The city lord of Jinyang City, named 'Fengji', is a strong cat clan with quasi-heaven-level strength.
If this strength is placed in other places besides Tianhuayu, it is estimated that the leader of the bandits will kill him instantly. But in dozens of nearby cities, his strength can be said to be among the top five candidates. In the Tianhua Domain, the closer the city lords and country lords are to the formal battle zone, the stronger they are. The city lords in the second and third tiers outside who do not directly participate in the war are mostly below the heaven rank, and very few even have only the sixth rank of the earth rank.
Feng Ji, he was not the city lord of Jinyang City.
He was an adventurer who came to Tianhuayu to practice, because the former city lord of Jinyang City died in battle, and the captain of the personal guard and the butler who took over died in battle one after another. There was really no one who could take on the role of city lord, so he took the initiative to take over Jinyang City.
It is not uncommon for an adventurer like him to succeed the city lord in Tianhuayu.
Although the strength and qualifications of the city lords in the outer reaches of Tianhuayu are not high, there are still relatively few city lords who are vacant, and no one is willing to take over the mess. For example, there is a Yotei City not too far from Jinyang City. Due to the lack of minerals, poor land, and natural and man-made disasters, the civilians who were heavily taxed are all in a state of starvation, so no one wants to take over there. The lord of the country sent a small garrison to take charge, barely maintaining law and order. If it is a large-scale business group outside, it is more popular in Tianhuayu to send a representative to serve as the city lord. Strength is not important, but it must complete the combat preparation tasks assigned by the above. Other than that, the upper level does not interfere with any actions of the city lord below.
It can be said that places like Jinyang City and Yangtei City, which are located on the periphery and lack special products and low income, have long been forgotten by the higher-ups.
"Where do you want me to produce so much food? I can't help it!" Fengji was angrily yelling at his housekeeper Shatong at the moment: "It's not that I don't want to care about those civilians, it's just that there is no way! The last seeds have been handed over to They went to plant, how do I know that those seeds were fried by profiteers, I don’t know, I don’t understand agriculture at all, and I don’t know how to breed, I used to be just a mercenary who fed himself and the whole family... I came here to take over, I It’s not that I want to be a city lord, but the chaos here is so unsightly, I just want to make some contribution to her hometown of wormwood! Now you let me make food and seeds, do you think I’m a god? You I know how much money I have in the treasury. The last funds have all been handed over to profiteers to buy those damned seeds. Now the seeds are cooked by profiteers and can’t germinate. Can you blame me for this? You can do whatever you like, I Enough is enough!"
"My lord, if there is no food, I dare say that within a month at the latest, half of the people in Jinyang City will starve to death!" The butler Shatong had a bitter face. what to do? After all, Fengji is the lord of the city, and he is the strongest person!
"I don't know what to do!" Feng Zhi yelled, "I also cut down on food and clothing. I have been hungry for three months, and I haven't had a full meal in the past three months. There is no way for such a useless city lord. Go on. Choose another city lord, whoever loves to do it, I really have no ability to feed hundreds of thousands of people!"
"This..." the butler Shatong sighed.
He knows the difficulty of Fengji, because he also has no ability to feed hundreds of thousands of people.
The shortage of food is not a problem of a single place in Jinyang City, but a problem of the entire Tianhua Region. Except for some rich places in Tianhuayu, other places are poor and empty.
In the war, too many hardworking men fell to their deaths on the battlefield, and now most of the people left in the peripheral areas are old, weak, women and children. In addition to the necessary garrison personnel and seriously injured and disabled persons, any adult, regardless of gender, regardless of race, as long as he has a certain combat effectiveness, will be transferred to the barracks in the warring area for intensive training, and then sent to the battlefield to fight that battle. The battle of the domain emperor that can end.
The food is almost gone, no seeds, no crops, which means that the next harvest will be zero.
After about a month, all the grass roots, tree bark and livestock will be eaten up. In the end, hundreds of thousands of starving people with green eyes will step into the same tragedy as those in the hardest-hit areas of Yotei City.
Yizi and eat...
It was not the first time that Shatong saw such a horrific situation.
Could it be that Jinyang City will also become a dead place with many bones and thousands of miles of corpses
"My lord, there is good news, there is good news!" Ouba, the poorest grain merchant in the world, rushed in with a blushing face, and knocked down the starving and skinny butler, Shatong, to the ground.
"Ouba, are the merchants here? It's a miracle, there are still merchants willing to come to a poor area like ours?" Shatong asked, grabbing Ouba's legs before he got up in time.
"Where is the merchant?" Feng Ji was also very welcoming, but after asking this sentence, he showed a bitter face: "We have no money."
"No money, they don't want money!" Ouba shook his head and waved his hands excitedly.
"There are still businessmen in the world who don't need money?" Feng Ji couldn't believe it. If businessmen don't love money, then all the sows in the world will climb trees!
"Yes, that's right, they don't want us a gold coin, no, they don't want magic crystals either, to be honest, our low-quality magic crystals are given to others for nothing, and they don't want them... You can't imagine what it is like The merchant group came to us with fifty grain ships and ten ships full of fine wine. My God, if those goods can enter the war zone, I dare say, even the kings will be beaten to the head It's bloody... I'm done talking, yes, right, speaking of the deal, they don't need our money, they just want all kinds of weapons recovered from the battlefield!" Oppa was so happy that he talked a little incoherently.
"Are you stupid? We are on the outskirts, not a war zone. Where are the weapons? Besides, they are contraband, and all traders will be beheaded!" Shatong denied the possibility of such a transaction.
"That's right, you're right, but what I want to say is, what do they want for weapons? It's impossible for them to look at ordinary weapons like Dianhua ore. We use Dianhua ore, In exchange for a large amount of food! The city lord, and the butler Sha, think about it, fifty boats, each with a length of 100 meters, as long as we take it down, it will be no problem to support the entire city to death!" Oppa Quickly explain clearly.
"I said Ouba, please keep your voice down, the Dianhua ore was forbidden by the Yuhuang himself..." Shatong felt that his heart was beating like a drum at this time, but he did not deny that his heart was beating.
Is there anything more terrible than starving to death in the world
No!
Rather than grabbing the head and beheading it, it is better to fill the stomach first and be a full ghost!
Ouba saw that the loyalist Shatong was a little bit relieved, and hurriedly struck while the iron was hot: "We are not a deal, Santo, we are showing our hearts to the distinguished guests. As a testimony of friendship, we give each other a small gift, and the other party Then generously return the food we urgently need. Even if the higher-ups know the news, I believe they will not be severely punished. After all, there is a shortage of food everywhere, and the Lord is also a headache!"
Fengji thinks this idea is not bad.
I'm just worried about how much food can be exchanged for such a small amount of Dianhua ore in Jinyang City
In any case, it is better to stabilize the other party first, if the other party leaves by boat, then everything will be over.
The three of them decided to take a risk, and they invited several other merchants in the city who were also as poor as skins to visit the head of the merchant group. Anyway, this transaction is a decapitation transaction. If you want to live, everyone will live together, if you want to die together, no one will be left behind!
When he saw the fifty grain boats, even Feng Ji, the city lord of Jinyang, couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, grandma's, if it wasn't for the city lord.
If you are still a thief before, just grab a fat sheep.
No business.
Better than risking your head to trade.
When he saw that the other party's guards had five heavenly ranks, he was so frightened that his body went limp. Good guy, if you really try to rob, you won't even keep your cat's skin! Fifty grain ships, with few heavenly ranks, would not be able to enter the central battle area even with the protection of the domain emperor's order. However, where did this Titan Merchant Group come from? Five heaven-level powerhouses are the guards. Such a big deal is not inferior to the top ten business groups!
"You are the owner of the city? Let's not say anything extra, our request is very simple, as long as you take out the Dianhua ore, we can provide you with seeds in addition to food!" Bao Gu made his position clear, that is, as long as the Dianhua ore is needed, nothing else Do not care.
"Seeds?" Feng Ji heard it, and his heart beat faster. In Tianhua Domain, seeds are definitely the lifeblood, and there is nothing but seeds!
"The purity of our electric flower mine is not high, and every three months, the owner of the country collects it once, and the stock is insufficient." Sha Tong, the butler, lowered his head.
He had to bow his head.
Because he has now seen that the other party is a super luxurious business group, and he probably won't care about the small inventory of Jinyang City.
As long as the grain ship is driven into the war zone, the country lords will scramble to trade Dianhua ore.
Although it is forbidden by the Emperor of the Territory, there are exceptions to everything, isn't it
Such a luxurious and wealthy super business group can usually get the special approval terms of the domain emperor...
"We really don't like the small amount of inventory. We need a lot of Dianhua ore, a lot!" Fatty Judd said, Fengji, Ouba and Shatong almost despaired. They are pleading, Fatty Judd waved his hand and proposed a plan: "Otherwise, we invest in mining here, you are responsible for providing labor, we provide food, allow you to exchange food with wages, and at the same time, we can also assist you Some seeds, in return, you send as many people as possible to mine electric flower ore, as for the purity, you don't need to worry about those."
"No problem, the most important thing we need here is manpower!" Afraid of Fengji and Shatong's hesitation, Ouba first agreed on his own initiative.
"Golden Sun City is simply given to you. I am an incompetent city lord. Besides, any of you are stronger than me. You can send someone to be the Golden Sun City lord. You can do whatever you want..." Feng Ji felt that he was useless enough. For a majestic city lord, it would be fine if he didn't have the gold-level armor on the guards of the other party, and he was still hungry.
He took down the ring of the city lord, the only token of identity, and forced it into Judd's hands.
Hold Bao Gu's hand again: "Head, can I be your guard here?"
Bao Gu and Judd were stunned by this guy's shocking behavior.
There is such a thing
Shatong and Ouba also cried out anxiously like resentful women: "City Lord, you can't abandon us. If you leave, what will we do in the future?"
Feng Zhi waved his hand: "Stop, stop, I'm not your city lord anymore. Seriously, I'm fed up with this damned city lord! I don't have that ability, and I don't like to worry about the food and drink of hundreds of thousands of people. I never had a happy day when I became this city lord! Even when I was at my worst, I was never as poor or hungry as I am now. If I were to be a city lord, I would have to starve to death. What? Why don't I become a guard, or simply become a mercenary like before, at least that way, I can still eat enough!"
"Boy, you are not qualified to be a guard!" Chong Guan and the others laughed so hard that their stomachs ached. How many people want to be a city lord, but now, as a strong man who is the lord of a city, he is worried about starving to death in office. A big joke.
"My strength is not good, but I have good specialties and talents. Although I can't grow food, I am good at scouting and tracking!" Feng Ji hurriedly fought for it.
"The problem is, although I am the leader, there is a master on top of me." Bao Gu said with a smile: "Unless you can get the master's permission, it is useless for you to be strong. How many strong people break their heads and want to drill Come in to be a guard, there are strong people at the fourth level of the heavenly rank, but they are not qualified. Here, apart from ability, loyalty is also important. To be honest, I doubt your loyalty, because you can leave one because of hunger. The people in the city leave their posts!"
"You still have a master above you?" Feng Ji was going to be stupid, what is the origin of this business group? The master of the heavenly powerhouse, is that the king? Or something more powerful
"Master said, if you can find a way to cross Zhifeng Swamp, then you can temporarily hire a guard for a three-month trial period."
Yue Yang was on the luxury yacht side, and sent a Celestial Dragon Lady to spread the word.
Although Feng Ji didn't want to be a starving city lord, it seemed that there was a problem with his loyalty.
But if you look at the matter from two sides, you will find that this guy from the cat tribe is actually not bad. If you want to change to another city lord, even in a poor city, will he starve? At least, it can be proved that Fengji does not exploit civilians for wealth. He may not be qualified as a city lord, but as a road-finding guard and using his expertise, there shouldn't be any problem.
Moreover, letting people like Bao Gu and Judd take over Jinyang City is indeed better than going through everything.
In the mountains near Jinyang City, the reserves of electric flower mines are good, but mining is difficult.
The problem here is that there is not enough manpower and technology to mine, which will result in low production capacity. If Leibao has the technology to mine thunder ore, coupled with a large number of manpower, electric flower ore may become a sharp weapon for elite soldiers on the battlefield. Not enough, but enough for Yue Yang to refine the Beast Bracelet.
"Zhifeng Swamp, that's a place of death!" Feng Ji's face changed drastically when he heard that.
"We don't want cowards!" Fat Judd said aggressively.
"Who says I'm a coward? You have found the right person. If you want to change to another person, you really can't pass Zhifeng Swamp. Even I, who escaped in Zhifeng Swamp, have only 30% certainty... You don't know, where It's too scary, it's an insurmountable death zone. If you want to cross Zhifeng Swamp, besides strength and experience, the most important thing is luck!" Feng Ji bowed to the Celestial Dragonwoman who was still waiting for an accurate reply, his eyesight is not bad , Knowing that the status of this celestial female dragon is actually higher, at least higher than a few genuine guards with celestial strength. Feng Ji's attitude is very respectful, and his words are also very sincere: "If you want to cross the Zhifeng Swamp, besides me, you need to find someone else in another place. The two of us are indispensable."