kingnovel Chapter 490: Collective Poor
Chapter 490: Collective Poor
"Fuck," Lin Long was furious at the scene before him and shouted, "How dare you refuse His Majesty entry."
This loud shout instantly made the entrance to West City quiet.
There were many merchants and common people waiting in line to enter the city, but they naturally complained when the city gates were suddenly closed.
The people gathered together and were about to call on the soldiers guarding the city to ask for an explanation when they were interrupted by the old man's loud shout.
Lin Long used his internal force in this loud shout, and some people with poor health felt their hearts tremble because of it.
Everyone quieted down, and the people gathered at the city gate saw the beautiful woman riding a white wolf.
Judging from the woman's appearance, demeanor and clothes, they could tell that she was someone they could not afford to offend, so they all consciously moved to the sides to make way for her.
Qian Qian lowered his eyes and looked at the cement road at the city gate, and said sarcastically, "It seems that this cement road is not messing around with the job."
This was also the first time for Ruoqiang to come to Xicheng, and he didn't expect to see this scene right before his eyes.
She didn't notice anything special about the cement road, but most of the people preparing to enter the city were dressed in rags and looked poor.
With cold sweat on his back, he hurriedly got off his horse and knelt on one knee, "Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
"Stand up," Qian Qian lazily looked up at the west city wall, only to see the low and damaged wall made her sneer.
"Oh, I have been to various cities in Daxia, and the wall of the West City is the most rudimentary I have ever seen."
Upon hearing this, Ruoqiang turned around and looked at the city wall, which was indeed extremely old.
I felt even more uneasy, but, "Your Majesty," Ruoqiang looked puzzled, "Three years ago, the two young princes allocated money specifically for the West City to let them rebuild the city wall."
"Haha," Qian Qian smiled, "Are you Azhuo, the Lord of West City? Very good."
"Ruoqiang," her voice also became indifferent, "you go and negotiate."
"Yes."
Ruoqiang immediately mounted his horse and came to the bottom of the city gate. He loudly stated his and Qianqian's identities and showed his identity token.
The general defending the city was panicked for a moment and hurried to pass on the message.
Qianqian got off Erdan's back and looked around at the people waiting at the city gate.
She walked towards a woman who was dressed simply. The woman looked to be in her early thirties and was accompanied by two children who were about seven or eight years old.
Seeing Qian Qian dressed in gorgeous clothes and looking shocking, the woman was so frightened that she trembled all over.
"Madam," Qian Qian bowed, "Where are you from?"
The woman swallowed her saliva, looked up and saw the nobleman asking a servant to hand her a food box.
She wanted to refuse, but when she thought of her two children, she seemed to have made up her mind.
The woman let go of the children's hands, rubbed her hands on her dress several times, and then took the food box with trembling hands.
"Your Excellency, ahem," the woman said after taking a breath due to her nervousness, "Your Excellency, thank you so much."
He quickly stuffed the lunch boxes into the children's hands. Qianqian was impatient and asked, "Tongzi, what's going on with this family?"
After eating the melon, the system said in a cold tone, "They are the villagers of Pomegranate Village, the only village around West City."
[Shiliu Village was built by the road builders after the road was built in Xicheng.]
[Originally, there were more than 300 households in Shiliu Village, but over the years, some have left and some have been scattered, leaving less than 30 households, mostly the elderly, the weak, women and children.]
Qian Qian frowned, [How could this happen? ]
[Hmph,] the system snorted coldly, [Ram's original intention of establishing Pomegranate Village was to build a post station between the two roads in West City.]
[After the post station was built, Shiliu Village had a source of income and their lives were naturally guaranteed. ]
[And the people of Pomegranate Village have a bigger role, which is to maintain the roads. ]
[Azhuo agreed to this matter very well. ]
[When Ram sent people down to inspect, they also took care of everything.]
[But once the inspectors left, Azhuo stopped caring about Pomegranate Village.]
[After so many years, Pomegranate Village is unable to grow crops and has no source of income, so many people have to leave in order to survive. ]
[Those who cannot leave are those whose main labor force has died.]
[The woman in front of me is called Qiong Niang. There are only three of them, mother and son, and mother-in-law at home.]
[Her mother-in-law was seriously ill these days, and she planned to pawn her silver jewelry as a dowry to pay for her mother-in-law's treatment.]
[She's queuing up at the city gate so early in the morning. Sigh.] The system sighed. [It's a pity that she doesn't know yet that the entrance fee to West City is very expensive.]
[She only had silver jewelry on her. Without money, she wouldn't even be able to enter the city gate.]
Qian Qian closed his eyes and let Wu Wanwan continue to listen to Qiong Niang's explanation of the situation while he called the secret guards.
"Go to Tao'er and get some water, cooked food, food, clothes, medicine, a female doctor, and a thousand elite soldiers to check out Shiliu Village."
"Your Majesty," Ji Wuyou stepped forward, "I want to go too."
Qian Qian glanced at her, then looked at Lu Yu and A Ying, "What about you?"
The two of them cupped their hands to show their willingness to go together, Qian Qian doted, "Well, let's go."
The three of them took the supplies and left with the secret guards and a thousand elite soldiers.
The gate of West City was opened again. Ruoqiang came to Qian Qian and said, "Your Majesty," she glanced at the people coming out of the gate, "The woman in the lead is Azhuo, the Lord of West City."
Qian Qian looked up and saw a woman dressed in gorgeous grassland clothes walking towards him quickly.
The woman looked to be about forty years old, with a graceful figure and skin as white as cream.
Although her appearance was not outstanding, the jewels and jades on her body made her look six or seven points more beautiful.
She was followed by a number of Xicheng officials, most of whom were men, with only two female officials.
Qian Qian stood still and looked at Azhuo who was walking towards him quickly. [Tongzi, what about that group of people?]
[Alas,] the system is a bit tired, [a bunch of bad kings. ]
[I really don’t know what to say about this group of people. ]
[Money, money. Dun Dun and Tang Yuan have allocated a lot of money to Xicheng.]
[It's enough money to repair houses and roads, and plant trees outside West City to improve the environment.]
[However, the officials in West City, led by Azhuo, refused to do so.]
[Not only did they not do anything, they also did not embezzle the money that Dun Dun and Tang Yuan had allocated.]
【Just say this group of people, they just eat and wait to die every day. 】
[As long as there are no major problems in West City, they will just muddle through.]
Money money...
[No, they don’t do anything and they don’t covet money, so what do they want? ]
The system doesn’t really understand it either, [only the two female officials have some ambition. ]
[But it is too difficult to change the environment by one's own efforts, so they are in pain. ]
Money money...
One of them couldn't help but laugh out loud, took a deep breath and said, "But let me bring my past life into this."
[If our entire department is collectively in a bad state, I probably won’t bother to change anything.]
[Heh, if you can't beat them, just join. Besides, it's very comfortable after joining. ]
system……
【What are you going to do then? 】
[What should I do? Of course I should change people.]
As soon as she finished speaking, Azhuo knelt on her knees with a plop. With red eyes, she walked closer to Qianqian and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me, Your Majesty, please have mercy on me."
Money money...
Everyone...