The Mu patrol envoy on the side has long been accustomed to such situations, so he hurriedly said.
"City Master Ye, you also know that the Jiuzhou Guild Hall needs a lot of funds every year to operate, and Chief Chen has never been worried about these funds. Some city masters who are knowledgeable and interesting will send some filial money to relieve Chief Chen's urgent needs. Considering that Huangquan City is only a small city, the tribute money does not need to be too much, 500,000 intermediate spirit stones are enough."
Five hundred thousand intermediate spirit stones? !
Ye Lingyue's heart was overwhelmed, and she wished she could rush up and tear off Sectional Master Chen's ugly face.
500,000 intermediate spirit stones, that is equivalent to the tax revenue of Huangquan City for five years.
Section Master Chen asked for 500,000 spirit stones, which was nothing short of robbery.
Seeing that Ye Lingyue refused to answer for a long time, Section Master Chen's complexion immediately turned cloudy.
"Master Ye, if you are helpless, then Chen can only follow the orders of the Jiuzhou League. Next month, when the Jiuzhou Tianbang is released, if Huangquan City still cannot reverse the situation of the loss of city residents and the decline in the overall ranking, Jiuzhou The Continental League will disqualify Huangquan City from being a city."
"Master Chen, what do you mean, as long as the overall ranking of Huangquan City rises, Huangquan City can be preserved?"
Ye Lingyue would never succumb to someone like Mr. Chen.
"Heh~ As long as Huangquan City can get rid of the bottom three rankings, it can be retained. However, I don't think that you, City Lord Ye, have the ability to see off guests."
Chief Chen seemed to have heard the funniest joke ever.
The Jiuzhou wild hunting has not yet started, and Huangquan City is clinking poorly. On the Jiuzhou Tianbang, the green indicator (the number of people on the list) and the red indicator (the overall strength of the city) cannot directly rise. The yellow indicator (total population) became Ye Lingyue's only solution.
However, Huangquan City's current overall ranking is the second-to-last among all cities. According to the degree of population loss, next month, it will definitely fall to the bottom-to-last.
Under such circumstances, Ye Lingyue blatantly rejected Mr. Chen's request for bribes, hoping that in less than a month, he would rise two places from the bottom two and get rid of the bottom three rankings. The city owner will find it very funny.
In fact, not to mention Master Chen, even Ye Lingyue felt that it was an impossible task. Thinking about it afterwards, City Master Ma's warning earlier probably also knew the news that Huangquan City would be banned in advance.
Ye Lingyue walked out of the meeting hall, and the city lords who had gotten wind of it were all whispering behind their backs, obviously they didn't have any sympathy for what happened to Ye Lingyue.
Hall Master Chen's use of the Jiuzhou Guild Hall to raise money is not a matter of a day or two. Except for the city masters of the top ten super cities, who dare not blackmail him, the other city masters present have more or less been extorted by him. .
"City Lord Ye, why do you have such a frowning face, but what troubles have you encountered?"
This is, a sudden voice came from behind, calling Ye Lingyue to stop.
Ye Lingyue looked back, and saw the Lord of Wuling City standing not far away.
Seeing the Lord of the Five Spirits, Ye Lingyue stepped forward quickly.
After all, the old city lord can manage a novice city like Wuling City in an orderly manner, and become a medium-sized city on the ancient Jiuzhou continent. Naturally, he has his own advantages. Ye Lingyue can just ask him how to attract newcomers. immigration issue.
"Attracting new immigrants, given the situation in Huangquan City, I'm afraid it will not be easy." After hearing this, the Mayor of Wuling City pondered. "Wuling City can attract a large number of novices to move in because Wuling City has plenty of Wuling Qi. This is a natural condition. Huangquan City really has no advantage in this regard. Besides, you only have less than a month's time. time."
Ye Lingyue thought about it, in terms of aura, Huangquan City can only be described as lacking, and for warriors, that is really not an attraction.
"If there is no advantage, create an advantage. Hundreds of years ago, the city of water was not much stronger than the city of Huangquan, but since the legend of the water god, the number of new immigrants has greatly increased."
While Ye Lingyue was discussing with the Lord of the Five Spirits, Luo Qianche, the owner of the City of Water, came over. It turned out that Luo Qianche was leading the representative team of the City of Water to report.
"Lord Luo is right. For most cities, the advantages are not innate, but acquired."
The Lord of Wuling City laughed twice.
After hearing what Luo Qianche said, Ye Lingyue was a little surprised. After all, a few days ago, the two were still hostile, and she never expected that the other party would give advice.
"Could it be that the legend of the water god has always been just a gimmick."
Ye Lingyue suddenly realized, it seems that strength alone is not enough to be a city lord, sometimes you have to be a little clever, but what is the advantage of Huangquan City
"I don't know if it's a gimmick or not, but the Water God Waterfall and the ancient canal roads in the City of Water were formed by the painstaking efforts of generations of people in the City Lord's Mansion. The City of Water has beautiful scenery, and the ancient methods have clouds, and water can store wealth. Many wealthy businessmen and fishermen like to settle down in the city of water. Sometimes, people's blind worship of gods can attract great effects. If there is no natural advantage, that person's worship is the best attraction method of immigration."
After Luo Qianche finished speaking, he glanced at Ye Lingyue.
"I'm not giving you advice, I just don't want my opponent, before the start of the Jiuzhou Wild Hunt, because he was revoked from the city, he became a bereaved dog and eventually lost the qualification to participate in the Jiuzhou Wild Hunt. "
This woman just likes duplicity.
Ye Lingyue couldn't tell that Luo Qianche was giving her advice.
Whether it was Luo Qianche or the City Master of the Five Spirits, after learning of the harsh conditions of Master Chen, they all looked shocked.
"Ye Lingyue, I see that you are usually very clever, but why do you become a brainless person at this time. Where do you go to recruit new immigrants in a month? If I were you, I might as well agree to the request of Chief Chen. He There is Elder Chen behind him, if you fight against him, you will only die miserably."
Luo Qianche shook his head.
"If there is the first time, there will be the second time. Besides, even if you pay enough spirit stones, if Huangquan City cannot get rid of the bottom position, there will be countless 500,000 spirit stones in the future. For this kind of person , I will never compromise."
Ye Lingyueguang thought that 100,000 spiritual stones would give him a chance to enter the magic pool, so he refused to agree to the condition of 500,000 taels of spiritual stones.
"Master Chen's behavior is becoming more and more rampant. But what City Master Ye said is right, this kind of person cannot be tolerated and raped. City Master Ye, I can't help you with the new immigrants. But you can study the entrance of the guild hall carefully. If the old man remembers correctly, Huangquan City needs to get rid of the third-to-last position in the sky list. In this month, you need to recruit at least 1,000 new residents. This is not an easy task. You It needs to be carefully considered.”