reborn as emperor

Chapter 212 211. Corruption in Yancheng?

After Ye Xian'er's explanation, Yang Mucheng learned about the martial arts gathering in Zijin Pavilion.

This is a method used to select successors. Every three years, the children of the family will gather in the family to compete in three competitions.

The first, of course, is the money earned in the past three years.After all, Zijin Pavilion is a family of merchants, and whether it can continue the future of Zijin Pavilion is the most important thing.

The second is to compare personal connections.

"I understand the first rule, but what is the second rule?" Yang Mucheng wondered.

"Every three years, we will select the most powerful warriors and alchemists from the areas under our respective jurisdictions to form alliances with them. The so-called personal connections are here. The stronger the warriors you can invite, the stronger the connections will be. stronger."

Ye Xian'er sighed, and said bitterly:
"I had already invited three warriors at the peak of the profound energy realm, but I didn't expect them to disappear suddenly..."

Yang Mu was moved by heart, and hurriedly asked: "In the martial arts gathering, what is the level of strength of the invited experts?"

"Late stage of profound energy."

"I'm also in the late stage of Xuanqi, since you can't find anyone for the time being, let me help you fill up the number of people..."

Yang Mucheng smiled.

Getting along with Ye Xian'er these few days, he felt that he could cooperate with Ye Xian'er for a long time.If it were someone else, I'm afraid the cooperation would have to be interrupted.

"Uh, okay!"

Ye Xianer nodded.

If he couldn't find anyone, he could only ask Yang Mucheng to help him.

For this reason, she immediately sent a letter to the Green Snake Granny, asking the Green Snake Granny to find some more martial arts masters near Linshan for her.

Another day passed.

Yang Mucheng took Lu Yao'er and followed Ye Xian'er to Linshan.

After leaving the imperial city, a wide avenue stretches out, and migrant workers coming and going are repairing bridges and paving roads.

"Emperor Yang, I heard that you asked the people to build stone roads between the cities... I don't understand why?" Seeing this scene, Ye Xian'er was also puzzled.

In her opinion, only the main roads in the city are used to repair the gravel roads. After leaving the city, there is a wilderness. Why waste manpower and material resources on these?

Yang Mucheng showed an expression that really did.

He laughed:
"Miss Ye, in my Dagan country, the flame orange in Sucheng is a delicious fruit. At least hundreds of tons of flame orange are produced in Sucheng every year, which is worthless in Sucheng."

Ye Xianer nodded.She had also heard that flame oranges were planted in every household in Sucheng.It's like the cabbage on the rotten street, no one picks it up when it's thrown on the ground, not even the beggars eat it.

"What does this have to do with building roads?"

"Although flame oranges are not worth a penny in Sioux City, they are extremely popular in other cities. However, because there are no roads between the cities, transportation is extremely troublesome. A truckload of flame oranges, even if transported to the nearest city, takes half a year. It’s been a month. In half a month, the flame orange has already rotted.”

Yang Mucheng paused, and continued:
"If the road is repaired, the transportation will only take three days at most. In this way, Sucheng can transport the flame oranges to other cities. In this way, the people of Sucheng can make a fortune by selling flame oranges , can also stimulate economic circulation.”

Ye Xian'er's eyes lit up.

She herself was born in a family of merchants, Yang Mucheng just dialed lightly, and she understood the key point.The ordinary world is not like the martial arts world. There are no magic weapons such as storage bags and interspatial rings, so they can only rely on horse-drawn carriages to transport goods.

She could imagine how well-connected the cities would become once roads were built throughout the Dagan Kingdom.

"The money for road construction?" Ye Xian'er asked again.

"Naturally, it will be allocated from the national treasury...to be paid on a per capita basis!" Yang Mucheng said as a matter of course.

Building bridges and repairing roads is for the country and the people.

Only when the people are rich can the country be strong.

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At this moment, a sound of cracking whip caught Yang Mucheng's attention.

"Immortal thing, lazy at work, see if I don't beat you to death!" A yamen servant in official uniform held a long whip in his hand, with a fierce expression on his face.Holding a snake whip in his hand, he swung it vigorously at a skinny old man in front of him. Every time the whip fell, the old man's skin was torn apart and he cried out incessantly.

"stop fighting!"

At this moment, a young man stood up, glared at each other and said, "This old gentleman is already 78 years old. If you forcefully arrest them to do this kind of hard labor, and treat an old man like this, you will be punished by God." of!"

The yamen servant's expression changed when he heard the words, and he sneered: "Hey, you still dare to talk stubbornly? Can't you find death?"

The yamen servant dropped his whip, drew out his saber with a 'clang', and slashed at the young man without saying a word.People around screamed, as if they had seen the tragic scene of the young man lying in a pool of blood.

"Lu Yaoer!"

Yang Mucheng shouted.

Clang!
When Lu Yaoer heard the sound, she struck out with a sword.After dozens of steps, a sword qi shot out.Immediately, the right hand of the yamen servant was cut off by the roots.

"Ah! Which blind bastard dares to harm me!"

The yamen servant cried out in pain.

The officials all around also pulled out their weapons, looking vigilantly at the three of Yang Mucheng who were approaching.

"How dare you attack an officer?"

The broken-handed yamen servant's face turned blue from the pain, and he said coldly: "According to Dagan's law, attacking an official is a capital offense for you."

Teng!
Yang Mucheng turned over from the horse and helped the old man up.

"Old man, what's going on?" he asked.

"Young man... this group of corrupt officials, they embezzled all the money allocated by the Holy Majesty into their own pockets. They forced us to work every day, not only did not pay us, but beat and scolded us at every turn." The old man glanced at Yang Mucheng, aggrieved road.

corruption?

Yang Mucheng's eyes turned cold, "Isn't there no one going to the imperial city to file a complaint?"

The old man smiled wryly and said: "If we don't compete with officials for fame, how can we fight against these corrupt officials. The whole Yancheng is tightly controlled by corrupt officials. We can't even leave our house. Where can we go to sue? Besides, the officials of Yancheng The city lord is also a relative of the current Grand Marshal Ma Ping..."

While speaking, the officials quickly surrounded him.

The servant with the broken hand stared at Yang Mucheng with a pair of eyes.

"Boy, dare to make trouble in Yancheng, how many heads have you grown?"

With a wave of his hand, he pointed at Yang Mucheng and said, "This kid dares to obstruct our road construction, he must be a spy of Weiguo. Kill this kid on the spot... and capture his two female accomplices alive! Lord City Lord!"

Is it the owner of Yancheng City?
Yang Mucheng sneered.

"Ma Ping, it's better that this matter has nothing to do with you, otherwise, it will disappoint me too much!"

I thought to myself.

Yang Mucheng looked at the officials who had already surrounded him, and said coldly: "Lu Yaoer, cut off all the right hands of these people..."

　PS: There is another update at 22:[-]~
　　
　
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