty person, his career may be over. No matter what, From now on, he will also be the top leader of Yunzhou County and his immediate boss, so he cannot afford to offend him.
However, the leaders of the various forces in the hall are also an important support for the county governor's government to control the entire Yunzhou County. Only then did he suppress his anxiety and wait here until now.
But from the time he came back from being blocked until now, the group of people below have been talking in low voices, but no one is willing to stand up and be the first to ask questions, resulting in a stalemate. The time is dragging on longer and longer. After all, Li Yi's patience ran out.
At this point, Li Yi, who had exhausted his patience, put down the tea cup in his hand, stood up and looked around at the people below, with impatience and a bit of anger at wasted time in his tone, and said in a deep voice:
"What do you mean by coming here today? Can you tell me directly?
Now that King Yun has entered Yunzhou City, I, as the county guard, should go to greet him immediately, but you have blocked me in the county guard's mansion, but you are unwilling to tell me what is going on, and what is the purpose? !
Could it be that you all think that I have a lot of time, so you came here to play with me all the time! "
At the end of the sentence, the anger in Li Yi's words was palpable, causing everyone in the hall who was talking in low voices to fall silent.
After a long time, Xu finally realized that he couldn't drag it out any longer. Everyone below looked at me, and I looked at you, and finally he chose one of the people to speak out.
Chen Lixin, the former third brother of the Chen family in Nan'an and now the head of the Chen family in Yunzhou, was immediately elected as the representative under the eyes of everyone and stood up, cupped his hands to Li Yi and said:
"Lord Sheriff, I didn't come here today just to have fun with you, and I don't dare to have the courage to do so. I really have something important that I want you to help me clear up, so that everyone can feel at ease. Everyone is at peace. This Yunzhou County can only be safe and sound, right?"
Li Yi heard the meaning of these words clearly, especially the second half, and frowned in displeasure. But now he could only suppress the anger in his heart and asked in a deep voice:
"What's the matter? Come and listen. Those who can speak will naturally speak, and those who cannot speak..."
He didn't finish his words, but everyone understood what he meant, and they didn't force him too much.
Chen Lixin immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and without any further covering up, he hurriedly said:
"Sir, since the surrender of Yunzhou County, the imperial court and everyone have spent fifty years working together, and now Yunzhou County has the prosperous scene. But I don't know, now King Yun suddenly comes. What kind of disturbance will it cause to the current stability and peace of Yunzhou County if we are just a vassal?"
What he said was cryptic, but not cryptic either.
Everyone in the hall also understood.
In the fifty years since Yunzhou County was annexed, all of their forces have determined their respective interests in Yunzhou County. Everyone was eating happily at the same table, and they were all in harmony. .
Now that King Yun, the dragon crossing the river, ran into this room and sat down, he was bound to have a place in this banquet, and the food on this table had already been divided. The dragon crossing the river intervened. You’ll definitely want to take a bite too!
When he takes this bite, he must be biting food from other people's bowls on the table. This is something that no one wants to see. After all, no one is willing to share the food in his bowl with others for free. This is inevitable. It will bring them into conflict with this dragon crossing the river.
This is also the purpose of everyone coming here today. I want to ask Li Yi, the county governor, what he thinks about this dragon crossing the river. If he only wants to get a small share of this dining table, forget it. If he is greedy, Why don't you have to take away most of the food in everyone's bowl?
This will also determine everyone's attitude towards this dragon crossing the river!
As soon as he said these words, Li Yi remained calm on his face but was already scolding in his heart.
you ask me? I asked who to go?
I haven't even met the person yet, so how do I know what the other person is thinking.
Moreover, you guys think too highly of yourself, how can you be more than just a dragon crossing the river!
That is the Sixth Prince of the current Holy Emperor!
You guys, a group of local forces, are just a little bit awesome in this Yunzhou County, and what you bring out is just something that is not on the table!
how? Still want to fight with others? You deserve it too!
Li Yi felt disdain in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face. He just replied coldly:
"I don't know about this matter. Now that the prince has just arrived, I have never even met him. How can I know his attitude? But from the news coming from the capital, it seems that the prince's style has been stable in the past. Perhaps he will be more stable in the future." Yunzhou County will not change much, so you don't have to worry about it.
In addition, I have been delayed here for a long time. I don’t know where the prince has arrived now. I want to go to greet you as soon as possible, so I won’t accompany you. If you want to drink more tea from the Sheriff’s Mansion, please let me know. Since this is the case, I will excuse myself first. "
After saying this, without waiting for anyone in the hall to say anything else, Li Yi stood up and strode away.
Watching his retreating figure, everyone in the hall had different expressions. The expressions of the family forces were changing. The tribal leaders looked around, at a loss. Cheng Cheng, the defense commander who is now the highest military commander, calmly continued to drink tea. Unmoved.
The hall became quiet again. After a while, Chen Lixin gritted his teeth, stood up, looked around at everyone, then cupped his fists and said:
"Everyone, you and I are all on the same boat. Now that King Yun has entered the city, there must be one more person on the boat.
Over the past fifty years, everyone has worked together sincerely to create the current situation of Yunzhou City. Everyone should think that it was hard-won.
Here I, Chen, suggest that if King Yun just wants a piece of the pie, then for the sake of being the prince, everyone should give a little to satisfy him.
But if their appetite is too big and they are not satisfied with one portion, we hope that everyone will think carefully about how Yunzhou City can continue to operate stably, and do not do unwise things that will make everyone unhappy.
Chen also believes that as long as everyone works together, even King Yun, a dragon crossing the river, cannot make big waves. Do you agree with Chen's words? "
His semi-threatening words made everyone in the hall frown.
After a moment of silence, the tribal chiefs were the first to express their stance.
"Hahaha, Patriarch Chen, don't worry. We just want to let the children of the tribe have enough to eat. Everything else is just trivial matters!"
"That's right, that's right, we are all straight people. As long as you, Patriarch Chen, do what you should do, we will definitely stand on the same front as Patriarch Chen!"
After the tribal chiefs expressed their stance, everyone turned their attention to the other officials of the county governor's office. However, they just drank tea in silence. After a long time, the county prime minister Liu Xishan slowly spoke:
"Everyone needs to eat. People can't live without food, right?"
Chen Lixin nodded with satisfaction and looked at the defense envoy Cheng Cheng.
Cheng Cheng put down the tea cup in his hand and stood up, while slowly saying: "I don't care about anything else, but the supplies of our military camp cannot be missing! Otherwise, if there is nothing else, it will be difficult for me if the brothers below make trouble. Let’s do it…”
After saying that, he walked out without looking back.
Everyone looked at each other, reached a certain tacit understanding, and then dispersed one by one.
At this time, Zhao Jun and his party had already arrived along the street where Prince Yun's Mansion was located.
From a distance, the county guard Li Yi, who was rushing over in a hurry, trotted up quickly.
"Li Yi, the governor of Yunzhou County, is here to see the prince! I am late to greet you. It is because of my negligence. I hope the prince will not take offense..."
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