Chapter 102: The Junior Brother of the City Lord!
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
City Lord’s residence.
Xu Qiuya was wearing a python robe as she sat in the main hall.
At this moment, all the minor officials and guards were standing in front of Xu Qiuya.
“Greetings, City Lord!”
At this moment, all the minor officials and guards were kowtowing to Xu Qiuya.
Xu Qiuya waved her hand lightly, causing them to stand up.
In the Eastern Imperial Kingdom, it was a system of enforcement.
The Emperor of the Eastern Imperial Kingdom was in charge of all the cities.
The City Lords of each city were in charge of their own cities, and the Emperor usually would not interfere. It was precisely because of this that when the City Lords were elected, it was the old City lords who were elected in the Sunset Cloud City, and the Emperor did not interfere.
As long as each city took care of its own territory and did not have the intention to offend the Emperor, the Emperor would not interfere in the development of that city.
So, although the Sunset Cloud City was a city.
The rules of etiquette were all based on the standards of a country.
So, the various cities in the Eastern Empire Kingdom could be considered small countries in the end.
As the City Lord, Xu Qiuya was equivalent to someone like the king.
That was why these ncos, guards, and junior generals would kneel and kowtow in front of Xu Qiuya.
Similarly.
The Emperor of the Eastern Imperial Kingdom was the son of Heaven of the True Dragon, so his clothes were dragon robes.
When he arrived at the various City Lords, he was dressed in a python robe.
Xu Qiuya was dressed in a python robe, and her huge chest pushed up the python robe. Although Xu Qiuya was only a Mahayana Realm expert, and those officers and generals were in the Deva Realm.
But this was the position of City Lord bestowed by the Emperor of the Eastern Imperial Kingdom, and no one dared to disobey.
Even if there were people who disobeyed it, they would not dare to say it out loud.
Xu Qiuya gently raised her hand and said, “Please rise!”
“Thank you, City Lord!”
“Everyone, is there anything you wish to say?” Xu Qiuya asked in a dignified manner.
At this moment…an officer stepped forward and said, “Reporting to City Lord, the businesses of our Sunset Cloud City used to be under the control of the seven great aristocratic families. Now that the seven great aristocratic families have been destroyed, the businesses of our Sunset Cloud City have almost all come to a standstill. This has a great impact on the daily necessities of our Sunset Cloud City.”
Hearing that officer’s words, Xu Qiuya frowned slightly.
Then, she looked at the officers and asked, “Everyone, do you have any opinions?”
At this moment, the officers looked at each other and did not have a good solution.
Just as everyone looked at each other, they heard a voice coming from outside the hall. “These businesses belong to the seven great families. Now that the seven great families have been destroyed, wouldn’t it be fine for the City Lord’s estate to manage them?”
Everyone looked outside the hall and saw a young man slowly walking in.
The young man was dressed in white and was very good looking. His eyes seemed to be able to see the starry sky.
The young man was none other than Ye Chen.
Furthermore, the current Ye Chen did not hide anything. He was just Ye Chen’s original appearance.
“Little junior brother!” Xu Qiuya immediately exclaimed in surprise.
At this moment, everyone looked at Ye Chen with envy.
“Is he the City Lord’s little junior brother?”
“Looks like it!”
“When the City Lord came to seek revenge from the seven aristocratic families, there was no sign of this little junior brother. When the City Lord finished his revenge, this little junior brother appeared. One look and you could tell that he was a gigolo.”
“However, that patriarch disappeared after taking revenge for the City Lord.”
The moment Ye Chen entered, whispers immediately broke out in the main hall.
Ye Chen naturally heard what they said, but Ye Chen did not care. This was because they did not know that he was actually that Grandmaster.
At this moment…Ye Chen opened his mouth and said, “Senior sister, we can use the power of the City Lord’s Manor to take over the properties of the seven great families. Then, we can reformulate the policies of the industries and make the private industries into public industries. This way, we can eliminate monopolies and also make these industries cheaper to sell. In other words, we can also reduce the taxes of the people.”
As soon as she said this, everyone turned to look at Ye Chen.
“A private property turned into a public property?”
“That’s easy to say. However, the core technologies of these industries were all in the hands of the seven great families. Now that the seven great families have been destroyed, where are we going to find the talents of these industries?”
Ye Chen smiled and said, “Senior sister, leave this matter to me. Give me seven days, and I will make sure that the businesses of the seven great families start operating again.”
The Eldest Senior Sister looked at her little junior brother and nodded. “Alright, I’ll leave this matter to you!”
At this moment, a general said, “City Lord, the bandits of the Azure Dragon Mountain seem to know about the change in the City Lord of our Sunset Cloud City. These two days, they are getting restless. Many of the people around us who went out of the city have been robbed.”
The Azure Dragon Mountain was just outside of Sunset Cloud City. The bandits of the Azure Dragon Mountain were the rebellious disciples of the various Immortal Sects around Sunset Cloud City who had rebelled and fled to the Azure Dragon Mountain, forming a new force.
The force was not a sect, but came from various sects.
Usually, they did some robbing and robbing. It was said that the leader of Azure Dragon Mountain had also reached the Deva Realm.
Perhaps he knew that the current City Lord of Sunset City was only at the Mahayana Realm, and that the vitality of Sunset Cloud City had been greatly damaged recently, so he had been somewhat arrogant recently.
Xu Qiuya looked at the general and asked again, “I wonder what do you all think of Azure Dragon Mountain?”
An officer said, “Our Sunset Cloud City has just been replaced and our strength has decreased greatly. So, we should conserve our strength now. After we develop, we will raise our troops and exterminate the bandits of Azure Dragon Mountain!”
At this time…Ye Chen said, “Since the bandits of Azure Dragon Mountain are so arrogant, I think we should kill the chicken to warn the monkeys and directly send troops to exterminate them. This way, we can stabilize Eldest Senior Sister’s prestige in the city. After that, no one will dare to do such a thing again.”
“Send troops to kill them?” An officer said with a cold smile.
“Back then, when City Lord Xiao was here, we didn’t exterminate this Azure Dragon Mountain for so many years. Tell me how to suppress it?” That officer looked at Ye Chen coldly and asked.
At this time…Ye Chen’s ice-cold gaze looked at that officer and said, “Xiao Lie is Xiao Lie, and my senior sister is my senior sister. Do you mean that my senior sister is inferior to Xiao Lie? City Lord Xiao? Hehe… He is just a treacherous official who framed my senior sister’s family, yet you call him City Lord. I think you are Xiao Lie’s old friend!”
“You!” The officer looked at Ye Chen coldly.
At this moment, Ye Chen pulled out the sword in his hand and slashed down at the officer!
Immediately, blood splattered in the main hall.
Many of those officers were scholars without cultivation, so Ye Chen did not use his cultivation at all and directly killed them.
No one could see any clues.
“Xiao family’s old gang, kill without mercy!” Ye Chen said coldly.
However, no one in the hall dared to say anything.
At this moment, Ye Chen, who everyone was shocked, looked like a gigolo, but they did not expect his methods to be so fierce.
With this sword, everyone had to be respectful of Ye Chen.