my wife is a consul

Chapter 199 The War Is Coming?

An hour later, a total of 41 members of the Bate city-state gathered in the square in front of the stone castle of the city lord's official residence.

Four white-flag MPs, 24 yellow-flag MPs, and [-] blue-flag MPs.

City Lord Zhongquan Luo and Jifeng Councilor Lu Ming sat behind a stone table next to the fountain, while Three Banners councilors sat on dozens of densely packed stone piers in the square.

In other words, the real people of the Bate city-state are the city lord and the four white flag families.

Thirteen members of the Yellow Banner family have completely declined in power compared with the White Banner family. The member of the Yellow Banner family has the largest number of members, but only a few thousand acres of land, three to 400 serfs, and some Blue Banner members even have names. It's just that the honor passed down from the ancestors, there are two blue flag councilors, the land and serfs of the previous generation have been sold out, and now only relying on the shadow of the ancestors, they can still enter the Zhengyuan Square.

Zhongquan Luo granted Lu Ming and the title of Ji Feng Councilor with an average status of city lord, and no one raised any objections, and they all accepted it frankly.

Moreover, most of them were excited. After all, judging from the trial of the case the day before yesterday, even if this Mayor Lu was in the Eastern world, his background must be powerful.

If such a person becomes one of the talkers of the city-state, it will be of great benefit to the city-state, and maybe he and others will be able to follow suit.

Zhongquan Luo also praised Lu Ming very much.

Next, he sighed and talked about the message from his uncle from the city of Nicholas, that the Alliance Council would very likely expel his seat in the city-state, and he also talked about the public opinion in the imperial capital, which is now criticizing the city-state.

Members of the Three Banners were dumbfounded when they heard this, and then there was a sigh. All the members of the Blue Banner were already thinking about whether they were going to abandon their homes and businesses and flee to Lidi after the border was closed.

The voice of Xiaojun Luo Renu suddenly sounded: "Let's fight now, call the children of the whole country, even if you die cleanly, whoever wants to eat your meat, let us have a few teeth broken!"

Someone picks up my words, and the scene is a bit embarrassing.

Huang Qi was also slightly taken aback, the old man was over eighty years old, although his body was strong and his voice was as loud as a bell, he thought, he was still the same as an old man, his brain was developed because of his seven limbs, it was strange that his family's military equipment had been suppressed in those years Hawkeye left behind.

Economic Luo looked at the yellow flag and sighed: "Mr. Monsoon, what are you going to do?"

I also don't have a sad face. I lost the lawsuit. I'm a human being inside and out. After all, Liu Laocai was detained by the Dongcheng Guard.

Luo Yi was on the side to translate for Huang Qi. It is the traditional gauze you wear today for the sake of harmony.

Popolo and Hawkeye Luo sat together and became close allies. Especially, we both looked at the yellow flag at this time. We were too flustered, so we took our people and ran away with Mayor Lu, saying yes After going to the east, the family has no new situation.

Other members of Parliament, listening to economic questions, also looked at the "monsoon member of the only seven" who was newly released in this country.

Looking at dozens of pairs of eyes, Ji Bi sighed deeply, "For the current plan, you can only seek innovation and change. Although the bad habits that the inner world thinks are what the sages said, the world is already the same. Ji Bi will benefit the sages." There was no prophecy in the past, and there has been a small change in the millennium, and the east wind is receding in the west. Be patient, change, and wait for your messenger to come again to spread the gospel."

All the chieftains nodded their heads one after another, although no one doubted it, why have you never heard that hadith?

But that Member of Parliament Monsoon seems to be very unfamiliar with the hadith, having seen it in court.

If you want to argue with me, you really have confidence. If I find out the source of the hadith, you will have no small crimes.

There are not many chieftains, and when they agree, they are very clear in their hearts.

Ji Luo seemed to be one of them, the old man blinked his big eyes and smiled wryly.

Ji Bi took out a thick stack of letters and handed them to Chong Luming first, "City lord, that is your plan for change, you should read it first."

Ji Bi dictated, and Luo Yi and Luo Qi wrote in the local dialect.

Chong Lu Ming picked it up and flipped it over, he was startled, and after reading it, he was already full of fear.

I thought about it and asked someone to pass on the letter.

Huang Qi had already got up, "You caught the wind and cold last night, and you have a headache, go back and rest first."

He wanted to hear our quarrel, and he also knew that once he left, the quarrel soon became a mess.

Sure enough, people still left the city lord's mansion, and the square was already chaotic and noisy.

The so-called strategy for change is to ask Site City to abandon the status of the White Deer City Code, which is the most inferior, and to revise the White Deer City Code to be a statutory law suitable for modern society.

I also changed the body, actually, after a few nights of work, I knew that day would come from the time I decided on the strategy of exonerating Liu Laocai through the custom of marrying a weakling.

The public opinion offensive launched by Richard's legal team and Fila Petroleum in the imperial capital is actually doing themselves a favor and becoming their own weapon, forcing them to retreat and change.

It just occurred to me that the city-state alliance reacted so quickly that time, and there was nothing wrong with it, but it took out the stick that wanted to expel Site City from the alliance. How to put it, that made it possible for me to force Site City to change the status quo. Yes, I have to go back and forth to know how many rounds to go.

……

Back at Wolong Fort, Huang Qi smiled and went downstairs when he saw that the reporters accompanying the economic and trade delegation were doing an exclusive interview with Hashan.

The content of that interview was about a Tu woman who was treated as a slave and was subjected to domestic violence every day. The rich man from the east fell in love with your simplicity and had a secret relationship with you, but he angered the slave owner, so the rich man from the east was falsely accused of being weak , And I broke the lawsuit myself.

Hazan's photo will also appear in the newspaper.

In terms of the influence of public opinion in the so-called civilized world, people in the inner circle must have imagined stories about the weak and beautiful Tu people, even grapefruit men, who forced them to marry, so they were filled with righteous indignation.

It depends on the newspapers rooted in Donghai to give us the truth.

The newspaper industry in Donghai and the newspaper industry in the imperial capital are harmonious.

When we got downstairs, Huang Qi had several long phone calls with Li Jian.

In the evening, Zhong Lu Ming and seven white flag councilors all came to Wolong Castle.

"The quarrel is over?" Huang Qi smiled slightly when he saw the seven of us in the reception room.

Zhong Lu Ming's face turned pale, "Your uncle called again, and tomorrow we will withdraw the vote on the proposal to expel the four Berbit seats."

Economic Luo and Xiaojun Luo both looked worried.

Hawkeye Luo and Popolo also sighed, although they feel that Mayor Lu will treat us with reason, but if they really leave the house and leave there, after all, they will not be a little confused about the future.

Huang Qi nodded, "Only the eight of us..." He paused at that point, Luo Yi was actually there, but he actually used it as a background board, "There is no such thing as your office officer, you can trust me completely, so, The words we speak, we speak from the bottom of our hearts.”

"Actually, the seven of them can decide all the affairs of Sibobit, including the abolition of Ji Bihui's code and the implementation of the new code. They are satisfied with this, and they can leave. They only saw some of the things behind their eyes before the implementation of the new code. damage, but in reality, the new code will inevitably attract a small number of serfs from other city-states to flee here, coupled with the development of that area brought about by the exploitation of the Tianhai Oilfield, and the decline in infrastructure, what is the small gain in front of you? ?”

The new code, the yellow flag is only a few bad habits, but the other changes are small. After all, if the steps are too small, not to mention the nobles, even the serfs outside will accept it. There are few affairs, and there are no coherent changes. .

A direct jump in development will inevitably lead to a peaceful conflict, which is usually a revolution.

However, despite this, there is still one article. The new code includes the article that man is born free, which gives all serfs the status of free farmers.

Under the marriage relationship, a man and a woman are united as a family, but what kind of property is registered, yes, monogamy is still considered legal.

Huang Qi looked at several people, and said: "Free farmers also have to work on their land, which is the same as in the future. Moreover, that new law will attract very few laborers. They think about it carelessly. Is that the truth?"

Chong Luming smiled wryly: "Mayor Lu, you can accept the new law, but after the new law is implemented, will the alliance expel your seats? From what your uncle said, it seemed that the alliance council was very serious."

Huang Qi said: "Hurry up, it's slow, then he can apply for a study group from the alliance, let us evaluate whether our new law and new city-state system can stay in the alliance, as far as our new law code is concerned, The degree of law that is close to the so-called civilized world in the East surpasses seven-eighths of the city-states!"

After thinking for a while, Huang Qi said, "Not yet. If the city-state provoked you at that time, that's just right. You just wanted to break up with us, and declared that your oil field is ours, and you are still in contact with Fila Petroleum. What do you mean? ?”

Chong Lu Ming's eyes lit up, and he nodded silently.

Several people were chatting, and it was late at night when Chong Jibi and the others left.

……

Huang Qi felt that just after lying down and falling asleep for a while, there was a slow knock on the door.

Ji Bi sat up, Luo Yi had already opened the door, and ran back with the phone in hand, "Master, it's a small military matter, you, you..."

Huang Qi nodded, and took the microphone out of Luo Yi's hand.

It was the old catfish's voice, "My lord, Ji Bihui has not changed, he is going door to door to recruit young adults."

Huang Qi nodded. Techeng-state was considered the smallest city-state in the area. Before coming there, the intelligence team of the United Matrix also selected a target and bought a big merchant outside the city as an eyeliner.

It seems that before the news that the Alliance Council will expel Si Berbitt reaches Ji Bihui, the Lord of Techeng has made up his mind after some consideration. As long as the alliance council's proposal is passed tomorrow, it will declare war on Si Berbitt, or, declare war.

Thinking about it, Huang Qi said to the microphone: "Get ready."

Although Techeng Bangbang only has a population of 10,000+, it is really problematic to mobilize all of them. It is a problem to mobilize [-] serfs to join the war in order to attack Si Techeng with all their strength. After all, it is still the way of conscription in the slave society.

Yes, for today's eastern military technology, this is just a mob, and a few of them are hot weapons. If you count all the equipment such as earth guns, it is wrong to have thousands of musketeers.

(End of this chapter)