Chapter 686 Different Officials of Copper City

People privately call Copper City the Metal City, or the Rich City.

The Metal City is not difficult to understand, but those who know the name of the Rich City will know the bloody smell in this name.

The currency of the alliance has always been made of copper. When the copper currency was first circulated, it was not smooth.

People who are used to bartering do not think this thing is of any use.

The promotion of currency was once in a desperate situation. The final solution started with the popularization of the official system.

The Fifth Xuanqiang ordered that the salaries of all officials would no longer be paid in the form of millet or meat, but in the form of copper coins.

Since then, the circulation of currency has opened up a channel. Later, with the prosperity of business, the currency system has become more and more perfect, and the currency system has been established slowly.

However, just like the emergence of Blackwater, there are always opportunists who will focus on these unearned means.

So, black gold merchants appeared. They bribed people in Copper City, bought raw ore or copper, and privately refined it into coins.

This incident once caused chaos in the currency market of the entire alliance, and led to a currency collapse crisis several times.

Finally, the top leaders of the alliance intervened forcefully, killing from the capital all the way to Copper City, and countless black gold merchants were destroyed.

It was during this period that people privately called Copper City the City of Wealth, and after that, this name was lost in history. It was

also after this turmoil that the Mother Money Totem was born.

This chaos not only removed the title of Copper City as the City of Wealth, but also created the Mother Money Totem. It also greatly affected the political structure of Copper City.

In view of the importance of Copper City, the Alliance took away the control of the Hammer Tribe early on.

Many years ago, the position of the Lord of Copper City had become directly designated by the top leaders of the Alliance.

In theory, directly designated personnel are less likely to have problems because their power comes from the Alliance headquarters, not here.

But this time, a problem occurred here, which made everyone puzzled. That’s why the fourth generation ancestor witch decided to take a look in person.

When one man and one god came to the front of the Red Copper City, they immediately attracted the attention of the guards and tribesmen in front of the city. Many people even knelt down to worship.

The fourth generation ancestor witch waved his hand and asked everyone to stand up. Then he led the God of Gold to fly over the city wall and into the city.

It seems that the God of Gold still has influence here... The fourth generation ancestor witch thought, and his eyes scanned the busy mines in the city.

The mines of Red Copper City are all in the city. This habit has been preserved since the construction of the Red Copper City wall.

When the Red Copper City was first established, the Fire Tribe had not yet moved south. Later, the Fire Tribe moved south, and the red copper stone knives became very powerful, so many people came to the Red Copper City to rob the red copper.

At that time, the Red Copper City had no city walls, so even some small tribes could rob some red copper as long as they found the right opportunity.

This situation did not improve until the city walls were built. After that, the Red Copper City developed the habit of expanding the city walls before mining.

It was much easier for the Red Copper City to build city walls than other cities because there were a lot of red copper and totems here. Totems could use totem fire to directly forge city walls, and the speed was very fast.

This is also the reason why the Red Copper City can realize the mining area within the city wall. Of course, it is also a way for them to save red copper.

In the eyes of the top leaders of the alliance, if the Red Copper City wall is dismantled and melted into currency, it will be more than the total amount of currency currently circulating in the market.

It can be seen how big the Red Copper City wall is and how vast the Red Copper City is.

But although Red Copper City is vast, it is not as prosperous as the capital, because a large area inside the city is a mining area.

The speed of the fourth generation of ancestor witch and the God of Gold is not fast. It is also the first time for the fourth generation of ancestor witch to come to Red Copper City. He wants to see the difference here.

There are a large number of machines in operation in the left and right mining areas. Compared with the simple machine that the fifth Xuan built that could only pound the ground, the machines at this time are much more complicated.

There are crushers that are specifically responsible for smashing large pieces of ore, excavators that are specifically responsible for digging, and crawlers that are specifically responsible for transportation, etc.

These machines have not been around for long, because the power devices of these machines only appeared after the fifth Xuan became a god.

The operation of these machines is still very clumsy, because there is not too complicated technology.

For example, the bucket of the excavator does not use hydraulics, but iron chains are added before and after the bucket. The iron chains are pulled by the power inside the excavator to achieve the excavation work.

This will of course cause a lot of inconvenience, but with the current technical capabilities of the alliance, it can only do this.

This makes these machines more difficult to operate, more prone to problems, and particularly bulky.

But all these machines standing there still looked quite spectacular. Seeing this scene for the first time, the fourth generation leader couldn't help but feel proud. The

fourth generation of ancestor witch and the God of Gold walked a short distance, and the city lord came out with a group of officials to greet them.

"The Lord of Red Copper City, Zhu Tong, respectfully welcomes the fourth generation of ancestor witch and the God of Gold."

From a distance, the city lord Zhu Tong and the officials bowed.

"The amount of red copper sent to the capital by Red Copper City this year has decreased again. Why?" The

fourth generation of ancestor witch retracted his gaze, slowly lowered his body, and did not let them get up, and asked directly.

"To answer the fourth generation ancestor witch, the supply was reduced again because a new section of the city wall was forged, and there were also needs for the gold-holding totem to forge a divine body."

City Lord Zhu Tong lowered his head obediently and answered without getting up.

The fourth generation ancestor witch frowned. This answer was not wrong, but it was really hard to tell.

"Get up, take me to see the accounts."

The fourth generation ancestor witch said.

His behavior was almost directly pointing to the high-level leaders of the alliance's distrust of City Lord Zhu Tong, but Zhu Tong did not make excuses or show any dissatisfaction. He immediately got up and took him to check the accounts.

His performance made the fourth generation ancestor witch suspicious, and he wondered if he had made a preconceived notion.

But this idea was almost instantly eliminated from his mind. Regardless of whether there was a problem here or not, he had to investigate it clearly first.

Deciding whether he was innocent or guilty in advance would affect his judgment.

Following Zhu Tong to the City Lord's Mansion, there were naturally many people who came to kneel down and worship the fourth generation ancestor witch along the way.

Nowadays, the alliance implements mixed residence. Although the people of the Hammer Tribe are still the main people in Hongtong City, they only account for 30 to 40% of the population. The rest are people from other tribes.

Among them, there are naturally people from the Fire Tribe. They know that the fourth generation ancestor witch is here, so they naturally come to kowtow.

Fortunately, the status of the fourth generation ancestor witch is too high, and the tribesmen who knew him have long died, otherwise some people would come up to talk to him.

Without these obstacles, the fourth generation ancestor witch quickly came to the city lord's mansion. He sat directly on the main seat, and the God of Gold stood beside him without sitting down.

It was not that the fourth generation ancestor witch did not allow him to sit next to him, but he could not control his strength well. He did not know how many chairs he had broken. He also had an idea in his mind and did not find a chair to sit on.

"Bring the account book here, let me see it."

The fourth generation ancestor witch did not waste time talking to the city lord Zhu Tong, and directly acted in a businesslike manner.

Zhu Tong was obedient and immediately asked someone to bring the account book.

There were half a box of account books, all of which were paper and bound into volumes, which looked very convenient.

The fourth generation ancestor witch frowned. Although he had also participated in accounting studies, his ability in this area was not strong. This box of account books made him feel overwhelmed.

"Bring out the general ledger, let me see it."

He frowned and said with some dissatisfaction.

Zhu Tong responded and immediately stepped forward, took out a general ledger obediently, and bowed to hand it to the fourth generation ancestor witch.

The fourth generation ancestor witch watched Zhu Tong's every move, and from his behavior alone, he did not seem to have any ill intentions.

Taking the account book, the fourth generation ancestor witch began to read.

Even though there was only one volume, the content was quite a lot. It was dark when he was reading. Zhu Tong and a group of officials stayed by his side the whole time.

"You guys go downstairs to eat. I think I'll have to look at it for a while. I'll call you when I'm done."

The fourth generation ancestor witch waved his hand and let them leave.

Zhu Tong and a group of officials agreed and left respectfully, leaving the fourth generation ancestor witch and the God of Gold here, and some waiters waiting to be used.

After these people left, the fourth generation ancestor witch looked at the God of Gold and asked, "Do you think there is any problem here?"

The reason for this question is that the shadow of the God of Gold has always been in the totem stone in the Red Copper City, and he should know the situation here better than himself.

Since entering the city, he always feels that there is a problem, but he can't find the problem for a while. Even when looking at the account book, he is distracted from time to time, so he asked this question.

"I don't think there is any problem."

The God of Gold shook his head and said naively.

When he speaks and looks at people, he either gives people the feeling of a fool or a fool.

The fourth generation ancestor witch also felt that it was useless to ask him, and sure enough, there was no result.

Just when the fourth generation ancestor witch was about to lower his head to continue looking at the account book, the God of Gold suddenly said something.

"They have always been very respectful to me."

There was nothing wrong with what he said, but such a perfect sentence made the fourth generation ancestor witch suddenly stunned.

"Respectful?"

The fourth generation ancestor witch finally knew where the problem was, that is, these people were too respectful to him.

It's not that respect is wrong, but it depends on the person.

When he left the alliance, he met the principal of the elementary school affiliated to the alliance university. Even though he was a man of high character, he didn't dare to use a respectful attitude when he saw him.

That attitude was extremely servile and worshipful to him, but what about these people?

If the only one who was respectful was the City Lord Zhu Tong, the Fourth Generation Ancestral Shaman could still explain it by saying that this person had a big mind, but it was a bit wrong if most of the senior officials were like this.

He was not bragging, but when the Fourth Generation Ancestral Shaman came out, everyone would kneel down and kowtow with admiration in their eyes.

But the officials of Hongtong City all bowed and saluted with solemn and serious looks. There must be something wrong.

Especially compared with the guards outside the city, the tribesmen, and the tribesmen who rushed over to pay homage to them, these officials of Hongtong City were too restrained. But

... what was the problem?

The Fourth Generation Ancestral Shaman pondered, feeling very confused and unable to find a clue for a while.