The fox sisters didn't quarrel for too long. After all, Fang Cheng and Oni Yunji were both there, and they couldn't keep fighting since they couldn't stop fighting.
But judging from the harsh words they were saying to each other, they would probably find a place where no one was around to start a fight afterwards.
"A Cheng."
Oni Yunji finally brought the topic back: "You must be here more than just to express your gratitude when you come back this time, right?"
Of course there are more, there are three main things, and they are all things that will trouble the Iron Cast Palace.
Gui Yunji and Tiezhu Palace have helped him so much, but they are too embarrassed to speak now.
Gui Yunji saw Fang Cheng's hesitation and smiled: "What are you hesitating about? If there is anything inconvenient to say now, even if you say you want the Machinery City, I can give it to you."
Fang Cheng immediately raised his hand and gave her a thumbs up, showing his white teeth: "As expected of Yun Ji, you guessed my purpose right away."
Gui Yunji: "..."
I just said it politely, so you really want it?
"A Cheng, what do you want from Machinery City?"
The matter was so important that she had to ask.
Regardless of the fact that the Iron Cast Palace has always been in a state of neglecting the Mechanical City, in fact, the importance of the Mechanical City is not low.
District 11 has been carrying out a technological blockade on the Iron Casting Palace. If you want industrial products, you can, but if you want technology, you can't. Whether it is high-precision technology or ordinary technology, it is difficult to flow into Hokkaido.
If the Iron Casting Palace wants to modernize and industrialize, it cannot do without the technical support of the Machinery City.
At the same time, keeping the mechanical city can also show the enlightened image of the Iron Palace to the outside world - they are not just monsters that can only eat people, but they are also a civilized country that can accommodate humans to survive under their rule.
For the above two reasons, the Iron Casting Palace rarely interferes in the affairs of the Machinery City and allows them to develop on their own.
So it looks like stocking, but the importance is not low.
This is the policy of the previous ghost master, and Gui Yunji plans to continue it as the new ghost master.
Especially after falling out with the District 11 government, the Iron Casting Palace will have problems in obtaining industrial products and supplying corpses, so it needs the support of the Machinery City even more.
This is related to the order and stability of the Iron Cast Palace. Gui Yunji cannot just give away the important mechanical city just because she has a good relationship with Fang Cheng.
She had to figure out why Fang Cheng asked for the Mechanical City. If he just wanted to have fun, then he had to refuse.
When Fang Cheng saw Gui Yunji's serious expression, he knew that this matter was important to both her and the Iron Palace.
If I follow the previous rhetoric and say that my wife wants the Machinery City and therefore comes to you to ask for it, this will definitely not convince her.
Even though Gui Yunji is so kind and considerate of Fang Cheng, when it comes to bottom line issues, she will definitely not abandon public affairs for private purposes, otherwise it will be difficult to convince the public and rule the Iron Palace.
"What do I want from Machinery City?"
Fang Cheng did not answer in a hurry, but thought about convincing enough reasons in his heart.
Oniunji didn't push her and continued to make tea. Umitsu Kaori and Tsukiko Hoshiki sat on both sides. On such a major matter, they only had the right to make suggestions, not decision-making.
But before giving any advice, you must first listen to Fang Cheng’s reasons.
In silence, Fang Cheng thought of Rin Kanzaki's analysis of the current situation of Machinery City for him.
On the surface, the Mechanical City is modernized and industrialized, but in fact it is a slave society, which is worse than a centralized system like the Iron Palace. At least the ghost owner will humbly learn from the human system.
Although there are farms and factories in the Machinery City, they rely on a large number of manpower to work, and the production efficiency is not high.
At this time, in other parts of the world, automated assembly line production has basically been realized, and human labor has been reduced to a very low level.
In fact, the Machinery City does not need to feed that many people. It only needs new technologies and new production methods, which can greatly improve production efficiency and produce more industrial products and food crops.
District 11's technological blockade of the Iron Cast Palace is completely bullying the Iron Cast Palace because it does not understand industrial technology. If the Machinery City really wants to, it can secretly purchase production lines and technologies that are one or two generations behind in Southeast Asia and other regions.
It's just that the people in power in Mechanical City didn't do this. They just wanted to maintain this pyramid-structured slave system. They only wanted to share the cake, not make the cake bigger, and didn't want progress and change.
In fact, even if you think about it, this group of people in power who rose from the bottom of the army do not know how to build and maintain a perfect social system.
We can only instinctively choose the most backward system, and then copy the 'Danzhi parliamentary system' and that's it. We didn't even copy the three-fist separation and the moldy supervision.
The education they received was not even as good as Kanzaki Rin, but they were quite good at fighting for power.
After thinking about this clearly, Fang Cheng knew how to convince Gui Yunji.
“It’s not what I want Mechanical City to do, but what we want Mechanical City to become.”
Fang Cheng smiled at Gui Yunji and said: "Give us the Machinery City, and the industrial products provided to the Iron Cast Palace every month can be increased by more than ten times. Your food reinforcements are no longer needed. In addition, the supply of corpses to the Iron Cast Palace can also be handed over." To Mechanical City.”
Gui Yunji's eyes widened slightly, and her body subconsciously leaned forward: "What should I say?"
The industrial production capacity of the Machinery City has never been increased, and it is not as good as the industrial products purchased directly from Honshu Island in District 11, and it also needs food assistance from the Iron Casting Palace every year.
There were actually voices inside the Iron Cast Palace that it was better to buy than to build, but they were suppressed by the Ghost Lord.
If Fang Cheng can really increase the production capacity of Mechanical City and maintain the supply of corpses, then there is no problem in giving Mechanical City to him.
The Iron Palace only cares about the benefits brought by the Mechanical City and does not care who is in power.
Oni Yunji is much taller than Fang Cheng, but her collar is too big, revealing a lot of her chest when she leans forward.
Fang Cheng looked at it openly before telling her Kanzaki Rin's method.
It is nothing more than introducing new technologies to increase production capacity, liberating slaves, using infrastructure to create jobs and making money, increasing consumption to activate the economy, and other cliché methods.
Mechanical City is not big. With a single market as big as monsters, it is not difficult to feed the people of the city through industry.
Moreover, Hokkaido’s current infrastructure is also very poor, and network construction is almost non-existent. Machinery City can completely build a parallel world version of the Belt and Road Initiative.
No matter how large the production capacity is, it will be completely absorbed. There is no need to worry about the problem of labor surplus after the introduction of automated production.
When Fang Cheng explained the method, Gui Yunji's breathing changed significantly.
Judging from her own perspective, these methods are very feasible and have a high success rate.
Once successful, the Machinery City will definitely take on a completely new look, and it will also free the Iron Casting Palace from the situation where industrial products must be purchased externally.
"Words are not valid, why don't we sign a contract."
Fang Cheng finally said: "Three years is the deadline. If we fail to achieve the goal we guarantee, the Mechanical City will be returned to the Iron Casting Palace for management."
He believed in Kanzaki Rin's ability. She was not fighting alone. She had the foundation of reformers and resistance organizations behind her, and there were a large number of educated and management-experienced talents.
Although Gui Yunji was moved, she did not agree rashly, but asked the fox sisters: "What do you think?"
Yueguang Xingxi opened a small fan: "I don't know much about industry, but you also know, Master Yunji, that the people in Machinery City are very restless. After the death of the previous ghost master, every time we ask them to help us build something Everything is pushed and blocked.”
Umitsu Kaori said: "The supply of industrial products and corpses purchased from Honshu Island has begun to be in short supply. The inventory cannot be maintained for too long. The Machinery City must increase production as soon as possible."
Although the two of them did not express their agreement clearly, it was still obvious that they wanted to help Fang Cheng.
Seeing that her two capable subordinates expressed their opinions, Gui Yunji also made a simple decision: "There is no need to sign the contract, just go ahead and do it, Cheng."
She stretched out a hand towards Fang Cheng, her fiery red eyes full of seriousness: "As long as the two problems of industrial products and corpse supply are solved, the Mechanical City will completely belong to you from now on."
Fang Cheng also stretched out his hand and held it tightly with her white palm.
He also promised seriously: "Don't worry, if you can't do it, I won't have the shame to ask for it."
The transaction was simply completed in this way, and the people in power in the Machinery City were sold to Fang Cheng by the Iron Casting Palace without any knowledge.
Gui Yunji did not let go of her hand, but pulled Fang Cheng over: "Now that we're done talking about business, come and have a few drinks with me. This can be considered as a blessing for you."
All ghosts like to drink, and Shuten Doji is even more addicted to alcohol.
"It's okay to drink enough with you later."
Fang Cheng was quite embarrassed: "However, there are two things I haven't said yet."
Gui Yunji was startled for a moment, then laughed and patted his shoulder: "Let's talk about it together and see what kind of problems you give me again."
"It's about Tamamo Mae and the Killing Stone."
Fang Cheng told them about Tamamo Mae and the killing stone in Kanzaki Rin's body.
"Now that Tamamo Mae's whereabouts are unknown, I would like to know if any of you monsters have a way to absorb the power of the Killing Stone."
He came to the Iron Cast Palace for three things. The first was the Mechanical City, and the second was the Killing Stone.
Neither Oniunhime nor the fox sisters expected that what happened in Tokyo was actually related to the legendary monster Tamamo Mae.
After Fang Cheng finished speaking, he asked the fox sisters: "You are also foxes, are you familiar with Tamamo Mae?"
Umitsu Kaori didn't say anything, but Tsukiko Hoshiki smiled and said: "I am a moon fox, which is not the same species as the white-faced golden-haired nine-tailed fox like Tamamo Mae."
Fang Cheng asked with a little expectation: "Madam boss, do you know the whereabouts of Tamamo Mae?"
Moonlight Xingxi shook her head with her fan: "Tamazaumae is a legendary monster. How could I know her whereabouts? But she had a pretty good relationship with the previous ghost master."
Fang Cheng subconsciously looked at Gui Yunji.
Gui Yunji had been deep in thought after hearing this. Fang Cheng looked over and said, "If you ask others about this matter, you may not know anything about it. But I happen to know some possible methods. What do you think?" Coincidence or not?”
Fang Cheng perked up and asked eagerly: "What method?"
It was rare for Oniyunji to see him in such a hurry, so she couldn't help but laugh: "You are so anxious, your relationship with Kanzaki Rin is not simple, isn't it?"
"Of course it's not simple."
Fang Cheng nodded: "That's my wife."
It was quiet inside.
