The Provincial Government Building is located on Ganjiang Street and covers an area of 1,000 acres. In terms of Mars, which is vast and sparsely populated, this area is not large. As the administrative center in charge of Tianfeng Province, it has gradually become the governor's personal property. territory.
Behind the Provincial Government Building is the Governor's Mansion. After several expansions, the area is only slightly smaller than the Provincial Government. However, from the map, the Provincial Government Building and the Governor's Mansion are almost overlapped. This is not in compliance with the regulations, but Mars is far away from the earth, and the retro trend is constantly mentioned. The Ma family dominates the sky in Tianfeng Province. No one dares to mention such a trivial matter.
In Tianfeng Province, the provincial government building is also called the City Lord's Palace.
Below the governor, there are twelve deputy governors, six of whom are named Ma. This shows the power of the Ma family in Tianfeng Province. This is not a conference room, but the governor's study. It is spacious and quiet. The tall bookshelf almost takes up the entire wall that is more than three meters high and five meters long. The bookshelf is filled with books, ranging from the Four Books and Five Classics, historical biographies, finance and politics, science and astronomy... It cannot be said to be all-inclusive, but it is full of books. There are hundreds of people involved in the study. There are no extra decorations in the study, just a few chairs and a desk, not even a computer.
Lying on the only recliner was an old man. He was tall and slightly obese. His half-hundred-thousand hair showed that he was over seventy years old. There was a wet hot towel on his forehead. His eyes were slightly closed and he was breathing lightly. He seemed to be asleep. Now, he is the supreme leader of Tianfeng Province, the ruler of this city, Ma Xuewang, and the head of the Ma family of this generation.
The Ma family is the first generation to migrate from the earth. They were merchants at first. However, merchants have no status. The Ma family is not willing to be businessmen without status all their lives. During the reconstruction work after the apocalyptic war, the Ma family seized the opportunity. , the identity of a businessman became a scholar. Starting from a small clerk, step by step, after a hundred years of development, he sat on the position of deputy governor of Tianfeng Province. At this time, the Ma family was already a leader in Tianfeng Province. It was a famous family, but it was only in Tianfeng Province. What really made the Ma family the first family was a coup 20 years ago.
Ma Xuewang, who had just inherited his father's position, seized the opportunity in the chaos, suppressed other competitors with an iron fist, successfully aspired to the throne of provincial governor, and removed the word "vice" that had been worn on his father's head for more than 20 years. , after that, Ma Xuewang gradually controlled the entire Tianfeng Province through win-win and exclusion, and inserted a large number of Ma family members into government agencies. Now, the orders from the Earth Capital have been transmitted to Tianfeng Province, and some of them are no longer working.
Nominally, Tianfeng Province is still subject to the management of the Earth Capital. In fact, everyone is well aware of the situation. However, this situation is not limited to Tianfeng Province, but is also the case in other remote provinces, and some are even more excessive. , Therefore, no one accused Ma Xuewang of being wrong. However, this does not mean that Ma Xuewang does not want to develop Tianfeng Province well.
Mars is short of food. Food has always been a sensitive issue. The topic of food is always cautious, so Ma Xuewang will leave the food issue to the person he trusts most. His brother, Ma Xuecheng, unexpectedly got into trouble. trouble.
Ma Xuewang's father married four wives in total. With the formation of the hierarchical system, it has become very common for nobles to marry several wives. The law only advocates monogamy, polygamy or polyandry in principle. It's not allowed, but when everyone does it, the law is no longer in existence, and the law is not changed just because of some moral issues.
The more wives, the more children. Therefore, Ma Xuewang has seven brothers and four sisters, that is, eleven brothers and sisters. However, only Ma Xuecheng is the same as his mother. Ma Xuewang's mother was his father's third wife. She was a concubine and had no status. Therefore, Ma Xuewang's childhood was not good, especially when his mother was injured after giving birth to Ma Xuecheng and died when Ma Xuecheng was one year old. After that, life became even more difficult.
Ma Xuewang's father was already the deputy governor at that time. However, there are many deputy governors in a province. His father was just an inconspicuous one among them. He had many political enemies and a lot of troubles, so he basically didn't Time controls the two brothers Ma Xuewang. Without their mother, having a father means nothing. Therefore, the childhood of the two brothers Ma Xuewang was not happy.
Because he suffered too much in his childhood, when he grew up, Ma Xuewang tried his best to take care of his younger brother and gave him the management of the most important food in the province. Food was related to people's livelihood, especially in areas where food was scarce. Ma Xuecheng was also regarded as a leader. High weight.
However, what gives Ma Xuewang a headache is that his younger brother is talented and knowledgeable, but he has a bad temper and is sometimes too selfish and lacks a sense of the overall situation. Taking this food crisis as an example, he had a hunch that his younger brother must have played a dishonorable role in it, otherwise he wouldn't be so angry.
"...If I catch who leaked the secret, I will definitely not spare him. Those who raise their heads to rob food and raise prices must also be found. These bastards will make it difficult for the country to make money-" Ma Xuecheng suddenly felt a wave of The heavy pressure came over me, like a mountain bearing down on me. I couldn't help but feel suffocated. I suddenly raised my head and met my eldest brother's bright eyes. The two gleams of cold light were like daggers, without a trace of emotion, staring at him blankly.
Ma Xuecheng opened his mouth, feeling an inexplicable chill, his mind went blank, and he forgot what he wanted to say. I have been very afraid of this eldest brother since I was a child, but I still rarely see such cold eyes. Generally speaking, I only see this when my eldest brother is angry.
His roar stopped suddenly, and the study room suddenly went from the noisy summer to the dead silence of winter.
"I asked you to come here to solve the problem, not to find the cause. Is it useful to find the cause at this time? Do you have the time? Regardless of the severity." Ma Xuewang said coldly.
"But -" Ma Xuecheng said unconvinced.
"How do you find the reason? Do you find it yourself?" Ma Xuewang's voice rose a little, with a hint of anger.
"No -" Ma Xuecheng only said one word and immediately closed his mouth. He felt a chill running directly from his heels to the back of his head. He almost broke out in a cold sweat. He whispered: "What the elder brother is teaching me is that I know what to do." Did it.”
He originally wanted to hire people from the Public Security Bureau, but he soon realized how a deputy governor in charge of food had the right to command the police department. This was a taboo in official circles. Although he knew that his eldest brother was very good to him, it involved a power struggle. , but there is no brotherhood to speak of. If he hadn't put the brakes on him at the last moment, he would definitely not have a good life in the future.
Ma Xuewang's cold eyes moved away from Ma Xuecheng, and his slightly raised head fell again. Ma Xuecheng suddenly felt the tide-like pressure recede, and his body became light, knowing that his elder brother had finally let him go. In his ears, he heard his calm voice: "Outside How is the situation?"
In addition to Ma Xuecheng, there were two other people in the study. One was Cheng Zhizhang, the deputy governor in charge of publicity, and the other was Ma Xuecheng's secretary.
Although Cheng Zhizhang is not named Ma, he is a die-hard supporter of Ma Xuewang and his most trusted confidant. Otherwise, he would not have entrusted such an important propaganda department to him.
"The citizens have nothing to worry about. They are just spreading lies. As long as the citizens are told the truth, I believe the market will soon return to calm." Cheng Zhizhang bowed.
"I'm afraid it's not that simple." Ma Xuewang said quietly, with a frightening murderous tone in his tone.
"Are they the Xiang family and the Xue family?" Ma Xuecheng's heart moved.
The Xiang family and the Xue family are famous families second only to the Ma family. Although they failed to compete with Ma Xuewang for the position of provincial governor and suffered a lot of suppression, the two families are deeply rooted and each occupy a position among the deputy governors. Not so It is easy to deal with, especially in order to fight against the increasingly powerful Ma family, the two families formed an alliance, and I heard they even got married. During the process of Ma Xuewang's rule, they continued to make small moves.
Needless to say, they must be involved in this food crisis.
"It's not just these two families." Cheng Zhizhang glanced at Ma Xuewang and said in a serious tone, "There are also the Wang family and the Su family."
Ma Xuecheng's expression changed and became very ugly. The four major families standing together were enough to compete with the Ma family.
"As long as there is food, I am not afraid of anything." Ma Xuecheng's expression changed several times, and finally he said coldly, but he knew that in order to cope with some crises in recent years, tens of millions of tons of rice and flour were hidden in underground warehouses, even if the sky Feng Province has had no grain harvest for two years, so there is no need to worry about food problems. As long as some grain is used to calm grain prices, the rumors of a food crisis will be self-defeating.
However, after he said the words, he found that Cheng Zhizhang's expression was very strange. It was an expression that couldn't be described in words, which made him wonder, did he say something wrong? His doubts did not last long, as the eldest brother Ma Xuewang's voice with a strong nasal accent sounded.
"The warehouse is out of food."
Ma Xuewang has been busy with the monster invasion during this period, and his work and rest are irregular. He had some colds in the past two days and caught a cold today. With the advancement of science and technology, the medical level has also been greatly improved. A mere cold is no longer considered a disease. At least in the past 100 years, there have been no deaths due to colds. However, discomfort is inevitable.
"What?" Ma Xuecheng almost jumped up, "How could there be no food? How could I not know?" He couldn't help but be shocked. As the deputy governor in charge of food, the food in Changpingcang is his most important political resource. , but now the eldest brother says it’s gone.
This feeling was even more absurd than when he woke up in the morning and found it was still dark outside.
Ma Xuewang's cold eyes told Ma Xuecheng that all this was not a joke, but true. Under Ma Xuewang's cold gaze, Ma Xuecheng quickly calmed down, regained his rationality, and asked cautiously: "Where did all this food go?"
His eldest brother was the only one in Tianfeng Province who could circumvent him and take the food away silently. However, he really couldn't figure out where so much food was used. It was impossible for the pigs to eat it so quickly.
Ma Xuewang looked at Cheng Zhizhang and said in a calm voice with a hint of tiredness: "You know what to do, and I believe you can do it well. Also, tell Lu Mingxiao that society must be stable and those who make trouble cannot be allowed to stay. Go ahead. "
Lu Mingxiao is the director of the Public Security Department and the director of the Xinfeng City Public Security Bureau.
"My subordinates excuse themselves." Cheng Zhizhang bowed and exited the study.
"There are some things that haven't been discussed yet." Ma Xuewang stared at Ma Xuecheng with serious eyes: "This matter is related to the life and death of the Ma family, so I never told you that the grain has been sold, and now there is only Hundreds of thousands of tons are all military rations."
Ma Xuecheng was inexplicably nervous, but he knew his elder brother's habits and didn't like others to interrupt him when he was talking. Although he had many questions in his mind, he still remained silent.
"All the food was exchanged for weapons." Ma Xuewang's words fell like thunder in Ma Xuecheng's ears, making him almost lose his balance.
arms? What does a frontier official need weapons for? If you want to clear out traitors or something, you can just apply directly to the higher-ups. Changing weapons in private is illegal, and the answer is already there.
rebel!
