“Father,” Moli Meng looked at his father, Moli Xiao.
“From now on, follow the City Lord closely,” Moli Xiao smiled and said, “If possible, I even want to follow the City Lord. But I have my duties, and with the orders from the Royal Capital, I can only comply.”
In the previous Huyang City, the Lord of Huyang City managed many affairs, and Moli Xiao handled the military matters. Both of them were truly getting things done.
When the Yu Kingdom’s Capital withdrew its administration layer, they completely empowered Luo Feng. They also transferred Moli Xiao and others, as Moli Xiao was not one of those disposable members of the families; he was of significant use.
“I’m taking most of the family heirs with me, leaving only a few for you to take care of,” Moli Xiao instructed.
“Don’t worry, Father,” Moli Meng nodded. His father had also left him with three family Eternal True Gods as assistants.
Moli Xiao nodded with a smile.
This time, it was Luo Feng himself who spoke up, inviting Moli Meng to stay! Moli Meng had previously managed many affairs within the city, and was very familiar with, and capable of, managing a city.
As for Moli Xiao? Luo Feng wasn’t so concerned about him. Because the future Huyang City didn’t need the military deterrence!
…
City Owner’s Mansion.
Luo Feng looked at Moli Meng and Moyu Hu before him and smiled, “From now on, you two will be the Deputy City Lords of Huyang City. You can discuss and solve many of the major and minor affairs, and if you can’t solve them, then report back to me.”
“Yes, City Lord,” both Moli Meng and Moyu Hu were exhilarated.
In the previous Huyang City, it was the leaders of the Five Great Families who jointly managed affairs. Moli Meng had never had as much power as he did now! And now, he was following someone from the Pinnacle of Primal Chaos Realm; Moli Meng very clearly saw the great opportunity he had encountered.
Moyu Hu was even more excited; previously serving under Moli Meng, he was also very familiar with many of the city’s administration affairs.
“I never thought that I, Moyu Hu, would actually become a Deputy City Lord of Huyang,” Moyu Hu felt that the day he encountered City Lord Luo He in the wilderness was truly a turning point in his fate.
Luo Feng nodded.
Managing a city was not something he had the energy for, but he also wouldn’t just trust one side.
“I’ll state two new rules for the future,” Luo Feng said.
Moli Meng and Moyu Hu immediately listened attentively.
“First, the future Huyang City will have no Dark Forces,” Luo Feng stated.
Both Moli Meng and Moyu Hu were familiar with city affairs, and they both realized the impact of this rule! Many ordinary businesses almost had their profits taken by Dark Forces, sometimes struggling and still ending up at a loss.
Without the Dark Forces, the commerce in Huyang City would definitely flourish.
For cultivators wanting to settle down, the attractiveness would also greatly increase.
“Second, the future Huyang City will not need the Huyang Legion,” Luo Feng continued, “The Huyang Guards will stay and are responsible for maintaining order within the city.”
The Huyang Legion was used to deter enemies and to handle some powerful adversaries.
In one’s own city, a legion was not needed.
“These are the main two rules; for other detailed management plans, you two first discuss them and then submit them to me,” Luo Feng said, “My requirement is that the administration of the City Owner’s Mansion is as streamlined as possible.”
“Yes,” both Moli Meng and Moyu Hu responded.
“City Lord, with the recent war, there has been a minor loss of citizens in the entire Huyang, and currently there should be around five hundred billion citizens,” Moli Meng reported, “Every epoch, the Residence Fee collected amounts to about fifty million Cosmic Sand! The income from the Primal Chaos Ruins each epoch is about six million Cosmic Sand!
Twenty percent of the Residence Fee is remitted to the Royal Capital, and the rest is needed to maintain the entire city’s operation… what can be presented to the City Lord should be around thirty million Cosmic Sand per epoch,” Moli Meng explained.
Luo Feng understood.
It might seem not very much, but this income was consistent every epoch! Over a thousand epochs, that would be a total of thirty billion Cosmic Sand.
Of course, in normal realms of the Primal Chaos, the long years would breed a large number of races, and the cumulative costs of cultivating a massive number of races would be substantial.
His own family, all in the Primordial Cosmos Region, generally had very little power, and most of the family members couldn’t even become ‘Immortal’.
In the Land of Origin, clans from major families began as True Gods! When totaled, a large number of true gods of void space, and even over a thousand eternal true gods were common, and the expenditures for each era were immense.
“Even the Imperial Clan of the Flame Wind Ancient Country doesn’t dare to openly provide resources, but still requires the offspring of the clan to compete for them,” Luo Feng secretly lamented.
Perhaps some ancient beings, in order to rid themselves of the burdens of their vast clans, deliberately chose to reincarnate.
Sometimes, when a family proliferates to a certain extent, it instead becomes a burden to some ancient beings.
“City Lord,” Moyu Hu respectfully said, “Some cultivators who have joined the city owner’s mansion also want to receive some cultivation inheritance.”
“As long as they have enough merit points, they will have the opportunity to exchange for the inheritance,” Luo Feng nodded.
Why do cultivators follow the powerful? The key reason is the inheritance.
Without inheritance, relying on oneself to explore, the difficulty increases by a hundredfold or a thousandfold.
“You all may leave now, and quickly organize the management plan for Huyang City,” Luo Feng instructed.
“Yes,” the two Deputy City Lords responded with ambition and respectfully withdrew.
Morosa had been there all this time, and only now spoke, “Master, the Moli Meng family has several eternal true gods, and there are also familiar eternal true gods like Gaowu Shui who have taken refuge with them. Their side holds a strong power. Moyu Hu is relatively weaker by much.”
“You are mistaken, the Zhu Clan has mostly returned tonight, and at this moment, they are together with Moyu LieFeng,” Luo Feng smiled and said, “After all, Moyu LieFeng is the direct disciple of Zhu You. With their master-disciple relationship, the Zhu Clan was the first to take refuge with the Moyu Family.”
Morosa then understood.
Luo Feng, even though he greatly trusted Moyu Hu and Moli Meng, still made them constrain each other.
…
Huyang City gradually gained a new order.
The eternal true gods and true gods of the void space, originally plundered by the Heartshadow Sect, were surprised to find that the Dark Forces had completely disappeared? And their fixed assets were also distributed back to them by the city owner’s mansion.
“Life will be easier from now on,” many ordinary merchants felt immensely relieved.
The Black Butcher, initially dependent on Luo Feng, rid themselves of much extortion and blackmail.
And now, the entire Huyang City, merchants no longer worried about the Dark Forces, and commerce was even more prosperous than before.
“Huyang City has become better than before,” Gaowu Shui, leading a squad of Huyang Guards, looked upon the bustling city and smiled, “With the Pinnacle of Primal Chaos Realm situated here, more and more ordinary True Gods are coming to Huyang City.”
At another location at the moment.
Luo Feng, with a servant and a disciple, had already met up with Emperor Chu Yu and his party.
“It seems your two Deputy City Lords are managing Huyang City quite well,” Emperor Chu Yu smiled and said, “Whether Huyang City can become even better depends on Brother Luo He’s strength. The more powerful you become, the more prosperous this city will become.”
Luo Feng, looking at the city, smiled and said, “It will definitely become more prosperous.”
“Let’s go.”
Immediately, Emperor Chu Yu used a space-time treasure to connect to the distant Flame Wind Ancient Country.
Whooosh~~~~
In front of them, the void twisted, and a space-time passage appeared.
Emperor Chu Yu, along with the Deputy Pavilion Master and Luo Feng with Morosa and Moyu Qingyan, the five of them flew into the space-time passage together.
(End of this volume)
Upon arriving in the Land of Origin, Luo Feng’s first stop was Huyang City. Now that the Huyang City arc has concluded, Luo Feng, after becoming a Pinnacle of Primal Chaos Realm, will officially embark on the next major storyline.
Tomato will take a break tomorrow to prepare well for the upcoming storyline, and will update the third chapter the day after tomorrow.