Wang Xizhou and Zaixi's eyes met.
Although the two people's eyes were calm, their emotions were flowing and undercurrents were surging.
The confrontation between the two Pimortal Realm masters caused the temperature in the lobby to drop a bit.
Seeing that the two were quarreling and even showing signs of fighting again, Li Jingshuang quickly came to the rescue, "Two, two, don't get angry yet. We are here today to discuss how to properly handle folk rumors and eliminate the consequences caused by them. The negative impact. Don’t hurt harmony because of these trivial matters of people’s livelihood. It will not be worth the loss.”
Wang Xizhou did not give in at all, his tone was firm, and his words were sonorous and powerful. "The root of the rift between Xizhou and Mr. Zaixike lies in the strict regulations and harsh policies of Huorong City. If there is no improvement, not only Xizhou, but also the privacy of thousands of people in Huorong City will suffer." There will also be complaints from below. Over time, if a force appears among the people that can compete with the city lord's palace, Tinder City will be in a situation similar to a land without owners. The two parties are fighting for power. The future situation is unimaginable. .”
"It's nothing more than alarmist talk." Zhixi yawned, "Whenever there are signs of this, we have to detect and suppress them in time. Do you really think that the guards of the City Lord's Mansion are just for free? Or do you think that all of us in the City Lord's Mansion are idiots?"
"Is it possible that you want to hold Tinder City tightly in your hands and plan step by step to make it yours?"
Zaixi glanced at Wang Xizhou but did not answer.
Li Jingshuang chuckled and said, "Mr. Wang is serious. He has such a whimsical idea of taking Tinder City into his pocket. Even if I have the heart, I don't have the strength."
Hua Xieguai laughed, and his words were strange and pointed, "That's not necessarily true. If you don't have it, maybe someone else has."
Zaixi didn't even look at Hua Xie from the corner of his eye, and didn't bother to respond to this dirty talk.
Feeling ignored, Hua Xie was not angry. After all, he is a strong man in the Juding Realm, so it is normal for him to look down on a weakling in the Soul Swallowing Realm.
Because Hua Xie himself often does this.
Li Jingshuang smiled apologetically at Hua Xie, who also nodded in greeting.
As the old saying goes, don't hit someone with a smiling face.
Besides, every grievance has its own owner, and the one who is at odds with me is the disgusting Zaixi, and it is not City Lord Li, so let’s not go crazy on others.
Li Jingshuang took a sip of tea and began to explain to everyone: "Old City Lord Zhang died of a serious illness ten years ago, and I took over the position of City Lord of Tinder City. At that time, Tinder City seemed to be living and working in peace and contentment on the outside, but it was already rotten on the inside. It’s clear. In the land of thousands of miles of Huorong City, in the north there are bandits who plunder passing merchants and passers-by; in the south there are rebels who separatize the land of three towns and make themselves kings; in the west there is neglect and desolation, and few people visit, even the original official roads Most of the main roads are covered under the yellow sand; the five towns in the east, which are slightly richer, are bordered by the other two cities. Their ownership is an issue left over from history. Each has its own opinion and disagrees. In addition, the economy, army, patrol, etc. of Huorong City are unknown. How many messes were left to me, who had just taken office, to deal with. To be honest, under the circumstances at that time, other than using thunderous means to forcibly suppress, restrict, and improve the situation in Tinder City, I really couldn’t think of a better solution. Method. Setting such a strict routine is really a helpless move."
Wang Xizhou rubbed the green jade beads in his palm with his fingers, and after thinking for a moment, he slowly said: "In fact, you can use benevolent governance and good deeds, step by step, and do things one by one, slowly and slowly. In this way, the situation will be improved much better. It’s not easy for people below to feel resentful, which can backfire and even cause a rebound, making the situation even worse than before.”
"Hindsight is just a matter of words," Zaixi snorted coldly.
Wang Xizhou frowned.
"You wouldn't be so naive as to think that these problems can stop the moment you want to deal with them, and then you solve them one by one, and they will continue to operate, right? These problems are all tied together and involve One hair moves the whole body! Do you want the water to flow slowly? Yes, but do you have the ability to maintain it? You are a cultivator and have a long life. If you just sit here for hundreds of years, Tinder City can indeed flow the water slowly. It gets better slowly. But do the people of Huorong City have the life to wait? Or do you think that with your naive and unrealistic mind, you can turn the thousands of miles of yellow sand in Huorong City into a livable oasis? Let me tell you , if the finances of Tide City are not forcibly raised and some economic resources are freed up to control the yellow sand, within three hundred years, Tide City will become a desert thousands of miles away! It will completely become a desolate and uninhabited place!" There was disgust in Xian Xi's eyes. Flashed.
What he hated the most in his life was people who could only talk on paper and talk empty talk, especially scholars, whose air of sanctimony and hypocrisy was really rotten!
Among the people Xixi least wanted to kill were scholars.
If nothing else, he is mysophobic and dislikes being dirty.
Just as Wang Xizhou was about to speak, Li Jingshuang added from the side: "Ten years ago, Tinder City's annual income was 20,000 taels of gold, and now it is 500,000 taels of gold. Also, back then, Tinder City's annual expenditure was 37,000 taels of gold. Two, the cost of treating yellow sand is fifty thousand taels of gold a year."
Wang Xizhou stopped talking.
With his mind and ability, he couldn't think of a way for Tinder City, which had an annual income of 20,000 taels of gold but an annual loss of 17,000 taels of gold, to spend 50,000 taels of gold to control the yellow sand.
Even if he is given time, he may not be able to come up with a solution.
In ten years, even if he used the same methods as Li Jingshuang, Wang Xizhou could not ensure that he could do the same as Li Jingshuang and manage Tinder City into the prosperous appearance it is now.
Not to mention the benevolent government and good deeds I just mentioned?
In the face of this near-dead situation, it's a joke!
Li Jingshuang's face showed emotion and remembrance, "In order to restrain the Shakou, I spent one year dealing with the Shakou, and three years to build an army of 80,000 people. It took another three years to defeat the Shakou. Kou completely expelled and cleared out the territory of Huorong City. However, when the original team of 80,000 people returned, only 169 people were seriously injured and 57 people were slightly injured. After subsequent additions and recruitment, we have what we are today. The four major patrols of Tinder City.”
"The rebels in the south were actually not that difficult. It only took 20,000 troops to completely defeat them in a year and a half."
"The pioneering of the western part of the country started two years ago when things were a little more stable, and now it has achieved some results. At least the official roads can see the light of day again and are no longer covered by yellow sand."
"As for the five eastern towns, Huorong City was in decline before and had no say, so it was arbitrarily manipulated by the two neighboring cities. Now Huorong City is different from the past, and it has gradually gained some capital to negotiate. Especially with the addition of Zixikeqing and The establishment of the Four Guards to patrol the city has greatly improved the status of Tinder City. If nothing unexpected happens, the three-city alliance in a few months will have results in the ownership of the five eastern towns. Whether it is peace negotiations or If we take it by force, Tinder City will take back the ownership rights of the five eastern towns at all costs. Tinder City will not allow anyone to take even half of the land!"
"As for the other problems in Tinder City, they are too small and have more fine scales than a crucian carp. But now most of them have been basically solved, and it is not a big trouble. It's just that the shortcomings of the previous thunder methods have been exposed now. . The people have deep resentment against the government. If there is any slight disturbance, a raging fire will ignite and burn to the top of the city lord's palace. Now it has burned to Mr. Wang. I'm really sorry."
Wang Xizhou shook his head, "It was also Xizhou who didn't think carefully enough and rashly fought against Xikeqing without understanding the details. Xizhou cannot escape the blame for this matter."
Xixi closed his eyes and rested himself, ignoring Wang Xizhou's steps to show weakness.
Li Jingshuang coughed.
Zaixi raised his eyelids and glanced at Li Jingshuang.
Li Jingshuang had no choice but to smile and said: "Xixi has such a personality, please forgive me, Mr. Wang."
Wang Xizhou waved his hand, indicating that he wouldn't care about this.
Li Jingshuang asked again: "The current situation in Huorong City is like this. I wonder if Mr. Wang has any good ideas to stop the rumors among the people?"
Wang Xizhou looked at Bai Gu and Hua Xie, "Xiao Bai, Xiao Xie, what do you think?"
Hua Xie shrugged, "I don't know anything about this, but if this matter falls on me, I won't act according to the rules anyway. So my suggestions have no reference value."
Bai Gu didn't even think about it, just threw out a sentence to lure him, and continued to eat the fruit on the table with Bai Xiaoxiao.
Both Wang Xizhou and Li Jing were intrigued by Bai Gu's words.
The latter was curious about Bai Gu's identity and asked, "Who is this little brother...?"
"My name is Bai Gu. I am a poor boy. I came to the City Lord's Mansion with Brother Wang to eat and drink." Bai Gu said lazily.
Li Jingshuang hesitated, not expecting Bai Guhui to say such a thing.
Wang Xizhou smiled slightly, "City Master Li, Xiaobai is not only a distinguished guest of our Shanshui Workshop, but also a disciple of the Sword Immortal."
Li Jingshuang is a practitioner, so there is no need to explain many things to him.
I believe Li Jingshuang knows how much weight the words "Sword Immortal Disciple" carry.
Li Jingshuang was slightly startled. He had no idea that the inconspicuous and thin boy in front of him was actually a disciple of the Sword Immortal!
Unexpected, completely unexpected.
This world is too crazy.
You really can’t judge a book by its appearance, you will suffer a big loss!
Even Caixi couldn't help but look up and take a look at Bai Gu. After a while, Zaixi seemed to be tired of watching, so he closed his eyes again and continued to relax.
Li Jingshuang chuckled and said, "I didn't expect that my little brother is so noble now. I'm just blind."
Bai Gu waved his hand, "It's not that troublesome. I don't like to engage in such nonsense. It's better to be more practical."
Li Jingshuang nodded in agreement.
Wang Xizhou looked at Bai Gu, "Xiao Bai, what did you mean by luring him with benefits just now? Xizhou is a little confused."
Li Jingshuang turned his gaze to Bai Gu.
Although Zaixi closed his eyes and meditated, his ears were not idle. He also kept his ears open to pay attention to Bai Gu's next words.
