Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 442 Chapter 442
In Zheng Guo, on the somewhat deserted streets, beggars gathered in groups, looking curiously at the carriages passing by.

Out of a natural fear of the rich, they shrunk their bodies and piled them in a corner, looking like a piece of garbage that was not cleaned up from a distance.

It's just that these people are all alive, skinny and miserable, living in a world that doesn't treat them as adults.

The passing horse-drawn carriage obviously violated the regulations, because it used four wheels and designed a complex shock absorption system.

The complicated and expensive shock absorption system made the carriage shake very smoothly when it was driving on uneven roads. It was obvious that the owner of the carriage definitely had a heart of enjoyment.

In the years of war and chaos, coupled with corruption, no one cares too much about regulating this kind of thing.The rich are the heaven and the earth here, and they are the challengers of the traditional rules and regulations.

As the carriage drove through the street, some shop assistants also began to notice this majestic carriage, because there were not many people who could afford a two-horse carriage.

"I don't know if it's a big family from Wangcheng, it looks really impressive." A guy saw the coachman on the carriage and sighed with envy.

Just by looking at the silk and satin worn by the coachman, one can easily tell that the person sitting in the carriage must be a rich or expensive existence.

The carriage stopped at the gate of the official mansion just like this, and the servants in the carriage jumped down, went to the gate and handed their name cards to the guards.

The guard at the door originally looked disgusted, but when he received the name card, his palms sank. He looked carefully under the original name card, and there was actually a heavy gold coin hidden!
With the defeat of Zheng State in the war against Mirage, heavy losses and weakening national power, people who are willing to bribe the guards with gold coins are rare.

As a result, a smile appeared on the disdainful face of the doorman, and even his body was three points shorter, and he said with a smile: "Your guest will be later."

Then he ran into the yard in three steps at a time, pretending to be doing his best with the money—after all, a gold coin is not easy to earn, and the benefactor who pays the money must always feel that the service is in place and the quality is excellent. It's worth it.

Well, in fact, if you think about it carefully, there is nothing wrong with describing it as a benefactor. Isn't it all in the service industry? It's not shabby...

Soon the guard came back and made a gesture of invitation, which was called a courtesy: "Your Excellency, the city lord, please."

Only then did the attendant who handed over the name card return to the carriage, and respectfully helped to open the door. A middle-aged man inside finally stepped on the soft stool that the servant had padded in advance.

Even at the peak of the Zheng Kingdom, there were not many people who paid attention to ostentation, and most of them were concentrated in the royal city, such seaside towns were rare.

Middle-aged people wear gold and silver, and every detail seems to show their wealth.After he got off the carriage, he looked left and right, and then followed the guards leading the way, and walked into this obviously dilapidated government office.

Just looking at the missing tiles on the roof, and the messy wood and stones piled up in the corners, it can be seen that this place has been in disrepair for a long time, and it looks completely dilapidated.

But if it is said that there are no rich people in this city, it is indeed wronged-no one who has money will spend money to repair the government's government office.

Don't you see, on both sides of the government office, there are magnificent mansions with extraordinary style of carved beams and painted buildings, high walls and courtyards with golden roofs and red walls?
"Master City Lord." The guard led the middle-aged man to the old man who was wearing an official uniform and sat solemnly on the head, and bowed to greet him.

"Go down." The old man waved his hand lightly, and the guard quickly left the room, not forgetting to close the door tightly when he left.

No one wants to be talking about important matters with others, and there is still an inferior light bulb standing next to them.So when the city lord looked at the servant standing beside the middle-aged man, his eyes were very unkind.

"This is my confidant, there is nothing to hide." The middle-aged man explained with a smile, and casually threw the silk gloves on the table.

"Senior and young are disorderly, no distinction is made between superior and inferior...the way to create chaos!" the old city lord snorted, very dissatisfied with the middle-aged man's statement.

However, he also knew that he was not qualified to educate the middle-aged man in front of him at all, so after snorting, he got down to business: "The noble man you mentioned... can really do what you said ?”

"I've said it before, my lord...as long as you dare to accept it...these are yours." After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he took out a voucher from his pocket and handed it to the old city lord.

The old city lord was taken aback for a moment, and then recognized that it was a bill, which was a bill for randomly withdrawing 10 gold coins in the Li family's business firm.

That's a full 10 gold coins!Do you know the concept?Any businessman in the state of Zheng who can come up with 10 gold coins is considered a "local tyrant".

"This is just the beginning! As long as the city lord is willing to agree to their conditions, there will be filial piety in the future." The middle-aged man smiled and pushed the ticket to the old city lord, and promised.

His movements were very skillful, as if he was pushing a blank piece of paper, but it was really a bill of 10 gold coins, the kind that no one can deceive.

The old city owner swallowed a mouthful of saliva. It's not that he has never seen so much money, but he has never seen such easy money!
As long as he nods his head in agreement, it's just a little greeting from the other party, and the subsequent filial piety may be more, even so much that it makes him a little scared.

"This money...is a good thing, but I'm afraid...it's hot." The old city owner had already pressed his hand on the bill, and he sighed nervously.

The middle-aged man laughed loudly, then took out another one, pressed it on the table and pushed it to the old city owner: "200,000! As long as you nod, it's yours."

"The more you are like this, the more I dare not accept it." The old city lord did not take back his hand on the bill, but said slowly.

"Okay." The middle-aged man took out three more bills from his pocket, and pressed them on the bills without thinking: "A total of 1 million gold coins! Old man... quite a lot."

The old city lord grabbed all the five bills with his hands, tidied them up, and put them in front of him. After examining them one by one, he nodded: "I think it's a little bit expensive to sell this bone for such a small amount. It's not worth it, but since that nobleman is so sincere, this old man will..."

"Don't talk so much after taking the money. Now you are like me, and you will be the eagle dog of this noble man from now on." The middle-aged man let out a sigh of relief, as if he had accomplished something important.

"What's wrong with being a dog..." The old city lord kept the money close to him, and said, "Send a message to the nobleman for me. From now on, in Linshui City, big things will happen, old man It will also settle for him."

"Then thank you, my lord." The middle-aged man nodded and got up, and left immediately after finishing his work, not wanting to waste any more time.

The old city lord didn't give it away either, he just waved his hand, and then sat there silently, as if he was thinking about something.

Walking out of the government office of the city lord's mansion, the middle-aged man got into the carriage and immediately showed a humble look. He rubbed his hands and smiled and reported to the young man who had been in the carriage and did not get off: "The matter that the lord explained , it’s done.”

The young man in the carriage was rubbing the dandelion ring on his finger, and nodded after listening: "Tomorrow, I will open a porridge shop to give alms to the refugees around me, gather all the young and strong, and let them build bridges across mountains and rivers ..."

"Ah?" The middle-aged man looked incomprehensible, as if he felt that such a matter did not require a bribe of 100 million gold coins to the city lord.

"No matter what method you use, get me the port of Linshui City. Spend the budget as you like, there is no upper limit." While playing with his ring, the young man ordered without looking up: "This afternoon, I will Seeing the land deed contract and the government's approval, it will be my private property from now on... Do you understand?"

"Hiss...although it's a bit difficult, but as long as you have enough money, it's easy to handle." The middle-aged man hesitated for a few seconds before agreeing.

"Help me find another 10 yuan who can work. I want to build a pier, and the price is not a problem." The young man said again: "I will give you [-] gold coins per person. If there is more, it will be your hard work."

"That's so embarrassing... Don't worry, I will take care of all these things for you within three days." The middle-aged man immediately regained his energy when he heard that there was still money to be made, and said with a smile.

"Remember, I don't care what method you use... Do you understand?" The young man let go of his hand playing with the ring, raised his head and stared at the other party.

The middle-aged man immediately assured: "My lord, don't worry! I know what to do."

He has long been familiar with arresting people to do big projects, so what does it have to do with him when he says that the people don't care about having children, wives and children, breaking up their families and destroying their families?

Anyway, if he didn't arrest these people to work, they might starve to death. If he didn't abuse these untouchables, sooner or later they would be fish on other people's chopping boards.

Anyway, if you die, who is not cheap?

As for why these people should be asked to repair bridges and roads, why should these people be asked to build docks...that's not something he should consider.

What is repairing and not repairing?
"In addition, I want to survey and draw a map in this area of ​​hundreds of miles to find mineral veins. Tomorrow, you will ask the city lord to allocate some soldiers to protect my people." The young man made another request.

"This is a trivial matter. My Li family still has a lot of connections in the local area!" The middle-aged man immediately patted his chest and assured: "Anyone should give some face!"

"Do things well! In the future, your Li family will definitely be much better than the Zhang family... Got it!" The young man patted the other party on the shoulder.

"Yes! Yes! I understand! I understand!" The middle-aged man bowed his head excitedly.

(End of this chapter)