Then the system issued the next task
"Beep—Random Task: City Management.
Mission: Good urban management can make better use of human resources. Research and formulate appropriate regulations.
Reward: Method for refining the Five Elements Hunyuan Sword."
City management? This is similar to the previous market management task, except that the area I manage is a little bigger. I have already finished studying "Management", so I don't need to learn anything else and can do the task directly.
Lin Yang asked Liang Yu
"I'm already the city lord. What do I have to do to manage the city?"
Liang Yu was stunned for a moment and replied
"Master, you don't have to do anything. City management will be handled by others. Just tell us what you want done."
"I just want you to call the person in charge of city management?"
Liang Yu asked in confusion
"Urban management? Does it mean general affairs management?"
“Who is in charge of our city’s ‘government’ and military?”
"You mean the patrol captain and the general affairs manager? I'll call them right away."
Soon two people came and Liang Yu introduced the positions of one or two of them.
Lin Yang first asked the patrol captain, how many people are there? The patrol captain replied
"Our patrol team has three hundred foundation-building warriors and one thousand Qi-training warriors. They are all masters skilled in combat."
Those who are good at fighting are professional combat cultivators. The Lin family is really rich. They can support so many soldiers in just a small city with a population of 30,000.
Then ask the general affairs manager about the specific structure and responsibilities.
"We have thirteen managers in the General Affairs Department, responsible for collecting rent and coordinating conflicts."
Lin Yang heard a sentence, and then the other party stopped talking.
"Is that all?"
The general affairs officer replied
"That's it. We're responsible for these two things."
"Collecting rent? Coordinating conflicts? What kind of rent should be collected, and what kind of conflicts should be coordinated?"
"Rent collection is from all city residents and business owners. Conflict coordination is about coordinating conflicts among our tenants."
Lin Yang frowned in confusion, Liang Yu saw it and pointed it out.
"Master, the entire Guigu City is the private property of our Lin family. Therefore, the city management we do is to collect rent and coordinate conflicts."
Lin Yang was stunned. The whole city belonged to them?!
All the people are either employed by themselves or are their tenants.
This, the entire city is our family’s private property?
The city lord’s power, financial resources, and military force are too great!
No wonder the era after the demonic disaster was the era of the major cultivation families! Power became more centralized.
Lin Yang remembered that when he was studying the history of the Zhou Dynasty, although the Zhou Dynasty implemented a feudal system, there were still certain restrictions on the princes who were enfeoffed.
For example, annual tribute, martial arts competition every five years, etc. Confiscating the financial resources of each prince and demonstrating military power.
But after the demon disaster, it immediately became a completely private base city built mainly by various cultivation markets. The city lord has complete power.
The cities were isolated by the demonic disaster, and became the families, lords, and city landlords that we see today.
This is very different from the case studies I've learned in management. But after reaching the master level, I've completely mastered it and can apply it to other situations. Some cases can be adapted and applied.
"This kind of management is too rough. I want to change it according to the actual situation. Is that okay?"
After all, Lin Yang is the new city lord, so he still has to ask.
Liang Yu and the other two didn't react much to this. They were from a family of servants passed down from generation to generation by the Lin family. To them, Lin Yang was their master, so if they wanted to change, they could change!
As for problems? That's not a problem. I can just use the teleportation array to return to the Jindan stage and suppress everyone, and then restore everything to its original state.
For a large cultivation family that has absolute control over a city, it is just so willful!
You can change it however you want, as long as the young master is happy.
Of course, apart from this young master, no other city lord seemed to care about these mundane affairs and wanted to make changes to the city management.
"Everything is up to the master."
Seeing that the three of them agreed, Lin Yang stood up and said
"Let's go. We'll establish new city regulations and 'government' agencies while we conduct research."
The three of them looked at each other and expressed their helplessness towards Lin Yang who was so interested in the chores. They decided to just treat it as playing house with the young master.
Lin Yang and the other two went out to the streets, no longer walking on the main streets, but walking on the side streets and alleys. Looking at the chaotic streets, Lin Yang said
"These people are walking too unruly, so we should announce a traffic law: everyone should walk on the right."
The general affairs manager immediately agreed.
After walking for a while, he said
"The sanitation situation is terrible. We need to have a public health code and build some public toilets.
..."
The general affairs manager frowned and said
"Our people won't be able to manage it if this happens."
"Then hire some people. I see there are a lot of idle people on the street."
"They are all ordinary people and independent cultivators. Ordinary people receive one Bigu Pill every year, which is enough to keep them from starving to death. Independent cultivators receive Bigu Pills for free. As for the resources for cultivation, it all depends on their own abilities."
For ordinary people and independent cultivators, whether it was the general affairs manager, the patrol leader, or Liang Yu, they all had a look of discrimination on their faces. But on second thought, it was normal.
Ordinary people just needed to keep them alive, like livestock. Independent cultivators were completely free-range, and their cultivation resources and other aspects were far inferior to those of those backed by large families. As long as they didn't cause trouble, that was all that mattered.
Why raise these ordinary people? Isn't it because they might give birth to someone with a talent for cultivation? So that the cultivation world won't be cut off from its legacy?
Newly born children with good cultivation talents can be sent to orphanages for instruction and become members of the family power. However, many spiritual roots that awaken later in life are not included.
This was the case with these independent cultivators and small cultivation families. Those who joined a cultivation family like the Lin family rarely left.
This was the attitude of most people in the cultivation world towards ordinary people and independent cultivators. However, it was not Lin Yang's attitude. Under the guidance and influence of the system, Lin Yang did not agree with this.
Looking at these numb ordinary people and humble cultivators, Lin Yang felt heartbroken.
"But this is wrong. We are all the same kind, all human. How can you treat your fellow human beings like this?!"
The three looked at Lin Yang, who was originally very excited, but suddenly became very quiet. After following Lin Yang's gaze, the three of them roughly understood why.
In the past, Lin Yang either stayed in the City Lord's Mansion, workshops, or markets, and had never entered the corners of the city and come into contact with the dark side of the city. Now, he was exposed to even the darkest side, and he couldn't bear it.
But all three remained silent.
Even if Lin Yang did not take the initiative to come and learn about the dark side of the city, they would find an opportunity to let Lin Yang see these dark sides.
There was no other way. After all, Lin Yang was the city lord now. He had to understand his city, both its glorious and glorious side and its dark side.
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