Chapter 486 Recruiting Urban Management Officers
In the conference room, seats and tables were neatly arranged. Yiming and a few servants moved around, serving each person a cup of tea.
The city lord Zhao Tingduo was not present, and the person sitting at the head of the hall was Song Liyun.
She wore a short jacket embroidered with hundreds of butterflies and the color of honey, and an eight-piece silk skirt.
She wore her hair in a single bun, a silver willow-tissue hair ornament on her head, and a pair of pearl earrings on her ears.
A string of translucent red agate jade and turquoise the size of pigeon eggs hung heavily on her chest, making her look beautiful, majestic and extraordinary.
The city lord's wife is a beautiful woman who rarely appears in public. She is very mysterious in the hearts of everyone in Mida City.
What people talked about most was the wife's combination of firmness and flexibility in governing the country and her endless ways of making money.
At this time, Song Liyun was right in front of them, but the men present avoided her gaze and only stared at the two people sitting next to her.
They were Lin Qingyuan and Wan Liangjin, two families that were envied, jealous, and hated by the merchants.
The most profitable business on the grassland is in the hands of these two people, how can they not be jealous!
Song Liyun looked around at everyone present and said in a clear voice, "Mida City has been thriving day by day, and this is inseparable from the kindness of all of you who have come from afar. On behalf of Mida City, I would like to express my gratitude to all of you!"
When she said this, she stood up and bowed to the people below.
The city lord’s wife is the God of Wealth, so no one dares to accept this gift.
"Madam, you are so polite!"
"No, no!"
"Oh! This is really shortening my life!"
Hula la! Everyone stood up and made way for the other side, and the hall suddenly became chaotic.
Song Liyun didn't bother them. She bowed briefly and sat down. The merchants then smiled and sat down one after another.
No one came here to listen to empty words. Song Liyun spoke again: "I have something to discuss with you. There will be more and more Di people in Mida City in the future. We Wu Dynasty people should manage the market well and have a set of rules!"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked at Manager Wan with confusion.
The city's rules and regulations had already been set by the City Lord's Mansion.
For example, there is a maximum price for goods sold in shops in the city, and a minimum protection price for the sale of living creatures by the Di people. This is to prevent price wars between the Wu Dynasty and the Di people, which will ultimately cause losses to everyone.
This commercial law is supported by both sides. It is impossible for the Wu Dynasty and the Di tribe to do business without any scruples. This way everyone feels secure, but now what kind of rules should be issued?
Meanwhile, Steward Wan, receiving a hint from Song Liyun, took the initiative to speak: "My dear colleagues, we have all traveled thousands of miles to earn a few more taels of silver. Madam has discussed with me and would like to borrow the guards from you to serve as city defense..."
Before he finished speaking, the hall suddenly became quiet!
Caravans coming from all over the country to Mida City cannot do without guards, and each team has at least a dozen people and at most dozens of people.
The Lin family had the most guards, fifty in total. In total, there were more than two hundred guards in the city, more than the number of guards in the caravan.
These people are only useful on the road and are currently idle in the city, but merchants are still somewhat worried if the Mida City Lord borrows them.
It's said to be a loan, but if it's not returned, the family will have to pay the money for nothing.
The arm cannot twist the thigh, and I am seeking wealth in Mida City.
Fortunately, these merchants are willing to take the risk to come to the grassland, and they are not incompetent. They remain calm even when they have doubts in their hearts.
Manager Wan continued, "The city defense team will be selected from your guard teams. The additional expenses will be borne by the City Lord's Mansion!"
The merchants were relieved now. They only needed to transfer a few people, not take all of them away. Moreover, they did not need to bear the cost of defending the city, so they did not suffer any losses.
Speaking of which, Song Liyun initially wanted to use horse bandits like Jian Fangtong to manage the city, but when they actually used them, she found that it was not effective.
Like the day before, when those people from the southern tribes were making trouble in the city, the horse bandits in charge couldn't stand the loneliness and ran away.
The caravan guards were able to guard the market diligently and were willing to help, but without a leader, the random hammering almost led to an accident.
The same thing will happen again when new tribes come here in the future.
The horse bandits were originally a mob.
Using a group of lawless scoundrels to teach people to abide by the rules and give them certain rights is like asking a group of hungry wolves to herd sheep.
Moreover, the guards in the city are still idle.
Even though Song Liyun had the idea of using the guard team to defend the city in the future, she felt that it was a waste of resources now.
Mida City is a toddler, and every bit of its strength is hard-earned and cannot be wasted.
The merchants were relieved: "If that's the case, Madam, you can make whatever arrangements you want!"
"Yes, this is our responsibility!"
"Yes, Madam, just leave the patrol of the city to me!"
The leader of the guards below finally understood why they had to come to the City Lord's Mansion, and quickly responded.
It turns out that they have to patrol the city by themselves... They are mainly escorts from all over the place, and their job is to protect and escort.
The caravan's salary is calculated based on the amount of money they earn per escort mission. The rest of the time, they have nothing to do, so it's good to have some extra income!
The Urban Management Bureau will be established soon!
The director is of course Song Liyun.
Lao Qian and Manager Wan, who were by Lin Qingyuan's side, had a total of fifty people under them, but no list of names of guards from each company was sent.
It turned out that every guard wanted to join the urban management team, but there were only fifty vacancies for two hundred people, so there were too many people and too few places, so they could only compete based on their skills.
As the news spread, people from the surrounding tribes also came to watch the fun.
The city was suddenly overcrowded with people, and the pubs and restaurants were packed.
When the Di people saw these guards armed with swords, spears, halberds and all kinds of weapons, fighting wildly, they couldn't help but join in the action after the Urban Management Bureau had recruited enough people in three days.
Thus, the first martial arts conference began outside Mida City.
The people of the Wu Dynasty competed in kung fu, the Di people competed in horsemanship, and Song Liyun generously offered prizes including sheep, cloth and silver.
Many businesses also donated money to help, and the prizes piled up into a small mountain, which aroused the enthusiasm of the Di people. They called their friends and spread the news to all the tribes in the Mida River Valley.
This was a rare event on the grassland, presided over by Lin Qingyuan and Manager Wan, and in addition there were the hastily organized urban management guards, the strictly guarded Leizi Camp, and Jian Fangtong and his group of horse bandits hiding in the crowd.
Through both open and covert means, Midacheng got a clear picture of the background of the Di tribe contestants.
So even though there were many people outside the city, there was no chaos.
The competition is divided into rounds of auditions, and the second-place candidates are ranked next.
As more and more people arrived, the competition was extended day by day, and some people even set up yurts outside the city wall to live in.
This is naturally a good thing for the merchants in Mida City. Even if the competition lasts for many years, it doesn't matter. There are many people coming, and food and drinks always cost money.
Several businesses even opened betting on horse racing, making the prizes even more attractive, as if they were going to keep the event going for a long time.
Song Liyun did not go to watch the game. Accompanied by Song Dekui and Song Erlang, she went to the riverside to see the newly opened land.
Since Song Erlang said that potatoes and corn could be planted, Song Liyun sent the seeds she had prepared in advance to the riverside.
In the past few days, Qin Huai has led people to plant in the fields.
By the surging Mida River, the grass is already ankle-deep.
There were no flocks of sheep among the green grass that covered the ground, but large areas of moist, dark new land that exuded the fragrance of soil.
Qin Huai and others had already received the news that Song Liyun was coming and were waiting in the wooden house at the end of the field.
"Young Madam, we've planted eighty acres of potatoes and fifty acres of corn. It's too late to plant more, so we'll just plant all of them into vegetables and melons!"
(End of this chapter)
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