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Chapter 27 27. The magistrate has issued a mission!
The benefits of the Taixu Realm cannot be obtained only by clearing the level. After realizing this, Mo Hao also began to think about the advanced tasks.

If there are benefits somewhere, it is best to explore those benefits as much as possible while ensuring safety.

Before the college entrance examination, every student has one chance to explore the Taixu Realm, and the elite class has one more opportunity, and both opportunities are relatively safe.

Compared to those Taixu Realms that suddenly appeared and no one has even walked out of them alive, the Taixu Realms given to students to explore are all artificially controlled and the difficulty is consciously reduced.

In other words, before the college entrance examination, Mo Hao had two relatively safe opportunities to explore the Taixu Realm.

For him, he must take advantage of these two opportunities to improve himself.

Whether it is killing people to increase qi and blood, or to gain more benefits, neither side can be neglected.

In the evening, Mo Hao was invited by several merchants to a banquet at the largest restaurant in Hanyun County. During the banquet, many merchants complimented him and presented him with a reward for the big insect.

Not only that, in addition to the bounty, the people who hosted Mo Hao also gave him a lot of things.

When they learned that Mo Dutou had no place to stay, some people immediately sent him a house with four courtyards, some sent him a valuable carriage, and some even sent him a few maids to serve him.

At the same time, at the banquet, after Mo Hao's side-tick, he finally understood why these people were so flattering.

It lies in his identity as the head of the city.

From the perspective of officials, the social status of the Dutou was not high, they were just [clerks].

But from the perspective of ordinary people, the status of the head of the city is relatively high, and he can even call the shots in a certain area.

Even the head of the city could call upon an armed force of about a hundred people, whose functions included arresting thieves, suppressing small-scale rebellions, and normal patrols and law enforcement.

Mo Hao now understood why these people would try to curry favor with him at the first opportunity, and that banquets for various people would definitely be necessary in the next few days.

On the one hand, people were intimidated by his divine power to kill tigers and leopards, and at the same time, the position of Dutou was a very high position for some people.

As an official who is directly in charge of absolute violence, compared to officials like the county magistrate who may not be seen on a daily basis, the captain is definitely someone that one has to deal with on a daily basis.

The magistrate can destroy a family and even the whole family; the mayor may not have such power, but he can also make a person lose his business.

After the banquet, Mo Hao moved directly into the four-courtyard house and brought in his classmates who had no place to stay.

In his room, Mo Hao was silently pondering his next plan.

"It seems that although killing the tiger is their basic task to revitalize the school, an unrelated person like me can also get an invisible reward."

The identity of the head of the army is the reward given to Mo Hao for killing the tiger.

If those people from Zhenxing School were to go, they would probably not be able to take on the position of Dutou even if they were beaten to death, because they were there on the orders of the county magistrate.

At the same time, a very important point is that Mo Hao killed the tiger alone with his bare hands, and there was no teammate to share the credit, so he was recommended by the county magistrate to be the head of the city.

He strongly suspected that in this Taixu Realm, there was some kind of scoring mechanism that gave rewards according to contributions.

It is just not clear whether this mechanism is man-made or exists inherently in the Taixu Realm.

But now is not the time to worry about that.

"I estimate that in a few days, or tomorrow, the magistrate will ask me to start organizing a team of 100 people."

Mo Hao did not just eat and drink at the banquet, he also got a lot of information from people, including the information about [Partridge Village].

[Quail Village], a group of bandits that recently appeared in Hanyun County, specialize in robbing merchant caravans and are brutal and ruthless.

Once they intercepted a caravan, they would either give up 80% of their wealth, or if they were not satisfied with the wealth, they would often abduct some people and bring them to the village. If there was any resistance, they would kill the entire caravan and throw the bodies into the old forest to feed the wild boars.

It can be said that the existence of [Partridge Village] not only broke some rules, but also slapped the face of the county magistrate.

If it continues to exist, fewer merchants will come to Hanyun County, no one will buy medicinal herbs, and unemployed people will move away, and eventually the size of Hanyun County will shrink.

For the county magistrate, this undoubtedly cut off his achievements and future.

Mo Hao didn't believe that the county magistrate didn't see this. Officials may not care about other things, but they will never care about their own future.

So at this time Mo Hao has already started thinking about how to form a team. The Third New High School and Zhenxing School have more than 40 people in total, which can become a strong force.

As for Tianchang Girls' School, we don't know their intentions yet, but we can ask them later.

The next day, after the roll call at the yamen, the magistrate called Mo Hao over.

"The Partridge Village has been robbing and killing people lately, so the caravans dare not come. The captain can gather the militia to clear out the Partridge Village and bring peace to Hanyun County."

The magistrate's half-literate and somewhat flowery words were automatically translated into something more understandable in Mo Hao's mind.

Prerequisites for the mission: Find someone in the group.

Mission location: Partridge Village.

Mission requirements: Kill all the bandits.

Where to go, how many to kill, it's a simple and clear task without any ambiguity.

Mo Hao immediately expressed his attitude, "I will be the county magistrate to wipe out the Partridge Village and restore peace to Hanyun County."

"Okay, I'll give you three months, and you can withdraw all your expenses from the account office during this period."

It seems that the existence of Partridge Village has really put the county magistrate's future in doubt, otherwise he would not have said that all training expenses would be paid by the county.

It was obvious that in the eyes of the county magistrate, if he did not destroy the Partridge Village, his future would be bleak.

After getting the magistrate's permission, Mo Hao left the yamen and headed straight for the blacksmith shop.

Most of the blacksmith shops in the county only repair and forge farm tools for farmers, and few can directly forge weapons.

However, there are a few blacksmith shops in Hanyun County that have registered and even occasionally take orders from the government. They are capable of making weapons.

There were several unsharpened knives placed at the entrance of the blacksmith shop, indicating that weapons could be forged here. Mo Hao walked in directly, and after a few steps, the shopkeeper came forward and asked, "I wonder if Mr. Mo is here to find a suitable weapon?"

Mo Hao nodded and looked at the weapons displayed around him. "If you have any good stuff, just put it out there."

Anyway, the government office can reimburse the money for the weapons, so Mo Hao didn't bother to be polite with the county magistrate. Yesterday, he, the captain, received a four-story courtyard, a carriage, and a lot of silver.

He just didn't believe that the county magistrate would collect less than what he himself received. After all, the county magistrate had given him the power to reimburse, so he might as well use it.

Ever since he chose the [Ghost Swordsman Experience Scroll] yesterday, Mo Hao had a feeling from time to time that he wanted to pick up something and wave it around.

The main purpose of coming here today is to get a sword and see if I can activate the ability of the Ghost Swordsman.

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