The four cities around Chechi are now controlled by four veteran figures: Li Ergou, Li Jincheng, Hu Dingyong, and Chen Jinlan.
Li Ergou is in charge of Xuanyang City.
Li Jincheng is in charge of Qianyin City.
Qingbeicheng was put in charge of Hu Dingyong.
Chen Jinlan is in charge of Xiannancheng.
At this moment, the entire atmosphere in Xian Na City seemed particularly lively from the outside.
From the city gate to the end of the street, people were standing on both sides.
The common people also held various flower petals, handkerchiefs, small flags, etc. in baskets, and then greeted everyone with smiles.
However, this is only the appearance from a distance.
In fact, if you look closely and observe carefully, you can see that everyone is actually smiling very reluctantly, and there are people who are constantly exhorting and instructing.
"You, you, you, do you call this laughing? Look, I cry better than you smile!"
"Hey, you, what are you smiling at? Do you think you have a nice smile? Are you crooked, are you trying to mock me or something?"
"Yes, that's it. Raise the corners of your mouth a little more and show your teeth! Try to show your happy side! I really can't think of anything, just imagine that you picked up five hundred taels of silver from the ground!"
All people are organized by dedicated personnel.
The reason for all this is that everyone has received news that General Mad Cow is coming.
They didn't know which city they were going to.
So the four cities are actually preparing for the same welcome ceremony.
This scene has been going on for several days.
In the past few days, everyone couldn't help but not do any business, and even notified 'tourists' and caravans, telling them not to come here recently. The purpose is to prevent the Mad Cow General from harming more innocent people.
Therefore, most of the people lined up from the street to the end of the street are in their prime.
Those old, weak, women and children had already been arranged by Chen Jinlan and others to hide elsewhere.
Seeing that General Mad Cow had not appeared, some members of the Renyi Association became anxious and ran to Chen Jinlan and asked: "Brother Lan, is this okay? The new demon general will really not be right. What happened to us?"
Chen Jinlan said angrily: "Who can say accurately about the monster clan? Anyway, the White Deer King and the Black Sheep King have clearly told us that not every monster is as kind as the Tiger King. All we can do is try our best. Do what you can do well. As for the outcome, I can only leave it to fate."
This sentence makes sense and is very helpless.
Facing the powerful demon clan, what else can mortals like them do besides compromise and endure?
Do you really think people haven’t tried to pray to God and worship Buddha?
But then it has to be useful, right?
Those gods haven't appeared at all, what else can you ask them to do?
After hearing this, the member of the Renyi Association sighed helplessly and continued to appease the people's emotions.
Not long after, the rapid sound of gongs was heard outside the city.
That was the person Chen Jinlan specially arranged to stand guard outside the city.
clang! clang! clang! clang! clang!
"The new demon general has arrived!"
"The new demon general has arrived!"
Hearing this voice, all the people in the city were shocked!
Damn Monster General, there are so many towns to choose from, why do you have to choose our Xiannan City? !
While secretly cursing themselves for being unlucky, all the people also began to get into the mood. Even if you were not used to it before, now in the face of life and death, you can only force yourself to get used to it.
Now everyone stands in their rehearsal positions and is ready.
After a while, everyone saw at the city gate, the man in charge of beating the gong, leading a two-meter-tall strong man with a human appearance but with two horns on his head towards the city with a playful smile.
"Hehehehe, hello, General, we are in front of you, General. We, the people of Xiannancheng, have been preparing for your arrival for a long time in order to welcome you, General. We are all looking forward to your early arrival, General~"
General Mad Cow behaved very arrogantly and playfully: "Oh? Are you looking forward to the arrival of this general? Did Zhao Hu treat you badly before? Do you really expect a new general to take over you?"
The person who struck the gong looked embarrassed, but he still said with a smile: "Haha, it's not that General Zhao is not good, but we people in Xiannancheng all believe that General, your new demon warrior and new style will definitely lead us in Xiannancheng to achieve great results." An unprecedented height and prosperity.”
General Mad Cow sneered.
Not long after, one person and one demon stepped into the city gate.
Immediately afterwards, a deafening welcome sounded.
"Welcome, welcome! Warmly welcome!"
"Welcome, welcome! Warmly welcome!"
"Welcome General!"
The common people sprinkled flower petals, waved handkerchiefs, and waved flags. Even General Mad Cow couldn't help but be stunned when he saw the scene of such warm hospitality.
After all, even with his current identity and status, he has never experienced such welcome treatment, whether in front of the demon clan or in front of mortals.
That sense of vanity is really fascinating.
This made him suddenly realize: No wonder the tiger demon likes to stay with mortals so much.
Before he could react, Chen Jinlan quickly came to him respectfully, cupped his hands and said: "Hello, general, my name is Chen Jinlan. I was responsible for helping General Zhao manage various miscellaneous things in Xianna City. I have heard that General You are so heroic and handsome, and now that I see you, you are truly worthy of your reputation! General, we have already prepared a dinner and a program to cleanse you of your dust, General, why don't we talk while we are walking?"
Recalling the various delicacies Zhao Lei entertained him that day.
Mad Cow General's mouth watered just thinking about it.
In addition, the Mad Cow General had no reason to get angry when everyone was so cooperative, so he stretched out his hand to avoid hitting the smiling man, so he laughed heartily with satisfaction: "Hahahahaha! You are very good! Then let's talk as we walk!"
Immediately afterwards, General Mad Cow was entertained with great hospitality.
Whether it was food, drink or fun, it was even better than when Zhao Lei entertained him!
This made the Mad Cow General enjoy it and was in a good mood!
Finally, after three rounds of drinking.
Chen Jinlan and other confidants took General Mad Cow to the bathhouse for a bath.
A fruit plate, hot wine floating on the water, and massage are definitely must-haves. The mad cow general enjoyed it so much that he closed his eyes.
Seeing that he and others were almost familiar with General Mad Cow, Chen Jinlan took the opportunity to ask: "General Mad Cow, what do you think of the future management of Xian Nancheng? Is there anything we need to improve?"
General Mad Cow is not stupid either.
As if he had already predicted what the real purpose of Chen Jinlan and others was, he took off the hot towel covering his head and said with a contented face: "I am very satisfied with your attitude. In this case, I will not play with you either. It’s all nonsense. I have only one request, that is, from today on, all your wealth and food must be handed over! As long as you are obedient and do this, I will never make things difficult for you. "
After that, General Mad Cow stopped talking to Chen Jinlan.
He turned around and put the hot towel on his face.
At this time, the faces of Chen Jinlan and other confidants had already become extremely ugly.
Completely hand over wealth and food.
How is that different from enslaving them?
If the Mad Cow General really continues to torture him like this, will the Four Cities still have a future?
After receiving the definite news, Chen Jinlan ordered people to use flying pigeons to pass the message to the other three cities respectively, so that everyone could prepare.
But what they didn't know was that this was just the beginning of their nightmare.
Because General Mad Cow’s next behavior and attitude will plunge everyone into despair...
…
That night.
After General Mad Cow washed up, he was taken to the silk bed carefully prepared for him in a daze and had a good sleep.
Early the next morning, General Mad Cow climbed up on the silk bed, feeling refreshed!
He touched the soft bed quilt.
My heart is filled with emotion.
It turns out that one can live such a prosperous life in a mortal town.
In the previous few hundred years, he had really lived like a dog.
If he had known this, he should have taken control of a city of mortals.
After regaining consciousness, Mad Cow General walked out of the room. Someone immediately prepared warm water and washed his face and body, which made him extremely satisfied.
After having fun all day yesterday, he didn't take a good look at how these mortals lived.
So he planned to take to the streets today to take a good look at it.
And this is also the beginning of people's nightmare.
…
on the street.
The residence prepared by Chen Jinlan and others for General Mad Bull was a courtyard house.
The people around the courtyard had already been evacuated.
After General Mad Cow walked out of the courtyard, he saw the deserted streets and didn't feel anything wrong. After a little walking, he quickly found a place where people were hanging out.
As soon as he stepped into the street, Chen Jinlan quickly walked up to him at this moment.
Of course it's not really just right.
It was the maid who specially went to report it when she was helping General Mad Cow wash his face and body.
"General Mad Cow, I didn't expect that the general could get up so early today after having fun so late last night. The general is really what we are waiting for~ I wonder where the general wants to go today? Why don't you let me lead the way for you?"
However, General Mad Cow's attitude changed 180 degrees today.
He just glanced at Chen Jinlan condescendingly, and then said coldly: "General, I just want to walk around the city today. You don't have to worry about other things."
After saying that, he passed Chen Jinlan and stepped forward.
When Chen Jinlan saw this, his face turned ugly. He gritted his teeth and followed closely.
Not long after, a man and a demon came to a small stall selling clay figurines. When the stall owner saw such a tall and strange-looking Mad Cow General approaching him, he was extremely frightened and said tremblingly: "General...general, haha, hello..."
General Mad Cow frowned, pointed at the little clay figurine on the stall and said, "What are you doing?"
"me……"
The stall owner was so nervous that he couldn't speak.
Chen Jinlan quickly stepped forward to stand in front of the boss and answered for him: "General, this stall sells clay figurines. They are small trinkets, specially sold to children or outsiders to be used as knickknacks. If the general likes it, even though Take some back..."
"Like it? I like it!" General Mad Cow suddenly drank!
Then he raised his arm and slammed it down on the stall!
Snap!
It was a small wooden stall, but it was smashed to pieces by Mad Cow General's arm on the spot!
Immediately afterwards, General Mad Cow roared at Chen Jinlan and the stall owner: "What's the use of selling these things?! What I want is food! It's gold, silver and jewelry!! Instead of tinkering with these junk things here, it's better to go to more How many acres of land do you cultivate?!”
After that, General Mad Bull crushed the clay figures supported by bamboo sticks with his foot, and warned Chen Jinlan with murderous intent: "I am warning you that from today on, anything that has nothing to do with food or gold, silver and jewelry will be banned." , under the management of this general, it must not be done!
This general is not that good-for-nothing. He owns four towns and only turns over a little bit of food and wealth every six months. It is simply a waste of so many great resources! "
"Yes, yes, the villain will definitely pass on the general's order! From now on, all matters related to food, gold, silver and jewelry are prohibited!" While speaking, Chen Jinlan hid his right hand behind his back and kept waving.
Signaling the stall owner to leave quickly.
After the stall owner rolled away and crawled away, Chen Jinlan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
And General Mad Cow had no intention of continuing to embarrass the stall owner.
After all, the Long Live Fox King had warned him that these mortals were of great use, so he didn't dare to mess around.
General Mad Cow turned around and continued his patrol.
But at this time, those stalls selling calligraphy, painting, pottery and other stalls that had nothing to do with food had already hurriedly closed their stalls and left the place, fearing that they would offend the mad cow general again.
Next, the Mad Cow General continued to stop and go.
Sometimes he would stop and ask what this shop was for, and sometimes he would stop and ask what that shop was for. If there was even the slightest dissatisfaction, whether it was a shop or a stall, he would immediately smash it to pieces.
This also made the people truly aware of the moodiness of this mad cow general.
Also realize that not every monster is as easy to talk to as Zhao Lei.
After a brief inspection of Xian Nancheng, General Mad Cow turned to Chen Jinlan and said rudely: "Where are the grain and gold and silver jewelry I asked you to prepare yesterday? Are you not ready yet?"
Chen Jinlan did not dare to neglect: "We are ready! Please ask the general to move to the Yamen."
After a while, a man and a demon came to the open space of Yamen Qian.
There were several carts of grain and gold, silver and jewelry there.
If ordinary people saw so much property, their eyes would definitely light up, but General Mad Cow was very dissatisfied: "That's all?!"
Chen Jinlan quickly explained: "General, this is already 20% of all the income of our Xianna City last month. The people themselves also need food and drink. No matter how much we collect, I'm afraid..."
Before Chen Jinlan could finish speaking, General Mad Cow slapped him down!
Even among mortals, Chen Jinlan is already considered a top master.
But in the face of the mad cow general's casual slap, he slapped him to the ground: "Didn't you hear clearly yesterday?! This general is talking about the whole city! It's all the wealth and food in the whole city! From now on! All the wealth and food in the city are under the unified management of this general! You mortals, if you want to have enough to eat, you must obediently do things for me! Are you clear?! Do you need this general to say it a third time?! "
Chen Jinlan, who fell to the ground, covered her cheek: "It's clear, I only need a few people to do it, so I'm going to order someone to do it..."
This scene fell in the eyes of the people, and made them realize that the days to come would be difficult...
(End of chapter)
