"That's weird. For such a big force, you only brought 0.4 tons of blue ore, not even red ore, and you only have so much manpower." The manager looked at Jiang Feng and Guo Jia with a suspicious expression.

"It's like this. I have inspected the topography of Wangcheng. Wangcheng has almost no mineral vein resources, and the blue ore collected from other places has basically been consumed on the city walls. However, Wangcheng's blue ore inventory next month should be

It can reach 1.5 tons, so we can make up for the missing parts this month." Guo Jia replied very calmly.

"That's still a little less. If the blue mine is really not enough, just use manpower and other resources. In short, I am very dissatisfied with your amount. If the tax amount in Wangcheng next month does not meet my expectations, I will

Let's send another envoy to Wangcheng." The administrative director's words contained some threats.

"I understand, I will do my best."

"Well, okay, then let's talk about the tax collection in Jingzhou City."

The Chief Executive talks happily and never tires of it. He is almost dissatisfied with the contribution made by every major force, but he will not speak ill of the representative of the force directly, but will specifically criticize the envoy responsible for that force.

This trick is called killing the chicken to scare the monkeys. By scolding the messengers of the power, a disguised message is conveyed to the representatives of the power: the amount you gave is too small, and it must be made up next month.

Jiang Feng noticed that basically the expressions on the faces of the representatives of the major forces were not very good-looking, and they all looked more or less dissatisfied. However, there were also many representatives of the forces who looked happy. They might think it was worth spending some resources to buy peace.

These very satisfied representatives of forces are basically small forces, because small forces face the threat of being annexed at any time, and the imperial capital has become their backer.

The resources provided to the Imperial Capital are, to put it bluntly, protection fees. For example, if a certain county magistrate's power is beaten by another county magistrate, he will report it to the royal court and ask the Imperial Capital to send someone to administer justice.

Let’s not say whether the Imperial City will actually send someone here, but at least this will give them a psychological comfort.

If you are looking for a backer, of course you should look for the biggest backer. This is human nature.

It has to be said that the senior officials of the imperial capital played this move very cleverly. They used the authority of the king and the rule of the empire to legitimately collect money and resources.

But everyone dared to be angry but dared not speak out. No one wanted to stand out, nor did they want to be accused of being a traitor and traitor.

Jiang Feng can conclude that sooner or later, the major forces will not be able to bear being exploited and rebel against the Imperial Capital. It is only a matter of sooner or later. And the senior officials of the Imperial Capital have also made preparations. It is estimated that their idea is to delay as much time as possible and bring down the major forces.

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The longer it takes, the stronger the imperial capital becomes.

If Jiang Feng wants to advance the time, his breakthrough point is still the king.

Jiang Feng must find a way to get close to the king and understand his situation. If it can be proven that the king is being held hostage, then the real traitors are not the various forces in the Yanhuang Kingdom, but the pretentious senior leaders of the Snow Country.

At that time, the capable forces of the Yanhuang Kingdom will unite to resist the imperial capital and overthrow the rule of this puppet government.

While Jiang Feng was having a meeting, Tianpeng, who was originally seated in the auxiliary hall, winked at Xin Hun.

Xinhun understood what Tianpeng meant and nodded to him.

Tianpeng then stood up and planned to leave.

Jiang Wei was a little curious and asked: "Where are you going?"

"I didn't go anywhere, I just went to the toilet. Just sit here and don't move."

After Tianpeng finished speaking, he left his seat. A nearby staff member saw Tianpeng and stepped forward to ask, "What can I do for you?"

"I want to go to the toilet, where is the toilet?"

"You go out through the small door over there," the staff member pointed to the door not far away, "then go along the corridor to the end, turn right and you're there."

"Okay, thank you." Tianpeng smiled and walked straight out of the small door.

After Tianpeng came to the corridor, he pretended to walk forward, but he secretly glanced at the surroundings and the top from the corner of his eyes.

I don't know if it was for the sake of beauty, but there was no surveillance around the corridor, so Tianpeng felt relieved.

Of course, Tianpeng's purpose this time was not to simply go to and from the toilet, but to familiarize himself with the internal structure of Xuanyuan Palace. It would be best to find the place where the king usually works.

Because he didn't see any surveillance, Tianpeng stopped being cautious and started wandering around.

Twenty minutes later, Tianpeng stood next to the statue of a girl with a broken arm, stroking her bald head, feeling extremely sad.

Axi, I seem to be lost.

Jiang Wei, who was sitting in the auxiliary hall, was very puzzled: "Why hasn't Baldhead come back yet?"

Xinhun also felt strange and thought: Could it be that Xuanyuan Palace is too big and he got lost? This idiot.

Li Ming said to Xin Hun next to him: "Why don't you go find Tianpeng."

"Um."

After Xinhun got up, he left the small door on the pretext of going to the toilet and began his "journey" to find Tianpeng.

Twenty minutes later, Xinhun stood next to the pool with a pair of dragons playing with beads, stroking his head, feeling extremely sad.

Damn, I seem to be lost too.

Li Ming, who was sitting in the auxiliary hall, had a dark look on his face and thought to himself: These two grown men are not lost, right?

Jiang Wei held Li Ming with her little hand and rested her head on her arm.

"Sister, it's so boring."

"The meeting is almost over." Li Ming touched Jiang Wei's head.

"How long will it take?"

"Half an hour, don't you have a mobile phone? You can play some games."

"Oh, okay." Jiang Wei took out her cell phone.

Half an hour later, the meeting in the main hall ended, and a group of people walked out one after another.

Li Ming saw Jiang Feng and Cui Wei walking side by side and very close to each other from a distance, and felt quite uncomfortable.

When Jiang Wei saw Cui Wei, she rushed over. Li Ming also faced Jiang Feng, hugged his arm, and pulled him closer to prevent him from getting too close to Cui Wei.

Seeing Li Ming take such initiative, Jiang Feng felt happy. But at the same time, Jiang Feng could also feel the implication of Li Ming's action. She didn't want to get too close to Cui Wei.

When Jiang Feng saw that Tianpeng and Xinhun were not there, he was a little confused: "Where are they two?"

"I don't know, maybe I got lost," Li Ming replied.

"Isn't it?"

Jiang Feng looked left and right, and Tianpeng and Xinhun were nowhere to be seen in the bustling crowd, and a ray of worry arose in his heart.

"Jiang Feng!" Suddenly a familiar voice sounded.

Jiang Feng turned around and saw Tianpeng and Xinhun coming out of another small door under the leadership of two cleaning aunts.

Seeing Tianpeng and Xinhun arriving, Jiang Feng breathed a sigh of relief.

"What's going on with you two?"

"Xuanyuan Palace is too big and I got lost. Fortunately, the cleaning lady led the way, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to come back." Tianpeng said helplessly.

"Then did you thank them properly?"

"Thanks, of course." Tianpeng replied immediately.

"Yes, yes, thank you." Xin Hun replied immediately.

"Okay, let's go and have lunch."

"Yeah." Tianpeng and Xinhun smiled bitterly.

Jiang Wei, who had a keen nose, sniffed next to Tianpeng and Xinhun and asked, "You two stink a bit!"

When Jiang Wei said this, Xinhun was startled and said in a panic: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

"No nonsense, you two smell like shit." Jiang Wei's little nose was still sniffing.

Tianpeng and Xinhun had no choice but to tell the truth.

"The cleaning aunties are very naughty. They actually ask us to help them clean the toilet and clear the drainage pipes blocked by feces. If we don't want to, they won't take us out, so..."

"Pfft! I guessed it right." Jiang Wei couldn't control herself and secretly laughed.

"You...were you touched by feces?" Jiang Feng looked suspicious.

"Only...a little bit, but it's been cleaned up."

"Okay, actually I wouldn't be able to tell if Jiang Wei didn't tell her, so don't think about these things and let's go." Jiang Feng patted Tianpeng and Xinhun.

Seeing Jiang Wei snickering happily all the time, Jiang Feng was a little helpless, but he didn't scold Jiang Wei at all.

I have no choice but to call myself a lolicon.

Jiang Feng and his party left the main hall and arrived at the gate of Xuanyuan Hall.

Just as Jiang Feng was about to rent a car and go to the business district for dinner, a rough and powerful voice sounded nearby.

"Hi there."

Everyone turned around and saw that it was Shi Xing, the mayor of Wuchuan City.

"Hello." Seeing Shi Xing approaching with a smile, Jiang Feng had no choice but to say politely.

"I heard that you saved me. I'm really sorry. My subordinates were busy treating me and didn't thank you properly."

"It's okay, you're welcome. By the way, have you recovered from your injury?" Jiang Feng was a little surprised. Shi Xing was still seriously injured yesterday, but he was so energetic today.

"Well, it's mostly healed. Basic activities are not affected. This hand will probably be unable to move for a few months until new bones grow out." Shi Xing touched his bandaged left hand.

Judging from Shi Xing's physical fitness, he should be a warrior type who is both offensive and defensive, and his recovery ability is also outstanding. Such a person was completely unable to defeat Xiao Tian, ​​and Jiang Feng suddenly felt a lot of pressure.

"I heard that you are the mayor of Wuchuan City. Wuchuan City is located in Xichuan, right?" Jiang Feng asked.

"That's right, come to Wuchuan City as a guest when you have time." Shi Xing said with a smile.

Shi Xing was a tall man, more than 2 meters tall. Jiang Feng had to raise his head slightly to face him. Unexpectedly, such a person could be so approachable and kept smiling at everyone.

"Well, of course, we can interact with each other more often when we have time in the future." Jiang Feng also replied with a smile.

"Are you going to eat? Come on, I'll treat you."

Jiang Feng would feel uncomfortable if he suddenly had to eat with a stranger he was not familiar with. But it is always good to have one more friend in the world, especially someone like Shi Xing.

"Okay, then it's better to be respectful than to obey."

In this way, Jiang Feng, Shi Xing and their group rented a car and drove to the business district.

In the underground computer room of Xuanyuan Hall, there was a man with a mustache who was staring at the giant screen attentively. The picture on the screen was of Jiang Feng and others.

It turns out that the entire Xuanyuan Palace is covered with surveillance cameras, but this kind of surveillance is specially designed and hidden so that non-internal personnel have no way of knowing about it.

"Interesting, interesting." The man kept smiling strangely.

On a sofa, the founding father Dong Qun was eating and looking at the screen. He asked in confusion: "Li Ziru, why do you keep staring at them?"
Chapter completed!